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2017-2018 UEFA Champions League Football

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UEFA Champions League 2017-2018 Football season of European club football tournament, is the 63rd edition of Champions League Championship. The final will take place on May 26, 201 at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev.

A total of 32 Football teams participating in group stage competition, including 22 directly and 10 finalists playoff teams (five championship group and five non-championship group) winner. 32 teams will be based on 2017 UEFA club standings which are classified into four grades.The defending Football champion will be automatically assigned to the first group. They will be divided into eight Groups by drawing lots, each of four teams will make a group.Teams from the same association can be circumvented in the same group.


Each Football team will participate in team home and away double round robin, top winner of the group and sub-name teams will advance to the elimination round, while the third-ranked team will enter the 2017-18 Europa League Football thirty-two round .


In the knockout stage, the team will participate in two rounds of home and away knockout system in addition to the last single-game final. Each round of balloting mechanism is as follows :


     In the last 16 draw, each football team is designated as the head of the famous seeded, each team times were compared with the non-seeded teams. Seeds have first-Away, home to race after the order. In the group stage match teams from the same group or the same association can be circumvented against.

     Since the quarter-finals onwards, the draw no seeds in the group match stage,football teams from the same group or the same association has not circumvented.

Celtic vs PSG Match in UEFA Champions League

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Although the win is as easy as slicing bamboo at Ligue 1, PSG still needs to be tested in strength in the UEFA Champions League. This Tuesday PSG faces Celtic of Scotland, the team they once beaten 4-0 total score 22 years ago in the ring.

Unai Emery is likely to come off the bench when Angel di Maria is still in injury, leaving captain Thiago Silva unlucky. However, the capital of France still has in hand the elite stars to be able to leave Scotland with the first three points in the Champions League group this season.


These are Edinson Cavani, Adrien Rabiot, Thiago Motta, Kylian Mbappe and especially Neymar superstar, who is yearning to show himself, conquering Europe with PSG. And the first challenge is Celtic. In two encounters before, the PSG beat Celtic. But today, PSG's forces are superior to Celtic. Therefore, they can completely conquer Celtic Park.

Despite impressive form last time, but Celtic won only 2 of the last 6 times in the European Cup on home field matches (2 defeat, 2 draw). So, before a dominant PSG, Celtic hard to achieve a good result.


PSG has an overwhelming performance in the Ligue 1. With the large amount and quality of players it has, it is difficult not to win matches and is expected not to be the exception on Tuesday against Celtic, for the first date of the Champions League.

Real Madrid vs Juventus Match in UEFA Champions League Final June 03

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Today is not an ordinary day, today is the Champions League final and Real Madrid is looking for the Twelfth. Real Madrid and Juventus will be measured in Cardiff by the continental throne from 20:45 hours. The Millennium Stadium in Wales will be the stadium that will appoint the new champion of the UEFA Champions League. The whites seek to defend the crown conquered in Milan last year and achieve the Twelfth. Meanwhile, the Italians want to reign on the continent after 21 years conquering their third title.

Zidane is very clear the eleven who will line up in the final. After the dilemma generated in recent days, Zidane will finally bet on Isco Alarcon leaving Gareth Bale on the bench to be a luxury change in the second half.

Zidane's men (Real Madrid players) are all in perfect condition for the match except for a Fabio Coentrao who is ruled out after not training in the pre-match session. Instead, Pepe did exercise normally. Therefore, the Gallic must choose the discards, one of the more complicated decisions that must take.

In front of Juventus Massimiliano Allegri has also decided the eleven. The Italian coach will bet for three central, giving freedom to Dani Alves and Alex Sandro. The particular BBC of the Juve will act in the center of the defense with Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini. The average will be for Pjanic and Khedira. While Dybala will act as a hook and Higuain and Mandzukic in the lead.

Real Madrid are settled in Cardiff, the home of Gareth Bale, after parking certain doubts in the group stage and having eliminated serious contenders like Bayern Munich German and Atletico Madrid. The Madrid team, the most laureate of the tournament with eleven titles, aspires to reissue its crown, something unheard of since the format 'Champions' and to achieve a 'Twelfth' that gives a double that did not succeed since 1958.

Juventus, meanwhile, arrives on British soil after another campaign dominating Italian football with the sixth consecutive 'title' and playing their second final in three seasons after losing the 2015 against FC Barcelona. Now, it hopes to leave behind any shadow of doubt in the European Cup beating the defending champion and joining the select club that own the 'triplet'.

Juventus vs Borussia Dortmund Match in UEFA Champions League

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The UEFA Champions League offers us an excellent game in the knockout stage this Wednesday March 18. Borussia Dortmund, one of the best offensive teams in the world receives Juventus, one of the best defensive teams.


In the first leg, the Dortmund had controlled not only the game, also the score after score an away goal, however, an oversight caused Álvaro Morata score the winning goal and Juventus take every failure of the German team finished 2-1.


Juventus have won all three meetings between these two teams in Dortmund, something I want to repeat, or at least get a draw to secure passage to the quarterfinals.


Both teams have low, Dortmund will be without injury with Piszczek, Ginter, Grosskreutz and Sahin. The Italian champion is out for the same reason Caceres, De Ceglie, Romulo, Pirlo, Asamoah and Sturaro.


Juventus have some players at risk of being suspended if they receive a warning, these are, Lichtsteiner, Morata, Pogba, Pereyra and Arturo Vidal.


The Borussia Dortmund faces Juventus on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 15:45 EST, the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund, Germany.


Juventus faces the quote in high spirits after having won the first leg and having reached a safe and undisputed leadership in the Italian Serie A for their tremendous distance on Roma.

Barcelona vs Manchester City Match in UEFA Champions League

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Barcelona receives in the Champions League Manchester City Pep Guardiola, which will be his first big European game of the year, with the top of Group C at stake.

Barça regained winning ways after thrashing Deportivo La Coruna 4-0 in the league and Wednesday will be his second test height of the season at the Camp Nou.

A month ago was the first visit to the league runner-up in Europe, Atletico Madrid. At that meeting, Barça could only draw 1-1 and also lost to Lionel Messi through injury.

With Messi recovered, Luis Enrique can count again with his attacking trident, which complete Neymar and Luis Suarez, to measure the City.

Guardiola already suffered when he led Bayern Munich and crossed his exequipo in the semifinals of Champions League two seasons ago.

At that time, the German team thrashed Barcelona at the Camp Nou 3-0, with two goals from Messi and Neymar another and, in the second leg, Bayern won 3-2, both goals for the Catalans also took the signing of Brazilian striker.

This will be the fifth time Barcelona and Manchester City faces are seen in an edition of Champions League. In the previous four (the qualifying round of the 2013-14 season and 2014-15) the Catalans were imposed.

The Manchester team thrashed at the Etihad Stadium Borussia Monchengladbach (4-0) in the first round and tied in Glasgow against Celtic (3-3) in the second.

Four points that place two Barca unbeaten start in this competition after thrashing at home to Celtic (7-0) and turn the game in Mönchengladbach (1-2).

The good news for Guardiola is the captain, the Belgian Vincent Kompany, played a few minutes in the draw with Everton and could be one of the surprises in an eleven in which back Sergio Aguero, author of six goals in his last three games Champions.

Luis Enrique, therefore, may align its eleventh gala in which, so far, will be the most important course for the Catalans game.

Copa America Final: Argentina vs Chile

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History repeats itself. Argentina and Chile played on Sunday the final of the Copa America Centenario just a year after being the faces in the final of the Cup in Chile, which ended with the victory of the host.


The Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, near New York, will be the scene of a clash of titans between the two best football teams that have been deployed throughout the tournament.


On one side it is Argentina, the leading contender, reaching his third final in the last three years with the imperative of lifting a trophy ratify the hierarchy of a golden generation of players led by Lionel Messi.


And on the other Chile, reigning monarch of South American football, that after getting the first title in its history wants to make clear that it has made their way into the world elite on merit appears.


Chile reaches the end devoid of self-imposed pressure last year for hosting and the need to win the first continental tournament for the country.

However, for the players themselves, a victory over Argentina itself acquires an emotional value as it would show that the title of 2015 was not a mere coincidence rigged to local status.One of the best virtues of the team is tenacious pressure exerted in all sectors of the field, especially in the central area, which is strong Arturo Vidal, a player with leadership, vision and a great physical display.

The front has quality and speed, with Eduardo Vargas with marksmanship and Alexis Sanchez is playing a key in each of the victories of the Red paper.Competition in Chile has gone from less to more, losing to Argentina on his debut and then won with authority to Bolivia and Panama to finish second in Group D.

In the quarterfinals, he struck Mexico an indelible memory thrashing (7-0) and then, without Vidal, he knocked Colombia 2-0 with a beginning of sweeping passing game without defensive troubles.


In the end, the team Pizzi comes with all the headlines about and is the only casualty of Pedro Pablo Hernández, who replaced Vidal in the semifinal and suffered a sprained knee.Marcelo Diaz, recovered from a contracture, again strengthen the midfield, next to Vidal and Charles Aranguiz, the trio will take care to avoid arriving balls Messi.

Champins League Semifinal Match - Real Madrid vs Man City

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The time has come. Real Madrid begins to stake his presence in the final of the Champions League, the presence in Milan. The last obstacle to the final is Manchester City, the last survivor of the Premier League. A Manchester City which also has in its grand illusion Champions, his last illusion of the season. The first leg will be held at the Etihad, in England, where they are all the best players of Real Madrid, who attend the event course with Cristiano Ronaldo after recovering from his injury last week and brushed the game against Rayo Vallecano last Saturday. Zidane himself has confirmed the presence of Portuguese and Benzemá.
 

Real Madrid will therefore yet with Christian Bale Gareth recovered and back in shape and after solving and mark in the last match of the league. Zinedine Zidane's team, in any case, go with all your arsenal and must translate on British turf, as the Merengues is clear favorite to win the tie.

But it is that even Real Madrid is favorite to to win this first leg at home. Funny, but the classification of merengue team against Wolfsburg, with comeback included, together with the elimination of Barcelona, ​​it has raised or appears to have raised madridistas possibilities facing the knockout semifinals and final. For Tuesday's meeting, therefore, the Spanish team is favorite to win, even if they play at home and a playing field at least in the Champions League has proved hard to assault. 
 

It has earned being the 12th player Lucas Vázquez, in full scoring streak and always complying perfectly with its mandated in the field tasks. Few think that could start in the Champions League semifinals and has at your fingertips. In defense back Dani Carvajal, recovered from a blow, and among the options for the center of defense everything points to a commitment couple experience with Pepe as captain Sergio Ramos.

It will be the twenty-seventh semifinal of the Champions League for Real Madrid that presents an even thirteen hits to the final and thirteen attempts in vain balance. Six consecutive years in the desired scenario, since regaining lost prestige with a curse round of six seasons, although these last six attempts ended just one place in the final. The year of the Tenth.

Meanwhile, Manchester City pisa for the first time in its history the penultimate stage of the continental showpiece, facing the momentous encounter in their best moment of the season after stringing seven games without defeat and after regaining third place in the Premier League.