Bayern Munich coach, Pep Guardiola, never knows when he’s beaten. The Bundesliga leaders take a two-goal deficit into next week’s second leg match of their UEFA Champions League clash with Porto at the Allianz Arena after losing the first leg 3-1. But the Spaniard expects a change in fortune after the embarrassing loss in Portugal. “It’s a complicated result, but together with our [...]
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Paris St Germain striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, has been banned for four Ligue 1 games for insulting match officials. The 33-year-old Sweden international will miss the games against Nice, Lille, Metz and Nantes as a result of his widely televised rant (above) in which he said France did not deserve a team like PSG because of the way they are treated. Sebastien Deneux, [...]
Monaco left back, Elderson Echiejile, has expressed delight in his team’s qualification for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League at the expense of Arsenal. The Gunners saw their Champions League dreams crash as they exited the competition on away goals on Tuesday despite winning the return 2-0 at Louis II Stadium. Olivier Giroud's first-half effort and Aaron Ramsey's goal after 79 [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo has told reporters that he will not speak to them again until the end of the season. Ronaldo, who has set a new all-time record goal total in UEFA club competition with his 77th and 78th strikes against Schalke 04 on Tuesday, was left seething by Real’s 4-3 defeat to the German side at the Bernabeu. The Champions League holders [...]
Monaco defender, Elderson Echiejile, has disclosed that his side can continue from where they stopped in London and finish off Arsenal in the second leg of their Round of 16 UEFA Champions League match in Monaco. In the match, a 25-yard deflected effort from Geoffrey Kondogbia put the French side ahead on 38 minutes, before striker Dimitar Berbatov scored a second [...]
Another mid-week, another round of UEFA Champions League (UCL) fixtures to keep us busy. Football fans can barely get their minds off Europe’s elite competition these days, thanks to the extension of fixtures over four weeks instead of a fortnight break. Atletico got beaten in Germany by Bayer Leverkusen, a sumptuous goal by Hakan Calhanoglu settling the affair. Barcelona flexed their [...]
Arsenal host Monaco at the Emirates in the 1st leg of their UEFA Champions League (UCL) last 16 match. After exits from the competition at this stage in their previous four seasons against the likes of Barcelona, AC Milan and Bayern Munich, the Gunners are favourites this time to book a quarter final ticket ahead of their French opponent. But Arsene Wenger, [...]
A year is a long time in football. At this same stage last year, Manchester City lost 4-1 on aggregate against Barcelona – the four-time European champions. This time, though, City do not have an inferiority complex against the Catalan giant as they prepare to host them in their UEFA Champions League (UCL) last 16 first leg tie at the Etihad Stadium [...]
It has been a welcome return for the UEFA Champions League (UCL) after a two-month break following the end of the group stages. The round of 16 has promised so much and has tried to deliver on the mouth-watering ties drawn to the excitement of fanatics worldwide. In the midst of all the pre-match braggadocio and other behind-the-scene events, it was [...]
Real Madrid start the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) with a return trip to face German side Schalke 04 on Wednesday. Last season saw Real come back from the first leg of their last 16 tie at the Veltins Arena with a 6-1 away win which all but sealed qualification into the quarterfinals. One year later, Schalke hope they [...]
Chelsea, fresh from a rare weekend off, travel to Paris to face injury-blighted Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their last-16 tie of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) at the Parc des Princes. The shock defeat to third-tier Bradford City in the fourth round of the FA Cup in January allowed the Blues to rest over the weekend fifth [...]
Manchester City have dropped striker Stevan Jovetic out of their UEFA Champions League (UCL) squad to make way for new £25million signing Wilfried Bony. The arrival of the Elephant of Cote d’Ivoire international from Swansea in January meant City had an extra foreign player in their squad than UEFA allows for their competition. And the decision by manager Manuel Pellegrini to omit [...]
Chelsea face French champions Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) after the draw was made in Nyon. Manchester City will once again face Barcelona while Arsenal will play Monaco. In the other ties, Bayer Leverkusen take on Atletico Madrid, Juventus play Borussia Dortmund, Schalke meet defending champions Real Madrid, Bayern Munich play Shakhtar Donetsk and [...]
CSKA Moscow visit Group E winners Bayern Munich needing a first win in Germany and a helping hand from elsewhere if they are to secure a place in the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League (UCL). After their 1-1 draw with Roma last time out, CSKA sit level on five points with the Italian side and Manchester City. To secure second [...]
Qualification for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) is up for grabs when Liverpool and Basel meet at Anfield in final group match. Basel are second in Group B with a two-point advantage over the Reds, and need only draw to secure their first knockout-stage appearance since 2011/12. Liverpool require three points to reach the round of 16 for [...]
Liverpool and Ludogorets are playing for their UEFA Champions League (UCL) lives when they meet in Sofia on match day five. The clubs sit joint bottom of Group B with three points each and need a victory to retain realistic hope of overtaking second-placed Basel who has six points. Only six teams in UCL history have taken three points or fewer from [...]
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