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MATCH rates the chances of the five Prem teams in the CL! The Champions League is finally back this week, and all five English teams have made it to the knockout stages! We reckon this could be the year that the Premier League’s six-year wait for a winner ends, but who’s got the best chance TOTTENHAM After struggling in last season’s competition, Spurs have looked right at home among Europe’s best in 2017-18 – as they showed by beating champions Real Madrid 3-1! They could claim another huge scalp by knocking out Juventus, and they’ll believe they can beat anyone! VERDICT: Big semi-final chance! WATCH I T… Juventus v Spurs Tue. February 13 7.45pm MAN. CITY Pep Guardiola spent three years at Bayern Munich chasing the Champions League, and he’s…

MBAPPE ON… HIS FOOTY HERO! KYLIAN SAYS: “Zinedine Zidane was the first – he is the player that made me fall in love with football! Also, Cristiano Ronaldo and of course Neymar, who I am fortunate to call a team-mate and friend. He is as good as any player in the world, and it’s a pleasure to be able to learn off him.” MBAPPE ON… KIDS! TOP WONDE KYLIAN SAYS: “Being French, I know Thomas Lemar and Ousmane Dembele well, and they are e two very special talents. Dembele is a good friend of mine, and I am very pleased he now has the chance to show his talent at Barcelona.” MBAPPE ON… CAVANI & NEYMAR! KYLIAN SAYS: “The great thing is, we all work for the good of the…

FIFA DIARY  We are focusing on youth in our Barça Career Mode team! ★ We used the January transfer window to replace some of our older players with top young talent! We cashed in on Gerard Deulofeu to sign winger Justin Kluivert from Ajax, and swapped CB Thomas Vermaelen for RB Leipzig’s Dayot Upamecano. Bargains! ★ The Copa de Espana drew us against Real Sociedad, so we took that opportunity to give some debuts to our young stars. Oriol Busquets bossed the midfield, Marc Cucurella got up and down the left wing and Kluivert scored twice in an ace 2-1 win! ★ Training Presets make it really easy to train your young players. We’ve saved a variety of drills for our best young stars, and every week we get one…

BASEL v MAN. CITY CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Basel has been a real tough place to go for English clubs in recent seasons! Man. United, Liverpool and Chelsea have all lost there in the last five years, so Pep will be hoping for a repeat of his last trip to St. Jakob-Park. His Barcelona team won 5-0 there back in 2008, and if the City players are on form then they have the quality to bag a hatful too! We’re expecting City to take a comfortable lead home! ONES TO WATCH! Dimitri Oberlin – Basel Kevin De Bruyne – Man. City WATCH IT…  Tuesday February 13 7.45pm PORTO V LIVERPOOL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Liverpool were happy to be drawn against Porto in the knockout stages, but they can’t be over-confident – the Portuguese…

FIFA 18 CHALLENGE! Can you name the rock-solid Champo League CBs from their FUT cards? CLUB SHARERS! Which Champions League club have these stars all played for? MYSTERY MASCOT! Use the clues to work out which CL team this mascot comes from! My name is Berni, and as you can see, I’m a bear! I spend most of my time wandering around the cool Allianz Arena. Awesome! My team is currently bossing it in the Bundesliga! SPOT THE BALLI!  Mark where you think the ball should be in this action pic!…

97 A huge 97 of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s 98 Bundesliga goals were from inside the box! Lionel Messi was delivered his incredible new adidas by drone at a special event! 2015 Raheem Sterling’s goal in the FA Cup against Cardiff was the first with his head since 2015! 12 Jesse Lingard has already netted 12 goals in all competitions this season – one more than in the previous two combined. Wow! 4 Liverpool have been dumped out of the fourth round of the FA Cup in all three seasons under gaffer Jurgen Klopp! 8 Chelse Ross Barkley a debu ’ t s was agains also t A his rsenal appe first arance senior for 40 Italy and Juve’s legendary y keeper Gianluigi Buffon turned 40 at the end of January –…

FACTPACK Name: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Age: 28 Countr y: Gabon Position: Striker Boots: Nike Hypervenom PEA’S 2017-18 BUNDESLIGA STATS GAMES 16 GOALS 13 ASSIS T S 3 1 LETHAL SPEEDSTER! Auba’s one of the quickest attackers around, and has been one of the most prolific strikers in Europe! In four and a half years in Germany, he hit 98 goals in 144 league games, and picked up the Bundesliga Golden Boot last season! 2 DORTMUND REUNION! Aubameyang could form a deadly partnership with his old team-mate Henrikh Mkhitaryan! They both joined Dortmund in 2013, played together for three years, and when they were on the pitch at the same time, they bagged 53 league goals and set each other up for ten. Lethal combo alert! 3 OZIL’S STAYING! One of The…

1 GO ON A STADIUM TOUR! Discover what it’s like to walk out of the tunnel at your favourite club with a cool behind-the-scenes stadium tour! You normally have access to changing rooms too, so you can sit in the same spot as your heroes! It’s well worth it! 2 GET SOME NEW GEAR! Some of the biggest brands have dropped some mega gear already this year, so use the half-term to update your wardrobe! See our ITK Boot and MATCH Gear sections if you need a bit of inspiration! 3 PLAY SOME FOOTY! Missing those lunch-time kickabouts already Then you’ve got to brave the cold weather, meet up with your mates and head to your local park with a ball! Headers and volleys is always a winner! 4 SEND…

WIGAN v MAN. CITY FA CUP League One Wigan are dreaming of causing one of the biggest FA Cup shocks of the season! They’ve already knocked out two Prem sides and have beaten Man. City in their last two meetings in this comp – including the 2013 final. With the Carabao Cup final and a Champions League clash to focus on, Pep Guardiola could rest some of his top stars, so a giant-killing could well be on the cards! ONES TO WATCH! Will Grigg – Wigan Aymeric Laporte – Man. City WATCH IT… Monday February 19 7.55pm BBC One CHELSEA V HULL FA CUP Hull will need some proper FA Cup magic to reach the quarter-finals – the struggling Championship side haven’t beaten Chelsea for almost 30 years, and they’ve…

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1. Which creative king bagged the most assists - Kingsley Coman, Neymar, James Milner or Dries Mertens? 2. Cristiano Ronaldo finished the group stage as top scorer, but how many goals did he bag? 3. Which team busted the most nets in the group stage? 4. True or False? All the English teams won their group! 5. Sergio Aguero became City’s all-time leading scorer after netting against which side? 6. Which rock-solid team conceded the fewest goals? 7. Liverpool thrashed Slovenian side Maribor, but what was the score? 8. Which Spurs star scored a deadly double in their 3-1 win over champs Real Madrid? 9. Which defender became the first to score a CL hat-trick-Alex Sandro, Jordi Alba or Layvin Kurzawa? 10. Which playmaker completed the most passes - Sergio…

21 The Swedish club is younger than most of its players – it was only formed 21 years ago! 1 Last season, they made history by winning the Swedish Cup for the first time in their history to qualify for the Europa League! 320 Graham Potter was an experienced defender in English footy, making over 300 appearances in the Prem and Football League! 9,165 Sweden’s freezing cold Jamtkraft Arena is the smallest stadium The Gunners will play at this season! 3 Since taking over Ostersunds in 2011, Potter has bagged three promotions to take them from the fourth division to the top!…

HOW HE WON IT! MATCH’s scouts picked out the four best Prem players from January, and we asked our fans on social media to vote for their choice. Nacho Monreal came a close second, with Anthony Martial and Eden Hazard finishing the shortlist! MEGA MOMENTS! Here’s why Aguero was chosen as MATCH’s monthly winner! WATFORD WIPEOUT! MAN. CITY 3-1 WATFORD JANUARY 2 City kicked off the New Year with a bang, running out easy winners against a tired Watford side! Aguero was dangerous throughout the match, eventually scoring in the second half after Heurelho Gomes fumbled – his tenth goal in six games v The Hornets! RECORD RUN OVER! LIVERPOOL 4-3 MAN. CITY JANUARY 14 City lost their first game of 2017-18 in an absolute cracker with Liverpool! Kun was…

TEAM PLAYER! Mbappe isn’t just about scoring goals! If he sees a team-mate in a better position, he’ll look to set them up – that’s how he’s bagged 16 assists over the past two Ligue 1 seasons! SUPER SPEED! Defenders need to be rocket Mbappe! The lightning-quick forward hit 45km/h to score for PSG against Lille – and recorded an average speed just short of Usain Bolt! OTIVATION! One of the PSG ace’s top talents is he’s so motivated to be the best and win as much as possible! He said winning the Champions League is an “obsession”, and we reckon he can help PSG do it! ACE AGILITY! The planet’s most highly-rated teenager is super agile and has got such a low centre of gravity! It helps him glide…

ALEXIS SANCHEZ MAN. UNITED United splashed out in January to add some stardust to their attack, and that’s what they’ve got in Sanchez. He’s got eight assists in his last 15 CL games, and the ex-Arsenal star is buzzing to be back in Europe’s top competiton! DID YOU KNOW? Since 2014, Sanchez has averaged a CL goal or assist every 95 minutes! LIONEL MESSI BARCELONA Messi’s top of La Liga’s scoring charts, and netted twice v last season’s finalists Juventus to help Barcelona top their group. If he rips net against last 16 opponents Chelsea, he’ll have bagged against 29 different CL teams – only two players have scored against more! 2017-18 CL STATS 6 Games ★ 3 Goals 1 Assist ★ 15 Shots on target 31 Dribbles MO SALAH…

Ronaldinho City Collection He may have retired, but that won’t stop Ronaldinho from hogging the headlines! Nike have dropped the 10R City Collection to celebrate the footy legend’s career. We love ‘em! Price: £89.95 each store.nike.com adidas GLITCH Nocturnal Skin You can now literally be your team’s ‘stand-out’ player with this jaw-dropping new glow-in-the-dark Nocturnal Skin! It’s adidas’ first GLITCH colourway of the year, and we think the mind-blowing florescent adidas stripes and soleplate design is epic – absolutely perfect for your evening kickabouts. Sweet! Skin Price: TBC GLITCH APP AC Milan Collection Diesel have made this slick AC Milan collection, inspired by the off-field uniform of the San Siro side! MATCH can’t get enough of the special printed T-shirt, which lists all of the Italian giants’ European Cup and…

FLASHBACK! Name the Championship defender from this snap way back in 2007! 5 QUESTIONS ON... DIOGO JOTA 1 Where was the ace dangerman born – Spain, Portugal, Italy or Argentina 2 How old is the quality Wolves assist machine – 19, 21, 23 or 25 years old 3 Which Spanish side will he join Wolves from permanently in the summer 4 True or False He actually wears Silva on the back of his shirt because his full name is Diogo Jose Teixeira da Silva! 5 He scored his first Wolves goal last August, but against which rival side – Hull, Birmingham, Cardiff or Preston CAMERA SHY! Name the EFL heroes hiding from the MATCH snapper in these pictures! Beardy Weirdy!  Which EFL stars forgot to shave this morning?…

EFL Quiz Flashback: Chris Baird. Diogo Jota Quiz: 1. Portugal; 2. 21 years old; 3. Atletico Madrid; 4. True; 5. Hull. Camera Shy: Cheikh Ndoye, Luke Ayling & Lois Diony. Beardy Weirdy: 1. Junior Hoilett; 2. Paul McShane; 3. Samuel Saiz; 4. Angus Gunn. Footy Mis-Match: See above. Champions League Quiz Club Sharers: Sevilla. FIFA 18 Challenge: Giorgio Chiellini & Thiago Silva. Mystery Mascot: Bayern Munich. Spot The Ball: D5. Champions League Brain-Buster: 1. James Milner; 2. Nine; 3. PSG; 4. False; 5. Napoli; 6. Barcelona; 7. 7-0; 8. Dele Alli; 9. Layvin Kurzawa; 10. Ever Banega. HOW WELL DID YOU DO?…