Hamburg defenders Collin Benjamin and Guy Demel will miss the UEFA Cup quarter-final second leg at Manchester City tomorrow.

MANCHESTER CITY manager Mark Hughes has warned his team to raise their game against Hamburg tonight in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup — or pay the price.

David Beckham made his long-awaited AC Milan debut today as the Serie A giants beat Hamburg 4-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in Dubai.

Luca Toni, Miroslav Klose and Franck Ribery shone on their Bayern Munich debuts as the German giants won decisively against Hansa Rostock on the first Saturday of the 2007-08 Bundesliga.