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Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal hold such commanding leads in their Champions League quarterfinals that a place in ...

Messi left Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2021 having scored 120 goals for the Spanish club in the Champions League – a record that even Cristiano Ronaldo, with his 105 for ...

Mbappe's red card punctuated another bad Madrid outing -- not good ahead of the second leg with Arsenal. Elsewhere, Bayern ...

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Cristiano Ronaldo has paid tribute to “one of the greatest icons of world coaching” following the death of legendary Portuguese scout Aurélio Pereira, the man who discovered him, at age 77.

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Lionel Messi, Iker Casillas, Thomas Müller, Toni Kroos and front-runner Ronaldo. Ronaldo's first game in the Champions League proper took place on 1 October 2003, the then 18-year-old earning a ...