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Yahoo
17 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Mourinho's Fenerbahce draws with Benfica, Bodo/Glimt wins big in Champions League playoffs 1st legs
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — José Mourinho and Fenerbahce were left Wednesday with a difficult final test in their quest to return to the Champions League, which looks sure to be heading inside the Arctic Circle next month. Fenerbahce drew 0-0 at home against Benfica in the first leg of their qualifying playoff, despite the Portuguese team having a player sent off in the 71st minute. In the north of Norway, Bodo/Glimt's fairytale rise in European soccer continued with a 5-0 rout of Sturm Graz in their playoff first leg. Celtic failed to take home advantage in a 0-0 draw with Kairat Almaty, which hosts the return game four time zones from Scotland in Kazakhstan next Tuesday. Basel captain Xherdan Shaqiri scored early with a penalty but the Swiss champion was held 1-1 at home by Copenhagen. Seven playoffs will be decided with return games on Tuesday and Wednesday next week with the winners completing the 36-team Champions League lineup. The second-leg games include unheralded Pafos of Cyprus holding a 2-1 lead at home against Red Star Belgrade. The Champions League draw ceremony to find out each team's eight opponents in the single-standings league format will be made Aug. 28 in Monaco. Fenerbahce has not played for 17 years in the main Champions League, that Mourinho won twice: with Inter Milan in 2010 and Porto in 2004. Mourinho's team dominated the last 20 minutes of play in Istanbul after Benfica midfielder Florentino was sent off for being shown a second yellow card. A video review confirmed an offside call after Fenerbahce forward Youssef En-Nesyri thought he had scored in the 81st. ___ AP soccer:
Associated Press
17 hours ago
- Sport
- Associated Press
Mourinho's Fenerbahce draws with Benfica, Bodo/Glimt wins big in Champions League playoffs 1st legs
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — José Mourinho and Fenerbahce were left Wednesday with a difficult final test in their quest to return to the Champions League, which looks sure to be heading inside the Arctic Circle next month. Fenerbahce drew 0-0 at home against Benfica in the first leg of their qualifying playoff, despite the Portuguese team having a player sent off in the 71st minute. In the north of Norway, Bodo/Glimt's fairytale rise in European soccer continued with a 5-0 rout of Sturm Graz in their playoff first leg. Celtic failed to take home advantage in a 0-0 draw with Kairat Almaty, which hosts the return game four time zones from Scotland in Kazakhstan next Tuesday. Basel captain Xherdan Shaqiri scored early with a penalty but the Swiss champion was held 1-1 at home by Copenhagen. Seven playoffs will be decided with return games on Tuesday and Wednesday next week with the winners completing the 36-team Champions League lineup. The second-leg games include unheralded Pafos of Cyprus holding a 2-1 lead at home against Red Star Belgrade. The Champions League draw ceremony to find out each team's eight opponents in the single-standings league format will be made Aug. 28 in Monaco. Fenerbahce has not played for 17 years in the main Champions League, that Mourinho won twice: with Inter Milan in 2010 and Porto in 2004. Mourinho's team dominated the last 20 minutes of play in Istanbul after Benfica midfielder Florentino was sent off for being shown a second yellow card. A video review confirmed an offside call after Fenerbahce forward Youssef En-Nesyri thought he had scored in the 81st. ___ AP soccer:
New York Times
02-06-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Maurizio Sarri returns as Lazio head coach after Marco Baroni departure
Maurizio Sarri has returned as Lazio head coach, just 15 months after he resigned from the club. Sarri is replacing Marco Baroni, who signed a two-year contract as Lazio head coach last summer but departed after just one season in charge. A Lazio statement earlier on Monday confirmed Baroni's exit. Sarri has not worked in a coaching role since leaving Lazio in March 2024. Advertisement 'Maurizio Sarri has returned home. His return is a choice of heart, conviction and vision,' Lazio president Claudio Lotito said in a news release. 'With him, we want to resume a path interrupted too soon, aware that together we can bring back enthusiasm, identity and ambition. Welcome back to your home, commander.' Welcome back, 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢 🚬 Qui il comunicato ufficiale ⤵️ — (@OfficialSSLazio) June 2, 2025 Lazio went into the final day of the league season with an outside chance of a top-four finish and Champions League qualification, but their defeat at home to 10-man Lecce saw them drop to seventh in the standings and miss out on European football altogether for 2025-26. Baroni's side eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Europa League by Bodo/Glimt in a penalty shootout, and also exited the Coppa Italia at the last-eight stage of the Coppa Italia by Inter. Having joined in June 2021, Lazio finished fifth and second in Sarri's two full league campaigns at the helm, while he led them to the Champions League last-16 stage in 2023-24 before resigning from his position in March of that season. The 66-year-old has a managerial career spanning more than three decades and encompassing spells at Napoli, Chelsea and Juventus, with whom he won the Serie A title in 2019-20. ()
BBC News
14-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Kulusevski has knee surgery
Tottenham have confirmed Dejan Kulusevski has undergone surgery on a knee winger injured his right patella in defeat to Crystal Palace last club did not offer a timeline on his recovery but he looks certain to miss their Europa League final against Manchester United on 21 May."Following further specialist consultation, the midfielder has undergone surgery today (Wednesday) and will commence his rehabilitation with our medical staff immediately," the club adds to the bad news for Spurs with James Maddison already being out for a reported three months after a serious knee injury in the second leg of their Europa League semi-final against Bodo/ Bergvall has been ruled out for an extended period by manager Ange Postecoglou after he suffered ankle ligament damage in training ahead of the Europa League semi-final first leg.
Reuters
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Bodo/Glimt go from European fairytale to early domestic cup exit
May 12 (Reuters) - Bodo/Glimt crashed back down to earth in brutal fashion on Monday, their European dreams a fading memory as they were knocked out in the third round of the Norwegian Cup by second-tier side Aalesund. Despite reaching the Europa League semi-finals, which ended with elimination by English side Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday, there was no trace of that fairytale run days later, as Bodo slumped to a 1–0 loss away at Aalesund. The western coastal club of Aalesund were relegated to the second tier in 2023, but were the better team against the current Norwegian champions and earned a deserved win thanks to a Marius Andresen goal early in the second half.
