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Arsène Wenger 'optimistic' about keeping his young team together

• Arsenal manager does not foresee an exodus of players
• Nasri and Clichy are already talking about new contracts

• Paul Doyle
• guardian.co.uk, Sunday 24 April 2011 00.47 BST <li class="history">Article history
  
  Arsene Wenger believes his team will maintain their self-belief even if they do not win the title. Photograph: Tom Jenkins
  
  Arsène Wenger has been emphasising the need for mental strength virtually every week since this Premier League season began but it is perhaps not his title-chasing side that will require it most at Bolton Wanderers on Sunday.
  The state of mind of the hosts must have taken a battering during last week's 5-0 FA Cup semi-final defeat by Stoke and it will be no easy task for their manager, Owen Coyle, to rebuild it in time to thwart Arsenal. "It's down to belief," says Wenger, when asked to explain how a manager can fortify a team mentally. "If your belief is very low, your feeling is very low." Wenger insists that his own team's belief should be high because although their title challenge has faltered in recent weeks Arsenal have not been playing badly. "What we can get from our performances is the belief that we have the quality."
  Wenger is confident that his players will retain their self-belief even if they do not win the title, which is why he does not foresee an exodus of disenchanted players. The 'Cesc Fábregas to Barcelona' bandwagon continues to roll, and the contracts of Samir Nasri and Gaël Clichy expire in 12 months, meaning that unless Arsenal re-sign or sell them soon, they could leave for free. "We are talking to Nasri and his agent already and we have the same situation with Clichy. I am very optimistic," Wenger said.
  The manager insists that the Spanish press distorted Fábregas's views when claiming that the midfielder wanted Arsenal to change their youth-based philosophy to secure trophies, nevertheless the Frenchman feels it opportune to remind the players that it is not just the manager who determines whether trophies are won. "Nobody is asking them to wait. We can win straight away. The media talk like the players are not responsible for winning trophies. They are as responsible as I am, as the fans are. Why do you think we pay the players? A club, a football team, is a togetherness between the manager, the players, the club, the philosophy. It's very difficult to say that if you do not win I go."
  
  

 

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Arsène Wenger 'optimistic' about keeping his young team together

• Arsenal manager does not foresee an exodus of players
• Nasri and Clichy are already talking about new contracts

• Paul Doyle
• guardian.co.uk, Sunday 24 April 2011 00.47 BST <li class="history">Article history
  
  Arsene Wenger believes his team will maintain their self-belief even if they do not win the title. Photograph: Tom Jenkins
  
  Arsène Wenger has been emphasising the need for mental strength virtually every week since this Premier League season began but it is perhaps not his title-chasing side that will require it most at Bolton Wanderers on Sunday.
  The state of mind of the hosts must have taken a battering during last week's 5-0 FA Cup semi-final defeat by Stoke and it will be no easy task for their manager, Owen Coyle, to rebuild it in time to thwart Arsenal. "It's down to belief," says Wenger, when asked to explain how a manager can fortify a team mentally. "If your belief is very low, your feeling is very low." Wenger insists that his own team's belief should be high because although their title challenge has faltered in recent weeks Arsenal have not been playing badly. "What we can get from our performances is the belief that we have the quality."
  Wenger is confident that his players will retain their self-belief even if they do not win the title, which is why he does not foresee an exodus of disenchanted players. The 'Cesc Fábregas to Barcelona' bandwagon continues to roll, and the contracts of Samir Nasri and Gaël Clichy expire in 12 months, meaning that unless Arsenal re-sign or sell them soon, they could leave for free. "We are talking to Nasri and his agent already and we have the same situation with Clichy. I am very optimistic," Wenger said.
  The manager insists that the Spanish press distorted Fábregas's views when claiming that the midfielder wanted Arsenal to change their youth-based philosophy to secure trophies, nevertheless the Frenchman feels it opportune to remind the players that it is not just the manager who determines whether trophies are won. "Nobody is asking them to wait. We can win straight away. The media talk like the players are not responsible for winning trophies. They are as responsible as I am, as the fans are. Why do you think we pay the players? A club, a football team, is a togetherness between the manager, the players, the club, the philosophy. It's very difficult to say that if you do not win I go."

 

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Manchester United almost signed Raúl, says Sir Alex Ferguson

&#8226; Manager considered bringing Spanish striker to Old Trafford
&#8226; 'If we hadn't had Michael Owen I might well have signed him'

• Paul Wilson
• The Observer, Sunday 24 April 2011 <li class="history">Article history
  
  Manchester United held talks with Raúl's agent last summer. Photograph: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images
  
  Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Raúl González could have been on Manchester United's side in this week's semi-final, having held talks with the player's agent last summer. The all-time leading goalscorer in the Champions League finally opted to sign for Schalke when his illustrious Real Madrid career ended a year ago but Ferguson considered bringing him in despite his club's preference for signing younger players with a longer shelf-life.
  "We do prefer to sign young players as a rule but when you get an opportunity to sign experience like that you've got to have a look at it," Ferguson said. Raúl is 33 and has managed 18 goals in his first season in Germany, five of them in Europe, before yesterday's game against Kaiserslautern.
  "You can make exceptions for certain players, because experience is so valuable," Ferguson said. "We thought the same when we signed Michael Owen, who has been a terrific professional for us, and bringing in Raúl would have been similar to when we managed to get Henrik Larsson for a short time a few years ago. It was obvious his time at Real Madrid had come to an end, and he certainly wasn't too old to be effective, as he has been showing in Germany. We spoke to his agent about a possible move but we already had Javier Hernández by then and, with Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Owen available, we thought we could afford to let the chance pass. If we hadn't had Michael at the club at the time I might well have signed him."
  Raúl said yesterday there were "a couple of possibilities [from England] and United was one". "I love the footballing culture there, the respect for the game, the atmosphere, the intensity," he said. "I've been at Old Trafford, Arsenal, at Liverpool watching Fernando Morientes and it's special."
  A three-times Champions League winner with Real Madrid, Raúl boasts 71 goals in 142 Champions League appearances. "He's got loads of goals all over the place and I'm sure there's more in him," Ferguson said. "He deserves the Champions League record because he's out on his own. I just hope it still stands at 71 goals after the next two games."
  
  

 

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Schalke v Manchester United, Champions League semi-final first leg, 7.45pm Tuesday 26 April

Park Ji-sung has proved his worth on the European stage

The South Korean has become a vital part of Sir Alex Ferguson's plans in the Champions League

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• • Paul Wilson
  • The Observer, Sunday 24 April 2011 <li class="history">Article history
  
  Park Ji-sung is likely to play a crucial role for Manchester United against Schalke in the Champions League. Photograph: Nigel Roddis/Reuters
  
  The mystery of Park Ji-sung has largely been resolved this season. Previously it was difficult to work out Sir Alex Ferguson's persistence with a player whose first touch was so unreliable it was often said his second touch was a sliding tackle, though he has gradually become Manchester United's go-to man in Europe.
  Ferguson wants his players to perform in a slightly different way in the Champions League, with more emphasis on keeping possession and using the ball intelligently, and with more confidence the 30-year-old Park has come into his own. The player rather harshly left out of United's squad for the 2008 final in Moscow, after contributing fully to victories over Roma and Barcelona in the knockout rounds, is now one of the first names on European teamsheets.
  "He's got the discipline, intelligence and football knowledge you need in the biggest games," Ferguson says. "Discipline is so much more important in the Champions League, and you need a slightly different type of discipline in Europe. Last season, for instance, one of the things that cost us was Rafael da Silva getting sent off in the return leg against Bayern Munich. There were other things but that was the killer for us. The boy was only 19 and he got carried away by the occasion. That can happen but there are some players you can normally rely on to keep a cool head and Park Ji-sung is one of them.
  "When you pick teams for big games you need a core of discipline and he's one of the players who can give you that. And he's a fantastic professional. He moves and plays and moves again. That's the asset he's got. He doesn't watch what other players are doing with the ball, he gets himself into another position so he can be involved again. That's his value to us; he can be really important."
  Park can also score goals &#8211; it was his winner against Chelsea that confirmed United's passage to a Champions League semi-final against Schalke &#8211; and in fairness the South Korean's all-round game has improved immeasurably in the six years he has been at United. The then 21-year-old announced himself with a splendid goal for his country against Portugal in the 2002 World Cup and, after impressing Guus Hiddink so much the manager took him back to PSV Eindhoven, a possible move to Chelsea fell through only because Manchester United made their interest known in 2005. Hiddink was clearly working on Roman Abramovich's behalf behind the scenes and Park was initially torn between a move to his dream club and respect for a coach he still describes as the biggest influence on his career.
  "When I made up my mind for Manchester I felt I had betrayed Hiddink," Park says. "I knew he wanted me to go to Chelsea, so I found it difficult." If the story illustrates Park's ambition and strength of character, it also proves United were no slouches when it came to recognising talent and moving swiftly to make a capture. Not even Park's most ardent admirers would claim he was an instant success at Old Trafford but over the years he has proved well worth the modest outlay of £4m. "I wouldn't like to be without him," Ferguson says. "He is one of our most effective players and has been for a long time."
  Park may need to be effective in Gelsenkirchen on Tuesday, since United's record against German clubs in the Champions League is not a glorious one. Apart from the win they left rather late against Bayern Munich in 1999, Ferguson's team have made European exits at the hands of Bayern, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen. "It's not a great record but there were different circumstances each time and on a couple of occasions we were unlucky," Ferguson says. "You can always expect German teams to be good professionals and to be competitive, but we've gathered plenty of experience too over the years. I've seen Schalke, they are a good side and obviously they have Raúl at the moment, so we will have to be aware of the threat in the final third."
  Raúl apart, Ferguson can only be pleased with a semi-final draw that pits his side against the perceived underdogs of the final four and leaves Barcelona and Real Madrid to scrap it out so that only one Spanish giant can reach the final. "I don't want to sound complacent, we still need to get to the final ourselves, but I don't necessarily agree Barcelona are automatic favourites to win the other semi," he says. "Right from the time the draw was made I thought Real Madrid had a big chance. That 5-0 defeat in the league would have hurt them deeply, and the last couple of games have shown the gap between the sides is not really all that great. At a personal level I have no idea who is going to win out between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. They are both fantastic players yet quite different. My loyalty is with Ronaldo, though, as you might expect. He was an absolutely unbelievable player in the years he was at Manchester United."
  
  

 

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Schalke v Manchester United, Champions League semi-final first leg, 7.45pm Tuesday 26 April

Schalke coach learned his craft playing for non-League Southwick

&#8226; Ralf Rangnick played for a Sussex team in his youth
&#8226; He describes that period as 'totally inspirational'

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• • Simon Burnton
  • The Observer, Sunday 24 April 2011 <li class="history">Article history
  
  Ralf Rangnick played 11 times for non-League Southwick while studying at the University of Sussex. Photograph: Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images
  
  Ralf Rangnick's route to the top of the European game has been particularly wayward. Schalke's new manager has risen from such depths of obscurity that when he watches his team take on Manchester United on Tuesday he will surely become the first Champions League semi-final manager whose CV includes a stint coaching in Germany's ninth tier and a spell playing in England's.
  His English experience came 31 years ago when, as a 21-year-old, he was studying for a degree in English and physical education at Stuttgart University. As part of the course he spent a year at the University of Sussex in Brighton; soon after his arrival he sought a trial with the local non-League side Southwick.
  Gary Brown was a team&#8209;mate and remembers Rangnick as an energetic midfielder. "He came down, had a couple of training sessions, liked it and stayed," he says. "He was a really nice guy and worked extremely hard. When you're training two nights a week, you have to pack so much into those two nights and he really used to give everything he had. You couldn't wish for an easier bloke to work with, as a manager. He was always interested in what you wanted."
  Some 154 people watched as Rangnick made his debut against Steyning Town on 13 October 1979. "I think he found it a bit different when he first got here," says Brown. "In Germany they did proper warm-ups prior to kick-off but there was none of that in the UK: five minutes before kick-off the bell went and you lined up behind the captain and went out. I remember before his first game here he turned up a couple of hours before anyone else."
  In his third appearance, an FA Vase encounter against Eastbourne Town, Rangnick suffered a serious injury &#8211; two broken ribs and a punctured lung &#8211; that ruled him out for three months. "There was no intent from my opponent," he said, "but I couldn't play for four months." Rangnick made 11 appearances, all but two of them as a substitute. But he remembers his time in Sussex as "one of the best years of my life" and credits Southwick with aiding his subsequent success.
  "The most important thing for me was the amount of coaching we did on the pitch," the German says. "There was hardly a situation where we didn't spur each other on, doing some coaching among ourselves or motivating each other. That was totally inspirational for me and certainly moulded me."
  Brown was not surprised by the comments. "We had five ex-pros in the squad, including myself and my cousin Stan, so you're going to get that. And it wasn't all rollickings and bollockings, it was encouragement. We had a good mixture of old experienced professionals and young players and the blend was really good. The team spirit got us through quite a few dodgy games and I think that's what rubbed off on him."
  
  

 

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Team​

GP
Pts

1

Manchester United​

34
73

2

Chelsea​

34
67

3

Arsenal​

33
64

4

Manchester City​

32
56

5

Tottenham Hotspur​

33
55

6

Liverpool​

34
52

7

Everton​

34
47

8

Bolton Wanderers​

32
43

9

Newcastle​

34
41

10

Sunderland​

34
41

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Yellows

Reds


# 1 - D. Berbatov
# 1 - Nani
# 1 - D. Drogba
# 1 - C. Tiote
# 1 - 4 Players Tied

Games
29

Goals
21


Games
30

Assists
14


Games
33

Shots
129


Games
24

Yellows
12


Reds
2

#​

Name​

GP​

Goals​

#​

Name​

GP​

Assists​

#​

Name​

GP​

Shots​

#​

Name​

GP​

Yellows​

#​

Name​

GP​

Reds​

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1

D. Berbatov​

Man
29
21
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2

C. Tevez​

MCY
28
19
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3

D. Bent​

AST
12
15
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4

R. Van Persie​

ARS
20
14
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5(T)

A. Carroll​

LIV
5
13
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1

Nani​

Man
30
14
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2(T)

A. Arshavin​

ARS
32
11
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L. Baines​

EVE
34
11
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W. Rooney​

Man
24
11
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5

D. Drogba​

CHE
33
10
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1

D. Drogba​

CHE
33
129
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2

Nani​

Man
30
118
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3

H. Rodallega​

WIG
32
116
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4

C. Tevez​

MCY
28
104
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5

C. Dempsey​

FUL
33
101
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1

C. Tiote​

NCU
24
12
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2

C. Adam​

BLP
31
11
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3

K. Nolan​

NCU
28
10
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4(T)

C. Brunt​

WBA
32
9
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C. Clark​

AST
18
9
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1(T)

L. Cattermole​

SUN
22
2
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L. Koscielny​

ARS
27
2
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Y. Mulumbu​

WBA
30
2
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R. Shawcross​

STO
31
2
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5(T)

A. Alcaraz​

WIG
30
1
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Today's Games

Today's Games Week 1: 08/28/10 - 08/30/10 Week 2: 09/11/10 - 09/12/10 Week 3: 09/18/10 - 09/19/10 Week 4: 09/22/10 - 09/23/10 Week 5: 09/25/10 - 09/26/10 Week 6: 10/02/10 - 10/03/10 Week 7: 10/16/10 - 10/17/10 Week 8: 10/23/10 - 10/25/10 Week 9: 10/29/10 - 10/31/10 Week 10: 11/06/10 - 11/07/10 Week 11: 11/10/10 - 11/11/10 Week 12: 11/13/10 - 11/14/10 Week 13: 11/20/10 - 11/21/10 Week 14: 11/27/10 - 11/28/10 Week 15: 12/03/10 - 12/08/10 Week 16: 12/11/10 - 12/12/10 Week 17: 12/18/10 - 12/19/10 Week 18: 01/06/11 Week 19: 01/09/11 Week 20: 01/15/11 - 01/16/11 Week 21: 01/19/11 - 02/16/11 Week 22: 01/29/11 - 02/16/11 Week 27: 01/30/11 - 02/28/11 Week 23: 02/01/11 - 02/03/11 Week 24: 02/05/11 - 02/06/11 Week 25: 02/12/11 - 02/13/11 Week 26: 02/19/11 - 02/20/11 Week 28: 03/04/11 - 03/06/11 Week 29: 03/11/11 - 03/13/11 Week 30: 03/19/11 - 03/20/11 Week 31: 04/02/11 - 04/03/11 Week 32: 04/09/11 - 04/10/11 Week 33: 04/16/11 - 04/17/11 Week 34: 04/23/11 Week 35: 04/30/11 - 05/02/11 Week 36: 05/07/11 - 05/09/11 Week 37: 05/14/11 - 05/15/11 Week 38: 05/22/11​

Saturday, April 23, 2011​

Week 34​

Olimpico

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AS Roma​

1 : 0
Final

Chievo​

Match Stats | Match Trax

(4') Simone Perrotta
Goals

(90') Marco Cassetti
Cards Davide Mandelli (80')

(74') Matteo Brighi

Simone Perrotta

(80') Rodrigo Ferrante Taddei

Jeremy Menez

(86') Simone Loria

Juan

Substitutions Fernando Uribe (46')

Davide Moscardelli

Michele Marcolini (69')

Mariano Bogliacino

Pablo Granoche (82')

Kevin Constant

Sant Nicola

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Bari​

0 : 1
Final

Sampdoria​

Match Stats | Match Trax
Goals Nicola Pozzi (59')

(13') Emanuel Benito Rivas

(58') Erik Huseklepp

(85') Simone Bentivoglio
Cards Massimo Volta (22')

Nicola Pozzi (53')

Andrea Poli (90')

(46') Paul Codrea

Sergio Almiron

(49') Michele Rinaldi

Marco Rossi

(64') Jaime

Erik Huseklepp

Substitutions Federico Macheda (61')

Massimo Maccarone

Daniele Mannini (73')

Stefano Guberti

Fernando Damian Tissone (79')

Andrea Poli

Renato Dall'Ara

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Bologna​

0 : 2
Final

Cesena​

Match Stats | Match Trax
Goals Emanuele Giaccherini (48')

Dominic Malonga (84')

(1') Francesco Della Rocca

(30') Gaby Mudingayi
Cards Steve von Bergen (30')

Maurizio Lauro (33')

Giuseppe Colucci (41')

Maximilano Pellegrino (51')

(27') Federico Casarini

Antonio Buscé

(53') Gaston Ramirez

Diego Pérez

(78') Daniele Paponi

Gaby Mudingayi

Substitutions Dominic Malonga (71')

Luis Jiménez

Davide Santon (83')

Emanuele Giaccherini

Igor Budan (89')

Erjon Bogdani

Giuseppe Meazza

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Inter Milan​

2 : 1
Final

Lazio​

Match Stats | Match Trax

 

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Friuli

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Udinese​

0 : 2
Final

Parma​

Match Stats | Match Trax
Goals Amauri (13')

Amauri (90')

(21') Gokhan Inler

(21') Gokhan Inler

(27') Pablo Armero

(62') Alexis Sánchez

(76') Mehdi Benatia
Cards Francesco Valiani (28')

Cristian Zaccardo (64')

Alessandro Lucarelli (68')

Angelo (73')

(46') Almen Abdi

Andrea Coda

(58') Antonio Di Natale

German Gustavo Denis

(73') Bernardo Corradi

Alexis Sánchez

Substitutions Valeri Bojinov (64')

Sebastian Giovinco

Angelo (66')

Francesco Valiani

Daniele Galloppa (87')

Blerim Dzemaili

Luigi Ferraris

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Genoa​

4 : 2
Final

Lecce​

Match Stats | Match Trax

(10') Antonio Floro Flores

(42') Rodrigo Palacio

(54') Rodrigo Palacio

(62') Antonio Floro Flores
Goals David Di Michele (3')

David Di Michele (30')

(52') Rodrigo Palacio

(58') Omar Milanetto

(66') Dario Dainelli
Cards Ruben Olivera (51')

(64') Juraj Kucka

Abdoulay Konko

(70') Mauro Boselli

Antonio Floro Flores

(74') Emiliano Moretti

Domenico Criscito

Substitutions Daniele Corvia (55')

Jeda

Ignacio Piatti (65')

Giulio Donati

Manuel Coppola (72')

Guillermo Giacomazzi

Renzo Barbera

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Palermo​

2 : 1
Final

Napoli​

Match Stats | Match Trax

(38') Federico Balzaretti

(45') Cesare Bovo
Goals Edinson Cavani (2')

(2') Mattia Cassani

(14') Federico Balzaretti

(35') Antonio Nocerino

(90') Cesare Bovo
Cards Michele Pazienza (31')

Guiseppe Mascara (37')

(71') Pajtim Kasami

Josip Ilicic

(78') Afriyie Acquah

Armin Bacinovic

Substitutions Juan Camilo Zuniga (46')

Christian Maggio

Hassan Yebda (56')

Michele Pazienza

Cristiano Lucarelli (65')

Marek Hamsik

Sant'Elia

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Cagliari​

1 : 2
Final

Fiorentina​

Match Stats | Match Trax

 

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Mario Rigamonti

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Brescia​

0 : 1
Final

AC Milan​

Match Stats | Match Trax
Goals Robinho (82')

(34') Eder

(36') Adam Vass

(69') Gaetano Berardi

(90') Antonio Filippini
Cards Mark Van Bommel (30')

Ignazio Abate (66')

(54') Davide Baiocco

Adam Vass

(72') Antonio Filippini

Cristiano Zanetti

(73') Jonathas

Andrea Caracciolo

Substitutions Urby Emanuelson (70')

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Massimo Ambrosini (85')

Antonio Cassano

Olimpico di Torino

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Juventus​

2 : 2
Final

Catania​

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