Chelsea gave their push for a Premier League top four finish a boost as they fought back from 2-0 down to beat struggling Southampton 3-2 at Saint Mary’s on Saturday.
Southampton raced to a 2-0 lead with goals in either half by Dusan Tadic and debutant Jan Bednarek.
But a brace from substitute Olivier Giroud and a goal from Eden Hazard gave Chelsea the impressive win.
FIFA has proposed that a revamped and enlarged version of the Club World Cup, planned to start in 2021, would include all European champions, runners-up and Europa League winners from the four seasons up to and including the year of the event.
The new tournament would be held every four years instead of annually, would feature 31 matches and would need to generate between $650 million and $1 billion in revenue to be commercially viable, according to proposals put forward in a FIFA document seen by Reuters.
Aside from the European teams, there would be four or five from South America, none or one from Oceania and two each from Asia, CONCACAF and Africa.
Bayern Munich have been handed a semi-final draw against holders Real Madrid, while Liverpool will play Roma in the Champions League semi-finals. Real, who have won the competition in three of the past four seasons, reached the last four by coming through a dramatic second leg against Juventus. Leading 3-0 from the first leg tie, Zinedine Zidane's side were pegged back to 3-3 at the Bernabeu, before a last-gasp penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo saw them through.
After suffering three defeats in a week, including a Champions League exit, leaders Manchester City get back to business in the Premier League on Saturday but face another tough test at fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur. City could have wrapped up the title with a win at home to Manchester United last Saturday, but threw away a two-goal lead to suffer their first home loss of the campaign, falling 3-2 to Jose Mourinho’s side.
MFM FC put behind them the disappointment of last Sunday’s CAF Confederation Cup defeat to Djoliba of Mali by edging out Nasarawa United 2-1 in a rescheduled Nigeria Professional Football League match 13 fixture at the Agege Stadium on Wednesday.
The hosts were awarded a penalty in the seventh minute after Chimeze Martins hacked down Waheed Adebayo in the box.
Zinte Udeh took up the challenge and coolly slotted the ball into the net.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a 98th-minute penalty as Real Madrid sensationally booked their spot in the semi-finals of the Champions League with a 4-3 aggregate win over Juventus. After scoring three goals in the first leg in Turin, many were expecting Real Madrid to stroll into the semi-final on home soil, but that was not the case as Juventus caused a stir canceling out the defending champions’ advantage.
