Barcelona’s gloom continues in Cadiz



Substitute Alvaro Negredo handed over new top boys Cadiz another prized La Liga scalp as they clung to claim a 2-1 win over Ronald Koeman’s ailing Barcelona.

Negredo plunged into a defensive switch to take the 63rd-minute winner after a Pedro Alcala own goal canceled Alvaro Gimenez’s early opener.

Jeremias Ledesma made a series of fantastic saves when Cadiz, who defeated Real Madrid earlier this season, caused Koeman even more frustration.

Real Madrid ended a run of three league games without a win as they took a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Seville.

Home defender Yassine Bounou made a weak shot from Vinicius Jr in the 55th minute to give Zinedine Zidane’s men a barely deserved three points.

Second place Atletico Madrid maintained pressure on leaders Real society as the goals of Thomas Lemar and Marcos Llorente in the second half gave them a 2-0 victory over Real Valladolid.

Struggling Levante earned their first win in nine games with a 3-0 win over Getafe, who had let both Chema Rodriguez and Djene Dakonam leave.

Achraf Hakimi scored twice that Inter Milan retained second place in Serie A with a 3-1 win Bologna.

Romelu Lukaku opened the score before Hakimi doubled his side’s lead just before half time.

Bologna narrowed the deficit through Emanuel Vignato, but Hakimi’s second in the 70th minute took the win.

Juventus came from behind to win against the Turin derby Torino, who led much of the match through Nicolas Nkoulou’s ninth minute.

But Juve hit back on two headers in the last 13 minutes from Weston McKennie and Leonardo Bonucci, then sent substitute Carlo Pinsoglio off for his outrageous celebrations.

Goals from Ciro Immobile and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic saw Lazio hit back from last week’s loss to Udinese with a 2-1 win on Herb.

Kingsley Coman claimed a hat-trick of assists like Bayern Munich retained first place in the Bundesliga with a 3-3 tie against second place RB Leipzig.

Leipzig led early via Christopher Nkunku and an attempt by Emil Forsberg early in the second half put them back in the lead before Thomas Muller’s runner-up came to the rescue in the 75th minute.

Borussia Dortmund lost ground to the two teams above them when they were held to a 1-1 draw Eintracht FrankfurtGiovanni Reyna grabbed a point in the 56th minute after Daichi Kamada’s opener for the hosts.

Wolfsburg trailed twice and claimed a 2-2 draw Koln, while Arminia Bielefeld broke a run of seven consecutive losses with a 2-1 victory over fellow fighters Mainz.

Freiburg are now nine games without a win after being tied at 2-2 at home Borussia Monchengladbach.

Kylian Mbappé only became the fifth player to reach 100 goals for his club PSG hit late to finish Montpellierwinning streak of four games in Ligue 1.

Colin Dagba’s opener for PSG was overturned by Montpellier’s Stephy Mavididi, but two goals in the last eight minutes from Moise Kean and Mbappe gave the leaders a 3-1 victory.

Arnaud Muinga and Ignatius Ganago were on the score sheet as Lens won 2-0 Rennes to expand the hosts’ winless streak to seven games in all competitions.




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