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Pepe has blasted the Liga club's fans as "unenthusiastic", contrasting the hushed atmosphere of the Santiago Bernabeu stadium with the cauldron of noise he is now exposed to with Turkish champions Besiktas.
Klopp has led Liverpool to back-to-back Champions League finals but is adamant that their impressive recent track record does not make them the title favourites.
Germans started adjusting to a new world on Thursday, brushing off any notion that a shock humiliation in the soccer World Cup
Champions Bayern Munich eased past hosts Fortuna Duesseldorf 4-1 on Sunday with winger Kingsley Coman scoring twice, to go a point clear at the top of the Bundesliga.
IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Wednesday.
The Netherlands finished second after a goalless draw with the South Americans.
A round-up of Saturday's matches in Ligue 1, Serie A and Bundesliga.
Juventus progressed to the Champions League last 16 after a Cristiano Ronaldo goal and a late header from substitute Alvaro Morata gave them a comeback 2-1 home win over Hungarians Ferencvaros on Tuesday.
The Argentine said his grandfather insisted on kicking with both legs, a skill that saw him net the match-winning goal against Mexcio
France's goalkeeper urged his team mates not to let their heads drop after two draws left the 1998 champions in danger of another early World Cup exit.
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The World champions beat the host nation 3-2 to enter the Confederations Cup final.
Fans are already contemplating their team's prospects after the draw for the opening round of the 32-team tournament.
The ball for the 2006 World Cup finals will be largely in traditional black and white for the first time since 1994.
FIFA's World Cup Organising Committee will decide on Tuesday the seedings for the 32 finalists involved in next year's tournament in Germany.
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A round-up of Saturday's football action in La Liga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1.
London has been accepted as a candidate to stage the 2012 Summer Olympics, along with Paris, New York, Moscow, and Madrid.
Lionel Messi was in inspired form as champions Barcelona hammered Celta Vigo 5-0 on Saturday, recording a fourth straight league victory which keeps them top of La Liga after Real Madrid had put the pressure on the Catalans with a 4-1 win at Eibar.
Real Madrid's La Liga title bid took a dent after Zinedine Zidane's leaders were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Celta Vigo on Sunday, denied all three points by a late strike from Santi Mina. Lazio mounted a superb second-half comeback at the Olympic Stadium to beat Inter Milan 2-1 and move above Antonio Conte's side into second place in Serie A on Sunday.
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Cristiano Ronaldo helped Juventus continue their unbeaten start to the Serie A season with a comfortable 2-0 home victory over struggling SPAL on Saturday.
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Real Madrid's teenage Brazilian duo Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo Goes sent them top of La Liga as both scored in a 2-0 win over Osasuna on Wednesday.
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The 22-year-old Moscovite beat Amelie Mauresmo in the final.
New York, Madrid, Havana, Leipzig and London are already in the race.
Dortmund's Mario Goetze has suffered with muscular problems in recent months, prompting a comprehensive internal investigation into the possible causes, the club said on Monday.
Five talking-points from the Premier League weekend after Manchester City suffered a shock home loss to Crystal Palace, meaning that Liverpool stayed four points clear at the top following their win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Leaders Manchester City kept up their unbeaten run with a 3-1 win over Bournemouth on Saturday. Manchester United salvaged a 2-2 draw at Southampton, who sacked manager Mark Hughes on Monday.
An Indian student's internship request was rejected by a professor in Germany citing 'rape problem' in India
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