Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain meet for the third time this seasonParis finished one point ahead of the Spanish side in Group AChristopher Nkunku scored twice as Paris beat Madrid 4-1 at home on 21 OctoberMadrid avenged that result two weeks later with a 2-0 win, Borja Mayoral on targetMadrid's second UEFA Youth League semi (lost to Benfica in 2014) and Paris's first Story so far: Real MadridMadrid's campaign opened impressively with a 4-0 victory over last season's runners-up Shakhtar Donetsk, but back-to-back defeats away t...
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Frankfurt, Wolfsburg, Paris, Lyon into semis
Holders Frankfurt need penalties to set up all-German semi-final with WolfsburgLate Paris goal against Barcelona ensures they face Lyon in last fourFranco-German final guaranteed on 26 May in Reggio EmiliaParis and Wolfsburg can still win both men's and women's titlesTournament statsRoad to the final:Semi-finals (23/24 April & 30 April/1 May)1 Lyon v Paris Saint-Germain2 Wolfsburg v FFC Frankfurt (holders)Final (26 May, Stadio Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia)
Records keep tumbling as Paris prove their class
Paris Saint-Germain sewed up the Ligue 1 title in style on Sunday with a devastating 9-0 victory at Troyes, confirming their stranglehold on the French game with a fourth successive crown, and their most convincing yet. Irrepressible from the start, Paris – and talismanic forward Zlatan Ibrahimović – managed to shatter a number of records along the way, as UEFA.com's Christian Châtelet explains.Records Paris have broken or equalled8: Paris have become the first side to be crowned champions with eight games remaining, beating the benchmark set by Gérard Houllier's Lyon when they crossed the finish line with five matches to go in 2006/07...
Ibrahimović calls on Paris to take ‘the next step’
It was another UEFA Champions League victory over Chelsea but this time it felt more significant than the one 12 months ago, an irresistible sign that this Paris Saint-Germain side could indeed answer the post-match call from Zlatan Ibrahimović and take the next step to greatness.Ibrahimović's challenge to his team-mates after his show-stopping performance on another thrilling west London occasion was to use their 4-2 aggregate win to take them to the next level. "Today we did well, but let's see what happens in the quarter-finals," he said after the Ligue 1 club's 2-1 second-leg triumph. "If we do well there, then it looks good."The Sweden captain believes Laurent Blanc's...
Arsenal, Bayern and Paris held, Benfica go top
SATURDAYSpurs 2-2 Arsenal (Alderweireld 60, Kane 62; Ramsey 39, Alexis Sánchez 76)Third-placed Arsenal lost Francis Coquelin to a second-half red card and then conceded twice in quick succession. The Gunners fought back to avoid a fourth straight defeat, though, and remain three points behind their north London neighbours but are now eight adrift of leaders Leicester.Dortmund 0-0 Bayern Arturo Vidal had a close-range volley kept out superbly by Roman Bürki, while Manuel Neuer twice denied Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as Der Klassiker ended goalless. Having avoided a second successive Bundesliga reverse, Bayern maintai...
Bayern, Arsenal, City beaten; Juventus, Paris win
Bayern 1-2 Mainz (Robben 64; Samperio 26, Córdoba 86)Bayern suffered their first home defeat of the season, and their first loss in 13 matches in all competitions. Arjen Robben's second goal in three games was not enough to prevent a reverse that left Josep Guardiola's side five points clear of second-placed Dortmund. Bayern had won all of their previous 15 home games this season.Internazionale Milano 3-0 Juventus (Brozović 16 82pen, Perišić 49) (aet, Juve win 5-3 on penalties)Holders Juve looked certain to reach another Coppa Italia final when they beat Inter 3-0 in the home leg of their semi-final on 27 January, but they were under ...
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...