Goals in its own net continued to fall for second night in a row

Barcelona - Roma 4:1

Scorers: 1:0 38-own goal Daniele de Rossi
              2:0 55-own goal Konstantinos Manolas
              3:0 59 Gerard Pique
              3:1 79 Edin Dzeko
              4:1 87 Luis Suarez

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Guests have big advantages from first 90 minutes

Sevilla - Bayern Munich 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 31 Pablo Sarabia
              1:1 37-own goal Jesus Navas
              1:2 68 Thiago Alcantara

Juventus - Real Madrid 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 03 Cristiano Ronaldo
              0:2 63 Cristiano Ronaldo
              0:3 71 Marcelo Vieira

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Significant changes from next season

After the revamped format for the European Cups (leagues) for 2018/19 (mostly in qualification process and some in group phase), both tournaments will face couple of more changes for next season as well (this time from the knockout stage).
The most important one is that if matches are going to go into extra time, one more substitution will be allowed for those 30 minutes. And only for the finals of: Champions, Europa league and Super Cup substitution players is going to be increased from 18 to 23. Thus coaches will have 12 players on the bench than previous 7 for the important game of the year.
Also last Tuesday the European football organization has decided where 2018 Super Cup is going to play. Winners of Champions and Europa league from this season will face each other at the capital of Estonia, Tallinn on 15 August.

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It is time for quarterfinal

After international friendlies, European competitions are going to resume next week. We have come to last 8 duels of the season where first 90 minutes will be performed.

Three Spanish teams are opposing two Italian plus one German club, while couple of English plays against each other. That is the line-up for Champions league who in short looks like this:

Tuesday, 03 April at 20.45 CET: Juventus - Real Madrid.
Tuesday, 03 April at 20.45 CET: Sevilla - Bayern Munich.

Wednesday, 04 April at 20.45 CET: Barcelona - Roma.
Wednesday, 04 April at 20.45 CET: Liverpool - Manchester City.

For the first time in Europa league all games are starting at the same time. Unlike previous tournament (who slowly and slowly becomes boring every year), here we have various teams from 8 different states or in long words: clubs for final 8 are competing from 8 different countries.

Thursday, 05 April at 21.05 CET: Arsenal - CSKA Moscow.
Thursday, 05 April at 21.05 CET: Atletico Madrid - Sporting Clube de Portugal.
Thursday, 05 April at 21.05 CET: Lazio - Red Bull Salzburg.
Thursday, 05 April at 21.05 CET: RasenBallsport Leipzig - Olympique Marseille.

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Put all blame on one club only and everything will be fine

Today in Greece continued the local championship after the ugly scenes which happened from 11 March, and that case was finally 'solved' this Thursday (like a one way street).
Only one club is to blame at the suspended game of PAOK and AEK on that date and no one else. As all accusations are assigned to the team from Thessaloniki and everyone know the details, the outcome is the following: the guests 'stole' victory behind the green table although they lost in ninetieth minute by a single goal. The 'presidential gunman' from the pitch can not step on stadiums for the next three years and has to deliver 100.000 euros. Slovakian former referee Michel Lubos, who is sporting director for the club, is removed 3 months from the sport plus received a fine of 15.000 euros. Home team itself is punished with 63.000 euros together with: deduction of 3 points, next three duels in their own Toumba stadium are going to play without spectatotrs, while from 2018/19 season will start from minus two points. To all this injustice the club has decided that is going to take this case to court.
In all these punishments announced here, there is absolutely no word on the actual referee on the game: who first allowed the goal, then he cancelled it (for which was the cause of this ruckus), so at the end allowed it again.

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