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Champions League draw challenges Germans

Germany's top football clubs, which dominated last season's Champions League, have been drawn in tough groups for this season's competition.

Published: 30 August 2013 08:32 CEST
Champions League draw challenges Germans
Photo: DPA

The Uefa draw in Monaco on Thursday night pitted champions Bayern Munich against Manchester City, CSKA Moscow and Czech side Viktoria Plzen in the first group stage.

Borussia Dortmund, who lost to Bayern Munich in last year’s final, will face Arsenal, Olympique de Marseilles and Napoli.

Schalke, meanwhile, have to overcome Chelsea, Basel, and Steaua Bucuresti. Bayer Leverkusen have the toughest draw of the German clubs, facing Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Sociedad.

The first ties will be played on September 17th and 18th.

On Thursday night Bayern Munich’s Franck Ribery was awarded the 2012/13 Uefa European Player of the Year for his key role in the club’s treble winning season. They won the Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup.

The Local/tsb

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RACISM

VIDEO: Spain’s La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

Spain's La Liga on Monday said it was reviewing a video of a child making racist insults towards Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior during the 2-2 draw with Valencia at the weekend.

Published: 4 March 2024 13:41 CET
VIDEO: Spain's La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

“We’re in the process of studying and analysing the facts from a legal standpoint to see what we can and should do,” La Liga sources said.

In a video published by a journalist for ESPN Brasil, and picked up by Spanish media, a boy sitting in a woman’s lap can be heard calling Vinicius a “monkey”.

The Brazilian scored twice for Madrid as his team recovered from two goals down at Mestalla on Saturday.

Vinicius raised his fist in a “Black Power” salute after the first of his two goals at a ground where he was racially abused last season. Valencia subsequently banned three people from the stadium for life.

The 23-year-old has become a symbol of the fight against discrimination in Spanish football after suffering racist abuse on many occasions, and he was jeered repeatedly by home supporters on Saturday.

Jude Bellingham was sent off after the final whistle against Valencia for protesting after the referee blew the final whistle right before the England midfielder headed home what he thought was the winning goal.

READ ALSO: Football star Vinicius highlights racist behaviour from Spanish fans

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