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Weekend Review: Mitrovic madness, Haaland the shark (ESPN)

Another weekend of European football is in the books and, once again, there is drama everywhere you look. Here's ESPN's Weekend Review.

[Rayo Vallecano](/soccer/team?id=101)'s [Oscar Trejo](https://www.espn.com.au/soccer/player/_/id/66410/oscar-trejo) and [Isi Palazon](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/264197/Isi-Palazรณn) joined the elite club of players to have attempted football's cheekiest move. [Santi Gimenez](https://www.espn.com.au/soccer/player/_/id/260775/santiago-gimenez) fired Feyenoord in front after just five minutes, before Ajax took charge of the game and held a 2-1 lead thanks to [Edson Alvarez](https://www.espn.com.au/soccer/player/_/id/241627/edson-alvarez) and [Dusan Tadic](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/122575/Dusan-Tadic). [Sebastian Szymanski](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/243844/Sebastian-Szymanski) tied it at 2-2 with about 40 minutes to play and after plenty of nervy passages, the stage was set for [Lutsharel Geertruida](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/264828/Lutsharel-Geertruida) to steal it four minutes from time. [Eredivisie](/soccer/league/_/name/ned.1) took what should be a decisive turn on Sunday as [Feyenoord](/soccer/club/_/id/142/feyenoord-rotterdam) took on [Ajax Amsterdam](/soccer/team?id=139). [Vincenzo Grifo](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/179571/Vincenzo-Grifo) at [Freiburg](/soccer/team/_/id/126/sc-freiburg) (16) has been directly involved in more goals than Zaccagni (13 with nine goals and four assists in 24 games) this season in the big five leagues, which makes Roberto Mancini's decision to not call him up for [Italy](/soccer/team?id=162) next two matches hard to understand. [Premier League](/soccer/league/_/name/ENG.1), now have a semifinal spot in the FA Cup. He has lost four league matches already, all in 2023, to add to elimination against Bayern in the last 16 of the [Champions League](/soccer/league/_/name/uefa.champions) and against [Marseille](/soccer/team?id=176) in the [Coupe de France](/soccer/league/_/name/fra.coupe_de_france). [Saint-Etienne](/soccer/team/_/id/178/saint-etienne), [Lille](/soccer/team?id=166) and [Nice](/soccer/team?id=2502) -- PSG's level of talent, pressure and expectations is too high for the 56-year-old. [Barca's 100th Clasico win has decided the LaLiga race](/soccer/barcelona-espbarcelona/story/4905617/el-clasico-ensures-barcelona-to-win-laliga-over-real-madrid) [Franck Kessie](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/194711/Franck-Kessiรฉ)'s 92nd minute goal gave Barca the three points as the home side hit Madrid, desperate for a winner themselves, on the counter-attack. [Copa del Rey](/soccer/league/_/name/esp.copa_del_rey) semifinals, as their attention turns to their preferred competition, the Champions League. [Amine Adli](https://www.espn.com.au/soccer/player/_/id/291613/amine-adli) won two penalties for the hosts in the second half, each of which was only awarded after VAR review and after referee Tobias Stieler had awarded the Leverkusen winger a yellow card for simulation. [FC Cologne](/soccer/team?id=122) [6-1](/soccer/report/_/gameId/638656) on Saturday) finished the weekend in first place for the first time since Matchday 2 in 2019-20, a trivia note that might surely fuel some good vibes for BVB over the international break.

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