Barcelona's Neymar struck twice to put the Spanish side in the Champions League final despite a 3-2 loss at Bayern Munich on Tuesday as they progressed 5-3 on aggregate and will face Real Madrid or Juventus next month.
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo will miss playing against Galatasaray in the Champions League on Wednesday because of a left hamstring injury.
Former winners Real Madrid and Manchester United are two of the teams that could wrap up qualification to the Champions League knockout stages on Wednesday. Big-spending French champion Paris Saint-Germain, Olympiakos and Bayer Leverkusen can also qualify.
Lionel Messi, the four-time world player of the year, will be ruled out for the rest of the year due to a hamstring injury, said Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino on Monday.
Veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon disclosed that he had voted for Juventus and Italy teammate Andrea Pirlo in this year's FIFA Golden Ball poll.
Rampant Manchester City shredded the Premier League's meanest defence with a 6-0 thrashing of Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
Argentine footballer Dario Conca of Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club holds his son and his trophy for the Best Player of the 2013 Chinese Football Association Super League at an award ceremony in Beijing, China, 24 November 2013.
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi was presented with a record third Golden Boot on Wednesday for scoring the most goals in Europe's domestic leagues last season.
Barcelona star Lionel Messi will be sidelined for 6-8 weeks due to a muscle tear in his left hamstring, the Spanish club said on Monday, his third leg injury this season.
Ninety minutes before kick-off in the 2013 Asian Champions League final second leg, with the Guangzhou stadium almost full, Marcello Lippi sat in the dugout to smoke a pre-game cigar.
Following is the Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande's road to win the 2013 AFC Champions League.
Following are the winners of AFC Champions League since its debut in 2003 to replace the former Asian Club Championship.
People's Daily hailed the role investment and free market played in Guangzhou Evergrande's AFC Champions League victory, via its Sina Weibo account on Saturday night.
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