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The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger must have made a classic half-time team talk this weekend to
inspire the Gunners to come back from 2-0 against Aston Villa in the FA Cup. After the game, Wenger
was asked what he had said, but he replied that "What is said in the Dressing Room stays in the
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PARIS, France Lille moved to the brink of the Ligue 1 and French Cup double when a second-half
Gervinho goal secured a 1-0 league home win over Sochaux on Wednesday. The northeners, who were
last champions in 1954 and won the French Cup on Saturday, have 72 points with two games left and
lead [...]
BARCELONA, Spain — Real Madrid provisionally moved to within two points of league leader
Barcelona by beating Levante 2-0 on Saturday. Karim Benzema scored Madrid's sixth-minute opener
after a great individual effort from Angel Di Maria, and Ricardo Carvalho sealed the win four
minutes before halftime.
ROME, Italy - AS Roma coach Claudio Ranieri was left to fight off loud boos and speculation his
days at the club are numbered after an embarrassing 3-2 home defeat by Champions League knockout
round debutants Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday. Three Serie A games without a win and the club being
up for sale had [.
LONDON, England Arsenal struck two late goals to snatch an unlikely 2-1 win over Barcelona in the
first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash at The Emirates on Wednesday. Barcelona dominated
possession with wonderful passing, working tirelessly to harass the home side in their short spells
on the ball, and deservedly led through [.
PARIS, France Former France coach Raymond Domenech has broken his silence over the World Cup
debacle, labeling the players "stupid brats" for going on strike at a training session to make "a
laughing stock" of their country. Domenech's bitter six-year tenure as France coach ended after
last year's World Cup in South Africa and [.
BOLTON, United Kingdom — Daniel Sturridge kept up his impressive scoring record for Bolton to
inspire a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Everton in the Premier League on Sunday. The England
under-21 forward scored for the third straight match since joining on loan from Chelsea on transfer
deadline day, smashing home a swerving finish in the [.
BARCELONA, Spain — Karim Benzema led Real Madrid to a 1-0 win at Sevilla before Barcelona rolled
over Almeria 5-0 in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. Benzema, the much-questioned
France striker, answered his critics with a valuable away goal in the 17th minute of the first-leg
match at Sanchez Pizjuan stadium.
LONDON, England – Ten-man Manchester United returned to the top of the Premier League Sunday
after holding Tottenham to a 0-0 draw in a match that failed to live up to expectations. United's
hard-earned point saw them reclaim top spot from Manchester City on goal difference, although Sir
Alex Ferguson's unbeaten side have two games [.
MADRID, Spain Hercules routed visiting Atletico Madrid 4-1 with four first-half goals to close the
18th round of the Spanish league on Monday. Jorge "Tote" Lopez, Nelson Valdez, Olivier Thombert and
David Trezeguet all scored before halftime as a toothless Atletico seemingly had its sights set on
Thursday's Copa del Rey match against Real [.
