African stars seemed clear at the weekend and presented their goals in the goals while Europe's top competitions packed their seasons.
ENGLAND
Antoine Semenyo scored twice when Bournemouth beat Leicester City to seal a top ten Premier League finish in a record breaking season.
Despite dominating, the cherries were unable to crack the defense of Ruud van Nistelrooy until the 74th minute, when the Ghanaian slid home from close by after a smart assist from the Ukrainian defender Illia Zabarnyi.
With two minutes left, Semenyo sealed his brace with a strike from outside the box, assisted by Dean Huijsen.
Bournemouth saw the victory end the 2024-25 season with 56 points-hun highest total ever in the English top flight.
Elsewhere on Portman Road, Mohamed Kudus scored when West Ham defeated Ipswich 3-1 to end the 2024-25 season on a high.
Ward-Prowsse gave West Ham the lead just before half-time and took advantage of a defensive error, but Nathan Broadhead was leveled with a powerful strike seven minutes after the break.
Three minutes later, Jarrod Bowen shook his English snub with a brilliant goal, ending a strong season in which he scored 14 goals and made 10 assists in all competitions.
In the 87th minute, Super-sub Kudus sealed the victory with a brilliant solo goal, making it 3-1 and brought the game out of reach.
Premier League player of the Mohamed Salah season saved Liverpool with a late goal in a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace.
Senegal International Ismaila Sarr gave the Eagles an early lead in Anfield in the ninth minute, and used a defensive error by gathering the pass from Tyrick Mitchell and slot past goalkeeper Alisson Becker.
Nevertheless, it was the Egyptian who made sure that the game ended the entire square and scored an equal for an 84th minute to save a point for the Reds.
With that, Salah corresponded to a record of all time with 47 targets (29 goals, 18 assists), similar to the performance of English legends Andy Cole and Alan Shearer.
Amad Diallo closed the 2024-25 season with a goal when Manchester United sealed a 2-0 win over Aston Villa in Old Trafford.
The Ivorian star nodded the Red Devils Vooruit in the 76th minute, only a few moments after Aston Villa had a goal that was controversial excluded by a questionable referee decision.
Christian Eriksen sealed the victory by an 87th minute penalty, but Ruben Amorim's side ended the season outside the top ten.
African stars Marshall Munetsi and Bryan Mbeumo stole the spotlight while Wolves and Brentford played a 1-1 draw on the last day of the competition season.
The bees took place in the 20th minute through Cameroonian forward Mbeumo, but Zimbabwe's Munetsi brought the score with a 75th -minute equalizer.
ITALY
Lazio suffered a 1-0 home defeat against 10-man Lecce, while the strike of Lassana Coulibaly insured the victory for the Salentini and the Hope of the Biancocelesti on European football ended next season.
There was enough at stake, where the hosts saw to a potential European place – from the Champions League to the Conference League – while Lecce was desperate to escape relegation danger.
The tension was felt in the stadio Olimpico when both parties fought under pressure. Eventually the breakthrough came in the 43rd minute when Mario Gila's sloppy pass was intercepted by Nikola Krstovic, who took the Mali Middle Distress to throw the decisive goal home.
SPAIN
Villarreal concluded a memorable Laliga campaign with a 4-2 victory over Seville, in which the season in style was completed in the Estadio de la Ceramica.
Pape Gueye scored twice, while Yeremy Pino and Alex Baena added goals to seal the victory.
In the process, Marcelino's side ended with 70 points and 71 goals to establish a new club record for most goals scored in a top season.
Yan Diomande scored for Leganes in their 3-0 win over Real Valladolid, but the victory was not enough to prevent their relegation to the Spanish Second Division.
The victory needed to keep their survival hopes alive, the cucumber wheels came out against the lower -placed side.
Javi Hernandez opened the score in the 25th minute with a fine side base in the upper corner, before the Ivorian doubled the benefit before he set up Juan Cruz in the first half of the goal.
Despite the emphatic victory, the fate of Leganes was sealed as other results went against them.
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