Barcelona coach Hansi Flick felt Eric García’s early red card was the turning point in Thursday’s 2-1 defeat to Monaco and insisted his side are strong enough to progress in the new-look Champions League.
Real Madrid booked their place in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey with an emphatic 5-0 win over fourth-tier Club Deportiva Minera on Monday, with striker Arda Guler scoring a superb double.
England ensured a top seeding at Euro 2024 with a laboured 2-0 home victory against Group C makeweights Malta on Friday that will not live long in the memory of an underwhelmed Wembley crowd.
Xavi Hernández has ended his stint at Barcelona with a 2-1 win against Sevilla and he advised the next coach to expect a “difficult club” where “you will suffer.”