Champions League Player Ratings | Atletico Madrid 2-1 RB Leipzig RB Leipzig started off their Champions League campaign with a deserved defeat against Atletico Madrid. After just four minutes, Leipzig took the lead through Benjamin Seško who headed in a parry from countryman Jan Oblak. However, that was about as good as it got for...
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RB Leipzig ready for hostile atmosphere at Atletico
Leipzig player Willi Orban speaks at the press conference ahead of Thrusday’s UEFA Champions League soccer match against Atletico Madrid. Jan Woitas/dpa RB Leipzig captain Willi Orban is not worried about the possible febrile atmosphere in their first Champions League game of the new season at Atletico Madrid on Thursday. “We already have a lot...
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Explained: The Champions League draw, the Swiss Model, and how selection is going digital
The Champions League proper returns next month and this season it will have a brand new format. The ‘Swiss Model’ makes its debut and, as a result, the Champions League draw tomorrow (Thursday) is going to look rather different to the eight-groups-of-four setup we’ve all become used to in recent years. So let The Athletic take...
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Germany gets late goal to draw with Swiss; finish top of Euro 2024 group
The German trio was circled by three Swiss opponents trying to protect a 1-0 lead two minutes into stoppage time. (Representative Image) 4 min read Last Updated : Jun 24 2024 | 1:42 PM IST They all jumped for the ball in a frantic late push for the goal that would save Germany from...
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Winners And Losers: Sports Betting In Switzerland
(MENAFN– Swissinfo) With the Euro 2024 football tournament and the Olympic Games just weeks away, bookmakers and punters are looking forward to a summer of betting on sports. But how easy is it to have a flutter in Switzerland? This content was published on May 27, 2024 – 16:35 8 minutes Born in London, Thomas...
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How the new Champions League format works
This is the final season of the current Champions League format with the competition changing significantly from 2024-25. At a meeting in Vienna in 2022, the UEFA Executive Committee signed off on a new format. There had been two years of intense debate over how it would work and followed several years of politicking between...