Juventus Maintains Serie A Soccer Lead After Draws; Valencia Ties Atletico
Juventus stayed one point ahead of AC Milan atop Italian soccer’s Serie A after both were held to 0-0 ties at home. Valencia and Atletico Madrid played out a scoreless draw in Spain.
Juventus drew with Siena yesterday, while 10-man Milan tied against seventh-place Napoli. Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was dismissed midway through the second half at the San Siro for violent conduct.
The top two pulled away from Udinese and Lazio, which both suffered defeats -- 3-2 at Fiorentina and 3-2 at Genoa respectively. Roma was the only top-seven team to win, 4-0 against fifth-place Inter Milan with Fabio Borini scoring twice.
In Spain, first-place Real Madrid beat Getafe 1-0 two days ago and Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 2-1 as the seven-point gap remained between the clubs. Third-place Valencia maintained its seven-point advantage over Atletico Madrid in the race for a Champions League place after their 0-0 draw last night.
Borussia Dortmund leads Germany’s Bundesliga after this weekend’s matches following a 2-0 win at Nuremberg on Feb. 3, as Bayern Munich, Schalke and Borussia Moenchengladbach were all held to draws. Bayern and Schalke are two points behind, with Moenchengladbach another point back.
Yesterday, Werder Bremen tied 2-2 against Freiburg, while Cologne won 1-0 at Kaiserslautern.
In France, defending champion Lille had its game against Sochaux postponed because of freezing conditions. Lyon came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Marseille last night.
Paris Saint-Germain tops the standings with 49 points, three ahead of Montpellier. PSG beat Evian 3-1 two days ago, while Montpellier defeated Brest 1-0.
In the Netherlands, Eredivisie leader PSV Eindhoven was held to a 1-1 draw by Heracles. PSV leads Twente and Alkmaar by three points.
WEEKEND RESULTS =============== SPAIN: Athletic Bilbao 3-3 Espanyol, Real Mallorca 1-0 Real Betis, Levante 1-1 Racing Santander, Getafe 0-1 Real Madrid, Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad, Sporting Gijon 1-1 Osasuna, Sevilla 1-2 Villarreal, Real Zaragoza 1-2 Rayo Vallecano, Atletico Madrid 0-0 Valencia. Today: Grenada v Malaga ITALY: Genoa 3-2 Lazio, Cesena P-P Catania, Chievo 1-2 Parma, Fiorentina 3-2 Udinese, Juventus 0-0 Siena, Lecce 0-0 Bologna, AC Milan 0-0 Napoli, Novara 0-0 Cagliari, Palermo 2-1 Atalanta, Roma 4-0 Inter Milan. FRANCE: Nancy 0-0 Rennes, Dijon 1-2 Valenciennes, Ajaccio 1-1 Nice, PSG 3-1 Evian, Montpellier 1-0 Brest, Bordeaux 2-0 Toulouse, Marseille 2-2 Lyon, Saint-Etienne P-P Lorient, Caen P- P Auxerre, Sochaux P-P Lille. GERMANY: Nuremberg 0-2 Borussia Dortmund, Hertha Berlin 0-1 Hanover, Schalke 1-1 Mainz, Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Stuttgart, Wolfsburg 0-0 Borussia Moenchengladbach, Hoffenheim 2-2 Augsburg, Hamburg 1-1 Bayern Munich, Freiburg 2-2 Werder Bremen, Kaiserslautern 0-1 Cologne. NETHERLANDS: Heerenveen 4-3 Roda JC, Excelsior 3-1 VVV Venlo, Vitesse Arnhem 1-0 NAC Breda, Ajax 0-2 Utrecht, Heracles 1-1 PSV Eindhoven, NEC Nijmegen 0-2 Feyenoord, FC Groningen 0-3 RKC Waalwijk, De Graafschap P-P FC Twente. For Related News and Information: To contact the reporter on this story: James Cone in London at jcone@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Christopher Elser at celser@bloomberg.net
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