Collina: Italian Pierluigi Collina will referee the Champions League first knockout round second-leg match between Chelsea and Barcelona tomorrow. Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho said last week he thought Collina, widely regarded as the world's best referee, would take charge of the game at Stamford Bridge. Mourinho was unhappy with the performance of Swede Anders Frisk during the first leg in Barcelona, which Chelsea lost 2-1. Also tomorrow, German Herbert Fandel will referee the second-leg match between Milan and Manchester United at San Siro and Russian Valentin Ivanov the second leg between Olympique Lyon and Werder Bremen at Lyon's Gerland ground.
Bundesliga: Hertha Berlin lost ground in the race for Champions League places in Germany when they could only snatch a 1-1 draw at home to Kaiserslautern yesterday. The result left Hertha in fifth place on 40 points, 10 behind joint-leaders Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 and three adrift of Werder Bremen in the third Champions League slot. Other result - Nuremberg vs B. Dortmund 2-2.
German Cup: German Cup holders Werder Bremen will travel to title-chasing Schalke 04, while Bayern Munich will play away to Arminia Bielefeld after the draw for the semi-finals was made yesterday. The Cup is Werder's last realistic hope of winning silverware this season and they will need a sharp improvement in their recent form against top sides to stand a chance of making the final.
In Scotland: Celtic won 3-1 at Hibernian yesterday to cut Rangers' lead to four points at the top of the Scottish Premier League. Bulgarian captain Stilian Petrov put Celtic ahead after four minutes before John Hartson hit a second before the break. On-loan Newcastle striker Craig Bellamy grabbed his first league goal when he sprang the offside trap to drill home a third on 65 minutes and Hibernian pulled one back in stoppage time through Guillaume Beuzelin. Second-placed Celtic now have 68 points from 27 games and have two matches in hand on Rangers.
Barcelona: Barcelona midfielder Rafael Marquez is out of tomorrow's Champions League match against Chelsea after suffering a muscle strain in his right leg during his side's 1-0 win at Osasuna on Saturday. The club said that the Mexican international, who went off at half-time, would be out of action for about a week. Better news for the Primera Liga leaders was that French winger Ludovic Giuly, who has missed two games with a bruised back, has been included in the squad for Stamford Bridge.