Manchester City came from behind to heap the pressure on Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso with a stunning 2-1 win at the Bernabeu Stadium on Wednesday. Nico O’Reilly and Erling Haaland – his 51st goal from his 50th Champions League start – were on target as Pep Guardiola’s side got their European campaign back on track following last month’s shock loss to Bayer Leverkusen. Both goals came in the final 10 minutes of the....TAP TO CONTINUE READING

At least five clubs have qualified for the Round of 16 of this season’s UEFA Champions League.....TAP TO CONTINUE READING

This was disclosed in a post via UEFA’s official website on Wednesday night.

Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Atalanta are the latest teams to secure their places in the Round of 16 or knockout phase play-offs.

This follows the Champions League results on Wednesday night of Matchday 6.

PSG, Man City and Atalanta will join Arsenal and Bayern Munich in the next stage of the competition.

The top eight overall teams advance directly to the last-16, while the teams that finished from 9th to 24th will compete in the knockout phase play-offs, with the victors going through to the knockout stage.

Only twenty-four teams will secure qualification for the knockout phase of the Champions League.

Sunday’s defeat to Celta Vigo was more than just that for Real Madrid, who are currently in a very difficult moment. They also have the aftereffects to deal with, which involves four of their players being unable to play in upcoming match(es).....TAP TO CONTINUE READING

Three Los Blancos stars were sent off at the Bernabeu: Fran Garcia (for two yellow cards), Alvaro Carreras (for dissent) and Endrick Felipe (also for dissent). Furthermore, club captain Dani Carvajal, who was not in the matchday squad, was noted for comments he made towards referee Alejandro Quintero Gonzalez.

All four players have now learned their fate. As per Sport, two-match suspensions have been issued to Carreras, Endrick and Carvajal, while Garcia will only miss one matches, due to his only being a two-booking offence.

All four players will be unavailable for this weekend’s trip to Alaves, while Carreras, Endrick and Carvajal will also be missing against Sevilla – which is Real Madrid’s final match of 2025.

Suspension is significant for Endrick, less so for Carvajal

As a result, Real Madrid are unlikely to have a natural left-back available for the match at Mendizorroza, given that Ferland Mendy is currently injured. However, Garcia will at least be back the following weekend against Sevilla, which is some good news for head coach Xabi Alonso.

The two-match ban handed out to Endrick is significant for him, given that he is expected to leave Real Madrid at the start of January to join Lyon – in this regard, his season with Los Blancos is over, barring an appearance in the Champions League clash with Manchester City or the Copa del Rey tie against CF Talavera de la Reina.

As for Carvajal, his suspension is futile. He is still recovering from knee injury, with his recovery date expected to be in January/February – given this, he would not be available for Alaves or Sevilla anyway.