Iceland are planning to ratchet up the pressure on Croatia tonight and become the smallest nation ever to reach the World Cup finals.

Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Borussia Dortmund 2

Chelsea 3 Shakhtar Donetsk 2

Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Chelsea 1

Spain manager Vicente del Bosque has congratulated his players for progressing to the quarter-finals of the European Championships despite widespread criticism of their performance in the 1-0 win over Croatia on Monday.

Spain had some anxious moments, but, in the end, their qualification was rarely in doubt.

Italy 1 Croatia 1

Croatia captain Dario Srna has tipped Ireland to get a result against Spain on Thursday after praising Giovanni Trapattoni’s team following Sunday’s 3-1 win.

Niko Kranjcar is in no doubt — Darijo Srna must be the most underrated player in Europe.

CROATIA all but guaranteed themselves a place at Euro 2012 after hammering hosts Turkey in the first leg of their play-off at the Ataturk Stadium last night.

Turkey 0 Croatia 3

Croatia 2 Georgia 1

BARCELONA all but secured their spot in the Champions League semi-finals and a probable showdown with arch-rivals Real Madrid after building a huge first-leg lead over Shakhtar Donetsk.

SHAKHTAR DONETSK reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time in their history as they saw off 10-man Roma last night to seal a 6-2 aggregate success.

SHAKHTAR DONETSK scored three goals in 13 minutes to claim a stunning come-from-behind win in the Italian capital.

EDUARDO returned to haunt his old club as Shakhtar Donetsk fought back from a goal down to beat Arsenal 2-1 in tonight’s Champions League Group H clash at Donbass Arena.

Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Arsenal 1

Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner and Jack Wilshere all return to the Arsenal starting XI for tonight’s Champions League Group H clash at Shakhtar Donetsk, while there is a surprise start for youngster Craig Eastmond.

Arsene Wenger has handed Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas his first start for more than four weeks in tonight’s Champions League Group H clash against Shakhtar Donetsk.

Croatia 2 Wales 0

ROY HODGSON last night saluted an historic win for Fulham after Brede Hangeland’s goal sent them into the last 16 of the Europa League.

FULHAM striker Bobby Zamora struck a brilliant winner to round off a miserable trip to London for Europa League champions Shakhtar Donetsk last night.

Fulham 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 1

Barcelona 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 0

SHAKHTAR Donetsk became the last winners of the UEFA Cup by defeating Werder Bremen 2-1 in the final in Istanbul last night.

WERDER BREMEN coach Thomas Schaaf has warned his side they have achieved nothing yet this season despite reaching the finals of both the UEFA Cup and DFB-Pokal (German Cup).

Tottenham face an uphill battle to qualify for the last 16 of the UEFA Cup after a makeshift side conceded two late goals in sub-zero temperatures at RSC Olympiyskiy.

Croatia 1 England 4

Croatia 1 Turkey 1 (Turkey won 3-1 on penalties)

MASSIMO DONATI fired an injury-time winner to re-ignite Celtic’s hopes of Champions League progress after another incredible European night at Parkhead.

Celtic 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 1

Artur Boruc and Paul Hartley both returned to Celtic’s starting line-up for the Champions League clash with Shakhtar Donetsk at Parkhead.

Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Celtic 0

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan drafted in midfielder Paul Hartley at the expense of Aiden McGeady for their first Champions League Group D game against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Olympiyskiy Stadium.

Substitute Darijo Srna scored one and made another as Croatia came from behind to claim a 2-1 win and a vital three points against 10-man FYR Macedonia.

THE most pulsating, dramatic, heart-stopping contest of a thrilling World Cup ended with Australia booking a last-16 meeting with Italy. Harry Kewell’s 79th-minute angled drive sent the Socceroos bouncing into the knockout phase for the first time in their history.

YOSHIKATSU KAWAGUCHI put in an inspired performance between the posts for Japan as the Asian champions kept their slim World Cup hopes alive yesterday.

Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi put in an inspired performance between the posts for Japan as the Asian champions kept their slim World Cup hopes alive with a 0-0 draw with Croatia in Nuremberg on Sunday.

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Republic of Ireland boss Brian Kerr made sweeping changes to his side for tonight’s friendly visit of Croatia to Lansdowne Road.

Celtic 1 Shaktar Donetsk 0

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