2014-15 Germany, England and Spain Season Recap

I'm still busy with revision and all at the moment but I thought I'd do a very brief post, recapping how the three top leagues in Europe ended after a thrilling season of football.

N.B. The Europa League teams may not be correct depending on the Domestic Cup results, I've listed the teams from 5th to 7th for consistency.

1. Bundesliga- Germany

Party Time- Bayern Celebrate another Bundesliga title

Champions- Bayern Munich
Champions League Qualification-  Wolfsburg, Mochengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen
Europa League Qualification- Augsburg, Schalke and Borussia Dortmund
Relegated- Freiburg and Paderborn, Hamburg will play in a Relegation Play-Off

Golden Boot-Meier of Frankfurt

Top Scorer- Alexander Meier- Eintracht Frankfurt-19 Goals
Most Assists- Kevin De Bruyne- Wolfsburg- 20 Assists            
Most Clean Sheets- Manuel Neuer- Bayern Munich- 18 Clean Sheets

Agony-Relegated Paderborn 

2. Liga BBVA- Spain

Champions- Barcelona

Champions-Barcelona

Back in Europe- Valencia

Champions League Qualification- Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Valencia 
Europa League Qualification- Sevilla, Villareal and Athletic Bilbao
Relegated- Eibar, Almeria and Cordoba
Top Scorer-Cristiano Ronaldo-Real Madrid- 48 Goals
Most Assists- Lionel Messi-Barcelona-18 Assists
Most Clean Sheets- Claudio Bravo-23 Clean Sheets

Elite- Messi and Ronaldo

All Smiles-Premier League Champions Chelsea

3. Premier League-England

Champions- Chelsea
Champions League Qualification- Man City, Arsenal and Man Utd 
Europa League Qualification- Tottenham, Liverpool and Southampton
Relegated- Hull, Burnley and QPR
Top Scorer-Sergio Aguero-Man City-26 Goals
Most Assists- Cesc Fabregas-Chelsea-18 Assists

Back to the Championship-QPR

Most Clean Sheets- Joe Hart- Man City-14 Clean Sheets

Safe Hands-Joe Hart

Sorry for this post being so brief but i'll be back to regular, written articles after my exams, which end June 17th.

Thanks for reading,

James
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Attacking Stars of the Season so far...

It's only the early days of November but the footballing world is in full swing in Europe. As a result, the heroes of this season have already emerged and in this post I'm going to give you my choices for the top players so far in Europe's top 5 leagues (This is going to be attacking players as I'm going to be looking at mostly Goals but also Assists).

1. Alexandre Lacazette- Lyon
It was a tight competition between Lacazette and Andre-Pierre Gignac of Marseille who both have 10 Goals and although Gignac has played less minutes, Lacazette gets my pick as he has 4 assists to Gignac's 1. The highlight of Lacazette's season so far has probably been the 23 year old's hat trick at home to Lille. 

2. Robert Lewandowski-Bayern Munich

Although not top scorer or top assister in the Bundesliga, the 26 year old has been in fine form since his move from rivals Borussia Dortmund in the summer. He has racked up 5 goals and 2 assists with his finest moment probably being scoring against his old club in this weekends derby.

3. Jose Callejon-Napoli

With 8 goals this season so far, the Spaniard is the Serie A top scorer and the former Real Madrid man also has an assist to his name. This weekend he continued his fine form with his 8th goal in 10 games, scoring late on against Roma to gain Napoli a 2-1 win.

4. Alexis Sanchez-Arsenal

This one is going to be controversial. I had to choose between Costa, Sanchez and Aguero. Diego Costa of Chelsea has 9 goals in 8 games, Sergio Aguero of Man City has 10 goals in 10 games and Alexis has 7 in 9 games. So obviously Alexis is not winning at this point and I have to mention that the other two are having fine seasons especially Diego Costa who is a new addition to the league. However when we look at assists , Costa and Aguero both have 0. Alexis on the other hand has 2, and when you take into consideration he is a winger rather than a striker, he is new to the league and has worse players to supply him (Arsenal being ,in my opinion, a worse team than Chelsea and Manchester City) the Chilean has to come out on top.Just. 

5. Cristiano Ronaldo-Real Madrid

This one was so very easy to decide. So far this season Ronaldo has played 9 games, assisted 3 goals and scored 17 goals. Absolutely incredible stats from the 2013 Ballon d'Or winner. The man from Portugal has had such a fine season it's hard to pick out one moment but scoring one and setting up one in the 3-1 win against Barcelona at the Bernabeu stands out to me. In such a high profile match, he completely outshone Lionel Messi ,leading me to finally start to swing towards Ronaldo in the age old Messi vs Ronaldo debate. 

Thanks for reading, 

James