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Torres had netted just once in two confidence-sapping months before the final Group E clash but the Spaniard appeared in no hurry to end that barren spell. Eden Hazard missed

The 81-year-old, who won the World Cup twice as a player in 1958 and 1962 before becoming the first man to also win the title as a coach in 1970,

The Senegal striker’s double blast took his tally to 10 league goals this season, putting him level with joint top scorers Robin van Persie of Manchester United, Luis Suarez of

The win saw Juve move on to 35 points and extend their lead at the top of the table to five, at least until second-placed Napoli, Inter Milan and Fiorentina

“Ramon Diaz has become River Plate’s new coach. This Thursday afternoon, the club’s president verbally agreed Ramon Diaz’s arrival,” the record 33-times league champions told their official website.

Pardew and Newcastle have so far failed to build on last season’s impressive fifth place finish and sit in 14th place, two points above the bottom three. Home defeats this

Ruffier blocked Thiago Silva’s weak spot-kick to effectively seal the home team’s passage into the last four after a tense affair at the Geoffroy Guichard ended 0-0 after extra time.

Napoli are within two points of leaders Juventus thanks to Marek Hamsik’s second-half goal which moved them above an Inter side undone by Nicola Sansone’s fine individual late strike. Juventus,

Mano Menezes was dismissed because the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) wants a fresh start, Andres Sanchez, the CBF’s National Teams Director, said at a news conference in

Di Matteo’s exit, six months after winning the FA Cup and Champions League as caretaker manager in the wake of Villas-Boas’s dismissal, had many shaking their heads in disbelief but