Month: October 2023

Oct 25, 2023, 06:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Newcastle United‘s first defeat of their Champions League return could prove an expensive one with injuries adding to manager Eddie Howe’s frustrations after a 1-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund at a rainy St James’ Park on Wednesday. Defeat means Newcastle face a fight to progress from
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ESPN News Services Oct 25, 2023, 06:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions U.S. men’s national team star Christian Pulisic has backed AC Milan to come good in the Champions League despite a 3-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday that left the Italian giants bottom of Group F. Milan have just two points from their
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 25, 2023, 05:48 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions PARIS — They’ve spent millions over the past couple of seasons, had superstars come and
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Erling Haaland ended his goal drought with a brace while Manuel Akanji scored on his return to his homeland as reigning champions Manchester City all but secured their spot in the knockout stage of the Champions League with a 3-1 win over Swiss side Young Boys on Wednesday. Pep Guardiola’s side maintained their 100% record
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Oct 25, 2023, 06:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Gerard Piqué has told ESPN that former Barcelona defender Rafa Márquez is ready to coach the Catalan club after impressing with the club’s B team. Márquez, who won 147 caps for Mexico as a player, took over as manager of Barça’s reserve
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Oct 24, 2023, 11:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Major League Soccer regular season? It’s over. Decision Day? Come and gone. That leaves the MLS Cup playoffs, which kick off Wednesday with the wild-card round. The wild card sees the eighth and ninth seeds in each of the Eastern and Western conferences square off
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Adriana Garcia Oct 25, 2023, 05:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions AS Roma have been fined €10,000 by Serie A after their ball boys purposely slowed down Sunday’s league game against Monza. Jose Mourinho’s side secured a dramatic 1-0 win over Monza thanks to Stephan El Shaarawy‘s winner in the 90th minute. – Stream on
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Associated Press Oct 24, 2023, 04:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City have changed their usual preparations for an away game in the Champions League ahead of a meeting with Young Boys on the Swiss team’s artificial pitch at its Wankdorf Stadium. City do not normally take up the option available to the team
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a spectacular double as Al-Nassr stayed perfect in the Asian Champions League on Tuesday, the Saudi Pro League outfit getting a 4-3 win in Riyadh over Al Duhail from Qatar to move on to nine points from three games in Group E. The former Manchester United and Real Madrid forward set up Anderson
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ESPN News Services Oct 24, 2023, 07:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said star midfielder Jude Bellingham is “OK” after being substituted in the 89th minute of their 2-1 Champions League win at Braga on Tuesday night. Bellingham scored Madrid’s second goal of the night to help seal a win
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Open Extended Reactions Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has admitted he fears Gabriel Jesus may have suffered another injury setback after he limped out of Tuesday’s Champions League win at Sevilla. The Brazilian striker assisted Gabriel Martinelli‘s opening goal on the stroke or half-time and scored a superb second himself eight minutes into the second half
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 24, 2023, 08:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag branded Manchester United‘s 1-0 win over FC Copenhagen as a “narrow escape” after André Onana‘s stoppage time penalty save earned a first Champions League victory — and the team’s first points in Europe — of the season. United got off the
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Harry Maguire headed a second-half goal and goalkeeper Andre Onana saved a penalty deep in stoppage time to power Manchester United to a 1-0 victory over FC Copenhagen on Tuesday for their first points in the Champions League this season. Back in the competition after a one-year absence, Erik ten Hag’s side moved into third
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Bayern Munich soaked up intense pressure from Galatasaray for more than 70 minutes before striking twice to carve out a 3-1 victory on Tuesday that kept them firmly top of their Champions League Group A. With the victory, Bayern extended their record win streak in the Champions League group stage to 16 games. The German
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