Coach Manuel Pellegrini has told his Manchester City players not to obsess too much about Cristiano Ronaldo now that the three-time world player of the year hasbeen confirmed fit for Wednesday’s second leg of the Champions League semifinal. “Cristiano will always be a different player,” Pellegrini said. “He has scored a lot of goals inhis […]
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Man City vs. Real Madrid now a toss-up after dreary draw
By Samuel Charles @SoccerIsArt Real Madrid visited the Etihad on Tuesday for the first Champions Leaguesemifinal game in Manchester City’s history. Unfortunately for viewers and fans this auspicious occasion became a snooze-worthy scoreless draw, one with many of soccer’s biggest stars watching fromthe sidelines. If you told Manchester City fans prior to this game that […]
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UCL: Man City and Real Madrid spar to stalemate
Host Manchester City survived a late onslaught from a Real Madrid team lacking Cristiano Ronaldo to tie the first leg of their Champions League semifinal 0-0. Man City goalkeeperJoe Hart made fine reflex stops on efforts from Casemiro and Pepe, while Jese hit the bar as Real upped the tempo in the latterstages. Ronaldo, who […]
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UCL: Real Madrid's Ronaldo doubtful for first leg of semifinals
Cristiano Ronaldo indeed suffered a thigh strain in Real Madrid’s 3-0 win over Villarreal and will miss Saturday’s La Liga match at Rayo Vallecano. The 31-year-old Portuguese star could bedoubtful for Tuesday’s Champions League match at Manchester City. Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said the club was taking it day-to-day with its star. “Ronaldo knowstomorrow […]
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Manuel Pellegrini has chance to leave with a crown
Outgoing coach Manuel Pellegrini has a chance to leave with a major title as his Manchester City has reached the UEFA Champions League semifinals. Kevin de Bruyne‘sstrike with 14 minutes left gave Man City a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-German and a 3-2 aggregate win in the quarterfinal series.
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PSG 'project' needs win over Manchester City
PSG is appearing in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League for the fourth successive year, but it will need to oust Manchester City in their series to justify its spending since QatarInvestment Authority acquired PSG in 2011. “If we win tomorrow,” PSG coach Laurent Blanc said, “it will help create a new era of […]
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Fernando and Joe Hart share the blame for Man City fiasco
By Paul Gardner The recent tragic, disastrous and possibly hilarious screw up by Man City that allowed Zlatan Ibrahimovic to score a totally unexpected goal for PSG is worthscrutiny. The unexpected part can be immediately verified when you understand that the TV director missed the goal — he was busy showing a replay of Kevin […]
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Comedy of errors mars duel of giants
The most even of the four UEFA Champions League quarterfinals pits Paris St. Germain and Manchester City, two clubs backed by Gulf royal riches, PSG by Qatar Investment Authority and City by Abu DhabiUnited Group. They have built PSG and City into two of the most ambitious clubs in Europe. But for all the money […]
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Video Pick: The big Man City blunder in PSG tie
Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart and defender Fernando combined for this blooper that led to Zlatan Ibrahimovic‘s goal in Man City’s 2-2 tie atParis Saint-German in their Champions League quarterfinal, first-leg clash.
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Bayern and Leicester City will make ICC debuts
Barcelona and Real Madrid are the headliners in the 2016 International Champions Cup summer tournament in the United States. The field doesn’t just include the usual names. Among this year’s inviteesare Bayern Munich, participating in the ICC for the first time, and Leicester City, the surprise English Premier League leader one year removed from a […]