N’Golo Kanté Against the System

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports Every coach has a plan. But players still decide games, and only Chelsea has Kanté. In the Champions League final, that made all the difference.https://nyti.ms/3i2xlKr

Chelsea wins the Champions League, its chaos conquering City’s plan.

By Unknown Author from NYT Sports Chelsea won the Champions League for the second time, defeating Manchester City in a battle for control of European soccer’s biggest prize.https://nyti.ms/3fusEY6

The elephant in the room: money.

By Unknown Author from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/3yMur29

Champions League Final: What You Need to Know

By BY ANDREW DAS from NYT Sports Manchester City is chasing its first European club soccer title, and Chelsea its trying to win its second. Here’s how to watch.https://nyti.ms/34sw3Al

Pep Guardiola and the Ones That Got Away

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports One of soccer’s most successful coaches hasn’t been to the Champions League final in a decade. But as Manchester City meets Chelsea, he has a chance to reclaim the trophy he values most.https://nyti.ms/3utxnh2

Revisiting Ilkay Gundogan

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports The Manchester City midfielder is a rare player in the Champions League final: one with experience in the game. He wants to know what it feels like to win.https://nyti.ms/3vrEQyi

Pep Guardiola and the Ones That Got Away

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports One of soccer’s most successful coaches hasn’t been to the Champions League final in a decade. But as Manchester City meets Chelsea, he has a chance to reclaim the trophy he values most.https://nyti.ms/3c13myG

Pep Guardiola and the Ones That Got Away

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports One of soccer’s most successful coaches hasn’t been to the Champions League final in a decade. But as Manchester City meets Chelsea, he has a chance to reclaim the trophy he values most.https://nyti.ms/2SE3op9

Champions League Ponders Big Change: A Final Four in One City

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports The Champions League final is the biggest day on the European soccer calendar. But what if it was a week instead?https://nyti.ms/34lnS91

Monday Meeting Could Move Champions League Final to London

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports UEFA officials and the British government will discuss shifting the Manchester City-Chelsea game from Istanbul to Wembley to sidestep coronavirus travel restrictions.https://nyti.ms/2SuiI7O

In the Champions League, Fine Margins and English Winners

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports Manchester City and Chelsea seal an all-Premier League final thanks in part to resources and rosters that no club, not even their biggest rivals, can match.https://nyti.ms/3eUUo6Q

Breakaway European Soccer League Starts Legal Action to Defend Itself

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports The founding members of a league that would reshape the sport have warned its authorities that they have filed motions in multiple courts to stymie any efforts to block their plans.https://nyti.ms/3tqRn45

Europe Plunders Paris for Talent, and P.S.G. Pays the Price

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports A deep-pocketed club’s Champions League ambitions run up against a familiar obstacle: opposing rosters studded with stars who got away.https://nyti.ms/2Q4ENZj

Europe Plunders Paris for Talent, and P.S.G. Pays the Price

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports A deep-pocketed club’s Champions League ambitions run up against a familiar obstacle: opposing rosters studded with stars who got away.https://nyti.ms/31MfOg8

The Champions League Is Changing. Here’s How It Will Work.

By BY TARIQ PANJA AND JOE WARD from NYT Sports After more than a generation in its current form, the Champions League is remaking itself, and about to become an actual league for the first time.https://nyti.ms/3sACBY1

The Summers We Won’t See Again

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports The 2019 signings of Eden Hazard (by Real Madrid) and Antoine Griezmann (by Barcelona) already feel like they’re from another era. It’s one that might be gone for good.https://nyti.ms/3vGSi1R

Don’t Reject the Champions League’s Changes Out of Hand

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports The latest proposals to reallocate European soccer’s riches show that there may be sense even in dumb ideas.https://nyti.ms/3eyEMY8

Champions League Adapts to a Fluid Concept: Home and Away

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports Coronavirus restrictions have sent multiple games to neutral sites. Will this summer’s European Championship be the next big event to reschedule?https://nyti.ms/3buy2ay

Luis Suárez Rediscovers His Bite

By BY RORY SMITH from NYT Sports After a summer of indignity and humiliation, the striker has been reborn with Atlético Madrid.https://nyti.ms/3aOXwQV

Players in a New Super League Would Be Barred From the World Cup

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports FIFA sends a stern warning to clubs that are considering forming their own lucrative competition.https://nyti.ms/3o5DaWS