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Alesio promised himself "a trip to the swimming pool and maybe a massage" as his Azerbaijan side progressed after a 6-1 win that left stand-in Czech Republic captain David Frič regretting costly errors.

Belgium 2-4 Ukraine
Ukraine took just one Group B fixture to seal a quarter-final place with a win that eliminates Belgium and also takes Italy through.

Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted defender John O'Shea will probably miss the remainder of Manchester United FC's season after failing to recover from an injury initially thought to be a simple dead leg.

Club Brugge KV have signed defender Peter Van der Heyden from 1. FSV Mainz 05 for an undisclosed fee, with the 33-year-old penning a one-and-a-half year contract at the Jan Breydel stadion.

Azerbaijan 6-1 Czech Republic
Alesio's finals debutants roared into the last eight as Group A winners with Biro Jade and Vitaliy Borisov scoring twice each.

After a "lost year in the desert" in Qatar, Switzerland midfielder Hakan Yakin has rediscovered his spark with FC Luzern, inspiring their resurgence and boosting hopes of a summer in South Africa.

Danish club Fortuna Hjørring will play ASD Torres Calcio in the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals after they were awarded a default win against Olympique Lyonnais by the UEFA Appeals Body.

Arsenal FC left-back Kieran Gibbs is to have surgery on the foot injury he sustained on UEFA Champions League duty in late November, ruling the 20-year-old out for the rest of the season.

Far from dominant in the Liga, holders FC Porto and Sporting Club de Portugal survived scares to go through to the Portuguese Cup quarter-finals, the Dragons enduring an epic 30-penalty shoot-out.

Spain's record 9-1 defeat of Belarus shows they "are favourites to win the title" according to Kike, with defeated coach Valeri Dosko left to pick up the pieces after an energy-sapping encounter with the reigning champions.

The ball introduced for the UEFA European Futsal Championship has a fan in Russia defender Vladislav Shayakhmetov, who made it sing during his side's 5-1 Group C win against Slovenia at the Papp László Arena.

Ukraine's delayed start to their campaign gave them the chance to watch from the stands as Thursday opponents Belgium lost 4-0 to Italy. Valeriy Zamyatin presents uefa.com with his scouting report.

Belgium coach Benny Meurs knows his side are up against it as they seek to salvage their hopes though Ukraine's Gennadiy Lysenchuk suspects his opponents have been saving themselves.

Martín Dlouhý's goals took the Czech Republic to the finals of the UEFA European Futsal Championship, and he has set himself a target of "at least a goal a game" as they bid for a last-eight place.

The Czech Republic have won all three of their previous games against Azerbaijan, but as the sides meet again, coach Tomáš Neumann fears a wind of change may be blowing through Group A.

It was business as usual in Ligue 1 as FC Girondins de Bordeaux extended their advantage at the summit, but there was nothing regulation about Aston Villa FC's League Cup semi-final triumph.

The uefa.com users' Team of the Year 2009 has been announced, with all-conquering European champions FC Barcelona providing no less than six of a side coached by the Blaugrana's Josep Guardiola.

Spain 9-1 Belarus
Debutants Belarus cancelled out Spain's early opener but were powerless to deny the dominant holders a record finals victory.

Russia 5-1 Slovenia
Two goals in the space of just ten seconds saw the roof come in for Andrej Dobovičnik's charges as the favourites prevailed in Group C.

Italian international midfielder Antonio Candreva is celebrating a "dream come true" after joining Juventus on loan from Udinese Calcio, with a view to making a permanent €7.5m switch in June.