Barcelona lost 4-0 away to Bayern Munich in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final, and the Catalans do not believe in a new historical comeback. Barcelona’s central defender Gerard Pique praised the Germans, considering them superior in every aspect in the game on Tuesday evening. “The referee had no influence. It’s almost [ Read More ]
UEFA Champions League articles
Jose Mourinho announced Sunday afternoon the names of the 21 players called for the Champions League quarterfinal second leg from Tuesday, April 9, in Istanbul. The Portuguese coach has named no fewer than four goalkeepers, along with Diego Lopez and Casillas being also Adan and Jesus. Normally, in the starting line-up will be Diego Lopez [ Read More ]
Manchester City FC have their backs to the wall as they host FC Bayern München in their final UEFA Champions League Group A fixture. City slipped to third with their 2-1 defeat at SSC Napoli on 22 November and will only prolong their first UEFA Champions League campaign into the knockout stages if they beat [ Read More ]
A first defeat of the campaign has put Chelsea FC in jeopardy of missing out on the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds for the first time since 2002/03 as Valencia CF visit Stamford Bridge. An away win or a scoring draw would be enough to take the visitors through. Chelsea are in this position having [ Read More ]
With FC Barcelona already assured top spot and AC Milan second, the only remaining question in Group H is which club will take third place and BATE Borisov visit the Camp Nou with it all to do if they are to avoid the wooden spoon. Viktor Goncharenko’s men sit two points below third-placed FC Viktoria [ Read More ]
First place in Group H is at stake when AC Milan host FC Barcelona at San Siro on matchday five. With both sides already qualified for the last 16, Barcelona travel to Italy with a two-point lead knowing victory will win them the group. The sides have met 12 times in UEFA competition, recording four [ Read More ]
Already assured of a top-two finish in Group D with two games to spare, Real Madrid will be looking to continue their exhilarating form against a Dinamo Zagreb team who lie in bottom place with no points or goals. When the teams met at Stadion Maksimir on 14 September, a second-half strike from Ángel Di [ Read More ]
Bayern Munchen host Group A’s bottom side Villarreal CF on matchday five looking to wrap up qualification for the last 16 for the fourth year running. Bayern lead the group by three points from Manchester City FC and will secure their progress with victory. If they should win and City fail to beat SSC Napoli [ Read More ]
An emphatic home win against Olympique Lyonnais on matchday three has left Real Madrid well clear at the top of Group D and the Spanish side are seeking to continue their domination of the section at Stade de Gerland. Madrid made it three wins out of three with a 4-0 success at the Santiago Bernabéu, [ Read More ]
Manchester United will look to continue their climb up the Group C table by claiming a second victory against Oţelul Galaţi. United got their first win of this campaign by beating the tournament newcomers 2-0 in Bucharest on matchday three, Wayne Rooney scoring both goals from the penalty spot. It was a result that lifted [ Read More ]