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Barcelona Lose Frenkie De Jong, Pedri Before Champions League Match vs Napoli | Football News
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Barcelona Lose Frenkie De Jong, Pedri Before Champions League Match vs Napoli | Football News

[ad_1] Barcelona's Frenkie De Jong is carried off the pitch after getting injured during La Liga match.© AFPBarcelona midfielders Pedri and Frenkie de Jong are expected to miss the Champions League clash against Napoli after the Spanish club confirmed Monday injuries picked up in Liga action at the weekend. Dutch international De Jong suffered a right ankle sprain with Spaniard Pedri picking up a new injury to his right hamstring in Sunday's goalless draw at Athletic Bilbao. Barca did not specify the duration of the pair's absence, but they could be out for more than a month and miss the Champions League last 16 second leg clash against Napoli next week.The five-time European champions will host the current Italian champions on March 12 with the tie finely poised after a 1-1 draw in the ...
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Kylian Mbappe Scores As PSG Take Control Of Real Sociedad Champions League Tie | Football News
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Kylian Mbappe Scores As PSG Take Control Of Real Sociedad Champions League Tie | Football News

[ad_1] Kylian Mbappe scored the opener as Paris Saint-Germain took a big step towards reaching the Champions League quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Real Sociedad in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday. The mediocrity of PSG's first-half performance at the Parc des Princes may have had their supporters fearing another in a long line of disappointing results down the years in the Champions League knockout stages. But Mbappe, who is expected to leave the club at the end of the season when his contract expires, broke the deadlock from close range just before the hour mark. Bra...
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Sevilla Boss Diego Alonso Wants To Avenge ‘Unfair’ Arsenal Loss | Football News
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Sevilla Boss Diego Alonso Wants To Avenge ‘Unfair’ Arsenal Loss | Football News

[ad_1] Diego Alonso believes Sevilla deserved more from their last encounter with Arsenal.© AFPSevilla boss Diego Alonso has challenged his players to avenge their Champions League loss to Arsenal when the Spanish side meet the Gunners in a crucial Group B clash on Wednesday. Defeat for the reigning Europa League champions would leave their chances of reaching the Champions League knockout stages hanging by a slender thread. Arsenal are top of the group after their 2-1 win at Sevilla a fortnight ago, while Alonso's men sit four points behind them in third place with three games to play.Alonso believes Sevilla deserved more from their last encounter with Arsenal and he wants his side to prove a point when they face the Premier League title chasers in north London."We competed well, with a...
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PSG Fan Stabbed In Milan Ahead Of Champions League Clash | Football News
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PSG Fan Stabbed In Milan Ahead Of Champions League Clash | Football News

[ad_1] Representational Image.© PixabayHooded attackers stabbed a Paris Saint-Germain supporter ahead of the French club's Champions League match at AC Milan, Italian police said Tuesday. The unnamed French man was "seriously injured by two stab wounds in the leg" in Milan on Monday night and taken to hospital, police said in a statement. The Corriere della Sera newspaper said the man was 34 years old and his life was not in danger. Witnesses told police the clash happened between around 50 Milan fans and French fans who were in the Navigli area of the northern Italian city.Video images on social media shared by Italian news sites show a group of men on a canal side known for its cafes, bars and nightlife.As flares are set off, they suddenly turn and run from another group of men, some o...
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AC Milan’s Mike Maignan Stands In Way Of Old Club PSG In Champions League | Football News
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AC Milan’s Mike Maignan Stands In Way Of Old Club PSG In Champions League | Football News

[ad_1] Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League clash with AC Milan this week will see the French club come up against one of the many outstanding talents they have let slip away in recent years. In the Italian side's goal will be Mike Maignan, who was allowed to leave Paris for Lille in 2015 and has gone on to win a Ligue 1 title, Serie A and become France's first-choice 'keeper. PSG, meanwhile, handed the gloves to a long list of goalkeepers before signing Gianluigi Donnarumma from Milan in 2021 and making him their undisputed number one a year later.But would the Qatar-backed club have ultimately been better off keeping faith in a young Maignan than going from Salvatore Sirigu and Kevin Trapp to Gianluigi Buffon, Alphonse Areola, Keylor Navas and then Donnarumma in their ongoing quest t...
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Borussia Dortmund Adjusting To Life After Jude Bellingham As Crunch Champions League Match vs Newcastle Looms | Football News
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Borussia Dortmund Adjusting To Life After Jude Bellingham As Crunch Champions League Match vs Newcastle Looms | Football News

[ad_1] Borussia Dortmund travel to their crucial Champions League clash at Newcastle on Wednesday still adjusting to life after Jude Bellingham. Bellingham, who joined Dortmund aged 17 in 2020 from boyhood club Birmingham City, moved to Real Madrid this summer for a fee in excess of 100 million euros ($108 million). The England midfielder's form in the Spanish capital, where he has scored 10 goals in 11 matches including several late winners, has shown the world just what Dortmund lost in the summer.For their part, Dortmund have had a puzzling start to the season.The eight-time German champions are unbeaten in the league but have failed to impress, often grinding out wins against less-fancied opponents.In the Champions League, the 1997 winners are not only winless but goalless, having go...
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Lens Aim To Build On Memorable Champions League Victory | Football News
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Lens Aim To Build On Memorable Champions League Victory | Football News

[ad_1] After their stunning Champions League win over Arsenal, Lens are looking to cap a memorable week with another victory when they return to domestic duty in France with a derby against bitter local rivals Lille. Lens marked their first home game in Europe's elite club competition in over two decades with a magnificent comeback to beat much-fancied Arsenal 2-1 on Tuesday before a raucous sell-out crowd of over 38,000. Hardly any of the Lens players had appeared in the Champions League before this season and yet they recovered from falling behind early on against one of England's heavyweights to win with goals from Adrien Thomasson and Elye Wahi."It was one of the most memorable matches of my time at Lens," said manager Franck Haise, who had limited coaching experience when he took ov...
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Ukraine Says Will Boycott All UEFA Competitions Featuring Russian Teams | Football News
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Ukraine Says Will Boycott All UEFA Competitions Featuring Russian Teams | Football News

[ad_1] UEFA argued that a "generation of minors" was being deprived of the right to compete.© AFPUkrainian football teams will boycott all competitions featuring Russian sides, their federation said on Wednesday in response to UEFA re-admitting Russia's youth team to international competition. "The UAF confirms that it will not take part in any competitions involving Russian teams," it said. It also called on other UEFA members to boycott matches against Russian teams. European football's governing body swiftly barred all Russian teams from competitions last year in response to Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, but eased the ban by readmitting Russia's national under-17 team on Tuesday."The Ukrainian Association of Football strongly condemns the decision by UEFA to return U-17 teams from Ru...
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UEFA To Reimburse Liverpool Fans Who Attended Paris Champions League Final | Football News
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UEFA To Reimburse Liverpool Fans Who Attended Paris Champions League Final | Football News

[ad_1] UEFA said Tuesday it will reimburse all Liverpool supporters who attended last year's chaos-hit Champions League final between the English club and Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Paris. Heavily criticised in an independent report published last month for organisational failures which "almost led to disaster", European football's governing body said its refund scheme would cover the entire Liverpool allocation of nearly 20,000, as well as supporters of Real and other spectators affected by the trouble outside the stadium."Refunds will be available to all fans... where the most difficult circumstances were reported," UEFA said, adding that all ticket-holders who did not enter the stadium by the originally scheduled kick-off time, or could not get in at all, would also receive...
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Club Brugge vs Benfica, Champions League: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Streaming In India | Football News
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Club Brugge vs Benfica, Champions League: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Streaming In India | Football News

[ad_1] Benfica sold Enzo Fernandez for a British record transfer fee in January but are looking within their ranks to fill the gap in their midfield as the Champions League returns. The Portuguese side have always shown an impressive capacity for recovery after losing star players and are already finding their feet without the Argentine World Cup winner. Benfica, five points clear of Porto at the top of the Portuguese league, visit surprise package Club Brugge in the last 16 of Europe's premier club competition on Wednesday with high hopes despite Fernandez's departure.Handed a tough group featuring Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus, Benfica went unbeaten and finished top to reach the knock-out rounds, with the Italian giants -- the two-time winners of the competition -- eliminated.When w...
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