Borussia Dortmund 0 Juventus 3 (Juventus win 5-1 on aggregate): Carlos Tevez scored two and set up another as Juventus cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 3-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund.

Poland 0 Republic of Ireland 0

Jon Walters has been handed the captain’s armband as Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill makes seven changes for the friendly clash with Poland in Poznan.

Borussia Dortmund 0 Arsenal 1

For all the fears harking back to 1973, England now only need to look forward to 2014.

Real Madrid 2 Borussia Dortmund 0

Borussia Dortmund 4 Real Madrid 1

Borussia Dortmund 3 Malaga 2 (Borussia Dortmund win 3-2 on aggregate)

Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Borussia Dortmund 2

Striker Conor Sammon will be handed a chance to stake his claim for a role in the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup qualifying campaign with a senior debut against Poland tonight.

Borussia Dortmund 1 Manchester City 0

Manchester City 1 Borussia Dortmund 1

Les Davies, a 27-year-old winger who is a cult hero for his club Bangor City, has made it on to the 32-man list of players nominated for Uefa’s best player in Europe award.

Robert Lewandowski (Poland)

Poland manager Franciszek Smuda believes last night’s 1-1 draw with Russia proved his side have enough quality to reach the knockout stages of Euro 2012.

Faith, hope, Smuda. That was the headline in a Polish tabloid newspaper ahead of last night’s passionate clash between Poland and Russia, the words featuring atop a picture of national coach Franciszek Smuda charging on horseback, sabre in hand and wearing a 1920s Polish army uniform.

France

Poland 1 Russia 1

Polish hero returns home

Poland captain Jakub Blaszczykowski issued a rallying cry ahead of tonight’s Euro 2012 opener against Greece, calling on his team mates to stand up and be counted in front of a 60,000 home crowd.

In Poland, football fans have an apt expression for their national side’s early exits from recent major football tournaments: Firstly, there is the opening match, secondly is the match for everything, and thirdly, the match for honour.

ASSISTANT manager Pat Rice praised the battling qualities shown by Arsenal last night against Borussia Dortmund and believes the team have turned the corner.

Yossi Benayoun was handed his first Arsenal start in this evening’s Champions League clash at Borussia Dortmund.

RONNIE ROSENTHAL, eat your heart out.

Poland coach Leo Beenhakker has named uncapped striker Dawid Janczyk in a provisional 31-man squad for Euro 2008.

BLACKBURN are to contact UEFA after alleging that striker Benni McCarthy was racially abused during the win over Wisla Krakow.