Costa Rica 3 Uruguay 1

Sevilla 0 Benfica 0 (4-2 on penalties)

Benfica 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Benfica win 5-3 on aggregate)

Uruguay 2 Italy 2, Italy win 3-2 on pens

Brazil 2 Uruguay 1

EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEG

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew conceded his side faced a tough ask to qualify for the last four of the Europa League after a 3-1 defeat in their quarter-final first leg in Benfica.

Barcelona 0 Benfica 0

Benfica 2 Celtic 1

Celtic 0 Benfica 0

Roberto Di Matteo now has two weeks to prepare his Chelsea side for their sixth Champions League semi-final in nine years.

Chelsea 2 Benfica 1 (Chelsea win 3-1 on aggregate)

David Luiz has overcome an ankle injury to start Chelsea’s Champions League quarter-final, second leg against Benfica tonight.

There can be little doubt that Frank Lampard was right when he said that Chelsea are no longer the force of old, but they still have the knack of winning games they don’t deserve to.

Benfica 0 Chelsea 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.

Benfica 2 Zenit St Petersburg 0 (Benfica win 4-3 on aggregate)

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.

MANCHESTER UNITED’S Achilles’ heel, a defence that has displayed uncharacteristic flaws in Europe and at home so far this season, again cost Alex Ferguson dear following 80 potentially disastrous seconds that leaves them facing the possibility of Champions League elimination.

Wayne Rooney was missing from Manchester United’s squad for this evening’s Champions League Group C clash with Benfica at Old Trafford.

ALEX FERGUSON praised goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard’s performance in the 1-1 Champions League draw with Benfica as United came from behind to salvage a point.

Benfica v Man Utd

BENFICA will take a slight advantage into the second leg of their all-Portuguese Europa League semi-final following a deserved victory over Braga at the Estadio da Luz.

Uruguay boss Oscar Tabarez has included Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan and skipper Diego Lugano, of Fenerbahce, in his starting line-up for tonight's clash with the Republic of Ireland at the Aviva Stadium.

JOACHIM LÖW insists his Germany side can leave the World Cup with their heads held high after exceeding expectations in South Africa.

Diego Forlan has been handed the captaincy for Uruguay after defender Diego Lugano failed to make a full recovery from a knee injury for tonight’s World Cup semi-final against Holland.

URUGUAY coach Oscar Tabarez has told his players to hold on to their World Cup dreams after seeing them book their place in the quarter-finals.

URUGUAY coach Oscar Tabarez said his side had been insulted by claims they would play for a draw against Mexico – and duly proved it as a first-half from Luis Suarez was enough to help Uruguay secure top spot in Group A and progress into the last 16 of the World Cup.

Mexico 0 Uruguay 1

Mexico 0 Uruguay 1

HOST nation South Africa were left facing the prospect of an early World Cup exit after slumping to defeat at the hands of a Diego Forlan-inspired Uruguay in Pretoria last night.

TEN-MAN Liverpool were undone by two harsh penalty decisions and an at-times shambolic refereeing display as they lost 2-1 to Benfica in a hostile Europa League quarter-final first leg in Lisbon last night.

Benfica 2 Liverpool 1

EVERTON’S hopes of making progress in the Europa League were dealt a bitter blow at Goodison Park last night.

Chelsea booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a convincing 4-0 victory away to Norwegian side Rosenborg.

Celtic 1 Benfica 0