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Tuchel’s Dortmund growing up in public

Tuchel’s Dortmund growing up in public
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The impetuousness of youth. Midway through the first half in Dortmund's UEFA Champions League Group F game against Real Madrid, Ousmane Dembélé demonstrated skill and pace by brushing into the area, fooling the Madrid defence and then just missing the target. Better placed in the box, team-mates Mario Götze and Gonzalo Castro raised their arms in frustration, having waited in vain for a pass from the 19-year-old.They make mistakes, then, but Thomas Tuchel's Dortmund may well be the most exciting young side in Europe. The likes of Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Gonzalo Castro, captain Marcel Schmelzer and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang represent their mature core, but this ... UEFA.com -

How have Scottish clubs fared against English sides?

How have Scottish clubs fared against English sides?
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Scottish fans have cause for alarm as Manchester City visit Celtic for the first time on matchday two, and not just because Josep Guardiola's side have won all of their games this season.The recent history of club matches between English and Scottish teams makes grim reading for fans north of the border. Scotland's representatives are without a win in their last ten encounters with English clubs (D4 L6) since Shunsuke Nakamura's goal at Parkhead earned Celtic a 1-0 victory against Manchester United in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League group stage. However, the overall statistics in the 40 UEFA games between

Derby joy for Arsenal, perfect ten for Guardiola’s City

Derby joy for Arsenal, perfect ten for Guardiola’s City
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Group AArsenal 3-0 Chelsea (Alexis Sánchez 11, Walcott 14, Özil 40)Alexis Sánchez (100th) and Theo Walcott (350th) scored on milestone appearances for the Gunners in a resounding London derby success. The only downside for Arsène Wenger was a first-half knee injury sustained by midfielder Francis Coquelin. St Gallen 1-3 Basel (Aratore 14; Delgado 25, Gelmi og 75, Doumbia 90pen)The matchday one draw with Ludogorets Razgrad is the only game this term Basel have failed to win.Toulouse 2-0 Paris (Bodiger 48pen, Durmaz 7... UEFA.com - News

Portugal at home first against Romania in Women’s EURO play-off

Portugal at home first against Romania in Women’s EURO play-off
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Portugal will be at home in the first leg of their UEFA Women's EURO 2017 play-off with Romania after the draw was made today in Nyon.Both sides are seeking a major tournament debut after finishing second in their qualifying groups but not ending among the six runners-up with the best record against the top four in their respective sections.The play-off will be held over two legs between 17 and 25 October, with the final tournament draw taking place in Rotterdam on 8 November. The finals in the Netherlands run from 16 July to 6 August.Already qualified: Netherlands (hosts), Germany (holders), Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Iceland, Italy,... UEFA.com - News

Milik moving forward with Napoli

Milik moving forward with Napoli
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Arkadiusz Milik not only accepted the task of replacing Gonzalo Higuaín at Napoli this summer, he also became the most expensive Polish player ever with his €32m move from Ajax, the fee more than ten times what the Eredivisie club had paid Bayer Leverkusen for the striker 12 months before.Still, the 22-year-old – a UEFA EURO 2016 quarter-finalist, and Poland's match winner against Northern Ireland in Nice – shows no signs of pressure. Milik scored twice on his Serie A home debut against AC Milan and repeated the trick on his UEFA Champions League bow for Napoli at Dynamo Kyiv, his first-half double earning a 2-1 comeback victory.