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Meanwhile, England routed San Marino 8-0 for their biggest victory margin in 26 years.

Boateng believes the game needs to be more multi-cultural.

Nicolas Anelka hopes he could end the season with the Italian league title and the Champions League trophy with Juventus.

Ramires suffered a strained right adductor during Chelsea's 2-0 Premier League victory over West Ham on Sunday.

Manchester City's faint hopes of catching Manchester United in the Premier League title race took another heavy hit with a 2-0 loss at Everton.

In the other two quarter-finals Real Madrid will be in action against Galatasaray, while Malaga will play Borussia Dortmund.

United are 12 points clear of second-placed City and can take another step towards an unprecedented 20th title while pushing Reading closer to the drop.

After the delirious high of Champions League fightback against AC Milan, Barca need to come down to earth against the eighth-placed Rayo Vallecano.

Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa defeated United Sikkim 3-1 in the last quarter-final league match in the IFA Shield.

Benitez has come in for a barrage of criticism from Chelsea supporters since he was parachuted into the manager's job following the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo in November.

Ronaldo ensured there was no letdown for Real Madrid after their win over Manchester United by scoring twice in a 2-1 victory at Celta Vigo .

AC Milan visit Barcelona on Tuesday for the second leg of their last 16 tie, holding a 2-0 lead from the first leg.

Salgaocar and Pune FC won their respective matches of Group A, beating United Sikkim and Sporting Clube De Goa, respectively, with an identical margin of 3-0.

Valencia are fifth in La Liga with 12 matches of the season remaining, a point behind Malaga who occupy Spain's fourth and final Champions League berth.

The Argentine, whose deal was due to expire at the end of the current season, has agreed a new contact to keep him at the club until the end of June 2017.

Scolari insists that Ronaldinho remains in his World Cup plans despite leaving the two-time FIFA World Player of the Year out of a 22-man squad to face Italy and Russia.