European Football Round-Up: Real Madrid, Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen, and Wolfsburg Shine
Real Madrid secured a 2-0 victory against Sevilla, with Jude Bellingham opening the scoring via a header and Kylian Mbappé netting a late penalty. Mbappé's goal brought his tally to 59 goals in 2025 across all competitions, equalling Cristiano Ronaldo's calendar-year record. Sevilla were reduced to 10 men following a second booking for Marcão. This win moves Real Madrid to 42 points in La Liga, just one point behind Barcelona, who are set to face Villarreal next.
In Serie A, Juventus edged Roma 2-1 with goals from Francisco Conceiçao and Loïs Openda, while Tommaso Baldanzi scored for Roma. Juventus moved within one point of Roma; Inter Milan leads the table followed by AC Milan and Napoli, who are currently away competing in the Italian Super Cup.
In the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen overturned a deficit to beat RB Leipzig 3-1, scoring two goals within four minutes early in the second half. Leverkusen rose to third place on 29 points, with Borussia Dortmund second and Bayern Munich leading on 38 points. Leipzig dropped to fourth on goal difference.
Wolfsburg triumphed 4-3 against Freiburg, featuring a hat-trick from Dzenan Pejcinovic. Despite it being Wolfsburg’s first home loss of the season, Freiburg's equalizers came with help from an own goal by Jenson Seelt, but Derry Scherhant's late winner secured the victory.
Eintracht Frankfurt and Hamburg played out a 1-1 draw, with Lokonga scoring for Hamburg and Larsson equalizing for Frankfurt. A potential goal by Fabio Vieira for Frankfurt was ruled offside. Union Berlin narrowly defeated Cologne 1-0 thanks to a stoppage-time winner from András Schäfer, following Rav van den Berg's earlier red card for handball.
