Goalkeeper Elinton Andrade Will Make His First European Appearance For Marseille

Goalkeeper Elinton Andrade will make his first European appearance in almost three and a half years when Olympique de Marseille host FC Bayern München in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. Didier Deschamps has picked the 32-year-old, who has not played for OM since January 2011, ahead of Gennaro Bracigliano to deputise for the suspended Steve Mandanda as the French team seek their first win in any competition since overcoming FC Internazionale Milano in the round of 16 first leg more than a month ago.

Marseille
Coach Didier Deschamps
I have spoken to both goalkeepers and made my choice: Andrade will play in goal. I have made this decision because I think it is the best one for the team. Compared with Dortmund, Bayern have greater experience, so they are the favourites. We are going to play a great game, a piece of history for the club, against a great team.

Physically and psychologically, we will be ready. We will need to watch their two quick players on the flanks with the full-backs in order to counter their attacking football. Winning against Bayern would not be a miracle, but they are up for reaching the final and they are going through a very positive run of results. We need to put on two great performances.

Weekend result
Saturday: OGC Nice 1-1 Marseille (Monzón 76pen; A Ayew 56)
Mandanda; Azpilicueta, Diawara (Kaboré 7), Fanni, Morel; Mbia, Cheyrou; Amalfitano, Valbuena, A Ayew (Diarra 72); Brandão (Gignac 81).

• Substitute Charles Kaboré was sent off just before half-time as Marseille halted a run of seven successive defeats in all competitions, extra time included.

Team news
Souleymane Diawara and Steve Mandanda are both suspended, although Diawara would be unavailable anyway after suffering a knee injury against Nice. André Ayew has been playing despite ongoing shoulder problems that require surgery, while Loïc Rémy (thigh) will undergo a fitness test on the morning of the match.

Bayern
Coach Jupp Heynckes
We play every three days so I spent the full day yesterday analysing OM's football. They are a great team with a great coach that I know well. I have got positive feelings about OM. They play emotional football and will probably be 100% motivated. We will try not to fall into their trap; Marseille are a difficult team, very physical.

We expect a tough game in this stadium but we are confident. I am focused on this match, but we have a lot of respect for this team. We know that scoring away from home is crucial, but we did not score in Basel [and still went through] so I am not too concerned about this.

[Former OM forward Franck] Ribéry wanted OM in the draw. We understand his feelings, but he is having a sensational season and it would be great if he could win a European trophy in Munich.

Weekend result
Saturday: Bayern 2-1 Hannover 96 (Kroos 36 Gomez 68; Ya Konan 74)
Neuer; Lahm, Boateng, Badstuber, Alaba; Luiz Gustavo, Pranjić (Tymoshchuk 57); Robben, Kroos (T Müller 78), Ribéry; Olić (Gomez 61).

• Toni Kroos' third goal in five games set Bayern on course for their ninth successive home win. During that time they have scored 32 and conceded four. Initially rested on Saturday, Mario Gomez came on to score his 37th goal in his last 39 games for club and country.

Team news
Bastian Schweinsteiger has made just two substitute appearances since 8 February – most recently the second leg against FC Basel 1893 – because of an ankle problem and was scheduled to have a workout on Tuesday to determine if he is fit enough for consideration. Daniel Van Buyten (broken metatarsal) and Breno (knee) are long-term absentees.

Match fact
Bayern had won six of their previous nine UEFA Champions League away games before going down 1-0 at Basel in the round of 16 first leg. They overturned that deficit with a 7-0 triumph in the return, setting a new record for margin of victory in the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds.

Jarl Torske Is Aiming To Make It Fifth-time Lucky This Summer

After finishing runners-up four times, Norway coach Jarl Torske is aiming to make it fifth-time lucky this summer – but he knows his side must first negotiate the second round.

Norway coach Jarl Torske believes his current crop has even more potential than the youthful squad that reached the showpiece last summer, but for now he is looking no further than the second qualifying round that begins on 31 March.
Portugal, the Czech Republic and a Belgium side that contested last season's final tournament lie between Norway and a place in July's UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship. The road does not appear too treacherous, but Torske is too savvy to fall victim to complacency – this is, after all, his 12th campaign in this competition.

"There are more teams who are doing well," he told UEFA. "You can lose against any of the top 20 in Europe if things are not working for you. The level and standard of matches is getting tougher, tighter; there are no easy matches. Still, at least we were ranked high enough to avoid Germany."

They will have been especially keen to, with memories of Norway's 8-1 final defeat by Maren Meinert's charges last summer all too raw. At the time, Torske said he was "embarrassed and humiliated", but in the cold light of day he has been able to apply a more positive slant. "All in all, when we look on this tournament, we are very pleased with what we did.

"Before that terrible second half against Germany, we beat the Netherlands, Spain and Italy, and we also put in a good performance against Germany in the opener [eventually losing 3-1]. Overall I think it was a good way of developing the players, giving them confidence. We just have to be even better next time we meet Germany."

That reunion may well come in the final tournament in Turkey this summer. "Some of key players from 2011 are still in the squad," said Torske, whose side beat Italy and Iceland 2-1 before losing by the same scoreline to Denmark in La Manga at the beginning of March. "I think we might see a more possession-orientated squad, but we will keep our direct style. I think we have a good team this year. Our chances of getting through to the finals are pretty good.

"Then, if you reach the final round then of course you want medals; and if you get to the final, you want the gold. I have been in four finals now and have four silver medals! It would be lovely to one day get a gold, but the most important aspect of this is developing the players."

Norway kick off their second qualifying round campaign against Belgium on 31 March.

Kampfakta:
NORGE - NEDERLAND 3-0 (2-0)
Sted:  Romeo Galli - Imola, Italia.
Tilskuere; 857.
Dommer: Morag Pirie - Skottland.
Kort: Ingen.

Mal: Melissa Bjånesøy str. (6.min). 2-0 Kristine Hegland (39.min). Melissa Bjånesøy (57.min).Norges lag (4-3-3): Ane Fimreite - Ida Aardalen (Ina Skaug 46.min), Maren Knudsen, Ingrid Søndenå, Anja Sonstevold - Cathrine Dekkerhus (Else Vassbø 89.min), Maria Thorisdottir, Andrine Hegerberg - Ada Hegerberg, Melissa Bjånesøy (Caroline Graham Hansen 75.min), Kristine Hegland.

Lionel Messi Added Two More Goals To His Five In Midweek

Lionel Messi added two more goals to his five in midweek to reach the half-century mark in all competitions this term as FC Barcelona triumphed 2-0 at Real Racing Club.

Lionel Messi plundered his 50th goal in all competitions this season as FC Barcelona prevailed 2-0 at Real Racing Club to stay within ten points of Liga leaders Real Madrid CF.

Scorer of a record-breaking five strikes against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, Messi continued his superb campaign with both efforts in Barcelona's win. The Argentina forward slid in a Cesc Fàbregas pass on 29 minutes and added a penalty after the break to also hit the 30-goal mark in the top flight this term.

Third-placed Valencia CF could only draw 2-2 with RCD Mallorca, meanwhile, letting their two-goal lead slip as the visitors mustered a spirited response via Emilio Nsue (57) and Victor Casadesus (66). Valencia had Tino Costa dismissed with six minutes remaining and now lie 16 points shy of Barça.

Elsewhere, RCD Espanyol dismantled Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 5-1, Kalu Uche grabbing a hat-trick, and Club Atlético de Madrid beat Granada CF 2-0. In the late game, CA Osasuna climbed up to sixth by defeating Athletic Club 2-1.

The 75,632 spectators who witnessed it live can say "I was there" in the same way as the people who saw basketball player Wilt Chamberlain score 100 points in one game, Mohammed Ali knock out Sonny Liston or saw long jumper Bob Beamon fly in Mexico. They all witnessed something sublime. Messi scored five goals in a Champions League match. This season, he scored four against Valencia and two seasons ago he registered four against Arsenal in the Champions League. Yesterday he went one better.

Hurricane Messi
El País, Spain
We have to be grateful to Messi because he always wants to play – he does not distinguish between friendly or competitive matches, easy or difficult, important or trivial, and does not accept that the game is over, regardless of whether he is fit, cold or hot, whether he is at home or away, and if it is Wednesday or Saturday. No one demands more of Messi than Messi himself, who makes every show a spectacle.

Football god Messi!
Bild, Germany
His five goals made Leverkusen look ridiculous. This 169cm man was five goals too big for Leverkusen. Lionel Messi dismantled the fifth best side in the Bundesliga in the Champions League round of last 16. A debacle for Leverkusen, a pleasure for all football fans.

Five legendary goals
Corriere dello Sport
Only José Altafini and Gerd Müller [and Søren Lerby] achieved the same before the Champions League era. Messi is an alien compared to the rest, he just requires a success with Argentina to be there on the same level with the player also known as 'D10s'.

Magician Messi on a roll at Nou Camp
De Telegraaf, Netherlands
Lionel Messi was majestic again for Barcelona on Wednesday evening. The diminutive Argentinian was scoring at will in the round of 16 Champions League return. Messi became the first player ever to score five goals in a Champions League match. Bayer Leverkusen became the latest victim of football's miniature magician.

Stratospheric Messi
L'Équipe, France
Bayer's players Manuel Friedrich and Michal Kadlec had an argument at the interval in the first leg as to who would get to swap shirts with Lionel Messi. On Wednesday, they might have been tempted to get him to pose with them for a photo in the middle of the action as the Argentinian seemed in a class of his own, trouncing his German opponents 7-1. A deft shot (1-0, 25 minutes), a curl (2-0, 42), a chip (3-0, 54): all of the usual and nevertheless fabulous art of Messi was on show.

Arrest him!
SportDay, Greece
As long as Lionel Messi is allowed to walk around free, things like this will happen. The Argentinian superstar made fun of Leverkusen, scoring five goals in Barcelona's 7-1 dismissal of the Germans to rewrite the history books. He was once again unstoppable and became the first player ever to score five goals in a UEFA Champions League match.

Messi masterclass rewrites record books
Telegraph, England
Lionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in one Champions League game last night and moved to within seven goals of becoming the highest goalscorer in Barcelona's history at the age of just 24. In keeping with the extraordinary nature of his record-breaking career the player had complained of a headache before the one-man demolition of the team that just four days earlier had beaten Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.The endless collection of Messi wonders has one more rarity.

Público, Portugal
What is there left to write about Lionel Messi? The Argentinian player never stops surprising and at Camp Nou he sank the team fifth in the Bundesliga.

Jorge Jesus Returns To Outgun Zenit's History Boys

SL Benfica coach Jorge Jesus is predicting goals when FC Zenit St Petersburg come to town on Tuesday night, and is confident his home side will "score more and qualify". His opposite number Luciano Spalletti, meanwhile, believes that his team's "character" will see them through a match he has described as "the most important in Zenit's history" with a first UEFA Champions League quarter-final place in the offing.

BenficaIn our stadium with a good pitch and normal weather we can qualify. We know that we're playing a good side, a strong one, with five players in the Russia team that beat Denmark last week. Apart from their individuals they are tactically very strong too but in our stadium, with our fans behind us, I think we can win.
I predict that both teams will score, but I believe we will score more and qualify. We want to reach the quarter-finals and after the result in the away leg, with our fans and our quality I think we'll do it. Jardel is a possible option as cover for [Ezequiel] Garay in defence. For [the suspended] Pablo Aimar, we have Rodrigo and [Javier] Saviola, so let's wait and see. This tie was 50-50 after the draw was made but our two away goals give us some confidence and we feel that we can qualify though, as I say again, Zenit are a very strong side.

Weekend resultFriday: Benfica 3-2 FC Porto (Cardozo 41 48; Hulk 7, Rodríguez 64, Maicon 87)
Artur; Emerson, Luisão, Garay (Vítor 71), Pereira; Gaitán, Javi García (Oliveira 90), Witsel, Nolito; Aimar (Rodrigo 52), Cardozo.

• Emerson was sent off (77) as the Eagles suffered their first home defeat of the season in their 18th game; they had won all ten of their previous Liga matches at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica this term. Starting at Zenit, Benfica have suffered three defeats in four games, quite a change in fortunes for a side that had previously lost once in 34 outings in 2011/12.

Team newsPablo Aimar is suspended while Garay is also missing from the 19-man squad with an injury to his left knee that he suffered against Porto. Yannick Djaló damaged his right thigh in training on Saturday.

ZenitI think that the outcome of the tie will be decided by my players. Our aim is to get a result and qualify. I have always had teams that were very good in terms of character and I think that this will help us decide the tie. When we played Porto we didn't play well but we got a result and qualified. I am sure that we'll fare much better against Benfica. The best of the Portuguese players is the one who is sitting beside me now, my No10 [Danny].

This is the most important match in Zenit's history and I want my players to perform at their very best for the whole match. We cannot think about playing for a draw in a match like this. There are no favourites here and we cannot think about the one-goal advantage we have. Our aim is to play our game and win. In my profession playing in matches like this is the best feeling you can have. When you get to this stage every match is incredibly special.

Weekend resultSaturday: PFC CSKA Moskva 2-2 Zenit (Dzagoev 17, Musa 68; Kerzhakov 1 56)
Malafeev; Anyukov, Lombaerts, Hubočan, Criscito; Fayzulin (Zyryanov 74), Semak, Denisov, Shirokov, Arshavin (Lazović 55); Kerzhakov (Kanunnikov 90+3).

• Aleksandr Kerzhakov took his tally to 11 goals in his past ten Premier-Liga outings as leaders Zenit resumed after the Russian winter break with a draw away to the side that began the day six points adrift in second. Zenit are 17 matches unbeaten in all competitions, dating back to the matchday one defeat by APOEL FC.

Team newsGoalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev (calf) and Criscito (food poisoning) have returned after missing the first leg but Aleksandr Bukharov is out with a hamstring problem. Danny has been ruled out for the rest of the season.

Match fact
This is the first European meeting between the teams on Portuguese soil. In four home fixtures against Russian opponents Benfica have won two and drawn two, conceding only one goal.

Olivier Giroud Scored On His Full International Debut

Olivier Giroud scored on his full debut and Florent Malouda also struck as Les Bleus made it 18 matches unbeaten in impressive fashion. Olivier Giroud scored on his full international debut to help France extend their unbeaten run to 18 matches with a confidence-boosting friendly win against Germany.

Seizing his chance in the absence of Loïc Rémy and Karim Benzema, the Montpellier Hérault FC striker capped a strong performance by scoring the opener midway through the first half and having a role in the second 21 minutes from time, converted by substitute Florent Malouda. The hosts registered late on through Cacau but that could not take the gloss off a fine France performance, epitomised by the rampaging performance of right-back Mathieu Debuchy and some inspirational goalkeeping by Hugo Lloris.

France created the early chances, twice going close from corners. If Adil Rami was guilty of nodding the first opportunity wide, Yohan Cabaye could count himself unfortunate when André Schürrle blocked his downward header on the line. Laurent Blanc must have been delighted by his players' assurance and after 21 minutes new faces Debuchy and Giroud combined to score. The former burst forward purposefully, outpaced Dennis Aogo and rolled a perfect cross in to the middle for Giroud to steer home his first international goal left-footed.

The three-time European champions responded by conjuring a flurry of openings and Lloris had to be at his best to keep them at bay, racing off his line to deny Marco Reus before saving Miroslav Klose's effort from point-blank range seconds later. Joachim Löw's charges were suddenly irresistible yet they could not find a way past Lloris. France's newly appointed skipper beat away Holger Badstuber's far-post header and was then grateful to see Klose miscue his shot from close to the penalty spot after being brilliantly set up by Mesut Özil.

Germany failed to exert similar pressure in the second half as Blanc's men regained the upper hand. The dynamic Debuchy stung Tim Wiese's hands from 30 metres before the Werder Bremen goalkeeper got down to save from Giroud. The second goal looked to be coming and after Mathieu Valbuena had missed a good chance, Malouda duly scored on 69 minutes, pouncing from close range after Giroud's effort was blocked. Two more substitutes combined to pull a goal back for Germany, Cacau steering in Thomas Müller's cross in added time, but it was undoubtedly France's night.