Real Madrid finishes the season with only one big trophy – the Spanish Cup. It was not possible to defend the Champions League and La Liga, but Diario AS assures that Madrid still have the motivation to spoil the season for Barcelona. Rather, only Robert Lewandowski.

It is reported that Real Madrid will do everything to help Karim Benzema take the Golden Boot of La Liga. 4 matches before the end of the championship, Benzema has 17 goals, Lewandowski has 21.

If we discard Real Sociedad, then Barcelona will not have serious rivals in the last four matches. Benzema has a more complicated calendar: Sevilla and Atlético will have to score.

The task of overtaking Lewandowski looks really difficult, especially considering that Robert is not in the infirmary. However, it will be interesting to watch the scorer race.

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Napoli will definitely become the champion of Italy, the only intrigue is when exactly. It is likely that Naples will walk already at the weekend.

It is curious that in connection with this, the Napoli match is even postponed! Although the holiday will take place or not, it depends not only on the Neapolitans.

Napoli could have become champions without their match under the current schedule

First, a brief about the layouts:

• In Italy 7 rounds to finish. Napoli lead with 78 points, followed by Lazio (61).

• The original schedule for the next matchday was as follows: Napoli v Salernitana on Saturday (29 April) and Inter v Lazio on Sunday (30th).

• If Napoli win and Lazio lose points in Milan, then the Neapolitans win the league early: Lazio would have a maximum of 80 in the remaining matches, while Napoli would already have 81.

• Even if Lazio wins both of their next matches (against Inter and then Sassuolo), Napoli could win the title without regard to it in the first week of May – beating Salernitana at home and then Udinese in Udine .

The second option is not so beautiful – both on a weekday and at a party. And the calendar was against the first – after all, Napoli plays a day earlier than Lazio.

Why not postpone the match in this case, the authorities thought. 

At first the league refused, but still surrendered

Talk about a possible postponement of the game between Napoli and Salernitana began on April 24 – the day after the victory of the Neapolitans in Turin. The Naples authorities have asked the league to consider rescheduling the match from Saturday to Sunday, citing public safety concerns.

Moreover, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, it was about the simultaneous holding of matches Inter – Lazio and Napoli – Salernitana on Sunday at 13:30 Moscow time. The league initially refused because…

• Broadcasters Dazn and Sky have already planned the schedule.

• The Udinese-Napoli match scheduled for 2 May would also have to be postponed, as there should be a 72-hour break between games.

• Moreover, Udinese are already selling tickets for the game on 2 May.

A day later, the mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi, said that a decision would be made later. At the same time, Serie A President Lorenzo Casini made it clear: if the reasons for the transfer are compelling, the league will adapt.    

On April 27, it was revealed that the Casms – the committee for the safety of sporting events – had accepted a request from the prefect of Naples, Claudio Palomba, to postpone the Napoli game for security reasons. Therefore, the match is postponed to Sunday, the league should announce this later. Palomba explained to Sky: “Both days in the city would be hectic. With a match on Saturday, services would have to be prepared [for an enhanced regime] both on Saturday and Sunday.”

Speaking about security, at the same time he mentioned the events in Fuorigrotte (a suburb of Naples), where the other day shooting started after a store robbery.

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After winning Game 1 of the series against Memphis, the Lakers predictably took a day off in Game 2. By the beginning of the third quarter, Anthony Davis’ team was 20 points behind and failed to organize even a semblance of an intriguing ending – 93:103.

The only one who sweated (well, or scored statistics in a lost match) is LeBron James, who could not help but give his best (he has 28 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 12 of 23 in 39 minutes), as he was provoked by the entire match local troll Dillon Brooks.

Both dispersed, satisfied with themselves.

James scoffed at his opponent the whole game – he put his only three-pointer through him, beat him with his back several times, easily attacked from the dribble. Brooks sat on fouls the whole game and spent only 22 minutes, and against the slow David Roddy, LeBron was easier.

Brooks, on the other hand, was habitually disgusting ( not only with his outfits ), but also with a ratio of greyness to utility – 5 out of 14 from the game. However, he converted two three-pointers that closed the questions about the winner, after which he pranced in front of the “old man” like a regimental horse that had drunk a bucket of vodka.

The most interesting part of this tiresome duel happened towards the end. James pulled the Lakers with all his might and in a timeout 4 minutes before the siren completely took the initiative from head coach Darwin Ham. Commentators immediately said that they were told by a specialist before the match: “If LeBron has a good idea, then we will use it, of course.”

What was the idea?

James once again outwitted an overconfident Brooks. He showed that he was not going to attack himself, but only offered a screen on the penalty line for D’Angelo Russell.

While Brooks snapped his beak and controlled the pass to the point guard, James caught his opponent on his back and found himself face to face with the ring.

Then it was a matter of technique: a successful throw from Rui Hachimura – and easy two points.

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