Saturday’s spectacle of soccer served up some large matches throughout Europe’s high leagues.
A top-of-the-table conflict befell between Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich, with the hosts needing to win to shut the hole to their rivals on the high.
Actual Madrid have been seeking to hold their cost on the high of LaLiga alive in opposition to Osasuna having drawn to rivals Atletico final trip.
Serie A leaders Napoli travelled to Lazio in what’s a take a look at for any staff throughout Italy.
Within the late video games, AC Milan hosted Hellas Verona and Toulouse took on Paris Saint-Germain.
Learn on to see the outcomes from throughout the continent.
Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Bayern Munich
Full-time in Leverkusen. ⚖️ We take some extent again to Munich and preserve our eight-point lead on the high of the desk.
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— FC Bayern (@FCBayernEN) February 15, 2025
Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich battled to a goalless draw on the BayArena, with the outcome protecting Bayern eight factors clear on the high of the Bundesliga.
Leverkusen got here closest to scoring, hitting the woodwork twice in fast succession throughout the first half.
Jeremie Frimpong and Nathan Tella each rattled the crossbar, whereas the latter additionally noticed a header cleared off the road by Hiroki Ito within the second half.
Florian Wirtz tried an audacious strike from midfield that drifted narrowly large, whereas within the dying moments, Amine Adli’s volley was spectacularly denied by Neuer, guaranteeing Bayern escaped with some extent.
Bayern struggled to create any significant alternatives, with Jamal Musiala and Michael Olise barely touching the ball in harmful areas. Their lack of attacking menace meant Lukas Hradecky had little to do within the Leverkusen aim.
Osasuna 1-1 Actual Madrid
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— Actual Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) February 15, 2025
Actual Madrid’s La Liga title ambitions took a success as they have been held to a 1-1 draw in opposition to Osasuna.
Carlo Ancelotti’s aspect began strongly, with Kylian Mbappe placing them forward within the fifteenth minute.
Federico Valverde’s surging run down the appropriate created house, permitting him to chop the ball again for Mbappe, who completed for his seventeenth La Liga aim of the season.
Nonetheless, the sport’s turning level got here simply earlier than half-time when Bellingham was proven a straight pink card for dissent. The England worldwide’s protests over a free-kick resolution led referee Montero to ship him off, leaving Madrid with ten males for all the second half.
Osasuna capitalised on their numerical benefit and equalized within the 58th minute by means of Ante Budimir’s penalty. Eduardo Camavinga was adjudged to have fouled Budimir contained in the field following a VAR assessment, and the striker coolly slotted his spot-kick down the center previous Thibaut Courtois.
Regardless of late possibilities, together with a stoppage-time effort from Mbappe that was denied by Herrera, Madrid couldn’t discover a winner.
The draw extends their lead on the high to only one level with Atletico additionally drawing however Barcelona can go high with a win on Monday.
Lazio 2-2 Napoli
⏹️ Full time: #LazioNapoli 2-2
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— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) February 15, 2025
Napoli’s struggles to carry onto leads continued as they let one other benefit slip in a 2-2 draw in opposition to Lazio at Stadio Olimpico.
For the third consecutive Serie A match, the Partenopei did not safe three factors after getting into entrance, leaving each side annoyed in a outcome that advantages neither.
Lazio took the lead simply six minutes in when Gustav Isaksen fired house off the crossbar. Nonetheless, a poor clearance from Ivan Provedel gifted Napoli an equaliser seven minutes later, as Giacomo Raspadori mixed with Romelu Lukaku earlier than drilling a low shot by means of the Lazio keeper’s legs.
Napoli ultimately took the lead in scrappy vogue simply previous the hour mark, as a deflected ball off Adam Marusic ended up within the Lazio web. Nonetheless, their benefit didn’t final, as Boulaye Dia levelled the sport within the 87th minute after a intelligent help from Mattia Zaccagni.
AC Milan 1-0 Hellas Verona
El Bebote’s aim provides us all three factors! 🔥#MilanVerona #SempreMilanBrought to you by @Bitpanda_global pic.twitter.com/X4bJqfOLmE
— AC Milan (@acmilan) February 15, 2025
AC Milan secured a hard-earned 1-0 victory over a resolute Hellas Verona aspect at San Siro, with Santiago Gimenez’s late header proving the distinction.
Milan dominated possession and created the higher possibilities, however Verona’s bodily strategy disrupted their rhythm. Joao Felix, Tijjani Reijnders, and Yunus Musah all examined Lorenzo Montipo within the first half, however the guests held agency.
Milan thought that they had damaged by means of within the thirty third minute when Gimenez latched onto a Malick Thiaw by means of ball and located the web, just for the aim to be dominated out for offside.
Verona, in the meantime, struggled to generate attacking momentum, relying as a substitute on their aggressive defensive technique, which noticed them commit a number of fouls.
The breakthrough lastly arrived within the seventy fifth minute when Rafael Leao confirmed good consciousness to clip a go over Montipo, permitting Gimenez to nod into an empty web. Musah practically doubled the lead moments later with a shocking long-range effort that skimmed the crossbar.
Toulouse 0-1 PSG
👊 Three factors secured in Toulouse! 🔴🔵#TFCPSG (0-1) | #Ligue1 pic.twitter.com/9pmarntnUl
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) February 15, 2025
Paris Saint-Germain secured a 1-0 win over a resilient Toulouse aspect, with Fabian Ruiz’s second-half aim the one strike within the match.
The primary half noticed possibilities for each groups, with Toulouse wanting the extra harmful early on. Magri and Cresswell each examined PSG keeper Safonov, whereas on the different finish, Beraldo noticed a strong strike tipped onto the publish.
Barcola additionally had a golden alternative in a one-on-one scenario, however Toulouse’s keeper Restes made an important save to maintain the rating stage on the break.
PSG started to dominate proceedings within the second half and have been rewarded within the 52nd minute. A nook from the appropriate discovered Pacho, whose header rattled the crossbar, however the rebound fell kindly to Ruiz, who slotted house from shut vary to interrupt the impasse.
The guests might have prolonged their lead with additional possibilities falling to Barcola and Lee, however each did not convert. Barcola, particularly, was denied twice by glorious goalkeeping from Haug, whereas Doue struck the publish with an open aim at his mercy.
Regardless of Toulouse’s late push for an equaliser, PSG held on to say all three factors.
