Continental
Malaga overcame a 1-0 first leg deficit to book their place in the Champions League quarter-finals.
From the first leg, Manuel Pellegrini made two changes – Jesus Gamez played rather than Sergio Sanchez at right-back, while Javier Saviola started upfront in place of Roque Santa Cruz.
Vitor Pereira made one change from the first leg, with...
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Galatasaray recorded a surprise win and progressed 4-3 on aggregate.
Jens Keller was without Klaas-Jan Huntelaar following the injury he sustained against Dortmund, so Teemu Pukki played alone upfront. Otherwise, Schalke were unchanged.
Fatih Terim made one change from the first leg – Emmanuel Eboue replaced Sabri Sarioglu at right-back.
This was an even contest, and would...
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Barcelona recovered from a 2-0 first leg defeat.
Jordi Roura (perhaps with help from Tito Vilanova) used David Villa upfront, with Cesc Fabregas on the bench, and played Javier Mascherano rather than Carles Puyol.
Max Allegri kept things close to the first leg XI – Mathieu Flamini replaced Sulley Muntari, with Riccardo Montolivo moving to the...
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After a 2-2 first leg draw, Dortmund performed excellently to qualify for the quarter-finals with surprising ease.
Jurgen Klopp was still without Mats Hummels, so Felipe Santana and Neven Subotic continued at the back. Otherwise, the side was as expected, and played in the traditional 4-2-3-1, rather than the 4-3-3 we saw against Bayern last...
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Manchester United’s starting strategy nullified Real Madrid’s main threats, but Jose Mourinho reacted quickly after United went down to ten.
Sir Alex Ferguson left out Wayne Rooney and Shinji Kagawa, favouring Nani and Ryan Giggs on the flanks. Tom Cleverley started in place of Phil Jones, while Jonny Evans dropped to the bench as Ferguson...
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