Arsenal faces PSG competition for Morgan Gibbs-White, Real Madrid eyes mystery signing Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Bernardo Silva, while other transfer rumors emerge across Europe.
Arsenal faces a need for tactical evolution after their Champions League final loss, while Liverpool's managerial search is questioned for its timing. Barcelona's surprising acquisition of Anthony Gordon also raises eyebrows.
PSG clinched their 14th Ligue 1 title with a 2-0 win over Lens, while Inter Milan secured a Coppa Italia double. In La Liga, Alavés edged Barcelona 1-0 to escape the relegation zone, intensifying the battle to avoid the drop.
The teams for the final in Budapest are set. We look at how they got there and the factors that could determine the championDestination Budapest, where Paris Saint-Germain will attempt to be the first club apart from Real Madrid to win two consecutive European Cups since Milan in 1990. Vincent Kompany’s promise of “more” from Bayern Munich after a nine-goal first leg did not materialise. PSG offered a different proposition in Wednesday’s second leg; they put on a performance of defensive discipline, with their attacking players committed to closing down their opponents. Luis Enrique’s team never allowed the tie to spin from their control even if there were 33 shots in Munich compared to 22 in Paris.Khvicha Kvaratskhelia plays like an old-style winger, and set up Ousmane Dembélé’s goal, but he is also thoroughly modern in the way he presses hard and high. Bayern found space at a premium until Harry Kane’s late goal. Luis Enrique’s team is much the same as last season’s, sticking to the same formula. They are a year older but still flush with youth. The PSG project took many years and billions of euros to hit pay dirt but is now delivering the success that was dreamed of after the Qatari takeover in 2011. Continue reading...
The teams for the final in Budapest are set. We look at how they got there and the factors that could determine the championDestination Budapest, where Paris Saint-Germain will attempt to be the first club apart from Real Madrid to win two consecutive European Cups since Milan in 1990. Vincent Kompany’s promise of “more” from Bayern Munich after a nine-goal first leg did not materialise. PSG offered a different proposition in Wednesday’s second leg; they put on a performance of defensive discipline, with their attacking players committed to closing down their opponents. Luis Enrique’s team never allowed the tie to spin from their control even if there were 33 shots in Munich compared to 22 in Paris.Khvicha Kvaratskhelia plays like an old-style winger, and set up Ousmane Dembélé’s goal, but he is also thoroughly modern in the way he presses hard and high. Bayern found space at a premium until Harry Kane’s late goal. Luis Enrique’s team is much the same as last season’s, sticking to the same formula. They are a year older but still flush with youth. The PSG project took many years and billions of euros to hit pay dirt but is now delivering the success that was dreamed of after the Qatari takeover in 2011. Continue reading...
Bei Paris spielt der aktuelle Weltfußballer und daneben kickt der vielleicht derzeit beste Spieler: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Das Spiel in München zeigte, warum PSG derzeit die stärkste Mannschaft Europas ist.
Şampiyonlar Ligi yarı final rövanş maçında Bayern Münih'i 1-0 mağlup ederek adını finale yazdıran PSG'de Marquinhos ve Khvicha Kvaratskhelia tarihe geçti.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s trickery and imagination in Munich gave a reminder of the challenge facing Arsenal in the finalWell, it was never going to be quite the same. You only get one all-time high, one first kiss, one Catcher in the Rye, one loved-up alien-ball dreamscape of a game like the first leg between these two teams.In the event Bayern Munich never really laid a glove on Paris Saint-Germain at the Allianz Arena. They trailed from the third minute to Ousmane Dembélé’s goal, drew level on the night through Harry Kane at the death, but looked in between like a team trying to generate energy from a standing start, always kept at one remove by the extended arm, the palm on their forehead, fists whirling in the empty air between. Continue reading...
PSG take a 5-4 lead against Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final at Parc des Princes. Ousmane Dembele and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia both scored twice in a pulsating encounter.
Paris Saint-Germain beat Bayern Munich 5-4 in a thrilling Champions League semi-final first leg, the highest-scoring match ever at this stage. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembele scored twice each for PSG, while Harry Kane scored for Bayern, who fought back late to keep the tie alive before next week’s return leg in Munich.
