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Cristiano Ronaldo reaches a big record while impressing Tom Brady. There's drama in the Bundesliga and Serie A title races, but Sevilla look lost.

It was almost as though Ronaldo put on a personal show for one of the very few sports stars who could claim to be in the same stratosphere as the Portugal captain. They are still scoring in the Europa League, where they will take a 3-2 lead over Bayer Leverkusen into next week's second leg in Germany. But unless they plan on winning the Europa League altogether, they need to re-discover their scoring touch back home in Italy, and quickly, if they want to play in Europe again next year. Sevilla would be wise to forget about any remaining title aspirations and instead look over their shoulders at the teams desperate to overtake them in the race to finish second. Fidel started the play himself when he collected the ball just outside his own box, moved upfield to get involved again with a quick-thinking pass for Pere Milla, before making a lung-bursting run to get on the end of the No. 10's through ball and finish with composure. Gian Piero Gasperini's Nerazzurri were held to a scoreless home draw against Genoa on Sunday, dropping them eight points behind Juve and just two points ahead of eighth-place Fiorentina. They scored four goals on Sampdoria on February 28 and have otherwise scored just twice in their last six Serie A matches. But the goal that gave them a 1-0 win at Granada on Saturday was Spain's best this weekend, and demands your attention. West Ham manager David Moyes said earlier this month that Yarmolenko had asked for time out of the team in the wake of Russia's invasion of his home country. Juventus), Milan's late-season slate is awfully friendly if they can keep up a level of form that has seen them lose just one league match since mid-December. A first Scudetto in 11 years is beginning to feel more and more realistic. Koln (39 points) and Union Berlin (38) aren't completely out of the race, but odds are good that two of the four teams above will reach the Champions League. When it comes to recent history, player value, etc., it's easy to assume that Leverkusen and a smoking hot RBL have the edge, even despite Leverkusen star Florian Wirtz tearing his ACL on Sunday. But neither Freiburg (unbeaten in six matches) nor Hoffenheim (unbeaten in five) are backing down. They've done it with six games to spare and with a truly awesome record: 24 games, 24 wins, 136 goals for and just six against. It wasn't the Rossoneri's most impressive performance of the season, but avoiding a hangover after last week's win over Napoli was good enough. It is a technique which continues to work and one that has contributed to five of his 11 Premier League goals so far this season.