Holders Lyon through from 2016 final rematch with Wolfsburg despite home lossManchester City earn Lyon tie in semis as their debut campaign continuesParis overturn deficit to oust Bayern; first semi-finals with no German club in decadeBarcelona to face Paris in last-four bow after seeing off RosengårdQuarter-finals watched by total crowd of more than 55,000Buy final ticketsREPORTSManchester City 1-0 Fortuna Hjørring (agg: 2-0)A looping header from Lucy Bronze late in the first ha... UEFA.com - News
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Value-for-money Suárez the real deal for Barça
There is no question that Barcelona have the figures in terms of goals scored to back up the financial figures involved in Luis Suárez's new contract keeping him at Camp Nou until 2021.VOTE FOR SUÁREZ IN YOUR TEAM OF THE YEAR A remarkable haul of 35 goals in 34 Liga games this calendar year alone is justification of the Spanish champions' decision to award a fresh five-year deal to a player who turns 30 next month. The Blaugrana will just be happy in the knowledge they can count on Suárez's breathtaking strike rate for the foreseeable future after the Uruguayan
Simeone: Atlético proved value by beating Barça
Diego Simeone, Atlético coachThere is a virtue in this team, with the great work of the four and a bit years we have been together. I'm happy for these players who have come together in this team; I'm not just thinking about reaching the semi-finals, it's more important than that. There are fewer values in society all the time, but we are a group of honest workers who can win or lose. We make ourselves strong with the tools we have.Today, once again, we have won a tremendously difficult game – but a very nice one. We never stopped believing; we worked knowing the situation, knowing what we can do. In the first half the game was more like what we
Barça and City leave their mark, Paris suffer loss
MONDAYBenfica 2-0 União (Jonas 5 76)The Eagles wasted no time in taking the initiative in a game postponed for 24 hours after adverse weather conditions in Madeira prevented their opponents from being able to travel. Jonas put them ahead inside five minutes and struck again midway through the second half – his 28th of the season in all competitions – to seal a win that helps Benfica close to within a point of Liga leaders Sporting CP, who were held elsewhere.SUNDAYBarcelona 2-1 Sevilla (Messi 31, Piqué 48; Vitolo 20)Luis Enrique's men equalled Real Madrid's Spanish rec...
Arsenal seek change of fortune against Barça
Arsenal FC hope it will be a case of third time lucky when they host FC Barcelona in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie.• The Premier League side have lost their two previous knockout ties against Barcelona, who won in England at this stage of the competition in both 2014 and 2015.Previous meetings• Arsenal came from behind to beat Barcelona 2-1 when the teams last met in London in the 2010/11 round of 16, Robin van Persie and Andrey Arshavin overturning David Villa's first-half goal. • Barcelona recovered with a 3-1 second-leg success in which Lionel Messi scored twice. Sergio Busquets had briefly given Arsenal h...
Zidane’s Madrid win as Messi hits three for Barça
SATURDAYBarcelona 4-0 Granada (Messi 8 14 58, Neymar 83)Giving both Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal their club Liga debuts, Barcelona were two up within 14 minutes on their way to a win that takes them a point ahead at the top, at least until Atlético Madrid visit Celta Vigo tomorrow. Arda set up Messi for the first and the most selected player in the UEFA.com users' Team of the Year 2015 had another soon after following a typical link-up with Neymar and Luis Suárez.Messi had chances for more before half-time, and the hat-trick came when Arda dummied, Neymar hit the post and the Argentina forward pounced on the rebound. Neymar himself had th...
Barca chief revels in Mourinho exit
1963: Born January 26. Father Felix Mourinho was a former Portugal goalkeeper. 1992: After middle-ranking jobs at Estrela Amadora and Vitoria Setubal, works as Bobby Robson's translator at Sporting Lisbon.<<p> 1993: Moves to Porto with Robson. 1996: Joins Barca as Robson's assistant coach. 1997: Stays on under new coach Louis van Gaal. 2000: Lasts nine games as coach of Benfica before resigning due to problems in the boardroom. 2001: Appointed coach of Uniao de Leiria. 2002: Joins Porto. 2003: In first full season, Porto win the treble of domestic league, cup and UEFA Cup. 2004:May - Porto win the league and Champions League, with 3-0 win vs Monaco.June 2 - Appointed Chelsea manager. 2005:February 27 - Wins Carling Cup with final defeat of Liverpool.April - Chelsea seal Premier League