So we are
done with the quarterfinals and three more leagues are disappearing from our
attention. Italy, Turkey and France lost their last Champions League
participants. The best European leagues Spain and Germany are represented by
their two best teams: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern and Borussia Dortmund will
be our focus until two of them leave the competition. The semifinal draw doesn’t
exclude the opportunity of a Champions League final with two clubs from the
same league. Bayern will meet Barcelona and Borussia will host Reak before the
German teams travel to Spain.
Unfortunately
for neutral fans, the domestic intrigue related to the clubs concerned is dead.
Barcelona is 13 points ahead of Real Madrid, which means that the Catalans need
to win maximum 4 out of the 8 matches left, while Bayern has already officially
confirmed the title. Real and Borussia are unlikely to lose the second place,
as they have a solid advantage of points, are in good form and the main
competitors are very unstable.
The news of
the last weekend was, of course, Bayern’s title-bringing victory over Eintracht
Frankfurt. The team needed two points in the last matches. Alternatively
Borussia had to lose points in any of the 7 matches left. But Jupp Heynckes’s
boys didn’t have the nerves to wait for the circumstances. They simply won
their match, scoring only once, thanks to Bastian Schweinsteiger’s goal in the
beginning of the second half. The team could have scored earlier, but David
Alaba failed to convert a penalty in the first half. Bayern has become German
champions for the 23rd time in history and this is the first time a
team becomes a Bundesliga champions so early in the season. This title returned
to Munich after two years of break.
Borussia
didn’t introduce its main players to the match against Augsburg, saving some
energy before the Champions League second leg match against Malaga. But the
final result didn’t suffer and the team won 4 goals by 2. The league topscorer
Robert Lewandowski was brought in to save the team in the second half. The
clinical Pole helped his team score three times in the second half. Lewandowski
has scored 21 league goals this season.
Barcelona
had to play without the injured topscorer Lionel Messi, who was missing for the
first time in the season. The one to replace Messi wasn’t bad either. Cesc
Fabregas scored three times, to help his team win by a score of 5-0. Messi is
another league topscorer, who has scored twice as much as Lewandowski so far.
Real didn’t
introduce the best eleven in the home match against Levante. The team conceded
first, but was able to score the same 5 goals as Barcelona. Cristiano Ronaldo
scored, too. The Portuguese has got 29 league goals registered next to his name.
The next
matches will not be too tough either. Bayern will play its first match with the
title of champions on hand. The team will host Nurnberg. The other teams will
be in the role of visitors this weekend; Borussia will play against Greuther
Furth, Barcelona will be hosted by Zaragoza, and Real will visit Athletic from
Bilbao.
| Club | Last Matches | Next match | Position in the domestic league |
| FC Barcelona (Spain) | 06.04 R. Mallorca (H) 5-0 10.04 PSG (H) 1-1 | 14.04 Zaragoza (A) | 1 |
| Real Madrid (Spain) | 06.04 Levante (H) 5-1 09.04 Galatasaray (A) 2-3 | 14.04 Athletic (A) | 2 |
| Bayern (Germany) | 06.04 Eintracht (A) 1-0 10.04 Juventus (A) 2-0 | 13.04 Nurnberg (H) | 1 |
| Borussia D. (Germany) | 06.04 Augsburg (H) 4-2 09.04 Malaga (A) 3-2 | 13.04 Gr. Furth (A) | 2 |
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