News about David Neres

With a dual purpose, Manchester United's Erik ten Hag will lead Manchester United into the FA Cup finals this weekend. Firstly, the Dutch coach will want to complete what has been a fruitful first season at Old Trafford. Ten Hag has returned to the Champions League for a third-place finish and snapped a six-year trophy drought by lifting the Carabao Cup. United are out to stop Manchester City from emulating their historic Treble of Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League from 1999. Nothing would be sweeter in the eyes of United fans than seeing the sanctity of that historic victory preserved at Wembley on Saturday afternoon. Despite City's success this season, it may be a case of simpler said than done. Ten Hag also has a solid track record when it comes to the crunch cup finals, which we'll explore here.

The Champions League returns from a brief intermission this week for the deciding games in round 16. It's the same format as before, with four games taking place over two nights and four others coming next week, ensuring a three-week spacing between first and second legs in each tie. Some of the contests appear as fair as settled, but others remain tensely in the balance, considering that the competition has a history of delivering knockout stage drama. Sportsmail takes you through each of the eight match-ups, enforcing you what happened in the first leg and inputting you up on the latest happenings.

Parker, 42, was fired by Bournemouth in August, just three days after losing 9-0 at Liverpool, but he exchanged a relegation contest for the Champions League knockout stages on New Year's Eve when he landed the Bruges job. He has won only one of his first seven league games in Belgium, and his troubles began last night when Benfica's Joao Mario converted a penalty on 51 minutes after Scotland centre Jack Hendry fouled Goncalo Ramos. In the 89th minute, David Neres pounced on a defensive mix-up to double the visitors' lead, leaving Parker with a mountain to scale in Lisbon's second leg on March 7.

In the fourth minute, the Serie A side got off to a promising start and took the lead. However, they forfeited a penalty right before the break, which Joao Mario converted, and then fell behind ten minutes after losing by ten minutes after David Neres netted the winning goal at ten minutes. This is the first time Juventus has lost their first two group matches in the Champions League, and they currently sit six points behind PSG and Benfica. Allegri also wants the club's board to stand by him.

Massimiliano Allegri (left), Juventus's new manager, was able to brush off rumors of instability in his squad after Angel Di Maria (right) wondered why his coach had shunted away Arkadiusz Milik. Milik had been leading Juventus early, but Benfica screamed to lead 2-1, but Allegri decided to disassemble his pack in search of an equalizer, despite Mario and David Neres' goals. In the 58th minute, Di Maria was dismissed, but it was the decision to boot goal scorer Milik off for Nicolo Fagioli with 20 minutes to go, who wrangled with the winger.

In their Champions League match against Juventus on Wednesday evening, Benfica defeated Juventus 2-1. Juventus took the lead in the 4th minute thanks to Arkadiusz Milik, who led the ball into the bottom left corner after connecting with Leandro Paredes' set piece. However, Juve gave Benfica a point back before the half-time break to allow them to play again. From the back of the net from the site, it was Joao Mario who found it. David Neres then added to Benfica's total count in the 55 minute by slotting the ball into the bottom left corner from the box's center.

During this month's international break, Mikel Arteta will have the opportunity to recharge his Brazilian stars, because no one has been called up for friendlies against Ghana and Tunisia. Tite named his squad for the games in France on Friday, but not from early leaders Arsenal. Despite Gabriel Jesus' excellent form for his new club since a £45 million transfer from Manchester City, or centre-half Gabriel Magalhaes, there is no call-up.

With the Champions League group stage draw, just 90 days after Vinicius Junior's champion for Real Madrid against Liverpool in the Paris final. The draw in Istanbul on Thursday evening will determine the final on June 10 next year, and the cream of European football will await the outcome. Sportsmail has the inside scoop on each of the 32 teams that will participate in the draw at 5 p.m. on Thursday.

Benfica's David Neres scored a superb goal on Tuesday as the Portuguese side advanced to the Champions League group stage after defeating Dynamo Kiev in Lisbon, a 5-0 aggregate victory. In the first half, Nicolas Otamendi and Rafa Silva scored, while Benfica never looked concerned in making their draw for the 12th time in 13 seasons. Neres scored the first goal after his deep cross picked out Otamendi, who staggered away from his marker and headed home.

Dynamo's fifth game in Champions League qualifying this month was played in Poland because the Russian invasion, which began in February, was not allowed to host UEFA games in Ukraine. Both of the Ukrainian team's two previous qualifying ties have been decided in extra-time of the second legs. Maccabi Haifa fought 3-2 against Red Star Belgrade, the 1991 European Cup champion, and Viktoria Plzen held Qarabag to a 0-0 draw in other playoff first-leg games Tuesday.