Juventus face a difficult, but not impossible, task of beating Benfica by a two-goal margin. The circumstances are stacked in favour of them.

Two Spanish teams feature in both Champions League and Europa League semi finals. The Champions League still maintains the prospect of an all-Spanish final.

Recent stats would suggest that Benfica and Juventus are the best-performing teams in the Europa League. And if you go by popular reckoning too, these are the best teams in the Europa League’s knock-out stages.

About 12 years ago, Valencia came up against Basel in a UEFA Champions League. And they administered a 6-2 thrashing when Basel came to Spain. A similar result is now needed, if they are to enter the semi finals of Europa League.

Sevilla will be kicking themselves for not having scored an away goal in the first leg of the Europa Cup quarterfinal at Porto. The home team was way below their best, and even had a defender sent off in the dying minutes.

Juventus appeared subdued in their 1-0 win at Lyon in the first leg of the Europa Leauge quarterfinal match. Can they bring out their real dominant self in the second leg?

Olympique Lyon have another tough match coming up at home. Juventus are their opponent for the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinal match. This is their third high profile encounter at home in about two weeks time.

In a curious twist of football fate, the Europa League occasions a Seville derby. Sevilla should start as favourites to win the pre-quarterfinal game against Real Betis for two reasons. First, Betis is at the rock bottom of the La Liga – a sure-fire

Tottenham Hotspur have a tough schedule in March. Last week, they have lost to Chelsea 4-0. They are going to meet Arsenal this weekend. Their premier league games remaining in this month are against Southampton and against Liverpool at Anfield. As i

Juventus host Fiorentina in an all-Italian pre-quarterfinal match of the UEFA Europa league. Juve would want to extend their domestic dominance over the Voila to the European scene. Fiorentina, on the other hand, will be hoping to trigger a coup agai