Portuguese Primeira Liga 2000-2001Benfica opened their Champions League campaign with a 2-0 victory over group stage new boys Astana in Lisbon. Astana â a club only founded six years ago â became the first Kazakh side to reach the group stages after beating Cypriot side Apoel in last monthâs play-off round and refused to beâ
Guardian » 19hCHELSEA are interested in signing highly-rated Porto midfielder Ruben Neves in January, according to reports.
Daily Express » 23hIker Casillas will make a record-equalling 151st Champions League appearance when Porto take on Dynamo Kiev in Wednesday's Group G opener in Ukraine.
SkySports.com » 1dWhile the Kazakhstan national side languishes 145th in the world, the countryâs leading club will become the first Kazakh side to play a Champions League group match, against Benfica on Tuesday On Wednesday, the players of FC Astana will board a plane in Lisbon and fly east for 3830 miles to getâ
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Guardian » 2d⢠Proposal made in letter from Porto to Uefa ⢠Initiative is backed by Bayern Munich The 80 teams in this seasonâs Champions League and Europa League have agreed to donate â¬1 per ticket from their first home games to help the refugee crisis. The German champions Bayern Munich tweeted confirm
Guardian » 7d⢠Sweden 1-4 Austria; Slovenia 1-0 Estonia; Slovakia 0-0 Ukraine ⢠Austria become fourth nation to qualify for finals in France Martin Harnik scored twice as Austria became the fourth team to secure their place at Euro 2016 with an emphatic 4-1 win over Group G rivals Sweden in Solna. The homeâ
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