1.   Potential will be assessed in other cases, though, against a team who will have millions of pounds worth of talent to spare on the substitutes bench.

2.   A temperamental player who does not like to sit on the substitutes bench, Asprilla has been growing tense relations with coach Nevio Scala.

3.   AC Milan has been a highly successful and high-spending club for several years and was also criticized for signing players only intended for the substitutes bench.

4.   Another Argentine veteran, striker Abel Balbo, will be on the substitutes bench along with flashy Colombian forward Faustino Asprilla.

5.   Del Piero is expected to sit on the substitutes bench.

6.   During last season, Baggio was often relegated to the substitutes bench by AC Milan coach Arrigo Sacchi, who will be replaced by Capello next season.

7.   He came off the substitutes bench at the start of the second half.

8.   It was his first goal for France in five appearances this year, all of them from the substitutes bench.

9.   Lazio initially kept its Chilean striker Marcelo Salas on the substitutes bench.

10.   Most of his disputes with coaches erupted after being relegated to the substitutes bench.