Results from the midweek football fixtures: A ‘big’ win for Real Madrid.

MIDWEEK FOOTBALL

We had El Clasico, Der Klassieker, Derby d’Italia, a clash between Chelsea and Liverpool, and a clash between RB Leipzig and Dortmund.

The HIGHLIGHTED MATCHES:

April 4.

Juventus [ 1-1 ] Inter Milan (Derby d’Italia)
Chelsea [ 0-0 ] Liverpool

April 5.

Barcelona [ 0-4 ] REAL MADRID (El Clasico)
Feyenoord 1-2 ] AJAX (Der Klassieker)
RB LEIPZIG [ 2-0. ] Dortmund

PREMIER LEAGUE

Brighton, Leeds United, Aston Villa, Manchester United, and Newcastle United were the midweek winners of the Premier League fixtures. Chelsea and Liverpool could only put out a draw.

April 4.
Bournemouth [ 0-2 ] BRIGHTON
LEEDS UNITED [ 2-1 ] Nottingham Forest
Leicester City [ 1-2 ] ASTON VILLA
Chelsea [ 0-0 ] Liverpool

April 5.
MANCHESTER UNITED [ 1-0 ] Brentford
West Ham United [ 1-5 ] NEWCASTLE UNITED

COPA DEL REY SEMIFINAL

Osasuna and Real Madrid are the finalist of the 2023 Copa del Rey final.
Real Madrid left Camp Nou with a 4-0 win to overturn a 1-0 first-leg defeat.
Karim Benzema contributed a hattrick to this victory.

April 4.
Athletic Club [ 1-1 ] OSASUNA (1-2 on agg.)

April 5.
Barcelona [ 0-4 ] REAL MADRID (1-4 on agg.)

COPPA ITALIA semifinal first leg

Fiorentina has one foot in the Coppa Italia final after taking home a 2-0 lead to the second-leg tie with Cremonense.

April 4.
Juventus [ 1-1 ] Inter Milan

April 5.
Cremonense [ 0-2 ] FIORENTINA

COUPE DE FRANCE semifinal

Nantes marched on to the final to defend the Coupe de France title – against Toulouse.
Nantes marched on to defend the Coupe de France crown after knocking out Lyon. Ludovic Blas scored the only goal as Nantes defeated Lyon to reach the final for the 2nd year in a row.

April 5.
NANTES [ 1-0 ] Lyon

April 6.
Annecy FC [1-2 ] TOULOUSE

DFB-POKAL quarterfinal

Frankfurt, Freiburg, Stuttgart, and RB Leipzig are the semifinalists of the DFB-Pokal.

April 4.
FRANKFURT [ 2-0 ] Union Berlin
Bayern Munich [ 1-2 ] FREIBURG

April 5.
Nurnberg [ 0-1 ] STUTTGART
RB LEIPZIG [ 2-0 ] Dortmund

KNVB CUP semifinal

PSV Eindhoven marched on to the final to defend the KNVB Cup title. They will be facing Ajax.
Ajax used Der Klassieker’s win to advance to the KNVB Cup.
PSV Eindhoven marched on to defend the KNVB Cup crown after knocking out Spakenburg.

April 4.
Spakenburg [ 1-2 ] PSV EINDHOVEN

April 5.
Feyenoord [ 1-2 ] AJAX