by Martin Stirling December 12, 2007 GLASGOW (AFP) – Lyon avenged their first leg humiliation at the hands of Rangers by beating the Scots 3-0 here at Ibrox Wednesday to clinch a place in the last 16 of the Champions League. A late double for Karim Benzema, adding to Sidney Govou’s early opener, secured second
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by Steve Griffiths December 12, 2007 LONDON (AFP) – Arsenal were forced to settle for second place in Champions League Group H despite finishing with a 2-1 win against Steaua Bucharest on Wednesday. Arsene Wenger sent out an under-strength side at the Emirates Stadium but they were still too good for the Romanians. First half
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Wednesday December 12, 2007 Andy Hunter at the Stade Vélodrome, The Guardian Rafael BenÃtez will leave his meeting with the club owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks with a lavish new contract should he make as light of their dispute as Liverpool did their Champions League predicament here last night. So supreme and serene were
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by Phil Minshull December 11, 2007 MADRID (AFP) – First half goals from Julio Baptista, Raul Gonzalez and Robinho secured the top spot for Real Madrid in the European Champions League Group C with an emphatic 3-1 win over Lazio here on Tuesday. “I’d seen that Lazio were not the typical Italian side with a
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Wednesday December 12, 2007 David Hytner at Stamford Bridge, The Guardian Avram Grant pronounced himself satisfied enough at Chelsea’s unbeaten march into the knockout stage yet he could not help but lament their profligacy against off-colour opponents from Valencia. In the absence of the injured Didier Drogba, who Grant hopes may yet return towards the
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By Alastair Himmer 12/10/2007 TOYOTA, Japan (AFP) – Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds repeated their excellent performance at the continental final by beating Iran’s Sepahan 3-1 on Monday to set up a match against AC Milan in the Club World Cup semi-finals. “I’m very pleased with our team’s performance. I think we showed some good football.
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12/9/2007 fifa.com The second quarter-final at the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007 reunites Sepahan and Urawa Red Diamonds at the Toyota Stadium, just a month after they locked horns in the Asian Champions League final. The Japanese team won on that occasion to lift the continental title, but the stakes will be very different
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by Phil Seery December 9, 2007 MADRID (AFP) – Barcelona showed real character to stay within four points of leaders Real Madrid with a 2-1 win over struggling Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday maintaining their flawless home record. Cristian put Deportivo ahead after just two minutes to stun the home crowd but a 40th minute
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