Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick to give Real Madrid a 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday. Real Madrid dominated the early proceedings at the Bernabeu, outshooting the visitors 11-0 in the opening half-hour as Ronaldo headed home in the 10th minute, before he lashed […]
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Barcelona were held to a goalless draw at the Camp Nou by a focused Juventus side on Wednesday night, ending their hosts’ hopes of another sensational second-leg rally and advancing to the Champions League semifinals 3-0 on aggregate. A combination of stout defending from Juventus and imprecise finishing from Barcelona meant they could not repeat […]
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Following a sloppy first leg display in Munich, a spirited Bayern side visited the Santiago Bernabeu, causing the host to need a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick to controversially overcome Bayern Munich 4-2 after extra time for a 6-3 aggregate win. The defending champions led 2-1 from the away first leg, but lost 1-2 for a 3-3 […]
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Some 24 hours after a bomb attack on their team bus, Borussia Dortmund took to the field Wednesday in a Champions League quarterfinal encounter with Monaco. It was not surprising to see Dortmund subdued in the first half and despite improving after the break they suffered a 3-2 first-leg loss — their first home defeat […]
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Perfect Juventus took charge of the first leg of their Quarter-final tie with Barcelona, courtesy of a commanding first-leg display that saw Paulo Dybala score a brace in Turin. The Argentine forward curled home both of his goals before the break, the first from an angle inside the box and the second from a central […]
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Monaco was able to recover from 5-3 first leg deficit, advancing to the Champions League quarterfinals 6 – 6 on aggregate after a 3-1 victory against Manchester City in their round-of-16 second-leg tie on Wednesday at Stade Louis II. Monaco dominated the first half and opened the scoring through teenager Kylian Mbappe’s poked finish from […]
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After trailing 4-0 from the first leg, Barcelona had an opportunity to create history and that they did by beating Paris Saint-Germain 6-5 on aggregate to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Barcelona did well to halve the deficit at the interval at the Nou Camp, after Luis Suarez’s third-minute header and an own […]
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Manchester City overcame Monaco in an eight-goal thriller at the Etihad Stadium, coming from behind to run out 5-3 winners in their Champions League round-of-16 first leg. Radamel Falcao’s brace had looked to set Monaco on their way to a 3-2 victory in the second half, but goals from Sergio Aguero — his second of […]
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Atletico Madrid opened their Champions League knockout stage with a 4-2 win away to Bayer Leverkusen in the round of 16 first leg on Tuesday. Saul Niguez and Antoine Griezmann put Atletico 2-0 up before Karim Bellarabi got a goal back for the hosts early in the second half. Kevin Gameiro then restored Atletico’s two-goal […]
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Two goals from Angel Di Maria and one apiece from Julian Draxler and Edinson Cavani gave Paris Saint-Germain an unexpected and potentially unassailable 4-0 lead against Barcelona in their Champions League round of 16 first leg tie. Di Maria turned in a man-of-the-match display on his 29th birthday, opening the scoring with a precise free-kick […]
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