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Ancelotti champion everywhere
After Italy with Milan, France with PSG, Germany with Bayern and England with Chelsea, Carlo Ancelotti won the title of Spanish champion at the head of Real Madrid.
A coronation guaranteed on Saturday, after a 4-0 card against Espanyol, the 35th in the history of the White House.
Champion in the five major European championships?
It's a first.
“
I am very happy.
I had the chance to coach big teams, big clubs, Milan, Real, PSG, Chelsea and Bayern
, ”said the Italian technician, on
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, after dropping a short meaningful sentence. about Kylian Mbappé.
“
The future of this club is already written.
With this president, the future is already written
“, he said, however refusing to say that the 23-year-old world champion will join Real this summer.
In the meantime, Casa Blanca still have their work cut out for them, with this meeting against Man.
City on Wednesday, in the Champions League.
Obviously, we will not forget to underline the importance of Mr. Benzema in this Madrid coronation.
Read alsoReal Madrid: Ancelotti, oblivion at the top of Spain … and Europe?
Judo, golden girls
The rollercoaster for the French judo team in Sofia.
The French indeed left the European championships with eight medals including three gold for Romane Dicko, Marie-Eve Gahié and Shirine Boukli, two silver and three bronze.
Enough to finish at the top of the nations classification, even in the absence of Teddy Riner and Clarisse Agbégnénou.
Note that the girls brought back seven of the eight tricolor medals.
Cédric Revol, third in the under 60 kg category on Friday, is the only one of the nine Frenchmen in the running to be on the podium.
We expected a men's team in reconstruction, that's what we saw in Bulgaria.
Read alsoJudo: Romane Dicko crowned queen of Europe for the third time, eight medals for France
The Heart of Blood and Gold
Never two without three.
As against Nice (3-0 victory) and Paris (1-1), the Lensois took points in numerical inferiority on Saturday.
A point in this case, with this draw against FC Nantes (2-2).
However, the Canaries led 2-0 in this meeting of the 35th day of Ligue 1 and the Blood and Gold played ten from the 19th minute of play, after the expulsion of their goalkeeper, Jean-Louis Leca.
“
It's something strong.
There are not many teams that are able to do that, it's a great source of pride
, ”savors the northern coach, Franck Haise.
There is something.
This Racing has heart and demonstrated it again on Saturday evening.
Enough to stay in the race for Europe by appearing in eighth place in the French championship standings.
Chick?
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Top 14: the LOU fights back
Lyon is (much) better.
At the beginning of April, the LOU conceded a 10-43 rout at home against the Toulonnais, which did not bode well for the race for the final stages.
Reinvigorated by a success in Brive, Pierre Mignoni's men superbly confirmed their recovery by dominating the leader of the Top 14, Montpellier, 43 to 20. An improved success (five tries registered) which allowed LOU to climb to 5th place in the ranking and to believe more than ever in his qualification two days before the end of the regular season.
“
Four weeks ago, we were the worst.
Today, we are still alive
, ”the Lyon manager legitimately rejoiced.
Read alsoThe ranking of the Top 14 two days from the end
OL women return to the C1 final
The weekend was not good only for the LOU in Lyon.
The OL footballers indeed disposed of PSG in Paris (1-2) on Saturday, in the semi-final return of the Women's Champions League.
After the 3-2 victory in the first leg, this success opens the doors to the final.
"
It's a year of reconquest
," insists the Lyonnaise Selma Bacha, salivating at the idea of facing Barcelona on May 21, in Turin.
“
Barça is a team that makes European football evolve, that fills the stadiums.
It's an example.
We are getting there slowly but surely.
As a supporter, when I hear Lyon-Barcelona, it makes you want
, ”she slips.
OL are going to play in their tenth women's C1 final and try to win an eighth.
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Quartararo leads the MotoGP world championship
Whoever loses wins.
If he had to bow to the Italian Francesco Bagnaia, winner of the Spanish MotoGP Grand Prix on Sunday, Fabio Quartararo takes control at the head of the World Championship.
Second on the line, the Frenchman is happy with his shot.
“
I was at the limit, I couldn't do better.
It's five points that we miss (compared to 25 for a victory, editor's note), but frankly, we can be happy
, "swears the reigning world champion, already turned to the Grand Prix de France, at Le Mans.
Read alsoGP of Spain MotoGP: "I was at the limit, I couldn't do better", admits Quartararo
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Marseille, the blow of the breakdown
OM cracks.
Between their two Europa League Conference matches against Feyenoord, Jorge Sampaoli's players took a slap against their rivals OL on Sunday (0-3), in the last match of the 35th day of Ligue 1. Olympico” intense and sometimes stormy, marked by disputed and questionable arbitration decisions.
“
We have already been penalized in Paris (2-1 defeat, editor’s note), and again here.
I believe that the criteria should be standardized so that no one is penalized, as we were this evening
, "plagues the Argentine coach, raised against the"
errors
of the refereeing body.
The Marseillais however gave the baton to be beaten in the game too, lacking realism, in particular Arek Milik at the end of the first period.
They nevertheless remain solid second in the standings, three lengths ahead of Rennes and Monaco, before turning to their half return from C4, Thursday, at the Vélodrome.
It will also be with Steve Mandanda in goal.
Read alsoLigue 1: “We have already been penalized in Paris, and again” against Lyon, deplores Sampaoli, raised against “arbitral errors”
Les Bleues du rugby still can't do it
Gaëlle Hermet and her teammates dreamed of it.
Finish the Six Nations Tournament with a triumph over the English in a sold-out Jean-Dauger stadium in Bayonne.
The ace !
It was to forget a little quickly the English stranglehold on world women's rugby.
The "Red Roses" are not world number one for nothing.
They therefore inflicted on the Blue a ninth defeat in a row in their confrontations (success 24 to 12), increasing by one unit their current series of invincibility (23 victories).
And taken, by adding an 11th Grand Slam to their list, the psychological advantage before the reunion from the group stage at the next World Cup, in New Zealand (from October 8 to November 12).
Read alsoTops / Flops France-England: The perfect plan of the XV of the Rose, Caroline Drouin imprecise
Lille loses its nerves… and its last illusions
Never seen or almost in Troyes.
Reigning French champion, Losc lost to Estac on Sunday (3-0), during the 35th day of Ligue 1. A match which saw the Mastiffs receive two red cards (Renato, Yilmaz) and… three penalties!
Two reds and three penalties in the same match for the same team, we had not seen that in the last 30 years in the French championship.
Troyes is also the first team since Toulon against Nancy on January 18, 1992 to convert three penalties in the same L1 meeting.
Jocelyn Gourvennec spoke of "
a very violent, cruel and extremely improbable scenario
", José Fonte criticizing certain arbitration decisions.
“
It's starting to be a bit like Cirque du Soleil!
“, squeaks the northerner captain.
One thing is certain: Lille lost its nerves on Sunday at the Aube stadium, and probably also its last hopes of playing in European competition for 2022-23.
Read alsoTops / Flops Troyes-Lille: the composure of ESTAC, the cracks of Yilmaz and Sanches
Metz and Bordeaux, it really smells scorched
“
Do you believe in miracles?
I don't believe in miracles.
“Frédéric Antonetti did not display flamboyant optimism on Sunday, after seeing “his” FC Metz squander a two-goal lead against Montpellier (2-2).
“
We lack overall success.
But, we didn't have a head of a last.
We are never rewarded.
It's hard to live
, ”said the coach of the Messina red lantern, more than ever on the way to Ligue 2. A cart in which Bordeaux also has its place.
19th in L1, the Girondins, harmless, logically gave in against Nice (0-1) on Sunday.
“
The goal we give them … We put them in favorable situations
,” complained David Guion, the Bordeaux coach, saying that he will “
quickly have to sweep away the feverishness and anxiety.
We're not going to let go.
“In the standings, ASSE, 18th and roadblocker with three more matches to play, is four points ahead of Bordeaux and six over Metz.
Read alsoThe classification of Ligue 1
Top 14: Bordeaux-Bègles misses the mark
UBB at the top of the Top 14 and officially qualified for the final phase?
It was possible, in the event of victory over Toulon on Sunday evening, at the end of the 24th day.
Missed.
If the two teams were equal during the first period (16-16 MT), the Girondins took the broth after the break, conceding a severe 13-0 to finally bow 16-29.
A blow for nothing against Varois reassembled like pendulums and who can still dream of the Top 6. "
In the second period, we are catastrophic in terms of the game. Tactically, we lose the thread, we do anything
", summarizes Christophe Urios, when his captain, Mamad Diaby, notes that the UBB “
gave the stick to be beaten.
If we don't raise the level, we take slaps
", he added.
Bordeaux-Bègles remains second in the classification of this championship.
Two days from the end, there is still no team mathematically guaranteed to play in the finals!
Read alsoTops / Flops UBB-Toulon: Luc has a blast, mixed return for Jalibert
Rohan Dennis offers the Tour de Romandie to Aleksandr Vlasov
Rohan Dennis on the royal road?
You could believe it before the last stage of the Tour de Romandie on Sunday.
A 16 km time trial between Aigle and the alpine village of Villars.
Leader since the first stage on Wednesday and double time trial world champion (2018, 2019), the Australian unpinned to finally fail in eighth place overall, thus opening up a boulevard for Russian Aleksandr Vlasov, who is offered his first great success in front of Gino Mäder and Simon Geschke.
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