Anzhi Makhachkala 0 Newcastle 0

Nobody saw Roy Hodgson sneak into Gdynia on the eve of Euro 2012 but he was surely there; how else do you explain how the luck of the Irish, so painfully missing in the group stages in northern Poland, has turned up wearing an England shirt in Ukraine — and like a disloyal cat fed cuts of salmon by a wealthy neighbour, shows no signs of returning home?

UEFA have announced that Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai will officiate the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United at Wembley on Saturday.

Republic of Ireland v Macedonia

Juventus 1 Manchester City 1