2023 was marked by outstanding sporting achievements, shattered records, and the crowning of new champions, all captured by photographers documenting every significant twist and turn.
'I think that the only thing that we lacked was to convert the chances. We were good in the high press. After going behind, we generated 20 chances and six or seven were very clear.'
Chelsea came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 3-1 thanks to added time goals from Conor Gallagher and Enzo Fernandez.
IMAGES from soccer matches played on Monday.
IMAGRS from the soccer matches played across European leagues on Friday
Union Berlin's Paul Jaeckel scored a 76th-minute winner to give his team a 1-0 victory at VfB Stuttgart on Sunday and send them two points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.
Juventus have been deducted 15 points for the current season by an Italian soccer court investigating its transfer dealings.
Bayer Leverkusen beat Freiburg 3-2 to edge closer to a first ever Bundesliga title.
Karim Benzema scored twice in the final few minutes to give Real Madrid a 3-1 win at Espanyol, while Barcelona breezed past Real Valladolid with a comfortable 4-0 LaLiga victory.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Barcelona were held 1-1 at home by Napoli in the first leg of their Europa League knockout stage playoff
However, the EFL, which manages the three divisions below the Premier League, said that matches will return as scheduled from Tuesday while the Premier League resumes this weekend.
Bento said the 30-year-old, who was injured midway through Tottenham Hotspur's Champions League match at Olympique de Marseille this month, joined the squad only in recent days.
Roundup of the Champions League matches played on Wednesday night
Yokohama beat Shandong to book Asian Champions League last 16 berth
IMAGES from the football matches played across Europe on Sunday.
Luka Modric has signed a one-year contract extension with Real Madrid
Now only Inter stand in the way of a treble that would match Manchester United's still unique feat of 1999.
Real have not lost any of their last six games against Liverpool in the Champions League
PSG's Champions League tie with Newcastle is like a final, says Luis Enrique
AC Milan said coach Stefano Pioli is showing no symptoms, is in quarantine at home and that Saturday's training session had been cancelled.
A summary of Thursday's matches in the Europa League.
Later on Monday, Lukaku's brace helped Inter to a win over Napoli, taking them atop the standings on goal difference from Juventus.
Hundreds of blue and white Napoli scarves were tied to railings outside the stadium, and flowers, childrens' pictures, church candles and even a bottle of wine were laid out along the pavement in a rapidly expanding, makeshift shrine.
The Champions League will resume in August after being halted in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic with a 'Final Eight' tournament being held in Lisbon after the remaining second-leg games from the last 16 ties are decided.
Precisely how many time Pele hit the net is a matter of debate, with most statisticians agreeing the number is between 1,281 and 1,283.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Images from the football matches played on Tuesday.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
A Christian Panucci goal gave 10-man AS Roma a 2-1 home win over strugglers Empoli on Saturday, cutting Inter Milan's lead in Serie A to four points before the champions take on Juventus.
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis said on Wednesday that the English Premier League side are close to securing a deal for former Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri to replace Conte.
News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
"We wanted to commemorate the great player he was, he's a legend of Senegalese football, he made me dream and he made all of us dream so we could not mess it up on the anniversary of his death."
Paris St Germain suffered their first defeat of the season when they were beaten 2-0 at Stade Rennais on Sunday to drop their first Ligue 1 points of the season.
He also finished the season five goals clear of the next leading scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus.
The cases made on both sides came with a host of subtexts: the Argentine versus the Brazilian, the man of the people versus the establishment figure, the party animal versus the quiet man, and the rebel versus the conformist.
A summary of Sunday's action in Serie A and La Liga.
Napoli brush aside lowly Crotone to go third in Serie A.
Lionel Messi led Barcelona to a 3-1 win at home to Napoli for a 4-2 aggregate victory which took the club into the Champions League quarter-finals, where they face Bayern Munich.
