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Winners bonuses: Finalists' personal extras

04/06/2016 11:35
  Keylor Navas has become Costa Rica's first European Cup winner, and Gareth Bale has joined an exclusive club in Wales. UEFA.com focuses on some individual final achievements.   Keylor Navas with the trophy after the UEFA Champions League final...

Road to Cardiff: the 2016/17 season calendar

04/06/2016 11:33
Real Madrid have only just finished their trophy parade but there is less than a month until the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League begins, with the final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.   Millennium Stadium in Cardiff will host the 2017 UEFA Champions League final...

Manchester City signing İlkay Gündoğan in profile

04/06/2016 11:32
UEFA.com digs deep to unearth some lesser-known facts about new Manchester City signing İlkay Gündoğan. What did we find? He likes an afternoon nap, for a start ...     İlkay Gündoğan in action against future employers Manchester City in October 2012...

Alessandro Florenzi scores wonder goal as Roma and Barcelona draw

17/04/2016 00:45
  Champions League holders Barcelona saw their perfect start to the season ended after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Roma at the Stadio Olimpico in Wednesday's Group E opener. Luis Suarez gave Barca a 21st-minute lead but Roma equalised eight minutes later with a wonder goal from defender...

Dynamo Kiev rescue point against Porto with late Buyalskyi goal

17/04/2016 00:43
  Dynamo Kiev substitute Vitaliy Buyalskyi struck a late equaliser to rescue a point for his side as their opening Champions League Group G clash against Porto ended 2-2 at the Olympic Stadium. Midfielder Buyalskyi, a second-half replacement for Oleh Gusev, ran onto a mis-hit shot in the...

Thomas Muller stars for Bayern Munich in win at Olympiakos

17/04/2016 00:41
Bayern Munich cruised to their 12th opening Champions League group game victory in succession with a comfortable 3-0 win in Piraeus against Olympiakos. After a goalless opening period in Greece, Bayern took command courtesy of their record Champions League scorer, Thomas Muller, who took his tally...

Arsene Wenger critical of referee after Arsenal loss to Dinamo Zagreb

17/04/2016 00:39
ESPN FC's Craig Burley thinks Arsenal will recover from their loss to Dinamo Zagreb on Matchday 1 of the Champions League. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hit out at Romanian referee Ovidiu Alin Hategan for sending off striker Olivier Giroud after the Gunners slumped to a 2-1 defeat in their...

Griezmann promises Atlético will be back

17/04/2016 00:38
Antoine Griezmann, whose own missed penalty was "such a shame", believes Atlético Madrid will "learn and come back stronger" despite the pain of defeat in Milan.     Antoine Griezmann, Atlético forward At the end of the day penalties are a lottery, and this...

Quicksilver Di María has Paris purring

16/04/2016 21:11
Ángel Di María was the talk of Paris after his invigorating performance against Malmö; "he's explosive," Blaise Matuidi told UEFA.com. "He makes things happen."     Three minutes and 49 seconds: that was all the...

PSV 'exhausted' after hard-earned triumph

16/04/2016 21:08
"We ran for each other and played as a team," said Héctor Moreno, who scored as inexperienced PSV Eindhoven came from behind to beat Manchester United. Héctor Moreno after heading United's equaliser With the PSV starting XI's combined total of UEFA Champions League...