My players. Bouffon has been so strong, always number one, and has been decisive when we played against barcelona. Higuain scored two beautiful goals, the first following a beautiful move then he scored the second. Translation i believe thatjuventus we re translation i believe thatjuventus were stronger, in particular during ten or15 were stronger, in particular during ten or 15 minutes. After that we began to play. We had possession, we played it forward and played in the la st played it forward and played in the last 30 minutes. The difference was effectiveness. They had two or three moves and they scored two goals. In the same situation we were not capable to score. Bouffon made two saves. I congratulated my players anyway. They have given a good impression of french football. Ajax took a giant stride to the Europa Cup Final in beating lyon 4 1 in their semi final first leg in amsterdam. On loan chelsea striker Bertrand Traore scored two of ajaxs four goals. The emphatic win moved the dutch club to the brink of a first european final in 21 years. Manchester united have injury news. They will come back players to training on wednesday before they fly to spain. Paul pogba, who has missed two games with muscle fatigue, took part, while chris smiling and philjones are in contention for selection in the first leg. The eventual winners of the competition qualify for next season was the competition qualify for next season was match Champions League. |j think it is a big achievement. With so think it is a big achievement. With so many problems that we have had. It will allow us to get back to the Champions League next season. We will have to try. Thats what we are going to do. Honestly, the Europa League has become for us now more important. Former tottenham striker garth crooks has called for black players in italy to boycott this weekends matches unless Sulley Muntaris suspension is lifted. The pescara midfielder was banned for one game after he protested against racist abuse in a Serie A Match at cagliari. Crooks is an independent trustee of the british anti discrimination organisation kick it out. Weve contacted uefa and explained the situation and they acknowledge that this is completely unacceptable. The issue is what they can do about it. Well, they are the european governing body but they claim the game isnt in their jurisdiction, and neither does kick it out, or the professional football association. Fifa seem to be sitting on their hands. Roma striker Francesco Totti is to retire at the end of the season. The serie a club say the 40 year old, who has scored 250 goals in more than 600 appearances for the club, will take on a new non playing role. Appearing for his country at all levels from under 15s, totti scored nine goals in 58 senior appearances for italy, winning the world cup in 2006, when they defeated france in a penalty shoot out in berlin. Voting is under way in the annual bbc womens footballer of the year award. Its one award that brazilian icon marta is yet to win. The five time Fifa World Player Of The Year has recently moved to play for orlando pride in the us, after three years in sweden. And as she tells us the last 12 months have been pretty special. Hi, my name is marta. I think people should vote for me because everything that i do i do with love. Translation it was an exciting time. It was a big rush, but it was worth it because it was an historic moment for me. And you can cast your vote for the bbc womens footballer of the year at our website. Thats bbc. Com womensfootball, where you can see all the Profile Pieces on our five nominees. Sebastian coe, the president of the iaaf, says it must consider European Athletics suggestion that all World Records set before 2005 should be wiped. The organisations are desperate to make a clean break in athletics after recent doping scandals, and coe believes all options should be considered. These proposals actually underpinned three really important things. First of all it toughens the stamps on anti doping. Secondly it makes sure that World Records are set in an environment where we know there is prosch proper measurement and technology. And thirdly the samples of athletes who have set a record will be capped for ten years. They need to be discussed. Clearly detail has to come through. I want to hear from the athletes. They will be made very clear. And, there has to be global debate about this. Former world number one ilie nastase will not be invited into the royal box at wimbledon this year, following his behaviour at last months fed cup tie. Nastase, the romania team captain, was ejected after a foul mouthed rant at his counterpart Anne Keothavong and british number one yohanna konta. Hes been provisionally suspended by the International Tennis federation and has issued an apology for his conduct. We condemn his behaviour in the fed cup against the british team and the itf are investigating at the moment, subject to temporary suspension, and we await the outcome of the itf investigation and meanwhile we will honour that suspension for as long as it is in place. And staying with tennis news spains Pablo Carreno busta beat Tommy Robredo to move into the Quarter Finals of the estoril 0pen. Carreno busta is looking to go one better after finishing runner up in portugal last year. He saw off his fellow spaniard in straight sets in the second round on wednesday, winning 7 6, 7 5. And Carreno Busta will face defending champion Nicolas Almagro next in a repeat of the 2016 final. Almagro beat gastao elias of portugal in straight sets, 6 1, 6 2, to set up a rematch at the estadio millennium. Frances Richard Gasquet is also through to the third round after a comfortable win over carlos berloq. The 6 1, 6 4 victory over the argentine sets up a Quarterfinal Clash against south africas kevin anderson. The west indies hold a slender lead of 183 over pakistan with one day of the second test remaining in barbados. The hosts resumed their second innings in the morning still 41 runs short of pakistans first innings total with shai hope compiling a score of 90 for the windies in an innings that saw leg spinner Yasir Sha Claim figures of six for 90. In the eastern Conference Second Semi final, the raptors lead 90 72 and lebron james has semi final, the raptors lead 90 72 and lebronjames has 32 points so far in that one towards the end. Until next time, though, it is goodbye for now. Hello there. The weather contrast on wednesday got a little bit more stark across the uk, with low cloud dominant across parts of east anglia and the south west. A breeze off a chilly sea. 9 celsius the high for one or two, but in the sunshine, and plenty of it further north and west, high teens and low 20s. And considering our wind is coming from the east, and will be for the next few days, you look downwind, Clumps Of Cloud of running into the same areas that we have seen during the past 2a hours. So more cloud around on thursday. Maybe the odd brighter break here and there. But east anglia and the south east always prone to the odd spot of rain and drizzle and maybe a few splashes of drizzle further west. A few breaks in The Clouds Towards Devon and cornwall, the Channel Islands but probably a little bit of a cloudier start across wales, compared to what we saw yesterday morning. Further north, though, sunshine will be out again across much of northern england, after a chilly start. A chilly start but a sunny start in northern ireland. The odd mist or fog patch. In scotland, more chilly start, dry and sunny. Around moray firth, shetland low cloud close to the coast. That will come and go through the day. Still with some sunny spells. A few brighter days through the midlands and parts of north wales into the afternoon after a grey start. But still plenty of cloud across other southern counties. Still the chance of one or two passing showers. A breezy day. Limiting the temperatures off the cold sea across those eastern areas. In the west, particularly gusty winds west of the hills. Western scotland 19 20 celsius is again possible. Then into thursday night, we see a few more in the way of bright clearer breaks across parts england and wales, and that will lead to temperatures dropping a touch. Outside of the towns, you mightjust about get A Touch Of Frost here and there once again but most will be frost free particularly the further south you are. The breezy helping to limit things. So another breezy day on friday. Further areas of cloud drifting across southern counties of england and wales. Maybe into the midlands later. Further north, clearer skies across northern england, scotland and northern ireland. Temperatures for some getting down a little bit but could still get to then high teens across Western Scotland and maybe to the west of cumbria. A few changes as we go into the weekend the High Pressure that has been with us recedes a little bit towards iceland. Allows this low Pressure System to get close how close it gets is a big Question Mark but it could spread rain across devon and cornwall, Channel Islands, maybe southern counties of england through the day. North of that, some brighter sunny spells and feeling a little less chilly across south eastern areas. The rain close by if you go through the night and into sunday. Either way, whether it reaches the south coast or not, it clears into the near continent, allowing north Easterly Winds to develop for sunday. 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