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The CONCACAF Champions League is no more, with the CONCACAF Champions Cup making its return for the first time since 2008. 2023 Leagues Cup winners Inter Miami, with Lionel Messi in tow, will hope to lead the American charge, while Liga MX giants Club América and Chivas are the fancied Mexican hopefuls among the 27 participants. What is the format for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup? The new format - rather bucking the trend in soccer of late - could hardly be simpler. There is no group phase, with each of the five rounds consisting of knockout ties. From round one through to the semifinals, all ties are played over two legs , with away goals used as the first tiebreaker if the two teams involved are level after 180 minutes. If they still can’t be separated, extra time - in which away goals no longer count - and a penalty shootout will determine the winner. The first #ConcaChampions week is finally here! 🔥 2️⃣ Epic Battles on Tuesday! 3️⃣ Epic Battles on Wednesday! Book your ...

There's new messages 25 The crowd react to the last few minutes by adding even more noise of support for their boys. It's jumping here! as.com Posted at: 13:56 EST 18/01/2024 24 Pressure building on the home goal and another chance slips past Guiu who can't get on the end of a very tasty Balde cross. as.com Posted at: 13:55 EST 18/01/2024 21 WHAT A SAVE!  Barbero reacts instinctively to stick out his right arm and knock the poked effort, a stretched out leg from a corner, from Marc Guiu. Most of the Barça team were thinking the breakthrough had come. as.com Posted at: 13:54 EST 18/01/2024 19 Barça try again to build through the midfield but they're struggling to break a hard-working opponent. Clearly the longer this goes on, the top flight fitness levels are likely to make a difference. ...then again, the expectations may play in the opposite direction! as.com Posted at: 13:52 EST 18/01/2024 15 Talking of flying,  Rastrojo has just ...

FC Barcelona can’t afford to get jelly legs against Unionistas in the Copa del Rey . “It’ll be the game of their lives”, said Xavi ahead of the tie - perhaps, if it goes badly for the blaugrana , it could be the one to end his at the club. FOLLOW UNIONISTAS - BARCELONA LIVE The Catalans will have go up against the Salamanca side as they continue to nurse various limbs and injuries; still hobbling a round in casts and crutches, their ferocious demolition at the hands of Real Madrid in last Sunday’s Spanish Super Cup final hurt badly . Xavi kept the faith after the Game but one can’t help but feel that another wobble of his tightrope and he may have to begin to actually look down at the cavern that awaits him. 🚨 BARÇA XI 🚨#UnionistasBarça pic.twitter.com/OAkPYr4j4p — FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 18, 2024 Questions surround Barcelona’s starting side How should Barcelona have lined up in this tricky tie? Should Xavi risk playing his first team against a third divisi...

The 2023/24 FA Cup fourth-round draw has been made, with Tottenham Hotspur set to host Manchester City. Liverpool have been drawn at home against the winner of the replay between Norwich City or Bristol Rovers, while Manchester United will visit Newport County or Eastleigh if they beat Wigan on Monday night. Chelsea, who have already reached the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup under Mauricio Pochettino, will host Aston Villa, who won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League back in September. The ties will be played across the weekend of 27 January, with television picks to be confirmed soon. Guardiola and Postecoglou will meet again in the FA Cup / James Gill - Danehouse/GettyImages Arsenal and Burnley are the only top-flight teams to be eliminated in the third round so far, though a number of replays will see other high-profile teams fall by the wayside. The Gunners were beaten by Liverpool on Sunday after Jakub Kiwior's own goal and Luis Diaz's late second despite domin...

Liverpool and AC Milan are two names more commonly associated with UEFA’s Champions League but this year find themselves competing in the knockout stage of the Europa League, the continent’s second club competition. Other potential winners of the trophy - and an automatic place in next season’s Champions League - include West Ham and Brighton from the English Premier League, Atalanta and Roma from Serie A, as well as the likes of Benfica, Marseille and Rangers. Before we can assess the round of 16 clashes, there will be a playoff between those teams that finished second in their UEL groups and the sides that dropped down after ending their UCL campaign in third place. What are the Europa League knockout round playoff games? The draw on Monday 18 December gave us the following matchups for the playoff: 2023/24 UEFA Europa League knockout round play-off Benfica vs Toulouse Braga vs Qarabag Feyenoord vs Roma Galatasaray vs Sparta Prague Lens vs Freiburg Milan vs Rennes Shakhtar ...

On Wednesday 13 December the draw for the CONCACAF Champions Cup will take place, a tournament in which Inter Miami, the Major League Soccer club that acquired Lionel Messi in July with the aim of making an impact on the North American league, has qualified. Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino’s team secured its spot in the tournament by clinching the Leagues Cup title, a com Pet ition that pitted all the teams from Mexican Football against those from the U.S. top flight. Miami emerged victorious in the grand final against Nashville, prevailing in the penalty shootout. Inter Miami get pass from Champions Cup first round Out of the 27 teams qualified for the tournament, five earned direct berths to the round of 16, bypassing the first round of the com Pet ition set to commence in February 2024. All teams set for the Champions Cup 🏆 Follow the Official Draw on December 13, 7 PM ET#Concachampions #EpicBattles pic.twitter.com/fVWmdUGw2i — Concacaf Champions Cup (@TheChampions) December 11, 2...

Carabao Cup holders Manchester United will face Newcastle United in this season's fourth round - a repeat of last season's Wembley final - after the draw was made for the final 16 teams on Wednesday night. Manchester City's dreams of going one better than last season and becoming the first English club to win a quadruple were dashed in the third round by Newcastle and Alexander Isak. The Magpies will fancy their chances of going all the way and ending their decades-long major trophy drought. Chelsea have earned some respite from a tough Premier League campaign by beating new foes Brighton and will now face Championship side Blackburn Rovers. Meanwhile, Liverpool are set to play Bournemouth after coming from behind against Leicester in round three. Arsenal 's reward for narrowly beating Brentford is a fourth round tie with West Ham. Interestingly, either League Two's Mansfield Town, the lowest ranked reamining team, or League One's Port Vale are guaranteed a ...