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Two nights that were filled with high-scoring thrillers: Champions League Matchday 2 Recap (2026/27)

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        Full Results (Matchday 2) Lens 0–2 Sporting CP Sabah 2–0 Slavia Prague Arsenal 3–0 Lille  Atlético Madrid 2–0 Manchester United Galatasaray 1–4 Barcelona  Inter 3–4 Club Brugge RB Leipzig 1–0 PSV  Viking 3–3 Bayern  Villareal 3–1 Napoli  Feyenoord 3–2 Como  LASK 3–6 Liverpool  Aston Villa 6–0 Fenerbahçe  Bodø/Glimt 1–0 Dortmund  Manchester City 2–4 PSG  Real Betis 3–2 Porto  Roma 3–4 Real Madrid Shakhtar Donetsk 3–1 Athens  Slovan Bratislava 0–3 VfB Stuttgart Game of the Matchday Manchester City 2 –4 PSG A tale of two completely different halves. You could make the case for PSG having the best team performance of the matchday in the first half as the likes of Ousmane Dembélé, Désiré Doué, Vítinha and Achraf Hakimi completely tore City apart with so much ease.  But whatever Enzo Marseca said at halftime and the changes he made during the break clearly worked as it ...

Defending champions off to a flyer and a late heartbreak in Prague: Champions League Matchday 1 Recap (2026/27)

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       Full Results (Matchday 1) Athens 1–0 LASK Club Brugge 2–3 Aston Villa Dortmund 3–2 Villareal Porto 0–2 Manchester City Lille 2–3 Real Betis Real Madrid 2–1 Inter Barcelona 5–1 Feyenoord VfB Stuttgart 3–1 Viking Liverpool 2–1 Atlético Madrid PSG 6–1 Slovan Bratislava Sporting CP 3–1 Galatasaray Napoli 0–1 Arsenal Fenerbahçe 1–1 Roma PSV 1–1 Shakhtar Donetsk Bayern 5–0 Bodø/Glimt Como 4–1 RB Leipzig Manchester United 4–0 Sabah Slavia Prague 2–3 Lens Game of the Matchday Real Madrid 2 –1 Inter Two of the several top contenders to win the competition went toe-to-toe at the Bernabéu as Real Madrid hosted Inter in a thoroughly entertaining match. There were three goals scored in this match, Inter scored one, but only after gifting Madrid two goals in the first half. The Mourinho Derby, if you will, was filled with chances aplenty for both sides, with the bout producing a whopping 13 big chances for either side combined. It took defensive errors, out...

26/27 Champions League Preview

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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...