The battle for extra Champions League places: Premier League, LaLiga now firm favourites
Who will be rewarded with extra places in next season's Champions League? This is how it works, and which leagues are leading the race.
Who will be rewarded with extra places in next season's Champions League? This is how it works, and which leagues are leading the race.
New York Red Bulls academy product Astin Mbaye has signed with Italy Serie A giants AC Milan, a source confirmed to ESPN.
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With nine of its 20 teams under American ownership, Serie A hopes to be the first major European soccer league to play a game in the United States, Italian league president Ezio Simonelli said Tuesday.
Late goals from Khephren Thuram and Teun Koopmeiners earned Juventus a 2-0 home win against Hellas Verona in Serie A on Monday as Thiago Motta's side extended their winning run to five games.
AC Milan coach Sergio Conceicao described the pressure of fan protests as unprecedented in his career after Sunday's 2-1 Serie A home defeat to Lazio.
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An added time penalty earned Lazio a 2-1 win over AC Milan at the San Siro on Sunday, where the hosts had equalised despite going down to 10-men and endured a hostile atmosphere from their own fans protesting the club owners.
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A late Philip Billing goal for Napoli rescued a deserved 1-1 draw at home to Serie A leaders Inter Milan on Saturday, leaving the title rivals separated by a point at the top of the table.
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Fiorentina striker Moise Kean was taken to hospital on Sunday after collapsing with a head injury during his team's defeat against Hellas Verona.
Juventus' revival rolled on with a gritty 1-0 win at lowly Cagliari on Sunday after Dusan Vlahovic's early goal sealed the points as they consolidated fourth spot in Serie A.
Chelsea slip further away from a Champions League spot thanks to a beating from Aston Villa. That and more from around Europe in ESPN's Weekend Review.
Third-placed Atalanta cruised to a 5-0 win at lowly Empoli with Ademola Lookman scoring a brilliant double with a goal in each half on Sunday to reignite their bid for the Serie A title.
Fiorentina forward Moise Kean was rushed to hospital after the Italian took a knock to the head but continued playing before he collapsed on the pitch at Hellas Verona in Serie A on Sunday.
Napoli missed the chance to return to the top of Serie A after suffering a stunning 2-1 loss against Como at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia on Sunday, as the title-chasing visitors' winless streak extended to four matches.
A goal from Lautaro Martinez was enough to earn Inter Milan a 1-0 win over Genoa at the San Siro on Saturday and send the home side provisionally top of the Serie A standings.
AC Milan endured a frustrating evening when an early own goal from Malick Thiaw and a missed penalty from Christian Pulisic saw them fall 2-1 at Torino.
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini on Saturday said he never intended to offend Ademola Lookman by saying the striker is "one of the worst penalty takers he has ever seen" after their home Champions League defeat by Club Brugge.
Udinese's 1-0 away win over Lecce on Friday was overshadowed by the controversy surrounding Lorenzo Lucca's winning penalty, which angered his teammates and coach.
TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internazionale | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | +35 | 58 |
Napoli | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | +21 | 57 |
Atalanta | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | +33 | 55 |
Juventus | 27 | 13 | 13 | 1 | +24 | 52 |
Lazio | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | +14 | 50 |
Bologna | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | +9 | 47 |
Fiorentina | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | +14 | 45 |
AS Roma | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | +12 | 43 |
AC Milan | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | +9 | 41 |
Udinese | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 39 |
Torino | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 34 |
Genoa | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | -10 | 31 |
Como | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 28 |
Hellas Verona | 27 | 8 | 2 | 17 | -29 | 26 |
Cagliari | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 25 |
Lecce | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -25 | 25 |
Parma | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 23 |
Empoli | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -21 | 22 |
Venezia | 27 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -19 | 18 |
Monza | 27 | 2 | 8 | 17 | -24 | 14 |