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September 4, 2020April 24, 2023

UEFA Champions League, Bayern Bags the Trophy!

In football history, the Union of European Football Association champions league (UEFA) is a prestigious club tournament. The new version of the European cup is the UEFA Champions League. This competition was played for the first time in 1992 to 1993 season.

The prestige

Every European team aims to clinch the Champions League title because it has a massive price tag to the winning team. The top four teams in premier league titles across Europe are the ones to participate in this tournament. In England, only four teams in the EPL table will participate in the coming UEFA Champions league. According to Man City fixtures, they will be playing Liverpool in their UEFA champions league matches.

Every player’s dream is playing for La Liga, French League 1, Bundesliga to clinch the trophy after live soccer. In 1967, the Champions League was made by a Swiss designer. Moreover, it replaced a smaller version of other tournaments. UEFA made a ruling enabling any club to keep the trophy after winning it 3 or 5 times. The most anticipated match was between Bayern Munich and Barcelona, which Bayern Munich won 8-2 against Barcelona.

Bayern bags sixth

Bayern Munich bagged the trophy after their 1-0-win victory against Paris Saint-Germain. The Bavarians, who won the German league, did not arrive at a rapturous reception that they deserved. According to ESPN, the German giants won their sixth European trophy in Lisbon. The German team added to their Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal cups they had won before this season.

The President of Bavaria was on hand to welcome the players as they disembarked from the plane. Moreover, this season Bundesliga top scorer Robert Lewandowski received a warm welcome on terra firma. Afterwards, the UEFA champions league trophy was then escorted to Allianz Arena for fans reception. Those who gathered applauded Bayern Munich players.

Europe

August 25, 2020

All eyes on the European tournaments as major league Seasons come to an end

by Peter Ongalo

The major European football leagues have come to an end except for Serie A which will end on August 2nd .Attention has now shifted to the European Cup tournaments: UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. This competitions were suspended after the COVID-19 pandemic escalated and are now set to return with the footballs project restart.

The UCL is set to return on 7th August as the fixtures of the matches continue from where they left off. The games were at the knockout round of 16 and the next two knock out rounds (quarters and semifinals) were already set. It is going to be a marathon from 7th August to 23rd August with a match almost every day. On 7thand 8th there will be the remaining round of 16 matches. On 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th will be the quarter finals and the semis on 18th & 19th .The Final will be held on 23rd August at Estadio De Luz, Portugal.

On the return date 7th, 2 second leg matches are set to be played. Juventus Vs Lyon and Manchester City Vs Real Madrid. Juventus will be hosting Lyon at Turin with a 0-1 aggregate. The French club took the lead at home and hope to defend to avoid being knocked out.Mancity will also be hosting Real Madrid, with a 2-1 aggregate. The English club are leading with two away goals and hope to secure a win against Madridistas who will obviously be seeking a comeback at Etihad.

On the second day of the UCL, 8th August, will be the second set of matches. The most anticipated match will be Bayern Munichs, who will be hosting Chelsea at Allianz Arena for their second match with a 3-0 aggregate. The Germans with 3 away goals are popular favorites for winning this trophy based on their form after the restart. Chelsea on the other hand, have a mountain to climb to avoid being knocked out. Bayern has a tendency of scoring lots of goals against London clubs in the UCL, Chelsea will have a chance to change this narrative. Whoever wins this clash will meet either Barcelona or Napoli who will be playing on the same day at Camp Nou. The two are at a 1-1 aggregate with Barcelona with an away goal. On 12th Atalanta will host PSG for the Quarter finals and on 13th, RB Leipzig will host Atletico Madrid for the quarters knockout. The next two games will depend on how the 4 round of 16 matches will end.

In the Europa league, the matches are set to return for the second leg of the round of 16 knockout stage. The competition will resume on 5th august with FC Kobenhavn hosting Instanbul BasakSehir with a 0-1 aggregate, Shaktar Donetsk Vs Wolsfburg 2-1 aggregate, Inter vs Getafe 0-0 aggregate and Manchester United vs Lask Linz 5-0 aggregate. On the second day, 6th August, Bayer Leverkusen will be hosting Rangers 3-1 aggregate, Sevilla Vs Roma aggregate 0-0, Basel vs Eintacht Frankfurt 3-0 aggregate and Wolves vs Olympiacos 1-1 aggregate. On August 10th and 11th ,the winners of the round of 16 will meet at the quarters then on 16th and 17th will be the semifinals and the final will be on 21st on the RheinEnergie Stadion, Cologne Germany.

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Europe

August 24, 2020

All eyes on the European tournaments as major football leagues Seasons come to an end.

by Peter Ongalo

European tournaments as major league Seasons come to an end

The major European football leagues have come to an end except for Serie A. The Italian league will end on August 2nd. Attention has now shifted to the European Cup tournaments: UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. These competitions were suspended after the COVID-19 pandemic escalated. These competitions will resume with the football’s project restart.

UEFA Champions League

The Union of European Football Association(UEFA) Champions League is set to return on 7th August. The fixtures will continue from where they left off. The games were at the round of 16. The next two knock out rounds (quarters and semifinals) were already set. It is going to be a marathon from 7th August to 23rd August with a match almost every day. On 7th and 8th the remaining round of 16 matches will be played. Next, on 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th the quarter finals will be played. Moreover, the semis are set to be played on 18th & 19th. Finally, the Final match will be played on 23rd August at Estadio De Luz, Portugal.

Second leg matches

Second leg matches will be played on the return date, 7th. Juventus Vs Lyon and Manchester City Vs Real Madrid. The old lady will be hosting Lyon at Turin. Juventus look forward to overturn a 0-1 aggregate. The French club took the lead at home and will focus on defending the lead to avoid being knocked out. On the other hand, Manchester City will be hosting Real Madrid. The Cityzens will be looking forward to extend the 2-1 aggregate lead. The English club are leading with two away goals and hope to secure a win against Madrid. Otherwise, Los Blancos will obviously be seeking a comeback at Etihad.

On the second day of the Champions League, 8th August, will be the second set of matches. The most anticipated match will be Bayern Munich`s. The Bavarians will be hosting Chelsea at Allianz Arena for their second match with a 3-0 aggregate. Moreover, the Germans with 3 away goals are popular favorites for winning this trophy based on their form after the restart. Chelsea on the other hand, will have a mountain to climb to so that they are not knocked out. It is worth noting that Bayern has a tendency of scoring lots of goals against London clubs in the UCL. However, Chelsea has a chance to change this narrative. Whoever wins this clash will face either Barcelona or Napoli.

The Blaugrana side will face Napoli on the same day at Camp Nou. The two are at a 1-1 aggregate with Barcelona ahead on an away goal. On 12th, Atalanta will host PSG for the Quarter finals. Similarly, RB Leipzig will host Atletico Madrid for the quarters knockout on 13th. The next two games will depend on how the 4 round of 16 matches will end.

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Europa League

In the Europa league, the matches are set to return for the second leg of the round of 16 knockout stage. The competition resumes on 5th August. Above all, FC Kobenhavn will host Instanbul BasakSehir. BasakSehir are currently leading by one goal, a 0-1 aggregate.

Other matches

Shaktar Donetsk Vs Wolsfburg 2-1 aggregate
Inter vs Getafe 0-0 aggregate
Manchester United vs Lask Linz 5-0 aggregate
Bayer Leverkusen will be hosting Rangers 3-1 aggregate.
Sevilla Vs Roma aggregate 0-0
Basel vs Eintacht Frankfurt 3-0 aggregate
Wolves vs Olympiacos 1-1 aggregate

The winners of the round of 16 will meet at the quarters on August 10th and 11th. Moreover, the semifinals will be played on 16th and 17th. Above all, the final will be on 21st on the RheinEnergie Stadion, Cologne Germany. I bet you are looking forward to this and more as major European football leagues come to an end.

Photo Credits: Getty Images.