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Marco Asensio kept Real Madrid's faint hope of retaining their La Liga title alive with the winner against Getafe.Carlo Ancelotti made eight changes as Madrid warmed up for Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg at Manchester City.It resulted in a disjointed performance against a Getafe side in the relegation zone, before Asensio's deflected strike with 20 minutes remaining.

A 10-man Real Madrid faltered once again in the LaLiga title race as Takefusa Kubo haunted his former club after scoring in a 2-0 win for Real Sociedad.Barcelona snatched a 1-0 victory over Osasuna prior to Tuesday's kick-off at Reale Arena, where Madrid offered little without the suspended Vinicius Junior or the rested Karim Benzema.

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti has said he agrees "100%" with Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo's viral claim there is "no failure in sports."The power forward's passionate answer in response to a news conference question on whether their season had been a failure went viral after his team's elimination from the NBA playoffs by the Miami Heat.

Vinicius Junior said referees are failing to adequately punish opponents for fouling him, after the winger scored -- but was also yellow carded himself -- in Real Madrid's 3-1 comeback win over Espanyol in LaLiga.Espanyol went ahead through Joselu in the eighth minute at the Bernabeu on Saturday, before Vinicius equalised and Eder Militao's header put Madrid in front, before substitute Marco Asensio scored a third goal in added time.

Brazil's players and many of those watching around the world enjoyed the dance routines after each goal the Selecao scored in Monday's 4-1 win over South Korea at the World Cup.But for those who saw them as acts of disrespect toward their beaten opponents, there is some bad news: Brazil are not going to stop.

Carlo Ancelotti said Real Madrid's Brazilian players have been teasing him about reports linking the Italian coach with taking charge of the Brazil national team.On Friday the Brazilian Football Confederation denied an ESPN Brasil report that Ancelotti had given the OK to becoming Brazil's new coach, taking over after Tite left following their quarterfinal exit at the Qatar World Cup.
- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) ESPN Brasil reported that Ancelotti had responded positively to Brazil's interest, although no formal agreement had been reached.

Germany's woes at the 2022 World Cup have been well documented from the get go.Now as we reflect back on the tournament, Spanish media has pointed out a new scapegoat for fans of the German national team - former Bayern Munich and current Real Madrid star, Toni Kroos.In the Spanish television program El Chingiuto, guest reporter Cristina Cubero was asked to name the players at the World Cup who had disappointing performances and let their teams down.

Vinicius Junior believes the atmosphere around him with the Real Madrid forward being targeted by opposition players and fans has reached a critical stage, sources close to the player have told ESPN.The Brazil international was caught up in a running battle with Real Mallorca's players during Madrid's 1-0 LaLiga defeat on Sunday, after clashing with defenders Antonio Raillo and Pablo Maffeo in the two previous meetings between the sides.

Tite suggested his time as Brazil team coach is over but defended his penalty tactics after they crashed out of the World Cup to Croatia.Marquinhos' decisive spot kick hit the post after Dominik Livakovic had saved Rodrygo's opening effort in the shootout to send Croatia into the last four with Neymar never getting a chance to step up.

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Brazil had danced into the quarter-finals of the World Cup but their dreams of a showpiece jig in the final ended in tears at Education City Stadium.

When Neymar limped off the field in tears and favoring his right ankle late in Brazil's opening-game victory in Qatar, it got so quiet you could hear a World Cup championship trophy drop.Brazil might have the finest collection of soccer talent on the planet, but A Seleção, the country's national team, is pretty much Neymar and Friends: That group-stage win left Brazil 26-1-4 in the last 31 games Neymar started.

By Phil McNulty Chief football writer in Doha


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Brazil coach Tite did not produce the night's smoothest dance moves but the sight of the sober-suited elder statesman gyrating with his players on the touchline epitomised this football carnival.

Brazil cruised into the World Cup quarter-finals with a dominant 4-1 victory over South Korea, however it was not the returning Neymar who was the star performer in your eyes.Vinicius Junior was named player of the match by BBC Sport readers after the forward received an average rating of 7.59.The next highest-rated player was goalkeeper Alisson with 7.14 who made a string of impressive saves, with striker Richarlison third and fellow forward Neymar fourth.