Club Brugge Archives - uSports.org https://usports.org/tag/club-brugge/ Sports News & Views Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:36:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 UEFA Champions League Preview: Europe’s Premier Soccer Showcase – Games, Schedule, Channel https://usports.org/uefa-champions-league-preview-europes-premier-soccer-showcase-games-schedule-channel/ https://usports.org/uefa-champions-league-preview-europes-premier-soccer-showcase-games-schedule-channel/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:36:09 +0000 http://usports.org/?p=177602 Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham) issues warning to Chelsea before game vs Arsenal
The 2019-20 UEFA Champions League play begins on Tuesday, as Liverpool begins its quest to become just the second-ever team to bring home the trophy in back-to-back years. The 32 teams were split into four groups of eight, with each side in the same group playing every opponent twice in the group stage; The top […]

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Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham) issues warning to Chelsea before game vs Arsenal

The 2019-20 UEFA Champions League play begins on Tuesday, as Liverpool begins its quest to become just the second-ever team to bring home the trophy in back-to-back years.

The 32 teams were split into four groups of eight, with each side in the same group playing every opponent twice in the group stage; The top two squads in each group then move on to the round of 16 to continue their fight for the elusive trophy.

The featured games on Wednesday include Tottenham Hotspur vs. Olympiacos and Club Brugge vs. Galatasaray.

Tottenham currently sits in third place in the Premier League in England and go into their match vs. Olympiacos following a 4-0 rout of Crystal Palace. Fresh off of two brilliants goals against Crystal Palace, Son Heung-Min looks to lead Tottenham to victory in Athens on Wednesday.

Olympiacos, on the other hand, is currently at the top of the Greek Superleague and they have yet to give up a goal after having already scored seven of their own. Olympiacos enter the match vs. Tottenham coming off of a 5-0 thrashing of Volos.

In Wednesday’s other matchup, Club Brugge looks to get ahead of the competition with an early win against Galatasaray. Club Brugge finds itself in second place in the Belgian Pro League, although their record remains untarnished with four wins, two draws and no losses on the year. They head into Wednesday’s Champions League match on the heels of a 2-0 league win.

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Galatasaray, who sit in fifth place in the Turkish Super Lig, have not quite had the start that they were hoping for. The team holds a record of 2-1-1 and has given up as many goals as it has scored on the young season. They are riding high off two wins in a row heading into their matchup vs. Club Brugge in Belgium.

Two games a day will be televised by TNT, while Bleacher Report (B/R) Live will have every match available. Viewers can also head over to fuboTV for live streams of all the matches.

One thing to be sure of is that this is anyone’s year in the Champions League and getting a win early on can be a huge momentum boost for any of these teams.

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https://usports.org/uefa-champions-league-preview-europes-premier-soccer-showcase-games-schedule-channel/feed/ 0 uSports.org LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 15: Toby Alderweireld of Tottenham Hotspur passes the ball during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and AFC Bournemouth at White Hart Lane on April 15, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)
Leicester City Cruise Past Club Brugge 3-0 In Champions League Opener https://usports.org/leicester-city-cruise-past-club-brugge-3-0-champions-league-debut/ https://usports.org/leicester-city-cruise-past-club-brugge-3-0-champions-league-debut/#respond Thu, 15 Sep 2016 17:40:38 +0000 http://usports.org/?p=24366 Leicester City beat Club Brugge 3-0 in Champions League Opener
Reigning Premier League champions Leicester City had a fantastic Champions League debut on Wednesday, routing Club Brugge 3-0 at Jan Breydel Stadium in Brugge, Belgium. Leicester City Cruise Past Club Brugge 3-0 In Champions League Opener Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri had warned against expecting another perfect victory, but his side delivered nonetheless, scoring twice in the first 30 minutes. […]

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Leicester City beat Club Brugge 3-0 in Champions League Opener

Reigning Premier League champions Leicester City had a fantastic Champions League debut on Wednesday, routing Club Brugge 3-0 at Jan Breydel Stadium in Brugge, Belgium.

Leicester City Cruise Past Club Brugge 3-0 In Champions League Opener

Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri had warned against expecting another perfect victory, but his side delivered nonetheless, scoring twice in the first 30 minutes.

Marc Albrighton scored the Foxes’ first-ever Champions League goal– and first in Europe since 200– before Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez netted a fantastic free-kick.

Albrighton’s goal came just five minutes in, after Brugge’s goalkeeper, Ludovic Butelle, attempted to catch the ball in mid-air. Luis Hernandez had tossed in a long throw from the right and Albrighton was hanging by the far post when Hans Vanaken inadvertently flicked the ball into Albrighton’s path.

It was the type of goal that showed why the Belgian team had lost three of their opening six games in the Jupiter Pro League and a reminder Leicester had been placed in a very convenient group.

In the 29th minute, Brugge captain Timmy Simons was booked for knocking down Jamie Vardy on the edge of the box after he lost the ball.

Mahrez got his second goal and pushed the score to 3-0 in the 62nd minute with a penalty, which was awarded after Vardy was again taken down, this time by Butelle.

Mahrez had failed to score on three of his last four penalty kicks, which led Ranieri to consider having Islam Slimani take it, but Mahrez struck it with decisiveness and power.

“If he doesn’t score I take the neck and crush the neck,” Ranieri joked.

Ranieri also added that the Champions League music brought out the best in the 25-year-old Algerian.

“Maybe the music woke him up,” Ranieri suggested.

Slimani, another Algerian who plays as a striker, made his debut with Leicester Wednesday after being bought for £29m from Sporting Lisbon. The forward played aggressively, to the point where he was booked for an unnecessary push on Bjorn Engels that saw the defender substituted due to what looked like a serious shoulder injury.

Leicester are now at the top of Group G, given that Porto and Copenhagen tied 1-1.

Just two minutes in, Club Brugge began to play aggressively, as Abdoulay Diaby skipped through Danny Drinkwater’s dive and slipped in Jose Izquierdo, but the forward’s finish was dreadful and he paid three minutes later when Albrighton netted the first goal.

A few minutes before halftime, Drinkwater came close to scoring by kicking a strong, left-footed volley that was dipping below the crossbar until Butelle tipped it over for a corner.

In other Champions League news, German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund thrashed Legia Warsaw 6-0 on Wednesday, while Manchester City–led by manager Pep Guardiola– routed Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-0.

Diaby also took a shot that hit the post at one point.

Leicester, who are ranked 16h in the Premier League, will next host Burnley FC on Saturday.

BRUGGE, BELGIUM – SEPTEMBER 14: Jose Izquierdo of Club Brugge is chased by Marc Albrighton of Leicester City during the UEFA Champions League match between Club Brugge KV and Leicester City FC at Jan Breydel Stadium on September 14, 2016 in Brugge, Belgium. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

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https://usports.org/leicester-city-cruise-past-club-brugge-3-0-champions-league-debut/feed/ 0 uSports.org BRUGGE, BELGIUM - SEPTEMBER 14: Jose Izquierdo of Club Brugge is chased by Marc Albrighton of Leicester City during the UEFA Champions League match between Club Brugge KV and Leicester City FC at Jan Breydel Stadium on September 14, 2016 in Brugge, Belgium. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)