Youth or experience? Quarter-finalists’ average ages?

From the team whose outfield players had an average age of 22 in the round of 16 to the side pushing 30. Who are the youngest and oldest sides left in the competition? Monaco's triumph over Manchester City in the round of 16 second leg was remarkable in many respects, but largely hidden was this... Continue Reading →

DORTMUND v MONACO

Sat: Schalke 1-1 Dortmund (Kehrer 77; Aubameyang 53) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang caught the eye as he marked his 24th Bundesliga goal of the season by celebrating with a mask, but the Ruhr derby ended in disappointment for the visitors. Ousmane Dembélé could have made it 2-0 only to hit the post and Schalke duly capitalised through... Continue Reading →

ATLÉTICO v LEICESTER

Sat: Málaga 0-2 Atlético (Koke 26, Filipe Luís 74) Diego Simeone's side eased to a fourth successive Liga victory. Koke put the visitors ahead with a deft finish after a determined run, but Filipe Luís upstaged him with a lovely second, combining with Antoine Griezmann before a cute dink over the keeper – the Brazilian's... Continue Reading →

Red Star Stadium

Rajko Mitić Stadium (Serbian: Стадион Рајко Митић / Stadion Rajko Mitić, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [ˈstâdioːn ˈrâːjko ˈmǐːtit͡ɕ]), previously known as Red Star Stadium (Serbian: Стадион Цревена звезда / Stadion Crvena zvezda), also known as Marakana (Serbian Cyrillic: Маракана), is a multi-use stadium in Belgrade, Serbia which has been the home ground of Red Star Belgrade since 1963.... Continue Reading →

Cardiff City Stadium

The Cardiff City Stadium (Welsh: Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd) is a football stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales. It is the home of Cardiff City Football Club and the Wales national football team. Following expansion of the Ninian Stand in July 2014, the stadium now officially holds 33,280 supporters - meaning that it is... Continue Reading →

Camp Nou

Camp Nou (Catalan pronunciation: [kamˈnɔw], "new field", often incorrectly referred to as the "Nou Camp" in English)[2][3] is a football stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It has been the home of FC Barcelona since its completion in 1957. With a seating capacity of 99,354, it is the largest stadium in Spain, also the largest in Europe and... Continue Reading →

San Siro

The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe meˈattsa]), commonly known as San Siro, is a football stadium in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy, which is the home of A.C. Milan and Inter Milan. It has a seating capacity of 80,018, making it one of the largest stadia in Europe, and the largest in Italy.... Continue Reading →

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