Juande Ramos admits Tottenham will have little chance of Carling Cup glory against Chelsea without significant improvement on this week’s European performance.

JONATHAN Woodgate is prepared to miss Tottenham’s Wembley showpiece this weekend to help them through to the next round of the UEFA Cup.

TOTTENHAM edged towards the last 16 of the UEFA Cup with victory over Slavia Prague but Radek Cerny handed his former club a lifeline with a second-half blunder in the first-leg clash.

Slavia Prague 1 Tottenham 2

RADEK CERNY is set to make an emotional return to Slavia Prague for Tottenham’s UEFA Cup clash — this time as first choice ahead of Paul Robinson.

TOTTENHAM manager Juande Ramos has been given a favourable draw in his quest for a third successive UEFA Cup triumph.

Arsenal’s glamour boys travel to Reading tonight ready to show they can win ugly.

Gilberto hopes to agree a new deal with Arsenal and finish his career at Emirates Stadium.

Slavia Prague 0 Arsenal 0

Slavia Prague 0 Arsenal 0

Arsene Wenger left Cesc Fabregas, Kolo Toure, Tomas Rosicky and Alexander Hleb behind as the Arsenal squad flew out to the Czech Republic for tomorrow night’s Champions League clash with Slavia Prague.

THEO WALCOTT insists Arsenal have “forgotten” about Thierry Henry amid their blazing start to the season.

Arsenal 7 Slavia Prague 0

SEVILLA got their Champions League Group H campaign up and running with a convincing win over Slavia Prague last night.

Rangers and Barcelona will clash in the Champions League later this month with 100% records at stake after both sides made it two wins out of two in Group E tonight.

A FRANCOIS Clerc own goal in the first half and late strikes from Lionel Messi and Thierry Henry gave Barcelona a comfortable victory over Lyon in their Group E Champions League clash at the Nou Camp on Wednesday night.

IT is a sign of how the gap between Slovakia and the Republic of Ireland has closed over the years that the hosts for tomorrow’s Euro 2008 qualifier in Bratislava will probably have more players in Champions League action this season than Steve Staunton’s side.

UEFA Cup holders Sevilla made a positive impact following their step up to Europe’s elite club competition with victory over AEK Athens.

SEVILLA open the defence of their UEFA Cup crown with a trip to Athens tonight and a meeting with Atromitos.

Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov could miss Saturday’s Premiership match against Manchester United due to a groin injury.

Tottenham have signed Czech Republic starlet Tomas Pekhart, according to the striker’s club Slavia Prague.

Birmingham manager Steve Bruce is stepping up his bid to sign a defender before the transfer window closes with Hammarby’s Max Von Schlebrugge and Slavia Prague’s Martin Latka targets.

Middlesbrough today confirmed that Czech defender Martin Latka has been handed a trial during the club’s training break in Marbella.

MIDDLESBROUGH have had a bid rejected for Slavia Prague defender Martin Latka.

Cork boss Damien Richardson feels his side’s European exploits proved that the League of Ireland can become “something of consequence”.

Cork City 1 Slavia Prague 2

Cork 1 Slavia Prague 2 (Slavia win 4-1 on aggregate)

ONCE upon a time in the west, eastern European teams, no matter how good, could never be described as excellent or formidable or even - and this would have been particularly appropriate - well-marshalled.

Cork assistant coach Dave Hill hailed goalkeeper Michael Devine for keeping his side’s hopes of UEFA Cup progress alive in Prague last night.

Slavia Prague 2 Cork City 0

Cork assistant coach Dave Hill believes Cork can continue their run in Europe despite tonight’s 2-0 defeat to Slavia Prague.

Assistant manager Dave Hill is hoping Cork City can draw inspiration from the county's victorious hurling team ahead of their UEFA Cup first-round clash with Slavia Prague.

SLAVIA PRAGUE manager Karel Jarolim looked and sounded like a man under pressure at his eve of match press conference. And understandably so.

LIKE Prague’s famous Astronomical Clock which, disappointingly, is undergoing renovation in the Old Town Square, Cork City’s stand-in manager Dave Hill is keeping his selection for tonight’s Uefa Cup game against Slavia Prague firmly under wraps.

Cork City assistant manager Dave Hill has vowed to maintain the same approach which has served the team well as they head into their UEFA Cup tie with Slavia Prague.

IF Cork City succeed in putting Slavia Prague out of the UEFA Cup, they might in part have the Slavia Prague of yesteryear to thank for it.

Damien Richardson's Cork City have drawn Czech side Slavia Prague in the UEFA Cup first round in today’s draw in Monaco.

Slavia Prague have criticised UEFA after their appeal against the decision to seed Liverpool in the first preliminary round of the Champions League was rejected.

Salif Diao appears to be on his way out of Liverpool with manager Rafael Benitez understood to be close to a deal for Boudewijn Zenden.

Liverpool still face Champions League headaches as Slavia Prague have lodged an official complaint to UEFA over their prospective seeding demotion to accommodate the Reds.

hopes of regaining ‘A’ status in European Club hockey vanished yesterday when Cork Church of Ireland were beaten 3-1 by hosts Slavia Praha in the European Hockey Trophy in Prague.

Here are tonight's UEFA Cup latest scores and results: