Person: Gaitan

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Alvaro Morata and Michy Batshuayi inspire Chelsea recovery

Atletico Madrid 1 Chelsea 2: Alvaro Morata and Michy Batshuayi proved there is life after Diego Costa as Chelsea fought back to win 2-1 at Atletico Madrid last night.

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Karim Benzema’s brilliance sees Real Madrid through

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Ronaldo hat-trick piles on the pain as Real sweep Atletico aside

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Messi helps Argentina to progress to Copa semi-final against the US

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Arturo Vidal gives Bayern edge on Benfica

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Talented Gaitan the man to fill Di Maria void at United?

Joy for Sevilla as Guttman curse haunts Benfica again

Sevilla 0 Benfica 0 (4-2 on penalties)

Thu, 15 May, 2014

Ivanovic’s last-gasp header gives Rafa perfect send off

Chelsea 2 Benfica 1

Thu, 16 May, 2013

Terry to miss another European final

Chelsea captain John Terry will miss a second successive European final tonight.

Wed, 15 May, 2013

Brave Magpies bow out to Benfica

Newcastle 1 Benfica 1

Fri, 12 Apr, 2013

Late goal ends spirited Toon comeback

Newcastle 1 Benfica 1 (Benfica win 4-2 on aggregate)

Thu, 11 Apr, 2013

Newcastle facing second leg battle

Benfica 3 Newcastle 1

Thu, 04 Apr, 2013

Boss Lennon so proud as Bhoys refuse to yield

Celtic 0 Benefica 0

Thu, 20 Sep, 2012

Stuttering Blues make it to the semis

Chelsea 2 Benfica 1 (Chelsea win 3-1 on aggregate)

Wed, 04 Apr, 2012

Luiz to start for Chelsea

David Luiz has overcome an ankle injury to start Chelsea’s Champions League quarter-final, second leg against Benfica tonight.

Wed, 04 Apr, 2012

Kalou puts Chelsea in charge

There can be little doubt that Frank Lampard was right when he said that Chelsea are no longer the force of old, but they still have the knack of winning games they don’t deserve to.

Wed, 28 Mar, 2012

Makeshift line-up defeats Benfica

Benfica 0 Chelsea 1

Tue, 27 Mar, 2012

Zenit undone by Benfica’s double blast

Benfica produced a dynamic performance to overturn a first-leg deficit against Zenit St Petersburg and earn a place in the last eight of the Champions League last night.

Wed, 07 Mar, 2012

Dynamic performance secures victory for Benfica

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

Tue, 06 Mar, 2012

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.

Thu, 16 Feb, 2012

Grateful Smalling aims to punish former club Fulham

MANCHESTER UNITED defender Chris Smalling admits he would not be where he is today without the two years he spent at Fulham. Smalling will show no mercy towards his old club tonight when United visit Craven Cottage hunting three more points in their quest to retain the Barclays Premier League title.

Wed, 21 Dec, 2011

Slim pickings hard to swallow following feast

IF we were in any doubt as to where United’s priorities lie during the excruciating boredom of Saturday’s game, then Fergie settled it in his post-match interviews.

Wed, 23 Nov, 2011

Benfica put United hopes on hold with draw at Old Trafford

Manchester United 2 Benfica 2

Tue, 22 Nov, 2011

Rooney absent for United

Wayne Rooney was missing from Manchester United’s squad for this evening’s Champions League Group C clash with Benfica at Old Trafford.

Tue, 22 Nov, 2011

Good riddance: Finally, the axe falls on Rio

NONE of you will have been too surprised by the way Goodison turned out, I daresay: after an apocalypse like City, defensive caution and an overall sense of non-event were only to be expected.

Wed, 02 Nov, 2011

Lindegaard stars as Giggs comes to United rescue

ALEX FERGUSON praised goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard’s performance in the 1-1 Champions League draw with Benfica as United came from behind to salvage a point.

Thu, 15 Sep, 2011

Evergreen Giggs earns point for Utd

Benfica 1 Man Utd 1

Wed, 14 Sep, 2011

De Gea out of Utd side

Benfica v Man Utd

Wed, 14 Sep, 2011

Gallic power and flair can tame Pumas

IMAGINE for one moment that Ireland were drawn to open their Pool D campaign against France at Stade de France this evening.

Fri, 07 Sep, 2007

Italy ring changes for Ireland clash

ITALY manager Pierre Berbizier has made seven changes for tomorrow’s World Cup warm-up match against Ireland.

Thu, 23 Aug, 2007

Argentina's Gaitan out of hospital

Argentina centre Martin Gaitan has been discharged from University of Wales hospital where he was receiving treatment for a heart problem that has forced him to miss the World Cup.

Wed, 22 Aug, 2007