Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri was understandably devastated on Friday by his team’s exit in the last 16 stage of the 2019/2020 UEFA Champions League after a 2-2 aggregate loss. But after losing to Olympique Lyonnais he said he did not believe he would be judged solely on Friday’s match which saw them go out in … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo couldn’t inspire Juventus on Friday night to qualify for Quarter Finals of the UEFA Champion League. Read Also: Relief As Jumat Services Reopen In Epe After Four Months Closure of Worship Centres Despite scoring a penalty in the first half, Lyon qualified on away goal rule despite losing 2-1.
A two-season ban imposed on Manchester City by the court of Arbitration for Sport via UEFA has been lifted on Monday. This means that Man City will now be allow to play Champions League football next season. In the same vein, an initial fine of 30 million euros ($34 million, £27 million) was also reduced … Read more
The Union of European Football Association, UEFA, will hold a meeting of its decision-making executive committee on April 23, with discussions likely to centre on how, when and if the European football season will be able to resume amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. UEFA had suspended the Champions League, Europa League, and the European Championship … Read more
The Europa League knockout phase begins on Thursday, with VAR being introduced to Europe’s secondary club competition for the first time outwith the final for the last 32, first-leg ties. AFP Sport picks five games to watch this week: – Man Utd in Bruges – Manchester United’s Champions League aspirations have been given a major … Read more
Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has reacted to his side’s UEFA Champions League round of 16 draws with Atletico Madrid. Liverpool was drawn alongside the Spanish La Liga giants, when the draw for last 16 took place in Nyon, Switzerland on Monday. Klopp said Atletico Madrid coach, Diego Simeone won’t have been happy to learn his … Read more
Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard, has reacted to his side’s UEFA Champions League round of 16 draws with Bayern Munich. Chelsea was drawn alongside the Bundesliga champions, when the draw for last 16 took place in Nyon, Switzerland on Monday. Lampard said that his players must be at their best if they must beat Bayern Munich. … Read more
Paris St-Germain completed an unbeaten record in the Champions League group stage with a 5-0 win over Galatasaray. Mauro Icardi gave them the lead before Pablo Sarabia doubled the advantage. Neymar scored his first Champions League goal this season as he combined with Kylian Mbappe to make it 3-0 before he turned provider for Mbappe. … Read more
Champions League debutants Atalanta reached the knockout stages with victory at Shakhtar Donetsk after recovering from losing their first three games. The Serie A side only had one point after four games – including a 4-0 and 5-1 defeat – but wins over Dinamo Zagreb and Shakhtar have taken them through behind Manchester City. Timothy … Read more
Atletico Madrid eased into the last 16 of the Champions League with a comfortable victory over Lokomotiv Moscow at the Wanda Metropolitano. Atletico’s win sees them finish second ahead of Bayer Leverkusen, who were beaten 2-0 by Group D winners Juventus in Germany. Kieran Trippier saw his early penalty saved but Joao Felix then scored … Read more
Tottenham Spurs were defeated 3-1 by Bayern Munich in the final Champions League group game on Wednesday at the Alliance Arena. Both sides had already qualified for the last 16, with Bayern progressing as Group B winners and Tottenham going through as runners-up, and consequently they made numerous changes for Wednesday’s encounter at the Allianz … Read more
Last season’s Champions League semi-finalists Ajax were knocked out in the group stages as Valencia progressed instead with victory at the Johan Cruyff Arena. Rodrigo scored the only goal midway through the first half as he blasted into the roof of the net from Ferran Torres’ clever pass. Ajax desperately pushed for the equaliser they … Read more
England forward Jadon Sancho scored one goal and made another to help Borussia Dortmund beat Slavia Prague and move into the Champions League last 16. Sancho finished from close range after Marco Reus’ pass on 10 minutes. But Slavia equalised just before half-time through Tomas Soucek, after good work from team-mate Milan Skoda. Sancho, 19, … Read more
Teenager Ansu Fati became the youngest goalscorer in Champions League history as Barcelona ended Inter Milan’s hopes of reaching the last 16. Fati, 17, came on as an 85th-minute substitute, and a minute later scored from Luis Suarez’s pass. Barcelona, already qualified, took the lead through Carles Perez’s close-range goal on his Champions League debut. … Read more
Liverpool beat Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 to reach the Champions League last 16 as Group E winners on Tuesday night. The Reds manager Jurgen Klopp said he loved that his side were “so smart”. The defending champions, who needed at least a point to progress, were on the ropes at times in the first half … Read more
Barcelona were on rampage at Camp Nou as the Messi-led team defeated German Borussia Dortmund 3-1 on Wednesday to reach Champions League last 16. Luis Suarez opened the scoring for the Catalans after connecting Lionel Messi pass to beat the Dortmund keeper half-way to the first half. 2019 Ballon d’Or favourite, Lionel Messi was also … Read more
Chelsea once again threw caution to the wind as the Frank Lampard’s team squandered their 2-1 lead in the second half to end the game draw against Valencia in Champions League matchday 5 on Wednesday. The Blues Champions League fate of reaching the last 16 will be decided until the final group games against Lille. … Read more
Defending champions Liverpool will need at least a point in their final group game at Red Bull Salzburg to guarantee reaching the last 16 of the Champions League after a lacklustre draw against Napoli. The Reds would have gone through as Group E winners with a win but fell behind midway through the first half … Read more
Jose Mourinho singled out a ball boy for his exceptional impact in helping Tottenham come from behind to defeat Olympiacos 4-2 as they cruise into Champions League round of 16. Spurs trailed 2-0 after 19 minutes but Kane scored twice, with Alli and Serge Aurier also netting as they reached the knockout stages in Mourinho’s … Read more
Robert Lewandowski makes history in Champions League as he scored the fastest quadruple in Bayern Munich 6-0 bashing of Red Star Belgrade. The Polish striker became the only the second player to score in nine consecutive group-stage appearances in the competition. It took Lewy just 14 minutes and 31 seconds to net four goals. Leon … Read more