Bayern Munich and Harry Kane head to Inter Milan on Wednesday night knowing that nothing but victory will be good enough to reach the semi-finals and keep alive their dream of playing in a home Uefa Champions League final.
Inter's 2-1 win in Munich last week puts the Italians in the driving seat to reach the last four for the second time in three years.
Despite a crippling injury list, Bayern had enough chances to win the first leg but failed to make their dominance show on the scoresheet. It has been a familiar story recently for the German giants - and in particular star striker Kane.
With 25 minutes gone, Kane hit the outside of the post from just five metres out with only Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer to beat. It was a shocking miss, and one he will dwell on if he cannot make up for it at San Siro.
In Saturday's 2-2 draw against rivals Borussia Dortmund, Vincent Kompany's men also failed to make a glut of chances count.
If the German giants are to reach the Champions League showpiece at their Allianz Arena home at the end of May, Kane and the forward line will need to find their lost killer instinct.
In their past two games, Bayern have scored three times from 46 shots on goal.
Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, centre-backs Dayot Upamecano and Hiroki Ito and wing-back Alphonso Davies will all miss the trip to Milan, hollowing out Bayern's defence. Midfield creator Jamal Musiala will also be absent.
Under-pressure central defender Kim Min-jae, who was hooked shortly after a mistake leading to Dortmund's first on Saturday, is still nursing an Achilles injury, but looks set to play on Wednesday.
Against Dortmund, Bayern finished with one fit centre-back on the field: English veteran Eric Dier. Given their defensive woes, the need to convert chances becomes even more important. It is a tall order.
Bayern and Kane had no trouble in the last 16 against Bayer Leverkusen, when the England captain scored three goals across the two-game tie.
The 31-year-old has 10 goals in 12 games this Champions League season but seems to have lost his touch at the vital time.
Kane told reporters on Saturday his side were "dominant" but "were a bit wasteful with our chances" against Dortmund, as they had been against Inter in Munich.
"We just have to be more clinical. On another day we would have got three or four against them (Inter). It gives us confidence because we know we can create chances against them," said Kane. "It's about being there in the right moments. We didn't quite have that in the past two games so hopefully we can turn that around on Wednesday."
Bayern are chasing the romance of winning the title on home soil and hoping to exorcise the ghosts of their 2012 final loss to Chelsea in Munich. Joshua Kimmich, often called upon to lead the side in Neuer's absence, said: "If we're a bit more efficient, the game can go our way. It's not like we need a miracle. We just need to win the game."
To reach the semi-finals, Bayern will need a two-goal win, or victory by one followed by a triumph on penalties. The Bavarians are not the first team this season to find it hard to score against Simone Inzaghi's men.
Thomas Muller's 85th-minute far-post tap-in last Tuesday was just the third goal Inter have conceded in 11 games this Champions League season.
After a 3-1 win over Cagliari on Saturday, Inzahgi said of Wednesday's return leg: "We've got to replicate our first-leg performance, playing with pace, aggression and organisation. We go into this clash with a lot of confidence, against one of the top three or four teams in the world."
Expo details
Expo 2020 Dubai will be the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia
The world fair will run for six months from October 20, 2020 to April 10, 2021.
It is expected to attract 25 million visits
Some 70 per cent visitors are projected to come from outside the UAE, the largest proportion of international visitors in the 167-year history of World Expos.
More than 30,000 volunteers are required for Expo 2020
The site covers a total of 4.38 sqkm, including a 2 sqkm gated area
It is located adjacent to Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai South
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The rules on fostering in the UAE
A foster couple or family must:
- be Muslim, Emirati and be residing in the UAE
- not be younger than 25 years old
- not have been convicted of offences or crimes involving moral turpitude
- be free of infectious diseases or psychological and mental disorders
- have the ability to support its members and the foster child financially
- undertake to treat and raise the child in a proper manner and take care of his or her health and well-being
- A single, divorced or widowed Muslim Emirati female, residing in the UAE may apply to foster a child if she is at least 30 years old and able to support the child financially
The smuggler
Eldarir had arrived at JFK in January 2020 with three suitcases, containing goods he valued at $300, when he was directed to a search area.
Officers found 41 gold artefacts among the bags, including amulets from a funerary set which prepared the deceased for the afterlife.
Also found was a cartouche of a Ptolemaic king on a relief that was originally part of a royal building or temple.
The largest single group of items found in Eldarir’s cases were 400 shabtis, or figurines.
Khouli conviction
Khouli smuggled items into the US by making false declarations to customs about the country of origin and value of the items.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he provided “false provenances which stated that [two] Egyptian antiquities were part of a collection assembled by Khouli's father in Israel in the 1960s” when in fact “Khouli acquired the Egyptian antiquities from other dealers”.
He was sentenced to one year of probation, six months of home confinement and 200 hours of community service in 2012 after admitting buying and smuggling Egyptian antiquities, including coffins, funerary boats and limestone figures.
For sale
A number of other items said to come from the collection of Ezeldeen Taha Eldarir are currently or recently for sale.
Their provenance is described in near identical terms as the British Museum shabti: bought from Salahaddin Sirmali, "authenticated and appraised" by Hossen Rashed, then imported to the US in 1948.
- An Egyptian Mummy mask dating from 700BC-30BC, is on offer for £11,807 ($15,275) online by a seller in Mexico
- A coffin lid dating back to 664BC-332BC was offered for sale by a Colorado-based art dealer, with a starting price of $65,000
- A shabti that was on sale through a Chicago-based coin dealer, dating from 1567BC-1085BC, is up for $1,950
