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  Sunday's UEFA Nations League 2025 final at Allianz Arena will bring football drama of the highest quality. Portugal and Spain, two Iberian giants, will battle to become the first two-time winners of this prestigious competition. At the center of attention stands an incredible age contrast between forty-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo and seventeen-year-old Lamine Yamal. The Portuguese representatives enter the final with growing confidence after their comeback against Germany 2:1, decided by Francisco Conceição. For Roberto Martínez's team, this marks their first final since their 2019 triumph when they became the inaugural champions of the competition. Ronaldo's decisive goal in the semifinal proves that even at forty, he remains a key player for the national team. Spain arrives as defending champions after a dramatic 5:4 victory over France that offered nine goals and football drama of the century. Under Luis de la Fuente's leadership, they have reached their third co...

  April 30, 2025 Barcelona - Internazionale Barcelona and Inter Milan will meet in the Champions League semi-finals, 15 years after their last knockout encounter. The Spanish side will welcome the Italian giants in a match that promises to showcase the offensive style of Hansi Flick against the defensive stability of Simone Inzaghi. Barcelona and Internazionale have faced each other on 16 previous occasions in European competitions, with the Spanish side winning exactly half of those encounters (8 wins, 5 draws, 3 losses). However, they remain winless in the most recent two meetings, which came in the group stages of the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League (0-1 away, 3-3 at home). This will be just the second time Barcelona and Internazionale have met in the knockout stages of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, with both coming precisely at the semi-final stage. The previous one – played in 2009-10 – saw José Mourinho's Inter eliminate the reigning champions 3-2 on aggregate (3...

  Barcelona v Borussia Dortmund April 9th, 2025 The second Wednesday quarter-final clash of the Champions League will offer a battle between the Catalan giant and last season's German finalist. Borussia Dortmund has never managed to defeat FC Barcelona in history - in five mutual duels, the yellow and blacks have earned only two draws and lost three times, including a 2-3 defeat in the group stage of the current season. Barcelona has a longer unbeaten streak only against Lyon (8 matches), Napoli, and Werder Bremen (both 6 matches). For Dortmund, Barcelona is not the only Spanish club against which they struggle long-term. Only against two opponents have they recorded a longer series without victory than against Barcelona (5 matches) - against Real Madrid (6, in 2024) and against Rangers (7, in 1999). A true nightmare for Borussia stands on the home bench. Coach Hansi Flick, during his tenure at Bayern Munich and now at Barcelona, has won all six mutual matches against BVB, whi...