2023-04-25 06:00:01
Fragile leader of the Premier League, Arsenal risks big on the lawn of its threatening dolphin Manchester City, Wednesday in the Championship, while Inter Milan and Juventus Turin are fighting for a ticket for the final of the Italian Cup.
– England: no margin for Arsenal –
Mired in a series of three consecutive draws, Arsenal seem increasingly close to seeing the title slip away from them. The Gunners are certainly five points ahead of Manchester City, but the Mancunians are two games behind.
Wednesday’s clash (21:00) in Manchester between the two leaders of the classification is therefore crucial for the men of Mikel Arteta: a defeat would greatly complicate their chances of coronation in view of the sparkling form of City, still in the running for a hat-trick Championship- Champions League-Cup of England.
Arsenal might even lose everything in a few days, because their program is very busy, with the reception of Chelsea on May 2 and a trip to Newcastle five days later.
The other top-of-the-table duel of this 33rd day opposes Tottenham (5th) to Manchester United (4th) Thursday (9:15 p.m.), an important poster for the Londoners, a few days following the rouste received on the lawn of the third, Newcastle (6 -1).
– Spain: Barça on its way –
In Spain, for this 31st day of La Liga intercalated in the middle of the week, it is Catalans once morest Madrid: FC Barcelona, who have just taken a step closer to the coronation by controlling Atlético Madrid 1-0 Sunday at Camp Nou, moves to Rayo Vallecano in Madrid on Wednesday (10:00 p.m.) while Real Madrid, eleven points behind, moves to Girona on Tuesday (7:30 p.m.).
For this match, Xavi’s men hope to finally recover French winger Ousmane Dembélé, injured in the left thigh since the end of January, as well as defender Andreas Christensen. The Catalans are on track for a historic defensive season, with only nine goals conceded since the start of the Championship and 23 matches without conceding a single goal.
Real, meanwhile, will try to maintain their current good form in Girona, with their Copa del Rey final in sight once morest Osasuna ten days later, on May 6.
The people of Madrid will be deprived in Girona of Karim Benzema and Eduardo Camavinga, both victims of “blows”, announced Monday their coach Carlo Ancelotti, who wanted to be reassuring. “These are small glitches, but even for a Champions League game they wouldn’t be available,” assured Ancelotti.
Atlético Madrid, for its part, will host Mallorca on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Also note the poster between Real Sociedad (4th, 54 pts) and Betis Sevilla (5th, 48 pts), both in the fight for the last qualifying ticket for the Champions League.
– Italy: first final for Inter or Juventus –
Before trying to win a European final in a few weeks, in the Champions League for Inter Milan and in the Europa League for Juventus, the defending champions Nerazzurri and the Bianconeri are fighting on Wednesday for a ticket for a first final, that of the Italian Cup.
Everything remains open following the semi-final first leg (1-1) concluded in confusion with in particular the exclusion of Romelu Lukaku, sanctioned for a celebration deemed provocative following having equalized on penalty, in response to racist cries from tifosi juventini.
The Belgian was finally “pardoned” by the president of the Italian Federation in the name of the fight once morest racism and may well be on the lawn, perked up by his double on Sunday in the Championship at Empoli (3-0). Juan Cuadrado, on the Juve side, and Samir Handanovic, on the Inter side, are however suspended following being also excluded during the fight that concluded the first leg.
In the final, on May 24 in Rome, the winner will meet Fiorentina or Cremonese. La Viola, in search of a first title since 2001, the year of the conquest of its sixth Italian Cup, has the opportunity to also offer itself a rich end to the season since it is also still in the race for a European final, in the Europa League Conference.
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