After two consecutive defeats in the Italian League, José Mourinho’s Roma took the belly of miseries by thrashing Sampdoria, at home, by 3-0. Rafael Leão scored twice in Milan’s rout of leader Napoli.
After two consecutive defeats in the Italian League, José Mourinho’s Roma took the belly of miseries by thrashing Sampdoria, at home, by 3-0. The red card shown to Murillo, from Genoa, made the task of the Romans easier: Wijnaldum opened the scoring, Dybala and El Shaarawy scored the other goals. Milan, on the other hand, starred in the surprise of the day, following beating Napoli, by 4-0. With a brace, the Portuguese Rafael Leão was one of the stars of the night, joined by goals from Brahím Diaz and Saelemaekers. Even so, leaders Napoli maintain a very comfortable distance from Lazio, who are in second place.
For their part, Manchester United, with Bruno Fernandes and Dalot, was defeated (0-2) in Newcastle, with goals from Willock and Wilson. Both teams are now in third place with the same 50 points.
In Spain, Benzema was the figure of Real Madrid’s robust victory, once morest Valladolid, by 6-0. In a festival of offensive football, the French international scored a hat-trick, while the remaining goals belonged to Rodrygo, Asensio and Lucas Vazquez.
Finally, in France, another surprise: with Messi, Mbappé, Danilo, Vitinha, Nuno Mendes and Renato Sanches in the starting lineup, PSG fell to Lyon, 1-0. It was the leaders’ second consecutive defeat in Ligue 1.
Fenerbahçe, coached by Jorge Jesus, lost 4-2 at home to Besiktas, and the dream of winning the title became much more difficult to achieve – the team is nine points behind leader Galatasaray. Besiktas scored all the goals following Welinton was sent off in the 51st minute.
