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Welcome back to the Golazo Starting XI newsletter. Happy Monday everybody, and welcome to your international break. There’s lots of soccer ahead of us over the next two weeks. There will be United States men’s national team stories aplenty as they return to Concacaf Nations League action and a bunch of Europe’s biggest sides look to start their next chapter. On the women’s side, we’re counting down to the NWSL’s season kickoff this weekend and we’ve got Champions League quarterfinal action.
We’ll get to all that this week, but before we do, we’ve got a pretty wild weekend to look back on. Let’s get to it.
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Top picks
All times U.S./Eastern.
Monday
Argentina: Newell’s Old Boys vs. San Lorenzo, 5:30 p.m. Paramount+
Argentina: Huracan vs. Rosario Central, 8 p.m. Paramount+
Elsewhere …
All times U.S./Eastern.
Tuesday
UEFA Women’s Champions League: Bayern Munich vs. Arsenal, 1:45 p.m.
UEFA Women’s Champions League: Roma vs. Barcelona, 4 p.m.
The Forward Line
Barcelona are on the verge of La Liga title
CBS Sports Golazo
It was an absolutely perfect way for El Clasico to attend. Franck Kessie scored in second-half stoppage time to put the home team up 2-1 and secure all three points. Ultimately Barcelona were the better team, outshooting Real Madrid 17-11, winning the expected goal battle 1.62 to 0.55 and pretty much carrying the play after conceding a ninth-minute own goal. The win now gives them a hammerlock on the league title. Barcelona are 12 points on Madrid with 12 games to go and Caesars Sportsbook now gives Madrid +2800 odds on coming back to win the title.
But still, Kessie? Much was made of Barcelona’s…
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