First Bundesliga loss for Freiburg, Monaco no longer unbeaten in France and Madrid without Vinícius

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Azzoni, T. (2026, October 18). First Bundesliga loss for Freiburg, Monaco no longer unbeaten in France and Madrid without Vinícius. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/first-bundesliga-loss-for-freiburg-monaco-no-longer-unbeaten-in-france-and-madrid-without-vin-cius/article_7ac929e1-082d-5f49-942c-90acfc890f3c.html

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Freiburg lost its first Bundesliga match of the season, dropping to second place with a 2-1 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen. Monaco's unbeaten record in Ligue 1 ended with a 1-0 loss to Lorient, relinquishing its sole top spot position. Real Madrid will miss key player Vinícius Júnior for their upcoming La Liga match against Sevilla.
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🔮 Madrid’s Vinícius will serve the first of a four-game suspension later Sunday for pulling the hair of a Villarreal player and aggressively confronting the referee in the previous round.
🔮 It wasn’t the result we wanted, we could have equalized but we didn’t and now we look forward to the next matches.”
🔮 Barcelona’s defense will include hosting Arsenal in a rematch of the 2025 final won by the London club.
🔮 “We could skip the news conference, because the story of the match is right here (on the photos),” Mourinho said.
🔮 After Barcelona’s biggest win of the season, Raphinha said he and his teammates are hungry for goals and will keep pushing for more.
🔮 Rayo Vallecano triumphs in Butarque again Rayo Vallecano beat Espanyol 2-1 with first-half goals by Álvaro García and Adria Pedrosa in what may have been its last match before returning home to Vallecas Stadium.
🔮 MADRID (AP) — Changes are expected to the new Madring track next year after its lackluster debut at the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend.
🔮 There were a few other incidents in the final practice session, with Alexander Albon brushing the wall and his Williams teammate Carlos Sainz just barely avoiding hitting the barrier after not being able to turn on a corner.
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Arsenal Freiburg Lorient Monaco Nottingham Forest

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Freiburg ORG · 5× Monaco ORG · 4× Lorient GPE · 3× Alaves ORG · 2× Arsenal ORG · 2× Celta ORG · 2× La Liga ORG · 2× MADRID GPE · 2× Nottingham Forest ORG · 2× Osasuna ORG · 2×

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Last-place Borussia Mönchengladbach lost 2-1 to visiting Hoffenheim, which had lost every match since a 2-1 win over Stuttgart a month ago. 50-meter goal in England Gomez’s sensational strike came after the Paraguay international collected the ball near the halfway line, advanced just inside Palace’s half and launched a 50-meter shot over stranded goalkeeper Walter Benitez in the seventh minute.
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🔮 Madrid’s Vinícius will serve the first of a four-game suspension later Sunday for pulling the hair of a Villarreal player and aggressively confronting the referee in the previous round.

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Freiburg wasted a chance to regain first place in the Bundesliga with its first loss of the season on Sunday — a 2-1 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen — and Monaco lost 1-0 at Lorient to lose its status of the only unbeaten team in the French league. asserted
Monaco → waste → league
Diego Gomez scored off a shot from the halfway line in Brighton’s 5-0 win over Crystal Palace, and Arsenal edged Nottingham Forest in the Premier League. asserted
Arsenal → score → League
Freiburg trails Bayern asserted
Freiburg → trail → Bayern
Freiburg took the lead through Derry Scherhant in the 14th minute but the hosts rallied with goals from Ibrahim Maza in the 19th and Patrik Schick in the 76th. asserted
hosts → take → 76th
Freiburg stayed with 13 points, one point behind both second-place Borussia Dortmund and leader Bayern Munich. asserted
Freiburg → stay → Dortmund
Only Frankfurt had managed to take points off Freiburg, which had won eight of its last nine games across all competitions. asserted
which → manage → competitions
The club has consistently overachieved in recent seasons despite modest resources, first under coach Christian Streich, now under his former captain Julian Schuster, who took over from the veteran in 2024. asserted
who → overachieve → 2024
Leverkusen has also made a good start under new coach Carles Martínez, who has now overseen six wins from seven games across all competitions since starting with a shock loss to Elversberg. asserted
who → make → Elversberg
Last-place Borussia Mönchengladbach lost 2-1 to visiting Hoffenheim, which had lost every match since a 2-1 win over Stuttgart a month ago. 50-meter goal in England Gomez’s sensational strike came after the Paraguay international collected the ball near the halfway line, advanced just inside Palace’s half and launched a 50-meter shot over stranded goalkeeper Walter Benitez in the seventh minute. asserted
international → lose → minute
Arsenal, the Premier League defending champion, just needed one goal — a late one from substitute Noni Madueke — to see off Nottingham Forest 1-0. asserted
Arsenal → defend → Forest
Manchester United ended a challenging week with a 1-1 draw at fierce rival Leeds. asserted
United → end → Leeds
Monaco unbeaten no more in France Monaco was guaranteed to retain first place with a win, but host Lorient won thanks to a 61st-minute penalty kick converted by Noah Cadiou. asserted
Lorient → guarantee → Cadiou
Lorient moved to seventh place, while Monaco dropped to fourth and is tied on 14 points with leader Paris Saint-Germain, second-place Paris FC and Lille. asserted
Monaco → move → Germain
Paris needed a penalty kick deep into stoppage time to defeat fifth-place Rennes 4-3 at home. asserted
Paris → need → home
Marseille’s form has been bleak this season and new coach Bruno Genesio’s side had won only two of its first eight games overall, but it came from behind to win 5-2 at Angers. Celta back to winning ways in La Liga Celta Vigo beat Alaves 2-1 at home for its second win across all competitions this season. asserted
Vigo → win → competitions
The result left Celta in eighth place, level on 11 points with seventh-place Alaves, which won three of its first four league games but is winless in five straight. asserted
which → leave → straight
Osasuna defeated Racing Santander 2-0 as Jagoba Arrasate coached his first game since returning to Osasuna. asserted
Arrasate → defeat → Osasuna
He replaced the fired Luis Ramis after a run of five winless games. asserted
He → replace → games
Arrasate has coached the second-most games in the history of the Pamplona-based club. asserted
Arrasate → coach → club
Madrid’s Vinícius will serve the first of a four-game suspension later Sunday for pulling the hair of a Villarreal player and aggressively confronting the referee in the previous round. asserted
Vinícius → serve → round
Como and Lecce win on the road in Italy In Italy, Como won 3-1 at second-to-last Fiorentina, while 11th-place Lecce won 3-0 at 17th-place Udinese. asserted
Lecce → win → Udinese
AC Milan hosted Atalanta later Sunday while coming off a morale-boosting 4-0 win over Salzburg in the Europa League. asserted
Milan → host → League
Lazio faced Juventus, whose coach Luciano Spalletti is serving a one-match suspension following his altercation with Cagliari coach Fabio Pisacane. asserted
Spalletti → face → Pisacane
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