Atletico Madrid received a boost ahead of tonight's Champions League quarter -
final second leg tie against Barcelona on their own Vicente Calderon pitch with the news that the hitherto injured Diego Costa is back in the squad.
Big games are often decided by fine margins, and in the Champions League quarter -
final second leg tie between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night, Arda Turan's red card with 14 minutes remaining was the turning point.
Not exact matches
If they stay in Europe and the FA cup United could have 25 more games before the end of the season, at an average of one every four days starting with the
second leg of their Europa League
tie tomorrow and then the EFL cup
final this weekend.
But the gulf in talent level was just too high, and City smothered all of Basel's attempts to find their way into the
tie, leaving little doubt as to the
final result even before the
second leg kicks off.
Arsenal have certainly been impressive in the first
leg of each of their knockout
ties, beating Ostersunds and Milan without conceding a goal to take the pressure off heading into the
second game and they will hope for similar fortunes against Atletico if they are going to progress to the
Final
The Champions League semi-finalists of 2016 will be confirmed this week, as the remaining eight sides play out the
second leg of their respective quarter -
final ties.
I don't want to see players falling to the ground after the end of
second leg 1 goal short, for some reason they couldn't settle for 1 goal and had to risk everything to get a 2nd half way through the
tie like it was a
final.
Chelsea travel to the Nou Camp for the
second -
leg of their Champions League
tie against FC Barcelona on Wednesday and they face an uphill battle to reach the quarter -
final stage.
Arsenal took a 4 - 1 lead with them to Russia to face CSKA Moscow in the
second leg of their quarter -
final tie.
Manchester City are set to do battle with Paris Saint - Germain in the
second leg of their Champions League quarter
final tie at the Etihad this evening.
Liverpool survived a first - half bombardment, and benefited from a controversial offside decision, as they beat Manchester City 2 - 1 in their Champions League quarter -
final second leg on Tuesday to win the
tie 5 - 1.
Arsenal make the long trip to Russia to face CSKA Moscow in the
second leg of their Europa League quarter -
final tie.
Everything you need to know as last season's finalists go head to head again in the
second leg of their quarter -
final tie.
Rival Watch: Victory for Chelsea ahead of Camp Nou clash FC Barcelona Chelsea claimed victory against Crystal Palace in their
final Premier League fixture before facing Barça at Camp Nou in the
second leg of their last 16 Champions League
tie.
MOSCOW: Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal can not afford a dip in concentration in Thursday's Europa League quarter -
final second leg against CSKA Moscow despite holding a 4 - 1 advantage in the
tie.
Zenit are looking to overturn a 2 - 1 deficit in the
second leg of their Europa League quarter -
final tie against Sevilla and welcome back Domenico Criscito, Igor Smolnikov, midfielder Danny and influential forward Hulk, who all missed the first
leg through suspension.
The
second League Cup semi
final that took place this week was the first
leg tie in 2014 against this weekend's FA Cup opponents, Mancheter City.
Fifty metres or so away, bathed in bright sunlight, lay the Vicente Calderon pitch where tonight Atletico face Barcelona in their quarter -
final second leg with the
tie finely poised after the 1 - 1 draw at Camp Nou.
They made another
final in 2013, where they led their biggest rivals Club America during the entirety of the
tie, from minute 19 of the first
leg up until minute 89 of the
second leg to be exact.
The Reds survived an attempted City fightback to win the
second leg of their quarter -
final tie at the Etihad Stadium 2 - 1 and prevail 5 - 1 on aggregate.
Then on Tuesday night, they'll travel to Man City for the
second and
final leg of the quarterfinal
tie.
Ferguson had often used Welbeck in big matches, notably at the expense of Wayne Rooney in the
second leg of their Champions League quarter -
final tie against Real Madrid in 2013.
Los Blancos as they they are known, defeated Wolfsburg in the previous round and have a wonderful oppertunity of reaching yet another european
final and should go into the
tie as favourites specially since they are playing the
second leg at home.
Can has been ruled out of the Merseyside derby against Everton this weekend and will also miss the
second leg of the Champions League quarter
final tie with Manchester City.