Showing posts with label Champions League. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Champions League. Show all posts

10 Jul 2021

Argentina vs. Brazil: Copa America Final 2021

Brazil vs. Argentina will face this Saturday for the final of the Copa América 2020 at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro and will be played from 7:00 pm.

 

Match Schedule:

Brazil vs. Argentina

Copa America Final 2020

Date: 10 July 2021; Time: 7:00 pm

Venue: Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro

 

Fourteen years after the continental final in Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina meet again with a title at stake. That day, with the Albiceleste defeat, marked the beginning of a bad run in the finals for Lionel Messi with his national team.

 


Leo Messi is again before another opportunity to lift a title for his country, with which he has only celebrated gold in the Beijing Olympic Games. After losing the final match in 2007, they fell in the finals of the 2014 World Cup and the 2015 and 2016 Copa América, both against Chile and on penalties.

 

Opposite, his ex-teammate Neymar has also resisted the continental tournament; In the 2019 edition, in which the 'Scratch' ended up winning the title, the PSG striker could not participate after seriously injuring himself in a friendly just before the appointment. Now, he hopes to help Tite's team revalidate the trophy, all with the incentive of playing at home.

 

The victories against Venezuela, Peru, and Colombia, in addition to the draw with Ecuador on the group stage, allowed Brazil to advance as the leader to the quarterfinals, where a goal by Lucas Paquetá eliminated Chile. Already in the 'semis', again with so much from Paquetá, he beat Peru by the minimum difference and assured his presence in the final, where he wants to lift his tenth Copa América

 

Meanwhile, Lionel Scaloni's men suffered to overcome Colombia in the semifinals, where goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez became the Albiceleste star by stopping three of the 'coffee' shots in the final round. Before, they had left Ecuador on the road in the quarterfinals after a group stage in which they only gave up points in their debut for Chile.

 

In search of its fifteenth title in the tournament - which would allow it to tie in the record with Uruguay - and the first since 1993, Argentina will have all its players, while Brazil will not be able to have Gabriel Jesús or Felipe.

25 May 2021

Racing beat Rentistas 3-0 and finished first in Group E of the Copa Libertadores 26 May 2021

Today 26 May 2021, Racing Club wins with Rentistas by 3-0 goals in Group E of the Copa Libertadores. Racing Club finished at the top of Group E of the Copa Libertadores with 14 points, ahead of Brazil's Sao Paulo. 

 

Argentine  Racing  Club, qualified for the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores, secured first place in Group E by beating Uruguayan Rentistas 3-0 (partial 1-0), in one of the games for the sixth and last Date played this Tuesday at the Cilindro de Avellaneda (southern outskirts of Buenos Aires).

 


Tomas Chancalay (14, 49, and 68) scored the goals for the victory of the Albiceleste 'Academia', who also played a large part in the match with ten players due to the early expulsion of Julián López (16) by a double warning.

 

Racing goalkeeper Gabriel Arias also showed off by saving a penalty from Salomón Rodríguez (68).

 

With this result, Racing finished at the top of Group E with 14 points, ahead of the Brazilian Sao Paulo, escort with 11, both classified to eighth, while the Peruvian Sporting Cristal (4) will go to the South American Cup as third, and Rentistas (3) was left out of everything.

16 Feb 2021

Barcelona vs. PSG Football Match in Champions League 16 February 2021

Barcelona vs. PSG will meet this Tuesday, February 16, at the Camp Nou. This match is the first leg of the Champions League round of 16; will be played at 3:00 pm.

 

Match Schedule:

Barcelona vs. PSG

Champions League round of 16

Date: 16 February 2021; Time: 3:00 pm

Stadium: Camp Nou

 

After adding seven consecutive victories in La Liga, Barcelona was ready to face PSG for the Champions League. Ronald Koeman's team will seek to reach the quarterfinals of the most important club tournament for the 14th consecutive season and for this they must ensure a positive result in the first leg to be played at the Camp Nou.

 


For this game, the Barça team coach will be able to count on almost his entire squad; Lionel Messi arrives on fire after scoring his 15th goal of the season.

 

In contrast, PSG will not have Neymar, who suffered a left adductor injury, in their ranks. He will be away from the fields for four weeks. Koeman believes that the meeting between Barcelona and PSG will be even because both arrive in the same conditions.

 

The Barça team, with its captain Lionel Messi in full scoring streak, awaits PSG in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. The Barça team faces the match led by a cheerful Messi, author of a double and the assistance of a third goal in the victory over Alavés in the League on Saturday (5-1).

 

Second best scorer in the Spanish championship with 15 goals, one less than his former teammate Luis Suárez, the Barça captain seems to have isolated himself from the sports and extra-sports controversies that affect his team.

 

Injuries are the main drag for PSG who will land at the Camp Nou without their Brazilian star Neymar, a victim of a left adductor injury.

19 Aug 2020

Lyon vs. Bayern Munich Champions League Semi-final 19 August 2020

Olympique de Lyon and Bayern Munich will meet this Wednesday in Lisbon for the semifinals of the Champions League. The 2019-2020 Champions League is one game away from its grand finale. This Wednesday, August 19 at 2:00 p.m. we will meet the second finalist of the tournament: Olympique Lyon vs. Bayern Munich will play the second semifinal match at the José Alvalade Stadium.

 

Match Schedule:

Lyon vs. Bayern Munich

Champions League Semi-final

Date: 19 August 2020; Time:  2:00 p.m.

Stadium: José Alvalade

 

The French team led by Rudi García comes to this meeting full of motivation after eliminating Pep Guardiola's Manchester United in the quarterfinals and giving the bell in the tournament, since around before they had also been in charge of leaving Juventus out, which cost the Italian team the dismissal of their then coach, Sarri. For its part, Bayern, who looks favorite in this key after the overwhelming 2-8 victory over Barcelona, will seek to continue their 27-game streak without knowing defeat and settle in the final of the tournament, an instance to which they did not reach since the 2012-13 season when they beat Dortmund.

 

If Lyon gives the bell to eliminate the Giant of Bavaria we could also see a final in French, as it would be measured against PSG that thrashed Leipzig, otherwise Bayern Munich will represent Germany to have the third clash between Germans and French for la Orejona, the 2020 Champions League title, on August 23 at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa.

 

It will be held without an audience at the José Alvalade Stadium and the winner will get a direct pass to the grand final. Bayern Munich seems unstoppable. Hans-Dieter Flick's men arrive motivated after thrashing Barcelona 8-2 and are emerging as the great numbers to win the title.

 

However, he will face a tough rival who comes from eliminating huge teams like Juventus and Manchester City. This is Olympique de Lyon, Rudi García's French team that will seek to reach a Champions League final for the first time in its history. The winner of this match must be measured against the winner of Leipzig vs. PSG in the grand final.

30 Apr 2020

The Government will Close Series A If There is No Agreement on Protocol

Vincenzo Spadafora, Italian sports minister, assured this Thursday that the Government is seeking an agreement with the country's Football Federation (FIGC) on the protocol for the resumption of training and that if it is not found, it will order the final closure of the Serie A for the 2019-2020 season.

"These days the Scientific Technical Committee is meeting with the various parts of the world of football, not only with the FIGC, to deepen the protocol that it presented to us. If we find an agreement, the training sessions may be resumed and this will also be positive for the eventual resumption of the championship, "said Spadafora in an interview on national television" Rai ".

"Otherwise, the Government will decide, for reasons of an obvious health emergency, to close the championship, creating, as far as possible, the conditions so that the world of football has the least possible damage," he added.

Spadafora stressed that, in the latter case, the Government will assume its responsibilities and called for "the controversy to end now, because football must be a symbol of carefreeness, passion and fun."

At the moment, the government considered insufficient the protocol presented two weeks ago by the FIGC, in which it was requested to resume training on May 4, and prohibited activity in the sports centers of football clubs until May 18.

This decision was strongly criticized by the Italian soccer world and the president of the FIGC, Gabriele Gravina, assured late on Wednesday that he would refuse to sign the final closure of the season.

"I protect the interests of the world of soccer and I refuse to sign a total blockade of the season, except if objective conditions linked to the health of the players, coaching staff and collaborators exist, but someone has to tell me clearly and should prevent me keep going, "Gravina said late Wednesday after participating in an online event hosted by Ascoli Calcio.