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My journey as a sports journalist so far has been both intriguing and fun, but last Wednesday marked the best day on the job yet. I had the incredible opportunity to sit in the press box for the Paris Saint-Germain vs. Arsenal Champions League semi-final – a surreal moment for me, especially as a lifelong […]
The UEFA Champions League Round of 16 draw took place in Nyon, Switzerland this morning with the three English clubs discovering their opponents for their first knock-out matches. After finishing in the top eight of the inaugural Champions League league phase, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Liverpool all automatically qualified for the last 16 of the […]
A spokesperson from UEFA has confirmed that an emergency meeting will take place tomorrow in order to discuss the venue of the 2022 Champions League final. An official statement from UEFA’s verified twitter account read stated: “Following the evolution of the situation between Russia and Ukraine, the UEFA president has called an extraordinary meeting.” Reports […]
Ralf Rangnick’s trust in Anthony Elanga was rewarded as the Swedish attacker scored late to equalize for Manchester United against Atletico Madrid. Joao Felix had opened the scoring for Atleti inside the first seven minutes, and United had struggled to recover and get back into the match. However, Elanga was brought on in the 75th […]
The Champions League will boast an all English final for the second time in three years as Chelsea beat Real Madrid to book their place in what promises to be a great climax of European football against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. Here are five things we learnt from last night’s game. Chelsea look like they’ll […]
Chelsea will face Manchester City in the Champions League final in Istanbul after comfortable getting past Real Madrid 2-0 (3-1 on aggregate) at Stamford Bridge Thomas Tuchel’s men continued their impressive run in Europe with a solid performance against the 13-time European champions to set up a blockbuster all English final in Istanbul. Timo Werner […]
Barcelona went crashing out of the UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 last night after a 1-1 draw with PSG not being enough to save them from the 4-1 loss they suffered 3 weeks ago. An early Kylian Mbappe penalty after 30 minutes all but sealed the tie before a Lionel Messi screamer from 25 yards out […]
Last night’s UEFA Champions League action saw Borussia Dortmund beat Sevilla away from home 3-2 thanks to two goals and an assist from Erling Haaland. Whilst Porto managed a giant-killing, beating Juventus 2-1 at the Estádio do Dragão. Sevilla 2-3 Borussia Dortmund: Erling Haaland scored a first-half brace ending Sevilla’s nine match winning run and […]
Premier League reigning champions Liverpool will not be able to travel to Germany for their last-16 Champions League clash against RB Leipzig. After being hit hard by new variants of Covid-19, Germany have banned most travellers, with Leipzig being told the first leg fixture “does not meet the requirements for an exception” by an interior […]
Embed from Getty Images Olivier Giroud scores four as Chelsea top Group E Chelsea set aside Sevilla with ease in a 4-0 win at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium, with Giroud’s performance grabbing the headlines. Sevilla, who had only lost once to an English side at home, went behind after eight minutes with Kai Havertz teeing […]