Plzen's win over Roma clinches Europa spot
Viktoria Plzen beat struggling Roma 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday to earn a Europa League spot.
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Viktoria Plzen beat struggling Roma 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday to earn a Europa League spot.
Real Madrid and Roma reached the Champions League knockout stages before kicking a ball on Tuesday after CSKA Moscow lost 2-1 to Viktoria Plzen.
Real Madrid took a huge step towards clinching a spot in the Champions League knockout stage on Wednesday with a 5-0 rout of Viktoria Plzen.
The nervy win will do little to assauge the concerns of the three-time defending European champions and beleaguered manager Julen Lopetegui.
AS Roma's Edin Dzeko was again the tormentor for Viktoria Plzen as he scored a hat trick in a 5-0 Champions League Group G win.
CSKA Moscow salvaged a 2-2 draw with Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League on Wednesday after a penalty deep in stoppage time.
Juventus will face Man United in the Champions League group stage this season, giving Cristiano Ronaldo a chance to play against his former team.
Czech club Viktoria Plzen have installed new dugouts at their stadium. They are shaped like giant cans of beer, and they are utterly glorious.
Rajtoral, who won the domestic league title four times before joining Turkish club Gaziantepspor, died on Sunday.
Czech champions Viktoria Plzen are close to signing Austrian midfielder Andreas Ivanschitz.
Manchester United's troubles away from home in Europe continued in a 2-1 defeat at Fenerbahce in the Europa League as Paul Pogba limped off injured.
Manchester United laboured to a 1-0 Europa League victory over Zorya Luhansk at Old Trafford as Zlatan Ibrahimovic headed home in the second half.
Viktoria Plzen will play their Europa League game against Roma with a partly-closed stadium because of the racist behaviour of some fans.
Roma crashed out of the Champions League before the group stage following two more red cards in a 3-0 home defeat to Porto on Tuesday.
Ireland club Dundalk beat BATE Borisov to advance in Champions League qualifying, while Ludogorets Razgrad won a thriller vs. Red Star Belgrade.
Shakhtar Donetsk began their Champions League campaign with a 2-0 win over Young Boys in the third qualifying round on Tuesday.
Two clubs in the top Czech division have been fined by the country's football federation for anti-Islam messages held up by their fans.
Viktoria Plzen head into their UCL qualifying match on Wednesday vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv with Marian Cisovsky in their thoughts, writes Michael Yokhin.
The draw for the third qualifying round of the Champions League and some of the bigger clubs join the competition.