European Football: Barcelona suffers surprise defeat against Real Sociedad | European club football

Barcelona suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat in La Liga Real company Their seven-game winning streak in all competitions ended on Sunday when Sheraldo Becker scored in the first half for the Basque side. It was also notable because it was the first time since September 2014 that Barça failed to score in a league game.

The league leaders suffered their first defeat in over a month and only their second of their domestic season after being dominated throughout the game by the home team who missed several chances. Becker’s strike in the 33rd minute was enough to secure victory for Real Sociedad as he beat the offside trap and relayed a header from Luka Sucic before finishing neatly just wide of the post.

Elsewhere in Spain, Julián Alvarez scored the decisive goal after a second-half counterattack Atletico Madrid a 1-0 win Real Mallorca. It is the fourth consecutive win in all competitions for Diego Simeone’s side.

Barcelona still lead the table with 33 points, six ahead of Real Madrid, who have a game left in second place Atletico are third with 26 points. Real Sociedad is in eighth place with 18 points.

In Italy, Roma have fired Ivan Juric as coach after just 12 games. The Croatian became the club’s second head coach after Daniele De Rossi, who was sacked this season following the team’s 3-2 home defeat Bologna their fourth defeat in their last five league games on Sunday, leaving them 12th in the Serie A table.

“We would like to thank Ivan Juric for his hard work over the last few weeks,” Roma said in a statement. “He handled a difficult environment with the utmost professionalism and we are grateful for that. The search for a new head coach has already begun and will be announced in the coming days.”

Roma appointed Juric as their third coach in eight months in September after sacking club legend De Rossi. Juric, who previously played for Torino, Verona and Genoa, started with home wins against Udinese and Venezia in the league and a 1-1 draw against Athletic Bilbao in the Europa League. However, his good run ended there and Roma won just once in their next six league games.

Hakan Calhanoglu finally missed a penalty Inter after scoring a stunning equalizer as they drew 1-1 at home to the league leaders Naples in Serie A.

The visitors took the lead against the run of play in the 23rd minute when Scott McTominay took the lead from close range after a corner. Two minutes before half-time, Calhanoglu equalized with a powerful shot from outside the penalty area.

Calhanoglu then surprised San Siro in the 74th minute by hitting the post with a penalty after André-Frank Zambo Anguissa had fouled Denzel Dumfries, ending a streak of 19 successful penalty kicks for Inter. Four days earlier he scored the winning goal against Arsenal in the Champions League.

Napoli are at the top of the table with 26 points from 12 games. Inter are just one point behind, level Atalanta, Florence And Laziowho all won on Sunday.

Atalanta defeated Udinese 2-1 after being behind in the first half thanks to a goal from Hassane Kamara. They secured victory thanks to a goal from Mario Pasalic and an own goal from Isaak Touré. Fiorentina secured a 3-1 home win Veronawith Moise Kean scoring a hat-trick, the final goal of which came via an assist from goalkeeper David de Gea. Mattia Zaccagni scored the only goal as Lazio triumphed 1-0 Monza.

In Portugal, Rúben Amorim has resigned from his position as head coach Sporty with a 4-2 comeback win Braga. He leaves the Portuguese champions with a 100 percent league record of 11 wins from 11 games.

Ligue 1 team Nantes have reacted with “deep outrage” after Wales international Sorba Thomas was subjected to racist abuse on social media. Thomas, who is on loan from Huddersfield, came on as a late substitute in Saturday’s 3-2 defeat to Lens before being substituted himself.

A club statement published on Sunday said: “FC Nantes expresses its deep outrage at the racist insults to which Sorba Thomas was subjected on social networks after the game against RC Lens.” The club would like to fully support its player .”

Thomas has scored one goal in 11 games this season for Nantes, who took seven points from their first three games at the start of their campaign but have won three in their last eight games.