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☆ Real Madrid earns crucial draw against Bayern Munich in Champions League semifinal
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“We didn’t see the best Real Madrid today,” he told reporters after the game. “Let’s hope we see it in the second leg. Bayern, cheered by the ever-passionate Allianz Arena, roared back in the second half and equalized through a moment of solo brilliance from Sané in the 53rd minute. Alex Pantling/Getty ImagesWhile Madrid will be happy with the result, there were concerns over star player Jude Bellingham who came off in the second half. “We caused Real a lot of problems, especially in the second half.

Persons: Carlo Ancelotti, Blancos, Ancelotti, ”, “ It’s, Vinícius Jr, ’, Bayern’s Leroy Sané, Harry Kane, Vinícius, “, ” Harry Kane, Angelika Warmuth, Toni Kroos, Kim Min, jae, Kroos, Andriy Lunin, Jamal Musiala, clumsily, Lucas Vázquez, Dani Carvajal, Kane, Kim, Madrid’s, Alex Pantling, Jude Bellingham, He’ll, hasn’t, he’ll, ” Kane, Germain Organizations: CNN — Real Madrid, Champions League, Bayern Munich, Bayern, Allianz Arena, Madrid, ”, Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint, Wembley Locations: Santiago, Germany, Spain, Real Madrid, Madrid, Bayern Munich, Paris

☆ Arne Slot to Liverpool: Compensation deal agreed for Feyenoord boss to be Jurgen Klopp's successor
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Melissa Reddy | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Head coach Arne Slot of Feyenoord looks on after the Dutch Eredivisie match between Go Ahead Eagles and Feyenoord at De Adelaarshorst on April 25, 2024 in Deventer, Netherlands. Liverpool and Feyenoord have reached an agreement in principle over a compensation package for Arne Slot to become Jurgen Klopp's successor. The compensation package is £7.7m, plus £1.7m in add-ons. Sporting coach Ruben Amorim had made Liverpool's shortlist, and despite the external noise over him, the club always maintained he was not the leading or preferred option. Suggestions that financial reasons were behind Amorim not being the frontrunner for the Anfield job has been termed fiction.

Persons: Arne Slot, Arne, Jurgen Klopp's, Xabi Alonso, Ruben Amorim, Amorim Organizations: Feyenoord, Dutch, Go Ahead Eagles, De, Liverpool, Bayer Leverkusen, Sporting, Anfield Locations: De Adelaarshorst, Deventer , Netherlands, West Ham

☆ Mohamed Salah: Jürgen Klopp defends Liverpool star after Europa League exit
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said he was “disappointed” to see his side knocked out of the Europa League quarterfinals against Atlanta on Thursday, but insisted talisman Mohamed Salah was not to blame. Elsewhere on Thursday, fellow Premier League side West Ham crashed out of the Europa League quarterfinals after losing 3-1 on aggregate to Bayer Leverkusen. English Premier League title raceWith such disappointment in Europe for English clubs, all attention now turns back to the Premier League title race. Klopp, hoping to leave Liverpool with the perfect present of a league title, said his side can now fully focus on the remainder of the campaign. It faces Fulham in its next league game on Sunday.

Persons: Jürgen Klopp, ”, Mohamed Salah, Liverpool couldn’t, Salah, Juan Musso, ” Klopp, “ It’s, Mo, didn’t, that’s, Guglielmo Mangiapane, Klopp, “, Atalanta Organizations: CNN, Liverpool, Europa League, Atlanta, English Premier League, Atalanta, Africa, of Nations, Reuters, Anfield, Premier League, West, Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal, Manchester City, Champions League, Sunday, Fulham Locations: Italy, Dublin, Ireland, Liverpool, West Ham, Europe, London

☆ Bayer Leverkusen: Record 44-game unbeaten run brings to an end 31 years of hurt and ridicule
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

However, if you were a fan of German soccer club Bayer Leverkusen, little changed for you over those 31 years – there was just a lot of disappointment. Since winning the German Cup in 1993, Leverkusen relentlessly explored increasingly agonizing ways of spurning chances to win trophies. The current season has already reaped rewards in the form of the Bundesliga title, with potential domestic and European competition success transforming this into a season for the ages. Everybody was on the pitch this evening, everybody was crying.”After years being the butt of the joke, Leverkusen fans could finally spin the narrative. Leverkusen fans celebrated en masse on the pitch after winning the German league title.

Persons: ’, David Letterman ’, Xabi, Alonso, Mike Hewitt, ”, Schwarzroten, ‘ You’ll, Olaf Schmidt –, –, midfifelder, Jeremie Frimpong, Xabi Alonso, Lars Baron, Florian Wirtz’s wizardry, Deutscher Meister ’, ” Schmidt, ‘, Schmidt, Andreas Rentz, ” Uwe Schewiola Organizations: CNN, Chicago Bulls, NBA, The Bulls, Bayer Leverkusen, Basque, Bundesliga, Europa League, West Ham United, Getty, Real Madrid, ’, Olaf Schmidt – Leverkusen, CNN Sport, Bayern, Spain, Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Bayer, Werder Bremen, Black, Reds, FC Kaiserslautern Locations: German, Europe, Real, London, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Germany, England, Spain, Italy, Tolosa, West Ham

☆ A Perpetual Bridesmaid Gets the Crown, and Germany (Mostly) Likes the Look
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Rory Smith | Christopher F. Schuetze | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Executives at Bayer Leverkusen, the longstanding but habitually middleweight German soccer team, have been fielding the messages since at least February. Some were delivered in person, a quiet blessing after yet another victory. Others came via WhatsApp, unsolicited and unexpected notes from peers and acquaintances and, to their occasional surprise, traditional foes. But as the German league season gathered pace, plenty wanted to laud Leverkusen’s impending achievement: It was, with each victory, getting closer and closer to being crowned national champion for the first time. Leverkusen will, this weekend, surge over the line and end a run of Bayern championships that stretches back more than a decade.

Persons: laud Leverkusen’s Organizations: Bayer Leverkusen, Soccer, Rivals, Bayern Munich, Bayern, Werder Bremen Locations: German

☆ Coaches Have to Be Salesmen, Too
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Rory Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

West Ham, in the end, could not quite withstand the barrage. Bayer Leverkusen’s first goal — a Jonas Hofmann shot that picked its way through a thronged penalty area — broke its resistance. The club’s Europa League adventure will likely extend no further than the quarterfinals. Xabi Alonso, its estimable young coach, remains on course to claim a treble — league, cup, Europa League — in his first full season. West Ham is starting to feel at home on the continent: It reached the Europa League semifinals in 2022, losing out to Eintracht Frankfurt, and then beat Fiorentina to claim the Europa Conference League trophy in 2023.

Persons: Bayer Leverkusen’s, Jonas Hofmann, Victor Boniface, Xabi Alonso Organizations: Europa League, Leverkusen, League —, Premier League, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Manchester United, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fiorentina, Europa Conference League Locations: West Ham, Europe

☆ Harry Kane: ‘He was happy to be here’: Bayern Munich striker returns to the Emirates to haunt Arsenal once again
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Some Arsenal fans might have been forgiven for waking up in a cold sweat in the nights leading up to Tuesday’s Champions League quarterfinal first leg against Bayern Munich. The 30-year-old became the fastest player to score 20 Bundesliga goals, reaching the landmark in just 14 matches, well ahead of Uwe Seeler’s previous record of 21. He also has four hat-tricks to his name, something no player had previously achieved in their first Bundesliga season. Arsenal fans thought Kane should have been shown a red card in the second half. With Bayern fans banned from the match due as punishment for throwing flares onto the pitch during their side’s win against Lazio in the previous round, you could hear a pin drop inside the Emirates.

Persons: Harry Kane, Kane, Uwe Seeler’s, Seeler, Robert Lewandowski’s, David Klein, Thomas Tuchel, Xabi Alonso’s Bayer, Kane’s, “, ” Tuchel, Eric Dier, Adrian Dennis, Tuchel, haven’t, ”, Serge Gnaby, Leroy Sané, David Raya, Leandro Trossard’s, Gabriel, William Saliba, Kieran Cleeves, It’s, Kingsley, Frenchman, ” Kane Organizations: CNN, Arsenal, Tuesday’s Champions League, Bayern Munich, Gunners, Tottenham Hotspur, Bundesliga, Reuters Bayern, Bayern, Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen, FC Saarbrücken, League, “ Arsenal, Spurs, Champions League, Getty, “, Emirates, Lazio, Tottenham, TNT Sports Locations: England, London, Germany, Europe, AFP, Munich

☆ Bayer Leverkusen takes huge step towards ending Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga dominance
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Bayer Leverkusen took an almighty step towards winning its first Bundesliga title after producing a stunning comeback victory on Saturday, before title rival Bayern Munich lost during an eventful day in the German top-flight. Leverkusen scored two late goals to beat Hoffenheim 2-1 and maintain its unbeaten record in the league. Later that day, Bayern Munich produced a disappointing display in a 2-0 loss to fierce rival Borussia Dortmund. However, as it has done on many occasions this season, Leverkusen struck late and equalized in the 88th minute through Robert Andrich. Bayern Munich now sits 13 points off the top of the table, with seven games remaining.

Persons: CNN — Bayer, Thomas Tuchel, ”, ” Patrik Schick, Lars Baron, Xabi, Maximilian Beier, Robert Andrich, Patrik Schick, ” Alonso, Alonso, Matthias Schrader, Tuchel, Harry Kane, “, Joshua Kimmich, We’re Organizations: CNN, CNN — Bayer Leverkusen, Bundesliga, Bayern Munich, Leverkusen, Hoffenheim, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern, Reuters, Xabi Alonso’s, Star, Dortmund, Champions League, Arsenal, ” Bayern Locations: Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Munich

☆ Xabi Alonso becomes Europe’s most wanted coach as Bayer Leverkusen runs away with Bundesliga
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Xabi Alonso was appointed the club’s head coach in October 2022, with Leverkusen languishing near the bottom of the German table. Prior to being appointed Leverkusen’s manager, Alonso had coached Real Madrid’s Under-14 team and Real Sociedad’s B team. We have seen in the past what else can happen,” Leverkusen defender Jonathan Tag told Dazn after the victory over Köln. There are 10 games remaining in the Bundesliga season and Leverkusen is the strong favorite to win its first ever league title. And with Leverkusen in semifinals of the domestic cup and the round-of-16 stage of the Europa League, Alonso could cap off a memorable second season in first-team management with a hat-trick of trophies.

Persons: ’, Michael Ballack, Oliver Neuville, Dimitar Berbatov, Zé Roberto, Zidane’s, Xabi Alonso, Alonso, Ina Fassbender, –, Jeremie Frimpong, Grimaldo –, Grimaldo, Frimpong, John Muller, “, ”, Jonathan Tag, Köln, Wolfgang Rattay, Thomas Tuchel’s Organizations: CNN, Bayer Leverkusen, Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund, Champions League, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Spain, Bayern Munich, English Premier League, Köln, Getty, Real Sociedad, Liverpool, Merseyside, League, Spanish national team, Real Madrid’s, Real, Benfica, The, Bayern, Europa League Locations: Liverpool, AFP, Istanbul, Leverkusen, Europe

☆ Thomas Tuchel to leave post as Bayern Munich head coach at end of season
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Thomas Tuchel will relinquish his post as Bayern Munich head coach at the end of the season, the club announced on Wednesday. Tuchel, who was hired as head coach of the German powerhouse in March 2023, will leave a year earlier than his original contract end date of June 2025. The Bavarians also lost 1-0 to Italian club Lazio in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash. “Our goal is to pursue a new footballing direction with a new head coach for the 2024/25 season. Tuchel’s departure at the end of the season comes amid widespread speculation that Bayern are potentially interested in Leverkusen’s highly-rated coach Xabi Alonso.

Persons: CNN — Thomas Tuchel, Tuchel, Bayer, Jan, Christian Dreesen, “, ” Dreesen, ” Tuchel, previsouly, Germain, Julian Nagelsmann, Alexandra Beier, Harry Kane, Kane, Tuchel’s, Xabi Alonso, Alonso, Jürgen Klopp Organizations: CNN, Bayern Munich, Bayern, Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen, Lazio, Champions League, ” Bayern, Allianz, Chelsea, Paris Saint, Borussia Dortmund, Getty, Tuchel’s Bayern, England, Tottenham Hotspur, Leverkusen, League, Bochum, Liverpool, English Premier League Locations: Paris, Tuchel, AFP

☆ Dayot Upamecano: Bayern Munich condemns racial abuse sent to defender after Champions League defeat
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Bayern Munich has “strongly condemn[ed]” racist abuse directed at defender Dayot Upamecano following the team’s Champions League defeat against Lazio. That proved to be the decisive moment in the game as the Italian side went on to win 1-0. After the match, racist comments were left on the 25-year-old Upamecano’s Instagram page, including verbal abuse and monkey and gorilla emojis. We’re all behind you, Upa!”Upamecano hasn’t yet commented publicly on the racist comments. Bayern had 17 shots against Lazio but failed to get one on target, falling to a second defeat in five days after losing 3-0 against Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.

Persons: Dayot Upamecano, Upamecano, Gustav Isaksen, Ciro, Dayot, “, Thomas Tuchel, Marco Rosi, ” Organizations: CNN — Bayern Munich, team’s Champions League, Lazio, Milan, “ FC Bayern, Upa, CNN, Bayern, Bayer Leverkusen, SS Lazio, ” Bayern, Champions League, Liverpool, Leverkusen, Bundesliga Locations: @acmilan, Munich

The Champions League narrative is so often about Manchester City and Real Madrid. The past two champions of Europe were the only teams to sweep through the group stage with six wins. BONUS ENTRIESEvery result in the Champions League, plus the Europa League and Europa Conference League, also counts toward UEFA’s longstanding ranking table of each country’s collective performance. Each Champions League win for Inter, Napoli and Lazio is good for all Italian clubs doing well in Serie A. And so, the 29 games left in the Champions League through the June 1 final in London have great value beyond the 16 clubs directly involved.

Persons: Erling Haaland, Madrid’s Jude Bellingham, Abu, Harry Kane’s, Kylian Mbappé, —, Madrid, ___ Organizations: Manchester City, Copenhagen, Everton, Champions League, Premier League, Liga, Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern, Bundesliga, Lazio, Paris Saint, Germain, Real Sociedad, Inter Milan, PSG, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, Inter, Atletico Madrid, PSV Eindhoven, Dortmund, Napoli, Barcelona, Porto, Arsenal, UEFA, FIFA, League, Chelsea, Benfica, Atletico, Spanish, Juventus, Europa League, Europa Conference League, Serie, —, Liverpool Locations: Real Madrid, Europe, Man, Madrid, Leipzig, Girona, Abu Dhabi, Bellingham, Paris, United States, Barcelona, Italy, Germany, Spain, Manchester, London

☆ Bayern Munich vs Union Berlin: Soccer head coach sent off after twice pushing opposition player in the face
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Union Berlin’s head coach Nenad Bjelica was sent off for twice pushing Bayern Munich forward Leroy Sané in the face during a feisty Bundesliga encounter on Wednesday. As players and coaching staff rushed in to separate the pair, Bjelica again put his hand in Sané’s face. On the pitch, Bayern Munich was keen to hit back after losing to Werder Bremen last time out. Despite all its first-half dominance, Bayern began to creak as the game wore on and Union Berlin had a number of chances to equalize. The referee waved away the protests from Union Berlin’s players and Bayern managed to hold on for an important win.

Persons: Nenad Bjelica, Leroy Sané, Sané, Bjelica, “, ” Bjelica, Frederik Rønnow, Angelika Warmuth, Harry Kane, Raphaël Guerreiro, Kane, Union Berlin, Kevin Behrens, Konrad Laimer, Leon Goretzka Organizations: CNN — Union Berlin’s, Bayern Munich, Bayern, Werder Bremen, Reuters, Union, Union Berlin’s, ” Bayern, Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen

☆ Shakira stands trial in Spain for alleged tax fraud
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Shakira poses on the red carpet during the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards show in Seville, Spain, November 16, 2023. The 'Hips Don't Lie' Colombian megastar, who also has a second tax fraud investigation pending with Spanish authorities, has vowed to fight what she called false accusations. She rejected a settlement offer from the prosecutor's office to close the case and is expected to testify on Monday in the first of 12 hearings scheduled until Dec. 14. The prosecutor's office is seeking an up to eight-year prison term and to claim back the taxes it says she owes. Shakira, 46, lived with former Barcelona and Spain soccer star Gerard Pique for 11 years and the couple have two children.

Persons: Shakira, Marcelo del Pozo, Gerard Pique, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, Judge Jose Manuel del Amo Sanchez, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, Argentina's Lionel Messi, Diego Costa, Bayer, Xabi Alonso, Alonso, Emma Pinedo, Aislinn Laing, Alexander Smith Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Spanish, Bayer Leverkusen, Thomson Locations: Seville, Spain, Rights BARCELONA, Barcelona, Miami, Spanish

☆ Morocco call up Nice midfielder Diop for World Cup qualifiers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 9 (Reuters) - Former France under-21 international Sofiane Diop has accepted a first call-up from Morocco for the start of their 2026 World Cup qualification campaign this month, coach Walid Regragui confirmed on Thursday. Nice midfielder Diop, 23, was born in France but is also eligible for Morocco, who reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar and recently recruited another French youth international in Bayer Leverkusen winger Amine Adli. "He (Diop) is a player who could have chosen other countries also. Morocco are scheduled to host Eritrea next Thursday in their qualification opener and despite reports the latter could withdraw from the preliminaries, Regragui said they have received no confirmation from FIFA. The Atlas Lions will travel away to Tanzania on Nov. 21 for their second game.

Persons: Sofiane Diop, Walid Regragui, Diop, Regragui, Yassine Bounou, Munir El Kajoui, El Mehdi Benabid, Ghanem Saiss, Nayef Aguerd, Abdelkabir, Yunis, Achraf, Ayoub El, Noussair Mazraoui, Yahya Attiat Allah, Sofyan, Azzedine Ounahi, Yahya Jabrane, Ismael Saibari, Bilal El Khannouss, Amir Richardson, Hakim Ziyech, Youssef En, Tarik Tissoudali, Nick Said, Toby Davis Organizations: Bayer Leverkusen, FIFA, The Atlas Lions, Thomson Locations: France, Morocco, Qatar, Tanzania, Niger, Congo, Zambia, United States, Mexico, Canada

☆ Bayern not downbeat after Cup exit, ready for Dortmund test - Tuchel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MUNICH, Germany, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich's shock German Cup loss to third division Saarbruecken was painful but the team are confident of winning Saturday's Bundesliga clash at Borussia Dortmund, coach Thomas Tuchel said on Friday. "We wanted to got to Berlin to win the Cup. Dortmund are also unbeaten in their first nine league games and are fourth on 21 points, two behind Bayern. "We have a good run in the Bundesliga, we have a team we trust and we go to Dortmund to win the game," said Tuchel. We go to Dortmund to win and stretch our run in the league.

Persons: Saarbruecken, Thomas Tuchel, Matthijs de Ligt, Tuchel, De, Dayot Upamecano, Leon Goretzka, Karolos Grohmann, Ed Osmond Organizations: Bayern, Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray, Champions League, Bayer Leverkusen, Dortmund, Thomson Locations: MUNICH, Germany, Berlin, Dortmund

☆ Bayern's German Cup game in the balance over pitch conditions - Tuchel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MUNICH, Germany, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich's German Cup second round game at third-tier Saarbruecken on Wednesday hangs in the balance due to the hosts' pitch conditions with a decision expected on matchday, Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel said on Tuesday. Heavy rain in previous days has made the pitch almost unplayable with the German Football Association (DFB) set to inspect it two more times before a decision is taken. That was always the plan and has nothing to do with the pitch," Tuchel told a press conference. "If the DFB decides tomorrow that we will play I hope that it will be under normal conditions," Tuchel said. He knows how to play with an economy and he knows how to play a lot," Tuchel said of Kane, who scored a hat-trick in their 8-0 win over Darmstadt on Saturday.

Persons: Thomas Tuchel, Tuchel, Harry Kane, Harry, Kane, Jamal, Kingsley Coman, Karolos Grohmann, Ken Ferris Organizations: Bayern Munich's German, Bayern, German Football Association, Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga, Dortmund, DFB, Darmstadt, England, Wednesday, Bayer Leverkusen, Thomson Locations: MUNICH, Germany

☆ Bayern midfielder Kimmich banned for two league games after red card
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Bayern Munich v SV Darmstadt 98 - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - October 28, 2023 Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich walks off the pitch after being shown a red card REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich has been banned for two Bundesliga matches following his fourth minute red card in their 8-0 win over Darmstadt 98 on Saturday, the German Football Association (DFB) said on Monday. The ban means Kimmich will miss Bayern's match at Borussia Dortmund on Saturday and the home game with promoted Heidenheim next week. Germany international Kimmich was shown a straight red card when he failed to control a pass from his own goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and then pulled down Marwin Mehlem at the edge of the box. Champions Bayern are in second place on 23 points, two behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen. Dortmund are fourth on 21.

Persons: Joshua Kimmich, Angelika Warmuth, Kimmich, Manuel Neuer, Karolos Grohmann, Ken Ferris Organizations: Soccer Football, Bundesliga, Bayern Munich, SV Darmstadt, Allianz Arena, Bayern, Rights, Darmstadt, German Football Association, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Dortmund, Thomson Locations: Munich, Germany, Heidenheim, Darmstadt

☆ Bayern's Neuer prepares for imminent Bundesliga return with eye on Euros
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Karolos Grohmann | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BERLIN, Oct 26 (Reuters) - There is more at stake for Bayern Munich keeper Manuel Neuer when he makes his possible return to action in the Bundesliga on Saturday against Darmstadt 98 almost a year after injury. He did not travel to Bayern's Champions League game against Galatasaray in Istanbul on Tuesday to continue training while a rumoured return in the league last week did not materialise. "We have to wait and see," Bayern's Tuchel said on Tuesday when asked whether Neuer will return this week. A Bayern comeback for Neuer would mean that veteran keeper Sven Ulreich, who has been outstanding in his absence, will quickly slip back into his usual reserve role. Victory over visiting Darmstadt, in 12th place, could move Bayern provisionally into top spot, with Leverkusen, also unbeaten, in action against Freiburg on Sunday.

Persons: Manuel Neuer, Thomas Tuchel, Neuer, Barcelona's Marc, Andre ter Stegen, Ilkay, Julian Nagelsmann, Bayern's Tuchel, Manuel, Sven Ulreich, Ulreich, Karolos Grohmann, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Darmstadt, Bayern's Champions League, Galatasaray, Bayern, Costa, Germany, Champions League, Bayer Leverkusen, VfB Stuttgart, Victory, Leverkusen, Freiburg, Sunday, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt, Thomson Locations: Istanbul, Qatar, Costa Rica, Germany, Darmstadt

☆ Liverpool thump Toulouse 5-1, Brighton earn first European win
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The rest of the match belonged to Liverpool as Wataru Endo headed them back in front just past the half-hour mark. That goal took the Egyptian's tally to 43 for Liverpool in major European competitions, a record for any player at an English club. Liverpool top the group by five points over Union Saint Gilloise and Toulouse, who both have four points. BRIGHTON ROCKBrighton achieved a European milestone by beating Ajax and reigniting their chances of reaching the knockout stages. They are now level on four points with second-placed AEK Athens in Group B, a point behind Olympique de Marseille.

Persons: Diogo Jota, Wataru Endo, Darwin Nunez, Nunez, Ryan Gravenberch, Mohamed Salah, LASK, Cameron Puertas, Christian Burgess, Joao Pedro, Diant Ramaj, Ansu Fati, Maurice Steijn, Kostas Fortounis, Rodinei's, Angelo Ogbonna, Angelo Ogbonna . West Ham, Lucas Paqueta's, Edoardo Bove, Romelu Lukaku, Jose Mourinho's, Alejandro Grimaldo, Stade Rennais, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Tommy Lund, Ken Ferris Organizations: Liverpool, Brighton, Ajax, Olympiakos, West, Marseille, Leverkusen, Rennes, LIVERPOOL, Toulouse, Europa League, Brighton & Hove Albion, Ajax Amsterdam, Union Saint Gilloise, Union, BRIGHTON ROCK Brighton, AEK Athens, Olympique de Marseille, AEK, Seagulls, Olympiakos Piraeus, Europa Conference League, West Ham United, Freiburg, Backa Topla, AS Roma, Slavia Prague, Slavia, Bayer Leverkusen thumped Qarabag, Stade, Panathinaikos, Villarreal, Maccabi Haifa, Thomson Locations: Roma, England, Anfield, Brighton, Liverpool, Toulouse, Europe, Angelo Ogbonna . West, Gdansk

But he says he gradually gained new fans in his soccer-crazed South American country for representing his Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé and challenging religious intolerance. And it’s nice to feel they see something good in what I do.”Just a small minority in Brazil practices Candomblé. Growing up in Rio de Janeiro, Paulinho said he suffered prejudice because of his faith -- like his mother and grandmother before him. Paulinho now plays for Brazil’s Atlético Mineiro, a club that during the 1980s had some of the first outspoken evangelical soccer players in the country. Paulinho was one of the few active soccer players to publicly endorse President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the 2022 elections.

Persons: Paulinho, –, Oxóssi, …, it’s, nonbelievers, wasn’t, Candomblé, Vasco da Gama, Ana Christina Sampaio, “, ”, “ Candomblé, Reginaldo Prandi, That’s, ” Prandi, ” Paulinho, emboldening, Jair Bolsonaro, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Caetano Veloso, Prandi, Rodrigo Nestor, Iansã, ” Nestor, “ That’s Organizations: LAGOA, Tokyo, Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro, Vasco, Candomblé, Portuguese, Bayer Leverkusen, Brazil’s Atlético Mineiro, Atletico Mineiro, Black, Sao Paulo FC, Rodrigo, Brazilian, Flamengo, Globo, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: LAGOA SANTA, Brazil, American, Christianity, Belo Horizonte, “, Rio de Janeiro, European, England, Spain, India, Bahia, Bolsonaro, Sao, Paris

☆ Record-breaking Kane scores hat-trick in Bayern's 7-0 demolition of Bochum
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Kane's three goals put him above club great Gerd Mueller, Miroslav Klose and Mario Mandzukic who all scored five times in their first five games. The Bavarians, who beat Manchester United 4-3 in their Champions League opener on Wednesday, move up to 13 points in top spot from five Bundesliga games. Earlier, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting had tapped in for a fourth-minute lead from a perfectly-timed Kingsley Coman assist. Kane made sure of a club record when he scored with a 54th-minute penalty before Coman hit the woodwork on the hour. ($1 = 0.9388 euros)Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; editing by Clare FallonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Harry Kane, Michaela Rehle, Gerd Mueller, Miroslav Klose, Mario Mandzukic, Kane, Eric Maxim Choupo, Moting, Kingsley Coman, Leroy Sane, Coman, Tel, Karolos, Clare Fallon Organizations: Soccer Football, Bundesliga, Bayern Munich, VfL Bochum, Allianz Arena, Bayern, Rights, Manchester United, Champions League, Bayer Leverkusen, England, Thomson Locations: Munich, Germany, Rights MUNICH, Bayern Munich, Heidenheim, Sunday

☆ Leverkusen snatch 2-2 draw at Bayern with stoppage-time penalty
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MUNICH, Germany, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Bayer Leverkusen scored a stoppage time penalty through Exequiel Palacios to rescue a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich on Friday and snap their winning start. The match lived up to its billing and the result left Bayern and Leverkusen level on 10 points at the top of the standings. Palacios thundered in his spot kick after Alphonso Davies had brought down Jonas Hofmann. But it was Bayern who scored with Tel weaving past the Leverkusen defence to set up Goretzka. Leverkusen, however, had the final say with Davies' sloppy defending earning them a last-gasp spot kick after a VAR review.

Persons: Exequiel Palacios, Palacios thundered, Alphonso Davies, Jonas Hofmann, Leon Goretzka, Thomas Tuchel, Tuchel, Harry Kane, Alejandro Grimaldo, Striker Victor Boniface then, Lukas Hradecky, Kane, Bayern's Sven Ulreich, Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz, Boniface, Davies, Palacios, Karolos Grohmann, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Bayern, Leverkusen, Mathys, Tel, Thomson Locations: MUNICH, Germany

☆ Germany shocks France in first game without Hansi Flick as new era dawns ahead of home Euros
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Flick was appointed head coach in August 2021, succeeding Joachim Löw after Germany’s disappointing early exit from the delayed 2020 European Championship. Germany won just four of its last 16 matches while the head coach was in charge – a streak stretching back to March 2022. In the former Bayern Munich coach’s first major tournament, Germany was surprisingliy eliminated in the group stages at the 2022 World Cup. Germany lost to Japan at the 2022 World Cup and also were beaten by them in Hansi Flick's last game in charge. “The Japan game clearly showed us that we couldn’t carry on like this,” Völler’s statement read.

Persons: Thomas Müller, Leroy Sané, Kai, Antoine Griezmann’s, Hansi Flick, Rudi Völler, Flick, Joachim Löw, surprisingliy, Matthias Schrader, Bernd Neuendorf, ” Neuendorf, Völler, “, Wolfgang Rattay, Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala, Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz, David Inderlied, Müller, Sané, Serge Gnabry Organizations: CNN, France, Tuesay, Germany, German Football Association, DFB, Bayern Munich coach’s, Costa Rica, Japan, European, “ Sporting, ”, Reuters, Bayern, German, AP Locations: Dortmund, France, Germany, Japan, Qatar, Spain

☆ Boniface scores twice again as five-star Leverkusen crush Darmstadt
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, Sept 2 (Reuters) - New signing Victor Boniface scored twice for the second consecutive week as Bayer Leverkusen blew Darmstadt 98 away 5-1 on Saturday to make it three wins out of three league games for a perfect Bundesliga start. The 22-year-old Nigerian, who struck twice in last week's win over Borussia Moenchengladbach while also netting in the German Cup once, joined a month ago from Union Saint-Gilloise in Belgium but has hit the ground running. Boniface opened his account with a superb solo run and chipped in his finish in the 21st minute after driving past three defenders. Darmstadt levelled through Oscar Vilhelmsson's close range header but Xabi Alonso's team went back in front four minutes after the restart through Exequiel Palacios. Boniface then bagged his second goal of the afternoon, slipping into the box and flicking the ball past the keeper from a tight angle after a quick passing move.

Persons: Victor Boniface, Boniface, Oscar Vilhelmsson's, Exequiel Palacios, Jonas Hofmann's, Adam Hlozek, Karolos Grohmann, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Bayer Leverkusen, Darmstadt, Borussia Moenchengladbach, Union Saint, Thomson Locations: Union, Belgium, Darmstadt

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