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French Manager Zinedane Zidane hope to remain at Los Blancos next season amid speculations regarding his future.

The back to back Champions League record winner manager has being marred with poor display so far this season, having lost ground against arch rival Barcelona and has relinquish hope in all competition except from UCL.

But the former Madrid legend bought more time for himself after a marvelous performance against PSG in the UCL Round 16 and hope to continue with positivity when they face Juventus on Tuesday at Turin.

"I've been here 18 years, I know how Real Madrid functions. I do what I like doing, I do it thoroughly and if the question is, do you want to continue? Then yes I will continue. I do not feel tired, not at all." He said

Although the 45 year-old manager is still in hunt for a second position in LaLiga after staying 15 points adrift League Leaders Barcelona but their main target is a UCL silverware.

"We hope to take second place, little by little," Zidane said. "Of course we have our minds on Tuesday but tomorrow we have a match and to execute on Tuesday, we have to execute well tomorrow."

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Earlier this week The former Borrusia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel is said to be the successor of Arsenal ageing manager Arsen Wenger but was later revealed that German champions Bayern Munich is the 44 year-old favorite next club.

The German has also reportedly held talks with English champions on replacing Antonio Conte at Chelsea but have now taking twist as French giant Paris Saint Germain has shown huge interest in him.

The France outfit are looking for different suitable candidates to replace Unai Emery and two of which are veteran Manager, Germany International head coach Joachim Low and Blues Manager Antonio Conte.

Former FC Augsburg II and Mainz 05 head coach succeeded Jurgen Klopp at Borrusia Dortmund in 2015 and was sacked in 2017 after His tenure as first-team coach was marred with controversy, with a strained relationship with the club's hierarchy.


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Bayern Munich and Germany skipper Emmanuel Neuer return back to training since September 2017 after injuring his left foot.

Neuer injury nightmare started towards ending of last season, making him missed the last five Bundesliga games but came back to action, and feature in three matches in 2017/18 season before again being left out for another injury.

The Germany International Football captain received a pre-World Cup boost after he underwent an MRI scan whose result qualifies him to returned light training after 6-months of no Football action.

"Wonderful! First time out…" The 32 year-old wrote in a post to accompany a video shared on his Facebook page that shows him stepping out of the training centre door towards the pitches before giving the camera a thumbs-up.


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Eight teams suffers the same faith as the UEL Quarter finals could not harbour More than eight ( teams.


Arsenal 5 AC Milan 1

Arsen Wenger Guy's finished first leg 2-0 victory at San Siro by coming from behind to a stunning 3-1 at The Emirates stadium.

Atletico Madrid 8 Lokomotiv Moscow 1

Diego simeone men's conveniently beat Moscow giants on 8-1 aggregate to extend their brilliant start to the UEL after dropping from UCL group stage.

Marseille 5 Athletic Bilbao 2

I'OM progress to the UEL Quarter finals with an outstanding victory in both leg.

Lazio 4 Dynamo Kyiv 2

Simeone Inzaghi changes first leg stalemated draw at Stadio Olympico to a 2-0 win away from home to proceed UEL Quarter Finals.

Sporting CP 3 Viktoria Plzen 2

Sporting needed to go Additional Extra Time to sent Plzen packing from the UEL after the Czech club recovered their 2-0 loss at home to Sporting. Thanks to Battaglia 105th minutes goal that rejuvenate the Portuguese club.

RasenBallSports Leipzig 3 Zenit 2

T. Werner late penalty would have made it double loss for the Russian club but a draw at Krestovisky stadium was enough for the German outfit, Leipzig to reach last eight team standing.

CSKA Moscow 3 Lyon 2

Manager Viktor Goncharenko went Lyon to get things right after converting home defeat to an astonishing triumph with three(3) away goals.

Salzburg 2 Dortmund 1

Salzburg maintain their first leg tie victory at Dortmund to secure a Finals stage after playing a goalless draw in the return leg.

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Spurs skipper Harry Kane is reportedly set to be out for a month after injuring his right foot ankle ligament against AFC Bournemouth in weekend 4-1 triumph.

The two time back to back Premier League Golden Boot winner latest injury is a huge setback for his third in row after bagging in 24 goals so far this season with just five(5) goals more to level his last season goals.

His knock have now pave way for his Liverpool rival Mohammed Salah who both are level on goals and Manchester City Kun Aguero at their back with 21 goals.

"disappointing to be out until next month but injuries are part of the game. Will do everything I can to get back out there asap. The 24years-old tweet.

The fortunate news is that International break is on the verge as the injured Kane would only miss Tottenham FA Cup First leg Quarter finals against Swansea City on Saturday and hopefully to be back to action against Chelsea after the break on April 1st.

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Liverpool suffer fourth league defeat of the 2017/18 campaign in weekend top four clash against Manchester United in a supposedly deserve win but were doomed by a classy José Mourinho defence tactics.

Jurgen Klopp men are outrightly known for a fast shake off after defeat to respond affirmatively in subsequent matches as they have shown in their last three losses against City, Tottenham and Swansea.

Would the Merseyside Red do the same when they welcome Watford on Saturday at Anfield as the club official tweeter hinted that the team is on verge to winning mentality.

“We have to respond, 100 per cent.” #LFC have made a habit of responding positively to setbacks in the @premierleague this season - and Klopp is determined to ensure his side does so again this week.

Another match setback could cause catastrophic for Liverpool hope of top four finish under Tottenham and the League defending Champions Chelsea pressure.

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English Premier League top four finish race is getting more interesting and intense as the League Title fight is over, under the hands of run away leaders Manchester City.

Manutd are one leg in than other rivals after a crucial triumph on Liverpool yesterday at Old Trafford, who now extend their point margin to five(5) against third Jurgen Klopp side, seven(7) to Spurs and nine(9) clear League defending Champions Chelsea.

Liverpool played earnestly to level United who were two points ahead of them before the game but all they could get is a consolation goal courtesy of an Eric Bailly own goal.

Marcus Rashford double first half goal and the only two ball on Target strike for the whole ninety minutes(90) do the outright needy for José Mourinho side who now park the bus to defend their treasure.

Chelsea on the other hand shake off last week defeat to rampant League leaders Manchester City with an impressive 2-1 victory over bottom three Crystal Palace.

The Blues upheave their top four finish fulfilment after last night win with four(4) and two(2) points adrift Liverpool and Tottenham respectively and are looking forward to pounce more pressure to at least get a Champions League spot.

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Manchester United welcomes Liverpool at the Theatre of dreams in an anticipated weekend Premier League top four clash.

It has always being a sensational and an end to end encounter between the most two successful English club in both locally and European football, an intense match which always filled with series of action and magical moment.

Both teams are on top of the game, sitting second and third respectively on the League Table with two points difference in favour of United. Liverpool have won three in four of their last four games which include a massive slashing of Porto in the UCL and United have also won four in five of their last five fixtures that include a win to Chelsea and a stunning 2-0 come back against Palace.

Historically United top Liverpool with most wins in all competition with 87 victories and 75 defeat but since 2016 their result have always ended a stalemated draw.

Manutd Potential Eleven

D. De Gea, A. Valencia, V. Nilsson Lindeloef, C. Smalling, A. Young, M. Fellaini, N. Matic, P. Pogba, M. Rashford, R. Lukaku, A. Sanchez

Liverpool Potential Eleven

L. Karius, T. Alexander-Arnold, D. Lovren, V. van Dijk, A. Robertson, J. Milner, E. Can, J. Henderson, S. Mane, R. Firmino, M. Salah


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