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)

RICHARD COCKERILL wasn’t the first Leicester coach to dismiss the significance of an iconic Irish stadium when he glossed over the return of five of his players to the Aviva this evening so soon after their Six Nations trauma with England.

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.

Serbia 2 N Ireland 1

Johnny Gorman made his first competitive start for Northern Ireland as Nigel Worthington’s side attempted to extend their unbeaten run in Group C to four matches in a deserted Crvena Zvezda Stadium.

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.

Robin van Persie will mke his first Champions League start in more than a year as Arsenal look to secure their passage through to the last 16 with victory over Partizan Belgrade at the Emirates Stadium.

Inter Milan 4 Tottenham 3

ITALY’s Euro 2012 Group C qualifier against Serbia was abandoned by UEFA last night after just six minutes due to crowd disturbances.

Italy’s Euro 2012 Group C qualifier against Serbia was abondoned by UEFA tonight after just six minutes had been played due to crowd disturbances.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has made half-a-dozen changes from the side beaten by West Brom for tonight’s Champions League Group H clash in Partizan Belgrade as a stadium power failure in Serbia raised questions about whether the match would start on time, if at all.

MARKO PANTELIC missed a glorious late chance to send Serbia into the World Cup second round last night.

RADOMIR ANTIC dedicated his side’s stunning World Cup victory over Germany yesterday to the Serbian people as Group D was blown wide open.

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

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

INTER MILAN striker Samuel Eto’o believes CSKA Moscow could present his side with a more challenging encounter than in the previous round against Chelsea.

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.

Inter Milan 0 Barcelona 0

Manchester United 2 Inter Milan 0 (Manchester United win 2-0 on agg)

Inter Milan 0 Man Utd 0

Alex Ferguson sprang a major surprise this evening by leaving Wayne Rooney out of Manchester United’s starting line-up to face Inter Milan.

WHEN the dust finally settles on the internal strife that threatens the future of manager Rafael Benitez and is expected to precipitate a change in the ownership of the club, the name Javier Mascherano will figure prominently in any review of an uncomfortable episode in Liverpool’s recent history.

Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and Jose Reina all returned to Liverpool’s starting line-up for tonight’s Champions League clash against Inter Milan – one of the most important matches of manager Rafael Benitez’s reign.

Internazionale 2 Valencia 2

Ivory Coast 3 Serbia & Montenegro 2

Villarreal 1 Inter Milan 0 (Agg: 2-2)

Inter Milan 2 Villareal 1

Italy’s Milan clubs looked in good shape at the midway stage of their Champions League quarter-finals after Wednesday’s first-leg fixtures tonight.

Inter Milan 1 Ajax 0 (Aggregate: 3-2 Inter)

Internazionale 1 Ajax 0 (Internazionale win 3-2 on aggregate)

Ajax 2 inter Milan 2

Serbia-Montenegro’s defence minister yesterday pledged that he will resign unless war crimes fugitive Gen. Ratko Mladic is captured soon.

The search for UN-wanted war crime suspects General Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic has failed to yield any results, but efforts to find them are continuing, Serbian officials said today.

Serbia-Montenegro’s military today denied it was sheltering war crimes fugitive General Ratko Mladic, one of the most-wanted suspects sought by the UN war crimes tribunal.

AC Milan 2 Inter Milan 0

Didier Drogby has returned to the starting line-up for tonight's Champions League semi-final first leg clash at Stamford Bridge.

REVENGE will be the aim of the game when ‘visiting’ Internazionale tackle neighbours AC Milan at the San Siro in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie tonight.

ADRIANO’S hat-trick booked Internazionale their place in the quarter finals of the UEFA Champions League as they defeated Porto 4-2 on aggregate.

Chelsea v West Brom teams

INTER MILAN and Porto have had an extra week to prepare for tonight’s Champions League knockout round second leg but neither has used it well.