A football match lasts 90 minutes but the memories can stay with you for a lifetime.

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has lost his battle to be fit for his side’s decisive Champions League quarter-final clash against Paris Saint-Germain.

Manchester City defender Eliaquim Mangala claims Zlatan Ibrahimovic does not scare him as he prepares to face up to the formidable Paris St Germain frontman.

Chelsea 1 PSG 2 (PSG win 4-2 on aggregate): Zlatan Ibrahimovic exacted revenge on Chelsea in the most satisfying way, scoring the winning goal against them at Stamford Bridge to send Paris St Germain through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

The biggest games often call for the greatest players to take centre stage.

Conventional wisdom says that France has by far the weakest league of Europe’s Big Five, and looking at the Ligue 1 table, you can see why.

Laurent Blanc has criticised the suspended Serge Aurier for punishing Paris St Germain with the disparaging remarks he made about his head coach and team-mates ahead of tonight’s Champions League clash with Chelsea.

Chelsea 5 Newcastle 1: Chelsea may be way off the pace in the Premier League, but they are still one of England’s big beasts and the gulf between them and Newcastle will be demonstrated clearly over the next week or so.

So what’s the story with Martin O’Neill and the number 31?

David Luiz still regards Angel di Maria as one of the best footballers on the planet and is looking forward to playing alongside him once he completes his transfer from Manchester United to Paris St Germain.

Champions League quarter-final 2nd leg

PSG 1 Barcelona 3: Barcelona took a big step towards the Champions League semi-finals with a resounding 3-1 victory over Paris St Germain in yesterday’s quarter-final first leg at the Parc des Princes.

Barcelona took a big step towards the Champions League semi-finals with a resounding 3-1 victory over Paris St Germain in Wednesday’s quarter-final first leg at the Parc des Princes.

Luis Suarez will head into tonight’s Champions League quarter-final clash with Paris St Germain admitting he had to leave Liverpool to stand a chance of winning European football’s biggest prize.

Euro roundup: Gareth Bale answered his critics in Spain as his brace helped Real Madrid beat Levante 2-0 at the Bernabeu last night.

Thiago Silva has pointed the finger at Chelsea's boss after his side's Champions League win.

Paris Saint Germain's Champions League win over Chelsea indicates that sterling work in England no longer converts into strong European currency.

Chelsea v PSG

Paris Saint-Germain believe they can beat Chelsea in the Champions League tomorrow night, writes David Shonfield.

Jose Mourinho lauded the contributions of Thibaut Courtois and Branislav Ivanovic after Chelsea’s 1-1 draw at Paris St Germain put the Blues in pole position to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals.

Paris St Germain boss Laurent Blanc will urge his players to keep their composure amid provocation from Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho in tonight’s Champions League last-16 clash at the Parc des Princes.

In Brazil, another generation of France’s mix of ‘black, blanc, beur’ (black, white, Arab) will try to unite the country through football, writes Eoin O’Callaghan.

“The end of a totally failed experiment,” says Germany’s main football paper Kicker and their verdict more or less sums up the European reaction to Manchester United’s decision to part company with David Moyes.

David Moyes’ days as Manchester United manager appear to be numbered.

Should Manchester United look abroad to replace David Moyes, who are the best potential candidates?

French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet claims he turned down an approach from Zinedine Zidane to succeed Laurent Blanc as national coach in 2012.

Chelsea 2 Paris St Germain 0 (3-3 on aggregate, Chelsea win on away goals)

Chelsea and Jose Mourinho dare to dream of European glory once more after dramatically overturning a two-goal deficit to advance to the Champions League semi-finals at the expense of Paris St Germain.

Jose Mourinho is rarely lacking in confidence and the Chelsea boss is firm in his belief that his side can overturn a two-goal deficit in Tuesday night’s Champions League quarter-final second leg with Paris St Germain.

Jose Mourinho issued a scathing assessment of Chelsea’s performance – and his strikers – after the 3-1 loss at Paris St Germain which leaves his side’s Champions League hopes hanging in the balance.

Paris St Germain 3 Chelsea 1

You get the feeling that Jose Mourinho is now using every opportunity he can to persuade the Chelsea hierarchy he should be given the kind of money that tonight’s opponents Paris Saint-Germain have spent in thetransfer market if his side are to challenge for big honours once again.

Paris St Germain boss Laurent Blanc has hit back at Jose Mourinho’s taunt that Ligue 1 is a cakewalk for the Parisiens by pointing at the Portuguese’s history with Real Madrid.

Paris St Germain 2 Bayer Leverkusen 1 (PSG win 6-1 on agg)

Laurent Blanc insists Paris St Germain will still be playing to win despite holding a 4-0 lead going into their Champions League clash with Bayer Leverkusen tonight.

Bayer Leverkusen may be the underdogs when they take on Paris St Germain in the last 16 of the Champions League tonight, but that does not mean Sami Hyppia is ready to accept defeat.

Newcastle have rejected a bid of £14m from Paris St Germain for Yohan Cabaye.

Arsene Wenger is ready to commit his long-term future to Arsenal and has held preliminary contract talks with the club.

Leonardo has tendered his resignation as sporting director of Paris St Germain and will leave the French champions at the end of August.

When Carlo Ancelotti signs a three-year contract to become Real Madrid’s new coach this afternoon, president Florentino Perez will have finally landed his man.