European Football: Lamine Yamal Sends Barcelona Clear, Dortmund Close Gap On Bayern

Barcelona outclassed Mallorca 3-0 astatine location connected Saturday to summation their lead astatine nan apical of nan LaLiga standings.

Hansi Flick’s broadside controlled possession from nan commencement and Marcus Rashford fired narrowly wide earlier playing a cardinal domiciled successful nan opener, arsenic Dani Olmo headed his blocked effort into nan way of Robert Lewandowski, who vanished calmly successful nan 29th minute.

Barcelona pushed connected aft half-time, pinch Marc Casado hitting nan station and nan unit told successful nan 61st infinitesimal erstwhile 18-year-old Lamine Yamal struck a superb changeable from region to registry his 5th extremity successful consecutive matches successful each competitions.

Substitute Marc Bernal, besides 18, completed nan scoring pinch a good solo tally and debased finish. Barcelona moved to 58 points, 4 clear of second-placed Real Madrid, who play Valencia connected Sunday.

Striker Serhou Guirassy snatched nan victor 3 minutes from clip to gain second-placed Borussia Dortmund a 2-1 triumph astatine VfL Wolfsburg connected Saturday that trim Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga lead to 3 points.

Guirassy’s 10th convention extremity of nan play came astatine nan extremity of an intricate group of midfield passes arsenic Dortmund precocious to 48 points from 21 games, 3 down Bayern, who big third-placed Hoffenheim connected Sunday.

Serhou Guirassy’s victor enabled Dortmund to adjacent nan spread connected Bayern astatine nan top. Photograph: Carmen Jaspersen/Reuters

Dortmund dominated nan first half and deserved their 38th-minute lead done Julian Brandt, but Konstantinos Koulierakis’ 52nd-minute header put relegation-threatened Wolfsburg backmost successful nan title and they squandered respective bully chances to return nan lead.

Their profligacy was punished erstwhile Fabio Silva and Felix Nmecha played a one-two connected nan separator of nan punishment area earlier Guirassy stole successful from nan near to decorativeness pinch a right-footed shot.

In Saturday’s later games, third-placed Napoli person nan chance to support nan unit connected nan 2 Milan sides astatine nan apical of Serie A erstwhile they return connected Genoa, while relegation threatened Fiorentina look Torino. In Germany Bayer Leverkusen recreation to Borussia Mönchengladbach, and successful Spain Real Sociedad look to support their caller basking streak live against Elche.

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