Real Zaragoza have parted company with coach Jose Aurelio Gay and are set to name Javier Aguirre as his replacement, the Primera Division club have announced on their website.

TWO GOALS by Carlos Tevez – one hugely-controversial and the other a wonderful strike – sent Argentina through to a World Cup quarter-final reunion with Germany last night.

Argentina 3 Mexico 1

AFTER the early shadow boxing it seems as though this could turn out to be the World Cup of upsets.

URUGUAY coach Oscar Tabarez said his side had been insulted by claims they would play for a draw against Mexico – and duly proved it as a first-half from Luis Suarez was enough to help Uruguay secure top spot in Group A and progress into the last 16 of the World Cup.

Mexico 0 Uruguay 1

Mexico 0 Uruguay 1

MEXICO coach Javier Aguirre has stressed the importance of winning tonight’s Group A match against Uruguay and insists his side will not settle for a draw that would take both teams through.

France midfielder Jeremy Toulalan admits he and his team-mates ran out of ideas in the disastrous defeat to Mexico which looks like bringing their World Cup to a premature end.

France coach Raymond Domenech has told his players they are the only ones who can spark their World Cup campaign into life.

South Africa 1 Mexico 1

CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA has warned his South Africa side of the threat posed by what he describes as “the most daring team” at the World Cup ahead of their showdown with Mexico at Soccer City today.

Giovani Dos Santos is considering quitting Mexico’s World Cup squad following the omission of his brother Jonathan, according to the players’ father.

Ivory Coast coach Sven-Goran Eriksson heads into his first game at the helm tomorrow confident his team have the ability to progress from the World Cup’s ’group of death’ next month.

DIEGO MARADONA hailed Martin Palermo as a “miracle maker” after the veteran striker’s last-gasp goal against Peru on Saturday gave Argentina renewed hope of qualifying directly for next year’s World Cup finals.

Mexico and the USA have secured World Cup qualification thanks to wins over El Salvador and Honduras respectively, in the penultimate round of North American qualifying.

ATLETICO Madrid captain Antonio Lopez has told his team-mates to forget about their poor league form as they prepare to face Porto tonight.

Rafael Benitez believes both Liverpool and Atletico Madrid are now in a “fantastic position” to clinch qualification for the Champions League last 16.

Liverpool 1 Atletico Madrid 1

Atletico Madrid 1 Liverpool 1

Atletico Madrid are set to appeal against the stadium ban and £120,000 (€155,000) fine handed out to them by UEFA for incidents during their Champions League home match with Marseille on October 1.

Former Liverpool forward Luis Garcia has branded as “excessive” UEFA’s decision issue Atletico Madrid with a three-match stadium ban following crowd trouble during a game against Marseille earlier this month.

Anti-racism campaigners have praised UEFA for ordering Atletico Madrid to play Liverpool at a neutral venue in the Champions League, describing the decision as "momentous".

Liverpool will play next week’s away Champions League match against Atletico Madrid at a neutral venue, after the Spanish club were hit with a stadium ban by UEFA.

GARY MEGSON doubts that Bolton’s 1-0 lead over Atletico Madrid will be enough to see his side through to the next round of the UEFA Cup and has targeted an early Trotters goal in the away leg tonight.

Atletico Madrid 2 Aberdeen 0

WITH Seville bouncing back to the top by beating Barcelona, La Liga seems more and more like an exhilarating flamenco, the dancers gyrating faster and faster, the steps more dazzling at each turn, with no one sure who will come to the front next time, let alone when the dance comes to an end.

Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has insisted his club have no intention of selling striker Fernando Torres.

Sir Alex Ferguson has reaffirmed his determination to keep Cristiano Ronaldo but the Manchester United manager has received mixed messages about the availability of Fernando Torres.

A NIGHT of contrasting fortunes for Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga.

BARCELONA remain second in Spain’s La Liga following a 3-1 win away to Getafe last night.

Osasuna are the new leaders of the Primera Liga after a weekend which also saw defending champions Barcelona take a great leap forwards.

Osasuna coach Javier Aguirre has confirmed his interest in taking Henrik Larsson to Spain.

By Paul Walker, Jeonju, South Korea

Mexican ace Rafael Marquez could become one of the most expensive transfers once these World Cup Finals are over - so he needs to be a confident young man.

Mexico coach Javier Aguirre declared himself ‘‘not satisfied’’ with his side’s winning start to their World Cup campaign.

Mexico defender Rafael Garcia could miss the World Cup opener against Croatia on Monday.

Claudio Suarez was left out of Mexico's World Cup squad, despite insisting he would recover from a broken leg sustained in April.