Shaka Hislop presents his weekly Power Rankings and you’ll be quite surprised with a few glaring omissions. All change! Previous members of this exclusive club have fallen after poor results, which means we have a new leader and five new entries. Dropping out: Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Manchester City, Leicester, Athletic Bilbao Agree? Disagree? Let us know,

Edson Alvarez didn’t want to hear Frank De Boer’s criticism of his play. Mexico international Edson Alvarez was unhappy with Ajax youth coach and club legend Ronald de Boer‘s comments about the 21-year-old lacking the creativity to play as a central midfielder against certain teams. De Boer suggested that he wasn’t yet sure whether Alvarez

PARIS — The Spanish team had more Frenchmen (three) than the French team (one). The French team had more Spaniards (two) than the Spanish team (one). Real Madrid’s dark-hued kit looked, at least from a distance, like Paris Saint-Germain’s home outfit, and if you removed the vertical red-blue stripe then PSG’s retro uniform — harking

3:00 PM ET Substitute Nicolo Barella scored a stoppage-time equaliser on his Champions League debut to rescue a dramatic 1-1 draw for Inter Milan at home to Slavia Prague in their opening Champions League group game on Tuesday. The Czech champions, beaten on all six previous visits to Italy, took a shock lead through Peter

Ale Moreno feels Atletico Madrid vs. Juventus will be the key UCL fixture from matchday 1 given Cristiano Ronaldo’s dominance vs. Atleti. Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has said he deserves to end his career with more Ballon d’Or awards than Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and hopes to establish himself as the greatest player of all time.

Amsterdam police say they have detained about 100 Lille fans ahead of the French club’s Champions League match against Ajax. Police said in a tweet Tuesday that the fans were detained for offenses including disrupting public order, setting off fireworks and violence. The fans were gathered at a metro station near the Johan Cruyff Arena,

ESPN FC’s Alejandro Moreno joins Ross Dyer to react to Chelsea’s thumping 5-2 win at Wolves which included a hat trick from Tammy Abraham. Brian McBride feels Mason Mount’s time with Frank Lampard at Derby has given him an early advantage over Christian Pulisic. Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount speaks to the media ahead of England’s

The FC crew discuss the areas Germany need to shore up after they scraped by Northern Ireland to reclaim top spot in Group C. Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen says it was “inappropriate” for Manuel Neuer to criticise him for expressing his desire to play more for the German national team. Ter Stegen, 27, has

ESPN FC’s Ale Moreno explains why Kylian Mbappe’s presence at PSG makes Neymar an expendable asset. Alejandro Moreno says that Real Madrid displayed their excellent ability along with their fragility in their nail-biting 3-2 win against Levante. Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid will be both play their Champions League Group A opener on Wednesday without