Almost everywhere you look across Europe’s most important football leagues,there’s a local storyline worth keeping an eye on this season. Here are the best of them.
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A white wall of Madrid fans at one end of Wembley Stadium serenaded their conquering heroes after goals from Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Junior sealed the victory.
It has been both the shortest and longest four years since Ellie Carpenter signed with Lyon. This weekend,she will play Barcelona for a third Champions League winner’s medal.
A 3-1 win over West Ham United sealed another Premier League trophy for Pep Guardiola’s men as they pipped rivals Arsenal on the final day of a thrilling season.
Tottenham are out of the Champions League race in Ange Postecoglou’s first season in north London and Arsenal are all but out of the title race after City’s 2-0 win.
There will be no English representatives in the final four of the Champions League after holders Manchester City and Arsenal both fell in the quarter-finals.
Spain could provide three of the final four in Europe’s top competition after Atletico Madrid and Barcelona accounted for Dortmund and PSG respectively.
Newcastle were heading for the last 16 after Joelinton’s first-half strike but will not even have the consolation of the Europa League after conceding two late goals.
The three-time European champions were cruising with a 2-0 lead over Copenhagen before the striker was sent off in the shadows of half-time in a thrilling clash.
Sport stars and leagues have come to be at the forefront of social and political activism. But this conflict is proving much harder to navigate.