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European football roundup: Juventus salvage point in 2-2 draw against Cagliari; Eintracht Frankfurt beat Augsburg
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Juventus were five points behind second-placed AC Milan and 19 behind champion-elect Inter Milan. Juve has won only one of its last seven league games.

Cagliari scored two first-half penalties but gave up a late own goal for Juventus to draw 2-2 in a thrilling Serie A game on Friday. Gianluca Gaetano opened the scoring for the home side after half an hour and Yerry Mina got a second with an almost identical spot kick six minutes later.

Juventus had a first-half goal from Dusan Vlahovic disallowed after a video review but the Serbian forward got one back in the 61st minute with a swerving free kick.

Juventus were five points behind second-placed AC Milan and 19 behind champion-elect Inter Milan. Juve has won only one of its last seven league games.

Cagliari were five points above the relegation zone but still in a dogfight. Only six points separated Sassuolo in 19th place and Lecce in 13th.

With Salernitana almost certainly going down, two others will join it.

A second-half goal from Luis Alberto gave Lazio a 1-0 win at Genoa and moved the capital club into sixth and within touching distance of a Champions League spot. The result snapped Genoa's four-game unbeaten run and was another good result for a visitor which has won four of its last five league games.

Lazio were one place and one point ahead of Atalanta, which has two games in hand.

The top five teams in Serie A are guaranteed a place in next year's expanded 36-team Champions League. Sixth spot could be enough if Roma or Atalanta win the Europa League. Genoa remained in 10th place.

Bilbao and Granada left wanting more in tight-fought draw

Athletic Bilbao drew with Granada 1-1 in a Spanish league match that won't satisfy either club for different reasons on Friday. Bilbao need points to secure a Champions League place but the draw left it three behind Atletico Madrid, which has a game in hand.

At the other end of the table, Granada are in serious relegation danger. With six matches remaining, they are seven points behind third-to-last Cadiz. Almeria is in last place.

Granada's hopes of a fourth win of the season were raised early in the first half when a Gerard Gumbau corner kick took the slightest of touches off Bilbao's Inaki Williams and flew in.

Gorkueta had a goal bound shot cleared off the line by Ignasi Miquel a few minutes later and Inaki Williams almost made up for his earlier mistake but his late volley flashed wide of the post.

PSG loanee Ekitike scores winner as Eintracht Frankfurt beats Augsburg

Hugo Ekitike scored his first goal for Eintracht Frankfurt to help it to a 3-1 come-from-behind win over Augsburg in the Bundesliga on Friday.

Ekitike's goal was a low shot in off the post from 15 yards out. The strike an hour in came six minutes after Fares Chaibi canceled Ruben Vargas' 13th-minute opener for Augsburg.

Omar Marmoush completed the scoring in stoppage time with a dramatic third. The Augsburg goalkeeper had gone forward for a corner kick and the clearance fell to Marmoush, who ran 70 yards to put the ball in the empty net. The result opened a six-point gap between Frankfurt in sixth and Augsburg in seventh. Frankfurt's first win in five games further put the brakes on Augsburg's recent good run.

Nice beat Lorient 3-0 to record just its second win in eight French league games and send the visitor to second to last on the table on Friday.

Poor defending away from home cost Lorient dear and not for the first time this season. The Brittany club has conceded at least one goal in each of its last 14 away games.

A mix up in the Lorient midfield allowed Morgan Sanson to stride forward and open the scoring midway through the first half. Jeremie Boga made it two seven minutes into the second period with a low drive off a defender on the goal-line.

Substitute Evan Guessand scored with two minutes remaining to complete the rout.

The result left Lorient only four points ahead of last-placed Clermont. Lorient was below Metz on goal difference.

Nice were fifth.

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