Defending champions Real Madrid will play 2023 winners Manchester City in a blockbuster Champions League knockout phase playoff tie after the two teams were pitted against each other in the draw held in Nyon on Friday.
The new 36-team format provided plenty of tension, but all the fancied sides at least finished in the top 24 to stay in the competition.
Motta believes his side, depleted by the injury absences of Nico Gonzalez, Teun Koopmeiners, Gleison Bremer, Arek Milik and Douglas Luiz, need to improve in all areas.
France captain Kylian Mbappe has been left out of his team's UEFA Nations League matches this month after coach Didier Deschamps on Thursday named his squad.
Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso praised his side for fighting fatigue to take all three points after they dominated the opening hour against AC Milan and did enough to earn a 1-0 win in the Champions League on Tuesday.
The 2027 Champions League final will be moved away from the San Siro in Milan due to uncertainties over potential renovations, UEFA said on Tuesday.
Switzerland's Young Boys beat Galatasaray 1-0 in the second leg of their Champions League playoff on Tuesday to qualify for the league phase of the refreshed competition following a 4-2 aggregate win.
Sunday sees Spain face England in the final of Euro 2024. La Roja have been the most impressive side at the tournament, and are favourites with the Opta supercomputer to win in Berlin, but anything can happen in a final.
Real Madrid's record-extending 15th Champions League triumph will leave incoming French superstar Kylian Mbappe licking his lips at what lies ahead for him.
Gianluigi Donnarumma will be given a fierce reception on Tuesday when he faces crisis-club AC Milan at the San Siro for the first time since jumping ship for Paris Saint-Germain and becoming public enemy number one.
Stefano Pioli insisted on Monday that AC Milan have turned their attentions to the Champions League opener with Newcastle United after the local derby humiliation at the weekend.
LaLiga champions Barcelona have been provisionally cleared to compete in next season's Champions League, European soccer's governing body UEFA said on Thursday, amid investigations into the Spanish club's involvement in a refereeing scandal.
Cristiano Ronaldo was replaced at half-time as Al Nassr drew 1-1 with Champions League finalists Inter Milan in the second game of their pre-season tour in Japan on Thursday.
His "Aguero-o-o-o!!" description of Sergio Aguero's title-winning goal for Manchester City on the final day of the 2011-12 season remains one of his most memorable moments.
Manchester City will take on Bayern Munich in the most intriguing quarterfinal of the Champions League this season.
The 32-year-old has not played a minute for Madrid in La Liga or the Champions League since the World Cup however.
Amancio scored 155 goals in 471 games for Madrid, before going on to coach the team in the 1984-85 season.
Napoli have had an impressive season so far, currently with a 15-point lead over second-placed Inter Milan in Serie A, and have won seven straight domestic league games, scoring at least two goals in each.
Video footage showed the Spanish centre-back push the photographer who was close to him while some PSG players were saluting the crowd at the Parc des Princes after the final whistle.
