Kylian Mbappe flatters to deceive as a youthful Barcelona side showed plenty of strength in adversity in coming back to beat Paris St-Germain in their Champions League quarter-final first leg.
MADRID (AP) — Vinícius Júnior scored his third goal in four games as Real Madrid eased to a 4-0 win over Celta Vigo and reclaimed a seven-point lead at the top of the Spanish league on Sunday. Madrid's win followed consecutive draws that included a lackluster performance against Leipzig in the Champions League, prompting jeers from the home crowd at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Defender Antonio Rüdiger set up two goals on Sunday, and young Turkey international Arda Güler made his scoring debut
Coach Thomas Tuchel has named the announcement of his summer departure at Bayern Munich as a chance for the team and himself for the rest of the season. Bundesliga champions Bayern said on Wednesday in the wake of three defeats in a row that they would part ways with Tuchel after the season. Tuchel came to Bayern 11 months ago on a contract until 2025. Bayern are eight points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga and need to overturn a 1-0 deficit against Italy's Lazio to stay alive
Football is always the same sport, but in the Champions League knockout stages it is so often a different game. A different feel, a different flow and a different test for sides like Arsenal, who arrived at this level of Europe’s premier competition with almost zero experience of football played, and officiated, like this.
Bayern Munich president Herbert Hainer said he held talks with the players following the recent bitter defeats to Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga and to Lazio in the Champions League. Bayern lost the league table topper to Leverkusen 3-0 last weekend and now sit five points behind the Bundesliga leaders. They were aiming to bounce back in the Champions League last 16 first leg at Lazio on Wednesday, but returned home with a 1-0 defeat in their bags. Hainer said there's a lack of self-confiden