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
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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
Mar 12, 2024, 04:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The first-ever competition between the best women’s club teams in North and Central American and the Caribbean will begin later this year, Concacaf announced Tuesday. The Cocacaf W Champions Cup follows the inaugural W Gold Cup between the region’s best national teams, which concluded on Sunday
ESPN News Services Mar 12, 2024, 04:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AC Milan‘s offices were raided by police on Tuesday as part of an investigation by Italian prosecutors into the sale of the Serie A giant. RedBird Capital Partners purchased Milan from fellow American firm Elliott Management in August 2022, but Milan prosecutors claim
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
Mar 12, 2024, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United are set to play LaLiga outfit Real Betis in a preseason friendly on July 31 at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium. United spent much of their 2023 preseason tour in San Diego, training at the university’s premises in the city, but this year will be
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 12, 2024, 09:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United midfielder Mason Mount is nearing a comeback after returning to training following four months out with a calf injury. The England star was pictured in training with the squad at Carrington on Tuesday, having not played for United since the 1-0 win
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