This nightmare at the Theatre of Dreams was no more than Manchester United deserved, not least for their cautious approach against unfancied Seville, who march into the quarter-finals of the Champions League at their expense.

France 3 - England 2: Not even the controversial use of video assistant referees could prevent Gareth Southgate’s England from succumbing to defeat in their season-ending friendly against France.

For France, this was about more than trying to win a football match. This glorious sporting occasion in Marseilles represented a chance to restore the pride and faith of a nation.

France 5 Iceland 2: France have finally come alive at Euro 2016 after producing a mercurial five-goal performance, ruthless and majestic in equal measure, to end Iceland’s fairytale and set up a semi-final against world champions Germany that has the potential to be the contest of the tournament so far.

There is no limp as Shane Long walks into the Complexe Sportif Montbauron.

Slaven Bilic believes Dimitri Payet’s recent international success can prove a catalyst for West Ham to bring in more big-name players.

None of Ireland’s group opponents at Euro 2016 won their respective friendlies last night. It was a particularly chastening night for Italy as the Azzurri lost 4-1 against world champions Germany in Munich.

France captain Hugo Lloris insists initial doubts over the sense of playing tonight’s friendly against England were quickly replaced by a desire for a “great moment of solidarity”.

France 0 Germany 1

France 2 Nigeria 0

Switzerland 2 France 5

Switzerland 2 France 5

Manchester City have announced the signing of France and Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna.

France progressed to the World Cup finals amid more play-off controversy as they beat Ukraine 3-0 to complete a stunning comeback in Paris.

Fifa has rejected France’s appeal over the decision not to seed Les Bleus in the World Cup play-offs, according to reports.

Mario Balotelli fired Italy to next year’s World Cup finals as the Azzurri came from behind to beat the Czech Republic 2-1 in Turin last night.

MATHIEU VALBUENA’S late winner sealed a stunning comeback from Marseille against Borussia Dortmund to book the French side’s place in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Arsenal 0 Marseille 0

LIONEL MESSI moved into joint-second place on Barcelona’s all-time goalscoring list as his brace helped the defending champions to a comprehensive Champions League Group H win in Minsk last night.

IT TOOK a young head in an old team to book Manchester United’s passage into the Champions League quarter-finals, but a tense victory came at a price which could yet cost Alex Ferguson his treble dream.

Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has put pen to paper on a contract extension to keep him at Old Trafford until 2014 – and remains as hungry as ever for medals.

AC Milan booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League after posting a scrappy 2-0 victory over Auxerre in Burgundy.

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

CHELSEA boss Carlo Ancelotti yesterday confirmed England midfielder Frank Lampard will miss tonight’s Champions League clash against Marseille at Stamford Bridge and Sunday’s Premier League showdown with Arsenal.

RECENT Champions League winners Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka have sought to temper the growing anticipation that this is going to be Real Madrid’s year in Europe as their side prepare to host Group C rivals Marseille tonight.

REAL MADRID looked fabulous in attack but frail at the back as they began their Champions League Group C campaign last night with a 5-2 win over Swiss champions FC Zurich.

David Trezeguet has extinguished speculation linking him with Arsenal by signing a contract extension with Juventus.

CLAUDIO RANIERI admitted the Juventus job was too tempting to turn down after being unveiled as Didier Deschamps’ successor.

Disgraced Italian giants Juventus were held to an embarrassing draw against the 10 men of Rimini in the Turin club’s first Serie B appearance following their relegation for their leading role in the Italian match-fixing scandal.

The four clubs hit by sanctions in the Italian match-fixing trial were today beginning their appeals at the federal court in Rome.

BAYER LEVERKUSEN crushed Dynamo Kiev 3-0 with second-half goals from Juan, Andriy Voronin and Marko Babic to reach the knock-out phase of the Champions League and eliminate the Ukrainians from Group B.

Liverpool 2 Monaco 0

New Liverpool chief Rafael Benitez is facing a selection poser for their Champions League return of how to get £11m (€16.1m) Spanish star Xabi Alonso into the side to face last season’s runners-up Monaco at Anfield this week.

Monaco claim they expect Manchester City striker Nicolas Anelka to decide today whether he will join them.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insisted he would relish another rival in his annual mind-games battle with Alex Ferguson if the combative Jose Mourinho is appointed as Chelsea coach.

Monaco suffered a double injury scare ahead of next week’s Champions League semi-final with Chelsea as they won in Nice tonight.

REAL MADRID, minus David Beckham, returned to the top of Spain’s Primera Liga after a convincing 3-1 win away to Real Mallorca last night.

BAYERN MUNICH’S German international goalkeeper Oliver Kahn has insisted he is ready for a move abroad despite the Bundesliga giants’ determination to hold on to him.