Aston Villa offer Villa Park as alternative venue for Champions League final

Aston Villa offer Villa Park as alternative venue for Champions League final – originally posted on Sportslens.com Aston Villa have offered up Villa Park as a potential venue for the Champions League final, with doubts surrounding the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul. With Manchester City and Chelsea sealing their places in the final this week, attention […]

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Aston Villa offer to host Champions League final at Villa Park

Aston Villa have contacted the FA and UEFA about using Villa Park as the new venue for the Champions League final. Europe’s elite competition will have an all-English final following Man City and Chelsea’s respective wins in the semis. Man City controlled French giants Paris Saint-Germain over two legs, while Chelsea overcame Zinedine Zidane’s Real […]

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Manchester City v Chelsea – Facts & Stats Ahead Of 2021 Champions League Final

Manchester City v Chelsea – Facts & Stats Ahead Of 2021 Champions League Final – originally posted on Sportslens.com The Champions League semi-finals came to a close on Wednesday evening, and we now know our line-up for the final. Manchester City knocked out Paris Saint-Germain, while Chelsea saw off Real Madrid. The Blues will be […]

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Ranking the 12 English Champions League final performances…

Sheesh, this wasn’t easy. At the top is a Champions League final performance for which one of its stars admits they ‘never turned up’…   12) Manchester United 2009 ‘The feathery touch of Barcelona left Manchester United bruised and beaten. It is as well that the victors’ good taste extended to winning by a modest […]

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‘Taking the p*ss’ – Spanish presenter destroys ‘overweight’ Hazard

A Spanish TV presenter has hit out at Eden Hazard after the Real Madrid forward was pictured laughing with former Chelsea team-mates on Wednesday night. Timo Werner and Mason Mount’s goals sunk Real Madrid 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg, for a 3-1 aggregate victory. The Blues stormed into their […]

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Chelsea ‘keen to sell’ Alonso, Emerson this summer to raise funds

Chelsea are keen to sell left-backs Marcos Alonso and Emerson Palmieri to fund their summer spending spree, according to reports. Both Alonso and Emerson have fallen down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge due to the form of Ben Chilwell. The Englishman was solid again on Wednesday night as Chelsea eased past Real Madrid 2-0 to reach […]

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Still giving Bambi Lampard credit for Chelsea?

We should still be giving credit to Frank Lampard for this Chelsea success, apparently. Or should that be Bambi?   Bambi: The sequel Mediawatch has just spent a very enjoyable five minutes re-reading its own work from January 26, the day after Frank Lampard/Bambi was sacked by Chelsea. It really is an excellent Mediawatch, which […]

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Mount challenges Chelsea to ‘achieve greatness’ in CL final

Mason Mount has urged Chelsea to ‘achieve greatness’ by beating favourites Manchester City in the Champions League final. On Wednesday, the Englishman scored as his team overcame Real Madrid 2-0 to reach Europe’s biggest match. They swept past a weary, tired-looking Real with a brilliant attacking performance. OPINION: Roma an ideal host for the Mourinho Show… […]

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Analysis: How Chelsea dominated Real Madrid in midfield….and everywhere else

Analysis: How Chelsea dominated Real Madrid in midfield….and everywhere else – originally posted on Sportslens.com After their 1-1 first leg standoff, Chelsea and Real Madrid faced each other once again, this time to decide the second UEFA Champions League final spot for good. The Blues had certainly been the better side in the first leg, […]

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Owen: City, Chelsea stars will be ‘two of the best players in the world’

Michael Owen thinks Manchester City youngster Phil Foden and Chelsea starlet Mason Mount will become “two of the best players in the world”. Both of the young English prospects starred for their respective clubs in the recent Champions League semi-finals with City and Chelsea meeting in the final later this month. Mount and Foden have […]

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