Arsenal 1 Besiktas 0 (Arsenal win 1-0 on aggregate)

Arsenal scraped into the group stage of the Champions League on a night of high anxiety at the Emirates Stadium that saw Alexis Sanchez open his Gunners account.

The stats are with Paris, according to national sports daily L’Equipe and the French have a right to be confident about their match against Chelsea tonight.

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.

Mario Balotelli should accept Italy were beaten by a better side in last night’s Euro 2012 final according to the striker’s coach Cesare Prandelli.

Spain 4 Italy 0

Italy captain Gianluigi Buffon laughed off the prospect of a penalty shootout against England in tomorrow’s European Championship quarter-final.

Italy’s cultured midfielder Thiago Motta has travelled the world in a search of beautiful football but when faced by the might of Spain, even he is willing to play ugly if it means success.

Italy midfielder Thiago Motta believes Mario Balotelli will be an influential figure for the Azzurri at Euro 2012.

Authorities have detained a suspect in connection with the May 19 bomb blast outside a school in southern Italy that killed a 16-year-old girl.

Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci was today included in Italy’s final Euro 2012 squad despite being mentioned in the latest match-fixing investigation to engulf the country.

Italy 0 United States 1

Celtic were beaten 2-0 by Inter Milan in an ill-tempered friendly match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Thiago Motta’s agent insists the Italy midfielder wants to stay at Inter Milan next season and has not turned down a move to Arsenal.

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)

A MATCH which began with Inter Milan scoring one of the great Champions League goals ended with their Champions League ambitions all but dead as Schalke twice came from behind in the San Siro to claim a sensational advantage in last night’s quarter-final.

Slovenia 0 Italy 1

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

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.

Venezuelan soldiers moved into privately-owned hotels to help accommodate some of the thousands of people forced from their homes by flooding and mudslides following weeks of torrential rains.

JUVENTUS lived up to all the usual stereotypes at Tallaght Stadium last night, leaving Dublin with two away goals and the tie all but settled.

Shamrock Rovers 0 Juventus 2

Airtricity League side Shamrock Rovers face the might of Juventus tonight in the first leg of the Third Qualifying round of the Europa League at Tallaght Stadium.

JUVENTUS boss Luigi del Neri and Alessandro Del Piero swept into Tallaght Stadium yesterday afternoon with the cameras rolling and the paparazzi snapping.

Inter Milan 1 Roma 0

Jose Mourinho has admitted he could never coach Barcelona after leaving the Catalan club’s Champions League dreams in tatters last night.

“THE Translator” returned to the Nou Camp last night, inflicting a staggering 3-2 aggregate defeat upon Barcelona after playing with only 10 men for over an hour and generating simmering controversy before bringing Inter Milan to the brink of their first European crown since 1965.

Barcelona 1 Inter Milan 0 (Inter Milan win 3-2 on aggregate)

INTER MILAN manager Jose Mourinho claims Barcelona’s aim of winning the Champions League at the home of their bitter rivals Real Madrid has become an unhealthy obsession.

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

DIDIER DROGBA has been banned for two matches by UEFA for his red card against Inter Milan.

Didier Drogba has been banned for two matches by UEFA for his red card against Inter Milan.

JOSE MOURINHO, who once made Chelsea great but was brutally discarded for his troubles, returned last night to destroy his former club’s Champions League hopes and leave them facing a serious inquest over whether those glory days will ever be repeated.

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.

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.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi has called up in-form Sampdoria striker Giampaolo Pazzini for the World Cup qualifiers against Montenegro and Republic of Ireland.

Roma 1 Arsenal 0 (1-1 on aggregate after extra-time, Arsenal win 7-6 on penalties)

Udinese 2 Tottenham 0

Robbie Fowler starts up front as Liverpool travel to Upton Park tonight.

AC Milan: Dida, Stam, Kaladze, Nesta, Serginho, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf, Kaka, Shevchenko, Gilardino. Subs: Kalac, Cafu, Maldini, Rui Costa, Vogel, Ambrosini, Amoroso.