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  Barcelona captain to leave club at end of season after 18 years Sergio Busquets joined Barcelona in 2005 and made his senior debut in 2008 Captain Sergio Busquets has confirmed he will leave Barcelona at the end of the season after 18 years at the club. The former Spain midfielder, 34, has played 718 matches for Barcelona - the third-most in the club's history. His list of honours won with the club includes eight La Liga titles, seven Copas del Rey, seven Spanish Super Cups and three Champions Leagues. "Although it has not been an easy decision, I think the time has come," Busquets said.

  Manchester City face Real Madrid Today in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final. It pits Pep Guardiola against Carlo Ancelotti once again, two great coaches with completely different ways of doing their job. Which way will win out this time around? Real Madrid’s comeback against Manchester City in last season’s semi-final was chaotic in the extreme. Some speculated that it was the magic of the Bernabeu. How else to explain what they had just witnessed? Certainly, nobody thought it was the tactics. In the final minute of the 90, star striker Karim Benzema had roamed to the right flank and then to the left, popping up out wide to centre the ball for substitute Rodrygo to score the first of the two goals that Madrid needed to level the tie. The rest was history.