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Xavi believes Barcelona deserved to emerge victorious from their 1-1 draw with Napoli in the Champions League but confessed his side lacked the "maturity" needed to get over the line in the first leg. Barcelona took the lead in Naples on the hour mark through Robert Lewandowski but were later pegged back by Victor Osimhen with what was Napoli's only shot on target in the Game . "It is a bittersweet feeling because we had the Game in our hands," Xavi told the media after the Game . "We played well. We defended well; Napoli didn't create much, but in the moment [after taking the lead] we lacked control when we needed to dominate, show personality and be aggressive. "It's a shame. It was a good performance in general and I am proud of the image we have shown Europe. This is the Barca we want, but we lacked maturity to [manage the Game ]. "Maybe physically they were stronger than us in individual duels, but playing this way we have good chan...

Bayern Munich have work to do if they are to progress to this season’s Champions League quarter-finals after slumping to a 1-0 defeat to Lazio in their last 16 first leg on Wednesday. Ciro Immobile’s second half penalty proved to be the difference at Stadio Olimpico on an historic night for the Italian side in Europe. Bayern finished the game with ten players after Dayot Upamecano had been dismissed for his foul that conceded the spot-kick. Thomas Tuchel’s team dominated possession and mustered 17 shots in total over the course of the game, yet failed to get a single one on target, while Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio worked incredibly hard off the ball to limit the impact of Bayern’s array of glittering attacking talent. Although not a disastrous result in the overall context of this tie, it certainly wasn’t the way that Bayern or an under pressure Tuchel would have wanted to respond to last weekend’s comprehensive 3-0 defeat to Bundesliga title rivals Bayer Leverkusen. How the game unfol...

Newcastle United produced a fantastic performance against Paris Saint-Germain but a stoppage-time penalty from Kylian Mbappe earned the French side a 1-1 draw on Tuesday evening. Despite a quick start from PSG, it was Newcastle who would strike first in the French capital. Gianluigi Donnarumma parried Miguel Almiron's effort into the path of Alexander Isak, with the 24-year-old hammering home from close range to give the Magpies the lead heading into the break . PSG produced plenty of opportunities in the second half but needed a controversial 98th-minute penalty from Mbappe to deny Newcastle a memorable victory in Paris. How the game unfolded Eddie Howe named an unchanged lineup from the weekend's demolition of Chelsea as injuries continue to decimate his squad, with Newcastle knowing that a defeat at the Parc des Princes would send them out of the Champions League . The Magpies almost found themselves behind early on, Mbappe's near-post flick rebuffed by the feet of Nick ...

Manchester City edged a penalty shootout against Sevilla on Wednesday night to secure their first ever UEFA Super Cup, following a 1-1 draw over 90 minutes. Youssef En-Nesyri handed Sevilla the lead in the first half, before Cole Palmer equalised for a City side well shy of their best with just over an hour gone. With no extra-time, both sides were flawless over the first nine penalties in the shootout until Nemanja Gudelj struck the bar with the tenth. On a sweltering night in the Athenian port of Piraeus, both teams found it difficult to find any dynamism, happy to knock the ball about rather than really bust a gut to get ahead. Palmer had a couple of early chances for City, while Yassine Bounou had to be alert to push a Jack Grealish shot to safety. Sevilla had made the brighter start in the opening minutes, although it wasn’t until the Game resumed after the first half drinks break that they made their mark. Marcos Acuna’s cross from the left was inch-perfect for En-Nesyri to hea...

Chelsea striker David Datro Fofana has joined Union Berlin on loan for the duration of the 2023/24 season, a move that promises to offer the Ivory Coast international more game time. It will additionally see Fofana get the opportunity to play in the Champions League as a result of Union taking the Bundesliga by storm again last season and improving on their fifth place finish from 2021/22 to place fourth behind RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. Were Fofana to have stayed at Stamford Bridge this coming season, he wouldn't have been playing European football of any kind after the Blues recorded their lowest Premier League finish since 1994. Having impressed for Molde in Norway, Fofana was one of six additions to the Chelsea squad during an extraordinarily busy January transfer window. Only 20, he made just three Premier League appearances despite the team's struggles, but now faces further competition for places from new forward arrivals Christopher Nkunku and Nic...

Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero has joked that he will join up with Lionel Messi in Miami after the club completed the treble . The Citizens at long last got their hands on the UEFA Champions League after beating Inter 1-0 in this season's final. Rodri's 68th-minute strike was all that separated the two sides at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul. Their success in the European Cup follows on from their triumphs in the Premier League and FA Cup this season, ensuring that they have become just the second English team to achieve such a feat - Manchester United were the first side to win all three com Pet itions in the same year back in 1998/99. Aguero left Man City in 2021 following their first ever Champions League final appearance - a surprise 1-0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea. He then joined Barcelona but had to retire months later at the advice of doctors due to his cardiac Health . The former striker, who most famously scored the last-gasp goal to win Man City the...