Bastian Schweinsteiger has revealed that David Luiz predicted Chelsea would score just before Didier Drogba’s equaliser against Bayern Munich in the 2012 Champions League final. Roberto Di Matteo’s side upset the odds with an outstanding performance across the two legs of their semi-final against Barca to book their place in […]
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Didier Drogba has revealed how he thought Juan Mata would be vital in winning Chelsea the Champions League – months before the Spaniard assisted his late equaliser in the final. Enduring a difficult league campaign in which Andre Villas-Boas was sacked as manager in March, Chelsea triumphed, beating Bayern Munich […]
European football’s governing body met on Thursday to discuss 2020-21 continental club competitions, and reveals clubs will be chosen based on league form. UEFA has stated that qualification for its club competitions next campaign must be done on “sporting merit”, while reiterating its belief that the 2019-20 campaign should be […]
UEFA have looked at the possibility of handing out Champions League places for next campaign based on their coefficient scores if the current domestic seasons are cancelled, which would see Arsenal return to Europe’s top competition. Contingency plans are being discussed if major leagues around Europe cannot be completed due […]
UEFA is considering proposals which would see the final of the Champions League being played on August 29, three months later than it had originally been scheduled. The Champions League final was supposed to happen at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul on May 30. Under one of the new […]
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) will work on a plan that would see the Champions League and Europa League finish in just four days after the coronavirus outbreak. According to reports, both the Champions League and Europa League matches have been postponed this week. The quarter-final draw for both tournaments, […]
Guardiola was delighted with Manchester City’s 2-1 Champions League first leg win at the Bernabeu but warned Zidane will be scrutinising his tactics ahead of the second leg at the Etihad. The Manchester City boss delivered a surprise with both his team selection and tactics, starting with Sterling and Aguero […]
Arsene Wenger believes Chelsea broke ‘rule number one’ during their Champions League 3-0 defeat to Bayern Munich on Tuesday night. The blues had chances to take the lead in the first half but failed to captalise and Bayern Munich’s dominant second-half performance saw them run out 3-0 winners away at […]
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard reserved praise for midfielder Mateo Kovacic after his team’s demoralising 3-0 defeat to Bayern Munich at Stamford Bridge. The Bundesliga giants all but sealed their place in the last-8 of the Champions League with a victory in London thanks to a double from Serge Gnabry and […]
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has criticised the Europa League ball and says it worsened the already testing conditions as the Red devils laboured to a 1-1 draw against Club Brugge. United will take an away goal back to Old Trafford next week courtesy of Anthony Martial, who capitalised […]