SATURDAY
AC Milan v Cagliari
Bravo, kick-off 7.30pm
AC Milan were spared facing Treviso’s Filippini twins, Emanuele and Antonio, last week as the pair were suspended. Is this evidence that twins experience the world in the same way? Not only have they chosen the same profession, attained the same standard and joined the same club, but they even commit fouls at the same time. There is a theory that if one twin feels pain or joy then the other, wherever they are, will feel it too. In which case, a twin of Duncan Ferguson would, as he walked down the street, constantly feel the sensation of his arm connecting violently with another person’s head.
SUNDAY
Chelsea v Colchester United
Sky Sports 1, kick-off 4pm
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Arjen Robben has become the fall guy for divers, but referees seem to have escaped the wrath of fans in this matter. Either the referees are not being conned and Robben and Co are wasting their time diving, in which case we are wasting our time complaining about them; or diving works and referees are repeatedly giving incorrect decisions based on what they assume must have happened — they assume a foul must have taken place to cause the apparently wronged player to fall over — even though they had not seen it. Yes, referees are officiating matches on a hunch, just as their assistants do. Instructed to give offside only if they are 100 per cent sure, they repeatedly raise their flag wrongly, their hunch having let them down.
LIVE MATCHES Today: 6pm: Cesena v Cremonese, Italian second division, British Eurosport 2. 8pm: West Ham United v Birmingham City, Barclays Premiership, Sky Sports 1. 8pm: Avellino v Catania, Italian second division, British Eurosport 2. Tomorrow: 8pm: Liverpool v Arsenal, Premiership, Sky Sports 2. 10pm (delayed): Real Madrid v Real Zaragoza, Spanish Cup semi-final, second leg, Sky Sports 1. Wednesday: 4.30pm: Lokomotiv Moscow v Seville, Uefa Cup, British Eurosport 2. 7.45pm: Bolton Wanderers v Marseilles, Uefa Cup, Five. 7.45pm: Partick Thistle v Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Tennent’s Scottish Cup fourth-round replay, Sky Sports 1. Thursday: 7.45pm: VfB Stuttgart v Middlesbrough, Uefa Cup, ITV4. Friday: 7.45pm: Luton Town v Reading, Coca-Cola Championship, Sky Sports 1. 7.45pm: Bologna v Torino, Italian second division, British Eurosport 2. Saturday: 12.30pm: Liverpool v Manchester United, FA Cup fifth round, BBC One. 5.40pm: Newcastle United v Southampton, FA Cup, BBC One. 7.30pm: AC Milan v Cagliari, Italian league, Bravo. 8pm: Real Madrid v Alavés (second half), Spanish league, Sky Sports 1. 9pm (delayed): Barcelona v Real Betis, Spanish league, Sky Sports 1. Sunday: 1.15pm: Tottenham Hotspur v Wigan Athletic, Premiership, Sky Sports 1. 4pm: Chelsea v Colchester United, FA Cup fifth round, Sky Sports 1. 6.30pm: Aston Villa v Manchester City, FA Cup fifth round, BBC One. 8pm (delayed): Real Sociedad v Valencia, Spanish league, Sky Sports 1.