Mali coach Tom Saintfiet on Thursday said the strongest eight countries on the continent have qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals, and he is right with his assertion.
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini has blasted striker Ademola Lookman as "one of the worst penalty takers he has ever seen" after missing a penalty in their defeat to Club Brugge in the Champions League.
Ademola Lookman scored a hat-trick as Atalanta ended Bayer Leverkusen's 51-match unbeaten run to win the Europa League final 3-0 on Wednesday evening.
Gianluca Mancini's second-half own goal allowed Leicester City to draw 1-1 with Jose Mourinho's Roma in the first leg of their Europa Conference League semi-final on Thursday, while Feyenoord got the better of Marseille in a five-goal thriller.