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Carlo Ancelotti has spoken to the press today ahead of the Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid semi-final first leg of the Copa Del Rey.

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While he's begun to demonstrate his best form in recent fixtures — not least in the 3 - 0 victory over Villarreal — he still arguably doesn't have the full faith of Jurgen Klopp, and was overlooked for the Reds» Europa League semi-final first leg against the Yellow Submarine.

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The first legs of the semi-finals will take place on Thursday April 24 and Wednesday April 25, while the return fixtures are a week later on May 1 and May 2.

Sevilla defeated Fiorentina 3 - 0 at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League semi-final, with Aleix Vidal scoring two and assisting for Kevin Gameiro to add gloss to the scoreline late on.

The 31 - year - old struggled with a thigh strain a few weeks ago which forced him to miss the first leg of the semi-final encounter with Manchester City.

The Italian international has been quoted as saying he would like to bow out at Juve with a win in the Champions League final, with his side edging Real Madrid 2 - 1 in the first leg of their semi-final against the Spanish giants.

Having seemingly turned a corner against Fiorentina last weekend, it remains to be seen whether or not they can get back to winning ways in the Coppa Italia in midweek, when they face Alessandria in the first leg of the semi-finals on Tuesday night.

Domestically, Cruzeiro are in the semi-finals of the Mineiro state championships where they are tied 1 - 1 with Atletico Mineiro after the first leg, while Huracan are 24th in Argentina's newly - expanded 30 - team Primera Division.

The first leg of the semi-final takes place in Spain next Thursday, with the reverse fixture at Anfield a week later.

Madrid hold a healthy advantage over Atletico Madrid ahead of their second leg Champions League semi-finals clash after a Ronaldo hat - trick in the first leg.

Man City, however, held a Ronaldo-less Real Madrid scoreless in the first leg of the semi-finals and hope to do so again on Wednesday.

It got even worse for the Italian tactician on Wednesday night as his side fell to a 3 - 0 loss to bitter rivals Juventus in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final clash, and so additions will be a welcome boost in the summer, provided that he lasts that long.

The Belgian helped secure a 1 - 1 draw in the first - leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final against Liverpool, meaning his side will be favourites to progress in the return game at Stamford Bridge next Tuesday.

The first leg of this semi-final also ended in a 0 - 0 stalemate (in our first away game in this year's competition) and now we will finally get a result on Wednesday whether it is in extra time or penalties yet again.

However, with the victors of the Europa League now qualifying for the Champions League, Jose will be hoping that he can take the domestic pressure off with a good result in the first leg match of the semi-finals against Celta Vigo tonight.

While one chance of silverware has disappeared, they did record an encouraging 1 - 1 draw at Chelsea in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final, with the return game at the Emirates following the weekend's encounter with the Eagles.

Los Blancos looked set to cruise into the semi-finals of the competition having secured a 3 - 0 away win at Juventus in the first leg in Turin last week.

The Red Devils come into the match on the back of a crucial 1 - 0 away win in the first - leg of the Europa League semi-final on Thursday, a tie which is claimed to have been prioritised over today's encounter.

Liverpool face Roma at Anfield in a week's time in the first leg of their semi-final tie, and so Klopp will be desperate to have as close to a fully - fit squad as possible at his disposal for a crucial period in the campaign.

The first leg of the semi-finals will take place on April 26, with Arsenal hosting Atletico at the Emirates for that, with the return leg on May 3.

They face Villarreal in the first leg of their semi-final on Thursday.

This has always been one of the Premier League's highlight fixtures, but this week it plays second fiddle to Liverpool's Europa League semi-final first leg with Villarreal.

THE Gunners have not had it too tough so far with wins against Nottm Forest and Reading, and another home win tonight will mean we are just two more semi-final legs away from making the Final, and Martinez is determined that Arsenal will be there for the first trophy of the season.

Last season against Real Madrid his Bayern side lost the semi-final first leg 1 - 0 at the Santiago Bernabeu before being humiliated in the return leg to eventually lose the tie 5 - 0 on aggregate, further highlighting that he can't always rely on the home tie to bail his teams out of jail.

Only one of these two will make it to the semi-finals, as Liverpool and Manchester City go head - to - head in the first leg of the quarterfinal on Wednesday night at Anfield.

The players and coaching staff of Real Madrid knew that an awat trip to face Galatasaray in Istanbul was going to be a challenging experience, but a 3 - 0 victory in the first leg at the Bernabeu last week meant that progression to the semi-finals of the Champions League was almost a formality.

BoyleSports made Barcelona as short as 1 - 1,000 to make the semi-finals ahead of their trip to Rome but the Italian outfit became only the third team in Champions League history to overturn a first - leg defeat of three goals or more.

Predicted Arsenal Lineup To Face CSKA Moscow In The Europa League Arsenal face CSKA Moscow in the first - leg of their Europa League semi-final at the E...

Likewise, following a disciplined 0 - 0 first - leg draw in Madrid the European dream was proven to be premature, after the might of Atletico inflicted a 3 - 1 defeat on the blues in the semi-final of the most prestigious club competition in world football.

Here is the best of post-match reaction - including Di Francesco claiming he could turn his back on 4 -3-3 for good and Pallotta dunking himself in the Piazza Popolo fountain in Rome - after Roma wiped out a 3 - goal first leg deficit to reach a Champions League semi-final.

On 19 April 2006, Arsenal faced Villarreal at Highbury in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.

You could be forgiven for not knowing that the U18 class of 2018 were playing the first leg of their FA Youth Cup semi-final this evening.

The club were seen as acting a little tardily to the complaints of our supporters being charged double to watch the Gunners in Madrid compared to what we are charging our Spanish visitors next Thursday for the first leg of the Europa League semi-final.

Liverpool will face Villarreal on Thursday evening in the first leg of the Europa League semi-final.

We meet Wolfsburg in the first leg of our Champions League semi-final at Kingsmeadow on the same day and that match kicks off at 6 pm.

Ernesto Valverde: A good result but it's not over FC Barcelona Ernesto Valverde was positive, as you would expect, after the 4 - 1 win over Roma in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.

Barring any injuries to the Gasperini's side in their first - leg Coppa Italia semi-final with Juventus tonight in Bergamo, Orsolini will reportedly undergo his medical tomorrow that will see him complete his switch to the Stadio Renato Dall» Ara where he aims to impress in the top flight for the second half of the Serie A season.

This Week: Nagatomo played the full 90 minutes in Galatasaray's 5 - 0 win over Bursaspor at the weekend (a win which keeps Fatih Terim's side top of the Super Lig table), before being rested in the first leg of their Turkish Cup semi-final away to Akhisarspor (which they won 2 - 1).

The Reds pulled back the score from the first leg of the UEFA Europa League Semi-Final, and put three in the back of the net to take us to the Final on 18th May!

Salzburg got the better of Marseille in this season's group stage, and will hope to repeat the trick as the teams meet again in the semi-final first leg at the Stade Vélodrome.

Liverpool host Southampton on Wednesday night, as they search to overturn a one goal deficit after a 1 - 0 defeat in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-final.

• A French women's record crowd of 22,050 watched Lyon beat Paris 7 - 0 in a UEFA Women's Champions League semi-final first leg in April 2016, and the venue will hold the first and last matches of the 2019 Women's World Cup.

United still have two chances to earn a UEFA Champions League place this season, through the league and by winning the Europa League, of which United have a semi-final berth against Spanish side Celta de Vigo with the first leg being played in Spain in a weeks time.

Spurs have one foot on the coach to Wembley having beaten Sheffield United 1 - 0 in the first leg of our Capital One Cup semi-final at the Lane.

Ashley Cole fears that he may not start the first leg of Chelsea's Champions League semi-final at Atletico Ma -LRB-...)

He must also deal with the mysterious controversy surrounding a training ground altercation ahead of that play - off semi-final first leg he attended.

• Porto lead Sporting 1 - 0 after the first leg of their Portuguese Cup semi-final on 7 February.

Twin disappointments for the last two remaining French clubs in European competition as AS Monaco and Olympique Lyonnais lost the first leg of their respective competition's semi-finals.

• The Spanish side have lost only one of their last 13 games against Serie A sides (W8 D4)-- that defeat at Juve in the 2015 semi-final first leg.