UEFA Champions League: Spurs Pull A Liverpool, Knock Out Ajax To Set Up All-England Final

At Amsterdam, Netherlands:

Lucas (that's him here celebrating) produced a second-half hat trick (55', 59', 90'+6) as Tottenham Hotspur, after trailing 3-0 on aggregate after the first 50 minutes of Wednesday's second game of a UEFA Champions League semifinal series, stunned Ajax Amsterdam 3-2 on the road and won the series on away goals with the final aggregate score at 3-3.

Spurs will take on Liverpool at Madrid's Wanda Metropolitan Stadium on June 1 for the European club title.

This will be Tottenham's first Champions League championship match.

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UEFA Champions League: Reds Stun Barca With Overpowering Home Victory To Advance To Second Straight Final

At Liverpool, England:

Divock Origi (7', 79') and Georginio Wijnaldum (54', 56') each scored twice on Tuesday as Liverpool, in stunning fashion, overcame their series-opening 3-0 road defeat from last week by demolishing visiting Barcelona 4-0 in the second game of their UEFA Champions League semifinal series, enabling the Reds to take the series 4-3 on aggregate and advance to the June 1 final at Madrid's Wanda Metropolitan Stadium in Madrid.

Here are the happy Reds celebrating as they went on to complete their stunning comeback against Barca.

The Reds will make their second straight championship game appearance and will be gunning for their sixth continental club title, their first since 2005.

Liverpool will face the winner of the Ajax Amsterdam-Tottenham Hotspur series (Ajax lead 1-0 on aggregate after last week's series-opening road win in London).

For the first time since 2013, a club from outside Spain will win the Champions League title.


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UEFA Champions League: Leo The Lion, Barca Too Much For Reds In Series Opener

At Barcelona:

Lionel Messi scored twice (75', 82'l;that's him celebrating here) as Barcelona dominated visiting Liverpool 3-0 in the opening game of their UEFA Champions League semifinal series on Wednesday.

Those two goals lifted Leo's career club total to 600.

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UEFA Champions League: Ajax Knock Off Spurs On Road In Semifinal Series Opener

At London:

In Tuesday's opening match of the UEFA Champions League's semifinal round, Donny van de Beek's goal in the 15th minute lifted Ajax Amsterdam to a series-opening 1-0 road victory over Tottenham Hotspur.

That's Dangerous Donny (center) celebrating after scoring what could well be a very precious road goal.

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UEFA Champions League: Reds, Spurs Advance To Semifinals

The quarterfinal round of the UEFA Champions League concluded on Wednesday with two games.

At Porto, Portugal:

Sadio Mane (26'), Mohamed Salah (65'), Roberto Firmino (77'), and Virgil Van Dijk (84', that's him celebrating after the game) each scored once as Liverpool dominated FC Porto 4-1 on the road in game four and took out the Portuguese club 6-1 on aggregate.

At Manchester, England:

Son Heung-min scored twice (7', 10') and Fernando Llorente once (73', that's him here, celebrating) as Tottenham Hotspur, despite dropping a 4-3 game-two road decision to Manchester City, still won the series (with the aggregate score at 4-4) on away goals.

For Spurs, they have reached the tournament's semifinal round since 1962, when it was known as the European Cup.

The Citizens saw what would have been a stoppage-time series-winning goal from Raheem Sterling was disallowed after a video review showed teammate Sergio Aguero was offside.

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UEFA Champions League: Barca and Ajax Advance to Semifinals

The UEFA Champions League's quarterfinal round resumed on Tuesday with two games.

At Turin, Italy:

Donny Van de Beek (34', shown here) and Matthijs de Ligt (67') each scored once as Ajax Amsterdam knocked off Juventus 2-1 on the road in game two and eliminated the Italian champions 3-2 on aggregate to reach the semifinal round for the first time since 1997.

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At Barcelona:

Lionel Messi scored twice (16', 20'; that's him celebrating here) as Barcelona dominated visiting Manchester United 3-0 in game two and ousted the Red Devils 4-0 on aggregate.

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UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League's quarterfinal round continued on Wednesday with two games, both to kick off at 12:00 Noon Pacific Time.

At Amsterdam, Netherlands:




David Neres' equalizer in the 46th minute (that's him here celebrating after scoring) enabled Ajax Amsterdam to salvage a series-opening 1-1 home draw with Juventus.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored for The Old Lady in the 45th minute.

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At Manchester, England:

Luke Shaw's own goal in the 12th minute enabled Barcelona to steal a series-opening 1-0 road win over Manchester United.

That's Barca's Luis Suarez celebrating his team's winning goal.

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UEFA Champions League: Spurs, Reds Take Series Openers At Home

The quarterfinal round of the UEFA Champions League opened on Tuesday with two games.

At Liverpool, England:

Naby Keita (5') and Roberto Firmino (26') each scored once as Liverpool blanked visiting FC Porto 2-0 in the opening match of their two-game series.  Here are Roberto and Naby celebrating.

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At London:

Son Heung-min (shown here) scored the only goal of the match in the 78th minute as Tottenham Hotspur, despite losing Harry Kane to an injury,  defeated visiting Manchester City in game one of their all-English series.

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UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal Draw

The draw for the quarterfinal round of the UEFA Champions League took place on Friday at Nyon, Switzerland.

The game-one hosts are listed first.

Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) vs. Juventus (Italy), April 10 and 16

Liverpool (England) vs. FC Porto (Portugual), April 9 and 17

Tottenham Hotspur (England) vs. Manchester City (England), April 9 and 17

Manchester United (England) vs. Barcelona (Spain), April 10 and 16

UEFA Champions League: Liverpool, Barca Advance To Quarterfinals

The quarterfinal round of the UEFA Champions League concluded on Wednesday with two games.

At Barcelona:

Lionel Messi scored twice (PK-18', 78', that's him thanking the home fans here) as Barcelona demolished visiting Lyon 5-1 in game two and ousted the French club by that score on aggregate.

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At Munich:

Sadio Mane scored twice (26', 84', that's him celebrating here) as Liverpool knocked off Bayern Munich 3-1 on the road in game two and ousted the German club by that score on aggregate.

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UEFA Champions League: Citizens and Juve Advance To Quarterfinals

The UEFA Champions League's Round of 16 continued on Tuesday with two games.

At Manchester, England:

Sergio Aguero scored twice (PK-35', 38') as Manchester City annihilated visiting FC Schalke 7-0 in game two and dispatched the German club 10-2 on aggregate.

Those City players are shown here celebrating and having a great time.

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At Turin, Italy:

Cristiano Ronaldo (that's him leading teammates in celebrating) delivered a hat trick (27', 48', PK-86') as Juventus overcame their two-goal series-opening defeat with a 3-0 game-two whitewashing of visiting Atletico Madrid and ousted the Mattress Makers 3-2 on aggregate.

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UEFA Champions League: Red Devils, Dragons Advance To Quarterfinals

Two games were contested on Wednesday as the UEFA Champions League's Round of 16 is set to continue.

At Paris:

Romelu Lukaku scored twice in the first half-hour (2', 30) while Marcus Rashford (shown here celebrating) converted a penalty kick in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time for the series-winning goal as Manchester United upended Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 on the road in game two and, with the aggregate score at 3-3, won their series on away goals.

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At Porto, Portugal:

After taking game two of their series at home with AS Roma 2-1 in regulation to square their series at 3-3 on aggregate, Alex Telles won the series for FC Porto with his overtime goal in the 117th minute with his successful penalty kick as the Dragons finished off their Italian guests 4-3 on aggregate.

That's Alex here, celebrating the goal that sent the Dragons to the quarterfinal round for the first time since 2014-15.

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UEFA Champions League: Spurs, Ajax (Who De-Throne Blancos In Big-Time Shocker) Advance To Quarterfinals

The second half of the UEFA Champions League's Round of 16  commenced with two games on Tuesday.

At Dortmund, Germany:

Harry Kane (that's him celebrating) scored the only goal of the match in the 49th minute as Tottenham Hotspur defeated Borussia Dortmund 1-0 on the road in the second game of their series, which the English club won 4-0 on aggregate.

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At Madrid:

Hakim Ziyech (7'; that's him celebrating here, wearing jersey #22), David Neres (18'), Dusan Tadic (82'), and Lasse Schone (72') each scored a goal as Ajax Amsterdam, in a major shocker, dominated Real Madrid 4-1 on the road in game two and ousted the three-time defending continental champions 5-3 on aggregate.

UEFA Champions League: Game-One Wins For Citizens, Mattress Makers

Round-of-16 action in the UEFA Champions League is set to continue on Wednesday with two games, both to kick off at 12:00 Noon Pacific Time.

At Gelsenkirchen, Germany:

Five minutes after Leroy Sene's 85th-minute equalizer (that's him celebrating afterward), Raheem Sterling scored the late game winner at 90 minutes as Manchester City, despite finishing the game with only ten men,  came from behind to upend Schalke 3-2 in the opening match of their two-game series.

At Madrid:

Jose Gimenez (78'; that's him celebrating after scoring) and Diego Godin (83') each scored late in the second half as Atletico Madrid blanked visiting Juventus 2-0.

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UEFA Champions League: Nothin' But Goose Egge

UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 play resumed on Tuesday with two games.

At Decines-Charpieu, France:

The opening match between Lyon (shown in the white jerseys) and visiting Barcelona was played out to a 0-0 stalemate.

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At Liverpool, England:

Red-clad Liverpool (as shown here) and visiting Bayern Munich battled to a series-opening 0-0 deadlock.

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UEFA Champions League: Spurs, Blancos Grab Series Openers

Two games were contested on Wednesday as UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 play continued.

At London:
Son Heung-min (47'; that's him, center, celebrating with teammates after scoring), Jan Vertonghen (83'), and Fernando Llorente (86') each scored once as Tottenham Hotspur dominated visiting Borussia Dortmund 3-0 in the opening match of their two-game series.


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At Amsterdam, Netherlands:
Marco Asensio Willemsen (that's him being congratulated by teammates) scored the winning goal in the 87th minute as Real Madrid defeated Ajax Amsterdam 2-1 on the road in their series opener.


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UEFA Champions League: PSG, Roma Grab Series-Opening Wins

The UEFA Champions League's Round of 16 opened with two games on Tuesday.

At Manchester, England:

Presnel Kimpembe (53') and Kylian Mbappe (60'; that's him saluting the visiting fans after the contest) each scored once as Paris Saint-Germain stunned ten-man Manchester United 2-0 on the road in their series-opening match.

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At Rome:

Nicolo Zaniolo scored twice (70', 76'; that's him celebrating) as AS Roma opened their series with Porto FC by holding off the visiting Dragons 2-1.

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Draw For UEFA Champions League's Round of 16: Mattress Makers Get Juve; Man U To Battle PSG; Barca To Tangle With Lyon; Blancos To Battle Ajax; Bayern To Get Liverpool

The draw for the UEFA Champions League's Round of 16 was conducted on Monday at Nyon, Switzerland:

The game-one hosts are listed first with the dates of the respective matches indicated:

Schalke 04 (Germany) vs. Manchester City (England), February 20 and March 12

Atletico Madrid (Spain) vs. Juventus (Italy), February 20 and March 12

Manchester United (England) vs. Paris Saint-Germain (France), February 12 and March 6

Tottenham Hotspur (England) vs. Borussia Dortmund (Germany), February 13 and March 5

Lyon (France) vs. Barcelona (Spain), February 19 and March 13

AS Roma (Italy) vs. FC Porto (Portugal), February 12 and March 6

Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) vs. Real Madrid (Spain), February 13 and March 5

Liverpool (England) vs. Bayern Munich (Germany), February 19 and March 13

UEFA Champions League Group-Stage Draw

The draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League took place on Thursday.

GROUP A:

Atletico Madrid (Spain)

Borussia Dortmund (Germany)

AS Monaco (France)

Club Brugge (Belgium)



GROUP B:

Barcelona (Spain)

Tottenham Hotspur (England)

PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)

Inter Milan (Italy)



GROUP C:

Paris Saint-Germain (France)

Napoli (Italy)

Liverpool (England)

Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)



GROUP D:

Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia)

FC Porto (Portugal)

FC Schalke 04 (Germany)

Galatasaray (Turkey)



GROUP E:

Bayern Munich (Germany)

SL Benfica (Portugal)

Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands)

AEK Athens (Greece)



GROUP F:

Manchester City (England)

Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)

Lyon (France)

1899 Hoffenheim (Germany)



GROUP G:

Real Madrid (Spain; three-time defending champions)

AS Roma (Italy)

CSKA Moscow (Russia)

FC Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)



GROUP H:

Juventus (Italy)

Manchester United (England)

Valencia (Spain)

BSC Young Boys (Switzerland)



Group-stage play opens on Tuesday, September 18.

UEFA Champions League: PSV, Benfica, Red Star Belgrade Advance To Group Stage

The playoff round for UEFA Champions League group-stage berths is set to conclude on Wednesday with three games, all set to kick off at 12:00 Noon Pacific Time.

CHAMPIONS PATH:

At Wals-Siezenheim, Austria:

El Fardou Ben Nabouhane scored twice in the span of a minute (65', 66') as Red Star Belgrade erased a two goal deficit to gain a game-two 2-2 road draw with FC Red Bull Salzburg, good enough for the Serbian club to win the series on away goals (2-2 on aggregate).

At Eindhoven, Netherlands:

Steven Bergwijn (14'), Luuk De Jong (36'), and Hirving Lozano (62') each scored once as PSV Eindhoven dominated visiting FC BATE Borisov 3-0 in game two and ousted the Belorussian club 6-2 on aggregate.


LEAGUE PATH:

At Thessaloniki, Greece:

Eduardo Salvio converted a pair of penalty kicks (26', 50') as SL Benfica dominated PAOK FC 4-1 on the road in game two and won their two-match series 5-2 on aggregate.