Champions League final

The Celtic legend admits he still can't bear to watch his team's UEFA Cup Final defeat to Porto in 2003.

"Go out to win. "Of course, it'd be totally different had we won. "Despite the fact Porto went to win the Champions League the following year with essentially the same team, it doesn't make it feel any better, to tell you the truth.

Matildas star Ellie Carpenter is on the brink of a second Champions League winner's medal, with her French club Lyon preparing for a blockbuster final ...

“I’ve always wanted to play in the Champions League, it’s one of the best competitions there is - the best against the best in Europe. You can’t get much better than that. Saying you’re the best club in Europe after you win, it’s quite a nice title to have. It’s so good for the game. “It brings the level up, it’s more competitive. “I’m more experienced, playing more high-pressure games week-in, week-out, with the league and Champions League,” she said. But you have to be, or you have to try to be. For now, though, the focus is Barcelona, who trounced Sam Kerr’s Chelsea 4-0 in last year’s Champions League final, but lost 4-1 when they met Lyon in the decider three seasons ago. Carpenter shares a dressing room with some of the world’s best players, including Norwegian superstar Ada Hegerberg, emerging American sensation Catarina Macario, Chilean goalkeeper Christiane Endler, and the backbone of the French national team that sits No.3 in FIFA’s world rankings. “I wasn’t really meant to be there, but I was, which was a great bonus. And so Sunday morning’s final (AEST) against Barcelona at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, is more meaningful, more real. It was no less amazing an experience for the dashing Matildas defender in her first taste of European club football, and just being on the team sheet made her the first Australian to have won a major European final since Harry Kewell with Liverpool in 2005. Two months after Carpenter joined Olympique Lyonnais, in mid-2020, she found herself on the bench for the 2019-20 Champions League final.

GRAEME SOUNESS has branded Scottish football fans “parochial” for wanting Rangers to lose the Europa League final.The former Ibrox boss reckons re.

"When Walter Smith led Rangers to the Uefa Cup final in 2008, I never imagined I would see them in another European final in my lifetime. "The same people that were happy to see the demise of Rangers ten years ago will be watching on Wednesday, wanting them to lose. "In ten years Rangers have gone from near extinction to the final of the second most important European competition.

Rangers will be aiming to sign 'better players' in the summer transfer window if they qualify for the Champions League.

“Obviously, it gives them more money to work with in the transfer window if they do get into the Champions League with the riches that are on offer there.” And if they are able to get the better of Frankfurt in Sevilla’s Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, they will go into pot one of next season’s Champions League group-stage draw. Rangers will be aiming to sign ‘better players’ in the summer transfer window if they qualify for the Champions League, according to journalist Pete O’Rourke.

KENNY DALGLISH has fired Rangers a must-win warning ahead of their Europa League final against Frankfurt on Wednesday.

"It all makes for an interesting summer, and hopefully it leads to a tight title race." "If they don’t, Celtic would likely have a significant financial advantage. The Hoops are already booked into the group stages after winning the Premiership title this season and the financial gain is a massive plus point for Ange Postecoglou's side.

A look at Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst ahead of his side's huge clash against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League final.

On the international front, van Bronckhorst earned 106 caps for Holland, for whom he scored six times. Van Bronckhorst then signed for Arsenal in 2001, but a cruciate knee ligament injury halted his progress. In 1998 van Bronckhorst joined Rangers and he went on to score 22 goals for the club.

James Tavernier joined Rangers when they were in the Championship in 2015 and will now captain them in the Europa League final against Frankfurt on ...

"I'm just looking forward to the final few weeks here and hopefully making it a very memorable experience for me. "We want to put a legacy down for the day we retire. "The emotions come in a big mix and we want to make everyone proud. "We're here for a reason and the squad has been a different class throughout. Hopefully we keep a clean sheet on Wednesday and I get to be the top scorer of the competition." "They're an exceptional group of boys who are in there and I couldn't be prouder to be walking out with them come Wednesday night. For me to miss it though injury was tough." "It will be a dream come true for me personally," says Tavernier of leading Rangers to continental glory. So we just have to nullify their threats and really take the game to them." "It sounds crazy," admits the 30-year-old. They've got to the final for a reason. Rangers knocked out another of Germany's strongest sides in the semi-finals when they came back from a 1-0 first leg defeat to beat RB Leipzig 3-1 at home.

Liverpool's Mo Salah expects to be fit to feature in the Champions League final against Real Madrid on May 28 despite leaving the FA Cup final with an ...

It is likely that Salah will be rested on Tuesday night when Liverpool play Southampton in their penultimate Premier League game of the season. Liverpool forward Mo Salah is expected to be fit to feature in the Champions League final against Real Madrid on May 28. That may well have been the case as Salah confidently declared after the match at Wembley that he will be ready to face Real in Paris at the end of the month.

Jody Morris has claimed that it would be 'such a shame' if Mo Salah is unable to make the Champions League final for Liverpool against Real Madrid.

“I love him as a player and I think he has been outstanding. Either way, Salah will be one hungry animal in France and it wouldn’t be a surprise if he rips Real Madrid apart. It will be such a shame if he’s (not in the Champions League). You absolutely want it to be lit it up with the world’s best.”

Mohamed Salah insists he will be fit to feature in the Champions League final after sustaining an injury in the first half of the FA Cup final.

"I'm good," he said and was then asked if he will be fit to play in the Champions League final. we have training [on Sunday] morning, then if they tell me: 'I'm completely fine' I will be surprised but I will take it and then we have to go from there. He said at his press conference: "Obviously I spoke to [Salah and Van Dijk] already after the game, both are really okay.

Robertson is set to go head-to-head with Real Madrid in another Champions League final when Liverpool play in Paris on May 28.

"But I am sure we'll be ready for the Champions League final. And then from there we've got Sunday to Saturday. Once we get through Tuesday without any more casualties, then I think we've got enough time to prepare for the final two games. That's incredible and we're still fighting for the Premier League. It's out of our hands but we'll obviously fight for the Champions League when the time comes to it."

Mohamed Salah is hopeful that he will be fit for Liverpool's Champions League final clash with Real Madrid, according to journalist James Pearce.

Therefore, Klopp must wrap the 29-year-old in cotton wool for the Premier League games against Southampton and Wolves this week. The journalist tweeted: ” ‘Of course, all good’ says Mo Salah when asked if he will be fit for the CL final in Paris.” The Lowdown: Salah injured in final win

"We have the character to play this final," says Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst as he prepares his side for the UEFA Europa League decider against ...

To be the top scorer in the Europa League as a full-back is amazing. In the last three or four years of my career, I was thinking back a lot to all the coaches I had and how they prepared games, how we trained, which exercises we did, but, in the end, I can look back and remember all the tactics I had with my teams. In my time, you could see the change in the different types of full-backs: more going forward and more supporting the attack than before. [Having played in a UEFA Champions League final, Barcelona's 2-1 defeat of Arsenal in 2006] the most important thing is to make sure you're not distracted by everything, and in the end it's a game, 11 against 11 on the pitch with a referee and a ball. Arsène [Wenger at Arsenal] – it was great to work with him – Dick Advocaat; Guus Hiddink; Frank Rijkaard, where we had a lot of success at Barcelona. Louis van Gaal was my coach in the Dutch [national] team. We have to make sure we are well prepared to defend well against them.