Third-division Saarbrucken scored a stoppage-time winner to stun Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1 on Tuesday and reach the German Cup semifinals. The hosts, who came back from a goal down against the Bundesliga club, had also eliminated Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt in earlier rounds of the competition. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) The
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Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Arsenal‘s round-of-16 curse in the Champions League is finally broken. It required a penalty shootout at the end of a gruelling 120 minutes — in which FC Porto tested the Gunners’ patience in almost every conceivable way — but they’ve reached the quarterfinals for the first time since 2010. As
Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentMar 12, 2024, 07:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BARCELONA — The last time Barcelona reached a Champions League quarterfinal, Lionel Messi still played for the club and the world was in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the four years since, there has been just one appearance in the round-of-16,
Open Extended Reactions Porto coach Sergio Conceicao accused Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta of insulting his family during Arsenal‘s shootout win over the Portuguese side that booked their place in the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time since 2010. Asked to elaborate on what had happened, Conceicao said through a UEFA interpreter: “During the game
Arsenal survived a penalty shootout to scrape past Porto and reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time in 14 years after a tense last-16 duel had ended 1-1 on aggregate on Tuesday. The hosts coolly converted their first four penalties with Porto’s Wendell hitting the post before David Raya saved Galeno‘s
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Mar 12, 2024, 08:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Xavi Hernández hit out at critics who he says called Barcelona the joke of the Champions League after leading the Catalan side into the quarterfinals of the competition for the first time since 2020. Fermín López, João Cancelo and Robert Lewandowski were
Mar 12, 2024, 05:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Al Hilal have broken the world record for consecutive wins after beating rivals Al Ittihad in the AFC Champions League for their 28th victory in a row. The Saudi Pro League team beat Karim Benzema‘s Al Ittihad 2-0 to surpass the 27 straight wins managed by
Open Extended Reactions UEFA has been forced to almost completely computerise the UEFA Champions League draw from next season as a result of its new format. The competition is being expanded to 36 teams from 2024-25, with all teams in one league table. Each club will play eight games, four at home and four away
Associated Press Mar 12, 2024, 08:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis could face a heavy fine from UEFA after he pushed a cameraman in an ongoing spat with Italian media. The incident occurred when Napoli forward Matteo Politano was giving an interview to Italian television station Sky Sport at the
Mar 12, 2024, 12:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cameroon have suspended a player they took to the Africa Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast earlier this year for allegedly falsifying his name and date of birth, which could see them face a future ban from the tournament. The Cameroon federation, FECAFOOT, on Monday