The UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League finals are behind us, but the summer is not a time to relax, with the UEFA Women's EURO and the UEFA European Under-21 Championship only two of the five international competitions being played over the next few months.The UEFA Super Cup and the qualifying phases of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League are also taking place, and we have the UEFA Super Cup game on 8 August. By our calculations, that means just 22 days, up until 31 August, when there will not be a draw, a EURO qualifier or a final tournament match*.June
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United without a win in four after Southampton draw
Southampton v Manchester UnitedLine-up: Romero; Bailly, Smalling, Jones, Darmian; Tuanzebe (Carrick 64), Fellaini (Herrera 75); Mata (Rashford 69), Mkhitaryan, Martial; Rooney. Form guide (all competitions, most recent first): DLDLWDUnited have now drawn four of their last seven games in all competitions following this stalemate on the south coast. José Mourinho's side, already guaranteed a sixth-placed finish prior to kick-off, were indebted to goalkeeper Sergio Romero for a number of fine saves, most notably after just six minutes when he stopped Manolo Gabbiadini's p... UEFA.com - News
Twitter reacts to Champions League semi-final draw
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Casillas and Buffon in the UEFA Champions League: Did you know?
1. Iker Casillas had a chastening start to life in the UEFA Champions League, conceding three goals on his competition debut, a draw at Olympiacos in September 1999. Indeed, after six outings he had picked the ball out of his net no fewer than 15 times. However, all's well that ends well – by the end of the season he was a UEFA Champions League winner, the youngest keeper to play in a final.2. Gianluigi Buffon was 19 when he made his competition bow for Parma in 1997/98 (the only one of his 13 UEFA Champions League campaigns that have not come with Juventus).
Semi-final draw: Inter v Kairat, Ugra v Sporting
UEFA Futsal Cup hosts Kairat Almaty will play sole three-time winners Inter FS in the semi-finals on 28 April after the draw was made in Kazakhstan.Semi-finals: Friday 28 AprilUgra Yugorsk (RUS, holders) v Sporting CP (POR): 14:00CET (18:00 local time)Inter FS (ESP) v Kairat Almaty (KAZ, hosts): 16:30CET (20:30 local time)Finals day: Sunday 30 AprilThird-place play-off: 13:00CET (17:00 local time)Final: 15:30CET (19:30 local time)Kairat, winners in 2013 and 2015, will stage the event at Almaty Arena and play an Inter side whose third victory came in 2009, when they defeated the Kazakhstani side 5-0 in the semis in ... UEFA.com - News
Tenth UEFA Regions’ Cup: final tournament draw
Istanbul must get past 2015 finalists Zagreb if they are to make it to the 2017 UEFA Regions' Cup final on home soil following the group stage draw at Turkish Football Federation (TFF) headquarters.Group AIstanbul (TUR)Ingulec (UKR)Zagreb (CRO)Lisboa (POR)Group BCastilla y León (ESP)Olomouc (CZE)Region 2 (IRL)South Region (RUS)The final tournament, staged from 1–9 July this year, will bring together the continent's best amateur sides, with few – if any – more impressive than Zagreb, who averaged four goals a game in qua... UEFA.com - News
Gent v Genk, Celta v Celtic: when near namesakes collide
Forgive us in the UEFA.com office if we didn't allow ourselves a little airpunch when Gent emerged in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 draw followed immediately by Genk.Never mind that it is only the second all-Belgian tie in UEFA competition history: the mere verbal similarity of the team names left us feeling the roulette wheel of the draw had thrown up a jackpot. And it is not the first time that has happened – and there are still some other clashes we would like to see. Embrace the assonance. Any we have missed? Let us have your suggestions using