
BBC - 43 min 53 sec ago
After a difficult start as Real Madrid manager, Alvaro Arbeloa will know the importance of progressing past Jose Mourinho's Benfica in the Champions League play-off round.

Yard Barker - 46 min 32 sec ago
Darwin Nunez may have delivered more than two goals in Al Hilal's latest Asian Champions League outing. The former Liverpool forward struck twice to keep Al Hilal unbeaten in the competition, reinforcing his value within the squad.

The Guardian - 1 hour 16 min ago
Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane's impact is clear but where the Spanish giants go post-Xabi Alonso only Florentino P rez knows All eyes are on Real Madrid again but in a different way than to which the 15-time Champions League winners are accustomed. Every fan expects Real to be among the best eight in Europe but they are in the playoffs for a second season in a row after a 4-2 defeat at Benfica in the final league fixture. Looking back, Carlo Ancelotti's impact at Real is even clearer...

BBC - 2 hours 13 min ago
The Champions League returns this week and some of Europe's biggest teams will be back in action a lot earlier than they would have hoped.

BBC - 2 hours 32 min ago
One set of clubs dominate the Champions League, another win their domestic title every year but cannot compete - does European football have a problem?...

CBS Sports - 11 hours 10 min ago
Real Madrid travel to Benfica on Tuesday for the first leg of the knockout phase playoffs and will be aided by the return of Trent Alexander-Arnold from injury...

CBS Sports - 11 hours 30 min ago
The playoffs begin on Tuesday, and here's how our experts think this week will play out...

Yard Barker - 14 hours 5 min ago
If you want a first leg with real edge, Piraeus delivers it. The Karaiskakis can be suffocating for visitors, and Olympiacos have enough quality and personality to make this a fight.

CBS Sports - 14 hours 10 min ago
Are Newcastle on upset watch as they head to face upstart Qarabag?...

Yard Barker - 14 hours 20 min ago
This is the kind of tie Atl tico usually loves: a hostile away environment, a disciplined opponent, and a match that begs for small margins. Brugge are not a soft draw they're organized, they compete, and they've shown they can win European games when the rhythm is right.

Yard Barker - 14 hours 29 min ago
Aspmyra under the lights is a different sport. Bodo/Glimt play with a tempo that can make bigger-name teams look stiff, and their home edge is real the energy, the pace, the constant running, the "we're not impressed by you" mentality.

Yard Barker - 14 hours 37 min ago
Baku isn't a routine away day, and that's what makes this opener so interesting. Newcastle arrive with the bigger badge, deeper wage bill, and the oddsmakers' respect, but Qarabag have made a habit of turning "should win" games into stressful nights for visitors.

CBS Sports - 15 hours 15 min ago
Elsewhere on the Golazo Starting XI newsletter, UEFA Women's Champions League returns on Tuesday...

ESPN - 15 hours 38 min ago
Mark Ogden, Gab Marcotti and Bill Connelly offer their best ideas for how to solve the Champions League's woes.

Yard Barker - 15 hours 52 min ago
Although Real Madrid are still in La Liga title contention and among the clubs in the Champions League knockout stages, it has been another tumultuous season for the Royal Whites, who already gave up on Xabi Alonso after being embarrassed by Barcelona in yet another cup final.

CBS Sports - 16 hours 29 min ago
The Champions League playoffs will be back this week around Europe...

CBS Sports - 16 hours 37 min ago
SportsLine soccer expert Jon Eimer has revealed his best bets for Tuesday's Champions League matchups...

The Guardian - 20 hours 12 min ago
While goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin's last-gasp header meant more for the hosts, Madrid cannot take the challenge lightly now they return in the playoff round Nineteen days later Real Madrid fly back to Lisbon to try again. For all the drama, for all that Benfica's goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin rose through the rain to head an astonishing 98th-minute goal and Jos Mourinho raced up the line with his arms around a ballboy, everyone in the Est dio da Luz losing their minds; for all that lvaro Arbeloa's...

BBC - 21 hours 37 min ago
Jose Mourinho warns his side that the "kings of the Champions League" will be dangerous after Benfica's dramatic win against Real Madrid last month.