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  EURO 2020 PLAYOFFS/UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE The final international break of the year saw the final playoffs games for Euro 2020 (2021), as well as the final fixtures for the UEFA Nations League on who gets promoted and who will play in the finals next year. Scotland qualified for an international tournament for the first time since 1998, beating Serbia on penalties, with David Marshall saving Aleksander Mitrovic's spot-kick. North Macedonia has qualified for the first time as an independent nation beating Georgia 1-0 thanks to club captain Goran Pandev. Dominik Szoboszlai scored a late winner to send Hungary to Euro 2020, beating Iceland 2-1 after conceding very early in the match. Slovakia also qualified for Euro 2020 beating Northern Ireland 2-1 after extra time. In the UEFA Nations League, Spain topped their group in Pool A, meaning they will play in the Finals after a convincing 6-0 victory over Germany with Manchester City winger Ferran Torres scoring a hat-trick while Germany i

  Der Klassiker in the Bundesliga  36 goals were scored in the Bundesliga this past weekend with only two teams winning their games away from home in matchday 7 of the Bundesliga. One of those teams was defending champions Bayern Munich. They faced Borussia Dortmund in what is known as ' Der Klassiker' , the game between the biggest teams in Germany on Saturday at the Westfalenstadion. Bayern Munich came out on top, beating Dortmund 3-2 with goals coming from David Alaba, Robert Lewandowski, and Leroy Sané, who scored his first goal in this fixture. This means that Bayern has won their last three meetings against the Black and Yellow, putting Die Bayern  three points ahead of Dortmund. RB Leipzig moved to second in the Bundesliga table after beating Freiburg 3-0 while Bayer Leverkusen moved to fourth after beating Borussia Monchengladbach 4-3 with Lucas Alario scoring a brace. However, the pick of the goals from that game was Valentino Lazaro for Gladbach, scoring a ridiculous

  Liverpool run riot at Bergamo Liverpool, after winning their first two games in the Champions League, travelled to Bergamo to face Serie A side Atalanta in a clash that would be decisive for both teams and their clashes to go through. With players unavailable for both sides due to injury, the game looked pretty with some fancying Gasperini's side to take the win over Jurgen Klopp. Liverpool eventually won the game, and it was not even close. The Reds spanked Atalanta 5-0 with goals from Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, and a hat-trick from Diogo Jota, who came in for Roberto Firmino. Jurgen Klopp's side exploited so much space that came from Atalanta, taking 15 shots with 12 on target. Despite that, Atalanta still managed to find some chances with Duvan Zapata having the best chance for the Bergamo side whose shot hit the post. However, Liverpool took much control of the game and left Italy with their best performance of the season so far. This puts them top of Group D with nine po

  Serie A Action 33 goals were scored from this past weekend in Serie A, with only two teams unable to score. One of those teams was surprisingly Napoli. They fell short against attacking hotshots Sassuolo, losing the game 2-0. A penalty from Manuel Locatelli and a late goal from Maxime Lopez enabled the Neroverdi to pull off a big win against a Napoli side that have started the season well, scoring 14 goals from their six games played. Cristiano Ronaldo made his return to the Juventus squad after contracting coronavirus in early October, missing four games in the process. He made up for the lost time, coming off from the bench to score a brace in Juventus' 4-1 win against Spezia on Sunday. Alvaro Morata and Adrien Rabiot also got themselves on the scoresheet but the Old Lady will be glad that Ronaldo is back in the fold. Ivan Perisic scored in the 92nd minute to salvage a point for Inter Milan as they drew 2-2 against Parma with former Arsenal winger Gervinho scoring a brace for P