Weekly European Football Report

Spain: LA Liga

The Spanish top flight return after their winter break this pass weekend. With both of the big two in action, Real Madrid had a very convincing 5-1 over Granada, whilst Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw at local rivals Espanyol. These results left Barcelona 2nd 5 points behind their great rivals, Barcelona appear to be the better team but Real Madrid appear more focused. In a league where both drop very few points it could be that focus that wins Real Madrid the League this season.

The race for the fourth and final champions league place seems wide open as only 8 points separate Levante in 4th to Real Betis in 10th position, with 21 games still to play, so this race seems like it will have many twists and turns before the season is over.

The bottom half of the table is very congested and there is only 6 points between Atletico Madrid in 11th and Villarreal in 18th . The only team that it could be argued are in a impossible position is Real Zaragoza who are some 7 points from safety and for a team battling relegation this is a big gap even at just before the half stage.

Italy: Serie A

After a shocking start to the season Inter Milan continue to climb up the table and now sit 5th in the league only a point of Lazio in 4th and only 8 off arch rivals Ac Milan which after Inters shocking start is quiet some achievement.

Lower down the table there is a gap begging to open between the bottom three and the right of the lower half of the table with some six points between Novara in 18th and Bologna In 17th. Of course there is still a very long way to go but that is some gap already and the bottom three need to have a change in results fairly soon in order to survive relegation.

France: Ligue 1

The French league is very much a two tier league this season, with only 10 points from PSG in 1st place down to St Etienne in 8th place, the four top teams are within 5 points of each other. At PSG Carlo Ancelotti has taken as coach, in a fairly strange position with PSG having a 3 point advantage at the top of the league over the winter break.

Then in the 2nd tier of the league you have only 6 points from Lorient in 9th place down to Sochaux in 19th place. Both ends of the French championship look as though they have a long way to go before anything is really decided, it should be an interesting ride.

Germany: Bundesliga

The winter champions in this seasons Bundesliga were Bayern Munich who hold a 3 point advantage of last seasons champions Borussia Dortmund, there is only 5 points separating the top 4th and at this time it looks as though the winner of the title will come from one of these clubs.

From 7th placed Hannover 96 down to 15th placed Nuremberg there is only 5 points in it, then is then a further gap of 2 points between Nuremberg and FC Kaiserslautern in 16th place the first relegation spot. In the shortest season in terms of games placed in among Europe’s top league, it all looks set for an interesting second half of the season.

Holland: Eredivisie

AZ Alkmaar and PSV Eindhoven hold 5 and 4 point leads respectability over FC Twente and Ajax in 3rd and 4th place, look for these four along with possibly Feyenoord joining the party to pull away from the rest of the league and fight it out for the title. It could be a well before any real predictions can be made with certain about who will win the Eredivisie this season.

Further down the league there is a 5 point gap between 15th placed NEC and the bottom three. If anything is to change for the bottom three, then now would be a good time to start for the bottom three to start picking up some points. Otherwise they run the risk of being cut adrift at the bottom of the table.

England: Premier League

Since our mid season report a week ago, due the FA cup 3rd round taking place, only one match has been played in the Premier League. In the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton, Tottenham were 2-0 winners to further strength there position in 3rd place level on points with Manchester United in 2nd. Tottenham have been great this season in beating the so called teams that a top four side are meant to beat dropping very few points against such teams. Against their rivals in the top six they have done even to more then merit their current position.

It will be interesting to see what the rest of the season holds and weather or not Tottenham can keep up anywhere near their current fill and if they do drop will Arsenal, Chelsea or both of them be able to take advantage of any drop in form.

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