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Serie A - Juve peg back Inter with late goal

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:45:00 +0000

Ten-man Juventus snatched an unlikely point in a 1-1 draw with Serie A leaders Internazionale thanks to Zdenek Grygera's injury time equaliser in Turin.
Mario Balotelli's 64th minute opener had looked like sending Inter 13 points clear at the top of the table, especially after Juve were reduced to 10 men following the dismissal of Tiago on 76 minutes.
But Grygera pounced in the first minute of time added on to peg back Inter, although the champions remain 10 points ahead and well on course to claim a fourth straight Scudetto.
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Liga: Los Más y los Menos del Athletic-Deportivo

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:35:00 +0000

ATHLETIC
Toquero: Voluntarioso. El delantero fue un incordio para la zaga del Deportivo de la Coruña. Apareció con insistencia en el área gallega y puso a prueba con asiduidad los guantes de Aranzubia, aunque le faltó acierto cara a gol. Calificación: 7
Orbaiz: Buen trabajo. El centrocampista mantuvo unido al Athletic de Bilbao y los altos niveles de adrenalina con los que suele actuar el conjunto de Joaquín Caparrós. Orbaiz se encargó del trabajo sucio para que sus compañeros pudieran atacar en constantes oleadas. Calificación: 7 .goal.com/es

Player Ratings: Getafe 0-1 Barcelona

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:13:00 +0000

Barcelona dominated for most of the match against Getafe and Goal.com rates the players on show in the Spanish capital this evening.
GETAFE
Stojkovic 7.5 - Followed up his superb performance against Sevilla last week with another incredible display against Barcelona this evening and he was the reason that Getafe only lost this game by one goal
Cortes 5.0 - Got beaten by the Barcelona front men on plenty of occasions and very fortunate to not be booked earlier than he was..goal.com/en-us/

Brown not worrying yet

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:22:00 +0000

Phil Brown refused to admit there is a crisis at Hull after they slumped to another defeat against relegation rivals Sunderland.
Djibril Cisse scored the only goal of the game just before half-time, extending Hull's miserable run in the league to one win in .skysports.com

Stoke 1-0 Blackburn

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:12:00 +0000

Stoke took a huge step towards securing their Premier League status as they deservedly overcame Blackburn thanks to Liam Lawrence's second-half goal.
Tony Pulis' side had created the pick of the chances before Lawrence latched on to a header from James Beattie and fired home at the Britannia Stadium. .bbc.co.uk

Portsmouth 1 - 0 Bolton Wanderers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:07:00 +0000

Portsmouth dramatically grabbed a massive three points in their Premier League survival bid as substitute Kanu got the solitary goal in their clash with Bolton at Fratton Park.
The former Arsenal player got the final touch on fellow substitute Nadir Belhadj's inswinging corner in the 78th minute to secure victory /soccernet.espn.go.com/

Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Fulham

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:03:00 +0000

Former Middlesbrough goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer dealt his old club's survival hopes a major blow with a superb save to deny Tuncay Sanli a priceless winner.
Schwarzer, who made 446 appearances in more than 11 years at the Riverside Stadium, kept out the Turkey international's goalbound 47th-minute header as Fulham denied the relegation-haunted Teessiders a second successive Premier League win.soccernet.espn.go.com/

Diego Tristan steals point for West Ham

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:32:00 +0000

Having had to forsake their claret and blue for all white, they led through Emile Heskey's early goal only for a late equaliser by West Ham's Diego Tristan to extend their run without a Premier League win to eight matches.
Gianfranco Zola, the West Ham manager, hailed the point secured by the 33-year-old Spaniard's opportunism as “well deserved”. .telegraph.co.uk

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:21:00 +0000

Udinese Eliminated By Werder Bremen After Six-Goal Thriller
The Italians dominated the match from the start and grabbed a deserved 3-1 lead at half-time. Werder fought back though and scored twice after the break to make it 3-3 after 90 minutes.
TEAM NEWS
The Italians started the match with three attackers in order to bounce back from last week’s defeat. Udinese’s head coach relied on the attacking triumvirate of Fabio Quagliarella, Alexis Sanchez and Antonio Floro Flores to do the damage up front.goal.com

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:14:00 +0000

Brave City exit Uefa Cup
Manchester City were knocked out of the Uefa Cup after they could only muster a 2-1 win in their quarter-final second leg against Hamburg to lose 4-3 on aggregate.
City's European adventure came to a devastating end at Eastlands just when it looked as though they had their German opponents on the ropes.
After a 3-1 first-leg defeat a week ago Mark Hughes' men knew exactly what they had to do and they began the game in bullish mood..skysports.com

Shakhtar secure Euro progress

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:59:00 +0000

Shakhtar Donetsk eased their way into the last four of the Uefa Cup with a 2-1 win against Marseille.
Holding a 2-0 lead heading into the second leg the Ukrainian outfit never looked like allowing that advantage to slip.
They were forced to soak up some early pressure at Stade Velodrome but went ahead just before the half-hour mark through Fernandinho./www.skysports.com/

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Dynamo Kiev 3 - 0 Paris Saint-Germain
Dynamo Kiev benefited from two goalkeeping gaffes by Mickael Landreau to ease past Paris St Germain 3-0 and qualify for the UEFA Cup semi-finals.
The tie was well-poised after last week's goalless first leg at the Parc des Princes but PSG were no match for Dynamo seven days on - although the French side were not helped by a couple of costly clangers by Landreau.soccernet.espn.go.com

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:21:00 +0000

Arsenal cannot afford to sit back against Villarreal, says Tom Dart
Arsenal need only a scoreless draw to qualify. Is there a danger they will be caught in two minds tonight?
Arsene Wenger will impress on his team the need to attack and not get caught out playing for a 0-0, which is what happened when they played Villarreal three years ago. Arsenal were almost taken to extra time by a last-minute penalty in that game, which fortunately for them was missed. I hope they have learned their lesson.
As we saw last night, no matter what the manager might say beforehand, if a side doesn't need to win, their instinct is to be cautious. That could be very dangerous for Arsenal. With their defensive problems, they are not set up to play for a goalless draw. .timesonline.co.uk

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:55:00 +0000

(CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo's sixth-minute strike saw holders Manchester United become the first English team to win in Porto, reaching the semifinals of the Champions League 3-2 on aggregate in the process
The European Player of the Year fired a spectacular 35-yard strike into the top corner as United remained on course to become the first team to retain the Champions League -- and will now face Premier League rivals Arsenal for a place in the final in Rome.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:45:00 +0000

Barcelona Play Next Is Not Important
The anticipation among the media and supporters about Barcelona's Champions League semi-final meeting with Chelsea maybe high, however, the players are unconcerned by the hype.
Samuel Eto'o and Dani Alves were never concerned about whether Barcelona played Chelsea or Liverpool in the semi-final of the Champions League because they saw either as an obstacle to winning the trophy.
While the Blues won through after a dramatic encounter with the Reds on Tuesday evening, the Blaugrana completed the task of progressing against Bayern Munich in Germany..goal.com/

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:09:00 +0000

Chelsea 4-4 Liverpool (agg: 7-5)
Chelsea survived a huge scare before drawing one of the most entertaining Champions League games of recent times to seal a 7-5 aggregate win over Liverpool and book a semi-final against Barcelona.
Guus Hiddink's team led 3-1 after the first leg at Anfield but Fabio Aurelio's free-kick after an awful misjudgement from Petr Cech and Xabi Alonso's penalty put Liverpool in control at the break. .bbc.co.uk

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:22:00 +0000

Real Madrid bleibt im Titelrennen weiterhin scharfer Verfolger des FC Barcelona. Die „Königlichen“ wurden am Sonntagnachmittag ihrer Favoritenrolle gegen Real Valladolid gerecht und feierten im Bernabeu einen 2:0-Sieg.
(thb) Madrid. Der FC Barcelona hatte am Samstag ein 2:0 gegen Recreativo Huelva vorgelegt (Zum Spielbericht) und auch Real Madrid freute sich am 30. Spieltag der Primera Division über drei Punkte, denn die Ramos-Elf siegte gegen Real Valladolid mit 2:0.
Glanzlose Partie
Die Zuschauer im Bernabeu sahen zwar einen Sieg ihres Teams, aber wahrlich keine Glanzleistung. Die beiden Treffer durch Raul (44.) und Arjen Robben (82.) zählten zu den wenigen Highlights der Partie.
Valladolid machte mit einem genauen Kurpassspiel und vielen Kombinationen auswärts zwar eine gute Figur, unterm Strich hatte Madrid die Partie aber stets in der Hand.
Beeindruckende Erfolgsserie
In den letzten 15 Liga-Partien hat der spanische Rekordmeister kein einziges Mal verloren, eine starke Verfolgungsjagd der „Blancos goal.com

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:02:00 +0000

BERLIN, April 12 (Reuters) - A stoppage-time goal by striker Mario Gomez gave hosts VfB Stuttgart a 1-0 win against Hamburg SV on Sunday and boosted their hopes for a European spot.
The defeat left Hamburg in third place, level on 51 points with second-placed Bayern Munich who beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 on Saturday. Stuttgart moved to within a point of fourth-placed Hertha Berlin who are on 49 points.
The top two teams qualify for the Champions League, the third plays Champions League qualifiers while the fourth and fifth-placed teams qualify for what will next year be known as the Europa League.
VfL Wolfsburg top the standings with 54 points after defeating lowly Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-1 on Saturday. reuters.com/

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:41:00 +0000

Fulham pounce on Robinho-less Manchester City
Mark Hughes defended his decision to rest a weary Robinho as the fatigue factor and Fulham conspired to increase the pressure on the Manchester City manager.
wo second-half goals from Clint Dempsey, either side of Dickson Etuhu’s long-range strike, overturned Stephen Ireland’s first-half goal and consigned City to a fifth defeat in six games.
Robinho’s relegation to the substitutes’ bench and City’s dismal performance prompted chants of displeasure from sections of the home supporters, but with the club’s season now seemingly resting the outcome of Thursday’s Uefa Cup second-leg at home to Hamburg, who City trail 3-1, Hughes insisted that he had no option but to gamble on his team selection against Roy Hodgson’s team.telegraph.co.uk

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:15:00 +0000

ROME, April 11 (Reuters) - Mourning for the victims of Monday's earthquake in the Italian region of Abruzzo did not stop tempers flaring in Serie A's first day since the disaster on Saturday.
Cagliari said one of their players was hit in the tunnel after their 2-1 defeat at Fiorentina, while the derby between AS Roma and Lazio was marred by incidents inside and outside the stadium.
"We have a player, (Diego) Lopez, who is hurt so he must have taken a punch from someone," Cagliari boss Massimiliano Allegri was quoted as saying by the ANSA news agency.
"There was a bit of commotion in the tunnel and it seems like there was an attack."
Three players were sent off in the second half of the Rome derby, which Lazio won 4-2, while Roma coach Luciano Spalletti and Lazio team manager Igli Tare were also red-carded because of a heated exchange at halftime.
Spalletti, who was angry about the opening goal coming from a corner wrongly awarded to Lazio and a turned-down penalty shout, and Tare continued the row on television after the game.
Police used tear gas to separate fans of the rival Roman teams while one supporter suffered minor injuries in a clash after the game, newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport reported on its website (www.gazzetta.it).
There had been calls in the media for Serie A to be on its best behaviour as a mark of respect following the earthquake and the day started positively in this regard.
A minute's silence was observed at the start of the games, with the receipts from some going to disaster funds, the players wore black armbands and there were messages of solidarity at the grounds.
Several footballers and coaches said this week that it would have been better to have postponed this weekend's Serie A programme.
The Serie B matches due to be played on Friday, when a mass state funeral was held on a national day of mourning, were postponed.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:33:00 +0000

Marassi, lo stadio degli errori tecnici
GENOVA, 11 aprile - Marassi stregato per gli arbitri: a poche settimane di distanza, infatti, si ripete un'ipotesi di errore tecnico da parte del direttore di gara. In Sampdoria-Roma del 15 marzo a sbagliare in maniera plateale fu Rosetti, che dovendo ammonire (tra l'altro per la seconda volta) il blucerchiato Padalino attribuì invece il cartellino giallo a Lucchini, con coda di polemiche ma senza effetti concreti. Questa sera in Genoa-Juventus è stato Gianluca Rocchi a commettere uno sbaglio evidente e facilmente dimostrabile, come evidenziato dall'audio-video di Sky, fischiando qualche istante prima che Thiago Motta portasse in vantaggio i rossoblù (a quel punto il gioco era interrotto, ogni possibilità di concessione di regola del vantaggio era saltata) e concedendo comunque il gol. Il regolamento prevede una sola possibilità di ripetere la gara per errore tecnico dell'arbitro: l'ammissione da parte dello stesso direttore di gara dello sbaglio all'interno del rapporto di gara, il cosiddetto referto. Anche se il reclamo della Juventus entro le 24 ore dalla fine della gara può imporre a Rocchi un supplemento di referto convisione e ascolto della cassetta video del match.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:25:00 +0000

Super Torino, Catania ko 2-1. Inter bloccata sul 2-2
TORINO, 11 aprile - Un'Inter stanca e soprattutto distratta pareggia 2-2 con il Palermo e sale a +10 sulla Juventus, impegnata questa sera contro il Genoa. In vantaggio di due reti a fine primo tempo (Balotelli e Ibrahimovic), i nerazzurri si fanno rimontare nel finale dai gol di Cavani e Succi. La squadra di Ranieri dovrà assolutamente vincere se vuole mantenere qualche speranza di agganciare i nerazzurri in testa alla classifica.
SUPER TORO - Al suo esordio davanti al pubblico amico, Camolese batte 2-1 il Catania grazie alle reti di Bianchi e Natali. La contemporanea sconfitta del Bologna, battuto 4-1 dal Siena, permette ai granata di salire al quart'ultimo posto.
DERBY ALLA LAZIO - La Roma crolla 4-2 sotto i colpi di Pandev, Zarate, Lichtsteiner e Kolarov. Giallorossi in difficoltà fin dall'inizio, espulsi Panucci, Mexes, Matuzalem, Spalletti e Tare.
MILAN E FIORENTINA OK - Grazie ad un gol di Seedorf in apertura di secondo tempo, il Milan passa a Verona contro il Chievo. Ancelotti espulso. Bene anche la Fiorentina, che supera 2-1 il Cagliari con i gol di Pasqual e Vargas.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:01:00 +0000

Atalanta
1-2 Fiorentina
FIRENZE, 11 aprile - Lopez aggredito da alcuni giocatori viola. Il "confronto" poco amichevole sarebbe avvenuto subito dopo la fine di Fiorentina-Cagliari, nel tunnel che porta le squadre negli spogliatoi: «C'era una gran confusione - ha detto a Sky l'allenatore dei toscani, Cesare Prandelli - ma non ho visto niente. Non posso parlare di una cosa che non ho visto».
«SIAMO STATI AGGREDITI» - «Sono uscito subito dopo la partita e mentre salivo le scale - la ricostruzione del tecnico dei rossoblù, Allegri - ho sentito un po' di parapiglia. Non so cosa sia successo, ma in ogni caso non è stata una cosa carina. Se i miei giocatori sono stati aggrediti? Credo di sì. Ho un giocatore spaccato (Lopez, ndr), un pugno lo ha preso sicuramente. La sfortuna è che a Firenze, per arrivare negli spogliatoi, ci vogliono dieci minuti»

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:35:00 +0000

Manchester United fans weren't the only ones celebrating Federico Macheda's injury-time winner on Sunday - an Arsenal supporter was jumping for joy too. Ian Harris from Borehamwood won £33,530 on The New Football Pools' Footy 15 game last weekend thanks to Macheda's dramatic winner.
Mr Harris had correctly predicted the results of all 14 games in Footy 15 by kick-off time on Sunday and just needed United to see off Villa to complete the full 15. After Gabriel Agbonlahor headed the visitors ahead midway through the second half, things were looking bleak, but Cristiano Ronaldo's equaliser and Macheda's stunning strike made him over £33,000 richer.

Mr Harris told The New Football Pools: "When the results came through and I realised I had won, I couldn't believe it. I had no idea of the amount so didn't mention it to my wife till it had all been confirmed.

"I can't wait to tell her we have won £33,530, she will be delighted and having a 15-month old baby this will come in very handy. I am a football fan and hold a season ticket for Arsenal.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:31:00 +0000

Federico Macheda did it again for Manchester United, who continue to be pursued by Liverpool and Chelsea in the race for the Premier League title.
The headline-grabbing Macheda nabbed the winner at Sunderland for United, who had briefly been usurped at the top of the table after Liverpool thrashed Blackburn Rovers at lunchtime.
Chelsea are also still in the hunt, but nearly threw away a four-goal lead at home to Bolton Wanderers, while Arsenal rallied to beat Wigan Athletic.
Alan Shearer gained his first point as Newcastle United manager, but his side remain in the relegation zone after a 1-1 draw at Stoke City.