Atletico Madrid’s Diego Forlan celebrates with team-mates during the remarkable 4-4 draw with Villarreal. Photograph: Diego Tuson/AFP/Getty Images
Twenty-seven games later Manolo Jiménez’s testicular fortitude finally failed him, just as Sevilla president José María Del Nido was preparing to climb to the summit and mwah-ha-ha up his expensively tailored sleeve at the Judas who jilted him [...]

Beleaguered Nantes manager Michel Der Zakarian. Photo: Jean-Pierre Muller
Nantes got through four different coaches the last time they were in Ligue 1 and by the end of this week the newly-promoted side could be on their second of the season after losing 2-0 to Bordeaux at the weekend.
Current boss Michel Der Zakarian, a former title [...]