Real Madrid narrowly avoided what would have been the biggest upset in the Champions League in recent memory as they have to come from behind to beat Ludogorets 2-1. The defending European champions went one down n Razgrad thanks to Marcelinho’s early effort, but Cristiano Ronaldo responded to missing one penalty by scoring another, before […]
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Barcelona suffered a rare group stage defeat at Paris Saint-Germain while Manchester City once again struggled at home in the Champions League on Tuesday. The match-up in Paris between PSG and Barcelona brought up the stars with Jay-Z, Beyonce and David Beckham all taking in the game. And they saw Barca concede for the firs […]
Jose Mourinho has some injuries concerns ahead of a big week for his Chelsea squad. The Premier League leaders head to Portugal on Tuesday for a Champions League Group G clash with Sporting Lisbon before playing London rivals Arsenal next weekend. The concern for Mourinho is who will play up front as Didier Drogba did […]
The marque matchup on Champions League match day two is Barcelona’s trip to the Parc des Princes to play French giants Paris Saint-Germain. Barca’s trip will be a little easier with the news that PSG star Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss Tuesday’s match due to a nagging heel problem. “As the different tests carried out this […]
Real Madrid opened the defence of their Champions League title with a 5-1 mauling of Basel in Group B at the Santiago Bernabeu. Nearly four months on from securing La Decima in Lisbon, the record winners showed glimpses of their brilliant best and, after an own-goal from Marek Suchy got the ball rolling, Gareth Bale, […]
On the first night of the Champions League playoffs, we did not get our usual blowouts, instead we got competitive matches that are all finely balanced heading into the second legs next week. The headline match was Napoli v Athletic Bilbao in Italy and this tie could go either way as they head back to […]
When Uefa recently fined Premier League champions Manchester City over violating their Financial Fair Play rules, one of the “punishments” was that City could only name a 21-man squad for next season’s Champions League campaign instead of the usual 25. Not much of a punishment as City only used 21 players in this season’s campaign. […]
Uefa has updated its club coefficients, which gives an early indication about how the teams will be seeded for next season’s Champions League draw. Based on these rankings, it looks like we could once again see a couple of group of death scenarios. Pot I Real Madrid FC Barcelona Bayern Munich Chelsea Benfica Atletico Madrid […]
Chelsea’s Champions League dreams were once again left in ruins as Atletico Madrid set up a Champions League final against city rivals Real Madrid after coming from behind to win 3-1 at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea have reached the Champions League semi-finals an amazing seven of the last 11 seasons, but have only progressed to the […]