* Bayern and Dortmund eliminated from German Cup
Early morning of April 6, MU found joy again after a series of disappointing matches in the Premier League with a 1-0 victory over Brentford in the make-up match of round 25.
Marcus Rashford played the hero with the only goal in the 27th minute after a header from Marcel Sabitzer.
This result helped MU end a series of 3 consecutive matches of only drawing and losing in the Premier League, including a 0-7 defeat against Liverpool.
The victory also helped the "Red Devils" successfully avenge the 0-4 defeat against Brentford in the first leg, thereby temporarily returning to the top 4 of the Premier League.
MU currently has 53 points, 3 points more than their competitor Tottenham and has played 1 match less than their opponent. In the next match, coach Erik ten Hag's team will continue to play at home at Old Trafford against Everton in round 30 of the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Newcastle United continued their impressive comeback with a resounding 5-1 victory away to West Ham United in the make-up match of round 7. Callum Wilson (double), Joelinton (double) and Alexander Isak took turns scoring to bring three points to the "Magpies".
With this victory, Newcastle continues to stand in 3rd place in the Premier League with 53 points after 28 matches played, equal to the "Red Devils" but with a better goal difference.
* In the second leg of the Spanish King's Cup semi-finals, Real Madrid created a "storm of goals" right at Camp Nou when they had a resounding 4-0 victory over rival Barcelona.
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| Benzema shines as Real crushes Barcelona. Source: Skysports |
Karim Benzema was the brightest star in this match with a hat-trick against goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
This is Real's first victory over Barcelona in 2023 after suffering three consecutive defeats in El Clasico.
This result sent coach Carlo Ancelotti's team straight into the final with a total score of 4-1 after two semi-final matches.
Real Madrid's final opponent on the journey to conquer the King's Cup this season is Osasuna. The final will take place on May 6.
* The two teams that should be leading the Bundesliga and also the two brightest candidates for the German Cup championship - Bayern Munich and Dortmund - had to stop after defeats in the quarter-finals.
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| Bayern were eliminated from the German Cup for the third consecutive year. Source: Getty Images |
Bayern Munich were knocked out of the tournament after a surprise 1-2 defeat to Freiburg at the Allianz Stadium. This was the first time in history that Bayern had lost to Freiburg at home in all competitions.
This defeat forced the "Gray Tigers" to stop playing in the National Cup for the third consecutive year, and also caused coach Thomas Tuchel to soon lose his dream of winning "treble" with Bayern.
Along with Bayern, Dortmund also had to miss the National Cup final for the second consecutive year after losing 0-2 to Leipzig.
This defeat puts the yellow-black team at risk of going empty-handed this season when they were previously eliminated from the Champions League and are currently behind Bayern in the Bundesliga after a crushing defeat in Der Klassiker last weekend.
This is a disappointing result for an ambitious Borussia Dortmund to conquer every title this season.
Thus, the German National Cup playground has only 4 names: Eintracht Frankfurt, VfB Stuttgart, SC Freiburg and defending champion RB Leipzig.
Two of these were present in the final in Berlin in May 2022, RB Leipzig beat SC Freiburg in a lucky penalty shootout to win the DFB-Pokal for the first time in history.
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