THE pressure on Deportivo manager, Javier Irureta, to steer his team to a win over Shelbourne tomorrow night was reflected in his decision to take his squad to an isolated training camp 90 miles from their base to prepare.

Deportivo La Coruna 0 Shelbourne 0

Shelbourne's Champions League clash with Deportivo La Coruna is a Lansdowne Road sell-out tomorrow night, the eircom League club has announced.

Deportivo La Coruna coach Javier Irureta has hit out at what he perceives as a lack of commitment from Deportivo supporters and players alike ahead of the Champions League qualifier with Shelbourne.

DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA go into tonight’s Champions League semi-final, first leg match at Porto knowing they will probably not be able to rely on another late, great comeback.

Deportivo La Coruna 4 AC Milan 0 (Deportivo win 5-4 on agg)

“HUMILIATION”, “Pantomime” and “Disaster” were some of the headlines that greeted Deportivo Coruna as they staggered back to Spain yesterday following their record 8-3 defeat at the hands of Monaco in the Champions League.

“HUMILIATION”, “Pantomime” and “Disaster” were some of the headlines that greeted Deportivo Coruna as they staggered back to Spain yesterday following their record 8-3 defeat at the hands of Monaco in the Champions League.

REAL MADRID should be looking forward to a leisurely stroll towards a 30th Spanish league title after adding David Beckham to a line-up already boasting the game’s most destructive attacking force.

A 2-0 victory for Real Sociedad away to Malaga put them back on top of the Primera Liga last night after Real Madrid had briefly reclaimed the top spot on Saturday night.

REAL Madrid may have been less than impressive in the Champions League, yet they are still strong favourites going into tonight’s clash with Borussia Dortmund, according to midfielder Santiago Solari.

AC MILAN’S Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko has been ruled out of tonight’s Group C Champions League match against Lokomotiv Moscow because of a thigh strain, the club has confirmed.

The Argentinian whose two-footed lunge may have ended David Beckham’s World Cup dream has described the incident as ‘‘unfortunate’’.

Barcelona claim they have held talks with Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri.

Alex Ferguson is confident Manchester United can cope with the possible loss of £120m (€196m) worth of midfield talent for their Champions League return against Deportivo La Coruna.

Deportivo manager Javier Irureta is more worried about facing Liverpool than Champions League quarter-final opponents Manchester United.

Bayer Leverkusen’s treble bid remained alive after they defeated under-strength Deportivo La Coruna to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.

Points, and not revenge, is the primary concern of Deportivo La Coruna coach Javier Irureta ahead of their clash with Arsenal this evening.

Deportivo La Coruna midfielder Sergio has admitted he is fearful of facing Arsenal in a Champions League tie at Highbury tomorrow.

Arsene Wenger is backing Richard Wright to bounce back again from his latest goalkeeping nightmare against some of Europe’s hottest strikers when Arsenal open the second round of the Champions League against Spanish League leaders Deportivo La Coruna.

Leeds booked a date with Valencia in the semi-finals of the Champions League but only after being blitzed by Deportivo La Coruna.