FOOTBALL: European roundup

Emmanuel Alfred

There were no shortage of matches in England and Spain yesterday and we will look into how it all went

Serie A: Roma wins as Juve and Inter draw

As Roma defeated Udinese by 3-1 at the Stadio Olympico to move up to fifth position on the log.

Gianluca Mancini opened the scoreline for the home side but the away side equalized against the run of play by Florian Thauvin with a header after a delicious cross by Martín Payero.

The game was headed for a draw but Paolo Dybala and Stefan Elsharawy got two late goals for Jose Mourinho’s men

Front duos step up in entertaining draw

It was a tale of attacking duos combining for the goals between Juventus FC and Inter Milan on Sunday.

Federico Chiesa set up Dusan Vlahovic to score and put and put the Old Ladies ahead after a wave of attacks that weren’t converted.
Inter equalized after their own deadly duo; Marcus Thuram set up Lautaro Martinez beautifully for the equalizer and score his 13th goal of the season.
It saw Inter’s away winning streak to an end and Juventus’ 5 game winning run to an end.

La Liga: Rodrygo returns with two solo goals

Real Madrid forward, Rodrygo Goes grabbed two brilliant goals while Jude Bellingham got the other in a 3-0 win over Cadiz on the road.

The Brazilian, who was a victim of racist abuse in his country’s heated game between Brazil and Argentina was on song last night as he also set up the other goal.

Bellingham on his return from a shoulder concern benefitted from Rodrygo who cut in through the left wing and the Englishman who is on fire fired a fine left-footed strike across goal and into the bottom corner.

The English midfielder Bellingham has now scored 11 goals in 12 La Liga games and three in the Champions League since his summer move from Borussia Dortmund.

Elsewhere, Sergio Ramos received the 29th red card of his career as Sevilla lost 2-1 to Real Sociedad.

The dismissal takes the 37-year-old’s record for the most red cards in La Liga history to 21.
Jesus Navas received the first red card of his career yesterday for protesting the decision.
Sevilla are now 15th on the log and have gone seven games without a win in the league.

Premier League: Garnacho with the goal of the season contender and Spurs lose again.

Argentine forward, Alejandro Garnacho scored a goal of the season contender and Puskas award contender as Manchester United defeated Everton FC 0-3 at Goodison Park.

The 19 year old scored an audacious overhead kick after a cut back cross from Diego Dalot to put United in front.

Everton thought they had equalized when Abdoulaye Doucouré had a clear cut chance in the box but fired it surprisingly wide.

United wasted no time in doubling their advantage in the second half as Marcus Rashford scored from the spot kick and Anthony Martial got his 9th against the Toffees with a delicious chip after being set up by captain, Bruno Fernandes.

The win sees United won their 5th game out of seven games.

Villa stage brilliant comeback against Spurs

Spanish defender Pau Torres scored a brilliant header with Ollie Watson scoring his 12th goal of the season as Aston Villa came from a goal down to defeat Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.

Giovani lo Celso had put Spurs head from a deflected shot that found the top corner and could have scored more if not for poor finishing.

The defeat was Spurs’ third on the run after going unbeaten in their first ten games of the season.