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2015-16 UEFA Champions League.
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At Madrid:
Fernando's own goal in the 20th minute proved fatal for Manchester City on Wednesday as Real Madrid took game two 1-0 at home in their UEFA Champions League semifinal series.
Here, we see Los Blancos' celebrating after the goal was scored.
For the second time in three years, Los Galacticos will battle cross-town rivals Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final to take place on Saturday, May 28 at Milan, Italy.
Real defeated Atletico in overtime in the 2014 final.
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At Munich:
Antoine Griezmann scored the series-winning goal in the 54th minute on Tuesday(shown here) as Atletico Madrid, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two road decision to Bayern Munich, won their two-game UEFA Champions League semifinal series on away goals, with the aggregate score at 2-2.
The Mattress Makers advanced to their second Champions League final in three years with the victory and will face the winner of the Real Madrid-Manchester City series (currently at 0-0 on aggregate) on May 28 at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy.
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At Madrid:
In Wednesday's opening match of their two-game UEFA Champions League semifinal series, Saul Niguez Esclapez (that's him, on the right, celebrating with teammates) scored the game's lone goal in the 11th minute as Atletico Madrid defeated visiting Bayern Munich 1-0.
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At Manchester, England:
Tuesday's opening contest of a UEFA Champions League semifinal series between home-standing Manchester City and Cristiano Ronaldo-less Real Madrid ended in a 0-0 stalemate. Here, we see Citizens goalkeeper Joe Hart blocking a shot from the Galacticos' Pepe.
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The draw for the semifinal round of the UEFA Champions League took place on Friday at Nyon, Switzerland.
Manchester City (England) vs. Real Madrid (Spain):
The series will open at Manchester, England on April 26 with the return match to be contested at Madrid on May 4.
Bayern Munich (Germany) vs. Atletico Madrid (Spain)
The opening contest will take place at Munich, Germany on April 27 with the return match to be contested at Madrid on May 3.
The winners will face off in the Champions League final to be played at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy on Saturday, May 28.
The winner will play in the FIFA Club World Cup to be played in Japan this coming December.
The quarterfinal round of the UEFA Champions League closed with two Wednesday contests.
At Lisbon:
Goals from Arturo Vidal (38') and Thomas Muller (52', that's him celebrating after scoring) lifted Bayern Munich to a 2-2 game-two road draw with SL Benfica as the German powerhouse won their series 3-2 on aggregate.
At Madrid:
Antoine Griezmann, seen here celebrating, scored twice (36', PK-88') as Atletico Madrid knocked off visiting Barcelona 2-0 in game two and ousted the defending continental and world club champions 3-2 on aggregate.
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The quarterfinal round of the UEFA Champions League continued on Tuesday with two games.
At Madrid:
Cristiano Ronaldo delivered a natural hat trick (16', 17', 77'; that's him celebrating after his second score) as Real Madrid overturned their series-opening road defeat with a 3-0 game-two home domination of VfL Wolfsburg and ousted the German club 3-2 on aggregate.
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At Manchester, England:
Kevin De Bruyne, seen here celebrating, scored the only goal of the match in the 76th minute as Manchester City defeated visiting Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in game two and won their series 3-2 on aggregate as the Citizens advanced to the Champions League's semifinal round for the very first time.
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The quarterfinal round of the UEFA Champions League reached the halfway point on Wednesday with two games.
At Paris:
Kevin De Bruyne (38') and Fernandinho (72', that's him, wearing #25, celebrating with teammates after scoring) each produced a goal as Manchester City gained a series-opening 2-2 road draw with Paris Saint-Germain. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (41') and Adrien Raboit (59') each tallied once for the hosts.
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At Wolfsburg, Germany:
Ricardo Rodriguez (PK-18') and Maximilian Arnold (25', that him on the left, celebrating after scoring) provided the scoring in the first half-hour as VfL Wolfsburg knocked off visiting Real Madrid 2-0.
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The quarterfinal round of the UEFA Champions League opened on Tuesday with two games.
At Munich, Germany:
Arturo Vidal (that's him celebrating here) scored the only goal of the match in the second minute as Bayern Munich defeated visiting SL Benfica 1-0 in the opening match of their two-game series.
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At Barcelona:
Luis Suarez scored twice (63', 74', that's him celebrating with his right arm upraised after his second goal) as Barcelona came from behind to upend visiting Atletico Madrid 2-1 in their series opener. Fernando Torres, who would later be ejected by way of collecting two yellow cards (which equal one red card), scored for the Mattress Makers in the 25th minute.
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The draw for the UEFA Champions League's quarterfinal round took place on Friday at Nyon, Switzerland.
Here are the match-ups, with the game-one hosts listed first:
Bayern Munich (Germany) vs. SL Benfica (Portugal), starts April 5
Barcelona (Spain) vs. Atletico Madrid (Spain), starts April 5
The return matches for the two above series are set to take place on April 13.
VfL Wolfsburg (Germany) vs. Real Madrid (Spain), starts April 6
Paris Saint-Germain (France) vs. Manchester City (England), starts April 6
The return matches for the two above series are set to be contested on April 12.
The UEFA Champions League's Round of 16 concluded on Wednesday with two games.
At Barcelona, Spain:
Neymar (18'), Luis Suarez (65'), and Lionel Messi (88') each scored a goal as Barcelona downed visiting Arsenal 3-1 in game two and ousted the Gunners 5-1 on aggregate. Here are the three goal scorers celebrating after Leo the Lion's tally.
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At Munich, Germany:
With goals from Robert Lewandowski (73') and Thomas Muller (90'+1), Bayern Munich erased a two-goal deficit to gain a 2-2 game-two regulation draw with visiting Juventus, squaring the two-game series at 4-4 on aggregate, forcing 30 minutes of overtime. During the second overtime period, Thiago Alcantara (108', that's him celebrating after scoring) and Kingsley Coman (110') each delivered a goal as Bayern Munich took out The Old Lady 6-4 on aggregate to advance to the quarterfinal round.
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Action in the Round of 16 in UEFA Champions League resumed with two games on Tuesday.
At Manchester, England:
A 0-0 game-two home deadlock with Dynamo Kiev was good enough for Manchester City as the Citizens won their two-game series 3-1 on aggregate. Here, we see the visitors' Denys Garmash battling City's Sergio Aguero for the ball.
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At Madrid:
After a second 0-0 stalemate, followed by an additional thirty minutes of scoreless soccer, Antoine Greizmann, Gabi, Koke, Saul Nigrez, Fernando Torres, Jose Gimenez, Felipe Luis, and Juanfran all converted their spot kicks as Atletico Madrid won an eight-round penalty-kick shootout 8-7 over visiting PSV Eindhoven and advanced to the quarterfinal round. Shown here are the happy Mattress Makers celebrating their hard-fought shootout and series victories.
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The Round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League continued with two Wednesday contests.
At Saint Petersburg, Russia:
Nicolas Gaitan (85', that's him celebrating after scoring) and Talisca (90'+6) each scored a goal in the final minutes as SL Benfica defeated Zenit Saint Petersburg 2-1 on the road in game two and took out the Russian club 3-1 on aggregate.
At London:
Adrien Rabiot (16') and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (67', that's him celebrating afterward) each scored a goal as Paris Saint-Germain registered a second 2-1 win over Chelsea, this time on the road, to oust the English club 4-2 on aggregate.
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The second half of the UEFA Champions League's Round of 16 commenced on Tuesday with two games.
At Wolfsburg, Germany:
Andre Schurrle (that's him, folks, second from right) scored the only goal of the match in the 74th minute as VfL Wolfsburg defeated visiting KAA Gent 1-0 in game two and outsted the Belgian club 4-2 on aggregate.
At Madrid:
Cristiano Ronaldo (64') and James Rodriguez (68'), that's him, here, celebrating with teammates after scoring) each scored a goal in the second half as Real Madrid registered a second 2-0 win over AS Roma, this time at home, and eliminated the Italian club 4-0 on aggregate.
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The UEFA Champions League's Round of 16 reached the midway point on Wednesday with two games.
At Eindhoven, Netherlands:
The opening match between Atletico Madrid and ten-man hosts PSV Eindhoven ended in a 0-0 stalemate. Here, we see the Mattress Makers' Gabi (left) contesting with PSV's Marco van Ginkel for the ball.
At Kiev, Ukraine:
David Silva scored what proved to be the game winner in the 40th minute (shown here) as Manchester City took their series opener with Dynamo Kiev 3-1 on the road.
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Two games were played on Tuesday as the Round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League resumed.
At London:
Lionel Messi scored both goals (71', PK-83', that's him celebrating after his opening tally) in Barcelona's series-opening 2-0 road blanking of Arsenal.
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At Turin, Italy:
Paulo Dybala (63') and Stefano Sturaro (76', that's him celebrating after scoring) each scored once as Juventus came back from two goals down to salvage a series-opening 2-2 home draw with Bayern Munich. Thomas Muller (43') and Arjen Robben (55') delivered the scoring for the German powerhouse, who technically hold the series advantage due to away goals.
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The UEFA Champions League's Round of 16 continued on Wednesday with two games.
At Rome:
Cristiano Ronaldo (57', that's him celebrating after scoring) and Jese (86') produced the goals that propelled Real Madrid to a 2-0 series-opening road win over AS Roma.
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At Ghent, Belgium:
Julian Draxler (44', 54', that's him celebrating) scored twice and Max Kruse delivered the game winner in the 60th minute as VfL Wolfsburg raced to a 3-0 lead after the first hour before holding on to a 3-2 game-one road win over KAA Gent.
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Two games were contested on Tuesday as the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League commenced.
At Paris:
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (39') and Edinson Cavani (78', that's him celebrating) produced the scoring as Paris Saint-Germain took the opening contest of their two-game series with Chelsea 2-1 at home. John Obi Mikel's goal in the opening minute of first-half stoppage time kept the Blues in the series.
At Lisbon:
Jonas Goncalves Oliveir's goal in the opening minute of second-half stoppage time carried SL Benfica to a series-opening 1-0 home victory over Zenit Saint Petersburg. Here's Jonas celebrating his game winner.
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The draw for the Round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League took place on Monday at Nyon, Switzerland.
The game-one hosts are listed first. The respective dates are for games one and two and are in italics.
February 16 & March 9:
Paris Saint-Germain (France) vs. Chelsea (England)
February 16 & March 9:
SL Benfica (Portugal) vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russia)
February 17 & March 8:
KAA Gent (Belgium) vs. VfL Wolfsburg (Germany)
February 17 & March 8:
AS Roma (Italy) vs. Real Madrid (Spain)
February 23 & March 16:
Arsenal (England) vs. Barcelona (Spain, defending champions)
February 23 & March 16:
Juventus (Italy) vs. Bayern Munich (Germany)
February 24 & March 15:
PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) vs. Atletico Madrid (Spain)
February 24 & March 15:
Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) vs. Manchester City (England)
The draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League took place on Thursday in Monaco.
GROUP A:
Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Real Madrid (Spain)
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Malmo FF (Sweden)
GROUP B:
PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Manchester United (England)
CSKA Moscow (Russia)
VfL Wolfsburg (Germany)
GROUP C:
SL Benfica (Portugal)
Atletico Madrid (Spain)
Galatasaray (Turkey)
FC Astana (Kazakhstan)
GROUP D:
Juventus (Italy)
Manchester City (England)
Sevilla (Spain; as last season's Europa League winners)
Borussia Monchengladbach (Germany)
GROUP E:
Barcelona (Spain; defending champions)
Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
AS Roma (Italy)
FC BATE Borisov (Belarus)
GROUP F:
Bayern Munich (Germany)
Arsenal (England)
Olympiacos (Greece)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
GROUP G:
Chelsea (England)
FC Porto (Portugal)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
GROUP H:
Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Valencia (Spain)
Lyon (France)
KAA Gent (Belgium)
Group-stage play opens on Tuesday, September 15.
