MANCHESTER UNITED crashed out of the Champions League following defeat in Basle last night.

Basle 2 Manchester United 1

ALEX FERGUSON has warned his Manchester United players to abandon the “cavalier attitude” that has crept into their game — otherwise they will not win the Premier League.

Dimitar Berbatov may get a chance to make a rare impact in the Champions League for Manchester United against Basle tonight.

ITALIAN giants Inter Milan were stunned by Trabzonspor as the Turkish stand-ins began their Champions League season with a shock 1-0 win at the San Siro.

Emmanuel Mayuka struck four minutes into injury time as Swiss side Young Boys came back from a goal down to upset reigning Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg 2-1 in their Europa League last 32 first leg clash.

MARSEILLE produced the performance of the night in the Champions League to boost their hopes of qualification.

REAL MADRID took a giant step towards the knock-out stages of the Champions League last night after defeating AC Milan 2-0 thanks to two quickfire goals at the start of the match.

ANGEL DI MARIA hit a late winner for Real Madrid at Auxerre. The win takes them to the top of Champions League Group G.

Angel Di Maria hit a late winner for Real Madrid at Auxerre as the Spanish giants jumped to the top of Group G.

Switzerland 1 England 3

SPAIN coach Vicente del Bosque heads into his team’s opening Group H game today against Switzerland believing South Africa’s tournament can still be remembered as the best World Cup of all time.

Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld is adamant Alexander Frei will play in the World Cup.

FC Basle 2 Fulham 3

Greece maintained their position at the top of World Cup Qualifying Group Two with a 2-1 victory over Israel at the Pagkritio stadium in Crete.

HOLLAND maintained their 100% record in World Cup qualifying group nine thanks to a 1-0 win over Norway in Oslo.

Hamburg went top of the Bundesliga today as Bayern Munich continued to struggle under new boss Jurgen Klinsmann.

Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari admitted he had made a “big mistake” in only making eight changes to his starting line-up after his team lost their final Euro 2008 Group A match 2-0 to Switzerland.

Switzerland 2 Portugal 0

Switzerland 1 Turkey 2

SWITZERLAND and Turkey renew rivalries tonight in a game both teams must win to keep their Euro 2008 dream alive (kick-off 7.45pm).

FRANCE v Romania. Oh dear. Let’s blame it on the weather, shall we?

Switzerland captain Alexander Frei claims Celtic have resurrected their interest in signing him.

UKRAINE midfielder Sergei Rebrov is finally beginning to believe he and his team-mates could become World Cup winners on July 9.

Switzerland 0 Ukraine 0 (aet, Ukraine qualify 3-0 on penalties)

Switzerland 2 South Korea 0

SWITZERLAND coach Kobi Kuhn admitted the second goal in his side’s second goal in the comprehensive Group G victory over Togo could prove crucial to their hopes of reaching the last 16 of the World Cup.

Togo 0 Switzerland 2

Arsenal duo Philippe Senderos and Johan Djourou have been named in Switzerland’s World Cup squad.

SWITZERLAND held on in Istanbul last night to book their place in next year’s World Cup despite a stunning fight back from Turkey at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium.

Ireland’s bogey team Switzerland booked their place in the World Cup finals by edging out Turkey in a dramatic match in Istanbul tonight.

THE Turkish Football Federation has condemned the treatment of its national side in Saturday’s World Cup playoff against Switzerland, fuelling tensions for the return leg in Istanbul tomorrow night.

Kevin Kilbane insists the Republic of Ireland have a score to settle with Switzerland as the memories of the battle in Basle have not been forgotten.

MARTIN O’NEILL and David O’Leary have been installed as joint favourites to become the next manager of the Republic of Ireland.

Switzerland 1 France 1

SWISS striker Alexander Frei says France will be under huge pressure when they travel to Berne for their penultimate World Cup qualifier on Saturday.

Switzerland 3 Cyprus 1

Switzerland 1 Israel 1

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SWITZERLAND, who face France in a potentially decisive 2006 World Cup qualifier in October, have shrugged off the return of Zinedine Zidane to the French side.

CLAUS JORGENSEN feels the optimism sweeping through the Faroe Islands could lead to a shock for the Republic of Ireland.

Claus Jorgensen feels the optimism sweeping through the Faroe Islands could lead to a shock for the Republic of Ireland.

Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr insists there will be no mental hangover in the Faroe Islands following another damaging blow to morale from Israel.