*Barca's Invincibles Dream😟 Ended by Levante🙆 📹* http://v.duta.us/lyqsrwAA
Barcelona's bid to complete an unbeaten LaLiga season capitulated in astonishing circumstances as Ernesto Valverde's champions collapsed to a 5-4 defeat at Levante.
Unheralded Ghanaian forward Emmanuel Boateng was the hero for home side as he doubled his tally of goals in Spain's top flight with a hat-trick.
Boateng's initial first-half strikes were pegged back by Philippe Coutinho but an often wretched Barcelona showing - without the rested Lionel Messi - collapsed into all-out defensive shambles after half-time.
Enis Bardhi, who hit the post in between Levante's first two goals, found a pair of sublime finishes amid the chaos and Boateng making a claim for the matchball.
Coutinho led the Barca fightback by completing a treble of his own and Luis Suarez's 71st-minute penalty had Paco Lopez's men on unsteady legs.
Suarez missed a glorious chance to equalise and Levante full-back Antonio Luna almost put through his own goal but the invincible dream perished at a raucous Ciutat de Valencia.
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*Juventus🎉 Clinch 7⃣th Successive Scudetto🇮🇹 📹* http://v.duta.us/oocjrQAA
Juventus clinched a historic seventh successive Serie A title and completed a fourth straight domestic double courtesy of a drab 0-0 draw at Roma, who finished the match with 10 men.
The Bianconeri got the point needed at the Stadio Olimpico to take an unassailable four-point lead over second-place Napoli with a game to spare, adding to the Coppa Italia crown they claimed by beating AC Milan 4-0 on the same ground just four days ago.
It is Massimiliano Allegri's fourth straight Scudetto and follows the three claimed by Antonio Conte at the start of an unprecedented era of success for the Turin giants - though it remains to be seen whether he will be on hand to extend that streak amid links to Arsenal and Chelsea.
The Juve coach made six changes from the side that started the Coppa final, with Gianluigi Buffon afforded a rest ahead of what could be his final match for the club at home to already-relegated Verona next weekend, and they played like a team lacking coherency, even after Radja Nainggolan was shown two yellow cards in the space of five second-half minutes.
Roma, who had little to play for having been guaranteed a place in next season's Champions League by Inter's loss to Sassuolo on Saturday, were far more positive in the opening period but barely went close to testing their former goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
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*Neymar⚡ Named Ligue 1 Player of the Year🏆*
Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar was named the Ligue 1 Player of the Year at the UNFP awards on Sunday.
Neymar, who signed from Barcelona in August for a world-record fee of €222million, may have been sidelined with a broken metatarsal since February, but 19 goals and 13 assists in 20 appearances earned him the honour.
Kylian Mbappe claimed the Best Hope award, while Marseille's Steve Mandanda was selected as the top goalkeeper and Malcom of Bordeaux was honoured for scoring the best goal of the season.
Neymar was named in the Team of the Season alongside PSG team-mates Dani Alves, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Marco Verratti, Mbappe and Cavani. Marseille duo Mandada and Luiz Gustavo and Lyon pair Ferland Mendy and Nabil Fekir made up the XI.
Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante was named the Best French Player Playing Abroad.
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*Injured Martial⚡ a Doubt for the FA Cup Final😯*
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Anthony Martial may miss the FA Cup final after sitting out Sunday's Watford clash.
Mourinho claimed earlier this week that Martial would play against the Hornets, having sat out Thursday's 0-0 draw with West Ham.
However, reports surfaced prior to kick-off claiming that the France international, who has completed 90 minutes just six times in the Premier League this season, drove away from Old Trafford at noon.
United earlier published a statement on their website revealing the reason for Martial's omission.
"Martial wasn't in the 17 on duty after picking up an injury, which forced him to sit out Saturday's training session," reads the article.
Speaking after the game, which finished 1-0 in United's favour , Mourinho confirmed that Martial will be a doubt for the final.
"He [Martial] is injured. He was injured on Friday, yesterday he couldn't train. He had treatment at the training ground," Mourinho said.
"Romelu [Lukaku] will be back for Tuesday and then we'll have to see about Anthony."
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*Neymar⚡ Tired of Transfer Talk Amid Real Links😤*
Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar says he is tired of transfer talk amid ongoing links to Real Madrid and Manchester United.
Neymar, 26, has been linked with a surprise PSG exit after just one season, despite being contracted until 2022.
PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said on Saturday he was "2000 per cent" sure Neymar would remain with the Ligue 1 champions.
The speculation is also growing tiresome to Neymar, who was named the Ligue 1 Player of the Season on Sunday.
"Everyone knows what I have come here to do, the goals I have," he said.
"My goal now is the World Cup. It is not time to talk about transfers.
"I am a little tired of it now."
Neymar scored 28 goals in 30 games for PSG before his season was ended prematurely by a serious foot injury in February.
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*Allegri👔 Set for Juventus Stay🙏 Amid Arsenal Links*
In-demand Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri said he will stay in Turin if he is not sacked by the Italian champions.
Linked with Premier League duo Arsenal and Chelsea as well as Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain, Allegri guided Juve to a seventh successive Scudetto on Sunday.
A goalless draw against Roma sealed a fourth consecutive Serie A title for Allegri, whose future has been a talking point during the closing stages of the season amid Arsene Wenger's departure from Arsenal, Unai Emery's PSG exit and uncertainty over Antonio Conte at Chelsea.
However, Allegri told reporters: "If they don't sack me, I'll stay at Juventus next year too."
Former AC Milan boss Allegri moved to Juventus in 2014, replacing Conte at the Italian champions.
Since arriving four years ago, the 50-year-old has led Juve to two Champions League finals, while winning four Coppa Italia trophies and a Supercoppa Italiana
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*Mancini👔 Leaves Zenit as Italy🇮🇹 Job Looms*
Roberto Mancini looks set to become Italy's new head coach after reaching an exit agreement with Zenit Saint Petersburg.
The former Manchester City boss signed a three-year contract with Zenit last year but the Russian side said it had been severed through mutual consent without any compensation payable.
"Zenit and Roberto Mancini have reached an agreement over early termination of his contract," the club said in a statement.
"The contract was cancelled by mutual consent of the parties without any indemnity payments."
Italian Federation [FIGC] commissioner Roberto Fabbricini said last week Mancini had agreed in principle to become the next manager of four-time world champions Italy, who failed to qualify for this summer's World Cup after defeat to Sweden in a two-leg playoff.
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*Ederson Signs✍ Contract Extension at Man City💎*
Ederson has been rewarded for a brilliant debut season at Manchester City with a two-year extension to his contract at the Etihad Stadium.
The Brazilian was part of a summer spending spree by Pep Guardiola's team, joining City from Benfica in a deal worth £35 million to make him the second-most expensive goalkeeper of all time.
He settled instantly into the squad and kept 17 clean sheets across the course of the Premier League season as his team recorded the best campaign in the league's history.
And, in a demonstration of how much Ederson means to the club, his previous six-year deal has been extended until 2025.
"Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson has signed a two-year contract extension that will take his current deal up to 2025," a City statement confirmed on Sunday.
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