Europa League last 32: Zenit St Petersburg 2 Liverpool 0

Zenit St Petersburg 2 Malaga 2

Marcel Schmelzer’s second-half volley was enough to hand Borussia Dortmund a fine 2-1 win over Real Madrid and move the German champions to the top of Group D.

Chris Coleman earned his first win as Wales manager as a double from Gareth Bale secured all three points in a 2-1 win over Scotland.

Russia 2 Northern Ireland 0

Michael O'Neill is wrestling with a handful of big selection calls ahead of his first competitive match as Northern Ireland manager against Russia tonight.

Greece 1 Russia 0

Russia’s Aleksandr Kerzhakov has lamented his side’s inability to find a winning goal in their 1-1 Euro 2012 draw with co-hosts Poland.

Faith, hope, Smuda. That was the headline in a Polish tabloid newspaper ahead of last night’s passionate clash between Poland and Russia, the words featuring atop a picture of national coach Franciszek Smuda charging on horseback, sabre in hand and wearing a 1920s Polish army uniform.

Poland 1 Russia 1

Polish head coach Franciszek Smuda admits the pressure of opening the tournament on home soil took its toll on his players.

Polish head coach Franciszek Smuda admits the pressure of opening the tournament on home soil took its toll on his players.

Russia went top of Group A as Alan Dzagoev’s double helped them to an impressive victory over the Czech Republic at the Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw last night.

Russia 4 Czech Republic 1

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.

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.

Zenit St Petersburg striker Alexander Kerzhakov believes sub-zero temperatures in Russia will not play to his side’s advantage in their Champions League last-16 clash against Benfica.

Darren O’Dea was handed the task of keeping Russia’s dangermen at bay as the Republic of Ireland attempted to re-ignite their Euro 2012 campaign.

RUSSIA, Ireland’s next Group B opponents, will go into Tuesday’s clash in Moscow in confident mood after beating John Toshack’s Macedonia in Moscow last night.

RUSSIAN coach Dick Advocaat was not worried about his side’s 0-0 draw away to Armenia on Saturday.

THE Republic of Ireland’s draw against Slovakia meant Giovanni Trapattoni’s side surrendered top spot in Group B after Russia defeated Macedonia 1-0 in Skopje.

FYR Macedonia 0 Russia 1

WELL, at least no-one can say it was dull.

Republic of Ireland 2 Russia 3

As confirmed by Giovanni Trapattoni yesterday, the Republic of Ireland line up for tonight’s key Euro 2012 qualifier against Russia with the same team that beat Andorra last month.

Slovenia 1 Russia 0

Russia 0 Germany 1

Wales 1 Russia 3

TONY MOWBRAY made history as his Celtic side knocked Dinamo Moscow out of the Champions League third qualifier last night – and then claimed it was just another game to him.

TONY MOWBRAY was handed a harsh dose of reality in his first competitive game as Celtic boss as his side crashed 1-0 to Dinamo Moscow in the first leg of their Champions League third qualifying round clash at Parkhead.

Celtic 0 Dinamo Moscow 1

Finland 0 Russia 3

The return of Cesc Fabregas was one of a host of changes made by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger for tonight’s Champions League Group H match with Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan.

ISRAEL coach Dror Kashtan has insisted his players will “give their very best” in today’s Euro 2008 qualifier with Russia.

ENGLAND’S Euro 2008 hopes — and possibly Steve McClaren’s job — rest in the hands of Israel after Russia completed an astonishing comeback win at the Luzhniki Stadium last night.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger decided to change a winning side for the visit of Sevilla in the Champions League tonight.

Espanyol 2 Sevilla 2 (Sevilla won 3-1 on penalties)

TOTTENHAM’S second-half comeback at White Hart Lane last night was not enough to keep their European dream alive as Sevilla knocked them out to reach the UEFA Cup semi-finals.

Tottenham 2 Sevilla 2 (Sevilla win 4-3 on aggregate)

Sevilla 2 Tottenham 1

Substitute Darijo Srna scored one and made another as Croatia came from behind to claim a 2-1 win and a vital three points against 10-man FYR Macedonia.

Tottenham have rejected claims by Alexander Kerzhakov’s agent that they made an £8m (€11.7m) offer for the Russian striker.

CSKA Moscow’s defence of their UEFA Cup crown finally gathered pace on Thursday as Vagner Love netted twice in a 2-1 defeat of Levski Sofia.

Bolton Wanderers 1 Zenit St Petersburg 0