Tag: Champions League

  • Real Madrid Claim 15th Champions League Crown

    Real Madrid Claim 15th Champions League Crown

    *For Ancelotti, it is fifth win as coach Real Madrid rode their luck and overcame an outstanding challenge from Borussia Dortmund to win the Champions League at Wembley. Carlo Ancelotti wrote more history with his fifth win as coach in the competition, while Real claimed the crown for the 15th time in trademark fashion as…

  • Barcelona Clinch Women’s Champions League Title

    Barcelona won a second Women’s Champions League title after coming from behind in stunning fashion to beat German giants Wolfsburg. The Spanish champions trailed 2-0 at half-time before Patri Guijarro’s two-minute brace pulled them level. Spurred on by their instant response in the second half, Barcelona piled on the pressure and were eventually rewarded. Fridolina…

  • UCL Defeat Fallout: Chelsea Sack Thomas Tuchel

    Chelsea have sacked manager Thomas Tuchel following Tuesday night’s Champions League defeat by Dinamo Zagreb. The 49-year-old former Borussia Dortmund and Paris St-Germain boss leaves Stamford Bridge after 20 months. Owner Todd Boehly has placed Tuchel’s coaching staff in temporary charge until a replacement is found. A club statement said the owners believe it is…

  • Real Madrid Wins Champions League

    Liverpool’s bid to claim the Champions League trophy for the seventh time ended in disappointment as Vinicius Jr’s second-half winner gave Real Madrid victory in Paris. Jurgen Klopp’s side ran into a one-man wall of defiance as Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois produced one of the great individual performances to thwart Liverpool time and again. Mohamed…

  • Champions League: Liverpool beat Villarreal

    Liverpool are on the brink of a third Champions League final in five seasons after breaking Villarreal’s resistance to win the first leg of their semi-final 2-0 at Anfield on Wednesday. Two goals in two minutes neutralized Villarreal boss Unai Emery’s defensive game plan as Pervis Estupinan deflected Jordan Henderson’s cross into his own net…

  • Man City Beat Real Madrid in 7 Goals Thriller

    Manchester City will take a slender Champions League semi-final advantage to the Bernabeu after winning a seven-goal first-leg classic against Real Madrid at Etihad Stadium.City delivered a magnificent display as they peppered Real’s goal for long periods but Carlo Ancelotti’s side kept rising off the canvas to somehow keep themselves in serious contention to reach…

  • Bayern Munich Beat PSG to Win Champions League

    Bayern Munich overcame Paris St-Germain in a tightly contested Champions League final in Lisbon to claim the crown for the sixth time. Kingsley Coman, who started his career at PSG, settled a tense affair with a 59th-minute header at the far post from Joshua Kimmich’s cross to leave the French giants still searching for that…

  • Bayern Munich Set up UCL Final with PSG, Beat Lyon

    Bayern Munich’s relentless march through this season’s Champions League continued as they brushed aside Lyon to book an 11th appearance in the final of the competition and a showdown with Paris St-Germain. The German champions have barely had a glove laid on them in Europe this season, with this their 10th straight Champions League win…

  • PSG Cruise into Champions League Final

    Paris St-Germain are through to their first Champions League final courtesy of a deserved victory over RB Leipzig in an entertaining semi-final in Lisbon. One of Europe’s biggest spenders, but also one of the continent’s most high-profile underachievers on the grandest stage, PSG finally seized their opportunity courtesy of goals from Marquinhos, Angel di Maria…

  • Coronavirus: Euro 2020 Postponed Until Next Year

    The tournament, due to be played across Europe in 12 different countries, would be an obvious risk for the spread of coronavirus. Euro 2020 is being postponed for a year due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to Norway’s football association. In a tweet, the Norwegian FA said: “UEFA has decided that the European Championship is…