With the UEFA Champions League round of 16 fast approaching, UEFA.com explains how to say those tricky names correctly.ARSENALLondon is around 150km from Calais, but the linguistic distances between English and French are huge when it comes to pronunciations, a situation which has led to generations of French Arsenal players having their names mangled on the terraces.Héctor Bellerín – Hector Bay-air-eenPetr Čech – Pet-r ChekhFrancis Coquelin – Francis Cock-er-lanMathieu Debuchy – Mat-yur De-boo-sheOlivier Giroud – Olivier Gee-rooLaurent Koscielny – Lo-ron Ko-sea-el-niMesut Özil – Mesut Er-zi... UEFA.com - News
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UEFA brings Champions League coverage to Facebook Live
Fans of the UEFA Champions League around the world can look forward to even more great coverage of the competition after UEFA announced plans to stream live video in the build-up to matches, starting with the round of 16.Coverage starts with two-time UEFA Champions League winner Míchel Salgado joining the on-site team at the Santiago Bernabéu on Tuesday ahead of his former club Real Madrid's first leg against Napoli. "I'm very excited to be involved in this new project with UEFA," said Salgado. "This is a magical competition and we've got some really great stuff planned for Madrid that will
Europe’s footballing brothers and sisters
Tomáš Necid's winter move from Bursaspor to Legia Warszawa means that both he and his sister, Simona Necidová, could potentially play UEFA club competition games this season.A forward for Slavia Praha – where her big brother also started his career – 23-year-old Necidová featured in the UEFA Women's Champions League for a third successive campaign in 2016/17. Both she and her brother played in Europe in 2014/15 too – Necid for Zwolle, Necidová for Slavia – and the Czech internationals watch out for each other's results. "I am really proud that she has been doin... UEFA.com - News
Juventus restore cushion, Leicester, Dortmund survive
WEDNESDAYCrotone 0-2 Juventus (Mandžukić 60, Higuaín 74)In a Serie A game postponed from December due to the Italian Super Cup, Juventus restored their seven-point lead over Roma, who beat Fiorentina 4-0 on Tuesday. Lowly Crotone, hosting Juventus for the first time in the top division having only previously met them in Serie B in 2006/07, held out for an hour before Mario Mandžukić pounced on the rebound when a Kwadwo Asamoah header was saved. Gonzalo Higuaín then struck for the fourth consecutive Serie A away game. Marko Pjaca earned his first Juve start as Miralem Pjanić, Giorgio Chiellini and Stephan Lichtsteiner were... UEFA.com - News
Which players have never been sent off?
Should the retiring Philipp Lahm manage to avoid a red card for the remainder of the season, the Bayern München captain will have gone through an entire career without being dismissed. UEFA.com profiles a few other players who managed that feat, and a couple who have just missed out.Raúl González (Real Madrid, Schalke, al-Sadd, New York Cosmos & Spain)Seventeen years as a player; 388 goals in 932 club games; 44 more strikes for Spain; UEFA Champions League triumphs in 1998, 2000 and 2002 (including becoming the first player to score in two finals) and six Spanish titles among a vast trophy haul; no red cards.
Nine-man Barcelona into final again, Monaco stay clear
TUESDAYBarcelona 1-1 Atlético Madrid (agg: 3-2) (Luis Suárez 43; Gameiro 83)Copa del Rey holders Barcelona reached a fourth successive final in an eventful second leg against Atlético. Leading 2-1 after last week's first leg, Luis Suárez's eighth goal in his last eight games seemed to have wrapped it up, but Sergio Roberto's red card early in the second period gave Atlético renewed hope. The visitors were also reduced to ten men midway through the second period when Yannick Carrasco also collected a second yellow card, and when Kevin Gameiro missed a p... UEFA.com - News
Great UEFA Champions League comebacks
The New England Patriots' against-all-odds recovery to defeat the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI got UEFA.com thinking: what are the greatest comebacks in UEFA Champions League history?2005: AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool (Liverpool win 3-2 on pens)The most famous of them all, the 'miracle of Istanbul'. Trailing 3-0 at the break, Rafael Benítez's side stormed back in the second half with three goals in seven minutes to set up a dramatic shoot-out triumph. Andriy Shevchenko, author of the winning spot kick in the 2003 final against Juventus, was this time denied by Jerzy Dudek to give Liverpool a remarkable victory.