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After two decades of waiting, Arsenal are back in the Champions League final. Mikel Arteta’s side booked their ticket to Budapest on Tuesday night, grinding out a gritty 1-0 second-leg victory over Atletico Madrid to secure a 2-1 aggregate win. It is the club’s second-ever final in this competition, and they will face either holders…
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Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois hit out at Atlético Madrid’s complaints over their penalty shootout defeat in the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday, accusing the club of “victimhood” and “always crying about things like this.” Conor Gallagher’s early goal at the Metropolitano saw Atlético win the second leg 1-0 — after Real triumphed 2-1 at the Bernabéu last week…
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Top of the Premier League, top of the Champions League, and feeling top of the world through what was being billed as an uncertain, unsexy post-Klopp era, Liverpool have consistently proven they get the big decisions right. Their sustainable, noise-cancelling approach has been successful and there is confidence in the fortified operational structure of the…
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The assessment of Mohamed Salah’s decision to stop in the mixed zone – only the third time he has done so at Liverpool – was interesting. Jamie Carragher labelled it “selfish” and said it would be a distraction ahead of the Champions League tussle with Real Madrid. The counter-argument was: why should a player with…
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In June 2022, while holidaying on the turquoise-tinged waters of El Gouna along Egypt’s Red Sea, Mohamed Salah was forced to first contemplate leaving Liverpool. His contract was up the following summer and two years’ worth of negotiations between his advisor, or more appropriately his “partner” Ramy Abbas, and the club’s power brokers failed to…
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Can the ultimate team player ever hope to win the Ballon d’Or, the most prized individual award in football? That was the question being asked of Rodri, the Manchester City and Spain midfielder, and we got the answer when he lifted the 2024 Ballon d’Or at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on Monday. While the award is decided by the votes…
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Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been accused of “illegally” breaching a UEFA rule at Euro 2024 and therefore he “should be fined” for his conduct. Ronaldo has made waves at Euro 2024 despite failing to get on the scoresheet in any of Portugal’s four matches. The former Manchester United forward was in the thick of the action as…
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Aleksander Ceferin insists UEFA were “right” about Manchester City breaching Financial Fair Play rules. In February 2020, City were initially banned from the Champions League for two seasons by UEFA and fined €30m (£25m) after they were found to have seriously misled European football’s governing body and broken Financial Fair Play rules. However, in July…
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Arsenal legend Paul Merson has claimed that Manchester United must beat Tottenham on Sunday to stand any chance of finishing in the Premier League top four. Merson, speaking to Sportskeeda, also predicted that the game at Old Trafford will have a “lorry-load of goals.” United go into this weekend’s fixture sitting in eighth place, nine…
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Absolute tranquility and astonishment. These are Barcelona’s two reactions to reports coming out of Germany that the Catalan club could potentially receive a sanction from UEFA to expel them from the Champions League for violation of financial regulations. Sources from inside the Blaugrana outfit say “there is no record” of any notice warning them they could be expelled before the publication…
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UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw ceremony was held Monday in the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. The draw pitted the winner of the Galatasaray – Zalgiris match against either Bulgaria’s Ludogorets or Slovenia’s Olimpija Ljubljana in the next stage. To qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage, teams must first…
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“Who cares?” Jurgen Klopp shrugged. When confronted with the prospect of Europa League football rather than competing against the continent’s elite in the Champions League, Klopp defiantly insisted: “Instead of Tuesday, Wednesday, it’s a Thursday.” However, those in charge of Liverpool’s accounts may be more than a little concerned, as Klopp reluctantly admitted: “This season…
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The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has decided against expanding the European Championship – for now. They will be sticking with 24 teams as the UK and Ireland jointly bid for the 2028 men’s tournament, Sky News understands. The feasibility of enlarging the showpiece event to 32 nations had been explored by European football’s…
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Germany defender Mats Hummels and coach Joachim Low said on Tuesday they would have liked the Allianz Arena to be lit up with the colours of the rainbow before their game against Hungary on Wednesday. UEFA refused a request from Munich’s mayor for the stadium to be lit up in protest of an anti-LGBTQ law,…
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UEFA has announced that it is opening disciplinary proceedings against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus for their attempt to create a European Super League and their decision to not back down. The statement read: “Following an investigation conducted by UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary Inspectors in connection with the so-called ‘Super League’ project, disciplinary proceedings have…
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UEFA confirmed on Wednesday the new format for this season’s Champions League: the quarterfinals, semifinals and final will all be played in Lisbon in August over one game. The four quarterfinals will be played on separate days, spread out between August 12th and August 15th, with the semifinals due to take place on August 18…
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