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Cristian Bolaños Cristian Bolanos has urged his Costa Rica team-mates to continue to defy the odds and go down in FIFA World Cup history.

Michel Preud'homme Michel Preud'homme said Club Brugge are failing to deliver at Champions League level after their latest loss.

Lille Lille coach Rene Girard claimed his team's 2-0 win over Lorient was "comforting" ahead of their UEFA Champions League play-off second leg.

Zenit Russian club Zenit will get their UEFA Champions League campaign under way against AEL Limassol in the competition's third qualifying round.

Sevilla UEFA Europa League champions Sevilla stayed alive in this season's competition, while Qarabag were unlucky to be eliminated on Thursday.

Liverpool, Sevilla and Napoli were among the teams who discovered their opponents in the play-off round of the Champions League.

Stale Solbakken Copenhagen coach Stale Solbakken was relieved to avoid Arsenal and Napoli in the draw for the UEFA Champions League play-off round on Friday.

Premier League West Ham were taken to penalties before eventually seeing off Birkirkara in the UEFA Europa League.

Real Madrid versus Borussia Dortmund is the headline act of the final round of Champions League group games.

Despite a goalless draw in Copenhagen, Porto coach Nuno Espirito Santo is confident his side have the firepower to progress from Group G.