This is Manuel Pellegrini's ninth European campaign and whether Manchester City win or lose against Real Madrid on Wednesday, his impressive record in continental competition continues.The 62-year-old has never failed to lead his side through to the knockout rounds. That is perhaps par for the course at Real Madrid, whom he guided to the last 16 in 2009/10, but not for Villarreal and Málaga, nor necessarily for Manchester City.In the UEFA Champions League his record is seven out of seven, with this season's run to the last four matching his personal best set at Villarreal on that club's competition debut in 2005/06. Pellegrini admits the pain of their semi-final defeat, whe...
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Atlético and Bayern beat fellow European hopefuls
SATURDAYReal Madrid 0-1 Atlético Madrid (Griezmann 53)Atlético became the first side in Liga history to claim three successive wins at the Santiago Bernabéu and dealt a major blow to Real Madrid's title hopes in the process. Antoine Griezmann notched the decisive strike – his first in six league outings – as the second-placed visitors moved to within five points of the leaders. Zinédine Zidane's third-placed side now trail Barcelona, who have a game in hand on the capital sides, by nine points with 12 games to go.Wolfsburg 0-2 Bayern (Coman 66, Lewandowski 74)Franck Ribé...
John Terry’s memorable European moments
With John Terry having announced that he is set to leave Chelsea at the end of the season, UEFA.com looks back at five of the Blues' captains most memorable nights in Europe. "It's not going to be a fairy-tale ending," said the 35-year-old, whose contract is not due to be renewed in the summer, but the Chelsea youth product has undoubtedly left a major mark during his 18 years at Stamford Bridge.Vålerenga 2-3 Chelsea: 1998/99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals, second legAged 18, Terry made his UEFA club competition debut alongside Michael Duberry in defence as holders Chelsea reached the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals. The youngster played his part in t...
Fastest white guy in the World – Lemaitre wins European 100m Gold
Dwain Chambers missed out on a medal as Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre won the European Championships 100m, with Mark Lewis-Francis taking silver.Chambers was joint-favourite for gold but after making a fast start he tied up towards the end and finished fifth. Lemaitre, 20, crossed the line in 10.11 seconds, 0.07s ahead of Lewis-Francis and Frenchman Martial Mbandjock.