Title duels, top-of-the-table showdowns, and runaway league leaders set to be crowned. (More Football News)
European soccer has multiple stages set for drama this weekend entering the final month of a season that will바카라 웹사이트peak with the Champions League final on May 28.
Real Madrid is poised to seal the Spanish league title on바카라 웹사이트Saturday, three days ahead of Manchester City taking a바카라 웹사이트4-3 lead into their second-leg semifinal game in the바카라 웹사이트Champions League.
City's compelling fight with Liverpool for the Premier바카라 웹사이트League title resumes Saturday with five rounds left and바카라 웹사이트just one point separating teams. Each has lost only one바카라 웹사이트league game in the past five months.
Leader AC Milan is two points ahead of city rival and바카라 웹사이트defending champion Inter Milan with four rounds left as바카라 웹사이트it seeks a first Serie A title in 11 years.
Sunday showdowns in Scotland, the Czech Republic and바카라 웹사이트Denmark will see league leaders play second-place바카라 웹사이트rivals.
Here's a look at the state of play in domestic leagues바카라 웹사이트around Europe:
TITLE RACES
The intensity of title races in England and Italy helps바카라 웹사이트make up for lack of drama in the other big leagues.바카라 웹사이트Bayern Munich sealed a 10th straight Bundesliga trophy바카라 웹사이트with three rounds left and Paris Saint-Germain cruised바카라 웹사이트to an eighth in 10 years in Ligue 1.
Madrid's next La Liga title — just its third in a 10-season바카라 웹사이트period when it already won four Champions Leagues —바카라 웹사이트looks a formality. It hosts Espanyol on Saturday with a 15-point lead in the standings and five rounds left.
City and Liverpool have away games on Saturday,바카라 웹사이트visiting Leeds and Newcastle, respectively.
The English heavyweights' rivalry could carry on to the바카라 웹사이트Champions League final in Paris, while the Milan clubs바카라 웹사이트have no European distractions during the final four바카라 웹사이트rounds.
Milan hosts Fiorentina on Sunday before Inter, which바카라 웹사이트slipped up midweek losing at Bologna, travels again to바카라 웹사이트Udinese.
A dominating duel in Serbia has Belgrade rivals Red Star바카라 웹사이트and Partizan more than 30 points clear at the top. Red바카라 웹사이트Star and Partizan already drew 0-0 in the championship바카라 웹사이트playoff group. Red Star holds a two-point lead with four rounds left.
In Portugal, Porto is six points clear of defending champion Sporting Lisbon with three rounds left, and바카라 웹사이트Dutch champion Ajax is four points ahead of PSV바카라 웹사이트Eindhoven with four rounds to play.
SUNDAY SHOWDOWNS
It's Super Sunday in three of Europe's midranking바카라 웹사이트leagues.
Celtic host Rangers with a six-point lead and such a바카라 웹사이트superior goal difference that a win will effectively seal a바카라 웹사이트52nd Scottish league title.
Czech defending champion Slavia Prague hosts Viktoria바카라 웹사이트Plzen days after losing the lead and now trails by two바카라 웹사이트points in the championship playoff group. Three rounds are left after Sunday.
In Denmark, Copenhagen takes a three-point lead to바카라 웹사이트Midtjylland with five rounds left.
RUNAWAY LEADERS
The title destiny looks clear in Switzerland and Turkey바카라 웹사이트where leaders appear sure to end long waits.
Zurich is 13 points clear and needs just a draw at바카라 웹사이트second-place Basel on Sunday.
Trabzonspor is 11 points clear of Fenerbahce before바카라 웹사이트hosting Antalyaspor on Saturday.
Zurich's 13-year wait for the title is outweighed by the바카라 웹사이트38 seasons since Trabzonspor was officially champion of바카라 웹사이트Turkey. However, Trabzonspor considers itself the바카라 웹사이트rightful winner of the 2011 title that Fenerbahce kept바카라 웹사이트despite match-fixing allegations.
In Greece, Olympiakos is 11 points clear of PAOK바카라 웹사이트Thessaloniki. They face each other twice in the final six바카라 웹사이트rounds of the championship playoff group.
ALREADY CHAMPION
Salzburg was the runaway winner in Austria and goes바카라 웹사이트direct into the Champions League group stage, where it바카라 웹사이트is now an established regular.
Ferencvaros, Slovan Bratislava and Ludogorets Razgrad already retained their titles in Hungary, Slovakia and바카라 웹사이트Bulgaria to head back into the Champions League qualifying rounds.
Bodø/Glimt and Malmo will join them after winning the 2021 calendar year seasons that are played in Norway바카라 웹사이트and Sweden, respectively.
UPSTART CHAMPION?
The potential fresh face in the next Champions League바카라 웹사이트group stage is long-time Belgian league leader Union바카라 웹사이트Saint-Gilloise.
Union is playing its first top-tier season for 48 years and바카라 웹사이트won the last of the club's 11 league titles in 1935.
Union is three points clear of Club Brugge in the four-team championship playoff group. They will meet home바카라 웹사이트and away in the final five rounds of a season that ends May 22.
