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Massimilano Allegri has confirmed he will stay on as Juventus manager next season despite the club’s disappointing quarter-final exit in the UEFA Champions League.

Ajax will be hoping to record their second major upset of the season when they take on Juventus in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær has called on several of his attacking

Two certain champions were forced to wait another week after both suffered shock losses, while the top four races in Spain, Germany Italy and England all continue to amaze.

Juventus will have to wait another week before securing their eighth consecutive Serie A title after going down 2-1 at SPAL.

Barça, Juve and PSG all but secured their respective titles while Bayern took a giant leap towards theirs. Meanwhile, the Premier League top four race is heating up with just a few matches remaining.

After a week’s break club football was back with a bang! There were plenty of world-class goals across all five leagues, as well as some dramatic shifts in the tables.

LaLiga Santander returns this weekend with a Catalan capital derby bringing together Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Espanyol’s Wu Lei plus six-pointer clashes at top and bottom elsewhere all weekend.

Countless legendary players have represented Barcelona and Espanyol over the years and the list of Catalan derby alumni is definitely a special one. Here are just five of some of the best players to have taken part in this iconic fixture.

With Barcelona and Espanyol having been founded in 1899 and 1900 respectively, their cross-city rivalry is a truly historic one which dates back over a century. Here are five things you may not know about the fixture.

While almost everything in the Catalan capital stops whenever its biggest two teams meet in LaLiga action, the city also lives and breathes football on the 363 days a year when the derby isn’t being played!

Wu Lei, the star of Chinese football, and Lionel Messi, the best player in the world, meet for the first time in Saturday afternoon’s Barcelona v Espanyol LaLiga Santander derby at the Camp Nou.

Messi showed his magic, Inter claimed bragging rights, while an Italian giant fell for the first time this season.

LaLiga Santander leaders Barcelona face a tricky trip to Real Betis on Sunday, with the weekend’s schedule packed with new beginnings and huge clashes at both the top and bottom of the table.