UEFA Champions League - News

Welcome to UEFA.com's UEFA Champions League blog, which contains all the build-up as the round of 16 continues this week. We will bring you the latest news and updates from the press conferences and a flavour of the atmosphere in Istanbul, London, Milan and Porto.

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Steven Defour, who did not train fully on Sunday because of a thigh injury, is FC Porto's only injury concern for their first leg against Málaga CF. Squad players Igor Stefanović, Anderson Santos, Victor Luís, Guilherme Lopes, Mauro Caballero, Thibaut Vion, Emmanuel M'Bola and André Caio took part in the session. Porto will train again this morning before Vítor Pereira speaks to the media at 14.05CET.

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Carlo Ancelotti said he was "not worried" by Paris Saint-Germain FC's 3-2 loss to strugglers FC Sochaux-Montbéliard on Sunday. The result ended the Ligue 1 leaders' 13-game unbeaten run in all competitions, 12 of which had been wins, and meant their advantage at the top of the table was halved to three points as Olympique Lyonnais triumphed 4-0 at FC Girondins de Bordeaux. 

"It's the correct result because Sochaux played very well, they were very solid," said the PSG coach. "They were more aggressive than us. We knew that we could lose this match and that's what happened. We lacked balance and aggressiveness, particularly in the first half. After the Champions League [2-1 win at Valencia CF], which used up a lot of energy, that's understandable. I'm not worried by this defeat. We didn't play like we usually do, but now we will focus on our next match."

PSG's next game is on Sunday at home to third-placed Olympique de Marseille in Le Classique. They host Valencia in the second leg of their last-16 tie on 6 March.

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