There’s something about Messi…and Liverpool found it out last night
May 2 – Rarely if ever has a scoreline been so misleading. But then rarely if ever has a team had a player of the calibre of Lionel Messi.
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Juve are out but Italian battle for Champions League rights is on
April 18 – Mediaset are on the verge of wrestling the free-to-air rights for the Champions League from Italian state broadcaster RAI in a two-year deal with Sky Italia.
Ajax beat the odds and Juventus to reach Champions League semis
April 17 – They began their challenge back in the qualifying rounds when they were 250 to 1 outsiders. But now Ajax of Amsterdam, the pioneers of total football back in the 1970s, are just one round and two matches away from an unlikely place in this season’s Champions League final.
ECA starts talks on revamp of Champions League for 2024
By Andrew Warshaw
March 27 – The head of the umbrella body of Europe’s clubs has confirmed that talks over revamping the Champions League’ beyond 2024 are underway with UEFA but remains tight-lipped over what any future format might look like.
Deja vu all over again for Man Utd and Barca. City and Spurs drawn together
March 15 – A mouth-watering Champions League quarterfinal draw saw Tottenham Hotspur draw the short straw by being paired with Premier League champions Manchester City while Barcelona meet Manchester United in a repeat of the 2009 and 2011 finals both won by the Catalan giants.
Liverpool sweep Bayern aside to make it 4 English teams in Champions League last 8
March 14 – For the first time in 10 seasons, half the Champions League quarterfinalists are from one single country, with the Premier League providing four clubs in Friday’s eagerly awaited draw.
PSG fury as VAR hands stunning Champions League win to a resurgent Man Utd
By Andrew Warshaw
March 7 – When the great and the good of UEFA, accused of being behind the times, finally gave the green light for the video assistant referee system to be used in the knockout stages of their most prestigious competition, they could hardly have anticipated the furore that exploded in Paris and, to a lesser extent, Portugal, on Wednesday night.
Ajax stun Real Madrid to end their Champions League reign
March 6 – As end of eras go, few have been quite as humiliating as that of Real Madrid who spectacularly crashed out of the Champions League on Tuesday having won the trophy for the past three years and four of the last five.
VAR stumbles as UEFA Champions League gets to grips with its new video ref
By Samindra Kunti
February 21 – The newly arrived video refs were in the spotlight once more in the Champions League last night as both the Schalke 04 vs Manchester City and Atletico Madrid vs Juventus matches were punctuated by VAR incidents.
UEFA doubles Champions League media in China with launch on WeChat
February 13 – UEFA has expanded its digital presence in China setting up a new Champions League platform on WeChat – the Chinese multi-purpose messaging and social media app.
Champions League results are more predictable than ever before, says report
February 12 – With UEFA searching for ways to find a greater competitive balance between clubs for its competitions, the latest research report from the CIES Football Observatory shows “a clear trend towards less balance and more predictability.”
Adidas unveils official ball for Madrid Champions League final
January 22 – Adidas have unveiled the ball for the Champions League final to be played at the Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid.
Video refs could debut in Champions League this season
November 21 – UEFA looks set to fast-track the implementation of video assistant referees (VAR) for the knockout stages of this season’s Champions League after growing pressure to fall into line with most of Europe’s domestic leagues and following the system’s success at the World Cup.
Iran’s Persepolis set to break ACL crowd record as final reaches climax in Tehran
November 9 – A new attendance record will be set when of Iran’s Persepolis take on Kashima Antlers from Japan in the second leg of the AFC Champions League Final 2018 at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on Saturday.
UEFA Champions League opened with big games and bigger bets
September 25 – The UEFA Champions League returned to fashion after four months of furtiveness, and with a total of 44 goals in 16 matches guaranteed a spectacle to all football fans around the globe, the betting markets have awakened too.