Five stories and anecdotes of the European Day

Last update 16 December, 2013 by Julio Muñoz

Christmas is coming and football continues its normal development. In Europe, The leagues are approaching the halfway point of the competition and they do it in a different way. While in Germany, There is a team that is beginning to go down the rankings, In England everything gets tighter. We check it in our weekly summary of the day, where Argentina stands out, country where San Lorenzo has been proclaimed champion of the Initial Tournament.

1- The Premier compresses. Arsenal fell 6-3 against Manchester City and has compressed the classification because its biggest fans did not miss the opportunity to cut points. City, with an outstanding Agüero and Negredo, managed to hand over the second defeat in the Premier to Wegner's team, far from his best level. Liverpool has taken advantage of this, according to the points, that he scored 0-5 to Tottenham in a new exhibition with two goals from Luis Suárez, by far the best player in the world today along with Cristiano Ronaldo. Chelsea also won 2-1 to Crystal Palace with a goal from Torres and Manchester United to Aston Villa by a clear 0-3.

2- Barcelona and Atlético distance themselves. La Liga offered us a new bad version of Real Madrid, unable to win in the always difficult field of Osasuna. Tie two and thanks, despite the fact that Clos Gómez had a decisive influence on the score by swallowing a clear penalty on Modric. Barcelona beat Villarreal by 2-1 with a double from Neymar, who is beginning to stand out and assert his high cost. Atlético also took the three points by beating Valencia by a severe 3-0. Bad look for Real Betis, which fell 4-1 against Real Sociedad and is still destined for last place. Highlight an image: that of the tremendous failure of El Arabi in Rayo-Granada, that despite, ended with a visitor victory 0-2.

3- El Bavaria, winter champion. In Germany, Bayern made sure to finish as winter champions by winning 3-1 to hamburg. Leverkusen suffered a setback against Eintracht at home (0-1) and is seven points behind Guardiola's. Borussia Dortmund could not win either, drawing at 2 against Hoffenheim.

4- Juventus, undisputed leader. In Italy, Juventus is the sole leader with eight points ahead of Naples after their easy victory against Sassuolo by 4-0. Benitez's, meanwhile, They overwhelmed Inter Milan 4-2 with a great Callejón and a better Higuaín. By the way, AC Milan is five points away from relegation.

5- And we finish with Argentina, where San Lorenzo de Almagro was proclaimed champion of the Initial Tournament con 33 points after tying 0 at Vélez's house and take advantage of the tie between Newell's and Lanús. An agonizing title because in the last minute of the match Vélez had the opportunity to snatch the title.