Champions League
MOURINHO: “We dominated, but football punishes for missed goals”
Benfica’s coach José Mourinho After the defeat against Juventus (2:0), he emphasized that the team does not intend to give up, even if the chances of qualifying for the play-offs are very slim.
– Is it almost impossible for Benfica to continue playing in the Champions League?
– “Practically” does not mean “impossible” even if it is practically impossible. But even if it’s really impossible, our feeling is that no matter what the goals are, when Benfica plays, you have to give everything you’ve got.
You have to bear the responsibility of being Benfica and do your best. So it doesn’t make much difference whether it is possible or not in practice. We know it’s Real Madrid, we know we’re Benfica now with restrictions, but we’re going all the way like today. We just need to score goals.
Playing the way we play, creating opportunities the way we create, dominating the way we dominate, having the courage we have… We have to score goals and win. When you cannot score a goal, especially when you play against teams with players of that quality, you open the door to conceding a goal.
I sat on the bench with the nose of a man who had played 1,250 games on the bench and told my colleagues: “In this scenario, if we don’t score, we will eventually lose.”
I saw some really beautiful things. We reached the second phase of the attack with quality, but it is very difficult to score in the last 20 meters.
It was a good match for Benfica, I have no doubt that I will say this after the defeat, but you need to score to win.
– Did everything go wrong for Benfica today?
– There may be different analyzes than mine, but I try to be honest in my assessment. Benfica played a great game, but in football you have to score goals.
There are teams that score and win without creating much; This has happened to me many times in my career. We tried to find a solution and formed a team with a different quality, again taking into account serious injuries.
A team that came to Porto and won, came to Vila do Conde and won, came to Turin and won… but it has to hit its opponent’s goal. But we didn’t do that. It’s not enough to just play well, you also have to go there and score goals.
Source: Sport UA
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Champions League
The most watched match of the 7th round of the Champions League was the match in Madrid
The match between Real and Monaco in Madrid, which resulted in a 6:1 victory for the top teams, became the most watched match of the 7th round of the Champions League.
There were 73,599 fans registered at the match.
The match between Inter and Arsenal in Milan attracted slightly fewer spectators (72,649 spectators).
The third largest crowd in the stadium was the match between Bayern and Union Saint-Gilloise (66,000 fans).
Participation in Champions League 7th round matches (January 20-21)
- 73,599: Real Madrid – Monaco
- 72,649: Inter – Arsenal
- 66,000: Bayern – Union Saint-Gilloise
- 65 631: Marseille – Liverpool
- 52,713: Tottenham – Borussia Dortmund
- 52.076: Newcastle – PSV
- 51 428: Sports – PSG
- 48 443: Galatasaray – Atletico
- 41,626: Juventus – Benfica
- 35 022: Copenhagen – Naples
- 32.400: Olympiakos – Bayer Leverkusen
- 30 774: Chelsea – Paphos
- 27 820: Karabakh – Eintracht
- 21.462: Atalanta – Athletic
- 19242: Slavia – Barcelona
- 14023: Villarreal – Ajax
- 11 324: Kairat – Bruges
- 8016: Bude Glimt – Manchester City
🏟️ Participation | 🔵UCL MD7 (20-21 January):
73,599 🇪🇸 Real Madrid – 🇫🇷 Monaco
72,649 🇮🇹 Inter – 🏴glikiArsenal
66,000 🇩🇪 Bayern – 🇧🇪 Union SG
65 631 🇫🇷 Marseille -🏴glider
52,713 🏴glitterspur Tottenham – 🇩🇪 B. Dortmund
Newcastle – 🇳🇱 PSV
51,428 🇵🇹 Sporting Lisbon – 🇫🇷 PSG
48,443 🇹🇷…— Football Meets Data (@fmeetsdata) January 23, 2026
Source: Sport UA
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Official sources UEFA The symbol team of the week was determined according to the results of the next matches in the Champions League.
Here is the list of the best players: Keeper: Konstantinos Tsolakis (Olympiacos). defenders: Pedro Porro (Tottenham), Jostein Gundersen (Bodo-Glimt), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Alvin Jafarguliyev (Qarabag). midfielders: Kefren Thuram-Julien (Juventus), Fermin Lopez (Barcelona), Robert Navarro (Athletic). Forward: Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid), Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid), Luis Suarez (Sporting).
Let us remind you that the decisive match of the current Champions League will be played at the Puskas Arena in Budapest. The final match will be held on May 30, 2026.
Source: Sport UA
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The match of the seventh round took place on Wednesday, January 21. Champions League, Bayern Munich and Belgian Association Saint-Gilloise met. The German club defeated its opponent with a score of 2-0.
The main hero of the match was England’s striker Harry Kane By scoring a double goal, he increased the number of goals he scored in the Champions League to 47.
One goal separates the 32-year-old footballer from Ukrainian Football Federation President Andriy Shevchenko, famous Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah, who each have 48 goals.
If Kane scores four goals this season, he will be able to pass the legendary Frenchman Thierry Henry and rise to tenth place.
Champions League top scorers (excluding qualifications)
- Cristiano Ronaldo-140 goals
- Lionel Messi-129
- Robert Lewandowski – 106
- Karim Benzema – 90
- Raul – 71
- Kylian Mbappe-66
- Thomas Müller – 57
- Ruud van Nistelrooy – 56
- Erling Netherlands – 55
- Thierry Henry-50
- Andrey Shevchenko – 48
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic – 48
- Mohammed Salah – 48
- Harry Kane-47
- Filippo Inzaghi – 46
Harry Kane has scored 47 goals in the Champions League, one more than Filippo Inzaghi (46) and one less than Zlatan Ibrahimović, Andriy Shevchenko and Mo Salah (48). pic.twitter.com/27V8O3IZha
— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Footballtweet) January 21, 2026
Source: Sport UA
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