Barca wins dramatically, Real recruits Xabi Alonso

Sports news update on April 20 with highlights: Barca wins dramatically, Real recruits Xabi Alonso.

Barca won dramatically

In round 32 of La Liga 2024-2025, Barca faced numerous difficulties against their nemesis Celta Vigo. Ferran Torres opened the scoring for the home team in the 12th minute, but Iglesias' hat-trick of goals (minutes 15, 52 and 62) helped Celta Vigo turn the situation around.

Raphinha celebrates scoring the winning goal to make it 4-3. Photo: FC Barcelona

Having to win to consolidate their top position, Barca went all out in attack. After much effort, Olmo scored in the 64th minute, helping the Catalan representative reduce the score to 2-3. Just 4 minutes later, Raphinha equalized to 3-3, before the Brazilian player himself sealed the 4-3 victory in the 90+8 minute when he successfully executed a penalty.

With a dramatic 4-3 win, Barca consolidated their top position in the rankings with 73 points, 7 points ahead of 2nd-placed Real Madrid but having played 1 more match. While there are 6 more rounds left in the season, the championship is still within the control of coach Flick and his team.

Real Madrid sign Xabi Alonso

Spanish media reported that coach Ancelotti will leave Real Madrid after the 2024-2025 season ends, to make way for Xabi Alonso. Since taking over Leverkusen, the Spanish coach has quickly made a name for himself with a modern football philosophy: high pressing, ball control and fierce attacks. Under his leadership, Leverkusen has not only become a real rival in the Bundesliga but also a formidable team in the European arena. Xabi Alonso still has a contract with Leverkusen until 2026, but many believe that this is not an obstacle if Real Madrid really wants to bring this former player born in 1981 back to the Bernabeu.

Man City struggled to win 3 points

Although rated higher, Man City struggled to win 3 points with a 2-0 victory over Everton in the final minutes of round 33 of the Premier League. The two goals of the Etihad team were scored by O'Reilly (minute 84) and Kovacic (minute 90+2). The above result helped coach Guardiola's team rank 4th on the rankings with 58 points.

Kovacic scored the winning goal in a 2-0 victory over Everton. Photo: Man City

Fabregas' team impresses

Despite playing away at Via del Mare, Como had an excellent match when defeating Lecce 3-0, thereby extending their streak of 3 consecutive wins in Serie A. Under the leadership of Cesc Fabregas, the rookie team has gradually made a spectacular breakthrough in the relegation race.

The win helped Como rise to 13th place with 39 points, creating a fairly safe gap of up to 15 points over the relegation group with only 5 rounds of the season left. In contrast, Lecce is stuck in 17th place with 26 points, only 2 points ahead of Venezia and Empoli, and also played 1 more game.

Bayern vents anger

After being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League in a bitter way, Bayern Munich had a devastating 4-0 victory over Heidenheim in round 30 of the Bundesliga 2024-2025 season. The victory helped Bayern ease the disappointment of being eliminated from the Champions League, thereby consolidating the top position in the Bundesliga rankings. Coach Kompany's team is 9 points ahead of Leverkusen despite playing 1 more match than their opponent and has many advantages to return to the Bundesliga championship.

Yamal most expensive Champions League semi-finalist

According to the ranking of the International Football Observatory (CIES Football Observatory), young talent Yamal of Barcelona is the most expensive player in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League 2024-2025, with a value of 197 million euros. The next positions are: Saka (127 million euros), Pedri (126 million euros), Joao Neves (110 million euros), Lautaro Martinez (109 million euros), Pau Cubarsi (104 million euros), Rice (99.5 million euros), Bradley Barcola (98.4 million euros).

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