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
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Rome unveils UEFA EURO 2020 host city logo
The "joy, passion and beauty" of football shone brightly as Rome unveiled its host city logo for UEFA EURO 2020 on Thursday.The impressive Sala delle Armi at the Foro Italico sports complex hosted the ceremony – close to the Italian capital's Stadio Olimpico, the setting for three group stage matches and one quarter-final in four years' time.UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin was present, relishing what he called Rome's "beauty and rich history", and promising that UEFA EURO 2020 – to be played in 13 European cities – will be an "unforgettable experience".Rome is the second city to reveal its UEFA EURO 2020 host city logo, following the event i... UEFA.com
Classic Europa League and UEFA Cup comebacks
Zenit made headlines on Thursday by fighting back from 3-0 down to secure a sensational 4-3 victory at Maccabi Tel-Aviv in their opening game of this season's UEFA Europa League. Like so many epic comebacks, the Russian side completed their win with a dramatic added-time clincher, Luka Djordjević heading in to leave the home fans bewildered.He also added Zenit's name to a long list of teams who have defied daunting deficits in the UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup – and UEFA.com now looks back at some of the most memorable. Shelbourne 3-5 Rangers, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg, 22
UEFA EURO 2016 website up for Lovie Awards
The official UEFA EURO 2016 website has been nominated for two categories in the sixth Annual Lovie Awards:If you have a minute then please vote via the links above – preferably for us. Voting closes on 22 September, with the winners announced on 27 September. There were over 300 million visits to EURO2016.com and the official apps during the tournament, generating 1.5 billion page impressions between the eve of the tournament on 9 June and the day after the final on 11 July – almost four times the levels reached during UEFA EURO 2012.Another section of the site, UEFA EURO 2016 Fantasy
Dortmund six-shooters wreck Legia’s comeback
Borussia Dortmund made an emphatic statement of intent in UEFA Champions League Group F by putting six unanswered goals past Legia Warszawa.The Polish champions are back on European club football's greatest stage for the first time since 1995/96 having negotiated three qualifying rounds. However, Besnik Hasi's side may not yet feel like they belong there, after conceding three goals inside 17 minutes on their comeback appearance. First Mario Götze nodded Ousmane Dembele's left-wing cross past Arkadiusz Malarz. Then, from one Raphaël Guerreiro free-kick, Sokratis Papastathopoulos headed the second; and follo... UEFA.com - News
The best ever coaches: Johan Cruyff
The evidence• Followed up a glittering playing career by capturing two Dutch Cups and the 1986/87 European Cup Winners' Cup with Ajax in his first coaching post.• Remains the only Liga manager to win four successive titles, as Barcelona utterly dominated the Liga from 1990/91 to 1993/94. • Led Barcelona to their first European Cup success in 1991/92, setting the template for future triumphs under Frank Rijkaard, Josep Guardiola and Luis EnriqueThe expert testimony"Johan Cruyff painted the chapel; Barcelona coaches since merely restore or improve it. He h... UEFA.com - News
Spurs and Monaco meet again in Wembley bow
Wembley is the venue for Tottenham Hotspur FC's return to the UEFA Champions League as they host Group F rivals AS Monaco FC – a team they faced in the UEFA Europa League only last season.Previous meetings• Tottenham eliminated Monaco from last season's UEFA Europa League when beating them 4-1 at White Hart Lane in their final game of the group stage last December. Erik Lamela hit a first-half hat-trick and though Stephan El Shaarawy scored for Monaco, Tom Carroll added a fourth goal for group winners Spurs. • The lineups on 10 December 2015 were:Tottenham: Llo... UEFA.com - News