Champions League news

• Borussia Dortmund 1-0 PSG: Champions League semi-final, first leg – live

  01-05-2024 23:10 via theguardian.com
  Minute-by-minute updates on the action at Signal Iduna ParkAny thoughts or comments? Feel free to email Scott5 min: Dortmund see plenty of the ball. Sancho popping up all over the place as well, already looking far more confident and assured when compared to his Manchester United self.3 min: Ryerson makes a glorious nuisance of himself down the right. Dribbling hard. Pressing hard, too, upon losing control. He wins a throw deep in PSG territory. It’s flung in long, but the ball’s cle
  
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• A new Champions League format starts next season. How will it work?

  01-06-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  More teams, more games, a single league structure: this is how Europe’s top men’s club competition will look in 2024-25When Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid conclude this season’s Champions League at Wembley on Saturday, the continent will wave goodbye to the current format. In 2024-25 a new system will be put in place that will bring more teams, more games and more money to be made. Continue reading...
  
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• Edin Terzic urges Dortmund to feed off underdog status and trophy heartache

  31-05-2024 22:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Dortmund ‘ready to win the trophy’, insists head coachTerzic: final-day title slip last term has made team tougherThe Borussia Dortmund head coach, Edin Terzic, wants his players to embrace their underdog tag against Real Madrid, and use past disappointments to fuel their desire to win the Champions League.While Carlo Ancelotti’s side are seeking their 15th European Cup at Wembley on Saturday, Dortmund have not reached the final since losing to Bayern Munich at the same venue i
  
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• The making of Jude Bellingham: boy with Ronaldo haircut who became face of Real Madrid

  31-05-2024 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Coaches and teammates on how Birmingham’s ‘skinny teenager’ developed into one of the world’s best players before his first Champions League finalThis week Jude Bellingham offered a glimpse into the mind of a phenomenon by quietly admitting he had envisaged these days, just maybe not so soon. Little did he know, at the start of his teens, that one week training on the outskirts of Barcelona and another at the foothills of the Black Forest would provide him with something
  
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• Ancelotti fears Real Madrid’s ‘most dangerous’ game against Dortmund

  31-05-2024 20:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Thibaut Courtois will start for favourites in Wembley finalAncelotti: ‘You fear it can escape you. It’s a feeling we all have’Carlo Ancelotti called the Champions League final the “most dangerous” game of the season on the eve of Real Madrid facing Borussia Dortmund as overwhelming favourites to win their sixth European Cup in a decade and the 15th in their history.The Italian denied the competition was an “obsession” for the club, admitted there would b
  
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• Dortmund plot Champions League final shock after adapting to thrive | Jonathan Liew

  31-05-2024 19:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Wembley underdogs have shed their youth-oriented, profit-hungry model to reach new heights with a tougher teamAll week, and by small degrees, London has been turning yellow and black. Stickers on Tube escalators. Scarves tied to lampposts. A BVB-emblazoned padlock on the banks of the Thames at Westminster. Wide-eyed fans milling through the pubs of Soho, wincing at the beer prices. Trying to soak up every last available morsel of enjoyment from the experience before – you know – the
  
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• Dortmund plot Champions League final shock after adapting to thrive

  31-05-2024 19:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Wembley underdogs have shed their youth-oriented, profit-hungry model to reach new heights with a tougher teamAll week, and by small degrees, London has been turning yellow and black. Stickers on Tube escalators. Scarves tied to lampposts. A BVB-emblazoned padlock on the banks of the Thames at Westminster. Wide-eyed fans milling through the pubs of Soho, wincing at the beer prices. Trying to soak up every last available morsel of enjoyment from the experience before – you know &n
  
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• Jamie Carragher: ‘CBS was worried whether or not the US audience would understand me’

  31-05-2024 09:30 via theguardian.com
  
  CBS’s Uefa Champions League Today has been met with heaps of acclaim, drawing comparisons to TNT’s Inside the NBA. And Jamie Carragher has proven essential to the chemistryWhen Jamie Carragher was approached to join CBS’s Uefa Champions League Today panel, he’d already established himself as one of the most notable pundits in soccer.But while English viewers had long grown accustomed to the Liverpool legend’s cutting remarks and eye-opening analysis on Sky Sports, t
  
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• Jadon Sancho’s redemption arc leads to shot at glory under Wembley arch

  30-05-2024 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Borussia Dortmund are reaping the rewards of renewing relationship with their big-name loanee by reaching the Champions League finalBorussia Dortmund’s legends team made a trip to Glasgow last Sunday to play their Celtic counterparts, raising funds for the Scottish champions’ foundation. Maybe Dortmund fans do not need any prodding towards nostalgic sentiments at the moment, as their team prepare to return to Wembley for a Champions League final 11 years on from their last
  
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• Jadon Sancho’s redemption arc leads him shot at glory under Wembley arch

  30-05-2024 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Borussia Dortmund are reaping the rewards of renewing relationship with their big-name loanee by reaching the Champions League finalBorussia Dortmund’s legends team made a trip to Glasgow last Sunday to play their Celtic counterparts, raising funds for the Scottish champions’ foundation. Maybe Dortmund fans do not need any prodding towards nostalgic sentiments at the moment, as their team prepare to return to Wembley for a Champions League final 11 years on from their last
  
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• ‘He is a legend’: Real Madrid voices on Toni Kroos before his final club game

  30-05-2024 13:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Champions League final will be midfielder’s last club match after announcement he is to retire after Euro 2024Carlo Ancelotti: His decision to go is the decision of a great, a decision of character. We are saying farewell to a footballing great who we have been lucky to have here. He is a great midfielder with huge quality and fantastic character, with little ego, who always played for the team; very altruistic. We have been lucky to have him for 10 years. Toni could close his career with
  
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• ‘The Wall is back’: how Courtois won Champions League final fitness race

  29-05-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Two serious knee injuries destroyed his season, but Real Madrid’s talisman always had Wembley on 1 June as a targetThe day Thibaut Courtois sustained the injury that might have ended his season before it had begun, he arrived home, bandage covering the whole of his left leg, slowly got out of his car and told the friend waiting there for him: “I’m going to win the Champions League; there’s still time.” Nine months and a second torn ligament later, this time in the o
  
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• Dortmund’s Mats Hummels left feeling ‘bitter’ over Germany Euro 2024 snub

  29-05-2024 13:26 via theguardian.com
  ‘I’m one of Germany’s five best defenders,’ Hummels tells BildCentre-back set to feature in Saturday’s Champions League finalMats Hummels has said it is “bitter for me” to be left out of Germany’s Euro 2024 squad, but added that he understands Julian Nagelsmann’s decision.The Dortmund defender is set to feature in Saturday’s Champions League final with Real Madrid, having scored the only goal in their second leg against Paris Saint-Germ
  
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• Wembley to ramp up security operation for Champions League final

  28-05-2024 20:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Move follows chaotic scenes at recent showpiece eventsReal Madrid and Borussia Dortmund meet on SaturdayWembley will implement its biggest security operation for Saturday’s Champions League final in an effort to avoid any repeat of the chaos that has surrounded recent showpiece events at home and abroad.More than 2,500 stewards will oversee crowds attending the match between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, while a £5m investment in beefed-up infrastructure is intended to ensure th
  
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• Wembley to ramp up security for Champions League final

  28-05-2024 20:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Move follows chaotic scenes at recent showpiece eventsReal Madrid and Borussia Dortmund meet on SaturdayWembley will implement its biggest security operation for Saturday’s Champions League final in an effort to avoid any repeat of the chaos that has surrounded recent showpiece events at home and abroad.More than 2,500 stewards will oversee crowds attending the match between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, while a £5m investment in beefed-up infrastructure is intended to ensure th
  
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• Dortmund off to Wembley as Kompany heads for Bayern – Football Weekly

  28-05-2024 13:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini, Archie Rhind-Tutt and Sid Lowe for the final Europod of the seasonRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the Europod today: we start in Germany by asking if Champions League finalists Dortmund are ready for Wembley, and whether Bayern Munich are ready for Vincent Kompany. Also, what’s next for Bayer Leverkusen after thei
  
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• Wembley has lost that loving feeling, a corporate nirvana missing its soul | Jonathan Liew

  28-05-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Wembley is everywhere, and everywhere is Wembley. But the more bases it tries to cover, the less special it becomesThe Wembley Stadium lasagne had one major design flaw, and it’s not the one you think. You may remember – right at the start of the pandemic – the Football Association being forced to deny a viral WhatsApp story that the stadium was being used to bake a giant lasagne to feed a hungry nation. And no, if you gave it even a moment’s consideration, the undersoil
  
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• Wembley feels less like a pilgrimage thanks to the corporate nirvana of 2024 | Jonathan Liew

  28-05-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Wembley is everywhere, and everywhere is Wembley. But the more bases it tries to cover, the less special it becomesThe Wembley Stadium lasagne had one major design flaw, and it’s not the one you think. You may remember – right at the start of the pandemic – the Football Association being forced to deny a viral WhatsApp story that the stadium was being used to bake a giant lasagne to feed a hungry nation. And no, if you gave it even a moment’s consideration, the undersoil
  
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• Real Madrid in ‘Champions League mode’ as they aim for 15th title

  27-05-2024 18:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Carlo Ancelotti is preparing for his sixth UCL final as a coachReal face Borussia Dortmund at Wembley on SaturdayCarlo Ancelotti has described Real Madrid as being in “Champions League mode” as they begin a week that is there to be enjoyed, at least until Saturday when the cold sweats will start.The Italian and his team have been here before – the match against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley will be his sixth European Cup final as a coach, Real’s sixth in 10 years, and the
  
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• Cold, hard money has whittled potential Champions League winners to a rich few | Jonathan Wilson

  25-05-2024 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  It is 20 years since Porto beat Monaco in the final – European football’s landscape has changed dramatically since thenWhen Porto beat Monaco to win the Champions League in 2004, it felt like the start of a new era. And for José Mourinho, it was. He had won the Uefa Cup the previous season, but that success in Gelsenkirchen was his springboard to points records at Chelsea, a treble with Internazionale and his titanic struggles with Pep Guardiola when he was at Real Madrid. For
  
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• Aston Villa secure Champions League spot to end 41-year wait after Spurs’ loss

  14-05-2024 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Tottenham defeat by Manchester City guarantees fourthClub last played in the tournament in 1982-83Aston Villa have qualified for the Champions League after Tottenham’s defeat at home against Manchester City on Tuesday night. The result confirms that Villa will finish fourth and take the final place on offer to an English club.Villa last played in the tournament, known then as the European Cup, in the 1982-83 season, when they were knocked out by Juventus in the quarter-finals. They had qua
  
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• Real Madrid’s unshakeable faith feels like a dark art for defeated Bayern | Sid Lowe

  09-05-2024 16:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Late Champions League semi-final comeback was merely the latest escape act for the Spanish giants led by Carlo AncelottiAt some moment somewhere amid the mayhem, that symbol of the ridiculousness of Real Madrid returned. The players who had just made another European Cup final had sprinted from one goal to the other, throwing themselves to the floor in front of their fans; Carlo Ancelotti had belted out the club’s anthem with its line about history made and history to be made, the coolest
  
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• Real Madrid’s unshakeable faith feels like a dark art for defeated Bayern

  09-05-2024 16:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Late Champions League semi-final comeback was merely the latest escape act for the Spanish giants led by Carlo AncelottiAt some moment, somewhere amid the mayhem, that symbol of the ridiculousness of Real Madrid returned. The players who had just made another European Cup final had sprinted from one goal to the other, throwing themselves to the floor in front of their fans; Carlo Ancelotti had belted out the club’s anthem with its line about history made and history to be made, the coolest
  
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• Champions League team of the week: Joselu and Hummels steal the show

  09-05-2024 14:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund booked their spots in the final at Wembley thanks to a pair of unlikely match winnersTwo second legs that both reached a dramatic crescendo, one with late goals, the other with late misses, set up a Wembley final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund.Goalkeeper: Andriy Lunin, Real Madrid Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Wembley 2.0 dream is over’: German media react to Bayern’s dramatic defeat

  09-05-2024 11:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Bild reflects on ‘bitter defeat’ caused by late ‘double shock’Tuchel’s selection questioned and comparison drawn to 1999 Germany mourned dashed hopes for an all-German Champions League final after Bayern Munich’s calamitous 2-1 defeat at Real Madrid, and a 4-3 loss on aggregate, with the Spanish side now going on to face Borussia Dortmund in London on 1 June.Bild gave a minute-by-minute account of the agony before the “bitter defeat just before the end&r
  
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• Carlo Ancelotti brushes aside Bayern complaints as Real Madrid make Champions League final – video

  09-05-2024 04:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Real Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final after substitute Joselu struck twice late on to snatch a 2-1 victory (4-3 agg) and end Bayern Munich's hopes of lifting the European Cup for a seventh time, as their manager Thomas Tuchel was left fuming over an offside call that denied the German side a late equaliserReal Madrid find a way to final again as late Joselu double breaks Bayern hearts Continue reading...
  
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• 'It's against every rule': Tuchel fumes at late offside call as Bayern go down in Madrid – video

  09-05-2024 03:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Six-times European champions Bayern Munich missed out on returning to the Champions League final for the first time since winning the competition in 2019-20. The 2-1 defeat in Madrid left manager Thomas Tuchel ruing an offside decision that denied his side a late equaliser and meant there will be no rematch of the all-German final in 2013, when Bayern beat Dortmund to win their fifth European title‘Disastrous’: Tuchel rues contentious offside call as Bayern cave in Madrid Continue re
  
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• Vinícius Júnior lights up Real Madrid to give Joshua Kimmich nightmares | Barney Ronay

  09-05-2024 01:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Logical brilliance of attacker stood out as he played with startling sense of freedom to lead team back to another finalAt what point, exactly, does the relentlessly unpredictable start to become oddly routine? As ever, this was an absolute nut‑show of a football match inside Real Madrid’s steamy Centre Court‑style megadrome.Every ex-Stoke, Newcastle and Eintracht Frankfurt journeyman has his day. And this was the day of Joselu, Madrid’s 34‑year‑old own-brand
  
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• ‘Disastrous’: Tuchel rues contentious offside call as Bayern cave in Madrid

  09-05-2024 00:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Matthijs de Ligt had 103rd-minute equaliser flagged offside‘We accept that we lost, but it should not have happened’Carlo Ancelotti shrugged and called it “something magical, without much explanation”, after Real Madrid scored two goals in two and a half minutes to complete another astonishing Champions League comeback.But Thomas Tuchel insisted that there was a more tangible reason for a dramatic defeat at the Bernabéu: a “very unusual” individual erro
  
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• Real Madrid 2-1 Bayern Munich (4-3 on agg): Champions League semi-final – as it happened

  08-05-2024 23:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Alphonso Davies’ screamer put Bayern in front but the hosts found another late fightback to book a Champions League final with Dortmund2 min: Sane tries to bring down a long pass but Mendy hassles him from behind and the Bayern man loses control.38 sec: Kroos, making his 150th Champions League appearance tonight, sends in an aimless corner. Bayern clear their lines easily. Continue reading...
  
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