Category Archives: Champions League

CL | Official FC Barcelona vs Benfica Round of 16 Lineups Timeline 2025 | BAR BEN 3:1

Champions League, Spanish Football,

Here are the official starting lineups for both F.C. Barcelona and S.L. Benfica for their Champions League Round of 16 second leg game on March 11, 2025 (official crowd attendance of 47.111 at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys).

Barca beat SLB 3:1 to progress to the quarterfinals.

Barca vs SL Benfica Round of 16 Second Leg starting lineups and substitutes UCL 2025

Szczesny
Kounde, Araujo, Inigo Martinez (Eric Garcia 87), Balde
Frenkie de Jong (Casado 82), Pedri
Lamine Yamal (Fermin Lopez 82), Olmo (Gavi 70), Raphinha
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Sporting BVB 2025 Player Ratings | SCP Borussia Dortmund 0:3 UCL First Leg

Champions League, German Football,

Here are the Sporting CP vs Borussia Dortmund player ratings from the first leg of their Champions League Playoff tie. BVB put in a vastly improved performance from their weekend loss against VfB Stuttgart, and claimed a vital 3:0 away win here.

SCP BVB 0:1 Guirassy 60
SCP BVB 0:2 Gross 68
SCP BVB 0:3 Adeyemi 82

Bild player ratings Sporting Borussia Dortmund 0:3 (1 very good, 6 very bad)

Bild had Guirassy as one of the worst players against Stuttgart, but he was the pick of the players here with a 2 rating.

The lowest player rating went to Sporting Lisbon’s Fresneda, who got a 5 from Bild.

Sporting CP vs Borussia Dortmund Player Ratings 2025 Bild
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Bayern Munich Slovan Bratislava 3:1 Player Ratings 2025 Champions League | Pavlovic, Kimmich shine

Champions League, German Football

FC Bayern beat Slovan Bratislava 3:1 in their final league phase UCL game. The result means that Bayern finish 12th in the Champions League group phase standings (outside the 8 automatic qualification spots) and will play either Manchester City or Glasgow Celtic in the playoffs.

These Bayern vs Slovan player ratings are from the Kicker Magazine (1 very good, 6 very bad in the German rating system). It has Joshua Kimmich as the pick of the Bayern players with a 1.5 rating.

Bayern’s goals on the evening came from Thomas Muller, Harry Kane and Kingsley Coman

Bayern vs Slovan Bratislava Player Ratings 2025

Fellow Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund also beat Shakhtar Donetsk by the same 3:1 scoreline on the evening.

Interestingly, the only Bayern player to make the official UCL team of the week for MD8 was midfielder Pavlovic, who got a 3 from Kicker. Continue reading Bayern Munich Slovan Bratislava 3:1 Player Ratings 2025 Champions League | Pavlovic, Kimmich shine →