Sturridge sends Liverpool into Europa League final - Liverpool 3-0 Villarreal

Daniel Sturridge was involved in all three goals as Liverpool impressively beat Villarreal 3-0 at Anfield on Thursday to set up a Europa League final date with holders Sevilla.

Daniel Sturridge was involved in all three goals as Liverpool impressively beat Villarreal 3-0 at Anfield on Thursday to set up a Europa League final date with holders Sevilla.

Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Liverpool levelled the tie when Bruno Soriano put through his own goal under pressure from Sturridge, who scored the second goal in the 63rd minute before helping to tee up Adam Lallana for a late strike that completed a 3-1 aggregate win.

It took Liverpool into their first continental final since the 2006-07 Champions League, preserving Jurgen Klopp's hopes of finishing his first season as manager with both a trophy and a place in Europe's elite competition next season.

C. Ronaldo’s Injury Is Not Serious – Zidane

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane played down injury fears over superstar Cristiano Ronaldo following Wednesday’s 3-0 La Liga win over Villarreal at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

After Barcelona and Atletico Madrid had also won earlier in the evening, goals from Karim Benzema, Lucas Vazquez and Luka Modric saw Zidane’s side remain just one point behind the joint-leaders with four games of the season still to play.

What seemed a straightforward night for Madrid turned darker in injury time. Ronaldo had been set to continue his record of being the only outfield player in La Liga to play every single minute so far this season, but the Portuguese picked up an apparent thigh muscle problem and left the pitch in added time.

Madrid finished the match with 10 men because Zidane had already used his three substitutes.

Brazil 20014: Siasia asks Keshi to has a rethink on Uche, Osaze

A former Coach of the Nigeria Super Eagles, coach Samson Siasia, has said that his predecessor, Coach Stephen Keshi will no doubt need the experience of super Eagles' players, Ike Uche and Peter Osaze Odemwingie at the Brazil 2014 World Cup.

Stephen Keshi has ruled out Uche from his World Cup squad despite being the top scorer at his club Villarreal.

His reason being that Uche is not disciplined and often negates team tactics.