UEFA has already announced that beginning with the 2018-19 season, that the Big Four European Leagues (England, Spain, Italy and Germany) will all get four guaranteed spots in the group stages. Now according to a report in the German magazine Kicker, UEFA is getting set to roll out a new revenue distribution that could see […]
Champions League
Europe’s top four leagues will have four guaranteed places in the Champions League group stage from the 2018-19 season, UEFA has confirmed. The top four leagues in the UEFA coefficient ranking, currently La Liga, the Bundesliga, Premier League and Serie A, will see four teams enter the group stage without having to go through a […]
A difference over two legs between possible Champions League glory and heartache was a deflected Gareth Bale cross. Bale’s first half goal was too much for Manchester City to overcome and it sent Real Madrid through to face city rivals Atletico in the final. City midfielder Fernando inadvertently diverted Bale’s 20th-minute strike into his own […]
Strong words from Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge after his side was knocked out of the Champions League at the hands of Atletico Madrid. Bayern won the second leg of the tie 2-1 on Tuesday but were eliminated on away goals having lost the first leg 1-0. However, Rummenigge believes the result should have […]
For the third consecutive season, Pep Guardiola has seen his Bayern Munich knocked out of the Champions League by Spanish opposition. First it was Real Madrid, last season Barcelona, and on Tuesday night Atletico Madrid made it a Spanish trifecta. Diego Simeone and his players lost 2-1 at the Allianz Arena, but advanced 2-2 on […]
After the first round of Champions League semi-finals we seem set for another Madrid derby in the final at the San Siro next month. On Tuesday, Real Madrid took the advantage in their tie with a 0-0 draw away to Manchester City. On Wednesday, Saul Niguez’s wonder strike proved enough to hand Atletico Madrid a […]
Real Madrid are on track for a record 11th Champions League trophy after they drew 0-0 with Manchester City in England on Tuesday night. Zinedine Zidane’s side will return home to the Santiago Bernabéu confident that they can get the win they will require to advance. In a game of few chances, the best two […]
The draw for the Champions League semi-final takes place on Friday and there are no shortage of storylines amongst the four semi-finalists: Bayern Munich, Atlético Madrid, Manchester City and Real Madrid. For example could we have anther Madrid derby? Atletico knocked Real out of the Champions League last year, but they have been incapable of […]
Manchester City are into the Champions League semi-finals for the first time after Kevin De Bruyne’s fine curving shot ended the challenge of Paris Saintt Germain in the last eight for the fourth year running. City started as if keen to build on the away-goals edge given them by last week’s 2-2 draw in Paris, […]