In a buildup that involved Galatasary’s American DeAndre Yedlin, Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha scored the gamewinner against himself when he couldn’t cope with teammate Manuel Lazzari‘s the sky-high deflection of Olimpiu Vasile Morutan‘s cross. The blunder decided the 1-0 Europa League clash.
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Datebook: UEFA club competitions
UEFA announced the format, dates and venues to complete the 2019-20 seasons of its three cup competitions with mini-tournaments and the format and dates of the 2020-21 seasons of its three clubcompetitions whose starts have been pushed back. 2019-20 UEFA Champions League (Final Eight) Quarterfinals (one game). Aug. 12-15. Semifinals (one game). Aug. 18-19. Final […]
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Watch: How Chelsea won the Europa League final
Alex Iwobi‘s spectacular goal came too late for Arsenal as Chelsea already had a 3-0 lead en route to a 4-1 win in the Europa League final. All five goals came in the second half,with Olivier Giroud, Pedro and Eden Hazard (twice) scoring for Chelsea. The highlights:
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Watch: An own goal off the face
Chelsea’s 4-3 Europa League win over Slavia Prague included this misfortune by Simon Deli after Pedro‘s shot rebounded off the post. Chelsea advanced 5-3 on aggregateto the semifinals. You: *Tap it in* Pedro, an intellectual: *Hit the post so it bounces in off the defender’sface* pic.twitter.com/S1AYiDge1z — B/R Football (@brfootball) All the goals:
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Calendar: Americans in Europe
UEFA Champions League (Round of 16) Wednesday, February 13Christian Pulisic (Bor. Dortmund, at Tottenham) Wednesday, February 20 Weston McKennie (Schalke 04, vs. ManCity) Europa League (Round of 32) Thursday, February 14Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge, vs. RB Salzburg) Tim Weah (Celtic, vs. Valencia) Romain Gall (Malmo, vs. Chelsea) Timmy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt, atShakhtar Donetsk)
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U.S. Abroad: Amon gets second goal of the week off spectacular run
Only 19, South Carolinian Jonathan Amon is making a strong case for being called up for the U.S. national team’s matches against Brazil and Mexico in September. In the space offour days, the winger scored for Denmark’s FC Nordsjaelland in the Europe League and domestic Superliga. The Europe League goal was a late tap-in with […]
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Luka Modric is eager to fulfill 'great expectations' placed on Croatia
A penalty kick that star midfielder Luka Modric failed to convert could have shattered Croatia’s World Cup campaign in the round of 16. As the players lined up for apenalty-kick tiebreaker with Denmark, only a few minutes had elapsed since keeper Kasper Schmeichel snuffed Modric’s weak effort to push Croatia in front. Instead, overtime ended,1-1, […]
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Last 10: Europa League champions
2009: Ukraine-Shakhtar Donetsk 2010: Spain-Atletico Madrid 2011: Portugal-Porto 2012: Spain-Atletico Madrid 2013: England-Chelsea 2014: Spain–Sevilla2015: Spain–Sevilla 2016: Spain-Sevilla 2017:England-Manchester United 2018: Spain-*Atletico Madrid*Beat Marseille, 3-0, in Wednesday’s final Note: Competition was known as the UEFA Cup through 2008-09.
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Jonathan Klinsmann saves penalty, gets 'A' from coach in European debut
Jonathan Klinsmann, the former U.S. U-20 national team keeper, did not disappoint in his pro debut on Thursday, saving a late penalty kick to allow Hertha Berlin to tie Sweden’s Ostersunds FK,1-1, in its final Europa League group game. Klinsmann, the son of former U.S.national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann, saved Ostersund captain Brwa Nouri‘s shot […]
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Jonathan Klinsmann picked to make his European debut on Thursday
Jonathan Klinsmann, who started in goal for the USA at the 2017 Under-20 World Cup in South Korea, is set to make his debut for Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin on Thursday in the EuropaLeague. The match against Sweden’s Ostersunds FK is the Group finale. It will be Hertha’s last match of the competition as it […]