Wales manager Chris Coleman believes Gareth Bale embodies the spirit of a side still unbeaten in Euro 2016 qualifying after the Real Madrid star’s injury-time goal-line clearance in Brussels.

Chelsea 1 Shalke 1

Argentina 0 Netherlands 0. (AET) (Argentina win 4-2 on penalties)

Arjen Robben has escaped punishment from Fifa after he admitted diving during the Netherlands’ late win over Mexico — a "stupid action" the winger hopes everyone can move on from.

Netherlands 2 Mexico 1

Patrick van Aanholt, the Chelsea left-back who has spent the last two years on loan at Vitesse Arnhem, has been dropped from the Holland squad for the World Cup.

Schalke 1 Real Madrid 6

Schalke 1 Real Madrid 6

They nickname him ‘el pistolero’ — the gunman — in South America. But as Luis Suarez approaches his third year at Liverpool, perhaps ‘el torbellino’ — the whirlwind — is more appropriate.

Celtic’s culture clash with Champions League play-off opponents Shakhter Karagandy was highlighted further when Neil Lennon was asked about sacrificing sheep ahead of tonight’s night’s first-leg tie in Astana.

Liverpool are favourites to win the race to sign Schalke striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in January.

Schalke 2 Arsenal 2

Schalke 04 2 Arsenal 2

Arsenal 0 Schalke 2

Arsenal 0 Schalke 2

Arsene Wenger has called on Arsenal to get the disappointment of a “very bad moment” at Norwich out of their system by taking a big step towards qualifying for the Champions League knockout phase by beating Schalke tonight.

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.

Marco Reus and Toni Kroos both helped themselves to two goals apiece as Germany made an emphatic statement of intent in World Cup Qualifying Group C with a 6-1 rout of Ireland in Dublin.

Lukas Podolski insists Arsenal can mount a sustained assault on the Barclays Premier League title – but whether captain Robin van Persie will lead the challenge remains to be seen.

Wesley Sneijder has sent the Netherlands’ angry and shell-shocked supporters a heartfelt apology for the way his team have performed so far at Euro 2012, indicating just how low the World Cup finalists have sunk in the space of two years.

When Holland’s divided and reportedly dysfunctional team lost to Denmark at Euro 2012 a tabloid newspaper back home in the Netherlands ran a headline that read ‘Legoland beat Egoland’; so goodness knows what kind of abuse is heading Bert van Marwijk’s way today after his team lost 2-1 to Germany to stand on the brink of elimination.

Oliver Bierhoff has called for his team to break the habit of their traditional second-game slump when the new tournament favourites Germany face the Netherlands in tonight’s Euro 2012 clash.

An arduous club season, no matter how successful, might not be the platform on which the national side can thrive

Denmark might be sitting pretty atop Group B with Germany but they know they must improve significantly to make a prolonged impact on Euro 2012.

You could sense before the game that there was concern in the Dutch camp.

Anything but a victory over Denmark would be a minor disaster for the Netherlands tomorrow.

Will Cristiano Ronaldo be crowned king of Europe by claiming the tournament’s Golden Boot?

Given the — justifiable — excitement over Marcelo Bielsa’s Athletic Bilbao at the moment, it would be easy to overlook just how significant a part Schalke 04 played in their thrilling meeting in the Europa League last Thursday.

Stuart Pearce’s first game as England’s interim manager ended in defeat as Holland’s Arjen Robben scored an injury-time winner during a crazy climax to last night’s friendly international at Wembley.

Stoke manager Tony Pulis reflected on a thrilling seven-month adventure to the corners of the continent after his side’s Europa League run was finally brought to an end by Valencia in the last 32 last night.

With the transfer window about to open again Andy Hampson looks at who will be buying and who will be selling over January

IT has been said of the Bundesliga that it’s the most exciting competition in the world, except when Bayern Munich are playing well, and a look at the table seems to confirm it.

JUVENTUS and Udinese moved back into a share of top spot in Serie A after posting impressive wins yesterday.

RAUL scored his 71th goal in European competition as Schalke recovered from a goal down to force a draw in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash with Valencia at the Mestalla last night.

ITALY’s Euro 2012 Group C qualifier against Serbia was abandoned by UEFA last night after just six minutes due to crowd disturbances.

CRAIG LEVEIN’S decision to drop Kenny Miller and play a defensive line-up failed to pay off as Scotland suffered the first defeat of their campaign going down 1-0 against Czech Republic in Prague last night.

RANGERS joined Manchester United at the top of Group C as they beat Bursaspor 1-0 at Ibrox last night.

FOOTBALL’S obsession with turning Transfer deadline day into a drama to rival a James Bond thriller came to a grinding halt yesterday as the Premier League seemed to run out of money and Robbie Keane out of options.

NETHERLANDS coach Bert van Marwijk yesterday played down striker Robin van Persie’s petulant reaction to being substituted during his side’s 2-1 win over Slovakia.

Ruud van Nistelrooy’s international career appears to be over after the veteran striker missed out on Bert van Marwijk’s 30-man preliminary World Cup squad today.

BARCELONA slumped to their first Primera Division defeat of the season last night, going down 2-1 at Atletico Madrid.

Italy 0 Holland 0

Xabi Alonso is due to fly back to Spain with Liverpool tomorrow as the negotiations over his possible transfer drag on.

Alexander Hleb could be on his way back to Stuttgart, according to reports in Germany and Italy.