☕️🍀⚽️ Good morning everyone. On Wednesdays, We Champions League (Trademark Pending). Here’s to hoping that the action tonight is as electric as what we saw last night. Atletico Madrid host Borussia Dortmund, while PSG host FC Barcelona. Not sure on who to pick to win? Here’s some insight for tonight’s matches. 

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Champions League
A Historic Night

⚽🥊📺 What did we just witness?? Soccer fans all over the world were just blessed with one of the best nights of Champions League Soccer. Arsenal, Bayern, Manchester City and Real Madrid gifted us with 10 goals and non stop action. From the moment the matchups were announced, fans envisioned what these matches would be like, and they absolutely lived up to the expectations. What’s even better? Arsenal vs Bayern and Manchester City vs Madrid are both tie in aggregate score, with no team going into the second leg with an advantage since the Away Goal rule is no longer. Check out the highlights to both matches, and get ready for what will no doubt be a dramatic second leg next week.

Arsenal vs Bayern Highlights

Manchester City vs Real Madrid Highlights

Wednesday’s ICYMI

UEFA Champions League Quater-Final

CONCACAF Champions Cup Quarter-Final

CONCACAF Copa Libertadores

CONCACAF Copa Sudamericana

Italian Serie A

SheBelieves Cup

Turkish Super Cup
Reset of Turkish Football

🤷‍♂️👀🚶Trabzonspor was the first punch, and left quite the bruise on Fenerbahce. Since the fans stormed the pitch during their match against Trabzonspor, leading to utter chaos between Fenerbahce players defending off angry fans, Fenerbahce has rightfully so been feeling some type of way.

• Fans of Turkey's Trabzonspor stormed the pitch and brawled with security forces and players from visiting Fenerbahce after their team lost 3-2

• FIFA condemned Turkish league violence thereafter, emphasizing the protection of players from attacks by the fans

• Turkish Football Federation (TFF) announced a six game spectator ban at Trabzonspor home matches and fines of approximately $97,059, however on appeal the ban was reduced to 4 matches and $14,000

• Trabzonspor, Galatasaray and Fenerbahce have all previously called for the resignation of TFF president Mehmet Buyukeksi and the current board.

🏆️☮️🕊️ Walk it out like an usher. After the appeal, Fenerbahce held a meeting where they considered leaving the top-flight league, the decision has been postponed to July. Fenerbahce seized their opportunity to let their frustrations known by staging a walk out one minute into the Super Cup final against Galatasaray, ultimately conceding the trophy.

• “It is time for a reset of Turkish football.” Moments before the Super Cup match, Fenerbahce president Ali Koc issued a statement alleging injustices over 20 years justifying their rebellion against the system

• Galatasaray’s deputy chairman Eden Timur pleaded his wishes that the match could have been played normally and stressed for transparency for society to be informed about whether these injustices occurred or not

• TFF has not issued a comment. TFF has scheduled a general election for an “elective general assembly” on July 18 but is it unclear if this is a presidential role or for the entire leadership of the federation.

⚽️🧦🙃 Back to the Final, which only took 101 seconds for it to unfold into utter chaos. Fenerbahce players walked off after conceding an early goal against rival Galatasaray, who was ultimately declared the 1-0 winner. Prior to the match, Fenerbahce already decided to field its under-19 team for the match to protest alleged unfavorable treatment by Turkish soccer authorities. Assistant manager Zeki Murat Gole also took charge of Fenerbahce young men.

• The game was initially pencilled in for a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia back in December but was called off due to the host nation not approving of planned honouring of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the first president of Turkey

• The fixture was rearrange for Sunday, leaving Fenerbahce furious as they have their Europa Conference League quarter-final against Olympiacos this Thursday

• Argentine forward Mauro Icardi scored in the first minute at Sanliurfa GAP stadium after being set up by Barış Alper Yılmaz

• The Fenerbahçe players then left the field before the game could resume, drawing whistles from fans. Galatasaray celebrated with fans and then began playing against their reserve side to ensure it wasn’t a complete waste of the fans’ time.

Want more? Give the madness an eye or two.

Matches to Catch

UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final

UEFA Europa League Quarter-Final

UEFA Europa Conference League Quarter-Final

CONCACAF Champions Cup Quarter-Final

Quick Bites 🍕

Mullin leads Wrexham rout of Crawley to close in on promotion

A New Leader Coming To Liverpool

Tricks of The Trade

History At Wrigley

Matches to Catch

Football, by the fans for the fans

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