A European record was set in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League group stage when Benfica beat Astana 2-0 at home and drew 2-2 in the return leg in Kazakhstan – the away sides making the longest journeys in the history of UEFA's club competitions, around 6,174km.That record could be broken this season, should Astana – taking on Legia in this week's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round – end up being paired this season with another Portuguese side, Marítimo, whose first challenge of the season is to eliminate Botev Plovdiv in the UEFA Europa League. Marítimo are based on the Island
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Europa League group stage sides’ transfers
Latest moves ...Barry Douglas (Konyaspor to Wolves)Fabio Eguelfi (Inter to Atalanta)Luca Vido (AC Milan to Atalanta)Prince-Désir Gouano (Atalanta to Amiens)Adam Marušić (Oostende to Lazio) Arsenal (ENG)In: Sead Kolašinac (Schalke) Out: Takuma Asano (Stuttgart, loan), Chris Willock (Benfica) Atalanta (ITA)In: Etrit Berisha (Lazio, loan made permanent), Andreas Cornelius (København), Robin Gosens (Heracles Almelo), Nicolas Haas (Luzern), José Luis Palomino (Ludogorets Razgrad), Fabio Eguelfi (Internazionale), Luca Vido (AC Mi... UEFA.com - News
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)
Bale, Gameiro star for Madrid sides as Lewandowski strikes
Round of 16 first legs: Tuesday 21 February• BAYER LEVERKUSEN v ATLÉTICO MADRIDAugsburg 1-3 Leverkusen (Kohr 60; Bellarabi 23, Hernández 40 65)Karim Bellarabi struck the Bundesliga's 50,000th goal – and his first league effort since April – from a cross by Kai Havertz, who also provided the pass for Javier Hernández to score the clincher at the second attempt. The Mexican striker's double on Friday took his tally to five in three games and ten league goals for the season.
How have Scottish clubs fared against English sides?
Scottish fans have cause for alarm as Manchester City visit Celtic for the first time on matchday two, and not just because Josep Guardiola's side have won all of their games this season.The recent history of club matches between English and Scottish teams makes grim reading for fans north of the border. Scotland's representatives are without a win in their last ten encounters with English clubs (D4 L6) since Shunsuke Nakamura's goal at Parkhead earned Celtic a 1-0 victory against Manchester United in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League group stage. However, the overall statistics in the 40 UEFA games between
Report: Broncos, 49ers Don’t Have Deal For Colin Kaepernick; Sides Still Talking
It looks as though the NFL rumor mill got a little ahead of itself on a potential Colin Kaepernick trade. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Saturday that the San Francisco 49ers had agreed in principle to trade the quarterback to the Denver Broncos, but ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio reported that’s not entirely true. A source told Florio on Sunday that talk of a deal being close was overstated because “someone wanted it out there.” The original report stated the Broncos and Kaepernick were trying to work out a way to reduce the signal-caller’s $ 11.9 million base salary, which became guaranteed Friday, and that was the only thing holding the dea...
How the knockout sides fared over the festive period
With 16 of the UEFA Europa League last 32 in action over the Christmas and New Year period, UEFA.com rounds up how they all got on.SUNDAY 3 JANUARYValencia 2-2 Real MadridGranada 2-1 SevillaAthletic 2-2 Las PalmasDeportivo La Coruña 1-2 VillarrealEverton 1-1 Tottenham HotspurPanionios 1-3 OlympiacosCaen 0-0 Marseille (aet, Marseille won 3-1 on pens) (Cup last 64)Raon l'Etape 1-1 St-Étienne (aet, St-Étienne won 4-3 on pens) (Cup last 6...