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Xavi saves Barca

Comments raju — February 29, 2008 / 12:40 am

Manu Fernandez (AP) A dramatic injury time goal by Xavi gave Barcelona a 1-1 draw at home to Valencia in their Spanish Cup semi-final first leg clash on Wednesday. Valencia had taken the lead through Spanish international striker David Villa 20 minutes from time. Barcelona too be fair had the majority of the chances - their opponents underfire [...]

Zanetti Rescues Inter

Comments raju — February 29, 2008 / 12:33 am

Giuseppe Cacace (AFP/Getty Images) Internazionale scored an 89th-minute equalizer to deny 10-man Roma a crucial victory on Wednesday to make a 1-1 draw and maintain their comfortable lead at the top of Serie A. Francesco Totti rediscovered his scoring touch to fire Roma into a 38th-minute lead and he looked to have blown the title race wide open until Javier Zanetti salvaged [...]

Juve are held in derby

Comments raju — February 28, 2008 / 1:12 am

Antonio Taccone (AFP/Getty Images) Juventus battle to take second place in Serie A suffered a fresh blow on Tuesday as they were held 0-0 in the Turin derby by Torino. Juventus - who lost 2-1 to lowly Reggina on Saturday - trail AS Roma by three points with the team from the capital due to take on [...]

Tragedy

Comments raju — February 26, 2008 / 1:07 am

Premier League action on Saturday was overshadowed by the broken leg suffered by Arsenal’s Eduardo. Premier League leaders Arsenal suffered a double blow at 10-man Birmingham City on Saturday, conceding a stoppage-time penalty in a 2-2 draw and striker Eduardo da Silva breaking his left leg. James McFadden equalised for Birmingham in the 95th minute after Theo [...]

Roma’s Chance

Comments raju — February 25, 2008 / 11:46 pm

(Giuseppe Cacace/AFP) (Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images) AS Roma get a chance if they are to stand any chance of wresting the Serie A title away from champions and leaders Inter Milan. Italy’s top two meet at the San Siro in midweek where a victory for the hosts would almost certainly fire them to a third straight title. The current [...]

Real’s Shock Defeat

Comments raju — February 25, 2008 / 10:48 pm

Paul White (AP) Getafe blew open the Primera Liga title race in Spain by upsetting Real Madrid 1-0 at the Bernabeu after Barcelona had thumped bottom club Levante 5-1 earlier on Sunday. Getafe showed great composure after Arjen Robben’s effort for Real Madrid was ruled offside midway through the second half. While Real’s players were distracted, broke away [...]

Four Germany, Three English

Comments raju — February 23, 2008 / 6:22 pm

John MacDougall (AFP/Getty Images) Bayern Munich led a quartet of German clubs into the last 16 of the UEFA Cup when the competition favourites thumped Aberdeen 5-1 on Thursday. Bundesliga leaders Bayern, who next play Anderlecht, went through 7-3 on aggregate after a one-sided contest at the Allianz Arena. They were joined in the second knockout round by [...]

Barcelona, Fenerbahce win; Milan and United draws

Comments raju — February 22, 2008 / 12:23 am

Lluis Gene (AFP/Getty Images) FC Barcelona rallied twice to beat Celtic 3-2 in the first leg of the second round of the Champions League on Wednesday, and defending champion AC Milan held Arsenal to a 0-0 draw. Lionel Messi scored two goals for Barcelona, with Thierry Henry adding the other in Glasgow. Manchester United needed a late goal [...]

Liverpool, Roma and Schalke win; Chelsea held to 0-0 draw

Comments raju — February 22, 2008 / 12:15 am

Paul Ellis (AFP/Getty Images) Liverpool scored twice in the final six minutes to defeat visiting Internazionale of Milan 2-0 Tuesday night in the second round of the European Champions League. AS Roma and Schalke also won first-leg matches at home.

MU Crush Arsenal

Comments raju — February 18, 2008 / 9:16 pm

Andrew Yates (AFP/Getty Images) The eagerly-awaited FA Cup fifth-round clash between England’s two top teams turned out to be a one-sided affair on Saturday as Manchester United thumped 10-man Arsenal 4-0 at Old Trafford. United were 3-0 up after 38 minutes through Wayne Rooney, Darren Fletcher and Nani as Arsenal’s injury-hit side looked badly off the pace [...]

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  • Nova Imoet — makin seru aj ni liga inggris,..
  • Nova Imoet — Roma emang tidak memiliki sejarah bagus dalam liga eropa
  • Nova Imoet — g sia2 Real MAdrid beli Ronaldo dengan harga tinggi
  • Nova Imoet — Ronaldo memang andalan
  • Nova Imoet — aku dukung MU... tahun ni tetep liga inggris minimal masuk final
  • Nova Imoet — ronaldo tidak tahu terima kasih.... udah dibesarkan MU malah milih hengkang gara2 uang...
  • andre — pasti masih tetap MU yang akan menjuarai liga inggris...
  • de budi — Dukungan buat terry akan tetap ada, sikap profesionalitasnya tergambarkan dalam setiap pertandingan yang dijalani. Jabatan kapten timnas inggris akan kembali ...
  • novel gunawan — yang membuat barcelona unggul adalah mental dan semangat juang tim yang pantang menyerah. jika di bandingkan dengan skill individu tim ...
  • novel gunawan — saya berharap tvri sebagai tv nasional mengambil alih hak siar liga inggris karena di gemari hampir seluruh penggemar sepak bola ...