Red Cards & Last-Minute Goals Shake Up AFCON 2025 Opening
AFCON 2025’s opening day featured red cards, stoppage-time comebacks, and stars like Mahrez and Diallo shining in dramatic group-stage clashes.
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AFCON 2025’s opening day featured red cards, stoppage-time comebacks, and stars like Mahrez and Diallo shining in dramatic group-stage clashes.
Matvei Safonov saved four straight penalties as PSG beat Flamengo 2-1 on spot kicks after a 1-1 draw, clinching their sixth title of 2025 at the Intercontinental Cup final in Doha.
At the FIFA Best Awards in Doha, Ousmane Dembele and Aitana Bonmati claimed top honours, with Dembele adding to his Ballon d’Or and leading PSG to a historic Champions League title.
Cristiano Ronaldo will likely play at World Cup 2026 after FIFA defers two of his three-match ban on probation.
Chengdu Rongcheng drew 1-1 with Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Shanghai Port also failed to win at home in the AFC Champions League Elite, leaving both CSL sides outside the East Zone top eight.
Shanghai Port sealed a third straight CSL title with a 1-0 win at Dalian Yingbo, Gabrielzinho’s early goal proving decisive as Abreu took home the Golden Boot.
Shanghai Port beat Zhejiang FC 3–0 to move within one point of a historic third straight Chinese Super League title.
Kylian Mbappe clinched the European Golden Boot with 31 goals in his debut La Liga season for Real Madrid, the first Frenchman to win since Thierry Henry.
Jude Bellingham’s goal sealed a 2-1 El Clasico win for Real Madrid over Barcelona, moving them five points clear atop La Liga. Mbappé scored first; Pedri was sent off late.
PSG ran riot with a 7-2 win over Leverkusen, topping Group A in the Champions League with three wins from three matches.