ONE minute from the end of Saturday night’s showdown in Milan between Inter and Juventus, Javier Zanetti, deep in his own half, broke past Alessandro Del Piero in a final attempt to set up an attack that might salvage a point for the home team.

REAL MADRID made it two wins from two in Champions League Group D with a clinical dismissal of Ajax at the Bernabeu last night.

A late goal from Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani gave Italy a 2-1 win over world champions Spain in Bari this evening.

Brazilian defender Lucio is set to sign a two-year contract extension with Inter Milan.

SCHALKE will face Manchester United in the Champions League semi-final after beating Inter Milan for the second time in eight days last night.

Schalke 2 Inter Milan 1 (agg 7-3)

SCHALKE defender Benedikt Howedes is expecting a busy 90 minutes when Inter come to the Arena AufSchalke tonight looking to overturn a 5-2 deficit from the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.

ARGENTINA striker Diego Milito is set to return to Inter Milan’s starting line-up when they host Schalke 04 tonight in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.

HOLDERS Inter Milan staged a remarkable second-half revival to knock Bayern Munich out of the Champions League at the Allianz Arena.

Bayern Munich 2 Inter Milan 3 (3-3 on aggregate, Inter win on away goals)

BAYERN MUNICH boss Louis van Gaal insists not even success in the Champions League would reverse last week’s decision for him to leave the club at the end of the season.

MARIO GOMEZ gained a small measure of revenge for Bayern Munich as his late winner earned the German side a valuable Champions League win against Inter Milan.

Jose Mourinho was named FIFA Coach of the Year ahead of World Cup-winning Spain boss Vicente del Bosque and Barcelona's Pep Guardiola for leading Inter Milan to an unprecedented Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia treble.

IT shouldn’t be a surprise what happened to Tottenham over the course of five days last week.

IT HAS BEEN a long time since a British player has become an overnight sensation on the world stage — think of David Beckham and before that, George Best.

Tottenham v Inter Milan

Inter Milan 4 Tottenham 3

Brazil 3 Chile 0

LIKE watching Brazil? It was more like watching Barnsley on a bad day as the World Cup favourites laboured to a goalless draw with Portugal that sees them both through to the knockout stage.

Portugal 0 Brazil 0

BRAZIL began their quest for a sixth world crown with victory over North Korea at Ellis Park last night but it was far from a vintage display from Dunga’s men against hard-working opposition.

Ronaldinho has failed to make it into Brazil’s 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup.

The Champions League semi-final first leg between Inter Milan and Barcelona is about to kick-off at the San Siro Stadium.

INTER MILAN coach Jose Mourinho is sweating on the fitness of midfielder Wesley Sneijder ahead of tonight’s Champions League quarter-final second leg at CSKA Moscow.

Jose Mourinho has stoked his feud with the Italian media by issuing a terse statement today ahead of Inter Milan's Serie A clash with Bologna.

INTER MILAN will take a slender one-goal advantage into the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final clash with CSKA Moscow next week after Diego Milito earned them a 1-0 win at the San Siro last night.

Inter Milan 1 CSKA Moscow 0

DON’T mention the B word.

Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho was hailed by his club president, players and the Italian media after masterminding victory over his former club Chelsea.

There were no manic celebrations. In fact, Jose Mourinho disappeared down the tunnel before the final whistle.

Chelsea 0 Inter Milan 1 (Inter win 3-1 on aggregate)

Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho has picked three forwards on his return to Stamford Bridge to face his former club Chelsea in the Champions League last 16.

WHEN Diego Milito did a hand-brake turn inside John Terry before firing home the first goal, José Mourinho sat motionless on the touchline.

ROBINHO is set for a quick return to England, after the recently departed Manchester City striker was named in the Brazil squad for next month’s friendly against Ireland in London.

AC Milan playmaker Ronaldinho has not been included in the Brazil squad for next month’s friendly international against Republic of Ireland at Emirates Stadium.

HOLDERS Barcelona moved two points clear at the top of their Champions League group last night after producing a classy display to defeat erstwhile leaders Inter Milan at the Nou Camp.

FABIO CAPELLO travelled to Qatar in the hope of learning new things about his England squad. In the event, defeat in the Gulf merely underlined well-established truths.

Brazil 1 England 0

Argentina 1 Brazil 3

Inter Milan 1 Lazio 2

New Inter Milan signing Lucio has set his sights on helping the club win the Champions League.

Former Bayern Munich midfielder Stefan Effenberg believes the club could live to regret not signing a new goalkeeper.

USA coach Bob Bradley saw his side throw away a two-goal lead over Brazil in last night’s Confederations Cup final – but then warned the world that his men are becoming genuine contenders on the global stage.

A LATE header from Lucio added to Luis Fabiano’s brace helped Brazil fight back from two goals down to win the Confederations Cup final against United States in Johannesburg last night.