Tag Archives: Champions League

Lionel Messi’s stunning free-kick goal for Barcelona against Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final has been voted UEFA’s goal of the season. Barca skipper Messi curled the left-footed strike past Liverpool keeper Alisson and into the top corner from 25 yards out at the Nou Camp …

Matthijs de Ligt, the 19-year-old Ajax captain who led the Dutch side to the Champions League semifinals, is undergoing a medical ahead of his transfer to Juventus for a reported fee of $83.7 million. Juve released a series of pictures and videos on its official Twitter account showing De Ligt …

Frank Lampard moved a step closer to being appointed Chelsea manager after Derby County granted him permission to speak to the English Premier League club about their managerial vacancy. Chelsea is looking for a new manager after Maurizio Sarri left the club to join Serie A champion Juventus earlier this …

Barcelona star Lionel Messi is the highest paid athlete in the world after earning $127 million over the last 12 months, according to Forbes. Becoming only the second footballer to top the list, the 31-year-old Argentine edged out rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who sits second having earned $109 million last year. …

Investigators from European football’s governing body will meet Thursday to decide whether Manchester City will be banned from competing in the lucrative Champions League, according to a member of the investigatory chamber. The New York Times reported Monday that the newly crowned English Premier League champion could be banned from …

Spanish goalkeeping great Iker Casillas left the hospital in Portugal on Monday and said that his football future is uncertain, five days after suffering a heart attack during training with his club. The 37-year-old, who has played for Porto since 2015, was admitted to hospital last Wednesday after suffering what …

Barcelona has fired an apparent riposte to Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp after he said the Catalan’s Camp Nou home “is no temple of football” ahead of the teams’ UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg on Wednesday. German Klopp told DAZN: “The Camp Nou is just a stadium. It is pretty …

Lionel Messi fittingly scored the goal which ensured Barcelona retained their LaLiga title with a 1-0 win over struggling Levante. The Argentina international, rested for the first half as coach Ernesto Valverde had one eye on next week’s Champions League semi-final first leg against Liverpool, scored his 34th league goal …

Dutch press exalted the long-awaited return of Ajax to the Champions League semi-finals but in Italy Juve were savaged. Ajax’s 2-1 second-leg Champions League quarter-final win at Juventus generated an understandably rapturous reaction back home in the Netherlands. “Incredible, incredible,” said De Telegraaf. “The achievement did not come easily but …