Bayern wanted to clarify the semi-finals against Arsenal tonight. Instead, the Champions League dream was over after just a few minutes.

As if the weather had been an omen this evening: the match started in the pouring rain. And at the end of the first half, Bayern left the pitch like watered poodles. Arsenal had to deal with the loss of captain Kim Little early on after she suffered an injury when Sarah Zadrazil tackled a yellow card. Jonas Eidevall’s team recovered quickly.

And how! In the 19th minute, Frida Maanum gave the Gunners the lead with a magnificent shot, just a little later Stina Blackstenius (26th) made it 2-0. Arsenal could easily have led 4-0 after 45 minutes, but Blackstenius and Co. missed a few great chances or failed to hit the crossbar. Bayern, on the other hand, did not enter their duels – the semi-finals seemed far away at that time.

That changed at the start of the second half. Bayern managed to put their opponent more in their own half and came dangerously past the Gunners’ goal on several occasions. But neither Klara Bühl nor Lina Magull could convert their good chances. Arsenal’s Caitlin Foord should have made it 3-0 in the 73rd minute. But his shot just missed the mark.

Even though the second half was more balanced, the 2-1 that saved Bayern in injury time just didn’t want to succeed anymore. And so, like last year, coach Alexander Straus’ side must bury their Champions League dreams after the quarter-finals.

In the first match of the evening, FC Barcelona beat their hosts Rome 5-1 to secure a place in the semi-finals. Fridolina Rolfö contributed to the victory with a brace, while María León, Asisat Oshoala and Patri also added to Barca’s list of top scorers. Annamaria Serturini scored the consolation goal for AS Roma.

FC Barcelona – AS Roma 5:1 (1:0)

Arsenal – Bayern Munich 2-0 (2-0)

VfL Wolfsburg v Paris Saint-Germain (Thursday, 6:45 p.m.)

Chelsea FC – Olympique Lyon (Thursday, 9 p.m.)

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Scorer faces Gibraltar (3-0) after the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Netherlands striker Memphis Depay (29 years old, 88 caps and 44 goals) forced out on injury in the 63rd minute. Affected by the physical problem, the Atletico Madrid player used strong words at the microphone of the Dutch media NOS.

« It’s a tough season for me, it’s very tough mentally. It might be the toughest season of my career so far. But unfortunately times like this are part of a career. Once it’s over, I’ll probably know the good things again », a comment from the former Lyonnais.

After a very complicated first part of the season at FC Barcelona, ​​Pay still found colors with Atlético.

O Palm trees agreed this Tuesday (28) to hire the midfielder Richard Rioswho competed in the Paulista Championship from 2023 by Guarani. The 22-year-old Colombian has signed a contract until December 2025, with the option of a one-season extension.

« I’m happy to be at a club as big as Palmeiras. This is a team that has stood out a lot in national and international competitions. I was impressed by the structure, which gives all the support to the athletes,” said the midfielder, born in Medellín.

Rios went through the base of the flamenco, where he played for the under-20 category, in 2018, having distinguished himself for the national futsal team. He played seven games for the professional team in 2020 and, the following year, was loaned to Mazatlan, you Mexico. In 2022, he will be transferred to Guarani, for the next stage of the B series of the Brazilian Championship.

“My trajectory is a bit atypical. I played futsal until I was 18 and stood out with the Colombian national team in a championship in Rio de Janeiro. Then I had the opportunity to come to Brazil and I was able to stand out too. I had a short stint in Mexico and, coming back from there, I went to Guarani, I played in Serie B last year and I had a good campaign in Paulista this year. .

At this year’s state championship, the midfielder provided the spotlight for his versatility: he scored two goals, provided one assist and was one of the tournament leaders in tackles and key passes (which is usually a but situation).

“My goal was to have a good campaign at Paulista, but unfortunately we didn’t take the next step. I’m glad Palmeiras watched me and saw my style of play,” he commented.

Ríos will be the 2nd Colombia in the team, joining Atuestaand the 10th in Palestinian history – the previous eight were Rincón, Lozano, Asprilla, Muñoz, Armero, Mina, Borja and Angulo, who is loaned to City of Orlandoof the budget university.

« It’s always good to have responsibilities in your job, because you do things well. I’m happy to carry on this legacy that the Colombians have left to the club. It will be an honor to be able to work with Atuesta as well. Maintaining the it’s about doing things in the best possible way. « Path and leave the doors open for other Colombians in the future, » said the athlete, who defined the affection of alviverde fans as a crucial factor for his room.

“Since the rumors started, I have been very happy. I got a lot of messages on social media, a lot of calls – I don’t know how they got to my phone (laughs). This affection is always very important for the player to feel welcome. . After that, I wanted to come to Palmeiras even more. I hope to return it in training and in matches in the best way,” he concluded.

The next matches of Palmeiras

« It’s both an honor, and it’s the next target to shoot down. » This sun the words that were dropped by Kylian Mbappé, to evoke the place of Michel Platini in the class of the best scorers in the history of the France team. Now fifth with 38 achievements, the Bondynois wants to get closer to the tricolor star of the 1980s, who has long been the record holder for goals with the Blues with 41 achievements.

“Michel Platini is an absolute legend, added Mbappé. Whether I overtake him tomorrow or the day after, he will remain a legend of French (Site notre bureau spécialisé). But I want to continue my journey, and it will go through Michel Platini. » After « Platoche », Mbappé intends to tackle Antoine Griezmann (43 goals), Thierry Henry (51) and Olivier Giroud (53).

Mbappé was very direct in displaying his ambitions, relegating Platini to the rank of a simple stage to be franchised, even if he puts a minimum of form by qualifying him twice as  » legend «  you French (Site notre bureau spécialisé). This way of communicating did not move the heroes of Euro 1984, if we are to believe the words of his friend Jacques Vendroux.

Platini « not all embittered »

« Michel Platini, first of all, loves the player Mbappé very much, addressed to the journalist on Europe 1. Secondly, it’s true that I spoke to him on the phone a while ago, it’s true that I told him, ‘you’re Mbappé’s next target’, he told me ‘he no problem, he beats my record. If he beats my record, it’s because he scores goals and if he scores goals, it’s in the best interests of the French (Site notre bureau spécialisé) team, that suits me very well. »

“Knowing him for so long, I can tell you that Michel is not at all embittered, assures Jacques Vendroux. He is happy for the French (Site notre bureau spécialisé) team. Whether it’s Mbappé, so much the better, whether it’s another player, so much the better too. Him, it’s the interest of the jersey, it’s the interest of the France team. »

Soccer. On Saturday, from 9 a.m., the GFPLM hosted the final phase of the Aude Women’s Under 13 Cup on the facilities of the Pyrenees complex. As for the boys of the same age, there were classic oppositions (three meetings), but also technical tests, challenges related to the Federal Educational Program (PEF) on several themes such as health, the environment, fair play, which punctuated the day and entered the final classification. At the end of the day, and the accumulation of points obtained by each of the teams, a classification was established to designate the 3 qualified for an interdepartmental event (Aude, Ariège and Pyrénées-Orientales) which will take place on Saturday April 15, always a Bram.

GFPLM. The Under 17s won against FC Corbières 4-2 (goals from Raphael Turchetto (2), Gabin Galy and Ryan Corrèze). Victories for the Under 15s at Villegailhenc 7-1 (six goals from Léo Sommer, and one from Noah Saintot-Berthault, at the end of a very collective match), and Under 13s B against GOAL III 6- 1, defeats of Under 13 A at Pieusse 2-1, and team C against Limoux-Cougaing 0-6.

ASB. Only the « Loisir » team played, and it won 4-2 at Chalabre.

Rugby: end of season for PLM XV. We had written that the Maureilhan-Montady dam would be difficult to cross, and we had been right since, for 75 minutes, President Pierre Billard’s men were in front on the scoreboard before cashing in a vulnerability and a try in complete find the match, whistled by the referee in confusion according to supporters, on the score of 21-20 for the locals (to read also in the Montreal section). The rugby school was in Castanet with two Under 8 teams and an Under 10 team, where it had mixed fortunes, and an Under 12 team in Capendu where it lost twice but where educators have noticed great progress.

handball The Under 13s were beaten 36-7 at Fabrezan and the Under 15s 21-43 against Clermont l’Hérault. The Under 13 girls won 38-12 in Limoux and the leisure team against HB du Minervois 19-14.

This kind of success snatched with teeth, guts and a little talent, too, serves to weld this new generation for this new era, taken over by two clean sheets and six points in two games on the road to Euro 2024.

Lack of speed

The fireworks of the first 20 minutes against the Netherlands (4-0) seems to be a distant memory in front of this first period as long as a day without pain. After five minutes of observation, the Blues took control of the ball against an Irish block as low as they were grouped together. They tried to stretch the opposing defense and crossed a lot (17 times at half-time) but never found Giroud’s header.

They especially lacked speed, despite the accelerations of Kolo Muani on the right and the good will of Camavinga, preferred to Tchouaméni in the low point of the middle. Too many touches of the ball, and too few ideas, movements and accuracy, these are the French faults of the first 45 minutes, during Rabiot lost 12 balls. Mbappé, he never knew how to pick up speed, for lack of available space.

Result: no chance before the break. The only situation will have been for Kolo Muani, who did not know how to take a nice opening from Upamecano (9th). Irish goalkeeper Bazunu had no saves to make. Maignan either, moreover, even if Hernandez was in great pain on his left side, as much to attack as to defeat Ogbene.

Deschamps’ hug

The alarm clock was sounded by his counterpart on the right side, Benjamin Pavard, who had lost his place following the first match of the World Cup against Australia. After a ball lost by Rabiot, he recovered it by pressing very high and seeing a violent strike under the crossbar (50th). And Deschamps gave him a long hug when he was replaced by Koundé, in a competition that may be relaunched.

Giroud, also holder, left shortly after the hour mark without having had the slightest good ball to eat. This may stir up some debate about him, especially since the first French opportunity after the goal came from his replacement, Moussa Diaby (69th). The Bayer Leverkusen player should also have done better on a contra (77th), in the last quarter of an hour when the Irish opened up a little more space, which allowed Rabiot to try his luck too (75th ).

The men in green then began to push for good and it took a magnificent save from Maignan on a header from… Koundé (89th) then a last one, exceptional this one, to prevent Collins from finding the skylight of the head. After the penalty saved against the Netherlands, he could not have hoped for a better start to his reign.

Almost two months after an epic Ireland-France in rugby and concluded with a success of the XV at clover, it is now the Blues of Didier Deschamps who are expected in Dublin. And this time, the meeting could be much less balanced. The famous fighting spirit of the Irish will in any case be put to the test. Because three months after their defeat on penalties in the World Cup final against Argentina, the France team showed a particularly sensitive face on Friday against the Netherlands, corrected 4-0.

Passing through a press conference, Stephen Kenny, the Irish coach, was also full of praise for the Blues. « Obviously we’ve seen a lot of France, the best team in the world for the last eight years for sure, did he throw. She was consistent playing in both World Cup finals, winning one World Cup and losing the second on penalties. It was an impressive performance, very rare. A No. 1 seed with world-class players like everyone else and, I guess, to lose like that… It was a definite loss, that’s very rare. So it was interesting to see. »

Ireland have not beaten the Blues since 1981?

However, the Irish coach does not leave beaten in advance and relies on the strength of character of his men to create the feat. And to motivate his troops, the technician did not hesitate to broadcast images of previous confrontations between the two nations, including the Irish victory in 1977 against the Platini gang. One of the latest successes of the Green Army against France since Ireland has not beaten the Blues since 1981. Irish players have also been able to see images of the narrow defeat of their predecessors in Lyon, during the round of 16 of the Euro (2-1 ) as well as those of the play-offs for the World Cup in the fall of 2009.

Beaten 1-0 in Dublin, Ireland failed to reverse the situation in Saint-Denis. But that was without counting on a goal from William Gallas during extra time. A but remained in history for the double main order of Thierry Henry on the action. “The players have seen the images and are now aware of the whole story because some are young. There is a great story in these encounters, some results have been exceptional and we must be inspired by them”, a throws an Irish coach eager for revenge.

Good news and great stories are rare at the moment with the Italy team, but this one is clearly worth a look. Mateo Retegui, this attacker that nobody knew before the last week, has just registered his second but in two selections with the Nazionale.

Rete who? This 23-year-old player plays in Argentina, in his country of birth, with the modest club Tigre, where he is on loan from Boca Juniors. Hearing that he had scored 6 goals in 8 league games, the Italian federation became interested in this player who has Italian ancestry through his grandparents. And as Roberto Mancini is crying out for pure No. 9, here he is, instantaneous the chance of his life.

Launched into the deep end against England, Retegui had scored the only but of his team against the Three Lions (1-2), with a gesture from the center forward. In Malta, this Sunday, Mancini had decided to change eight incumbents out of one. But he kept his goalkeeper and captain (Donnarumma), his right side (Di Lorenzo) and therefore his new striker.

Retegui was still present, since it was he who opened the scoring with a header, on a corner from Tonali (0-1, 25th). The San Fernando native launched his team on the path to a huge dull victory, since there will be only one other goal, signed Matteo Pessina (0-2, 27th). Retegui, he left in the 66th minute to make way for his direct competitor, Gianluca Scamacca (West Ham). But he has undoubtedly made an appointment for the final phase of the Nations League in June, at the same time as he has problem raised his rating with Serie A recruiters.

Mateo Retegui will quickly become the darling of the Squadra at this rate. He seems to have a very good heading game. pic.twitter.com/CK4W4noTSW

— Match sheet (@fdematch) March 26, 2023