Tag: UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
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Victor Osimhen constitutes UEFA Champions League Team Of The Week
Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, has been included in both the UEFA Champions League Team of the Week and also Team of round 16 first-leg. Osimhen continued his impressive scoring form for Napoli after getting on the score sheet in their 2-0 win away to 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday, February 21. He took his…
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PSG VS Bayern: Why I played despite being injured – Mbappe
French and Paris Saint-Germain forward, Kylian Mbappe has revealed that he wasn’t supposed to feature in the Champions League round of 16 first-leg tie against Bayern Munich at Parc Des Princess. Mbappe was still recuperating from a thigh injury but was introduced in the second half of the encounter, however, his introduction didn’t make any…
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UCL: Liverpool end Napoli’s 13 games winning streak in a thrilling encounter
Liverpool have ended Napoli’s unbeaten record in all competition this season by inflicting their first loss of the season. Liverpool snatched a 2-0 win win at Anfield with two late goals. Having won five straight games already, Napoli were aiming to set a record of winning all their games in the group stage when they…
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UCL: Liverpool, Bayern, Napoli defeat opponents with high score margin
Barcelona may be heading for the Europa league for the second season running after failing to dispatch a resilient and determined Inter Milan at Camp Nou. Recall that Inter Milan were 1-0 better than the same opponent in the previous week at San Siro.
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UCL: Liverpool, Bayern, Inter secure maximum points on match day three
Liverpool Football Club have recorded their second win of the present UEFA Champions League campaign after defeating Rangers of Scotland by 2-0. Trent Arnold scored his first goal of the campaign for the Reds before Mohammed Salah added the second to secure all maximum points for Liverpool.
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UCL: Potter’s first match in charge of Chelsea ends in a draw
Chelsea manager Graham Potter’s first game in charge of Chelsea has ended on a shaky note, after the club was held to a 1-1 draw by Salzburg of Austria. Potter’s side had already gone ahead in the game with Raheem Sterling’s goal before Austrian Midfielder of Nigerian descent Noah Arinzechukwu Okafor equalized for Salzburg to…
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Champions League: European clubs slug it out on match day two
Bunsdeliga champions Bayern Munich will host La liga giants on match day 2 of the UEFA champions League. Both teams won their first game with Bayern defeating Inter Milan by 2-0 whilst Barcelona thrashed Victoria Plzen by 5-1. Bayern Munich have had the upper hand by beating Barcelona four times in their last five meetings.…
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UCL: Tuchel blames entire team for Chelsea’s loss to Dinamo Zagreb
Chelsea Manager, Thomas Tuchel, has blamed the team including himself for the 1-0 loss to Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia in Tuesday Champions League game. Mislav Orsic scored Zagred’s goal in the first half of the encounter to give the Croatian club the lead and it proved to be the only goal of the competition.
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Salah breaks silence on UCL final loss to Real Madrid
Egyptian and Liverpool winger, Mohamed Salah, has claimed they Liverpool “deserved” to win the Champions League final and not Real Madrid. The Reds’ hopes of becoming European champions for the seventh time and securing a third trophy of the season were ended by the LaLiga champions in Paris.
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Soccer legends Ferdinand, Shearer rue over Real Madrid’s disallowed goal
England soccer legends, Rio Ferdinand and Alan Shearer have reacted to Real Madrid first half disallowed goal in the encounter versus Liverpool in UEFA champions League final played at Stade de France in Paris on Saturday. Recall that French striker Karim Benzema had scored for Real Madrid at the tail end of the first half…