Champions league

2023 - 2 - 13

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PSG's most embarrassing Champions League exits ranked: From La ... (Goal.com)

Paris Saint-Germain have developed a reputation for Champions League collapses in recent years, but which will have hurt the most?

Instead, they've developed something of a penchant for failing in the most dramatic way possible. When they weren't solid defensively, they hired the pragmatic Thomas Tuchel. But no matter how much money the French club invests, they can never seem to win the Champions League.

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Champions League Overcrowding Was a 'Near Miss' for UEFA (The New York Times)

Independent investigators concluded it was only a “matter of chance” that the dangerous scenes at last year's Liverpool-Real Madrid final did not lead to ...

It said UEFA’s president, Aleksander Ceferin, was asked to make a call on delaying the kickoff even though he had not been in the match control room or in contact with security officials; he had been in a meeting with the King of Spain in a V.I.P. “Unfortunately, the enthusiasm around the game rapidly turned into a real ‘near miss’ which was harmful to a significant number of fans from both clubs,” the report said. The report raised new concerns about security preparations for next year’s Summer Olympics in Paris, with its authors describing events around the Champions League final as a “wake-up call” for Olympic organizers. That no lives were lost in the crushes outside the stadium gates, the investigators’ harshly critical report concluded, was only “a matter of chance.” Dangerous bottlenecks, packed entrances and ramps, and tear gas employed by the police — sometimes sprayed indiscriminately at groups of supporters that included children and disabled fans — added to the chaos. The investigation involved hundreds of interviews and the analysis of footage, including many hours of video shot by supporters caught up in the crushes as they tried to enter the stadium.

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UEFA 'responsible' for Paris Champions League final chaos: report (The Sun Daily)

PARIS: UEFA itself bears “primary responsibility” for failures which “almost led to disaster” at the 2022 Champions League final in Paris between Live...

“In particular, I would like to apologise to the supporters of Liverpool FC.... “It’s been over eight months of work by the independent panel and it is only right and proper to publish the contents of the report to our supporters appropriately,“ a Liverpool statement said. The report also claimed the policing model was influenced by a view of Liverpool based on the deadly 1989 Hillsborough disaster on incorrect assumptions that the city's supporters were a threat to public order.

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UEFA Champions League: A look at all eight Round of 16 ties (Playing for 90)

Another first-time clash in a UEFA club competition, Borussia Dortmund will face Chelsea in their last 16 clash. The Germans have been steady throughout the ...

They have been ruthless this season, and I think that will be the difference here. Die Adler was the only team in this season’s Champions League to partake in the competition for the first time in the the UCL era. Fighting for a UCL spot in the Bundesliga, Frankfurt will be motivated for their meeting with Napoli. They are the only side left in the Champions League to have played in the qualifying rounds. This time around, the Italians have to be considered favourites. Goals are not hard to come by for Napoli, who have already scored 76 times at the time of writing. Even qualifying for the Champions League via the league for next year is looking unfavourable for Jürgen Klopp’s men. [going on another spending spree in January](https://playingfor90.com/2023/01/11/chelsea-land-joao-felix-loan/), the Blues have won just once this calendar year (1-4-3). Chelsea has more to lose here, as it is looking increasingly likely that a third Champions League triumph is the Blues’ only way back to the tournament next season. Despite both teams being regulars in Europe, this is the first time Club Brugge and Benfica will meet in UEFA club competition. For that, I will have to go with the Parisians in this one. In what promises to be a highly entertaining two legs, it is difficult to say who will progress from this one.

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Uefa responsible for Champions League final chaos (Free Malaysia Today)

The European football body had blamed the mayhem on ticket fraud.

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Champions League Round of 16 overview: favourites, teams, games (AS English)

Liverpool vs Real Madrid · PSG-Bayern · Milan-Tottenham · Bruges-Benfica · Dortmund vs Chelsea · Eintracht Frankfurt-Napoli · RB Leipzig vs Manchester City · Porto- ...

The Mancunian’s have still yet to win the competition despite having qualified for the competition in the past 12 seasons. Despite a slow climb up the Bundesliga table to their current sixth position, Eintracht are one of the weaker sides in the last 16 of the competition with Kolo Muani the great threat for the 2022 Europa League champions. FC Porto have won nine straight matches and have just conceded three goals since the start of December and haven’t lost since 21 October and they’re just five points off first place but will struggle against the Serie A giants. The Champions League offers the only hope of silverware for ‘Blues’ fans this season as the side still languish in midtable. Tottenham remain a hit-miss side under Antonio Conte and go from the high of beating Manchester City to a humbling defeat at Leicester with the 4-1 scoreline being the Italian coach’s most humbling in his time in english football. UEFA regulations only allow registering three new players per team so Graham Potter opted for Enzo Fernández, Mudryk and João Félix from the plethora of new acquisitions to join the London side over the winter transfer window. Possibly the most one-sided tie in the round with City highly fancied to progress. By contrast, PSG come into the clash on the back of losing in the French Cup against Marseille and in Ligue 1 last weekend against Monaco. [ Liverpool ](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/)face Real Madrid in a repeat of the Paris final from May where a sole Vinicius Jr. Despte last week’s elimination in the Portuguese cup, The winter break has not been good for Milan as Despite trailing Barcelona by 11 points in LaLiga, Ancelotti’s men come into the tie on the back of more silverware as they bagged the 2022 Club World Cup last weekend in Rabat.

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What went wrong at Champions League final in Paris - Liverpool FC ... (Liverpool FC)

Liverpool FC welcomes the Report into the chaos at the UEFA Champions League final in Paris which fully vindicates Liverpool fans while finding UEFA ...

Our thoughts go out to all our fans who have suffered as a result of Paris and we would remind them of the mental health support we put in place in the days following the disaster that was the UEFA Champions League final in Paris. We knew that it was critical to understand why both Liverpool and Real Madrid supporters found ourselves in the situation where supporters’ safety was put at risk. We also called on UEFA to launch a full independent and transparent investigation, in order to establish the facts.

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Liverpool call on UEFA to enact safety recommendations after ... (sportsmax.tv)

Liverpool urged UEFA to heed the report on Tuesday, saying: "Liverpool FC welcomes the report into the chaos at the UEFA Champions League final in Paris, which ...

Even after a couple of bad games, it is not a problem because eventually they always find a way to be successful. You always have to be on the same page with the board, the manager and the squad. "It will be a very interesting fixture that can be decided by a small detail like a set piece or a corner. "For example a couple of months ago we were all praising Milan's spirit and [head coach, Stefano] Pioli, underlining how that club has understood how to build a great team and now they are in a trough. "For Tottenham he is very important, he can energise the team, keep the spirit up in the changing rooms. "This game v Tottenham is 50-50, especially because Antonio Conte knows everything on Serie A and Milan, so that gives him the edge."

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UEFA and France to Blame for Champions League Final Chaos ... (Bloomberg)

European football governing body UEFA and French authorities are to blame for the chaos that delayed the start of last year's Champions League final between ...

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Soccer-Liverpool welcome UEFA report on Champions League final ... (The Star Online)

(Reuters) -Liverpool welcomed a review into the 2022 Champions League final which said organisers UEFA were responsible for the chaos before the game, ...

"... "The evidence-based panel report also found that there was 'a clear and immediate danger of a fatal crush' and that the action of Liverpool supporters saved lives." "(The report) fully vindicates Liverpool fans while finding UEFA primarily responsible for organisational failings, absence of overall control or oversight of safety and security, poor planning and lack of contingency plans," Liverpool said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Pioli hoping for Milan revival on return to Champions League ... (The Sun Daily)

MILAN: Stefano Pioli is hoping that AC Milan have pulled out of their damaging downward spiral as his team prepare for their first Champions League kn...

He has credit in the bank with Milan as he has dealt with losing big players like Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and Franck Kessie as free agents in consecutive seasons without kicking up a fuss and taken Milan to the Champions League last 16 for the first time since 2014. Pioli said that Friday’s win should be looked at as a “rebirth” as it ended a run which had left fifth-placed Milan not only miles behind runaway league leaders Napoli but also in a real fight for a place in next season’s Champions League. The San Siro breathed a heavy sigh of relief on Friday night when Olivier Giroud headed Milan to a 1-0 win over Torino and coach Pioli wants that tight victory to be the turning point after two Milan derby defeats and heavy league losses to Lazio and Sassuolo in just over a fortnight.

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Champions League: previews and predictions for the games this week (The Guardian)

Team news and form guides for Milan v Spurs, PSG v Bayern, Brugge v Benfica and Borussia Dortmund v Chelsea.

Graham Potter has overseen just one win in their last eight matches, and they have not won away from home since they beat Salzburg at the end of October. They have scored 17 goals in those six matches and sit just three points behind league leaders Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. His last appearance in the Champions League as a player was also against a Portuguese side, when he turned out for Chelsea against Porto in 2004. [Chelsea](https://www.theguardian.com/football/chelsea), so expect him to start alongside Florentino. [Club Brugge](https://www.theguardian.com/football/clubbrugge) manager on New Year’s Eve and will take charge of a Champions League game for the first time when his side play Benfica on Wednesday. Their lead in the league has been cut to five points, but the club’s real dream is to win the Champions League. They are unbeaten in their last 19 games – and have scored 11 goals in their last three matches. These two met in the Champions League two seasons ago, when PSG knocked out Bayern in the quarter-finals on away goals. Rodrigo Bentancur sustained a knee injury at the King Power Stadium and [is out for the rest of the season](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/12/rodrigo-bentancur-tottenham-out-for-rest-of-season-injury), while fellow central midfielders Yves Bissouma and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg are absent due to injury and suspension, respectively. Goalkeeper Yann Sommer and João Cancelo are likely to play their first Champions League matches for Bayern in Paris. They have also struggled against Antonio Conte’s sides in the past, with the Spurs boss winning eight of his last nine games against Milan. Eric Dier may move into midfield alongside Oliver Skipp, with Clément Lenglet starting in the heart of a three-man backline with Ben Davies and the returning Cristian Romero.

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Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Tottenham all in action ... (Daily Mail)

The knockout stages of Europe's premier club competition is among the most exciting in world football and after a 104-day break, the Champions League is ...

It feels like one great performance is followed by two bad and it's hard to generate momentum playing that sort of football. After all, he did win his most recent trip to Anfield, in a 2-0 triumph as Everton boss in February 2021. He is one of only four players in Europe's top five leagues to have already surpassed 20 goals this season. They go in as firm favourites. Guardiola will hope their previous trip to Leipzig - a 2-1 defeat in 2021 - serves as a warning of the danger the Germans can pose if underestimated. These two have come to know each other pretty well. This is Liverpool at Anfield in the Champions League though, and form thus feels somewhat irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. This is incredibly close to call - but with the Westfalenstadion one of the best atmospheres in European football, Dortmund will believe they can get the edge over the Blues. But whatever happens, this will be history for Parker as he is set to become the third English manager to take charge of a non-English team in the UEFA Champions League. Benfica, who sit top of the Portuguese league, are unbeaten in their last six league games and are also seven unbeaten in the Champions League. Milan have fallen at the last-16 hurdle in five of their last six Champions League appearances, and they haven't beaten Tottenham in any of their four meetings to date. AC Milan have won once in their last six games and are there for Spurs to get at in the first leg

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