The first legs of the quarter-finals saw 3 of 4 matches end with large advantages being established. The fixture that all the attention will be focused on this week will be the second leg match between Manchester United FC and Chelsea FC. United played a perfect road game and took an important away goal and a 1-0 aggregate lead back to Old Trafford.

The first ever Stoppage Time International Football Blog football awards have been decided. The site had a vote to decide on four categories and the results are now known:

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2010 Xavi Hernández

The Spain and FC Barcelona midfielder came top of our Player of the Year poll with 45% of the vote and who could deny him such an accolade after a fantastic year in which he won a second consecutive league championship with his club and was influential in his country's maiden FIFA World Cup triumph in South Africa.