Barça's moment of truth

Barça's moment of truth
Barcelona's UEFA Champions League hopes are on the line against Bremen


Moment of truth

Life at the top has never been harder - just ask FC Barcelona as they strain under the global demands of being European champions. As Frank Rijkaard's side prepare to meet Werder Bremen with their UEFA Champions League hopes on the line, Graham Hunter explains why defending the trophy they won in such style has proven so difficult.

Eboué's forward thinking

High-flying Arsenal FC full-back Emmanuel Eboué has never had any trouble attacking like Garrincha. But as the Ivory Coast international tells Alison Ratcliffe, he has Pat Rice to thank for teaching him how to defend.

Joaquín raising Valencia spirits

Valencia CF have been going through hard times but with a place in the UEFA Champions League knockout stage assured, they have reason to be cheerful. Joaquín Sánchez certainly thinks so as he tells Carlos Núñez.

Gazzaev's pride and ambition

PFC CSKA Moskva coach Valeri Gazzaev has set his sights on reaching the UEFA Champions League final in the next two years. But he tells Michael Harrold that his UEFA Cup-winning side still have plenty to prove.

Fortune favours Liberopoulos

Nikolaos Liberopoulos stuck by AEK Athens FC when they were on the verge of extinction and could now lead them into the UEFA Champions League last 16. He talks to Vassiliki Papantonopoulou.

'It's looking good for Lyon

'In the first of a new series of diary pieces for uefa.com, Olympique Lyonnais defender Patrick Müller reflects on another important night in Madrid as the French champions clinched top spot in Group E.

That's gotta hurt

Radoslav Kováč has found a painful but effective way of controlling the ball in the box, Coventry City FC are fast becoming the new FC Spartak Moskva and rumours of Cuauhtémoc Blanco's death are much exaggerated.
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