Thomas Tuchel rounded on critics of his team after Paris Saint-Germain swept to victory at Istanbul Basaksehir.
The former Borussia Dortmund head coach is into his third year with PSG, whom he has led to back-to-back Ligue 1 titles and a place in the 2019-20 Champions League final.
Although the Paris giants were edged out by Bayern Munich in last season s European showpiece, they have rebounded by recovering from a slow start to this campaign and lead their domestic championship once again.
Defeat to Manchester United last week in the Champions League was a setback, but a 2-0 victory against the Super Lig winners on Wednesday put PSG back on an even keel in Group H.
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Chelsea captain John Terry praised boss Guus Hiddink after the Premier League champions old swagger returned in the 3-0 London derby win at Crystal Palace.
The first victory of Hiddink s second spell in charge arrived in emphatic fashion, with Oscar and Diego Costa on target either side of a spectacular long-range strike from Willian.
Terry continued to show remorse over the dreadful run of form that saw the club part company with Jose Mourinho last month, but stated the qualities that helped Hiddink to stage a mid-season rescue act in 2009 remain firmly in place.
He s been great since he s come in, the former England skipper told Sky Sports. It s unfortunate what s happened, we ve let everyone down.
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Antonio Conte called for his Italy players to find something extraordinary to beat Spain in a Euro 2016 game of no tomorrow at the Stade de France on Monday.
Wins over a much-fancied Belgium and Sweden secured top spot in Group E with a game to spare for Conte s men, although Spain s loss to Croatia in their final round-robin match granted Italy the dubious reward of a last-16 clash with the defending champions.
Spain knocked Italy out on penalties in the quarter-finals before lifting the 2008 European title and completed a 4-0 demolition job in the final in Kiev four years ago.
Conte, who will take over as Chelsea manager after the tournament, labels Vicente de Bosque s side as favourites once more but does not envisage a repeat of that humbling loss.
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