The UEFA Super Cup will have an unusually local feel in 2018 as European champions Real Madrid take on city rivals Atlético Madrid in Tallinn in the first one-city meeting in the competition's history.• Real Madrid became the first club to claim three successive UEFA Champions League titles in 2017/18, and the first team to twice win the European Cup three years in a row. They are now attempting to add to that with another slice of history, by becoming the first side to win three successive UEFA Super Cups. A victory in the Estonian capital would also equal the competition record of five titles held jointly
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Ronaldo joins Juventus: what records can he break?
Following his switch from Real Madrid to Juventus, Cristiano Ronaldo is starting again from scratch in a new league – but records are doubtless on his mind, the 33-year-old having left the Merengues as their all-time top scorer with 450 goals.Here is our bucket list of targets he can size up in Italy, beginning with the easiest and working towards the truly inconceivable. However, with Ronaldo, nothing is impossible. Most goals in a single Italian top-flight season: 36 – Gino Rossetti (Torino 1928/29), Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli, 2015/16)Most goals in a single Juventus season: 35 – Ferenc Hirz... UEFA.com - News
Records Ronaldo and Messi have not broken (yet)
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi's ongoing battle to be the top goalscorer in European football remains perhaps the sport's greatest drama of our age, but both still need to raise their game considerably if they are to scoop certain European Champion Clubs' Cup and UEFA Champions League records.MESSI AND RONALDO GOAL FOR GOAL The great Alfredo Di Stéfano
England’s biggest European success stories
Most appearances by an English player in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)130: Paul Scholes (Manchester United)115: Gary Neville (Manchester United)113: David Beckham (Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Paris)111: John Terry (Chelsea)108: Ashley Cole (Arsenal, Chelsea, Roma)107: Frank Lampard (Chelsea, Manchester City)96: Rio Ferdinand (Leeds United, Manchester United)91: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool)88: Wayne Roo... UEFA.com - News
What you might not know about new Paris signing Buffon
Gianluigi Buffon once joked that he could play until he is 65; he has confirmed that, aged 40, he is ready for the next chapter after joining Paris Saint-Germain. What you might not know• Sport is in Buffon's blood: mother Maria Stella held the Italian discus record for 17 years; father Adriano was a national junior shot put champion; meanwhile sisters Guendalina and Veronica played volleyball, Guendalina winning the European Cup with Matera. Former Milan and Italy keeper Lorenzo Buffon was a cousin of Gianluigi's grandfather.
UEFA Super Cup tickets have been allocated
The 2018 UEFA Super Cup ticket ballot has been conducted – log in to the ticket portal now to check if you have been successful. The game takes place at Lilleküla Stadium in Tallinn, Estonia, on 15 August.TICKET PORTAL The ticket application window opened on 5 June at 14:00CET (15:00 Estonian time) and closed on 26 June at 14:00CET.How the application process worked
UEFA Women’s Futsal EURO 2019: groups and dates
A total of 23 nations have entered the first UEFA Women's Futsal EURO and all will were involved in the qualifying draw on 5 July.Last year UEFA announced the launch of its first women's futsal competition for national teams, to be held every two years with initially a four-team knockout final tournament. That will be held in mid-February 2019, to be hosted by one of the four eventual qualifiers.The entrants include Northern Ireland, taking part in their first international futsal tournament for men or women.Preliminary round draw: 21–26 AugustGroup A: Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Northern Ireland (hosts)