Valencia thrashed Malaga thanks to four goals in an amazing eight-minute first half period.
Ernesto Valverde brought in Adil Rami and David Albelda for the two Costas, Ricardo and Tino.
Manuel Pellegrini was still without Jeremy Toulalan, so named an unchanged side from the 1-0 win over Osasuna.
The eight-minute spell was a freak period of play...
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An astonishing stoppage time turnaround means Dortmund to progress to the semi-finals.
Jurgen Klopp used Jakub Blaszczykowski as his winger, rather than left-sided Kevin Grosskreutz, so Marco Reus started from the left. Sven Bender returned, but Mats Hummels was only on the bench.
With a couple of suspensions to cope with, Manuel Pellegrini brought in Sergio...
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Dortmund should be out of sight – but after the German champions were unable to score an away goal, Malaga are still in the tie.
Manuel Pellegrini named roughly his expected side – Julio Baptista played the support striker role.
Jurgen Klopp used Kevin Grosskreutz rather than Jakub Blaszczykowski, which meant Mario Gotze was central and...
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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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Isco was the catalyst for a fabulous demonstration of movement and interplay from Malaga’s front four.
After rotating heavily for the trip to Zenit in midweek, Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini played a more familiar XI, unchanged from the draw at Osasuna last week.
Mauricio Pellegrino’s major decision was the use of Ever Banega – rather than...
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