Tag: Champions League
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Full UEFA Champions League matchday 1 results
Following are group matches played in the opening stage of the 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League on Tuesday and Wednesday. TheNewsGuru reports that, Manchester United kick-started the competition with a disappointing result after Young Boys came from behind to deny Ronaldo’s opening goal in a 2-1 win. Real Madrid substitute Rodrygo struck an 89th-minute winner to…
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Salah equals Gerrard’s Champions League record
Mohamed Salah equalled Steven Gerrard’s Liverpool record for most Champions League/European Cup goals at Anfield with his strike against AC Milan on Wednesday. The goal was Salah’s 14th in the Champions League at Anfield, going level with Reds legend Gerrard. Salah had scored just three Champions League goals in his career before moving to Liverpool…
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UCL: Club Brugge silent Messi as PSG play draw
Lionel Messi’s main task at Paris St-Germain will be to help deliver an elusive Champions League, but for all the fanfare surrounding the Argentina star’s first start it proved a frustrating evening as the club began their European campaign with a draw at Club Brugge. Messi struck the crossbar but struggled to make a serious…
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UCL: Liverpool comeback sinks AC Milan in epic showdown
Premier League side Liverpool had to come from behind to win a Champions League thriller against AC Milan at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp’s team laid siege to Milan’s goal from the start, taking a deserved early lead when former Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori deflected a cross from Trent Alexander-Arnold into his own net. Liverpool, who missed…
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Inter will play Real Madrid with knife between our teeth – Inzaghi
Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi has fired a warning at Real Madrid ahead of today’s Champions League group opener. Inzaghi insists Inter will attack Real with great aggression. He explained: “I have international experience as a coach, with the Europa League, with the Champions … I think I have that. I have coached almost 50…
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Arsenal want to win Champions League within two years – Odegaard
Arsenal midfielder, Martin Odegaard, has said the club wants to win the Champions League “within a couple of years”. The Gunners have not played in Europe’s biggest club competition since 2017. This season, they failed to qualify for any European competition entirely. Odegaard, who has signed a permanent deal with Arsenal this summer, is however…
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Ivanovic warns Chelsea: Don’t underestimate Zenit
Former Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic says they cannot afford to underestimate Zenit St Petersburg. Chelsea have been drawn alongside Juventus, Zenit St Petersburg and Malmo in Group H of the Champions League. “It’s an exciting draw,” said Ivanovic. ‘My two ex-teams are in the same group and this is going to be very interesting to…
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Messi’s PSG to face Man City in Champions League [Full draw]
Premier League champions Manchester City have been drawn to face Paris St-Germain, RB Leipzig and Club Bruges in the Champions League group stage. Holders Chelsea come up against Serie A giants Juventus, Russian club Zenit St Petersburg and Swedish side Malmo. Manchester United face Villarreal, who beat them in last season’s Europa League final, as…
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UCL draw: All qualified teams for group stage [Full list]
Following the completion of the qualifying rounds, a total of 32 teams have now qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage. Twenty-six teams qualified automatically for the group stage. The final six group stage slots were decided via the play-offs. The draw will be conducted on Thursday in Istanbul from 1600 GMT. Teams from…
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Chelsea beat Villareal, add UEFA Super Cup to Champions League trophy
Substitute goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga made two shootout saves as Champions League winners Chelsea beat Spain’s Villarreal 6-5 on penalties to add the UEFA Super Cup to their trophy collection on Wednesday. Extra time had ended 1-1 at Belfast’s Windsor Park ground, with Chelsea replacing goalkeeper Edouard Mendy with Kepa in the final seconds in what…