Royal Antwerp won a first Champions League game on Wednesday with a surprise 3-2 home victory over Barcelona, securing their first points in Group H although it was not enough for them continue in this season’s European club competition. Teenager Arthur Vermeeren had Antwerp ahead after 90 seconds but Barcelona equalised 10 minutes before halftime
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Manchester City academy graduate Micah Hamilton scored on his senior debut as they stretched their unbeaten run in Europe to 20 games with a 3-2 Champions League victory over Red Star Belgrade in their group stage finale on Wednesday. Oscar Bobb also netted his first goal for the senior side and Kalvin Phillips scored from
Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCDec 13, 2023, 08:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Say the name Bebé to a football fan, and there’s a good chance they’ll know exactly who you’re talking about. He’s the forward manager Sir Alex Ferguson signed for Manchester United in 2010 without ever having seen him play, not even on video.
Dec 13, 2023, 03:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Referees body (PGMOL) chief Howard Webb said the official in charge of Manchester City‘s 3-3 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Dec. 3 made a mistake by not allowing play to continue after a foul on Erling Haaland. With the game deep in stoppage time, City’s Jack
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Dec 13, 2023, 07:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona president Joan Laporta did not force coach Xavi Hernández to make changes to the squad for Wednesday’s Champions League fixture against Antwerp, sources have told ESPN. Barça announced Monday that Ronald Araújo, Robert Lewandowski and Ilkay Gündogan would not travel to
Dec 13, 2023, 08:03 AM ET Turkey’s top league will resume play on Tuesday next week following a one-week suspension due to an on-field attack by a club president on a referee, who emerged from hospital on Wednesday with a swollen eye. On Monday evening at the end of a Super Lig match, Ankaragucu club
Dec 13, 2023, 05:33 AM ET Chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee Pierluigi Collina has reinforced his statement that abuse of officials is a “cancer” on football, after Turkish referee Halil Umut Mele was punched in the face by Ankaragucu’s president Faruk Koca. Ankaragucu conceded a 97th minute equaliser in their Super Lig clash against
Open Extended Reactions Will Still has impressed since taking over at Reims last season. Photo by ANP via Getty Images Sunderland are in talks with Reims coach Will Still in an attempt to persuade the highly rated 31-year-old to quit the Ligue 1 club and take charge of the EFL Championship team, sources have told ESPN.
Manchester United‘s slim chance of a Champions League round of 16 spot ended with a 1-0 defeat by group winners Bayern Munich at Old Trafford on Tuesday, piling more misery on Erik ten Hag’s beleagured team in an already rocky season. The three-time European champions needed both to beat Bayern in their group stage finale
ESPN News Services Dec 12, 2023, 04:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PSV Eindhoven coach Peter Bosz said the play of United States attacker Malik Tillman was “almost scary” as his side held on to a 1-1 draw with Arsenal to close out Champions League Group B play on Tuesday. Tillman, who plays with PSV