UEFA Europa League

The Juventus midfield maestro gives his guide to passing.

Italian Football Federation president Giancarlo Abete says that Turin "will be a beautiful place for international football on a global stage" as the city receives the UEFA Europa League trophy ahead of this May's final.

Former SL Benfica star Nuno Gomes and Juventus legend Pavel Nedved gave their reaction after the two sides' were paired together in the UEFA Europa League semi-finals.

Hernán Crespo looks back at Parma FC’s 1999 UEFA Cup success against Olympique de Marseille and reveals why winning the trophy realised a childhood dream.

"Most of their players had never played a European final before," recalled Juande Ramos, citing Sevilla FC's composure as crucial to their 2007 UEFA Cup final win against RCD Espanyol.

A winner of the UEFA Cup with Juventus as a player and a coach, legendary goalkeeper Dino Zoff recalls his 1990 success with the Bianconeri against ACF Fiorentina.

Branislav Ivanović's imperious header in the last minute of added time earned Chelsea FC victory in a UEFA Europa League season where the odds were upset time and again.

Sevilla FC's Francisco López Alfaro and former Valencia CF star Francisco Rufete gave their reaction to UEFA.com after the two sides' were drawn together in the UEFA Europa League semi-finals.

Benfica SL’s Ljubomir Fejsa told UEFA.com that his side has played a “strong” game as they secured a spot in the UEFA Europa League semi-finals, while AZ Alkmaar’s Nemanja Gudelj revealed that the Dutch outfit could look back on their performance “and be proud”.

Juventus’ Mauricio Isla admitted that his side was “worried” about the threat of Olympique Lyonnais but “happy” to make it into the UEFA Europa League semi-finals, while Jimmy Briand said his team went out with “pride” and can look ahead to another campaign next season.

Sevilla FC captain Ivan Rakitić said that his team’s “high intensity” was key to their victory against FC Porto and now believes they have a great chance of success in what he admits is a very strong final four in this season’s UEFA Europa League, while Porto’s Steven Defour reflected on missed chances in the first leg.

Sevilla FC's Croatian international, Ivan Rakitić takes on the test of accuracy that is the UEFA Training Ground crossbar challenge.

As FC Porto meet Sevilla FC in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, UEFA.com has highlights of the Portuguese club's 2003 UEFA Cup final success in the Spanish city against Celtic FC.

FC Porto goalscorer Eliaquim Mangala said that his side need to "keep playing smart football" to qualify for the semi-finals after they took a 1-0 advantage from the first leg of their tie against Sevilla FC, whose Daniel Carriço remains confident of turning the result around in Spain.

After scoring the only goal of the game to give Juventus a 1-0 advantage to take back to Italy, Leonardo Bonucci said his side “shouldn’t relax” but can continue with their “dream” if they can reproduce their form in the second leg, while Olympique Lyonnais’ Corentin Tolisso said he still “believes” the French team can make it into the last-four.