Chelsea 2-1 Benfica

Chelsea have won the UEFA Europa League trophy with a 2-1 victory over SL Benfica in the final, with Branislav Ivanovic scoring the winner in injury time.

A 93rd-minute header from Branislav Ivanovic gave Chelsea a stunning 2-1 victory over Benfica in the Europa League final on Wednesday as the London club claimed the trophy for the first time in heart-stopping fashion.

The game in Amsterdam seemed destined for extra time after Fernando Torres’ superb 60th-minute opener for Chelsea was cancelled out by an Oscar Cardozo penalty, only for Ivanovic to net a dramatic winner with a looping header in stoppage time.
Moments later, Chelsea’s players greeted the final whistle with a jubilant mass embrace, as they became the first team to simultaneously hold the Champions League and Europa League titles.

Chelsea, Benfica set for Europa League final

After a lengthy campaign, Chelsea and Benfica have survived and will square off in Wednesday’s UEFA Europa League final in Amsterdam.
So the question now is: how will they react to such adversity and the sudden realization the championship is lost after having things go their way all season long? The chance to make good is staring them in the face. It won’t be easy of course, but victory would also help erase the memories of back-to-back losses to Chelsea in the quarter-finals of last year’s Champions League. It could be the last opportunity they have for a while, as well. Benfica is a selling club and the likes of Lima, Oscar Cardozo and Nemanja Matic could all be sold. It might be now or never for Benfica.

Jose Mourinho: Real Madrid boss to leave next month

Real Madrid have announced that head coach Jose Mourinho will leave the club at the end of the season after three years in charge of the Spanish giants.

President Florentino Perez revealed the decision at a packed news "We've decided to bring our relationship to an end," said Perez. "Nobody's been sacked, it's a mutual agreement."

Real Madrid have two games left this season. They are away at Real Sociedad on 26 May, with Mourinho taking charge at the Bernabeu for the final time on 1 June against Osasuna.
"The club and manager agree the timing is right to bring our relationship to an end," Perez added.
But Perez denied a replacement had been lined up to take over from Mourinho.
"We have no pre-contract signed with any managerial candidate," he said.
"It's something we'll have to look at in the coming days."
  Paris Saint Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti had earlier said: "I've asked to leave and I am waiting for their answer."

News

Russian spy Raymond Poeteray jailed by Dutch

A former Dutch foreign ministry worker has been jailed for 12 years for passing hundreds of sensitive political and military documents to Russia.

The 61-year-old spy, Raymond Poeteray, passed on documents which included details of Nato activity in Libya.
Poeteray was found guilty of passing information to a couple in Germany, who are also on trial accused of being Russian agents.
The Dutch court said Poeteray had acted "purely out of financial interest".
The documents also included sensitive political and military information on Nato and EU activity in Afghanistan and Georgia, reports the AFP news agency.
"The court rules as proven that he passed confidential documents to the Russian Federation for years at the request of the Russian intelligence service" the court in The Hague said in a statement.

News

Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes insisted he was not surprised by their performance as they thrashed Barcelona 4-0 in the Champions League.

Heynckes, 67, is on the brink of taking Bayern to their third Champions League final in four years after a crushing victory in the Allianz Arena.
He said: "We've been playing extraordinary football all season.
"It was not a really big surprise to me that we scored four goals. We have played to a high level all season."