Record three-time winners Inter come from behind to reach their sixth finalRicardinho equalises and makes the second for Cardinal but sustains ankle injuryWatch highlights in the video player aboveSunday's final: Ugra Yugorsk v Inter (20.30CET)Sunday's third-place play-off: Benfica v Pescara (18.00CET)UEFA Futsal Cup hosts Inter FS are into a joint-record sixth final after coming from behind to end the hopes of debutants Pescara.Inter were on top early on but fell behind when Mauro Canal turned in Leandro Cuzolino's inicisive long pass. Not...
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Ronaldo v Manchester City, Agüero v Real Madrid
The UEFA Champions League semi-finals have stirred up memories for Manchester City and Real Madrid's star strikers, both of whom know their last-four rivals very well indeed. With Manchester United, Ronaldo played City in 11 derby matches, while Sergio Agüero represented Atlético in 11 such games with Real Madrid. UEFA.com picks out the key statistics.Ronaldo's English meetings with CityP11 W7 D1 L3 (W4 D1 L1 at home, W3 D0 L2 away), goals: 4Goals-per-game ratio for United: 0.43 (234 domestic league and cup games, 101 goals)Goals-per-game ratio against City: 0.36 (11 domestic league and cup games, 4 goals)
Pescara v Inter: Futsal Cup semi-final preview
Hosts and record winners Inter take on debutants Pescara in the second semi-finalWhere to watch the finalsDownload the programmeFriday's other semi-final: Ugra v Benfica (17.30CET)Sunday: third-place play-off (18.00CET), final (20.30CET)UEFA Futsal Cup hosts Inter FS are already the record three-time winners of this competition but if they are to move one ahead of FC Dynamo and play in the seventh final on Sunday, they must get past a Pescara side with far more experience than their status as European debutants suggests.Fulvio Colin...
Atlético and Bayern finally renew acquaintances
Club Atlético de Madrid and FC Bayern München have been UEFA Champions League semi-finals regulars in the last few years – although their only previous fixture came more than 40 years ago.• While Diego Simeone's Atlético have reached the last four for the second time in three years, Bayern are appearing at this stage for the fifth season in a row.• This tie will prompt particularly fond memories for Bayern, who claimed the first of their five European Cups in 1974 with victory against Atlético after a replay – the only time that happened in a final.Previous meetings• The teams have played only twice before, in that 1974 European Cup...
Shakhtar Donetsk v Sevilla background
FC Shakhtar Donetsk will look to erase the memory of a fateful defeat from 2007 as they welcome holders Sevilla FC, the Pitmen unbeaten in six UEFA Europa League games.Previous meetings• Juande Ramos's Sevilla overcame Shakhtar in dramatic fashion in the round of 16 en route to winning the 2006/07 UEFA Cup. After a 2-2 draw in Spain, Sevilla goalkeeper Andrés Palop scored at the death to make it 2-2 in the return leg, Ernesto Chevantón winning it for the visitors in extra time.• The teams for that game in Donetsk on 16 March 2007 were: Shakhtar: Shust, Lewandowski, Chygrynskiy, Kucher*, Shevchuk* (Raţ 44), Gai, Matuzalém (D...
UEFA Futsal Cup team profile: Ugra Yugorsk
The team from the central Russian city claimed their first league title last summer with victory against former UEFA Futsal Cup winners FC Dynamo to earn a European debut.Their impressive 5-2 defeat of holders Kairat Almaty in their first elite round game was key to their perfect qualification, in which they scored 44 goals. Eder Lima got 13 and leads the way as competition top scorer, just as the Russian international did at UEFA Futsal EURO 2014. Two weeks ago they won their second Russian Futsal Cup 10-2 on aggregate against Sibiryak. Sunday's 7-3 league win at the team they succeeded as champions, Dina Moskva, kept them within a point of FC Dynamo with one regular season match ...
Could Pirlo be the answer to Marchisio conundrum?
With Claudio Marchisio out of UEFA EURO 2016 because of a knee injury, Italy coach Antonio Conte needs a Plan B for the Azzurri midfield.Marchisio, capped 54 times by Italy, tore his anterior cruciate ligament playing for Juventus on Sunday and will not be available until October. This is a blow for Conte, exacerbated by the fact another key central midfielder, Marco Verratti, has not played for Paris Saint-Germain since mid-February due to a persistent groin problem.If Verratti is fit, he surely starts this summer. But how does Conte replace Marchisio?Which system?In the recent friendlies against Spain and Germany, Conte tried a 3-4-3 formation....