Marseille pushed to the limit in French Cup

Olympique de Marseille fought back from a goal down at fourth-division Besançon RC to eventually win through on penalties in the French Cup and set up a potential round of 32 meeting with holders Olympique Lyonnais.
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Leverkusen’s Schneider takes first steps back

Bayer 04 Leverkusen midfielder Bernd Schneider, capped 81 times by Germany, has returned to training for the first time in nearly nine months after undergoing back surgery.
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United and Villa come through cup tests

Manchester United FC enjoyed a 3-0 success at Southampton FC to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup while their Premier League rivals Aston Villa FC were made to work harder in their 2-1 victory over Gillingham FC.
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Robben gets Madrid on the move

Real Madrid CF moved into joint-third in Spain as Arjen Robben’s goal was enough for the champions to beat Villarreal CF 1-0 while Sevilla FC missed the chance to reclaim second place following a 1-1 draw with CA Osasuna.
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Eusébio reveals all for uefa.com users

Portuguese legend Eusébio dispelled the myth of how he came to play for SL Benfica and admitted he never thought he “would ever be a great player” when he spoke to users in the uefa.com chatroom in September.
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Pirès to lay siege to fortress Bernabéu

Robert Pirès hopes Villarreal CF can end a ten-year wait for a Liga win at Real Madrid CF’s Santiago Bernabéu home this weekend, saying: “One of these days Villarreal has to win there and that day could be Sunday.”
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Cup shocks for Premier League clubs

Nottingham Forest FC scored the upset of the FA Cup third round by winning 3-0 at Manchester City FC on Saturday, while Stoke City FC also fell to lower-league opposition and Chelsea FC were held 1-1 at home.
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St Etienne keep Perrin on course

Alain Perrin’s hopes of coaching a team to French Cup glory for a third successive season remain alive after AS Saint-Etienne put their Ligue 1 struggles aside to eliminate FC Girondins de Bordeaux in the Round of 64.
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Barça stride on, Silva inspires Valencia

Andrés Iniesta returned from injury to score a vital goal as FC Barcelona beat RCD Mallorca to extend their lead in Spain to eleven points, Valencia CF now their closest challengers after defeating Club Atlético de Madrid.
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Belgium mourns Clijsters

Former Belgian international defender Leo ‘Lei’ Clijsters, who won the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 1988 with KV Mechelen, has died at the age of 52 after succumbing to his battle with lung cancer.
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Referees’ fitness put to the test

Referees in the modern game need to be as fit as the players themselves but few people realise the tests that they have to go through to officiate at the elite level - the UEFA Training Ground offers up all of the answers.
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‘A huge and irreplaceable loss’

Football mourned the loss of some cherished figures during 2008, among them Constant Vanden Stock and Tommy Burns, men synonymous with their clubs, while the death of Maksym Pashayev at 20 shocked Ukraine.
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2008 Roll of Honour

uefa.com salutes all the clubs and national selections who won trophies this season with our annual breakdown of who won what where during the year which saw Spain end their 44-year wait for Europe’s top prize.
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Awat awaits Mallorca challenge

Israeli international goalkeeper Dudu Awat is keen to get on with the task in hand after leaving RC Deportivo la Coruña for an undisclosed fee to sign a two-and-a-half year contract with struggling RCD Mallorca.
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Čech unveils the drills behind the skills

Chelsea FC will look to avoid FA Cup ignominy against Southend United FC on Saturday, with noteworthy No1 Petr Čech having revealed his goalkeeping secrets in an exclusive session for the UEFA Training Ground.
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