It's do or die for a number of teams across Europe as the UEFA Europa League winds down.

Half of the teams in the field play their final group games of the tournament today, including Clint Dempsey's Fulham, which can cement a place in the knockout round and set the tone for perhaps another deep tournament run with a win or by getting some help.

The two Manchester clubs have been sensationally dumped out of the UEFA Champions League following the final round of matches this evening.

Three-time European champions Manchester United are out of this year's tournament having suffered a 2-1 defeat away to Swiss champions FC Basle 1893. United only needed a point to progress but found themselves two goals down with ten minutes of the match remaining, with Basle's Marco Streller and Alexander Frei getting the goals, before Phil Jones pulled one back to make it an anxious finish for the Swiss side.

The two Manchester clubs have been sensationally dumped out of the UEFA Champions League following the final round of matches this evening.

Three-time European champions Manchester United are out of this year's tournament having suffered a 2-1 defeat away to Swiss champions FC Basle 1893. United only needed a point to progress but found themselves two goals down with ten minutes of the match remaining, with Basle's Marco Streller and Alexander Frei getting the goals, before Phil Jones pulled one back to make it an anxious finish for the Swiss side.

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BESIKTAS INONU STADIUM.....
IT is do or die for Besiktas if they want to stay alive in the group....
Victory would move Besiktas above their opponents into second in the table!
Since defeat in Kiev, Besiktas have drawn 2-2 with Turkish Super League leaders Fenerbahce and won 3-1 against Sivasspor to lie fourth in the table on 17 points, four behind Fenerbahce.

This was a tough week for a lot of the clubs at the top of last week's rankings. Needless to say (thought that won't stop me), the toughest week was had by Manchester United, whose 1-6 loss to intercity rivals Manchester City was its worst home loss since the 1930-31 season. That wasn't the only slip near the top, though.

This weekend should be a great one for football but in a less traditional way. There are no Manchester United/Chelsea or Barcelona/Real Madrid matches going on but there are some matches in other countries that might be considered the local equivalent at the moment. The three in particular that I will have my eye on are Porto/Benfica on Friday, Shakhtar Donetsk/Dynamo Kyiv on Saturday and Twente/Ajax, also on Saturday.

Arsenal + Tottenham = 5 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses, 3 GF, 18 GA, -15 GD. I'm half-expecting the rioting to return to North London.
Speaking of chaos, we're getting close to the chaos part of the year in the Weekly Rankings. There were a few changes this week due to moves in domestic schedules.

Another chapter was written in Ukraine's biggest club rivalry tonight as Dynamo Kyiv started off the 2011-12 campaign with a 3-1 victory over arch-rivals Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Super Cup.

Shakhtar were the favourites going into the match having won the league and cup double last season.

Arsenal's inability to beat Aston Villa at the weekend, combined with Man City's win over Stoke last night, means that Arsenal will in all likelihood finish up in the fourth place in the league. This means the Gunners will have to play a Champions League play-off game either side of the second weekend of the Premier League campaign.

Arsenal's inability to beat Aston Villa at the weekend, combined with Man City's win over Stoke last night, means that Arsenal will in all likelihood finish up in the fourth place in the league. This means the Gunners will have to play a Champions League play-off game either side of the second weekend of the Premier League campaign.

The most important matches still are the midweek matches as many of the continental championship tournaments close in on the finals. Still, we have numerous domestic leagues that are coming to and end. Although the champions of many of them are foregone conclusions, save the French Ligue Un, there are still battles for relegation going on in all of the top leagues.

The most important matches still are the midweek matches as many of the continental championship tournaments close in on the finals. Still, we have numerous domestic leagues that are coming to and end. Although the champions of many of them are foregone conclusions, save the French Ligue Un, there are still battles for relegation going on in all of the top leagues.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
14:45 (25) Schalke 04 0:2 (1) Manchester United
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
13:00 (18) Marseille x:x Nice13:00 (23) Lyon x:x Montpelier14:45 (3) Real Madrid x:x (2) Barcelona20:50 Once Caldas x:x (20) Cruzeiro
Thursday, April 28, 2011
15:05 (7) Porto x:x (24) Villarreal15:05 (13) Benfica x:x Sporting Braga20:50 (19) Fluminense x:x Libertad
Saturday, April 30, 2011
06:00 (21) CSKA Moscow x:x Spartak Moscow09:30 (6) Borussia Dortmund x:x Nürnberg09:30 Köln x:x (12) Bayer Leverkusen12:00 (2) Real Madrid x:x Real Zaragoza12:00 Cesena x:x (9) Inter Milan12:30 (5) Chelsea x:x Tottenham Hostpur12:30 (22) Bayern Munich x:x (25) Schalke 0413:00 (10) Lille x:x Arles14:00 Real Sociedad x:x (2) Barcelona14:45 (16) Napoli x:x Genoa
Sunday, May 1, 2011
09:00 (4) AC Milan x:x Bologna09:05 (9) Arsenal x:x (1) Manchester United10:30 Dynamo Kyiv x:x (17) Shakhtar Donetsk11:00 (18) Marseille x:x Auxerre11:00 Toulouse x:x (23) Lyon11:10 (15) Manchester City x:x West Ham United13:00 (24) Villarreal x:x Getafe13:15 Olhanense x:x (13) Benfica15:00 Osasuna x:x (14) Valencia15:00 (20) Cruzeiro x:x América TO15:15 Vitória Setúbal x:x (7) Porto

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
14:45 (25) Schalke 04 0:2 (1) Manchester United
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
13:00 (18) Marseille 4:2 Nice13:00 (23) Lyon 3:2 Montpelier14:45 (3) Real Madrid 0:2 (2) Barcelona20:50 Once Caldas 1:2 (20) Cruzeiro
Thursday, April 28, 2011
15:05 (7) Porto 5:1 (24) Villarreal15:05 (13) Benfica 2:1 Sporting Braga20:50 (19) Fluminense 3:1 Libertad
Saturday, April 30, 2011
06:00 (21) CSKA Moscow 0:1 Spartak Moscow09:30 (6) Borussia Dortmund 2:0 Nürnberg09:30 Köln 0:2 (12) Bayer Leverkusen12:00 (2) Real Madrid 2:3 Real Zaragoza12:00 Cesena 1:2 (9) Inter Milan12:30 (5) Chelsea 2:1 Tottenham Hostpur12:30 (22) Bayern Munich 4:1 (25) Schalke 0413:00 (10) Lille 5:0 Arles14:00 Real Sociedad 1:2 (2) Barcelona14:45 (16) Napoli 1:0 Genoa
Sunday, May 1, 2011
09:00 (4) AC Milan 1:0 Bologna09:05 (9) Arsenal 1:0 (1) Manchester United10:30 Dynamo Kyiv 3:0 (17) Shakhtar Donetsk11:00 (18) Marseille 1:1 Auxerre11:00 Toulouse 2:0 (23) Lyon11:10 (15) Manchester City 2:1 West Ham United13:00 (24) Villarreal 2:1 Getafe13:15 Olhanense 1:1 (13) Benfica15:00 Osasuna 1:0 (14) Valencia15:00 (20) Cruzeiro 5:1 América TO15:15 Vitória Setúbal 0:4 (7) Porto

Sporting Braga capped a historic night for Portugal in the Europa League as all three Primeira Liga teams went through to the semi-finals. Starting the night level after a 1-1 draw away to Dynamo Kyiv last week, Braga survived the 28th-minute dismissal of Paulo César to earn a goalless draw which saw them through on away goals.

Barcelona vs Shakhtar 2011 Champions League Quarterfinal 1st Leg. Nou Camp- 6/4/11- 6th April 2011 Final score:- Barcelona vs Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 ( Iniesta, Daniel, Pique, Keita, Xavi/ Rakitskiy) Barcelona humble Shakhtar 5-1 at the Nou Camp to take one giant step towards a mouth watering semifinal against arch rivals Real Madrid.

Another commercial for Leo.

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• Revolution Rooney. (Football Further)
• EFW goes Asian. (EFW)
• Inflatable bananas make everything better. (IBWM)
• A rivalry too far. (Philosofooty)
• Sweden gets a sash. (Football Fashion)
• The future of Celtic.

Shakhtar Donetsk vs AS Roma March 8, 2011- 8/3/11 Donetsk- Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg- 19.45 UK kick off. Final score:- Shakhtar vs Roma 3-0 (Hubschman, Willian, Eduardo)- Shakhtar win 6-2 on aggregate. Shakhtar vs Roma-a big test for new Roma coach Vincenzo Montella as Roma sought to overturn a 3-2 deficit from [.

I'm sorry for being so lax on this site, but I'm having a great time in Mexico and despite the fact that there is a lot of stuff going on in the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores at the moment, the sad fact is that those results don't affect the rankings until the end of each round.

I'm sorry for being so lax on this site, but I'm having a great time in Mexico and despite the fact that there is a lot of stuff going on in the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores at the moment, the sad fact is that those results don't affect the rankings until the end of each round.

FC Spartak Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва) is a football club based in Moscow, Russia. Spartak is nicknamed "Meat" (Russian: "мясо") because in Soviet era it was owned by the Collective Production Farms. Spartak has won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dynamo Kyiv) and 9 of 16 Russian championships.

Besiktas set to host Ukraine's Dynamo Kyiv on Thursday in the first leg game in the round of 32 at the UEFA Europa League.
The game at Istanbul's Fiyapi Inonu Stadium will kick-off at 8:00 p.m. Turkish local time.(1:00 PM. ET)
Besiktas finished second in their group at the UEFA Europa League.

Besiktas set to host Ukraine's Dynamo Kyiv on Thursday in the first leg game in the round of 32 at the UEFA Europa League.
The game at Istanbul's Fiyapi Inonu Stadium will kick-off at 8:00 p.m. Turkish local time.(1:00 PM.

Besiktas set to host Ukraine's Dynamo Kyiv on Thursday in the first leg game in the round of 32 at the UEFA Europa League.
The game at Istanbul's Fiyapi Inonu Stadium will kick-off at 8:00 p.m. Turkish local time.(1:00 PM. ET)
Besiktas finished second in their group at the UEFA Europa League.

Roma vs Shakhtar Donetsk Stadio Olimpico- February 16th 2011 Final score:- Roma vs Shakhtar 2-3 ( Perrotta, Menez/ Jadson, Douglas Costa, Luiz Adriano) Shakhtar Donetsk score thrice in the space of twelve first half minutes to stun AS Roma 3-2 in the first leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie.

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Aris held Manchester City to a 0-0 draw in the last 32 of the Europa League on Tuesday, allowing the Greek team to maintain a 40-year unbeaten European home record. Man City fielded Carlos Tevez, Edin Dzeko, Mario Balotelli and David Silva in the first leg, an attacking lineup that cost more [.

Okay! I think this is bit too much to the extreme side.
Qatar has offered a blank cheque to Pepe Guardiola to coach the Qatari national team for the next ten years, and this offer expires at June. Guardiola have not commented yet, who has already turned down €10 million-a-year from Inter Milan and €20 million-a-year from CSKA Moscow.

Azerbaijani champions Inter Baku have won the 19th Commonwealth of Independent States Cup in St Petersburg having beaten Belarussian representatives Shakhstyor Soligorsk in Sunday's final on penalties. It is the third time in five years that a team from Azerbaijan has won the trophy.

Inter got to the final by virtue of finishing top of Group A with a 100% record against Istiqlol Dushanbe, FC Iskra-Stal and Neftchi Khorkor-Ata before disposing of Mika Yerevan and local side Zenit Saint Petersburg in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively.

Iconic Dynamo Kyiv player and manager Valeriy Lobanovsky was born on 6 January 1939. He would eventually guide Kyiv to the first major European honor for any Soviet club, winning the 1975 Cup Winners' Cup. Born in Kyiv, Lobanovsky joined Dynamo's youth team, then played there professionally from 1957 to 1964.

Iconic Dynamo Kyiv player and manager Valeriy Lobanovsky was born on 6 January 1939. He would eventually guide Kyiv to the first major European honor for any Soviet club, winning the 1975 Cup Winners' Cup. Born in Kyiv, Lobanovsky joined Dynamo's youth team, then played there professionally from 1957 to 1964.