Alashkert, Víkingur, Hibernians, Linfield and – after an away extra-time comeback – The New Saints are through from the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round, meaning BATE Borisov, FH Hafnarfjördur, Salzburg, Celtic and Rijeka now know their opponents next week.Click on the match links for full details Second-leg resultsFC Santa Coloma 1-1 Alashkert (agg: 1-2)Trepça '89 1-4 Víkingur (agg: 2-6)FCI Tallinn 0-1 Hibernians (agg: 1-3)Europa 1-3 The New Saints (agg: 3-4, aet)La Fiorita 0-0 Linfield (agg: 0-1)Second qualifying round draw (11/12... UEFA.com - News
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Champions League starts: First qualifying winners
The 2017/18 UEFA Champions League season is under way with Alashkert, Hibernians and now Linfield among the first qualifying round first-leg winners.Just 24 days on from Real Madrid lifting the trophy in Cardiff, and with under 11 months to go until the 2018 final in Kyiv, the action began when Armenia's Alashkert beat Andorra's Santa Coloma 1-0 through Uros Nenadovich's goal. Later on Tuesday, Trepça '89 made Kosovo's debut in a UEFA men's club football competition but despite a Fiton Hajdari goal they lost 2-1 to Víkingur in the Faroe Islands. Hibernians of Malta defeated Estonian challengers FCI Tallinn 2-0 while
Champions League starts: Road to Kyiv begins in Yerevan
The 2017/18 UEFA Champions League season begins on Tuesday when the first qualifying round kicks off.Just 24 days on from Real Madrid lifting the trophy in Cardiff, and with little under 11 months to go to the 2018 final in Kyiv, action begins at 17:00CET when Armenia's Alashkert welcome FC Santa Coloma to Yerevan. When these teams met last season a 0-0 draw in Andorra was followed by a 3-0 win for Alashkert. Later on, four teams make their UEFA Champions League debuts as Gibraltar's Europa travel to The New Saints, FCI Talllinn of Estonia go to Hibernians and Víkingur, who
Champions League group stage sides’ transfers
Anderlecht (BEL)In: Matz Sels (Newcastle United, loan), Pieter Gerkens (Sint-Truiden), Sven Kums (Watford), Uroš Spajić (Toulouse, loan made permanent) Out: Aaron Leya Iseka (Zulte Waregem, loan), Michaël Heylen (Zulte Waregem), Stéphane Badji (Kayserispor, loan), Youri Tielemans (Monaco), Sebastian De Maio (Bologna) Atlético Madrid (ESP)In: none Out: Tiago (released), Óliver Torres (Porto, loan made permanent) Barcelona (ESP)In: Marlon (Fluminense, loan made permanent) Out: Jordi Mboula (Monaco)
Real Madrid lead 2017/18 Champions League seeds
Newly minted holders Real Madrid are among eight teams seeded in Pot 1 for the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 24 August along with the returning Spartak Moskva and, following Saturday's result in Cardiff, Shakhtar Donetsk, as 22 clubs are now confirmed for next season's competition. Thanks to a system that began in 2015/16, Pot 1 for the group stage draw is formed by the holders and the champions of the top seven national associations as per the UEFA association club coefficient rankings at the end of season 2015/16 that formed the 2017/18 access list. But since Madrid won both
‘Spectacular’ Madrid have Zidane dancing
Zinédine Zidane, Real Madrid coachI feel extremely happy. It's been a spectacular year. You couldn't dream of anything better. We won the league on the very last day, and it's very difficult to reach the Champions League final two years running – we've done it. We played a great team; the first half was difficult but in the second half we were clearly superior. We pressed a lot more and physically we won the game there too. So I'm very happy.The first half was more even; Juventus came out very strongly and had lots of the ball. In the second half, we were superior. At half-time
Champions League final: expert predictions and analysis
Luís Figo, a winner with Real Madrid in 2002Everything is possible in football. Juventus's defensive structure is strong, but Real Madrid's attack is also very dangerous which is why I think the duels will be interesting, and whoever wins more individually will come out on top. I think that it will be an interesting duel pitting two different styles against each other, with two very strong football cultures and great players.Cafu, a winner with Milan in 2007Juventus 2-2 Real Madrid (we didn't find out what happens next!) Christian Karembeu, a two-time winner with MadridUEFA.com - News