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Champions League Semi Finals 2nd leg Recap (2025/26)

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             Full Results (Semi Finals 2nd leg) Bayern 1—1 PSG  Arsenal 1—0 Atletico Madrid Game of the Matchday Bayern  1 –1 PSG After their insane 9-goal thriller in Paris, this match-up once again was the best match of the matchday. Although it was never really going to match the madness from the first leg, the standard and quality was always going to be high. Luis Enrique's PSG hit the jackpot very early on as their game plan worked to a tee. Ousmane Dembele scored just 3 minutes into the match and that laid the foundation for an interesting uphill battle for Bayern. Of course, if you are a Bayern fan you had enough reasons to criticise the officiating in this match a surprisingly high amount of times. A desperate final push from Bayern saw Harry Kane break the deadlock deep in the 93rd minute of the match to restore a little faith but PSG saw the game out to reach back-to-back UCL Finals Biggest Surprise Arsenal 1 –0 Atletico...

Champions League Semi Finals 1st leg Recap (2025/26)

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            Full Results (Semi Finals 1st leg) PSG 5—4 Bayern  Atletico Madrid 1—1 Arsenal  Game of the Matchday PSG 5 –4 Bayern   And breathe! Where to start on this one? 5-4. That is not the aggregate score. That is the first leg score of a Champions League semi-final. This was a nine-goal thriller that officially became the highest-scoring semi-final match in Champions League history. 9 goals, 7 goalscorers and millions of fans entertained. Bayern drew first blood through a Harry Kane penalty, but the holders responded with two goals from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Joao Neves. Michael Olise equalised not long after, however PSG scored again through an Ousmane Dembele penalty to lead 3–2 at the half. The second half did not stagnate, both teams picked up where they left off as Kvaratskhelia and Dembele both scored again in a 2 minute blitz to make it 5–2, and for a second, it looked like Bayern were dead. But the Bavarians refuse...

Champions League Quarter Finals 2nd leg Recap (2025/26)

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           Full Results (Quarter Finals 2nd leg) Atletico Madrid 1—2 Barcelona  Liverpool 0—2 PSG Arsenal 0—0 Sporting CP Bayern 4—3 Real Madrid Game of the Matchday Bayern 4 –3  Real Madrid  If the first leg at the Bernabeu was hailed as a 'refreshing', both teams cranked that up to eleven this time around. Just like in Madrid, this was two heavyweights going blow for blow until the final whistle. The hero of the first leg Manuel Neuer turned into the villain really soon as he gave the ball away to Arda Guler in under a minute who fired the ball into an empty net from 35 yards out, a sign of things to come. Guler then struck a beautiful free-kick on either side of Bayern goals from Aleksandar Pavlovic and Harry Kane before Kylian Mbappe swept home in the 42nd minute, And Madrid lead 3–2 on the break. The second half started in much calmer fashion in comparison. That wasn't down to a lack of trying from either sides though, a...