All the 22 qualifiers for the first round of the 2020/21 CAF Champions league have emerged after the preliminary-round, second-leg matches were concluded at the weekend. Here is how they qualified with first-leg results in brackets – Stade Malien, Mali 2-0 Ashanti de Siguiri, Guinea (2-1) – Stade Malien was awarded a 2-0 win as the match could not be played after 4 of the 17 players from Ashanti de Siguiri tested positive for COVID-19. Teungueth, Senegal 2-0 Gambia Armed Forces, The Gambia (1-1) – Teungueth qualified on 3-1 aggregate.…
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Bayern beats PSG to lift sixth UEFA Champions League
Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 at the Estadio da Luz, in Lisbon, and crowned its impressive trajectory with the sixth UEFA Champions League title. Former PSG youth academy player Kingsley Coman headed in the lone goal off a clinical Joshua Kimmich far post cross. This season, Bayern have won Bundesliga and the German Cup, apart from the European trophy. They also have a 100 per cent win rate in the 2019-20 CL matches. The first 45 minutes ended goalless, despite the fact that it was a clash between two…
Read MoreBayern beat Lyon 3-0 to reach Champions League final
Bayern Munich marched their way to their 11th UEFA Champions League final after making little work of Lyon’s brief early-game dominance. Bayern might have been expected to blow Lyon away after their quarter-final demolition of Barcelona, but it was actually the French side who made the brighter start, with Memphis Depay finding the side-netting after being put through on goal by Maxence Caqueret. Leon Goretzka nearly put the Bundesliga giants ahead with a mishit attempt, before Depay flashed another attempt wide and Karl Toko Ekambi hit the post from point-blank…
Read MoreBayern trounce Barcelona 8-2 to reach Champions League semi final
The Catalans were put to the sword by the rampant Bundesliga champions, exiting Europe in embarrassing fashion Barcelona’s attempt to bring the Champions League back to Camp Nou after a five-year absence ended in humiliation on Friday, as Bayern Munich trounced them 8-2 in the quarter-final. The match in Lisbon started poorly for the Catalans as Thomas Muller gave Bayern the lead inside four minutes. Though a David Alaba own goal gave them hope, Barcelona were ultimately undone by the ruthless German champions. Ivan Perisic, Serge Gnabry, Joshua Kimmich, Robert…
Read MoreBarca, Bayern grab last Champions League quarter-final slots
Lionel Messi had a good game on Saturday as Barcelona and Bayern Munich grabbed the remaining two quarter-final tickets left in this season’s UEFA Champions League. While Barcelona thumped Napoli 3-1 at Camp Nou, Bayern Munich completed a double over Chelsea, beating the Blues 4-1 at the Allianz Arena. Unlike the Chelsea game which already looked like a lost battle, the Barca, Napoli contest was still evenly-poised having ended in a pulsating 1-1 draw in the first leg played in Naples. It only meant Genaro Gattuso’s men had to score…
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