Melbourne City coach John van 't Schip had plenty of reasons to be cheerful following his side's late loss to the Premiership big boys of Manchester City, in their pre-season friendly at the Gold Coast on Saturday night.
Real Madrid v AS Roma: Paper planes the crowd highlight
Samir Nasri leaves it late in win over Melbourne City
Michael Lynch, Gold Coast In the tale of two Cities the men from Manchester did just enough to see off the men from Melbourne, a sumptuous volley from French international Samir Nasri with barely five minutes left on the clock enough to give the Premiership side a 1-0 win in the first ever meeting between the two City Football Group-owned clubs.
Socceroos goalkeeper Mat Ryan linked with move to Valencia
The Real thing: how Cristiano Ronaldo won Melbourne's heart in a footy winter
Michael Lynch Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid all over the front page of The Saturday Age and in the news section as well as the sports pages.
Totti looks forward to MCG debut, talks up ex Glory boy Danny Da Silva
Michael Lynch Italian football may have been in the relative doldrums these past few seasons _ its five years since a Serie A club won the Champions League _ but the nation's top teams may now be ready to revitalise their challenge for European honours, says Roma coach Rudi Garcia.
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Real Madrid training at the MCG
Chris Johnston As soon as Real Madrid, the world's most valuable sports team, finished training at the MCG the players had a kick of the footy. This is Melbourne after all.