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Mario Balotelli went off on the final day of the Turkish Super Lig on Sunday. The Italian scored five goals, but it was the final Balotelli goal vs Goztepe that set the internet on fire.
Balotelli’s Adana Demirspor crushed relegated Goztepe 7-0 on Sunday in a match that meant little for either side. Demirspor was stuck in mid-table regardless of the outcome, and Goztepe had long since been relegated.
That didn’t stop the home side from putting on a show, especially Balotelli, who had a hat trick by halftime.
Manchester City saved its season in five minutes, 36 seconds. And Andrés Cantor showed why he’s one of the best announcers in the world.
Just when it looked like the impossible might happen, that Liverpool might usurp Man City on the final day against all odds, Pep Guardiola’s men turned things around faster than you can say “what the hell just happened?!”
Atlas está en la final del Clausura 2022 y sueña con un histórico bicampeonato.
Los rojinegros eliminaron a Tigres, en una serie caótica y cuyo partido de revancha incluyó polémicas arbitrales, un nalgazo de André-Pierre Gignac a Hugo Nervo, la ilusión de una heroica remontada, un enorme error reglamentario y un desenlace digno de telenovela.
American stars Catarina Macario and Lindsey Horan became the fourth and fifth USWNT players to win the UEFA Champions League as Lyon defeated the seemingly unstoppable Barcelona 3-1 on Saturday in Turin.
Macario and Horan played the entire game and the 22-year-old phenom made history as the first American to score in the final.
Después de recibir un puñetazo en el trasero de parte de la arquera del Pachuca, Esthefanny Barreras, Caro Jaramillo marcó un gol olímpico que guió la remontada de Chivas sobre Pachuca, en la primera final del Clausura 2022.
Hasta el minuto 55, las Tuzas aprovechaban la ventaja de la localía y vencían al Rebaño por 2-1 con goles de las históricas Viridiana Salazar y Mónica Ocampos. Sin embargo, fue ahí que los vientos cambiaron en favor de Chivas.
Julián Quiñones está en llamas y esta noche lideró el carnaval que Atlas se armó en el Estadio Jalisco después de golear a Tigres por 3-0. El colombiano cerró la paliza con una joyita que dejó a los rojinegros practicamente clasificados a la final del Clausura 2022 y un paso más cerca de un histórico bicampeonato.
History will show that it was Rafael Leão's 56th-minute match-winner on the penultimate matchday of Serie A play that kept AC Milan on course for its first Scudetto since 2011, but years down the road, the lasting memory of the Rossoneri's vital 2-0 victory over Atalanta will certainly be Theo Hernández's own personal recreation of Diego Maradona's "Goal of the Century" in the 75th-minute.
The Premier League's relegation battle took another dramatic twist Sunday with Burnley's 1-0 defeat to Tottenham and Leeds United's improbable 1-1 draw against Brighton seeing Jesse Marsch's side climb to the safety of 17th while Burnley fell to 18th.
Elsewhere, Everton came undone at Goodison Park with red cards for both Jarrad Branthwaite and Salomón Rondón to finish with nine men in a 3-2 defeat to Brentford, meaning the Toffees are still right in the thick of it.