#david caused 2 consecutive heart attacks

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David: Sam!

Sam: *Jumps* Goddamnit Dave! What?!

David: *Trying not to laugh* Didn't mean to scare you.

Sam: I think you did.

David: Yeah. I did. Wanna ride my bike?

Sam: Hell yeah!

Michael: *From another room* You better not!

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The Chase Files Daily Newscap 4/15/2018

Good Morning #realdreamchasers! Here is The Chase Files Daily News Cap for Sunday 15th April 2018. Remember that you can read full articles via subscribing to Nation News Online, purchasing a Sunday Sun Nation Newspaper (SS) or via Barbados Today (BT).

STAB OF DEATH - The usual hustle and bustle of a Saturday afternoon in Bridgetown came to a standstill yesterday following the brutal murder of a 36-year-old nail technician and mother of two. According to police reports, the woman, whose name was not released, but who our investigations indicated is Onica King of Four Roads, St Philip, or Lead Vale, Christ Church, was working in her shop at No. 41 Mandela Plaza on Swan Street when she was attacked around 2:45 by a man who is well known to her. He reportedly fled the scene on foot. This latest killing sent the number of murders in Barbados for this year to ten. When a Sunday Sun team arrived on Swan Street, the mood was sombre, with people speculating on what had taken place. Shops in the immediate vicinity of the plaza were also forced to close because the area was inaccessible. As news of the stabbing incident spread, hundreds of curious onlookers gathered on both sides of the cobbled street, which had already been cordoned off by police, so they could only watch from a distance. Many who abandoned their shopping or delayed trips home took up any available vantage point as they tried to catch a glimpse of the body, which was still in the building. Many passers-by, including fellow nail technicians, vented their frustrations about the incident and most called for the Government and the law to do something to punish the perpetrators. Since the stabbing, a video of the dying woman has gone viral, showing the victim’s two children (a boy and a girl) crying and screaming for their mother before being taken inside a room by an unidentified male. At least one woman collapsed on the street sobbing uncontrollably. When the news team left the scene at 5:45 p.m. a large crowd was still gathered, waiting on the body to be removed. This incident comes on the heels of the stabbing death of police officer Shayne Welch on March 26 during a reported love triangle at his home in Kingsland Drive, Christ Church. Applon Parris has since been charged for his death. (SS)

NEW BUT PRESIDENT ELECTED – Sean Spencer is the new president of the Barbados Union of Teachers. He secured more votes than former president Pedro Shepherd and Everton Briggs when elections were held on Friday. Below is the full list of those elected to serve on the executive for the period 2018 - 2019. President - Sean Spencer; Vice president - Richmark Cave, General Secretary - Herbert Gittens, Deputy General secretary - Rudy Lovell, Treasurer - Candacy Griffith, Public relations officer - Julian Pierre;  Executive members: Andre Holder, Asha Yearwood, Tanya Mayers, Jacqueline Prescod, Andrea Puckering, Dwayne Greenidge.  (SS)

MARA: IT WAS STRESSFUL, STRENUOUS – The former Member of Parliament (MP) for St John Mara Thompson is confident she made the right decision to step down from electoral politics. She spoke about the decision on Friday night after a meeting at the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) constituency office in Carters, Gall Hill. There she said her final goodbyes to party members and those who made up the constituency council. In a brief interview after the proceedings, she said while she enjoyed representing the people of St John as one of the few female MPs in Barbados, as a mother, she felt relieved. “I am so filled with relief that I am not sure if I have mixed feelings of such,” she said. “I am sure I made the right decision and I am happy to go and take care of Mara now.” Thompson, who was elected in 2011 after the death of her husband former Prime Minister and MP for St John David Thompson, in 2010, said public life was a bit more than she could chew. “Yes I found it was stressful and strenuous. I felt that I wasn’t paying sufficient attention to what’s happening at home and how the girls were doing. I still have a 16-year-old. “One of my daughters said to me when I first started out that I have taken on all the hats that David wore and as I thought about it leading up to my coming out, it was true. I pretty much took on everything he did, constituency and all, but David had a wife, a cooperative, supportive wife and I don’t have what he did.” When asked what was the straw that broke that camel’s back for her, she said it was too personal and could not comment. However, as it relates to her achievements, she said she was pleased with what she did, pointing to her success in completing the David Thompson Health And Social Services Complex at Glebe Land, opening a new post office in Four Roads and fixing roads in Haynesville and other areas. Thompson added that she thought people in that constituency were annoyed with her for her decision to back down but to her surprise they were not. “They seemed thankful and grateful to me for running . . . . It was a phenomenal experience and I learnt a lot despite it was taxing.” The candidate for the parish in the upcoming General Election is George Pilgrim, the general secretary of the DLP and three-time defeated St Thomas candidate.  (SS)

ALARM OVER WEIGHT OF GIRLS, WOMEN – Barbados is eighth in the world in relation to the number of females – 15 years and over – who are overweight or obese. According to a report produced by the World Health Organisation in 2011, Barbados comes in at 63 per cent in the rankings. Trinidad and Tobago runs a close second with 61 per cent, while Dominica and Jamaica bring up the rear with 60 and 53 per cent, respectively. Professor Alafia Samuels, director, Chronic Disease Research Centre, at the University of West Indies Cave Hill Campus, said the situation was alarming. She was giving the inaugural lecture entitled Confront The Epidemic Of Obesity – Is Sugar The New Tobacco? in the Roy Marshall Lecture Theatre. Data analysed in 2010 showed that 33 per cent of nine- to ten-year-olds were overweight or obese, representative of more than one per cent increase yearly. “The other issue with childhood obesity is that it causes raised blood pressure in children. Most children have no reason to have high blood pressure; it is a disease of adulthood, but obesity will bring on raised blood pressure in children,” she said. While she added that obesity was the most important underlying cause of death in Barbados, she said in order to reduce the amount of sugar consumed on a daily, people needed to eat foods with a low glycaemic index. “We break everything down into glucose, but the large starch molecules or complex carbohydrates give you a slow and extensive breakdown and therefore a slow rise in blood sugar,” she explained. She said sugar-sweetened beverages was the leading cause of obesity, diabetes and heart disease in both adults and children. (SS)

SOCIETY LOSING FIGHT AGAINST NOISE – The Society for a Quieter Barbados (SQB) has not been muzzled. But a lot of its members who agitated over the years for a noiseless Barbados have either passed away or are no longer active in the organization. President Carl Moore told the Sunday Sun that he was still inundated with noise complaints from Barbadians and visitors, but he said with only he and a public relations officer now running the show, there was little they could do to campaign against noise pollution.  Recalling when the organization was first launched in 2002, Moore said he never expected it to be around for a long time because he believed Barbadians would easily comprehend the seriousness of such an irritant. “All we had to offer was quiet, and we thought that people would welcome a little quiet, but it was not to be,” he confessed during an interview at his home.  At the height of its popularity the organisation attracted a membership of 250 people.  “But overtime people died. . . . We lost people like Dr Leonard Shorey, Peter Morgan, Leonard St Hill, Sir Frederick Smith and Oliver Jackman and things started to slow down from about 2006. We were pretty active in keeping a website, we ran short notices in newspapers and we participated in town hall meetings.” One of their major successes was having the issue of noise pollution addressed in the National Commission on Law and Order 2000. However, Moore said even with this significant mention the legislation which they so badly needed to bring effect to the issue, eluded them.“We were involved in all these things but still not able to nudge the decision-makers to the point where they would put on the statute books strong legislation to deal with noise pollution,” he lamented, pointing out that even though noise pollution was addressed in four pieces of legislation, they were relatively weak. “We were calling for something with real teeth. The Road Traffic Act, Highways Act and the Public Order Act, they all touched on noise and the nuisance that could be addressed. As far back as 1979, discussions were held but to date there has been no real progress and police have to rely on persuasion and veiled threats of prosecution. Moore, 78, said the SQB started to fall off around 2008, struggling for three consecutive years to raise a quorum. “So Barbadians have learned to live with noise, to tolerate it; but the thing about noise, you may adjust to noise by ignoring it but the ear never closes . . . .” Some of the noise pollutants include loud music, kites, revving of vehicles and motorcycles, political and church meetings, barking dogs; even the ringing of cell phones. Moore hopes that Barbadians would become more considerate and tuned into the health hazards that excessive loud noise can create, but he still remains optimistic that young people will step forward to continue to fight for a quiet society. (SS)

POLICE APPEAL FOR INFO ON JEMMOTTS LANE FIRE – Police are currently investigating the cause of the building fire which occurred about 5:30 a.m. today at a section of the Ministry of Health at Jemmotts Lane, St Michael. They have cordoned off the area and are appealing for anyone with information to contact them. Public relations officer Acting Inspector Rodney Inniss revealed that both the upstairs and ground floor sections housing the Vector Control Unit were destroyed by the blaze. The upper floor of the Barbados Family Planning Association was destroyed while the ground floor suffered water damage only. One section of the two-storey wood and wall structure was used to store files, furniture and chemicals belonging to the Vector Control Unit. The ground floor of another section contained computers belonging to the Barbados Family Planning Association and, the upper floor was used as an exercise area. Three fire tenders and one water tanker along with 12 personnel responded to the fire and at 12:30 p.m. they were still on the scene. Anyone who may have any information on the fire is asked to call Central Police Station at 430-7676, Police Operations Control Room at 430-7100 or any other police station. All information will be held in strict confidence. (BT)

FIRE CAUSES CLOSURE OF TWO AGENCIES – At least two agencies will remain closed tomorrow after yesterday’s early morning four-hour blaze at the old Ministry of Health buildings on Jemmotts Lane, St Michael. The fire sent residents of nearby communities scampering, affected the Vector Environmental Section and brought operations at the Barbados Family Planning Association (BFPA) to a halt. It appeared to have started at one of the unoccupied buildings and was reported to the Barbados Fire Service at 5:30 a.m. The upper floor of the BFPA was destroyed and that agency will remain closed while the ministry’s Rodent Bait Distribution Centre will also be closed, with officials advising members of the public to collect the bait from any polyclinic except the Edgar Cochrane, Wildey and the Glebe, St George. A few residents who did not want to be named said they were awoken by the sounds of sirens and they quickly picked up the scent of burning wood. Smithy of Smith’s Corner Bar, which is located south of the compound, was on the beach when he noticed the smoke. He immediately rushed home to see if his property was affected. Though it wasn’t affected, the asthmatic said he and the eight other tenants of the two-storeyed building left due to the thick smoke. The intense flames burned for hours and engulfed a number of buildings, including the section used to store files, furniture and chemicals of the Vector Environmental Section, while the upper section of the BFPA used as an exercise area was destroyed and the ground floor used to store computers suffered water damage only. Those who showed up at the clinic yesterday had to be turned away. Minister of Health John Boyce who was briefed on the incident later said the necessary chemicals were taken away from the area. The BFPA acting executive director Anderson Langdon and chief financial officer Sonya Alleyne were both at the scene assessing the damages. Alleyne estimated that about 35 people from their Youth Advocacy Movement (YAM) which handles the Adolescent Young Mother’s Programme would be affected along with the Community Sexuality Education and other youth outreach activities. Langdon said the BFPA had been the home of the institution since 1966, and even though it was an old building, they had now being set back, as he made an appeal for help. Divisional officer Mervin Mayers said the residents who lived on Jemmotts Lane including residents of London Bourne Towers and Nelson Street were asked to move due to the asbestos roofing. Four fire tenders and one tanker, and 14 officers from Worthing Fire Station and Bridgetown responded and their investigations are ongoing. (SS)

RODENT BAIT DISTRIBUTION CENTRE CLOSED – The Rodent Bait Distribution Centre located on the old Ministry of Health compound, Jemmotts Lane, St Michael has been closed after today's fire which destroyed a block of buildings. The public is advised that rat bait may be collected from any polyclinic except the Edgar Cochrane, Wildey and the Glebe, St George.  (SS)

EUNICE GIBSON POLYCLINIC TO CLOSE EARLY MONDAY – The public is advised that the Eunice Gibson Polyclinic, at Warrens, St Michael, will close at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 16, to allow staff to attend the funeral service for a former colleague. The Ministry of Health apologises for any inconvenience this closure may cause.  (SS)

SIR JOHN A MAN OF PRINCIPLE – He was their cheerleader, their life coach and their teacher. And he was not afraid to take a stand if he believed in a principle. These were the memories of the children of Sir John Connell, Lachmi and Dr Kwame Connell who were speaking at his service of thanksgiving at the Cathedral Church of St Michael and All Angels yesterday. The 81-year-old retired Justice of Appeal passed away on March 28, and his service yesterday drew legal luminaries and politicians from across the divide to the 229-year-old church. During a service attended by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart; leader of the Barbados Labour Party, Mia Mottley; Retired Chief Justice Sir David Simmons; Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson; members of the judiciary, the magistracy and the legal fraternity, Lachmi remembered her father as a man who stood on principle “regardless of the repercussions”. “An example [was] his voting with the Government while being an Opposition senator on the issue of increasing the number of constituencies, having discussed with the leadership at George Street that they would not rescind the law if they win the next General Election, only to be fired from the platform by then party leader Errol Barrow,” she said, adding his philosophy was that he should be able to face the man in the mirror every day. She said he was branded a radical but explained that his humble beginnings in a chattel house in the “Back Ivy”, born to a carpenter father and a seamstress mother, underpinned his philosophy of educating Barbadians. She added his one unfulfilled desire was that he wanted to do more for Haiti. Her brother Kwame said his father taught by example and was a teacher “who was never tired of learning”. “He wanted to educate his people even though it wasn’t always well received,” his son recalled. He held his father as their teacher, their cheerleader, their moral compass and their life coach. “He taught by example and he set a very high standard,” he told the congregation yesterday, adding his father had “genuine trouble” with the “concept of boredom” when “there were so many books to read”. The sermon was delivered by Dean of the Cathedral, Dr Jeffrey Gibson. (SS)

THOUSANDS ATTEND WINNIE MANDELA’S FUNERAL – Thousands of mourners crowded into a stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, where the campaigner was given a high-level send-off. Her casket was draped in the national flag, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the eulogy. Mrs Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, died earlier this month at the age of 81.  (BT)

KADOOMENT BAND LAUNCHES PICKING UP STEAM – The Crop Over Festival fever is quickly heating up. So far, a number of bands including Zulu, Khepri Kulture and Erup The Band have unveiled their costumes which they will take on the road come Grand Kadooment on August 6. The latest was Erup which released their Hidden Treasures: Gems of the Caribbean theme on Friday night at George Washington House. Their five sections include Ametrine, Black Opals, Mystic Topaz, Mojave and White Diamond. Zulu International Inc., the self-proclaimed Fun Band were the first out the gates on March 18 with their theme Hidden in the Stars. Sections include Milky Way, Unidentified Wukking Object (UWO), Stargazer, Apollo, Nebula, Supernova, The Auroras, Comet and SagiA: The Black Hole. New band Khepri launched soon after with sections designed by varying section leaders. Options include Denyque, Silent Morning, Flavaa Nation, Spektrum and Mojito. Krave the Band is set to launch tonite at Ignite Bim, followed by Xhosa tomorrow night. Kontact, Eunioa, Colorz, Baje, Aura, Betty West and LUX Carnival also have quickly approaching dates. Crop Over will be officially launched on June 2. (SS)

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Chapter Twenty-One : MATTHEW SHEPARD

Matthew Wayne Shepard was born on December 21st 1976 in Casper, Wyoming to mother Judy and father Dennis Shepard. He was the oldest of two sons, with younger brother Logan, five years his junior.

Of Episcopalian faith, the family stayed put in Wyoming until David got a new job as an oil industry safety engineer. For 16 years, he worked in safety operations for Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, starting during Matthew’s senior year of high school. After schools in Wyoming, he then graduated at the American School in Switzerland in 1995. He was often described as a sensitive, soft-spoken, 5'2 and 100 pounds kind young man, interested in politics and theater. His father said “(he) had a special gift of relating to almost everyone. The was the kind of person who was very approachable and always looked to new challenges. Matthew had a great passion for equality and always stood up for the acceptance of people’s differences”.

Matthew Shepard was gay. He knew it from a very young age but did not come out until after high school to his mother. Judy was very accepting of his son’s sexual orientation and knew for years as well.

During his senior year, Matthew accompanied three of this classmates to Morocco. During this vacation, he was beaten, robbed and raped by a gang of locals. The perpetrators were never apprehended. The assault caused multiples traumas that translated into flashbacks, panic attacks, nightmares, paranoia, depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. Matthew was then hospitalized on more than one occasion due to his clinical depression.

After briefly attending a small liberal arts school in North Carolina, Matthew went on with his life. With a lesbian friend, he moved to Denver then in 1998 to Laramie and enrolled at the University of Wyoming. He studied political science and international relations, joined the college’s LGBT student alliance and became the student representative for the Wyoming Environmental Council. He envisioned a career in Foreign Service.

On October 6th, 1998, only a few months after moving to Laramie, Matthew was approached by two young men in a bar called the Fireside Lounge. They pretended to be gay, just like Matthew and offered him a ride home.

They drove to a remote, rural area and proceeded to rob, pistol-whip and torture him. They tied him to a fence in near-freezing temperature, set him afire and left him to die. Reports described that Matthew was beaten so brutally his face was completely covered in blood, except where it had been partially cleansed by his tears. His skull was fractured to the excess of pistol shocks.

Matthew was tied to that fence for eighteen hours. He was discovered on October 7th by a cyclist named Aaron Kreifels who initially mistook Matthew for a scarecrow. He was still alive when a police officer arrived at the scene. The officer, Reggie Fluty, used her bare hands to clear an airway in Matthew’s bloody mouth as her medical gloves were faulty and she ran out of supplies. She was informed while Matthew was in the hospital that he was HIV-positive and that she might have been exposed to the virus due to cuts on her hands. After a few months of AZT treatments, she tested negative.

Matthew was transported to Ivinson Memorial Hospital before being moved to the more advances trauma ward at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado. He had fractures to the back of his head and in front of his right ear, severe brainstem damage, which affected his body’s ability to regulate his heart rate, body temperature and many others vital functions. A dozen small lacerations around his head, face and neck were noticed. His injuries were deemed too severe for doctors to operate. Matthew never regained consciousness and remained on life support. He was pronounced dead six days after the attack at 12:53 am on October 12, 1998. Matthew was 21 years old.

The two murderers were arrested on the night of the attack, due to an altercation with two hispanic youths that prompted police interventions. While searching one of the men’s car, the police officer found blood-smeared gun near Matthew Shepard’s shoes and credit card. They were initially charged with attempted murder, kidnapping and aggravated robbery. After Matthew’s death, the charges were upgraded to first-degree murder, making the two defendants eligible for the death penalty. As they later tried to persuade their girlfriends to provide alibis for them and dispose of evidence, one of them was charged with being accessories after the fact.

According to one of the murderer’s testimony, the two targeted Matthew as victim for robbery but the physical attack was triggered by the victim who put his hand of one their knees. As we shall call them, Murderer 1 pleaded guilty to murder and kidnapping charges. To avoid the death penalty, he agreed to testify against Murderer 2. He was soon sentenced to two consecutive life terms.

Murderer 2’s trial ran from October to November 1999. His girlfriend testified to the fact that they pretended to be homosexuals to get Matthew in the truck and rob him. His lawyer attempted the worst kind of defense, GAY PANIC DEFENSE, arguing temporary insanity by alleged sexual advances from the victim. It was rejected by the judge. The jury found Murderer 2 not guilty of premeditated murder but guilty of felony murder. He later received two consecutive life terms with no possibility of parole.

In the days following the attack, candlelight vigils were held all around the world. Matthew’s death was a cataclysm event felt across the entire Queer community and beyond.

On the day of his funeral attended by over 700 people, protestors from a Baptist Church circled the entrance of the church with signs bearing homophobic slogans like “Matt in Hell” or the classic “God Hates Fags”. They organized anti-gay protests during the trial of Murderer 2, prompting a friend of Shepard, Romaine Patterson, to assemble a group of people dresses in white robes and gigantic wings to block the protestors. That didn’t stop Matthew’s parents from having to hear gay slurs and insults directed towards them.

In December 1998, two months after Matthew’s passing, Judy and Dennis founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation, a non profit organization for outreach, advocacy and educational purposes. Judy is now president of the governing board, while younger brother Logan works there as well.

Judy and Dennis kept their activism alive to honor their son’s memory. On October 11, 2009, Judy addressed a rally for LGBT rights and said “I’m here today because I lost my son to hate… No one has the right to tell my whether or not he can work anywhere. Whether or not he can live wherever the wants to live and whether or not he can be with the one person he loves . No one has that right”. The same year, she released a memoir, The Meaning of Matthew.

New legislation to address hate crimes became a hot topic during the coverage of the murder as under United States federal law and Wyoming state law, crimes committed on the basis of sexual orientation would not be prosecuted as hate crimes. A bill was introduced in a session of the Wyoming Legislature that defined certain attack motivated by victim identity as hate crimes. The motion failed on a tie.

Under President Clinton, several attempts were made to extent federal hate crimes to include LGBT individuals. In November 1997 then in March 1999 to the Senate and the House of Representatives, with only the Senate passing it in July of the 1999. The next year, both houses passed the legislation, which was then stripped out in conference committee, whatever that bullshit is.

On March 20, 2007, The Matthew Shepard Act was introduced to the U.S. Congress as a bipartisan legislation. It passed the two houses once again but was dropped when President Bush indicated he would veto it if it reached his desk.

It took until October 28, 2009, when President Obama signed the approved measure into law to be implemented and secure hate crimes status for LGBTQ+ people. Judy Shepard was present next to the President.

No matter the somewhat homophobic drug theories that went on years after the incident, Matthew’s murder served as a window into the violence against the Queer community. It was a catalyst for the legal protections and federal hate crime legislation that the United States has today. Matthew Shepard was a ghostly figure in my life ever since I saw his picture for the first time when I was 17. I’ve spend hours lost in that picture. He lived 21 years on this earth and he’s been gone for just as long. Today, I honor him.

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Scotland player form guide as we rate who’s hot and who’s not ahead of Euro 2020 date with destiny

The time is now for Scotland in their bid to revive their Euro 2020 hopes.

Alex McLeish was binned after the shocker in Kazakhstan but Steve Clarke has the chance to produce a comeback for the ages.

Scotland , who still have the safety net of the UEFA Nations League playoff, know there is no margin for error as the national team prepare for the all-or-nothing double header against Russia and Belgium.

A win on Friday against Stanislav Cherchesov’s side will re-energise a nation and provide the perfect boost ahead of the visit of Roberto Marinez’s all-star cast on Monday.

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Clarke believes he has the players at his disposal to end 22 years of hurt as he plots to deliver a weekend the Tartan Army won’t forget.

Record Sport Online runs the rule over who’s hot and who’s not ahead of the mammoth double-header.

Goalkeepers

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  Craig MacGillivray: The Cinderella Man of the current squad. The former Stalybridge Celtic and Harrogate Town shotstopper has earned his big chance after an impressive run with Portsmouth. MacGillivray has started every game this season and replaces Celtic keeper Scott Bain in the squad.

David Marshall: The Wigan keeper is likely to start against Russia and Belgium. Marshall has played six times and kept his first clean sheet in the 0-0 weekend draw with Barnsley.

Jon McLaughlin: The Sunderland No.1 has yet to keep a clean sheet for the Black Cats so far this season, conceding eight goals in six games.

Defenders

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David Bates: The Hamburg defender is currently on loan at Sheffield Wednesday and Bates and featured in the EFL Cup win over Rotherham. Clarke has handed the 22-year-old a chance to impress with Scott McKenna, Stuart Findlay and John Souttar out with injury.

Liam Cooper: The Leeds captain has been a revelation under Marcelo Bielsa at Elland Road and will be eyeing a place in the starting XI against Russia. Cooper has played five league games for the promotion chasers and helped earn two clean sheets.

Mikey Devlin: The Aberdeen central defender was excellent in the 3-0 win against Ross County and the former Hamilton man is desperate to get back to his best after recent injury woes. Devlin could replace pal McKenna in the starting XI.

Charlie Mulgrew: The former Celtic star was involved in a frantic switch from Blackburn to Wigan earlier this month but the 34-year-old brings a calming presence to the Scotland backline. Mulgrew has played three times for the Latics this season helping earn two clean sheets in the process.

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Stephen O’Donnell: The right-back was Kilmarnock’s goal hero in the 1-0 win against the St Johnstone. O’Donnell also netted in the defeat to Rangers and has started seven games so far.

Andy Robertson: Scotland’s star turn. The Liverpool star is one of the world’s best lest-backs and has started all four of the Reds’ wins to start the Premier League season. The skipper is irreplaceable for club and country.

Greg Taylor: The 21-year-old is on a high after sealing his switch to Celtic. He hasn’t played since mid-August but already has five games under his belt.

Midfielders

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  Stuart Armstrong : The Southampton midfielder doesn’t start every week at St Mary’s but provides an energy boost from the bench. His tireless running helped secure a gutsy 1-1 draw for the 10-men with Manchester United at the weekend. He has featured as sub in three Premier League games so far after injury at the tail end of the last campaign.

Ryan Christie: Celtic’s midfield dynamo started the season like a runaway train and was excellent in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Rangers. Clarke is a big fan the former Scotland U21 star who has played 13 games already this season at club level. Christie has netted eight goals in all competitons.

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  Ryan Jack: Rangers’ beating heart had to bide his time for a Scotland recall and will be licking his wounds after the loss to Celtic. He’s already made 11 appearances and the 27-year-old is the first name on the teamsheet for Steven Gerrard at club level.

John McGinn: Aston Villa supporters adore McGinn and his dedication to the cause at club level after a sizzling start to his Premier League career. The 24-year-old loves playing for his country and will be looking to add to his 14 caps. McGinn already has two assists in four games for the Villans.

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Callum McGregor: Celtic’s pass master is a class act for club and country. The 26-year-old has the ability to the pull the strings in any game and has played 12 times for the Hoops, scoring twice. Expect McGregor to start both crucial games.

Scott McTominay: The Manchester United academy graduate has become a vital member of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side. McTominay has started all four games in the heart of midfield alongside Paul Pogba and won a penalty against Crystal Palace.

Robert Snodgrass: Scotland’s comeback kid. The amiable 31-year-old is adored by West Ham supporters and turned heads during his 20-minute cameo against Norwich at the weekend. He’s featured in four games under Manuel Pellegrini.

Attackers

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  James Forrest: The 28-year-old is in the form of his life and netted in five consecutive games in August. He was quiet against Rangers but expect Forrest to be back to his best for his country. Clarke will almost certainly place his faith in the Celtic star to put Russia under the cosh. Forrest has scored six goals in 12 appearances.

Ryan Fraser: Scotland have some serious talent and Fraser is right up there in terms of ability. The diminutive Bournemouth winger is the final year of his deal and has been excellent in the Cherries’ opening five fixtures but has yet to find the net.

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  Oli McBurnie: The £20m Sheffield United man addressed THAT video with his team-mates and will be hoping to flip the Scotland script by nabbing his first international goal. McBurnie was won over the Blades faithful after netting in his home debut against Leicester. The striker started the 2-2 draw away to Chelsea before being subbed in the 63rd minute.

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Steven Naismith: Hearts’ key man returned after three weeks out with injury as he played the final nine minutes of the 2-2 draw with Hamilton. Naismith isn’t at full-match sharpness but he’s only 12 months removed from his heroics against Albania. Naismith netted against Aberdeen in the Premiership opener – one of only three appearances so far.

Matt Phillips: The West Brom striker has earned 14 caps since his debut in 2012 but has never quite been able to replicate his club form with his country. Phillips has netted twice in five appearances for the Baggies this season including the 3-2 win over Blackburn at the weekend.

Johnny Russell: The 29-year-old has been a smash-hit Stateside with Sporting Kansas City. The former Dundee United striker is well into his MLS season and has scored nine times in 23 appearances.

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Events 7.16

622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece. 1054 – Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an invalidly-issued Papal bull of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the start of the East–West Schism. 1212 – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain. 1232 – The Spanish town of Arjona declares independence and names its native Muhammad ibn Yusuf as ruler. This marks the Muhammad's first rise to prominence; he would later establish the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, the last independent Muslim state in Spain. 1377 – King Richard II of England is crowned.[1] 1661 – The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. 1683 – Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands. 1769 – Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California. 1779 – American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point. 1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act. 1809 – The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo. 1849 – Antonio María Claret y Clará founds the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 1861 – American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.[2] 1862 – American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank. 1909 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.[3] 1910 – John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia. 1915 – Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War. 1915 – At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.[4] 1927 – Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history. 1931 – Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia. 1935 – The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1941 – Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record. 1942 – Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Winter Velodrome in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz. 1945 – World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island. 1945 – Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico. 1948 – Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. 1948 – The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane. 1950 – Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army. 1951 – King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium. 1956 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas. 1965 – The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens. 1965 – South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh. 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida. 1979 – Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein. 1983 – Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities. 1990 – The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac. 1990 – The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. 1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr., piloting a Piper Saratoga aircraft, dies when his plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. His wife and sister-in-law are also killed. 2004 – Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley. 2007 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant. 2013 – As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India. 2015 – Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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Champions League and Europa League: preview for the big-hearted midweek pairs

A be interested to Real Madrid v Roma, Chelsea v Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund v Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool v Manchester United

Real Madrid v Roma

Roma face the unenviable exercise of switching a 2-0 first leg overcome when they obligate the excursion to the Bernabu on Tuesday. Mission implausible according to the bookies, who have Roma at 25/1 to be eligible for the quarter-finals, though it is doable. Two teams have overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficiency to progress in the knockout stages of the Champions League: Barcelona against Milan in 2013 and Manchester United against Olympiakos in 2014. The Italians would, however, be the first team to qualify from a 2-0 defeat in their home leg.

Nevertheless, Luciano Spalletti has had a galvanising outcome since his return to the capital though not if you ask Francesco Totti with the Giallorossi now the figure line-up in Serie A. A 4-1 win over Champions League hopefuls Fiorentina at the weekend was the most eye-catching outcome since Spalettis return, extending their tournament acquiring stripe to seven a record currently bettered merely by Barcelona( 11) among Europes top five leagues.

Meanwhile Real Madrid come into the game off the back of a huge triumph of their own in La Liga, though a 7-1 drubbing of Celta Vigo papered over the crackings of what had been a patchy age under Zinedine Zidane by comparison. They have rebounded back from a reap at Malaga and defeat at home to neighbourhood contenders, Atltico, with their entreat to reach a sixth succeeding Champions League quarter-final further boosted by the return of Gareth Bale. While Cristiano Ronaldo stole the prove with four goals at the weekend, the Welshman scored on his comeback and has outshone his team-mate for much of the season when fit, deserving the highest rating for Madrid this season (8. 08 ).

An early purpose for the visitors would make this a very interesting ties-in but their chances of retaining Bale, Ronaldo and James Rodrguez out at the opposite cease are remote. They are not quite dead and implanted after a relatively consistent rivalry at the Stadio Olimpico, but Roma will need a minor miracle to induce Real Madrids ninth consecutive two-legged win to Italian opposition.

Chelsea v Paris Saint-Germain

ngel Di Mara returns to England on Wednesday. Image: Christophe Petit Tesson/ EPA

On Wednesday night Chelsea will be out for reprisal for last seasons depart at the mitts of PSG, with the knot very much in the remaining balance after the first leg in Paris. At the weekend Chelsea rested Cesc Fbregas and Diego Costa, the two decisive people in the teams resurgence under Guus Hiddink. Costa has been their highest rated musician since the switch of its first year( 7.49 ), with eight purposes and six assists in that time, but he will need to overcome a tendon harm to ardour Chelsea into the quarter-finals.

Like their hosts, PSG could only succeed reap at the weekend, failing to break down a resilient Montpellier side having also made changes in preparation for the excursion to England. Laurent Blanc left Zlatan Ibrahimovic, David Luiz and Thiago Silva out of his starting XI, while key midfield pairing Marco Verratti and Blaise Matuidi were sidelined. The duo may peculiarity but fitness anxieties in such key positions and the teams uncharacteristic wobble gives Chelsea real cause for optimism.

The reverse fixture in Paris stands Chelseas merely overcame under Hiddink since his recall and simply the second the Dutchman has suffered in two stints at the association. The home fans will also grasping on to the lore that they have come back from greater calamity in the past against Wednesdays adversaries. They fastened a 2-0 dwelling prevail after a 3-1 defeat at Parc des Sovereigns two years ago and progressed at the same theatre on the way to prevailing the claim in 2012 after a loss by the same scoreline in Naples.

Only two sides have managed to keep PSG at bay all season on the road though, with the Ligue 1 champions scoring in nine subsequent away competitions. That will be a priority for the home back, so its unlikely to be as open an affair as the first fixture, with a nervy night ahead for those at the Bridge.

Borussia Dortmund v Tottenham Hotspur

The view that awaits Spurs in Dortmund. Image: Kai Pfaffenbach/ Reuters

With both sides participating this competition at the Westfalenstadion after gruelling derbies at the weekend, this is gonna be looking to bounce back from eventually disappointing gleans. A impasse in Der Klassiker was not standard for Thomas Tuchels side as it leaves them in limbo. Defeat to Bayern would have allowed Dortmund to focus all of their energies on the Europe League, while a succes would have given the tournament priority. Staying five points adrift of Bayern Munich symbolizes Dortmund still have to poise their efforts.

Its an virtually identical predicament for Spurs, who too sit second in their domestic conference, five points off the contribute. Mauricio Pochettino has been more conservative with his Europa League picks than his opposite number thus far with Kieran Trippier and Toby Alderweireld the only Tottenham actors to start every activity in the competition but he will surely battlefield a full forte slope in Dortmund. Erik Lamela has been the ace male for Spurs in Europe, with a rating of seven. 87 having tallied six destinations in as numerous games, while Son Heung-min has also impressed having been used sparingly in the league.

For the hosts, playmaker Henrikh Mkhitaryan has thrived since the reaching of Tuchel. He is the top rated musician for the association in the Bundesliga( 7.86) and Europa League( 7.87 ), with 10 points and 13 assistances across the two competitions this season. Mousa Dembl and Eric Dier will be key to obstructing the Armenian in check in what seems an even and rousing match-up on Thursday.

Liverpool v Manchester United

Liverpool actors celebrate during the course of its 3-0 succes over Manchester City earlier this month. Photo: Peter Byrne/ PA

In what is the first ever meeting between these two sides in Europe, in-form Liverpool will be favourites to gain an advantage in the first leg. They entered their third succeeding league win at the weekend administering that accomplishment for the first time this season defying the odds with 10 soldiers against Crystal Palace while Louis van Gaals side neglected at West Brom.

Van Gaal has his pundits but he also has a perfect record in this crunch fixture. Manchester United have come out on top in all four meetings with Liverpool under the Dutchman. Where this fixture has offered comfort for his director, European action has proven to be a godsend for Memphis, who amazed in succes over Midtjylland last time out and is the visitors top scorer in continental football this season with a meagre three goals one clear of Marcus Rashford following a strut against the Danes in his only European jaunt for the club.

While the away side again look likely to plain an inexperienced area, it seems Jrgen Klopp has noted his favoured organisation. Roberto Firmino has been the focal point of the attack this year, tallying eight aims in eight conference games to make the second highest Premier League rating of 2016( 7.98 ), though Daniel Sturridge looks likely to return after being rested at Selhurst Park. Despite a few teething difficulties in the Capital One Cup final, Liverpool gaze set to turn to Philippe Coutinho, Firmino and Sturridge, hoping for an attacking action akin to that at Villa Park.

Premier League team of the week

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La Liga team of the week

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Bundesliga team of the week

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Serie A unit of the week

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Ligue 1 squad of the week

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Champions League and Europa League: preview for the big-hearted midweek pairs

A be interested to Real Madrid v Roma, Chelsea v Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund v Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool v Manchester United

Real Madrid v Roma

Roma face the unenviable exercise of switching a 2-0 first leg overcome when they obligate the excursion to the Bernabu on Tuesday. Mission implausible according to the bookies, who have Roma at 25/1 to be eligible for the quarter-finals, though it is doable. Two teams have overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficiency to progress in the knockout stages of the Champions League: Barcelona against Milan in 2013 and Manchester United against Olympiakos in 2014. The Italians would, however, be the first team to qualify from a 2-0 defeat in their home leg.

Nevertheless, Luciano Spalletti has had a galvanising outcome since his return to the capital though not if you ask Francesco Totti with the Giallorossi now the figure line-up in Serie A. A 4-1 win over Champions League hopefuls Fiorentina at the weekend was the most eye-catching outcome since Spalettis return, extending their tournament acquiring stripe to seven a record currently bettered merely by Barcelona( 11) among Europes top five leagues.

Meanwhile Real Madrid come into the game off the back of a huge triumph of their own in La Liga, though a 7-1 drubbing of Celta Vigo papered over the crackings of what had been a patchy age under Zinedine Zidane by comparison. They have rebounded back from a reap at Malaga and defeat at home to neighbourhood contenders, Atltico, with their entreat to reach a sixth succeeding Champions League quarter-final further boosted by the return of Gareth Bale. While Cristiano Ronaldo stole the prove with four goals at the weekend, the Welshman scored on his comeback and has outshone his team-mate for much of the season when fit, deserving the highest rating for Madrid this season (8. 08 ).

An early purpose for the visitors would make this a very interesting ties-in but their chances of retaining Bale, Ronaldo and James Rodrguez out at the opposite cease are remote. They are not quite dead and implanted after a relatively consistent rivalry at the Stadio Olimpico, but Roma will need a minor miracle to induce Real Madrids ninth consecutive two-legged win to Italian opposition.

Chelsea v Paris Saint-Germain

ngel Di Mara returns to England on Wednesday. Image: Christophe Petit Tesson/ EPA

On Wednesday night Chelsea will be out for reprisal for last seasons depart at the mitts of PSG, with the knot very much in the remaining balance after the first leg in Paris. At the weekend Chelsea rested Cesc Fbregas and Diego Costa, the two decisive people in the teams resurgence under Guus Hiddink. Costa has been their highest rated musician since the switch of its first year( 7.49 ), with eight purposes and six assists in that time, but he will need to overcome a tendon harm to ardour Chelsea into the quarter-finals.

Like their hosts, PSG could only succeed reap at the weekend, failing to break down a resilient Montpellier side having also made changes in preparation for the excursion to England. Laurent Blanc left Zlatan Ibrahimovic, David Luiz and Thiago Silva out of his starting XI, while key midfield pairing Marco Verratti and Blaise Matuidi were sidelined. The duo may peculiarity but fitness anxieties in such key positions and the teams uncharacteristic wobble gives Chelsea real cause for optimism.

The reverse fixture in Paris stands Chelseas merely overcame under Hiddink since his recall and simply the second the Dutchman has suffered in two stints at the association. The home fans will also grasping on to the lore that they have come back from greater calamity in the past against Wednesdays adversaries. They fastened a 2-0 dwelling prevail after a 3-1 defeat at Parc des Sovereigns two years ago and progressed at the same theatre on the way to prevailing the claim in 2012 after a loss by the same scoreline in Naples.

Only two sides have managed to keep PSG at bay all season on the road though, with the Ligue 1 champions scoring in nine subsequent away competitions. That will be a priority for the home back, so its unlikely to be as open an affair as the first fixture, with a nervy night ahead for those at the Bridge.

Borussia Dortmund v Tottenham Hotspur

The view that awaits Spurs in Dortmund. Image: Kai Pfaffenbach/ Reuters

With both sides participating this competition at the Westfalenstadion after gruelling derbies at the weekend, this is gonna be looking to bounce back from eventually disappointing gleans. A impasse in Der Klassiker was not standard for Thomas Tuchels side as it leaves them in limbo. Defeat to Bayern would have allowed Dortmund to focus all of their energies on the Europe League, while a succes would have given the tournament priority. Staying five points adrift of Bayern Munich symbolizes Dortmund still have to poise their efforts.

Its an virtually identical predicament for Spurs, who too sit second in their domestic conference, five points off the contribute. Mauricio Pochettino has been more conservative with his Europa League picks than his opposite number thus far with Kieran Trippier and Toby Alderweireld the only Tottenham actors to start every activity in the competition but he will surely battlefield a full forte slope in Dortmund. Erik Lamela has been the ace male for Spurs in Europe, with a rating of seven. 87 having tallied six destinations in as numerous games, while Son Heung-min has also impressed having been used sparingly in the league.

For the hosts, playmaker Henrikh Mkhitaryan has thrived since the reaching of Tuchel. He is the top rated musician for the association in the Bundesliga( 7.86) and Europa League( 7.87 ), with 10 points and 13 assistances across the two competitions this season. Mousa Dembl and Eric Dier will be key to obstructing the Armenian in check in what seems an even and rousing match-up on Thursday.

Liverpool v Manchester United

Liverpool actors celebrate during the course of its 3-0 succes over Manchester City earlier this month. Photo: Peter Byrne/ PA

In what is the first ever meeting between these two sides in Europe, in-form Liverpool will be favourites to gain an advantage in the first leg. They entered their third succeeding league win at the weekend administering that accomplishment for the first time this season defying the odds with 10 soldiers against Crystal Palace while Louis van Gaals side neglected at West Brom.

Van Gaal has his pundits but he also has a perfect record in this crunch fixture. Manchester United have come out on top in all four meetings with Liverpool under the Dutchman. Where this fixture has offered comfort for his director, European action has proven to be a godsend for Memphis, who amazed in succes over Midtjylland last time out and is the visitors top scorer in continental football this season with a meagre three goals one clear of Marcus Rashford following a strut against the Danes in his only European jaunt for the club.

While the away side again look likely to plain an inexperienced area, it seems Jrgen Klopp has noted his favoured organisation. Roberto Firmino has been the focal point of the attack this year, tallying eight aims in eight conference games to make the second highest Premier League rating of 2016( 7.98 ), though Daniel Sturridge looks likely to return after being rested at Selhurst Park. Despite a few teething difficulties in the Capital One Cup final, Liverpool gaze set to turn to Philippe Coutinho, Firmino and Sturridge, hoping for an attacking action akin to that at Villa Park.

Premier League team of the week

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La Liga team of the week

Infographic: WhoScored

Bundesliga team of the week

Infographic: WhoScored

Serie A unit of the week

Infographic: WhoScored

Ligue 1 squad of the week

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Champions League and Europa League: preview for the big-hearted midweek pairs

A be interested to Real Madrid v Roma, Chelsea v Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund v Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool v Manchester United

Real Madrid v Roma

Roma face the unenviable exercise of switching a 2-0 first leg overcome when they obligate the excursion to the Bernabu on Tuesday. Mission implausible according to the bookies, who have Roma at 25/1 to be eligible for the quarter-finals, though it is doable. Two teams have overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficiency to progress in the knockout stages of the Champions League: Barcelona against Milan in 2013 and Manchester United against Olympiakos in 2014. The Italians would, however, be the first team to qualify from a 2-0 defeat in their home leg.

Nevertheless, Luciano Spalletti has had a galvanising outcome since his return to the capital though not if you ask Francesco Totti with the Giallorossi now the figure line-up in Serie A. A 4-1 win over Champions League hopefuls Fiorentina at the weekend was the most eye-catching outcome since Spalettis return, extending their tournament acquiring stripe to seven a record currently bettered merely by Barcelona( 11) among Europes top five leagues.

Meanwhile Real Madrid come into the game off the back of a huge triumph of their own in La Liga, though a 7-1 drubbing of Celta Vigo papered over the crackings of what had been a patchy age under Zinedine Zidane by comparison. They have rebounded back from a reap at Malaga and defeat at home to neighbourhood contenders, Atltico, with their entreat to reach a sixth succeeding Champions League quarter-final further boosted by the return of Gareth Bale. While Cristiano Ronaldo stole the prove with four goals at the weekend, the Welshman scored on his comeback and has outshone his team-mate for much of the season when fit, deserving the highest rating for Madrid this season (8. 08 ).

An early purpose for the visitors would make this a very interesting ties-in but their chances of retaining Bale, Ronaldo and James Rodrguez out at the opposite cease are remote. They are not quite dead and implanted after a relatively consistent rivalry at the Stadio Olimpico, but Roma will need a minor miracle to induce Real Madrids ninth consecutive two-legged win to Italian opposition.

Chelsea v Paris Saint-Germain

ngel Di Mara returns to England on Wednesday. Image: Christophe Petit Tesson/ EPA

On Wednesday night Chelsea will be out for reprisal for last seasons depart at the mitts of PSG, with the knot very much in the remaining balance after the first leg in Paris. At the weekend Chelsea rested Cesc Fbregas and Diego Costa, the two decisive people in the teams resurgence under Guus Hiddink. Costa has been their highest rated musician since the switch of its first year( 7.49 ), with eight purposes and six assists in that time, but he will need to overcome a tendon harm to ardour Chelsea into the quarter-finals.

Like their hosts, PSG could only succeed reap at the weekend, failing to break down a resilient Montpellier side having also made changes in preparation for the excursion to England. Laurent Blanc left Zlatan Ibrahimovic, David Luiz and Thiago Silva out of his starting XI, while key midfield pairing Marco Verratti and Blaise Matuidi were sidelined. The duo may peculiarity but fitness anxieties in such key positions and the teams uncharacteristic wobble gives Chelsea real cause for optimism.

The reverse fixture in Paris stands Chelseas merely overcame under Hiddink since his recall and simply the second the Dutchman has suffered in two stints at the association. The home fans will also grasping on to the lore that they have come back from greater calamity in the past against Wednesdays adversaries. They fastened a 2-0 dwelling prevail after a 3-1 defeat at Parc des Sovereigns two years ago and progressed at the same theatre on the way to prevailing the claim in 2012 after a loss by the same scoreline in Naples.

Only two sides have managed to keep PSG at bay all season on the road though, with the Ligue 1 champions scoring in nine subsequent away competitions. That will be a priority for the home back, so its unlikely to be as open an affair as the first fixture, with a nervy night ahead for those at the Bridge.

Borussia Dortmund v Tottenham Hotspur

The view that awaits Spurs in Dortmund. Image: Kai Pfaffenbach/ Reuters

With both sides participating this competition at the Westfalenstadion after gruelling derbies at the weekend, this is gonna be looking to bounce back from eventually disappointing gleans. A impasse in Der Klassiker was not standard for Thomas Tuchels side as it leaves them in limbo. Defeat to Bayern would have allowed Dortmund to focus all of their energies on the Europe League, while a succes would have given the tournament priority. Staying five points adrift of Bayern Munich symbolizes Dortmund still have to poise their efforts.

Its an virtually identical predicament for Spurs, who too sit second in their domestic conference, five points off the contribute. Mauricio Pochettino has been more conservative with his Europa League picks than his opposite number thus far with Kieran Trippier and Toby Alderweireld the only Tottenham actors to start every activity in the competition but he will surely battlefield a full forte slope in Dortmund. Erik Lamela has been the ace male for Spurs in Europe, with a rating of seven. 87 having tallied six destinations in as numerous games, while Son Heung-min has also impressed having been used sparingly in the league.

For the hosts, playmaker Henrikh Mkhitaryan has thrived since the reaching of Tuchel. He is the top rated musician for the association in the Bundesliga( 7.86) and Europa League( 7.87 ), with 10 points and 13 assistances across the two competitions this season. Mousa Dembl and Eric Dier will be key to obstructing the Armenian in check in what seems an even and rousing match-up on Thursday.

Liverpool v Manchester United

Liverpool actors celebrate during the course of its 3-0 succes over Manchester City earlier this month. Photo: Peter Byrne/ PA

In what is the first ever meeting between these two sides in Europe, in-form Liverpool will be favourites to gain an advantage in the first leg. They entered their third succeeding league win at the weekend administering that accomplishment for the first time this season defying the odds with 10 soldiers against Crystal Palace while Louis van Gaals side neglected at West Brom.

Van Gaal has his pundits but he also has a perfect record in this crunch fixture. Manchester United have come out on top in all four meetings with Liverpool under the Dutchman. Where this fixture has offered comfort for his director, European action has proven to be a godsend for Memphis, who amazed in succes over Midtjylland last time out and is the visitors top scorer in continental football this season with a meagre three goals one clear of Marcus Rashford following a strut against the Danes in his only European jaunt for the club.

While the away side again look likely to plain an inexperienced area, it seems Jrgen Klopp has noted his favoured organisation. Roberto Firmino has been the focal point of the attack this year, tallying eight aims in eight conference games to make the second highest Premier League rating of 2016( 7.98 ), though Daniel Sturridge looks likely to return after being rested at Selhurst Park. Despite a few teething difficulties in the Capital One Cup final, Liverpool gaze set to turn to Philippe Coutinho, Firmino and Sturridge, hoping for an attacking action akin to that at Villa Park.

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