The final international break of 2025 has come to an end, and with that period passing, we’ll have uninterrupted club soccer until March. That brings a good time to reflect as the Premier League is through 11 matches, which is a chance to begin looking at trends around the league. But while some things, such…
Barcelona are set to take on Club Brugge in Wednesday’s Champions League league-phase encounter at Jan Breydel Stadium. Currently, the Catalan giants have six points from their first three games, while the hosts have managed to gather three points from as many games. Here, GOAL brings you everything you need to know about how to…
Harry Kane made another piece of history on Wednesday night as the Bayern Munich striker hit 20 goals for the season in just 12 games for Bayern Munich. In a quite remarkable stat, this is faster than either Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi managed to achieve the feat in their careers. Kane struck the second…
Getty Images Bayern Munich will host Club Brugge on Wednesday for their third match of their Champions League season. The German side, coached by Vincent Kompany, had a perfect start of the 2025-26 spell, with seven wins in the opening seven games of the Bundesliga season, including the last home win against Borussia Dortmund over…
While Gennaro Gattuso confirmed Italy are in talks to call up Nicolò Tresoldi and Honest Ahanor, they have very different legal situations, despite both being born in the Peninsula. The Azzurri are looking to the future for new players who can bolster the options available to coach Gattuso. Advertisement He stated in today’s press conference…
Champions League Matchday 2 started off with a bang as Real Madrid mad quick work of their trip to Kazakhstan, downing Kairat 5-0. But the headline of the day was Liverpool falling in Istanbul to Galatasaray 1-0, making a second straight loss for Jurgen Klopp’s team. Chelsea spent another game picking up a red card,…
Three months and change after Paris Saint-Germain lifted their first-ever UEFA Champions League title, the quest to crown a new champion officially begins on Tuesday with the start of the 2025-26 league phase. Matchday 1 will offer a chance for PSG and several other contenders to stake their claim on Europe’s top club prize, even…
MONACO (AP) — José Mourinho and Fenerbahce fell short of returning to the Champions League on Wednesday, losing 1-0 at Benfica in the qualifying playoffs on Wednesday. Benfica — the first club Mourinho coached — had two goals disallowed on video review in the first half before its Turkish forward Kerem Aktürkoğlu scored with a…
MILAN (AP) — AC Milan signed defender Zachary Athekame on Friday, adding another Swiss player this month as the seven-time European champion tries to return to the Champions League. Milan said the 20-year-old Athekame signed a five-year contract. The transfer fee for the former Young Boys right-back is reportedly 10 million euros ($11.7 million). Advertisement…
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — The draw made Monday for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League: League Path First Leg Aug. 5-6 Brann (Norway) or Salzburg (Austria) vs. Club Brugge (Belgium) Rangers (Scotland) or Panathinaikos (Greece) vs. Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic) or Servette (Switzerland) Advertisement Nice (France) vs. Benfica (Portugal) Feyenoord (Netherlands) vs….