🗣️ Matthijs de Ligt: “I don't want to say that Real Madrid always has the referees with them but that made the difference today.

Real, when you think they are dead, have a last breath… that is why they have 14 Champions Leagues."

DE ROSSI MASTERCLASS!

What has Xabi Alonso got up his sleeve? #UEL

⏱️ 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘:

🇩🇪 Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Roma🇮🇹 (4-2 agg)

BAYER LEVERKUSEN ARE THROUGH TO THE FINAL AND ARE STILL UNBEATEN! #UEL

Longest unbeaten runs in the history of European football:

🇩🇪 49 MATCHES - BAYER LEVERKUSEN
🇵🇹 48 - Benfica
🇭🇷 45 - Rijeka
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 44 - Rangers
🇮🇹 43 - Juventus
🇮🇹 42 - AC Milan
🇳🇱 42 - Ajax
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 42 - The New Saints

Xabi Alonso is seriously cooking. 📚

🗣️ Carlo Ancelotti: “The mistake that the new generation of coaches make is giving too much information to the players in the game with the ball.

This takes away creativity. It's one thing to indicate to the player the positioning without the ball, there you have to give a lot of information, because without the ball it's concentration, sacrifice and collective play.

But with the ball, it depends on the creativity of the player. If Vinicius or Rodrygo feel more comfortable opening up a little more on the wings when the team has the ball, I'm not going to tell them to stay inside; because it is an individual interpretation of the game.

I don’t do it, because I don’t want to take away everyone’s creativity.”

Referee Szymon Marciniak was supposed to officiate the UEFA EURO 2024 opener between Germany and Scotland, but it’s unclear whether he will still officiate the game after his mistake in Bayern’s controversial disallowed goal against Real Madrid on Wednesday.

[via Mirror Football]

🚨 Erik ten Hag has confirmed that Mason Mount is injured again and will not feature against Arsenal.

✍️ Simon Stone

Brazil’s 23-man squad for the 2024 Copa América.

➡️ Notable absentees include Casemiro, Matheus Cunha, Richarlison, Gabriel Jesus, and Neymar, who was not able to recover in time from his ACL injury

Alex Sandro has the fourth highest wage in Serie A.

Yes, Alex Sandro..

In preparation for their Premier League match against Fulham, Manchester City grew the grass at their training ground in anticipation of a high and dry surface at Craven Cottage on Saturday.

Pep Guardiola: “Yesterday we trained part of the session with dry, high (grass) to adapt, to feel it. After we went to normal grass and it’s a massive difference. Massive. It’s completely different. It’s like you play at Wimbledon and then Roland Garros. We have to adapt. The passes have to be stronger.”