IN ENGLAND
Leicester lost their Premier League Matchday 17 roster game 2-3 to Tottenham on Wednesday. Youri Tielemans played the entire match with the Foxes, deprived of injured Timothy Castagne. In the standings, the Spurs occupy 5th position (36 points) and the Foxes remain 10th (25 points). Patson Daka (27th, 1-0) and James Maddison (76th, 2-1) gave Leicester the lead twice. At first, Harry Kane (38th, 1-1) had restored the Spurs’ confidence but Steven Bergwijn’s rise to the game (79th) changed everything. After receiving a yellow card (90th + 4), the Dutchman scored twice (90th + 5, 90th + 7).
IN SPAIN
Real Sociedad eliminated Atletico Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday night in the Copa del Rey round of 16. Holder at kick-off, Adnan Januzaj launched the Basques on the road to success by opening the score with a header after 33 minutes of play. Norwegian Alexander Sorloth doubled the lead in the 47th minute. Januzaj made way for Zubeldia in the 86th minute. On the Colchoneros side, Yannick Carrasco was in the base eleven. He was replaced by Martin in the 76th.
IN FRANCE
Lille, with Onana, beats Lorient and Strasbourg climbs to 4th position
Three line-up matches have been scheduled for Wednesday in Ligue 1. Lille beat Lorient 3-1, Strasbourg won 0-2 at Clermont and Troyes surprised Montpellier. Now, all these teams have played 21 games: Lille is 8th (32 points) and Strasbourg 4th (35 points). LOSC won the match against Lorient, originally scheduled for January 8 (19th day). Holder in the 4-4-2 of Jocelyn Gourvennec, Amadou Onana was replaced (77th). The Northerners opened the scoring through Isaac Lihadji, who scored his first pro goal for the first start (10th, 1-0). Luck smiled on Lille on a shot from Burak Yilmaz pushed back by Paul Nardi on his central defender Moritz Jenz (19th, 2-0, csc). The former goalkeeper of Cercle Bruges still had a backlash on a resumption of the head of Reinildo Mandava, author of his first Lille goal (31st, 3-0). In the second half, the Lorientais continued to push in the Lille half of the field without managing to be sufficiently dangerous, even if Sambou Soumano closed the gap (90th + 3, 3-1) .
With Matz Sels in goal, Strasbourg won 0-2 at Clermont, in a game on the 20th day Thanks to Kevin Gameiro, author of his 6th goal of the season (44th, 0-1), and an autogoal by Cedric Hountondji (77th, 0-2), the Alsatians find themselves in fourth position, four points behind the second, Nice. Clermont is in 17th position (18 points) just ahead of Lorient (17 points).
Montpellier, which found itself at ten following the exclusion of Teji Savanier (63rd), did not hold up against Troyes. Xavier Chavalerin scored the only goal of the game (74th, 0-1). In the standings, Montpellier and 9th (31 points) and Troyes 15th (20 points).
IN GERMANY
The round of 16 of the Cup offered a derby between Hertha and Union Berlin. Dedryck Boyata played the whole game inside the Hertha defense, which lost 2-3.
Hugo Siquet was on the bench for Fribourg, who won 1-4 at Hoffenheim.
IN THE NEDERLANDS
In the Netherlands, Breda qualified for the quarter-finals of the Cup at the expense of Zwolle (2-1). Among the winners, Welat Cagro entered the game (59th) while Pjotr Kestens remained on the bench. In the other camp, Siemen Voet was replaced at the end of the game (87th). Mustafa Saymak gave Zwolle the lead (5th, 0-1) but Naoufal Bannis (13th, 1-1) and Kaj de Rooij (83rd, 2-1) propelled NAC into the next round.
Groningen was knocked out in the round of 16 of the Cup by Nijmegen (1-2). Among the losers, Cyril Ngongé went up to the game (77th) while the score was acquired. Calvin Verdonk. (10th, 0-1) and Mikkel Duelund (49th, 1-2) sealed the victory for the NEC as Michael de Leeuw temporarily tied the two teams (45th, 1-1)
IN TURKEY
Basaksehir suffered a seventh defeat Wednesday at Kayserispor after a meeting counting for the 22nd day of the Turkish championship (1-0). Nacer Chadli entered the game (75th) just after Ugur Demirok scored the only goal of the game (75th). In the standings, Basaksehir occupies 5th position with 34 points and remains in the race for one of the two places in the Conference League since he is only one point behind Besiktas, who played one more game, and Hatayspor. Kayserispor is 9th (31 points).
