Even Pep Guardiola, football’s great perfectionist, would struggle to find fault with Manchester City’s night of utter domination in obliterating champions Real Madrid to reach the Champions League final. Guardiola, of course, saw the...

There was Marco Materazzi and there was Rui Costa. both strength and beauty. The graceful Portuguese man bearing the elbow of his aged rival. A pair of football opponents halted to contemplate a hazy...