Pep Guardiola‘s return to the Nou Camp with new club Manchester City to face his former Barcelona team will be the highlight in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. Two other bigmatchups will be Spanish-German meetings: Real Madrid-Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich-Atletico Madrid. UEFA Champions Leaguedraw: Group A: Paris SG, Arsenal, FC Basel, […]
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Ronaldo and Hegerberg win UEFA player awards
Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid and Euro 2016 with Portugal, won UEFA’s Best Player in Europe award for the second time, beating out Real Madrid teammateGareth Bale and Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann. Norwegian Ada Hegerberg, who plays for European champion Lyon, won the women’s award.
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Atletico will complete move for Gaitan after Copa Centenario
Nico Gaitan, who is playing for Argentina the Copa Centenario, will travel to Madrid after the tournament to complete his $28 million transfer from Portuguese club Benfica to Atletico Madrid.The 25-year-old has played 252 games and scored 41 goals for Benfica.
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UEFA Champions League: Fernando Torres takes boyhood dreams into final
A man who has won trophies with teams in several countries and helped his country with a World Cup has, according to him, yet to play the biggest game of his life. Fernando Torres,nicknamed ‘El Nino’ and branded as the 50-million-pound ($79.5 million) bust after Chelsea paid that transfer price to Liverpool in 2011, grew […]
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Simeone will stay at Atletico Madrid next season
Atletico Madrid got some good news ahead of Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final when club president Enrique Cerezo confirmed that Argentine coach Diego Simeone will remain withAtletico next season for the final year of his contract. Simeone has been the inspiration in leading Atletico to its second Champions League final in three years against Real […]
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Uninspiring Real Madrid win makes Atletico favorite for Champions League final
So the UEFA Champions League trophy is headed back to Madrid. Either Real Madrid will add to its record and win its 11th European title under first-year coach Zinedine Zidane, or AtleticoMadrid will claim its first trophy and gain revenge for the heartbreak of two years in Lisbon when it was moments away from winning […]
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Bayern's Rummenigge: 'We feel robbed'
Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says his club was cheated out of a berth in the UEFA Champions League final, blaming Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir for theexit to Atletico Madrid on the away goal rule after the 2-1 win in the second leg. “We are angry,” Rummenigge said. “Atletico’s goal was offside and the […]
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Diego Simeone and Atletico Madrid thrive amid chaos at Bayern Munich
By Samuel Charles@SoccerIsArt Atletico Madrid advanced to the Champions League final for the second time inthree years. Escaping Germany with a nerve-jangling 2-1 loss, as Diego Simeone led his tight-knit band of pugnacious players past a heavy favorite, yet again, with Bayern Munich nowjoining Barcelona on the sidelines. Atletico progressed thanks to Tuesday’s away goal, […]
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Atletico Madrid presents stiff challenge for Bayern
Bayern Munich must overcome a 1-0 deficit to Atletico Madrid in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal series. Recent history is not on Bayern’s side. Atletico has not lost a game bya margin of two goals since a 2-0 La Liga loss to Celta in February 2015, a span of 71 games. […]
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Barcelona battles unrealistic expectations
Barcelona beat Betis, 2-0, to remain on course to a 24th La Liga title — it will clinch with wins over Espanyol and Granada in its final two matches — but it came in for criticism for not matchingthe results of its last two league matches: 6-0 over Sporting Gijon and 8-0 over Deportivo La […]