2024-04-22 14:12:56
The French women’s XV largely beat Wales and will face England to try to take back the Six Nations Tournament. The record season has already begun for Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, three months before the Olympics. In cycling, Romain Bardet took an unexpected second place in the Liège-Bastogne-Liège classic. With our usual football tour of Europe, here is what to remember from the sporting weekend.
The sporting events that should not be missed, the summary of the five major football championships and the image of the weekend… Here is the France 24 sports recap.
The Lyonnaises overthrow PSG in the Champions League : Led by two goals by PSG, the OL women’s team, carried by the 38,000 spectators at Groupama Stadium, won at the wire in the semi-final first leg of the Women’s European Cup (3- 2). While the Parisiennes controlled the match thanks to a double from Marie-Antoinette Katoto, they collapsed in six minutes at the very end of the match. This seventh confrontation between the two rival clubs in the Champions League (4-2 for OL) promises a thrilling return match at the Parc des Princes, Sunday April 28.
The French women’s XV offers itself a Six Nations “final”: the French logically and largely beat Wales (40-0) on Sunday in Cardiff. With this improved victory, the Blues consolidate their second place (19 points) behind England (20 pts) and, as planned, offer themselves a final decisive match against the XV de la Rose, five-time defending champion, Saturday April 27 in Bordeaux . This meeting between the two flagship nations of European rugby is “the” awaited meeting, during which the French will try to regain a title which has eluded them since 2018.
Romain Bardet, the other “winner” of Liège-Bastogne-Liège: the French cyclist’s second place on Sunday, during the “oldest” of the classics, almost had the taste of victory. Bardet signed his best performance there in a cycling monument, placing himself on a royal podium between the untouchable Tadej Pogacar and the world champion Mathieu van der Poel.
Verstappen, again and again: the leader of the Formula 1 world championship quietly won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, for the first F1 race in the country since 2019. Starting on pole in front of full and heated stands, the Dutchman signed in Shanghai his 58th GP victory and the fourth of the season in five races (out of 24).
PSG without pity
Paris SG crushed Lyon (4-1) at the Parc des Princes on Sunday, at the end of the 30th day. With four days remaining, PSG are now 11 points ahead of Monaco, their new runner-up, and could be crowned on Wednesday in Lorient,
The absences on the bench of attackers Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé did not harm the efficiency of the Parisians, who ended the series of five matches without defeat for the Lyonnais, now eighth in Ligue 1.
A little earlier, Monaco won their duel for second place against Brest (2-0), while Marseille, after three defeats in a row in L1, snatched a draw (2-2) from Toulouse at less than ten seconds from the final whistle.
Inter Milan, a derby for the title?
In Serie A, the question is no longer who will be crowned champion but when Inter Milan, who are flying through the season, will be crowned. And this could happen on Monday evening, in the event of victory in the derby against AC Milan, the first opportunity where Lautaro Martinez and his teammates can pocket their 20th “scudetto” and officially succeed Naples.
In the event of a draw or defeat, you will have to wait until the 34th day, the following weekend, during which Inter will host Torino.
Bayer ensures, Bayern unfolds
Bayer Leverkusen released its first German championship title in 120 years of existence on the pitch of Borussia Dortmund with a 45th consecutive match without defeat, a draw (1-1) snatched in added time. Which obviously doesn’t help Dortmund (5th), now two points behind Leipzig (4th).
Three days after qualifying for the semi-finals of the Champions League, Bayern Munich played on Saturday in Berlin against the Union (5-1). Dispossessed of its German champion title for the first time since 2013, Bayern Munich no longer has anything to play for in the Bundesliga.
Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City in one handkerchief
Liverpool erased several recent disappointments on Sunday against Fulham (3-1) to regain second place in the Premier League. Jürgen Klopp’s “Reds” took advantage of the trip to Fulham, in west London, to clear the clouds of their elimination in the Europa League and the last championship defeat against Crystal Palace.
The success at Craven Cottage allows them to have 74 points, to share first place in the championship with Arsenal, leader by virtue of a more favorable goal difference, and to put pressure on Manchester City (3rd, 73 pts).
The Citizens, three-time title holders, were busy this weekend with their FA Cup semi-final, won against Chelsea, and therefore have a game in hand to regain the lead.
Le Real roi du classico
The Englishman Jude Bellingham allowed Real Madrid to win on Sunday in added time in the Clasico against the great rival of FC Barcelona (3-2) and to move closer to a 36th Spanish championship title.
The British midfielder, as in the first leg, appeared a few seconds from time to give the Merengues an 11-point lead at the top of La Liga over their runner-up Barcelona, at the end of a crazy match where they came back twice score.
The Catalan public revolted after a disallowed goal at Barça, the referee believing that the ball had not crossed the line. This result precipitates FC Barcelona, reigning champion, towards a blank season, after its new European disillusionment against PSG on Tuesday (4-1).
The Paris Olympic Games will begin in just under 100 days for athlete Mélina Robert-Michon, fencer Enzo Lefort and diver Alexis Jandard, among others. As the home stretch begins, France 24 met French sportspeople who are preparing for this big event.
To readOlympic Games 2024: the home stretch for French athletes
Three months before the 2024 Olympics, Armand Duplantis, aka Mondo, is already hovering at 6.24 m! In his first summer competition, the Swedish pole vault phenomenon raised his world record by one centimeter during the Diamond League in Xiamen, China, on Saturday. This is the eighth time that Duplantis (24 years old) has increased his world record since he seized it at the expense of Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie in February 2020.
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