(sid). In the Bundesliga, the relegation battle on the last day of the game was particularly exciting. The situation is different in the other four European top leagues: in two countries there will be a long-distance duel for the championship on the last day of the game, and there will be strong fights for the Champions League places. We give an overview of the situation before the season finale in Spain, France, England and Italy:
In Spain, not FC Barcelona, not Real Madrid, but Atletico Madrid after 37 of 38 game days after the La Liga title. The team of coach Diego Simeone has benefited from the mixed seasons of the two giants and goes into the decisive final round with two points ahead of city rivals Real. Atletico can bag their eleventh championship with a win at Real Valladolid on Sunday. Should the Rojiblanco go wrong, Los Blancos, for their part, would have the chance to add the 35th championship title to their record record.
The title fight in France is also unusually exciting. The otherwise inferior competition for the furious OSC Lille annoyed the league leader Paris St. Germain this season and is even on pole position before the season finale. Lille leads Ligue 1 with one point ahead of the star ensemble from the capital and will travel to SCO Angers on Sunday, Paris will have to compete at the same time with relegation candidate Stade Brest.
Manchester City has long been crowned English champions on the island, but the battle for the premier class is a very close match. Chelsea FC with team manager Thomas Tuchel in third place and fourth Liverpool FC with coach Jürgen Klopp are only separated by one point. Fifth is tied with the Reds Cup winners Leicester City. Liverpool had recently pushed past Leicester with four wins in a row. The Reds face Crystal Palace on Sunday, Tuchel and Co. travel to Aston Villa, the Foxes from Leicester receive Tottenham Hotspur.
The championship phalanx in Italy has already been broken by Inter Milan, for the first time in nine years the national champion is not Juventus Turin. The old lady, who won the cup final against Atalanta Bergamo on Wednesday, even has to worry about participation in the premier class. Should the rivals AC Milan (3rd) and SSC Napoli (4th) win their games, the team around superstar Cristiano Ronaldo would definitely only have the Europa League.
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