European champions Manchester United will probably have to rely on more than another winning goal from teenager Federico Macheda to eliminate Porto from the Champions League on Wednesday. Macheda, 17, came on as a substitute in the last two Premier League matches to score crucial winners against Aston Villa and Sunderland.
The strip made a memorable debut in the 7-0 thrashing of Maribor in the Champions League group stage, marking Liverpool's biggest ever away win in European competition.
Holders Porto will face Premier League leaders Manchester City while former European champions Ajax Amsterdam will meet Manchester United in two glittering Europa League Round-of-32 ties following Friday's draw.
The Chelsea manager said he received death threats before the Champions League final won by his Porto side last May.
Porto grabbed a 1-0 home win over Boavista to consolidate their position on top of the Portuguese Premier League.
Porto deservedly beat Braga 1-0 to win the Europa League after a superb header by Colombian striker Falcao decided the first all-Portuguese final of a European competition on Wednesday.
Porto beat an under-strength Arsenal side 2-0 on Wednesday to clinch top spot in Group G of the Champions League. With the two teams already guaranteed a place in the first knockout round, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, in his 700th game in charge of the London side, rested several first choice players and chose to field young reserves instead.
Real Madrid failed to win their Champions League group for the first time in four years when a late goal by substitute Marco Reus allowed Borussia Dortmund to equalise and clinch a 2-2 draw.
Substitute Fredy Guarin gave former European champions Porto a late 2-1 Europa League win at Sevilla on Thursday while their old rivals Benfica beat VfB Stuttgart by the same score.
The duo are young young, articulate, and have shown themselves to be shrewd tacticians and expert motivators in leading two comparatively modest teams to the final
IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
Holders Porto crashed out of the Europa League after a 4-0 thumping at Manchester City completed a 6-1 aggregate win for the English Premier League leaders on Wednesday.
Manchester City and Arsenal closed in on Premier League leaders Liverpool with contrasting victories on Saturday as Manchester United's bubble was burst by Fulham.
Erling Haaland became the third player in Champions League history to score five goals in a game as he led Manchester City to an unrelenting 7-0 rout of RB Leipzig in the second leg of their last-16 tie.
Pep Guardiola suffered a minor wardrobe malfunction.
Bayern Munich carved out a 1-0 win at CSKA Moscow on Tuesday thanks to Thomas Mueller's first-half penalty in the strangely muted atmosphere of a cold, damp and deserted Khimki Arena.
Holders Manchester City will take on RB Leipzig, Red Star Belgrade and Young Boys in Group G.
Edinson Cavani scored early for Paris St Germain but a series of wasted chances came back to haunt them as Ajax Amsterdam equalised late to deny the French a winning start on the road in a 1-1 draw in Champions League Group F on Wednesday.
One Brazilian fan could not think of a more deserving recipient of his worldly goods than Neymar Jr!
Now only Inter stand in the way of a treble that would match Manchester United's still unique feat of 1999.
France winger Franck Ribery is highly unlikely to recover from an ankle injury in time to feature for Bayern Munich in the Champions League fixture against Porto, coach Pep Guardiola said on the eve of the match on Monday.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Barcelona will face a struggling Galatasaray team who are 13th in the Turkish top-flight.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
In the days leading up to final between Chelsea and Manchester City, big crowds of English fans, who were largely maskless and did not socially distance, took over Porto's streets
Christian Atsu has been found dead under the building where he lived in southern Turkey
Brazil lived up to expectations by smashing Bolivia 5-1 at home in their 2026 World Cup qualifiers opener on Friday.
Some 16,500 fans were allowed into the stadium but many others travelled to the Portuguese city of Porto to support their teams from the sidelines.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Roundup of Champions League matches played on Wednesday night
A second-half goal by forward Lautaro Martinez earned Inter Milan a 1-0 victory over rivals AC Milan in their Champions League semi-final second leg.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday night.
Images from the football matches played on Tuesday.
Casillas was married to sports journalist Sara Carbonero for five years before their separation in March 2021. The couple has two sons.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Real have not lost any of their last six games against Liverpool in the Champions League
Manchester City clinched the Champions League title to seal their treble in a sensational season.
Portugal coach Fernando Santos has been boosted by news that key midfielder Otavio should be fully fit and ready to play in their World Cup last-16 match against Switzerland on Tuesday.
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