Real Madrid at an advantage?
Real Madrid are still leaders of La Liga but times are tough. The Madrid club is going through a bad patch, like the 2-2 draw against Elche. A new refereeing controversy shakes up the meeting. On Bellingham’s equalizing goal, violent contact took place between Vinicius Jr and Inaki Pena, the Elche goalkeeper who ended up with a bloody nose. A situation which was worth a fault for Eder Sarabia, the Elche coach. “Vinicius was clearly at fault! Vinicius punches him in the face, have you seen Inaki Pena’s nose? This is a clear mistake. I can understand that the referee doesn’t see it during the action. But VAR exists for this type of situation», blurted out the Spanish coach. Kylian Mbappé was also annoyed with the arbitration, but for something else. He went against the man in yellow for added time deemed insufficient when the referee added 8 minutes. As a result, Mbappé was warned for protesting.
Eze enters the hearts of the Gunners
Arsenal crushed Tottenham 4 goals to 1 in the London derby, the big man of this match was obviously Eberechi Eze who scored the first hat-trick of his career, the Daily Mirror puts him in the spotlight on its front page. The icing on the cake was that Eze scored in the most important match of the season for fans against the local rival. Now he lives hisdream» writes the English press. Beyond an important treble for Arsenal, it is a dream scenario for Eberechi Eze who was on the verge of signing for Tottenham this summer before finally moving to the Gunners. As a reminder, Eze played at Arsenal in the youth categories, it is his favorite club and he tried a final call with Mikel Arteta before signing for Tottenham, it worked and here he is thriving among the Premier League leaders. “Eze made himself comfortable” title The Team. In addition to being decisive, the former Crystal Palace player seems totally involved in Arteta’s style of play, he is hyperactive in attack, he combines well with his teammates and he gives himself defensively. The ideal player for Mikel Arteta who was very complimentary at the press conference.
Giroud the eternal
Direction the North of France where Olivier Giroud finally woke up. After three months of drought in Ligue 1, the 39-year-old striker scored twice and allowed LOSC to win 4-2 against Paris FC. A valuable victory for Lille which moved back to 4th place and which had a good weekend. Giroud the unsinkable confirms that you must always count on your goals, regardless of your age and current form. Olivier Giroud was associated with Hamza Igamane for the first time as starters, a profitable choice for Bruno Génésio given the result and the beautiful sequences of play produced by his attacking duo. Promising for the future.
