AMSTERDAM – The lone American scorer in Europe on Saturday was Rizespor sub Freddy Adu , but it was not enough as the visitors surrendered all hope of automatic promotion and slipped out of the playoff zone with a 2-1 loss at Adanaspor.
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American Exports recap: Adu scores in loss
Cesena coach Massimo Ficcadenti is hoping to put his side’s dramatic 2-1 defeat to Serie A champions Inter behind him as quickly as possible.
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Cesena’s Massimo Ficcadenti wants to forget painful defeat to Inter
Sergio Aguero popped up with the winner in the 80th minute to condemn 10 man Deportivo to a home defeat and help Atleti push on for a Europa League spot.
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Deportivo La Coruna 0-1 Atletico Madrid: Kun Aguero’s late goal keeps Mattress men in the race for Europa League …
Relegated with Reading. Relegated with Hull City. Second from bottom with four games left with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Stephen Hunt is in danger of becoming an expert in plummeting out of the Premier League. “Not so much a relegation expert,” says the Ireland midfielderwith a self-mocking laugh, “more a relegation disaster.”
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Relegated twice but you can’t keep Hunt down
With Wolverhampton Wanderers battling against relegation, who better to talk to than Stephen Hunt?
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Birmingham City v Wolverhampton Wanderers: Stephen Hunt desperate to avoid his relegation disaster tag
The win leaves Napoli in third place, six points behind leaders AC Milan, who play tomorrow at home against Bolonga, and according to La Gazzetta Dello Sport , Mazzarri believes that the three points were vital in their chase for the Serie A title.
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Napoli’s Walter Mazzarri delighted with victory over Genoa
Chelsea FC’s win this weekend places enormous pressure on Manchester United, three points ahead with a game in hand – and one of these against Chelsea’s London rivals, Arsenal. The English Premiership is set to go to the wire. What are the deals under way for this Summer?
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Man. United under pressure
Harry Redknapp refused to blame the match officials for allowing Frank Lampard’s controversial goal at Stamford Bridge but said “anybody with any sense” understands that goal-line technology should be introduced.
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Tottenham’s Harry Redknapp insists goal-line technology must enter football after Chelsea controversy
The Serie A title race is still alive after FC Internazionale Milano striker Giampaolo Pazzini scored twice in added time to sink AC Cesena, while SSC Napoli also kept in touch with a narrow win.
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Pazzini stuns Cesena with late double
Jose Mourinho has accepted the blame for Real Madrid’s shock 3-2 defeat at home to Real Zaragoza, citing a lack of motivation in the first half as the reason for his side’s second crushing loss this week.
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Mourinho: Zaragoza defeat was my fault
Bayern Munich interim coach Andries Jonker was pleased after the Bavarians recorded a commanding 4-1 victory over Champions League semi-finalists Schalke in the Allianz Arena.
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Bayern Munich’s Andries Jonker pleased with victory over Schalke
Manchester United make a move for Udinese winger Alexis Sanchez as Roberto Mancini says Carlos Tévez could quit.
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson hijacks £26m Man City deal for Udinese winger Alexis Sanchez
Sergio Aguero struck in the 80 th minute to grab all three points for Atletico Madrid for a narrow 1-0 win. Despite having dominated for long spells Los Indios could not get the goal their play deserved.
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Deportivo La Coruna 0-1 Atletico Madrid: Kun Aguero nets late winner for Los Colchoneros
The laboratory, a first in Romania, is equipped with automated equipment that rules human error out.
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Cesena, Italy (Sports Network) – Giampaolo Pazzini scored twice in stoppage time as Inter Milan defeated Cesena, 2-1, at the Stadio D. Manuzzi to keep its slim title hopes alive in Italy’s Serie A.
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Pazzini’s stoppage-time goals help Inter top Cesena
Inter Milan came from a goal down to beat Cesena 2-1 on Saturday, keeping the Serie A title race alive until the next round of fixtures.
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Serie A wrap: Inter, Napoli steal late victories
UEFA Champions League semi-finalists FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF both lost, the former to Real Sociedad de Fútbol after the Merengues were beaten by Real Zaragoza.
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Barcelona and Madrid suffer surprise setbacks
Barcelona lost 2-1 at Real Sociedad but maintained its eight-point lead in Spanish soccer’s Primera Liga as Real Madrid was beaten 3-2 by Real Zaragoza.
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Real Sociedad Defeats Barcelona 2-1 in Spain; Real Madrid Loses
Giampaolo Pazzini scored twice in injury time for Inter Milan to rally past Cesena 2-1 on Saturday and delay city rival AC Milan in its bid for the Serie A title. Igor Budan put Cesena in front in the 56th minute before Pazzini scored in the first and fifth minutes of added time — first with a volley following a long cross from Samuel Eto’o, then with a leaping header following a cross from…
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Inter win delays AC Milan’s title bid
Real Sociedad came from behind to upset Barcelona 2-1 in a fiery game at the San Sebastian, denying the Catalans the chance to go 11 points clear at the top of the table.
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Real Sociedad 2-1 Barcelona: Guardiola’s men stunned as Basques come from behind to win
Inter Milan did all they could to keep the pressure up on Serie A leaders AC Milan as they beat lowly Cesena 2-1. But they left it very late.
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Pazzini late show keeps Inter in touch
Giampaolo Pazzini scored two injury-time goals to earn Inter Milan a 2-1 victory at Cesena and a Serie A title reprieve on Saturday.
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Last-gasp Pazzini keeps Inter title hopes alive
The hosts showed a lot of determination to overturn a one-goal deficit and defeat the Spanish champions.
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Real Sociedad 2-1 Barcelona: Martin Lasarte’s men come from behind to stun Catalans
Substitute Salomon Kalou struck a minute from time to give Chelsea a controversial 2-1 win over Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.
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Football: Chelsea 2 : Tottenham 1
Simon Davies scored a double as Sunderland slumped to a 3-0 defeat to Fulham at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
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Football: Sunderland 0 : Fulham 3
Baggies boss Roy Hodgson is looking to bring long-term stability to the Hawthorns after guiding the club to the brink of Premier League safety.
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Hodgson hails West Brom survival
ROME (AP) — Leading scorers Saturday in the Serie A (penalties in parentheses): Edinson Cavani, Napoli, 26 (3) Antonio Di Natale, Udinese, 26 (5) Samuel Eto’o, Inter Milan, 20 (5) Marco Di Vaio, Bologna, 19 (1) Alessandro Matri, Cagliari-Juventus, 18 (1) Giampaolo Pazzini, Sampdoria-Inter Milan, 14 (2) Zlatan Ibrahimovic, AC Milan, 14 (3) Alexandre Pato, AC Milan, 14 Robinho, AC Milan, 12 …
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Real Sociedad continued to play Barcelona strong in the second half. Instead of the dominant possession we saw in the first half, Sociedad was able to keep the ball away from Barca and generate some legitimate chances. One opportunity early the half, forced a sliding clearance by Dani Alves that narrowly missed being an equalizing own goal. The more Sociedad looked for a goal however, the more …
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Youssouf Mulumbu was the hero with a late goal as West Brom ended their 26-year wait for victory over Aston Villa with a 2-1 win.
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West Brom 2 : Aston Villa 1
After a convincing 3-0 win over an injury-hit Sunderland side leaves Fulham in ninth place, manager Mark Hughes is optimistic of finishing the season in the top half of the table.
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Hughes targets top-10 finish
