EFL Cup – Semifinal
Three times in a row?
Manchester City reached the final for the third consecutive year and using their position in the Premier League as a reference, Manchester City is likely to win the EFL Cup for the third straight year.
Since the final four teams were all playing in the Premier League, many would have expected a Leicester City vs Manchester City final but Aston Villa grabbed a late goal to move on to the final at Leicester City’s expense.
In the other semifinal that had given us a Manchester derby, both Manchester giants picked up an away victory in the tie.
Manchester City picked up a bigger victory at Old Trafford to get to the final.
January 28, 2020
Aston Villa 2-1 (3-2 agg) Leicester City
January 29, 2020
Manchester City 0-1 (3-2 agg) Mancehster United
EFL Cup Final
March 1, 2020
Aston Villa vs Manchester City
Coppa Italia – Quarter-final
The possibility of a Milan derby in the Coppa Italia final is alive.
Inter Milan and AC Milan joined Napoli and Juventus in the semifinals.
As expected in all of Italian football competitions, Juventus holds the record with 13 titles. Their most recent was in 2018.
Inter Milan has the record for the second most titles in the competitions history with 7 to their name; their latest coming in 2011.
It is fitting that the two sides met in the semifinals.
AC Milana and Napoli have 5 titles each to their name in this competitions. Napoli has won it most recently in 2014, while AC Milan will have to go back 17 years since the last time they won the Coppa Italia.
It is fitting that the two sides met in the semifinals.
January 21, 2020
Napoli 1-0 Lazio
Napoli – Lorenzo Insigne 2’
January 22, 2020
Juventus 3-1 Roma
Juventus – Cristiano Ronaldo 26’ Rodrigo Bentancur 38’ Leonardo Bonucci 45’
Roma – Gianluigi Buffon 50’(og)
January 28, 2020
AC Milan 4-2 Torino
AC Milan – Giacomo Bonaventura 12’ Hakan Calhanoglu 90’ 106’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic 108’
Torino – Gelson Bremer 35’ 71’
January 29, 2020
Inter Milan 2-1 Fiorentina
Inter Milan – Antonio Candreva 44’ Nicolò Barella 67’
Fiorentina – Martin Caceres 60’
The two-legged Semifinals
February 12, 2020
Inter Milan vs Napoli
AC Milan vs Juventus
March 4, 2020
Juventus vs AC Milan
Napoli vs Inter Milan
Copa del Rey – Round of 16
2x winners Real Sociedad beat Osasuna to move to the quarter finals while Mirandes becomes the only Segunda side to reach the quarter finals.
Barcelona advances to chase their 31st Copa del Rey title after a convincing victory against Leganes.
Real Madrid also picked up a comfortable win on the road in their chase for title number 20.
For a chance to win their 24th title in the competition, Athletic Club had to go through penalties to pick up their quarter final ticket. Valencia had to use penalties to advance after a goalless draw at Leonesa. Valencia is chasing their 9th title in the competition.
The shocking result was saved for the last when 5-times winner Sevilla were knocked out by Segunda side Mirandes.
January 28, 2020
Tenerife 3-3 Athletic Club (Athletic Club wins 4-2 on penalties)
Tenerife – Joseilu 8’(pen) 20’ Daniel Gomez 105’(pen)
Athletic Club – Inaki Willians 17’ 54’ Yuri Berchiche 118’
Tenerife and Athletic Club opened the round of 16 with a thrilling 3-3 draw that had to be settled through penalty kickoffs.
January 29, 2020
Leonesa 0-0 Valencia (Valence wins 4-2 on penalties)
Rayo Vallecano 0-2 Villarreal
Villarreal – Fernando Nino 83’ Santi Cazorla 85;
Badajoz 2-3 Granada (AET)
Badajoz – Pablo Vázquez 8’ Antonio Caballero 90’
Granada – Alex Martinez 1’ Roberto Soldado 86’ Carlos Fernandez 109’
Carlos Fernandez scored the only goal in extra time for Granada to advance to the next stage. Badajoz forced an extra time with Granada through a 90th-minute equalizer.
Real Sociedad 3-1 Osasuna
Real Sociedad – Alexander Isak 33’ 69’ Martin Odegaard 61’
Osasuna – Marc Cardona 36’
Real Zaragoza 0-4 Real Madrid
Real Madrid – Raphael Varane 6’ Lucas Vazquez 32’ Vinicius Junior 72’ Karim Benzema 80’
January 30, 2020
Barcelona 5-0 Leganes
Barcelona – Antoine Griezmann 4’ Clement Lenglet 28’ Lionel Messi 59’ 89’ Arthyer 77’
Mirandes 3-1 Sevilla
Mirandes – Matheus Aias 7’ 30’ Alvaro Rey 85’
Sevilla – Nolito 90’
The Quarterfinalist
Athletic Club
Barcelona
Granada
Mirandes – the only side that is not in the top flight to reach the quarter finals.
Real Madrid
Real Sociedad
Valencia
Villarreal
Coupe de France – Round of 16
Two 4th division teams (National 2) knocked out two first division sides (Ligue 1).
4th division side Epinal knocked out a Lille side that is within reach of a top four finish in the Ligue 1.
4th division side Belfort knocked of Montpellier in penalty kickoffs to advance to the quarterfinals.
It took extra time for Dijon to get around Limonest; a side from the 5th division.
Third division Pau took a respectable ‘2-0’ home defeat against the best team in the land.
Pau and Limonest were the two sides non-Ligue 1 sides to fail to reach the quarter finals.
January 28, 2020
Angers 4-5 Rennes
Angers -Sada Thioub 52’ 85’ Stephane Bahoken 89’(pen) Romain Thomas 105’
Rennes – James Siliki 37’ M’Baye Niang 42’ 61’(pen)Yann Gboho 101’ Jeremy Gelin 110’
Belfort* 0-0 Montpellier (5-4 pen.)
Limonest 1-2 Dijon
Limonest – Aziz Bouzit 49’
Dijon – Jhonder Cadiz 55’ Stephy Mavididi 120’
Monaco 0-1 Saint-Etienne
Saint-Etienne – Denis Bouanga 24’
January 29, 2020
Epinal 2-1 Lille
Epinal – Jean-Philippe Krasso 56’ 62’
Lille – Loic Remy 8’
Pau 0-2 Paris St. Germain
Paris St. Germain – Leandro Paredes 25’ Pablo Sarabia 53’
Marseille 3-1 Strasbourg
Marseille – Bouna Sarr 32’ Dimitri Payet 43’(pen) Boubacar Kamara 90’
Strasbourg – Benjamin Corgnet 59’
January 30, 2020
Nice 1-2 Lyon
Nice – Adam Ounas 89’
Lyon – Moussa Dembele 15’ Houssem Aouar 90’
The Quarterfinalist
Rennes
Belfort (4th division)
Dijon
Saint-Etienne
Epinal (4th division)
Paris St.Germain
Marseille
Lyon
The Quarter Final draw
Dijon vs Paris Saint-Germain
Épinal vs Saint-Etienne
Lyon vs Marseille
Belfort vs Rennes
