European Football

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French Ligue 1

Matchday 25 of 38

Friday 15 February

Lille 2-0 Rennes

Saturday 16 February

Marseille 1-0 Valenciennes
Lorient 2-1 Evian
Montpellier 1-0 Nancy
Bastia 0-1 Nice
Brest 1-1 Ajaccio
Toulouse 2-2 Troyes

Sunday 17 February

Bordeaux 0-4 Lyon
Reims 1-1 St Etienne
Sochaux 3-2 Paris St Germain

Matchday 25 Roundup

PSG (51) are now only 3 points clear to Lyon (48). Marseille (46) remain 3rd and Nice have moved upto 4th (42).

At the bottom, Nancy (18), Troyes (19) & Evian (23) occupy the relegation slots with Evian a point behind Reims.

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Italian Serie A

Matchday 26 of 38

Saturday 23 February

Palermo 0-0 Genoa

Sunday 24 February

Sampdoria 2-0 Chievo
Parma 1-2 Catania
Atalanta 2-3 Roma
Juventus 3-0 Siena
Cagliari 4-3 Torino
Inter 1-1 Milan

Monday 25 February

Udinese 0-0 Napoli
Lazio 2-0 Pescara

Tuesday 26 February

Bologna 2-1 Fiorentina

Matchday 26 Roundup

Juventus (58) & Napoli (52) remain 1st and 2nd respectively. Lazio (47), Milan (45) & Inter (44) make up the top 5.

Palermo (20), Pescara (21) & Siena (21) occupy the relegation slots with Siena 5 points behind Genoa.

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Spanish Primera Division

Matchday 25 of 38

Friday 22 February

Athletic Bilbao 1-3 Real Sociedad

Saturday 23 February

Mallorca 1-3 Getafe
Zaragoza 2-2 Valencia
Deportivo 1-2 Real Madrid
Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla

Sunday 24 February

Rayo Vallecano 1-2 Valladolid
Celta Vigo 2-1 Granada
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Espanyol
Betis 3-0 Malaga

Monday 25 February

Levante 0-2 Osasuna

Matchday 25 Roundup

Barcelona (68), Atletico Madrid (56) & Real Madrid (52) remain 1st, 2nd & 3rd respectively. Malaga (42), Valencia (41), Real Sociedad (40) & Betis (39) make up the top 7.

Deportivo (16), Mallorca (18) & Celta Vigo (23) occupy the relegation slots with Celta Vigo 2 points behind Zaragoza.

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German Bundesliga

Matchday 23 of 34

Friday 22 February

Freiburg 0-0 Eintracht Frankfurt

Saturday 23 February

Bayern Munich 6-1 Werder Bremen
Stuttgart 1-1 Nuremberg
Augsburg 2-1 Hoffenheim
Hannover 5-1 Hamburg
Mainz 1-1 Wolfsburg
Schalke 2-1 Fortuna Dusseldorf

Sunday 24 February

Borussia Monchengladbach 1-1 Borussia Dortmund
Greuther Furth 0-0 Bayer Leverkusen

Matchday 23 Roundup

Bayern Munich (60), Borussia Dortmund (43), Bayer Leverkusen (42) & Eintracht Frankfurt (38) make up the top 4. Freiburg (35) & Hamburg (34) occupy the Europa League slots.

At the bottom, Augsburg (18) occupy the relegation playoff position 9 points behind Wolfsburg. Hoffenheim (16) & Greuther Furth (13) occupy the relegation slots.

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French Ligue 1

Matchday 26 of 38

Friday 22 February

Nice 2-0 Reims

Saturday 23 February

Rennes 2-2 Sochaux
Ajaccio 1-3 Lille
Nancy 0-3 St Etienne
Troyes 0-0 Bastia
Evian 0-1 Montpellier
Valenciennes 0-0 Toulouse

Sunday 24 February

Lyon 3-1 Lorient
Bordeaux 0-2 Brest
Paris St Germain 2-0 Marseille

Matchday 26 Roundup

PSG (54) & Lyon (51) make up the top 2. Marseille (46) remain 3rd and Nice remain 4th (45).

At the bottom, Nancy (18), Troyes (20) & Evian (23) occupy the relegation slots with Evian a point behind Reims.

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Spanish Copa del Rey Semi Finals - 2nd legs

Barcelona 1-3 Real Madrid (Agg: 2-4)
Sevilla 2-2 Atletico Madrid (Agg: 3-4)

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German DFB Pokal Quarter Finals

Mainz 2-3 Freiburg (AET)
Kickers Offenbach 1-2 Wolfsburg
Stuttgart 2-0 Bochum
Bayern Munich 1-0 Borussia Dortmund

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Italian Serie A

Matchday 27 of 38

Friday 1 March

Napoli 1-1 Juventus

Saturday 2 March

Milan 3-0 Lazio

Sunday 3 March

Torino 0-0 Palermo
Siena 0-2 Atalanta
Bologna 3-0 Cagliari
Fiorentina 2-1 Chievo
Catania 2-3 Inter
Pescara 0-1 Udinese
Sampdoria 1-0 Parma
Roma 3-1 Genoa

Matchday 27 Roundup

Juventus (59) & Napoli (53) remain 1st and 2nd respectively. Milan (48), Lazio (47) & Inter (47) make up the top 5.

Palermo (21), Pescara (21) & Siena (21) occupy the relegation slots with Siena 5 points behind Genoa.

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Spanish Primera Division

Matchday 26 of 38

Friday 1 March

Getafe 2-0 Zaragoza

Saturday 2 March

Real Madrid 2-1 Barcelona
Deportivo 0-0 Rayo Vallecano
Osasuna 0-1 Athletic Bilbao
Valencia 2-2 Levante

Sunday 3 March

Granada 1-2 Mallorca
Espanyol 0-0 Valladolid
Malaga 0-0 Atletico Madrid
Real Sociedad 3-3 Betis

Monday 4 March

Sevilla 4-1 Celta Vigo

Matchday 26 Roundup

Barcelona (68), Atletico Madrid (57) & Real Madrid (55) remain 1st, 2nd & 3rd respectively. Malaga (43), Valencia (42), Real Sociedad (41) & Betis (40) make up the top 7.

Deportivo (17), Mallorca (21) & Celta Vigo (23) occupy the relegation slots with Celta Vigo 2 points behind Zaragoza.

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German Bundesliga

Matchday 24 of 34

Friday 1 March

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Borussia Monchengladbach

Saturday 2 March

Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Hannover
Nuremberg 1-1 Freiburg
Werder Bremen 0-1 Augsburg
Hamburg 1-1 Greuther Furth
Wolfsburg 1-4 Schalke
Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Stuttgart

Sunday 3 March

Hoffenheim 0-1 Bayern Munich
Fortuna Dusseldorf 1-1 Mainz

Matchday 24 Roundup

Bayern Munich (63), Borussia Dortmund (46), Bayer Leverkusen (45) & Eintracht Frankfurt (38) make up the top 4. Freiburg (36) & Schalke (36) occupy the Europa League slots.

At the bottom, Augsburg (21) occupy the relegation playoff position 9 points behind Wolfsburg. Hoffenheim (16) & Greuther Furth (14) occupy the relegation slots.

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French Ligue 1

Matchday 27 of 38

Friday 1 March

Montpellier 2-0 Rennes

Saturday 2 March

Reims 1-0 Paris St Germain
St Etienne 4-0 Nice
Lorient 1-1 Valenciennes
Sochaux 1-2 Nancy
Bastia 1-0 Ajaccio
Toulouse 0-0 Evian

Sunday 3 March

Brest 1-1 Lyon
Marseille 2-1 Troyes
Lille 2-1 Bordeaux

Matchday 27 Roundup

PSG (54) & Lyon (52) make up the top 2. Marseille (49) remain 3rd and St Etienne have moved upto 4th (47).

At the bottom, Troyes (20), Nancy (21) & Evian (24) occupy the relegation slots with Evian a point behind Sochaux.

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Italian Serie A

Matchday 28 of 38

Friday 8 March

Genoa 0-2 Milan

Saturday 9 March

Udinese 1-1 Roma

Sunday 10 March

Atalanta 2-1 Pescara
Juventus 1-0 Catania
Chievo 2-0 Napoli
Cagliari 3-1 Sampdoria
Palermo 1-2 Siena
Parma 4-1 Torino
Inter 0-1 Bologna
Lazio 0-2 Fiorentina

Matchday 28 Roundup

Juventus (62) & Napoli (53) remain 1st and 2nd respectively. Milan (51), Fiorentina (48) & Inter (47) make up the top 5.

Palermo (21), Pescara (21) & Siena (24) occupy the relegation slots with Siena 2 points behind Genoa.

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Spanish Primera Division

Matchday 27 of 38

Friday 8 March

Betis 2-1 Osasuna

Saturday 9 March

Rayo Vallecano 2-0 Espanyol
Valladolid 1-1 Malaga
Barcelona 2-0 Deportivo
Mallorca 2-1 Sevilla

Sunday 10 March

Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Valencia
Levante 0-0 Getafe
Celta Vigo 1-2 Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid 0-1 Real Sociedad

Monday 11 March

Zaragoza 0-0 Granada

Matchday 27 Roundup

Barcelona (71), Real Madrid (58) & Atletico Madrid (57) remain 1st, 2nd & 3rd respectively. Malaga (44), Real Sociedad (44), Real Betis (43) & Valencia (42) make up the top 7.

Deportivo (17), Celta Vigo (23) & Mallorca (24) occupy the relegation slots with Mallorca 2 points behind Zaragoza.

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German Bundesliga

Matchday 25 of 34

Friday 8 March

Augsburg 1-2 Nuremberg

Saturday 9 March

Mainz 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Freiburg 2-5 Wolfsburg
Greuther Furth 0-3 Hoffenheim
Schalke 2-1 Borussia Dortmund
Bayern Munich 3-2 Fortuna Dusseldorf
Borussia Monchengladbach 1-1 Werder Bremen

Sunday 10 March

Hannover 0-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Stuttgart 0-1 Hamburg

Matchday 25 Roundup

Bayern Munich (66), Borussia Dortmund (46), Bayer Leverkusen (45) & Schalke (39) make up the top 4. Eintracht Frankfurt (39) & Hamburg (38) occupy the Europa League slots.

At the bottom, Augsburg (21) occupy the relegation playoff position 7 points behind Fortuna Dusseldorf. Hoffenheim (19) & Greuther Furth (14) occupy the relegation slots.

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French Ligue 1

Matchday 28 of 38

Friday 8 March

Rennes 2-2 St Etienne

Saturday 9 March

Paris St Germain 2-1 Nancy
Ajaccio 1-0 Lorient
Troyes 4-2 Reims
Evian 5-1 Sochaux
Brest 0-1 Toulouse
Valenciennes 1-3 Lille

Sunday 10 March

Nice 2-0 Montpellier
Bordeaux 1-0 Bastia
Lyon 0-0 Marseille

Matchday 28 Roundup

PSG (57) & Lyon (53) make up the top 2. Marseille (50) remain 3rd and St Etienne remain 4th (48).

At the bottom, Nancy (21), Troyes (23) & Sochaux (27) occupy the relegation slots with Sochaux level on points with Evian & Reims.

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[Azalea]

Legend Andres Iniesta will leave Barcelona,No longer a rumors !!!
Speaking at the press conference he said: “This is my last season here (On Apr 27, 2018).

Struggling to hold back the tears, Iniesta said : “I understand that in the near future I will not be able to give the best of myself in all senses, both physically and mentally.

"The Spanish midfielder, who has made 639 appearances for Barça, ranks second on the all-time games played list at the Club. He has scored 55 goals for the first team, for which he debuted on October 29th, 2002.

"Since 2015 Iniesta has been the team's first captain, and is one of the Club's most distinguished symbols. The 33-year-old midfielder joined the Club in September 1996, at the age of 12. Iniesta and Leo Messi share the record for the most titles in Barça history, with 32."

Iniesta decided to leave Barcelona after 22 seasons with the club, winning an extraordinary nine La Liga titles and lifting the UEFA Champions League trophy four times. two European Championships, He also won the 2010 World Cup with Spain in 2010.

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Lionel Messi sends message to Andres Iniesta after Barcelona legend confirms exit
He wrote: “Andres, thank you for all these years of football.


“It has been a privilege to enjoy this sport by your side and spend so many unforgettable moments together. I wish you all the best in this new stage in sports and in your life.

“You are a phenomenon, on and off the pitch. We will miss you!”

Barcelona without Iniesta is going to take some getting used to and Messi is certainly going to miss him next season.

[Azalea]

Andrés Iniesta has been presented in Japan as a new player of Vissel Kobe.
From Qatar and to Australia, through China, the United States and England, Iniesta had a choice, although in the possibility of continuing in Europe, he discarded it in first person from the very beginning.
Iniesta, 34 years old and with 32 titles won at Barça, besides being world champion and twice from Europe with Spain, will be from now on the reference player of Vissel Kobe and one of the top attractions of the J -League.