Bologna had never won a game in the Champions League before. Borussia Dortmund’s 2-1 loss to the Italian team Tuesday could be the last for coach Nuri Sahin, who has now overseen four straight defeats this year.

Julian Alvarez’s second-half brace powers Atlético Madrid to a 2-1 win, overcoming Piero Hincapie’s opener and a first-half red card for Pablo Barrios.

21 Jahre lang hatte der BVB kein Freitagsheimspiel mehr verloren, und mit dem Gastspiel des deutschen Meisters Bayer Leverkusen hatte ... der Geschäftsführer Lars Ricken mit diesem ...

Bayer 04 Leverkusen setzt die Jagd aus der Ferne ... BVB-Geschäftsführer Lars Ricken hatte daher bereits angemahnt, für die verbliebene Spielzeit "deutlich mehr als zwei Punkte im Schnitt ...

The manager is taking the brunt of the criticism for a poor season but issues off the pitch are as significant as those on it

Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone lauded his team after the dramatic comeback win over Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Champions League to seal a 2-1 victory having been down to 10 men for most of the game.

Atlético Madrid showed their Champions League contender credentials once again as they came from a goal and a man down to record a remarkable victory against Bayer Leverkusen. The win sits Atlético third in the league phase table as we hit the halfway point in matchday seven.

Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen only managed a narrow 1-0 victory against Mainz on Tuesday, but that was enough to keep them close to leaders Bayern Munich. With the win, they are second in the standings,

A little more than two years after a heartbreaking group stage elimination, Atlético de Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen will meet again in the Champions League on Tuesday in a vital showdown for positioning in the league phase table.

The two standout German teams from last season are on opposite trajectories as the pressure mounts in the Bundesliga and Champions League.

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund fired coach Nuri Sahin on Wednesday, a day after its 2-1 loss to Bologna in the Champions League.

Borussia Dortmund have fired head coach Nuri Sahin in the wake of Tuesday's 2-1 Champions League loss at Bologna, saying they had "lost faith" in him.Dortmund were beaten finalists in the competition last season,