CM – European football weekend: Coronation of Inter Milan, obstacle from Lille and German Cup Sports News, Firstpost

Inter Milan could secure a first Serie A crown since Jose Mourinho led the club triple in 2010 when they win and Atalanta drops points in Sassuolo on Sunday.

Matteo Darmian scored the only goal in Inter Milan’s win over Hellas Verona. AP

Inter Milan has been able to win the first Serie A crown for over a decade, Lille want to keep control of the Ligue 1 title race and Borussia Dortmund have their sights on the German Cup final.

Inter Milan could get a first Secure the crown in Serie A since Jose Mourinho led the club three times in 2010 when they win and Atalanta drops points on Sunday in Sassuolo.

The Nerazzurri are about to score a 19th Scudetto, which they one step ahead of City rivals AC Milan would bring but still falls well short of Juventus’ record of 36. Antonio Conte’s side have drawn two of their last three games but are unbeaten for 17 and are expected to face a Crotone side , which is almost doomed to relegation at the foot of the table.

After fighting back from two goals against Lyon, Lille has to rewrite the youngest form leader against Nice, a club that the table f The leader of Ligue 1 has only beaten once in the last 16 attempts.

Burak Yilmaz is the man of the moment for Christophe Galtier’s team, who, at the age of 35, scored 12 goals in his first season in one of the top five leagues in Europe in Scored 24 games.

Lille did better as a hunter than hunted but could end up in second place after kick-off if Paris Saint-Germain beat Lens earlier in the day.

Barcelona’s shocking home defeat to Granada means that Ronald Koeman’s side no longer have their fate in their own hands. The top four in Spain are separated by five games by three points.

Two out of four defeats have brought Barca’s title defense to a standstill and the initiative returned to Atletico Madrid, who will visit Camp Nou next weekend. Like Barca, Real Madrid are two points behind Sevilla and one more point behind.

Valencia have only won eight games this season and are only six points ahead of the relegation spots, but drew 2-2 in December.

The Bundesliga takes a step back when the German Cup with the second division Holstein Kiel, the conqueror of the defending champion Bayern Munich, is resumed to continue the surprise run against Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals.

While Erling Braut Haaland and Dortmund are fighting for the cup for the fifth time and for the first time since 2017, Kiel, who is chasing promotion, will only have a second appearance in the last four games.

Julian Nagelsmann begins his farewell to RB Leipzig when the runner-up Werder Bremen visited in the first semifinals on Friday in 2019. The 33-year-old will take over Bayern this summer.

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic last year denied Ajax a chance for another Eredivisie title, but the Amsterdam giants have that disappointment thanks to a top-class run of 19 Playing without defeat shaken off.

Erik ten Hag’s men are 12 points ahead of PSV Eindhoven in the last four rounds of the season. Their vast goal difference effectively guarantees that they cannot be caught, but a point against Emmen will confirm them as champions.

Earlier this month, Ajax won the Dutch Cup for the 20th time when David Neres played 2-1 Victory against Vitesse Arnhem resulted in an injury-time winner.

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The UK government on Monday pledged to « do whatever it takes » to protect football and opened up the possibility of invoking competition law to block a proposed new European Super League by breakaway clubs

Chelsea are preparing documents to tell the Super League they want to get out of the 12-team plan, said a person with knowledge of the decision.

In its decision, the court expressly forbade UEFA and FIFA to take « measures or measures or declarations or announcements that directly or indirectly hinder the implementation of the European Super League ».

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