Real Madrid (ESP) The holders returned to training on 18 July and their first game of 2016/17 comes on 8 August when they take on Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup. 28/07: Real Madrid v PSG (Ohio, United States) 30/07: Real Madrid v Chelsea (Michigan, United States) 04/08: Bayern München v Real Madrid (New Jersey, United States)Barcelona (ESP) The Catalan giants had a day extra holiday compared to Madrid and their first match of the season also comes against Sevilla, in the Spanish Super Cup on 12 August. 30/07: Celtic v Barcelona (Dublin, Ireland) 03/08: Barcelona v Leicester (Stockholm, Sweden) 06/08: Liverpoo... UEFA.com - News
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Captain Romagna introduces Italy squad
Alex Meret (goalkeeper, Udinese)Very quiet; really quiet guy.Andrea Zaccagno (goalkeeper, Torino)Quiet as well, but he's a sunny guy. He's always smiling.Davide Vitturini (defender, Pescara)He always pays attention. Incredibly focused, concentrates on everything.Federico Dimarco (defender, Internazionale)An absolute truck!Giuseppe Pezzella (defender, Palermo)If Dimarco's a truck, he's a tank. He's an absolutely massive guy.Mauro Coppolaro (defender, Udinese)... UEFA.com - News
France burst through Slovakia dam
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How Austria’s No1 picked up the gauntlet(s)
"It all started when my very first football coach, at school, asked who wanted to go in goal," ambitious Austria keeper Carolin Grössinger tells UEFA.com, the 19-year-old smiling as she reflects on her career to date. "Of course I was naive, and didn't know what it would mean, but I'm doing what I love, so I am glad I put my hand up."The National Centre for Women's Football Academy graduate has just signed terms with Bayer Leverkusen, a move which Grössinger says is essential for her development, as well as her career. "In 2014, I was with the Austria at the Under-17 EURO and we were the first women's team from our country to be at a tournament," she remembers.
The pitch invader who upstaged Garrincha
The 1962 FIFA World Cup™ quarter-final between Brazil and England, witnessed Garrincha at his brilliant best. The tournament’s outstanding player scored twice, one a brilliant long-range curler, in a dazzling virtuoso performance. Even his victims were wowed, with one English newspaper lauding Brazil’s entertainer supreme as “Stanley Matthews, Tom Finney and a snake charmer all rolled into one”.The Three Lions had been well aware of Garrincha and the threat he posed, with manager Walter Winterbottom having spoken at length to his players about the importance of stopping him. That would prove easier said than done. As Johnny Haynes, an England star of that era, w...
UEFA Europa League qualifying LIVE
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Celtic ease through while Aničić saves Astana
Astana 2-1 Žalgiris (agg: 2-1)Astana, Kazakhstan's first group stage participants last season, were spared an away-goals exit by Marin Aničić's 92nd-minute strike. The centre-back's second of the game – his first was a header from a Patrick Twumasi corner – capped a period of intense late pressure by the hosts, whose Lithuanian opponents scored what seemed a decisive equaliser when Elivelto finished in a one-on-one situation just before the hour.Dudelange 1-1 Qarabağ (agg: 1-3)Reynaldo's fine 94th-minute goal saved two-time UEFA Europa League group stage contenders Qarabağ from defeat in Luxembourg. The second leg might have tak...