New Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca is looking to change the culture and bring more aggression into the team to turn around the fortunes of last season’s Premier League under-achievers.
Goals by Florian Wirtz and Robert Andrich gave Bayer Leverkusen a 2-0 advantage over AS Roma in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday as the German champions edged closer to their first European final in 22 years.
Valencia fought back to snatch a 1-1 draw at home against Barcelona in their LaLiga clash on Saturday – a result that will do nothing to ease the pressure on Xavi Hernandez’s side, winless in their last three games in all competitions.