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2020/21 Winners
English Premier League
Winner: Arsenal (2x in a row)
2nd place: Man Utd (2x in a row)
3rd place: Liverpool (3x in a row)
FA Cup: Man Utd beats Sunderland 4-3 (Man Utd makes up for losing last year's final) (Frank Justice not in squad because of injury)
League Cup: Man Utd beats Man City 3-0 (Frank Justice 6.3 rating)
Footballer of the Year: Jack Wilshire - Arsenal (1st), Giuliano - Man City(2nd), Cicinho - Liverpool (3rd)
Manager of the Year: Quique Flores (Arsenal)
Player's Player of the Year: Moussa Sissoko - Chelsea (1st), Mensure Hila - Arsenal (2nd), Georginio Wijnaldum - Tottenham (3rd)
Top Scorer: Daniel Ertmann - Chelsea (26 goals), Khouma Babacar - Man City (23 goals), Steven Fletcher - Wolves (19 goals)
Italian Serie A
Winner: Inter
2nd place: Palermo
3rd place: Roma
Italian Cup: Roma beats Livorno 3-0
Spanish La Liga
Winner: Barcelona (2x in a row)
2nd place: Real Madrid (2x in a row)
3rd place: Villareal
Spanish Cup: Barcelona beats Real Madrid 1-0
Player of the Year: Toni Kroos - Real Madrid (1st), Sergio Aguero - Atletico Madrid (2nd), Alexis Sanchez - Barcelona (3rd)
Top Goalscorer: Frederico Macheda - Sevilla (32 goals), Karim Benzema - Real Madrid (20 goals), Alexander Burns - Villareal (20 goals)
French Ligue 1
Winner: Lyon (9x in a row)
2nd place: Monaco
3rd place: PSG
French Cup: Lyon beats St Etienne 3-1
Coupe de la Ligue: Marseille beats Montpellier 1-0
German Bundesliga
Winner: Leverkusen
2nd place: Bayern
3rd place: Dortmund
German Cup: Bielefield beats Leverkusen 2-1 (Julio O'Donnell 7.4)
Champions League
Leverkusen beats Liverpool 1-0 after extra time (Leverkusen's first ever Champions league win) (Julio O'Donnell 8.3 rating)
Euro Cup
Almeria beats Palermo 4-2 on penalties after the full time score is 0-0 (Almeria's first ever European trophu, Palermo losing finalist 2 years in a row)
Summary:
Arsenal had a quiet season by their standards, winning the English Premier League by 4 points over Man Utd. Man Utd did a domestic cup double by beating Man City and Sunderland in both cup finals. Liverpool continued its recent trend of being in 3rd place but nearly won the Champions League, falling just short in the finals. Tottenham, Man City and Sunderland were 4th, 5th and 6th. Villa again just missed out on Europe with their 8th place finish while Chelsea were shockingly bad this year, finishing in 9th place.
In Italy, Inter regained their trophy after a 3 year absence. Palermo and Roma filled out the top 3 spots while last year's winner, Lazio, came in 4th. Juventus finished in 5th. Roma managed to win the Italian Cup, beating Serie B side Livorno (Jace Hunter's old club) easily.
In Spain, Barcelona defend their title over Real Madrid while Villareal makes an appearance in the top 3. Sevilla drop to 4th while Valencia finish 5th. Barcelona emphasized their dominance this year by beating arch-rivals Real Madrid 1-0 in the Spanish Cup finals to do the double.
Lyon win their 9th title in a row in France, Monaco break PSG's stranglehold on 2nd and PSG slip 1 place to 3rd. Auxerre got relegated this year, finishing 18th. Lyon did a domestic double by winning the French Cup while Marseille won the League Cup.
In Germany, Leverkusen are back at the top, not just in Germany but also in Europe as they win their first ever Champions League title! The one sore spot is the surprising loss to Bielefield in the German Cup finals, preventing them from doing an unprecedented treble.
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