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2 weeks ago | 
700espn.com | Mark Ogden |Gab Marcotti |James Olley |Julien Laurens
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2 weeks ago | 
espn.in | Mark Ogden |Gab Marcotti |James Olley |Julien Laurens
The first legs of this season's UEFA Champions League quarterfinals ties are done and dusted. Arsenal and Barcelona already appear have one foot in the semis thanks to their respective 3-0 and 4-0 wins, but the other matchups look well poised. Is there any way that the likes of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Aston Villa can stage comebacks? Will we ever see a better brace than Declan Rice's two wonderous free kicks?
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2 weeks ago | 
espn.co.uk | Mark Ogden |Gab Marcotti |James Olley |Julien Laurens
The first legs of this season's UEFA Champions League quarterfinals ties are done and dusted. Arsenal and Barcelona already appear have one foot in the semis thanks to their respective 3-0 and 4-0 wins, but the other matchups look well poised. Is there any way that the likes of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Aston Villa can stage comebacks? Will we ever see a better brace than Declan Rice's two wonderous free kicks?
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1 month ago | 
espn.co.uk | Sam Marsden |Moisés Llorens |Gab Marcotti |Graham Hunter
Lamine Yamal has said Barcelona are the new favourites to win the Champions League after Liverpool were knocked out by Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16. Barça finished second behind Liverpool in the revamped league phase of the competition and then beat Benfica to set up a quarterfinal clash with Borussia Dortmund. A potential semifinal with Bayern Munich or Inter Milan would then follow, with Clásico rivals Real Madrid, Arsenal, PSG or Aston Villa then waiting in a hypothetical final.
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1 month ago | 
espn.co.uk | James Olley |Gab Marcotti
Mikel Arteta has described Chelsea as "the best attacking team in the league" after they managed just two shots on target in a 1-0 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday. Mikel Merino's 20th-minute header settled a contest short on quality at Emirates Stadium which moved Arsenal to within 12 points of Premier League leaders Liverpool.
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1 month ago | 
espn.co.uk | Ryan O'Hanlon |Gab Marcotti |Beth Lindop |Julien Laurens
Nine years ago, Ousmane Dembélé was doing what he's doing now: wrecking Ligue 1. But back then, he was an 18-year-old playing for Rennes. It was his first season as a pro, and he was on his way to scoring 12 goals and assisting five more in fewer than 2,000 minutes. One particular reporter was baffled in the same way that all of France's defenders were. "Are you right-footed or left footed?" he asked. "Hmmm," Dembélé paused. He didn't even seem to know. "Left-footed.""Are you sure?
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1 month ago | 
espn.co.uk | Gab Marcotti |Gabriele Marcotti
Bayern Munich defensive midfielder Joshua Kimmich has signed a contract extension to 2029, the Bundesliga leaders said on Thursday, joining teammates Jamal Musiala and Alphonso Davies with fresh long-term deals. Speculation regarding Kimmich's deal swirled for weeks, with the player being a major transfer target for top European clubs. "At FC Bayern, I have the best environment to achieve my sporting goals," Germany international Kimmich said in a club statement.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | Anirudh Menon |Sam Marsden |Moisés Llorens |Gab Marcotti
Him again. An assist, a goal, a big match decided yet again. This column needs to seriously consider starting a 'Lamine Yamal' edition -- one separate from the main one -- because almost every match week, FC Barcelona's 17-year-old winger does something that few others can even imagine. This time, it was just the casual deciding of a UEFA Champions League knockout game. Hashtag JustYamalThings.
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1 month ago | 
espn.co.uk | Alex Kirkland |Rodrigo Faez |Gab Marcotti |Graham Hunter
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois hit out at Atlético Madrid's complaints over their penalty shootout defeat in the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday, accusing the club of "victimhood" and "always crying about things like this."Conor Gallagher's early goal at the Metropolitano saw Atlético win the second leg 1-0 -- after Real triumphed 2-1 at the Bernabéu last week -- to force extra time.
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1 month ago | 
espn.co.uk | Tom Fenton |Gab Marcotti |Gabriele Marcotti
Arsenal have settled on Alexander Isak as their primary summer transfer target, while Virgil van Dijk is considering a big-money offer from Saudi club Al Hilal. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip from around the globe.
