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Yahoo
30-01-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
📊 The 5️⃣ most interesting Champions League stats of matchday 8
The Champions League's first ever league phase is over and it produced a wild last matchday. We had 18 games all taking place at once with some shock wins, fantastic individual performances and mistakes some would rather forget. Here though, are our favourite statistics from this final round of games. 64 - There were 64 goals scored in the UEFA Champions League tonight, with only one day of European Cup action ever seeing more goals scored (66 on 16 September 1970). Nintendo. — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 29, 2025 We've never seen this many goals in a single Champions League matchday before and you have to go back over 50 years to find another set of games that come even close. Feyenoord became the first ever team on Wednesday evening to score three own goals in a single Champions League game 🤯Gernot Trauner also became the first player to score two own goals in such a match 😳 — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) January 30, 2025 Feyenoord may have qualified for the play-off round but Wednesday was a night to forget for Gernot Trauner, who made some unwanted Champions League history. Morgan Rogers is now the second-youngest English player to score a Champions League hat-trick, behind only Wayne Rooney 🤩🏴 — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) January 29, 2025 If Gernot Trauner had a night to forget, then Morgan Rogers was on the opposite end of the enjoyment scale last night. The Aston Villa man became England's second-youngest scorer of a Champions League hat-trick. 35 - Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 35 UEFA Champions League home games (W30 D5), with only Bayern Munich (43 – 1969-1991) and Barcelona (38 - 2013-2020) recording longer streaks without a home defeat in the European Cup. Resilience. — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 29, 2025 Manchester City may have just squeaked through to the new Champions League play-off round but they've kept their astonishing home record in this competition intact. Arsenal conceded just 1️⃣ goal from open play in the UCL League Phase 👏 — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) January 29, 2025 Arsenal end this season's league phase with one of the most impressive defensive records in the competition. 📸 Carl Recine - 2025 Getty Images
Broadcast Pro
27-01-2025
- Sport
- Broadcast Pro
BeIN Sports to air all 18 UEFA Champions League matches
With 23 channels, including six new ones, the sports broadcaster will deliver global coverage of the UCL League Phase's final round. BeIN Sports is set to broadcast all 18 UEFA Champions League matches live and exclusively during the final round of the reimagined 36-team League Phase. BeIN will air every match on 23 channels. Each of the 18 matches will kick off at 23:00 MECCA time, and to ensure comprehensive access to every game, beIN is launching six new beIN Sports XTRA channels. With a total of 22 channels offering commentary in Arabic, English and French, alongside on-the-ground reporters at every stadium, the broadcaster will provide an immersive viewing experience. Coverage will also include special reports, news, highlights, and pre- and post-match analysis on beIN Sports News from 22:00 to 02:00 MECCA. The network's studio coverage will feature a diverse lineup of renowned regional and international analysts across three languages. Additionally, beIN Sports XTRA 9 will offer a 'multiplex' service, where all 18 games will be displayed on a single screen, accompanied by a live league table showing real-time standings. As the final League Phase match approaches, major clubs like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City face critical fixtures with their progression on the line. The restructured format of the UEFA Champions League has added further intrigue, with the top eight teams advancing directly to the last 16, while those finishing 9th to 24th will compete in a two-legged playoff. Teams finishing 25th or below will be eliminated from European competition. This season's changes mark the most significant overhaul of the competition since the 2003-04 season, with reigning champions Real Madrid among the teams striving to secure a place in the knockout stages.
