For Liverpool, a 10th European Cup final appearance beckons and a shot at winning the thing for the seventh time. It was a night when their class told, specifically the control and composure that has seen them sweep all before them since the turn of the year, raising the prospect
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Pressure on Peter Lim as Valencia sell Coquelin and Parejo to Villarreal
Valencia have sold midfielders Francis Coquelin and Dani Parejo to local rivals Villarreal in a move that has increased criticism of the club’s owner, Peter Lim. Parejo, the Valencia captain, leaves the Mestalla after nine years for an undisclosed fee with Coquelin departing for €8m (£7.2m). The Frenchman has signed a
Karim Benzema backheel sums up La Liga weekend of beauty and brilliance | Sid Lowe
Sometimes there’s so much brilliance you don’t even know where to begin, let alone which words to use. Stendhal Syndrome, they call it, which is a disappointingly functional phrase to define those moments when you feel overwhelmed by beauty, and Karim Benzema expressed it better. On the pitch most of
