Tonight’s Champions League encounter between Juventus and Barcelona was always bound to be tasty and it has been given extra spice by the scandal that has erupted over the past week about alleged Italian involvement in matchfixing in Spain, writes David Shonfield.

Porto 0 Juventus 2: Juventus struck twice in the second half to take control of last night’s Champions League last-16 tie against 10-man Porto.

Brarcelona 3 Juventus 1: After Barcelona had yet again proven themselves the best, Gerard Pique put it best.

There is symmetry to Patrice Evra’s career. 

Football managers are either wizards or muggles.

Real Madrid 1 Juventus 1 (Agg 2-3): Alvaro Morata was again the hero as a 1-1 draw at Real Madrid in last night’s Champions League semi-final second leg at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu sent Juventus through to the competition’s final.

There is enough intrigue as well as quality in the Champions League semi-finals this week to have any football fan salivating, writes David Shonfield.

Barcelona take on Milan at a damp San Siro for the fourth time in two years this evening.

One of the problems with past success is that it can freeze time for declined teams.