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Sebastian Larsson claims Sweden will be able to give Cristiano Ronaldo a rough ride in tonight’s World Cup play-off in Stockholm because English referee Howard Webb will not fall for his “tricks”.

Northern Ireland 2 Portugal 4

Robin van Persie struck an injury-time penalty as The Netherlands maintained their unbeaten record in World Cup qualifying with a last-gasp draw in Estonia tonight.

Arsenal 2 Fenerbahce 0 (5-0 on agg)

Arsenal 3 - Fenerbahce 0

Fenerbahce 0 Arsenal 3

Arsenal are without midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for tonight’s crucial Champions League play-off first leg away to Fenerbahce.

Fenerbahce coach Ersun Yanal is determined his side will take a defendable lead back to London from tonight’s meeting with Arsenal at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in the first leg of their crunch Champions League play-off.

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Zenit St Petersburg 2 Malaga 2

Portugal manager Paulo Bento will be forced to field a weakened backline in tomorrow’s friendly against Panama at the Estádio Algarve after central defenders Pepe and Bruno Alves pulled out through injury.

Come back England, all is forgiven.

Portugal 0 Spain 0 (After extra-time. Spain win 4-2 on penalties)

Germany 1 Portugal 0

Benfica 2 Zenit St Petersburg 0 (Benfica win 4-3 on aggregate)

Zenit St Petersburg secured a narrow advantage in their Champions League last-16 tie against Benfica as Roman Shirokov’s brace helped the hosts to a hard-fought win at a frigid Stadion Petrovskiy last night.

CRISTIANO RONALDO inspired Portugal to victory last night in Lisbon as his two goals help book their place in the Euro 2012 finals.

Champions League debutants Plzen fought out a 1-1 draw with Belarusian side BATE Borisov in their Group H clash in Prague.

LIKE watching Brazil? It was more like watching Barnsley on a bad day as the World Cup favourites laboured to a goalless draw with Portugal that sees them both through to the knockout stage.

CRISTIANO RONALDO cut a frustrated figure after being denied by the woodwork and picking up a booking in Portugal’s scoreless draw against the Ivory Coast yesterday.

Pepe has been included in Portugal’s final 23-man World Cup squad despite having been out of action since December.

Arsenal winger Theo Walcott was on the bench for the Champions League last 16 clash against Porto at the Emirates Stadium as Arsene Wenger’s side looked to overturn their first leg deficit.

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger accused referee Martin Hansson of a “massive mistake” in his side’s 2-1 defeat to Porto last night.

Porto 2 Arsenal 1

Sol Campbell made his first European appearance for Arsenal since the 2006 Champions League final in tonight’s clash against Porto at Estadio do Dragao.

JUVENTUS crashed out of the Champions League with a miserable performance in front of their own fans as they capitulated to a rampant Bayern Munich at the Stadio Olimpico last night.

NICOLAS ANELKA stunned Porto for a second time this season as Chelsea finished top of Group D with a 1-0 victory in the Estadio do Dragao.

Striker Didier Drogba was back in the Chelsea side for their Champions League Group D clash against Porto in the Estadio do Dragao.

PORTUGAL negotiated a tricky tie to qualify for the World Cup after a 1-0 success in Bosnia-Herzegovina sealed a 2-0 aggregate success last night.

Bosnia-Herzegovina 0 Portugal 1 (Portugal win 2-0 on aggregate)

DECO admitted Portugal rode their luck as they secured a narrow advantage over Bosnia-Herzegovina in Lisbon.

Portugal 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0

SERENITY has been in short supply at Stamford Bridge in recent years, but Chelsea are appreciating the tranquility that has accompanied Carlo Ancelotti’s arrival.

Chelsea captain John Terry was knocked unconscious during the Blues’ 1-0 Champions League victory over Porto at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea 1 Porto 0

Didier Drogba’s UEFA ban meant Nicolas Anelka returned to the starting XI in the Champions League clash against Porto at Stamford Bridge.

Aston Villa booked a place in the final of the Peace Cup, after seeing off Porto 2-1 tonight.

Porto 0 Man Utd 1 (agg 2-3)

PORTO ensured Atletico Madrid followed their city neighbours Real out of the Champions League after playing out a goalless draw against the Spanish side at the Estadio do Dragao.

Porto 2 Arsenal 0

Arsenal 4 Porto 0

CHELSEA have stepped up the pace in their efforts to sign Real Madrid forward Robinho before the start of the season.

MANUEL NEUER was FC Schalke 04’s hero, capping an outstanding performance with two penalty saves as the Bundesliga side won through to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals at the expense of ten-man FC Porto.