Villarreal — Best pictures!

Former France internationals Claude Makelele and Robert Pires, despite being way over 30 years of age, remain quite serious assets for their various teams.

Atletico Madrid were stunned by a 1:5 rout away against struggling Racing de Santander in La Liga action yesterday. The defeat dealt a stinging blow to Atletico’s European ambitions, pushing them down to 7th place in the standings.

History has repeated itself: in a repeat of last year’s feat, three English Premier League clubs are in the Champions League semi-finals. Goals by Theo Walcott (pictured), Emmanuel Adebayor, and Robin van Persie took the Gunners into the semi-finals in

Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor (pictured) has again come to his team’s rescue. His goal helped the Gunners to avoid defeat in the away leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Villareal. He has clearly missed scoring during his long lay-off

Joan Capdevilla’s lead in the rating of best world defenders lasted just 24 hours: from the end of the Manchester United—Juventus encounter to that of the Atletico Madrid—Villareal game.