Marseille manager Didier Deschamps has described this match as a "marvellous aside," but we'll settle for just plain marvellous after a tepid first leg in which neither side managed to score.
When Didier Deschamps was appointed coach of Marseille in summer 2009, the first thing he did was rebuild the team's defense. The central-defensive partnership that had started the previous season, Vitorino Hilton and El-Amin Erbate, had flopped big-time and potentially cost Marseille the league title: it finished only three points behind champions Bordeaux, who clinched the trophy on the final day of the season.
African football legends Jay-Jay Okocha and Jomo Sono talk about the challenges facing Africa teams at the 2010 World Cup.
OK, no more messing around. With this weekend's Spanish and Italian kickoffs, all the big boys will be in action. So this is the final Power Rankings in which we're allowed to have some early-season fun.
On the way to what it hoped to be its first Copa America crown, Mexico was instead reminded what a world power looks like.
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If any Manchester United team in recent years has what it takes to win the club's first major trophy since 2004, this year's edition is it.
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