called for fans at the emirates to play their part in the club s champions league match later against porto. they go into the game 1 0 down after the first leg in portugal. arsenal are looking to reach the quarterfinals of the competition for the first time in m years. arteta says a home crowd with a great atmosphere always helps. it s a great atmosphere always helps. incredible. i don they it s incredible. i don t think that they realise we need that noise, we need them playing every single with us for that we need the emotional control as well try and understand the game can go through certain phases and we have to be intelligent in the right moments to get what we want. it s a beautiful opportunity to the it s been 14 years. so everything we ve put in there will be worth it. in the other match later, barcelona take on napoli . after a 1 1 draw in the first leg. they go into this match with injury problems and knowing that napoli are on a good run of form. manager xavi ha
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the first leg finished in a 1 1 draw. the barcelona manager has told his players that courage is of the essence. translation: i will tell my players not to be afraid, they must not be l afraid because fear won t be good for them. we have the chance to reach the quarterfinals, to be among the best eight teams in europe. now we are among the best 16 and have a chance to go a step forward and be among the best, but we must play without that fear. it has been four years since we reached the quarterfinals. we must try and get there again. rough rafael benitez has been sacked by celtic ego who have thanked him for his professionalism and hard work. celtic vigo. cristiano ronaldo won the uefa champions league five times, but his chances of winning the asian afc champions league with al nassr this year are over. ronaldo s team came from behind to draw 4 1; after extra time in their quarterfinal with al ain, but not before ronaldo had missed an open goal. he did score a penalty at
they will launch an investigation into the industry. and why bananas are getting more expensive a conference in rome is looking at a global problem. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello and welcome. mikael arteta has called for the emirates crowd to mikael arteta has called for the emirates crowd to play mikael arteta has called for the emirates crowd to play their mikael arteta has called for the emirates crowd to play their part in the arsenal match against porto in the arsenal match against porto in the champions league tonight. they go into the match one down. arsenal are hoping to reach the quarterfinals of the competition for the first time in m years. it is incredible, i don t think they realise how important they are. we need that noise from the crowd and we need the emotional control as well, to understand that the game can go through phases and we have to be really intelligent to push in the right moments to get what we want, but it is a gr