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Watch: Mbappe scores goal on Real Madrid debut

It didn’t take long for the ex-PSG star to make a big impact at Real Madrid

It didn’t take Kylian Mbappé long to make a big impact at Real Madrid.

The French superstar made his Madrid debut on Wednesday in the UEFA Super Cup against Atalanta, and scored his first goal for his new club in the 68th minute.

With Madrid already up 1-0, Vinicius Jr. played a ball across the box that went untouched until Jude Bellingham picked it up in the corner. The England star smartly pulled the ball back toward the penalty spot, where Mbappé ran onto it and guided a shot into the corner.

That would be the final goal of the match, as Madrid kicked off the season with a trophy by defeating the Italian side 2-0.

Mbappé finally made his long-awaited transfer to Madrid this summer, joining the La Liga champion as a free agent after seven seasons at Paris Saint-Germain.

The 25-year-old made his debut in the Super Cup after skipping the club’s preseason tour of the United States.

His league debut will likely come on Sunday as the Blancos kick off their La Liga title defense against Mallorca.

Watch Mbappe score on Real Madrid debut

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Real Madrid vs. Atalanta: How to watch UEFA Super Cup, TV channel, live stream

The European season officially kicks off on Wednesday in Poland

The European season kicks off on Wednesday when Champions League winner Real Madrid faces Europa League winner Atalanta in the UEFA Super Cup.

Madrid won its 15th Champions League last season by defeating Dortmund in the final, while Atalanta stunned previously unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final behind Ademola Lookman’s hat trick.

After also winning La Liga last term, the Blancos are looking for even more silverware in 2024-25 with Carlo Ancelotti returning as head coach.

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The biggest news of the offseason for Madrid was the club’s signing of French star Kylian Mbappé, who looks set to debut in the Super Cup after skipping the club’s preseason tour of the United States.

Should Madrid defeat Atalanta, it would win the UEFA Super Cup for a record sixth time. The club is currently tied for most titles ever alongside Barcelona and AC Milan.

Atalanta has strengthened in the offseason by signing Charles De Ketelaere on a permanent basis and also adding Italy striker Mateo Retegui from Genoa.

But the club will have to deal without injured pair Giorgio Scalvini and Gianluca Scamacca as well as Teun Koopmeiners, who is looking to force through a move to Juventus.

Here is everything you need to know ahead of the game.

Real Madrid vs. Atalanta (UEFA Super Cup)

  • When: Wednesday, August 14
  • Where: PGE Narodowy (Warsaw, Poland)
  • Time: 3 p.m. ET
  • Channel/streaming: Paramount+ (WATCH LIVE), CBS Sports Network, Univision, TUDN, ViX

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Atalanta vs. Bayer Leverkusen: How to watch Europa League final, TV channel, live stream

All eyes will be on Leverkusen, which is two wins away from an undefeated season and a treble

Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen will face off on Wednesday in the Europa League final.

All eyes will be on Leverkusen, which is two wins away from an undefeated season and a treble.

Xabi Alonso has already led his side to a league title, as Leverkusen became the first team to go through an entire Bundesliga season undefeated.

Should Leverkusen get past Atalanta in Dublin, it would cap off an undefeated treble with a win over Kaiserslautern in the DFB-Pokal final on Saturday.

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For Atalanta, a win over Leverkusen would secure only the second trophy in the club’s history outside of Serie B titles. Other than championships in the Italian second-tier, the Bergamo club’s only other trophy is the 1962–63 Coppa Italia.

Atalanta could not add to that haul last week when it fell to Juventus in the Coppa Italia final. Gian Piero Gasperini’s side will be desperate to avoid ending an outstanding season with back-to-back defeats in a final.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match.

Atalanta vs. Bayer Leverkusen (Europa League final)

  • When: Wednesday, May 22
  • Where: Aviva Stadium (Dublin, Ireland)
  • Time: 3 p..m. ET
  • Channel/streaming: CBS Sports Network, Univision, TUDN, Paramount+ (WATCH NOW)

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Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca on sports teams as investments

Why would the Boston co-governor want another sports franchise in his portfolio of investments if he already has the Celtics?

When news broke that another popular European football team (that’s soccer to you barbarians) was up for sale, it was no great stretch of the imagination to wonder whether Steve Pagliuca, Boston Celtics co-owner, might be interested in buying the ball club.

That’s because Pagliuca already owns one European football club — Italy’s Atalanta — and has been connected to the sale of several other such clubs in recent years. Why would the Boston co-governor want another sports franchise in his portfolio of investments if he already has the Celtics?

The man himself recently made an appearance on Indian English language news channel WION to explain why he sees sports teams as wise investments, as well as all that goes into such a perspective.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear their talk in full.

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Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca on his Atalanta FC ownership

Pags talks about how he came to buy Atalanta, and talks on his interest in the sport more generally.

By now it is no secret that Boston Celtics co-Governor Stephen Pagliuca is not just a fan of European football (better known stateside as “soccer”), but also an active participant in Italian Series A football as part owner of Atalanta, the professional football club which is based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.

Pagliuca has also been tied to other football clubs in Europe, most famously after getting involved in the bidding process for Premier League club Chelsea, but also more recently being rumored as having an interest in buying either Liverpool football club or Manchester United.

Naturally, the Celtics co-owner’s active and growing presence in European football has gotten Pagliuca on the European sports media’s radar, with a recent interview by CBS Sports’ Matteo Bonetti.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear more about Pags’ love for footy abroad.

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Boston Celtics co-Governor Stephen Pagliuca hints at interest in buying Liverpool or Manchester United

It’s not the first Premier League team Pags has been tied to.

Boston Celtics fans who also follow the sport of soccer in Europe likely recall Celtics co-Governor Stephen Pagliuca‘s interest in buying Chelsea, the British football club, before another investment consortium won the bidding process. Those fans may be keen to learn Pagliuca recently hinted his investment firm may yet have an interest in purchasing a Premier League club.

Asked about whether he might have an interest in buying either Liverpool or Manchester United, Pagliuca replied (via the Manchester Evening News’ Matthew Abbott) “I looked at Liverpool about 15 years ago,” before their current ownership group bought the ball club.

“I can’t talk specifically about any transactions we are working on because of confidentiality agreements, but obviously, we are aware of those transactions,” added Pagliuca. “The question on those transactions, in general, is what price level do we think is sustainable?”

“Obviously the Chelsea process, which received a record price, has probably motivated folks to try and monetize clubs that they have owned for a long time, and we are certainly in a period where values have been driven up,” continued the Celtics owner, who also owns Italian club Atalanta.

“Anyone who buys a club has to assess the economic opportunity, how much money we have to put in to keep up the quality and what that will cost you. That is what we do in everything we are looking at.”

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Celtics assistant GM Mike Zarren travels to Italy to share player tracking techniques with soccer club Atalanta

The Boston exec hopes to help co-owner Steve Pagliuca’s soccer club learn a few new things.

While they might be very different sports, NBA basketball and association football rely on statistics to make important decisions often enough to have some important perspectives to share with one another. And if you happen to own teams that play both, one might find themselves in a position to do such a thing in ways that might prove more difficult otherwise.

To that end, Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca, who recently purchased Italian soccer club Atalanta, reportedly picked a familiar face to Celtics fans to get his soccer club up to speed on how Boston tracks player data according to a recent article by the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach. That face is assistant general manager Mike Zarren, who recently traveled to Bergamo, Italy, to do exactly that.

“Steve just thought it would be good for me to meet with them and see if there’s any advice to give,” Zarren said. “I’m a soccer fan, but not a soccer expert.”

“The thing is, so many of the challenges of running a sports team are the same across the board,” he added.

“The actual numbers you’re looking at might be different, but how you set up the infrastructure and think about which things to analyze with the front office and coaching staff, that stuff is all very common.”

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Celtics co-governor Steve Pagliuca’s consortium informed it will not be the preferred bidder for Chelsea FC

The Celtics co-governor will have to suffice with owning Atalanta FC (and some obscure Boston basketball team).

It looks as if the saga surrounding Boston Celtics co-governor Steve Pagliuca’s bid to purchase British Premier League football (as in soccer) club Chelsea has come to an end, with the Daily Telegraph’s Matt Law reporting that Pagliuca’s investment group will not be the club’s preferred bidder.

In layman’s terms, that means the team’s current board does not believe Pagliuca’s group to be the best option to purchase the team, effectively taking them out of the running to buy the team currently up for sale after sanctions sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine forced the sale of the club by the prior owner, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.

The Guardian’s Jacob Steinberg reports that Todd Boehly’s consortium is the likely frontrunner to land the team, but some uncertainty remains as Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s consortium had announced they’d made a late offer worth more than $4 billion pounds (about $5 billion US).

At any rate, it seems Pagliuca et al are out of the running, with the Bain Capital executive having to console himself with ownership of also recently-purchased Italian football club Atalanta. While certainly not on the scale of club like Chelsea, it’s far from the worst consolation prize.

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Celtics’ co-governor Steve Pagliuca may be trying to recruit former Disney exec Bob Iger to back Chelsea FC bid

It’s unclear if Iger is interested, according to the report.

Could Boston Celtics co-governor Steve Pagliuca be on the verge of teaming up with former Disney CEO Bob Iger in his quest to purchase the Stamford Bridge Chelsea Football Club? According to a recent report from the United Kindom’s Sky News Mark Kleinman, it very well could be the case.

According to Kleinman, Pagliuca “has approached a number of wealthy businessmen including the former Walt Disney chief Bob Iger about backing his bid to buy Chelsea Football Club.” Already the owner of Italian soccer team Atalanta in addition to his co-ownership of the Celtics with Boston Basketball Partners, LTD., “Pagliuca is in talks with a string of potential co-investors ahead of a deadline for final bids for the Premier League club next Monday” the 11th, according to the Sky News reporter.

“Sources said that Mr. Iger, who stepped down as Disney’s executive chairman in December, was among those who had been sounded out by Mr. Pagliuca since he became one of the four bidders shortlisted to buy Chelsea,” he added, noting it was unknown whether Iger returned the interest.

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Celtics co-governor Stephen Pagliuca among shortlisted candidates to purchase Chelsea F.C.

The Boston co-governor also owns a 55 per cent stake of Serie A side Atalanta in Italy.

Boston Celtics co-governor Stephen Pagliuca is reportedly among the shortlist of candidates being considered to purchase the English Premier League’s Chelsea Football Club per The Athletic’s Matt Slater, up for sale after sanctions against Russia forced the sale of the club from previous owner Roman Abramovich.

Noting that “it is understood that the Raine Group has shortlisted the final four bids,” Slater relates that “Pagliuca, 67, is thought to be in with a real chance of buying the west London club. He owns the Celtics and co-chairs private equity group Bain Capital. He also owns a 55 per cent stake of Serie A side Atalanta.”

Fans of the Celtics may cast a leery eye if team ownership is not willing to spend liberally on the NBA team after this news as it appears to be entering an era of contention, but to date co-governor Wyc Grousbeck and the rest of the Boston Basketball Partners ownership group have signaled willingness to invest in the Celtics.

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