The best club competition in the world returns this week as the Champion League kicks off with some interesting matchups. Because of the World Cup, the Champions League is playing a condensed schedule, which means that teams need to get off to a quick start in the competition. Here is a look at the big [...]
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Paris St-Germain were within 30 minutes of a famous Champions League knockout round win over Real Madrid. Leading 1-0 on the night, 2-0 o aggregate, PSG were in total control of the match with Kylian Mbappe unplayable. But a mistake by PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma proved the catalyst for a dramatic recovery with Real Madrid [...]
Liverpool and Bayern Munich advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday with wins over Inter Milan and RB Salzburg on Tuesday. Inter ended Liverpool’s year-long unbeaten record at home, as they won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Lautaro Martinez, but the Serie A champions went out 2-1 on aggregate. Inter fans will be [...]
As has happened so many times in their history, a Manchester United academy graduate rescued the team on a big stage. This time it was 19-year-old Anthony Elanga whose late equalizer in the the first leg of Manchester United’s Champions League last-16 draw at Atletico Madrid. Elanga had been on the pitch less than six [...]
Liverpool took a huge step towards the Champions League quarter-finals after scoring two late goals against Inter Milan in the San Siro. Elsewhere, six-time winners Bayern Munich needed a late Kingsley Coman equaliser to avoid a shock last-16 first-leg defeat at an impressive Red Bull Salzburg. At the San Siro, Liverpool looked set for a [...]
Who is the best player in the world? Kylian Mbappe demonstrated once again why he is by scoring a brilliant goal in stoppage time as Paris St-Germain beat 13-time Champions League winners Real Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 tie. The France striker, who is expected to move to Real in the summer, [...]
Per usual, Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer blamed the players for other disappointing Champions League performance. Solskjaer, who has managed to lose 7 of the 11 Champions League matches he has managed in, said that the players must learn from their mistakes in Europe if they to avoid another early Champions League exit. Tuesday [...]
The European Super League has been announced by 12 of the biggest clubs in Europe, and the competition could begin as early as August 2021. The clubs that announced the Super League have left ECA and its President Andrea Agnelli resigned, becoming the Super League vice president along with Manchester United’s co-chairman Joel Glazer and [...]
UEFA has announced a new 36-team Champions League format which will include a single league to replace the current group stage. European football’s main governing body announced a number of changes to the competition on Monday amid reports of a rival Super League formation which could see 12 of the biggest clubs on the continent [...]
The idea of a European Super League has been rumored for years. But on Sunday those rumors became reality when twelve of Europe’s top clubs announced they were launching a breakaway Super League. AC Milan, Arsenal FC, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, Internazionale, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur have all [...]
