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 […]
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Champions League round of 16 – Atletico Madrid 1-1 Manchester United: substitute Anthony Elanga rescues late draw for Red Devils
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 […]
5 Things We Learnt – Chelsea 2-0 Real Madrid (3-1 agg.): Chelsea march on to the Champions League Final
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 2-0 Real Madrid Match report
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 out, Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool through – Last night’s UEFA Champions League reaction
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 […]
Erling Haaland stars as Borussia Dortmund beat Sevilla and Porto shock Juventus: UEFA Champions League Round of 16 round up
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 […]
Liverpool unable to travel to Leipzig for Champions League clash
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 […]
The main talking points from UEFA Champions League – Matchday Five
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 […]
History Is Made: Stephanie Frappart takes charge of men’s UEFA Champions League fixture for first time
Referee Stephanie Frappart took to the field to officiate a UEFA Champions League game yesterday evening, the first time in history that a woman has done so. The game saw Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv take on Italian giants Juventus in an almost dead rubber clash, with both sides’ fates for progression to knockout football confirmed […]