Gianluigi Buffon knows a thing or two about football and when he talks about Paulo Dybala, he does not have many doubts. "He is good enough to be in the top five players in the world and wouldn't be out of place in the top three," Juventus's 39-year-old goalkeeper said of his team-mate, who shone brightest in Tuesday's 3-0 win against Barcelona.The 23-year-old struck twice with his lethal left foot inside the first 22 minutes of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg in Turin. "He has come on enormously over the last two years," Buffon continued. "But now he needs to prove his class
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McMillan the architect of Legia’s downfall?
Dundalk forward and part-time architect David McMillan is in dreamland: only Legia Warszawa stand between his team and the UEFA Champions League group stage.The 27-year-old's tally of five goals has helped Stephen Kenny's men go further in qualifying than any Irish club have previously managed in this competition. "Everything that has fallen to me I seem to have connected well with and it has hit the back of the net," said McMillan. "Things have gone through keepers' legs or hit the post and gone in; other weeks that doesn't happen."Now McMillan is hoping to ride his luck into the group stage. Dundalk have already eliminated Iceland's FH Hafnarfjördur and Belarusian champio... UEFA.com - News
France in dreamland with Sinsheim success
Ludovic Blas, France midfielderIt's a dream how this tournament went for us. We expected a lot when we came here and then the defeat against England was a big disappointment. We learned the right things from that game, though.Today, our first goal was to make sure that we didn't concede, that we didn't give Italy any chances. We managed that.Up front we've been great all tournament. It's no coincidence that we've scored more goals than anyone else [15]. We were on fire in attack.Now I'm just happy and really proud. We've worked hard for two years, all of us all together, and now we've got our reward.Lucas Tousart, France captain