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15Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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football match previews: Juventus vs Dortmund

Guirassy With the Champions League set to return on Tuesday, Juventus will host Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday at Allianz Stadium. The Italian home side will hope to continue their perfect start to the campaign, with the club beating rivals Inter Milan 4-3 in Serie A on Saturday, while the Bundesliga visitors won 2-0 against Heidenheim on the same day. Juventus trailed 3-2 against Inter when Marcus Thuram netted their third in the 76th minute, but two goals from the 83rd minute onwards ensured that the hosts claimed a third victory in the league, ending the weekend in second place behind Napoli on goal difference. The Old Lady's win last time out means they have won three out of three in 2025-26, and they did also prevail in four of their prior six competitive outings, with both of their l...

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14Sep By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Champions League news: Mbappe ready to face Marseille

Kylian Mbappe Real Madrid megastar Kylian Mbappe has begun the 2025/26 season in red-hot form, with four goals and an assist from four La Liga matches already. The 26-year-old forward was a key protagonist in Real Madrid’s 2-1 win over Real Sociedad on Saturday, scoring and assisting a goal apiece, helping the team maintain their 100% record this season. Up next for Real Madrid is a game against French giants Olympique de Marseille in their first game of the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League. It will bring Mbappe face to face against a familiar opponent, given that he has played against Marseille plenty of times during his time in France with AS Monaco and PSG. On the prospect of facing the Ligue 1 outfit, the Real Madrid superstar welcomed the challenge, saying: “I score a lot ...

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11Sep By Silver Emmanuel1 Comment

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Champions League news: Madrid to host 2027 final

Champions League news The 2027 Champions League final will be played at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid, European football's governing body UEFA announced on Thursday. It will be the second time that Atletico Madrid's home stadium has hosted the final of Europe's elite club competition after Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur there in 2019. Azerbaijan's capital Baku had been the other candidate to host next season's showpiece game, but UEFA opted for the Spanish capital following a meeting of its executive committee in Tirana. This season's Champions League final will take place in Budapest on May 30, 2026. Uefa also announced that the 2027 Women's Champions League final will be played in Warsaw, while the Austrian city of Salzburg will be the venue for the UEFA Super Cup...

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3Sep By Silver Emmanuel1 Comment

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Bukayo Saka Arsenal release squad list for Champions league Arsenal have submitted our List A squad for our upcoming UEFA Champions League league phase matches.As per UEFA regulations, List A is made up of a maximum of 25 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. As a minimum, eight of those 25 places are reserved exclusively for 'locally trained players' and no club may have more than four 'association-trained players' listed among those eight places. A locally-trained player is classified as: Club-trained players who were on a club's books for three entire seasons or 36 months between the ages of 15 and 21 Association-trained players who were on another club's books in the same association for three entire seasons or 36 months between the ages of 15 and 21If a club ha...

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3Sep By Silver Emmanuel3 Comments

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Federico Chiesa not in Champions league Squad for Liverpool Liverpool Federico Chiesa has been left out of Liverpool’s Champions League squad. The Italian forward has been pipped to the post by young winger Rio Ngumhoa, who was included ahead of the 27-year-old in the Reds’ roster. There are strict rules set by UEFA meaning that eight players within the 25-man maximum must be ‘locally trained’, where players have spent two consecutive years with the club between the ages of 15 and 21. Usually, Ngumhoa, who has recently turned 17, would be able to play Champions League football as part of the ‘B’ squad list, but because he only joined the club from Chelsea last year, he has to be part of the ‘A’ list.As such, he ekes out Chiesa in the Arne Slot’s 22-man squad. New signin...

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1Jun By Silver Emmanuel4 Comments

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Desire Doue leads PSG in 5-0 rout of Inter Milan to win Champions League final

MUNCHEN, GERMANY - MAY 31: Desire Doue of Paris Saint Germain celebrates the Champions League victory with the trophy during the UEFA Champions League match between Paris Saint Germain v Internazionale at the Allianz Arena on May 31, 2025 in Munchen Germany. Desire Doue scored twice to inspire Paris St Germain to their first European Cup triumph with an emphatic 5-0 win over Inter Milan in a totally one-sided Champions League final on Saturday. After losing the final to Bayern Munich in 2020, Luis Enrique's PSG side, who teetered on the brink of elimination in the league phase this season, finally claimed the trophy their big-spending Qatari owners have craved. PSG put on a masterclass which the more experienced Inter side had no answer to, scoring twice in the opening 20 minutes throu...

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31May By Silver Emmanuel7 Comments

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PSG, Inter vie for Champions League title despite financial hurdles

MUNICH, GERMANY - MAY 30: (L-R) Nuno Mendes of Paris Saint Germain, Ousmane Dembele of Paris Saint Germain during the Training Paris Saint Germain in Munich at the Allianz Arena on May 30, 2025 in Munich Germany. All eyes in the soccer world will be on Munich on Saturday for the Champions League final, pitting Paris Saint-Germain against Inter Milan in the capper to the 2024-25 European club season. Neither team expected be in this position, with Manchester City and Real Madrid the heavy Champions League favorites ahead of the season. PSG (+1600) had the seventh-best odds to win the tournament, while Inter (+2000) was ninth, according to BetMGM. The game features two of the most valuable soccer clubs in the world, and both teams will earn at least $155 million in prize money for makin...

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7May By Silver Emmanuel2 Comments

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Extra-time winner takes Inter past Barca into Champions League final

Davide Frattesi central midfield of Internazionale and Italy celebrates after scoring his sides first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Semi Final Second Leg match between FC Internazionale Milano and FC Barcelona at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on May 6, 2025 in Milan, Italy. Inter Milan substitute Davide Frattesi struck an extra-time winner to send his side into the Champions League final following a barnstorming 4-3 victory over Barcelona on Tuesday after Francesco Acerbi had rescued them from the brink of elimination with a stunning equaliser deep in added time. Frattesi's goal and a string of stunning saves by goalkeeper Yann Sommer secured Inter a rip-roaring 7-6 aggregate victory in a semi-final for the ages that finished up with the Italian side reaching the Munich final...

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2May By Silver Emmanuel28 Comments

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Pep Guardiola hails Barcelona & Inter Milan for ‘unbelievable’ first-leg clash

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 27: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola at the end of the match during the Emirates FA Cup Semi Final match between Nottingham Forest and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium on April 27, 2025 in London, England. Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola has on Thursday moved to reveal his appreciation for the efforts put forth by both Barcelona and Inter Milan, in their recent continental showdown. One of the games of the season to date was of course played out in Catalunya’s capital last night. As much saw La Liga leaders Barcelona play host to Italian champions Inter Milan, in a highly-anticipated Champions League semi-final first-leg clash. When all was said and done in a pulsating 90 minutes, the sides were forced to settle for a share of the spoils, in a t...

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1May By Silver Emmanuel1 Comment

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Lamine Yamal stars for Barca in Champions League draw against Inter Milan

BARCELONA, SPAIN - APRIL 30: Lamine Yamal of FC Barcelona crosses the ball as Alessandro Bastoni of FC Internazionale closes in during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Semi Final First Leg match between FC Barcelona and FC Internazionale Milano at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on April 30, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona manager Hansi Flick lavished praise on Lamine Yamal after the teen star scored a brilliant goal in a thrilling 3—3 draw with Inter Milan at home in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal. Appearing in his 100th match at just 17 years and 291 days old, Yamal became the youngest player to score in the last four of the Champions League. He eclipsed the record set by Kylian Mbappé, who was 18 when he achieved the feat in 2017. The Spanish international's st...

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30Apr By Silver Emmanuel8 Comments

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PSG boss wary of Arsenal’s comeback ability

LILLE, FRANCE - APRIL 1: PSG coach Luis Enrique speaks to the media during the post-match press conference following the French Cup semifinal football match between USL Dunkerque and Paris Saint Germain (PSG) at Stade Pierre Mauroy, Decathlon Arena on April 1, 2025 in Villeneuve d'Ascq near Lille, France. Luis Enrique warned his Paris Saint-Germain side not to let their guard down "for a second" at the Parc des Princes or they risk finding themselves back at square one in their Champions League semifinal against Arsenal. Ousmane Dembele's fourth-minute strike was enough to hand PSG control of the tie at the Emirates Stadium, but they may yet come to rue the pair of late misses from Bradley Barcola and Goncalo Ramos that cost them the chance to get out of sight in this tie. Certainly, ...

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30Apr By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Arteta explains ‘clear’ reason why Arsenal lost to PSG

London, United Kingdom - April 29: head coach Mikel Arteta of Arsenal FC gestures during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Semi Final First Leg match between Arsenal FC and Paris Saint-Germain at Emirates Stadium on April 29, 2025 in London, England. Mikel Arteta pointed to Arsenal's torrid injury record compared to Paris Saint-Germain's after losing Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg. The Gunners will head to Paris next week trailing 1-0 after Ousmane Dembele silenced the Emirates Stadium crowd with the only goal on Tuesday night. PSG outclassed Arsenal on the night, in stark contrast to the 2-0 win the Gunners recorded in the same stadium against the same opponents last October. Asked why the performances, from both teams, differed so much, Arteta highlighted his seven ...

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29Apr By Silver Emmanuel1 Comment

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Arsenal to host PSG in UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg

TOPSHOT - Arsenal's Spanish manager Mikel Arteta (C) applauds as he leads a training session at the Arsenal Training centre in Colney, north of London, on April 28, 2025, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg football match against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images) Arsenal are in final preparations mode for the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal with Paris Saint-Germain at the Emirates Stadium later on Tuesday. The Gunners were not in action over the past weekend, but did officially lose out on the title with Liverpool's big win over Tottenham Hotspur confirming what had been coming for some time. They last played in the last four in 2009, and have only made the final onc...

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29Apr By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Yamal stardust could give Barca edge on Inter Milan

Lamine Yamal plays during the match between FC Barcelona and RCD Mallorca, corresponding to week 33 of LaLiga EA Sports, at the Lluis Companys Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on April 22, 2025. Barcelona last reached the Champions League final a decade ago, with Lionel Messi as their torch-bearer. Now the Catalan giants rely on another generational talent in Lamine Yamal as their 'X-factor' when they host Inter Milan on Wednesday in a semi-final first leg clash. At the peak of his powers Messi scored two brilliant goals in the 2015 semi first leg against Bayern Munich on the way to the treble, and while Yamal, 17, is still honing his finishing, he holds the key to the team's potential success this season. The teenager, left-footed but operating on the right flank with freedom to roam, as ...

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28Apr By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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PSG hope to have Dembele firing for Arsenal Champions League showdown

PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 25: Ousmane Dembele of Paris Saint-Germain controls the ball during the Ligue 1 match between Paris Saint-Germain FC and OGC Nice at on April 25, 2025 in Paris, France. Paris Saint-Germain's chances of beating Arsenal and reaching the Champions League final may depend to a large extent on Ousmane Dembele rediscovering the form in front of goal that made him Europe's most lethal finisher in the first three months of this year. Dembele scored 25 goals in 20 games in all competitions for PSG between mid-December and mid-March, his statistics those of a player completely transformed as he was turned by coach Luis Enrique from a winger into a central striker. That included a crucial goal against Liverpool at Anfield on the way to PSG winning their Champions League last...

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17Apr By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Barca to face Inter in Champions League semi-finals

DORTMUND, GERMANY - APRIL 15: Robert Lewandowski of FC Barcelona (R) is substituted by Head Coach Hansi Flick of FC Barcelona during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Quarter Final Second Leg match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Barcelona at BVB Stadion Dortmund on April 15, 2025 in Dortmund, Germany. Barcelona will take on Inter for a place in the final of the 2024-25 Champions League. Hansi Flick’s side booked their spot in the last four of the tournament by seeing off Dortmund in the quarter-finals on Tuesday and now know who they will face next. Inter made it through by seeing off Bayern Munich in their quarter-final tie. The Nerazzurri won the first leg 2-1 in Germany and followed that up with a 2-2 draw at San Siro. The Serie A champions finished fourth in the group stage, saw ...

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17Apr By Silver Emmanuel1 Comment

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Arteta hails Arsenal’s Champions League momentum

MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 16: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta celebrates with Myles Lewis-Skelly after the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Quarter Final Second Leg match between Real Madrid C.F. and Arsenal FC at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on April 16, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. A jubilant Mikel Arteta said the momentum is with Arsenal to win the Champions League following their historic victory against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. Bukayo Saka, who missed a first-half penalty, opened the scoring midway through the second period before Vinicius Junior responded just two minutes later only for Gabriel Martinelli to crown a famous 2-1 win on the night, and a crushing 5-1 aggregate victory, in stoppage time. Arsenal, who will face Paris Saint-Germain for a place in the semi-finals, made history by becom...

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16Apr By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Simone Inzhagi: “Bayern Munich is the strongest team in the world”

Simone Inzaghi of Inter Milan looks on during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 quarter final match between FC Bayern München and Inter Milan at Allianz arena, Munich, Germany on April 8, 2025. Inter Milan head coach Simone Inzaghi talked about Bayern Munich, Vincent Kompany, Thomas Müller, and Bayern’s squad depth as both sides gear up to decide who advances to the Champions League semi-finals. Inzaghi lauded some heavy praise on his opponents, saying “Together with Real Madrid, Bayern is the strongest team in the world.” He continued, discussing how Inter have lost all their 4 previous home matches against Bayern, highlighting the difficulty of the task ahead: “The previous matches with Bayern at San Siro are not positive but our players are mature. The team knows what they have to d...

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16Apr By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Barcelona reach Champions League semi-finals despite Dortmund defeat

DORTMUND, GERMANY - APRIL 15: (L-R) Rami Bensebaini of Borussia Dortmund, Robert Lewandowski of FC Barcelona during the UEFA Champions League match between Borussia Dortmund v FC Barcelona at the Signal Iduna Park on April 15, 2025 in Dortmund Germany. Five-time European champions Barcelona reached their first Champions League semi-final in six seasons with a 5-3 aggregate victory despite being beaten 3-1 by Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday. Serhou Guirassy scored a hat-trick for Dortmund to condemn Barca to their first defeat across all competitions this year but it could not prevent the Catalans from reaching the last four. Barcelona will play either Inter Milan or Bayern Munich, who face each other on Wednesday, in the semi-finals. The visitors found themselves on the back foot from the...

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10Apr By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

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Unai Emery Makes Bold Claim for Second Leg After Aston Villa’s Loss to PSG

PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 09: Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa high fives Unai Emery, Manager of Aston Villa, as he is substituted on during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Quarter Final First Leg match between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa FC at Parc des Princes on April 09, 2025 in Paris, France. Paris Saint-Germain earned a 3-1 win over Aston Villa in the first leg at Parc des Princes on Wednesday, coming from behind after a 1-0 deficit with three unanswered goals. While PSG showed their quality, could manager Unai Emery be partly to blame for the situation that allowed the Parisians to stage a comeback? After Aston Villa took the lead, Desire Doue quickly equalized, sending the teams into halftime at 1-1. Doue’s goal seemed to set the tone for the second half. Early on, Khvicha Kva...

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