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Home , Christian Panucci, Christophe Rochus, Cristian Chivu, Diego Milito, Niclas Fasth, Ricardo Carvalho

CHINA DAILY SPORTS MONDAY APRIL 9, 200711 Mourinho baits Ferguson over fi xtures row Inter’s Chelsea get 1-0 win over Spurs, streak who had played 36 hours earlier snapped LONDON: Jose Mourinho saw Robinson when the SOCCER Chelsea keep up the pressure goalkeeper saved well from on Premiership leaders Man- Carvalho. : Inter ’s 11-match chester United but could not Apart from that, only a winning run away from home resist responding to Sir Alex deflected came to a halt at Reggina on Sat- Ferguson’s claim that his side free-kick gave the Tottenham urday when ’s are now controlling the fi xture defence anything to think about Italian league leaders could schedule. before the interval. only manage a 0-0 draw. The United manager was an- The early stages of the sec- Unbeaten Inter’s amazing re- gry that Chelsea were allowed ond half did, however, suggest cord – 25 wins and fi ve draws to face Tottenham less than that the contest would become in the league this season – has 48 hours after Martin Jol’s interesting. Referee Rob Styles meant a draw is seen as a fail- team had played out a taxing failed to award a penalty in the ure but they no doubt found UEFA Cup quarterfi nal fi rst leg 48th minute when solace in their 18-point lead clash in Spain against holders was pushed by Pascal Chim- with eight matches to go. Sevilla. bonda. Second-placed AS Roma Ferguson’s fears that Totten- In the 52nd minute Chelsea gained some ground with their ham would be under-strength fi nally broke the deadlock when 2-0 victory against Catania were confi rmed when Dimitar Carvalho took a pass from Jon and third-placed Lazio also Berbatov, Robbie Keane and Obi Mikel, before advancing clamied three points in a 1- Didier Zokora were rested for five yards and unleashing a 0 home win against Messina the game at Stamford Bridge, low shot from 35-yards which but they are still 25 points which Chelsea won 1-0 thanks fl ew past Robinson and into the behind Inter. to ’s second bottom left corner. The fall-out from the Ital- half strike. It was another moment to ian match-fi xing scandal saw Mourinho, whose side were forget for the England - Juventus stripped of the 2005- fairly comfortable despite the keeper, who will claim he was 06 title, while second-placed narrow scoreline, met Fergu- left unsighted by his static AC Milan were deducted 30 son’s criticism with a hint of defence. points. sarcasm. “In the first half we were However with first-choice “At this moment we have the better side but Tot- players , Brazil- done our job. We had a chance tenham were better after ian Maxwell, Dejan Stankovic to close the gap by playing be- half-time. We needed Petr and Zlatan Ibrahimovic miss- fore United, but we control the Cech to save us. They have ing and Reggina fighting fixtures, of course. Imagine massive players and they Chelsea’s (right) and Frank Lampard (center) challenge Tottenham Hotspur’s Adel Taarabt during their English relegation, there was no shame what it would be like if we did are a threat from set-pieces soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London on Saturday. Reuters in the result. Julio Cruz and Ol- not control the fi xtures,” said because they are difficult ivier Dacourt particularly had the Chelsea manager. to control,” said Mourinho, Tottenham pushed for an terception by Ricardo Rocha. at Chelsea. league action for . The good chances to fi nd the net in “I am not surprised that whose side travel to Valen- equaliser in the closing stages, Tottenham assistant man- “We would have been de- England midfi elder played 14 the second half. Alex Ferguson complained cia for the second leg of their and wasted a fi ne chance when ager Chris Hughton said: “An lighted with a goalless draw. minutes of his side’s Cham- Roma’s Francesco Tavano and about this game. He is an Champions League quarter- Steed Malbranque’s overhead equaliser would have been There was no doubt that the pions League quarter-final Mirko Vucinic were on target in intelligent man but maybe final on Tuesday. kick went over the bar in stop- nice given all the problems off game in Seville had an affect clash against Valencia on their win against Catania which he thinks everyone else is not “I don’t think we have suf- page time. the pitch in Seville. on the players and we would Wednesday, and followed that was played at a neutral venue intelligent.” fered any injuries. I have a hope At the other end, Didier “We utilised the squad with have liked an extra day to up with seven minutes against because Catania’s stadium has The fi rst half was a dull af- that maybe can Drogba would surely have games against Sevilla and prepare.” Spurs. not come up to safety require- fair, with Chelsea only once play on Tuesday and he will made it two had it not been for Wigan coming up. We always Another bright spot for ments. managing to extend Paul travel with us.” an excellent recovery and in- know it is very diffi cult for us Chelsea was the return to AFP Roma even rested a number of their first choice players with their biggest match of the season so far in three days time against Manches- ter United in the Champions Spanish title race wide open after Zaragoza stun Barcelona League quarterfinal, second leg. They won 2-1 at home in SOCCER . Zaragoza being the best side up that Barca play means that this “His absence is because he’s hit the cross bar the fi rst fi xture. Milito found the net after to that point. was always going to be an open not fi t to play. For us, it’s always after 78 minutes and then, six Of the 11 Roma players MADRID: blew 58 minutes, chipping the ball First half chances fell to game and so we had the chance to better if he’s with the team,” minutes from time, Valencia’s who started against Catania, the Spanish title race wide past Barca goalkeeper Victor D’Alessandro, Carlos Diogo and surprise them. We beat them by said Rijkaard on Friday. Spanish international striker only two are almost certain open with a 1-0 home win over Valdes from close range after Sergio Garcia but Barca grimly playing football,” refl ected Zara- Eto’o threatened to walk off sent a free kick from 30 metres to start the match at Old reigning champions Barcelona an oustanding pass from held on until the break. goza coach Victor Fernandez. the pitch during last season’s just inches past the post. Trafford – defender Philippe on Saturday, the only goal of the close to the touchline by his Barca almost equalised Barcelona were without their match at Zaragoza after receiv- The victory means Athletic Mexes and midfi elder David game coming from Argentine Argentine compatriot Andres within seconds of Milito’s goal three-time African Player of the ing racist abuse from the home climb out of the relegation zone Pizarro. , sharpshooter . D’Alessandro. but Zaragoza goalkeeper Cesar Year Samuel Eto’o, who sus- crowd. and improves their chances of Brazilian Doni, Rodrigo Tad- Barcelona still lead “This was revenge for Barca Perez came out on top a one-on- tained a muscle strain at the Zaragoza move up to fourth keeping their historic status of dei and Cristian Chivu did by two points but would lose beating us here and knocking one situation with and the top of his right leg in training place, ahead of Valencia on goal being ever-present in the Span- not play and Brazilian Man- pole position with nine games us out of the (Spanish) Cup in visitors never had a better chance earlier this week. difference, after the 2002 and ish fi rst division although every cini, , and remaining if Sevilla beat Rac- February. I think we were up in the remaining half hour. Media speculation in Spain 2004 Spanish champions went other team in the bottom half of Christian Panucci came on as ing Santander yesterday. for this game from the very fi rst Zaragoza are now unbeaten suggested Eto’o had actually down 1-0 at struggling Athletic the table plays on Sunday. substitutes. “It wasn’t our night but they minute,” added Milito. in seven games and are in con- been left out to prevent more Bilbao later on Saturday. Real Madrid are three points It was Roma’s fi rst away vic- deserved this result. They Milito’s 19th goal of the tention to qualify for the Cham- racist taunting of the Cameroon Valencia piled on the pres- behind Sevilla in third and tory since beating Torino 2-1 13 scored and we didn’t have the season makes him the joint top pions League for the fi rst time. striker, but it was a suggestion sure in the second half in a bid faced Osasuna yesterday. matches ago. capacity to change the result,” scorer in the Spanish fi rst divi- “Overall this was our best 90 strongly refuted by Barcelona to get an equaliser but just came admitted Barcelona coach sion, and was a just reward for minutes of the season. They way coach Frank Rijkaard. up short. AFP AFP SCOREBOARD

BASEBALL Sunday, April 8 Man City 10 7 14 23 34 37 SV Hamburg 6 14 8 32 31 32 71-71-80 PITTSBURGH 2 NY Rangers 1 NEW YORK: Major League Baseball results NY Mets at Atlanta Fulham 7 14 11 33 49 35 Dortmund 8 8 12 33 39 32 223 - Dean Wilson 75-72-76, Jeev Milka MINNESOTA 5 St. Louis 1 from Saturday’s games (home team in Seattle at Cleveland Wigan Athletic 9 6 17 31 48 33 Eintr. Frankfurt 6 13 9 35 48 31 Singh (IND) 72-75-76, Vijay Singh (FIJ) CAPS: Philadelphia at Florida Charlton 8 7 17 29 49 31 Arminia Bielefeld 7 9 12 33 37 30 73-71-79 SAN DIEGO 3 Colorado 2 Baltimore at NY Yankees Sheffi eld United 8 7 17 26 47 31 VfL Bochum 8 6 13 32 42 30 224 - (ENG) 79-73-72, KJ HOUSTON 5 St. Louis 1 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati West Ham 8 5 19 26 51 29 Mainz 05 7 9 12 26 43 30 Choi (KOR) 75-75-74, Paul Casey (ENG) PARIS: Results from the 2007 Davis Cup FLORIDA 8 Philadelphia 5 Arizona at Washington Watford 3 11 18 20 51 20 M’gladbach 6 7 15 22 35 25 79-68-77, Lucas Glover 74-71-79 World Group quarter-fi nal ties on Saturday: Arizona 7 WASHINGTON 1 Toronto at Tampa Bay Dutch league Portuguese league 225 - Henrik Stenson (SWE) 72-76-77, Mark At Ostend: Belgium 0 Germany 3 Toronto 8 TAMPA BAY 5 Minnesota at Chicago White Sox THE HAGUE: Dutch football league results : Portuguese league results on Calcavecchia 76-71-78, Brett Wetterich Alexander Waske/Michael Kohlmann TEXAS 8 Boston 4 St. Louis at Houston on Saturday: Saturday: 69-73-83 (GER) bt /Christophe Rochus LA ANGELS 2 Oakland 1 Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee SC Heerenveen 1 ADO The Hague 1 Aves 1 Boavista 0 226 - Rod Pampling (AUS) 77-75-74, Ian (BEL) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 Detroit at Kansas City Poulter (ENG) 75-75-76, Scott Verplank NY YANKEES 10 Baltimore 7 Roda JC Kerkrade 2 Excelsior 0 Pacos Ferreira 2 Nacional 1 Friday Oakland at LA Angels 73-77-76, Davis Love 72-77-77, JJ Henry 71- Chicago Cubs 6 MILWAUKEE 3 NEC Nijmegen 2 PSV Eindhoven 1 Estrela Amadora 3 Academica 3 Tommy Haas (GER) bt Kristof Vliegen 6-7 CINCINNATI 7 Pittsburgh 5 Colorado at San Diego Maritimo 1 Naval 1 78-77, Tom Pernice 75-72-79, Craig Stadler (4/7), 7-5, 6-4, 6-2; Philipp Kohlschreiber French league Detroit 6 KANSAS CITY 5 LA Dodgers at San Francisco Uniao Leiria 0 Belenenses 1 74-73-79, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 75-70-81 (GER) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 PARIS: French league results on Saturday: CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3 Minnesota 0 Sporting Braga 0 Sporting Lisbon 1 227 - Charles Howell 75-77-75, Rich Beem (7/4) FOOTBALL Paris SG 2 (Luyindula 55, Diane 80) Le ATLANTA 5 NY Mets 3 71-81-75, Stewart Cink 77-75-75, John At Moscow: Russia 2 France 1 Mans 1 (Grafi te 31) Spanish League LA Dodgers 4 SAN FRANCISCO 1 Belgian league Rollins 77-74-76, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 79- Nikolay Davydenko/Igor Andreev (RUS) bt St Etienne 2 (Hognon 27, Gomis 34) Nantes MADRID: Spanish football results on Standings : Belgian football league results 72-76, Stephen Ames (CAN) 76-74-77, Jose Michael Llodra/Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) 1 (Diallo 29) Saturday: American league on Saturday: Maria Olazabal (ESP) 74-75-78, Yang Yong- 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Auxerre 0 Bordeaux 0 Real Zaragoza 1 (Diego Milito 57) Barce- Eastern division St Truiden 2 Zulte Waregem 2 Eun (KOR) 75-74-78, Mike Weir (CAN) Friday Rennes 1 (Utaka 31) Lens 0 lona 0 W L PCT GB Mons 1 Lierse 1 75-72-80, David Howell (ENG) 70-75-82 Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) bt Nikolay Beveren 1 CS Bruges 1 0 Troyes 0 Athletic Bilbao 1 (Gabilondo 27) Valencia 0 Toronto 2 2 .500 - 228 - Adam Scott (AUS) 74-78-76, Miguel Davydenko (RUS) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 7-5; Mikhail Roulers 1 Ghent 3 Nancy 0 Lorient 1 (Saifi 69-pen) Italian league NY Yankees 2 2 .500 - Angel Jimenez (ESP) 79-73-76 Youzhny (RUS) bt (FRA) FC Bruges 2 Lokeren 2 Sochaux 1 (Dagano 71) Nice 1 (Bellion 68) ROME: Italian football league results on Tampa Bay 2 2 .500 - 229 - Niclas Fasth (SWE) 77-75-77, Robert 6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (8/10), 5-7, 8-6 Mouscron 2 FC Brussels 2 Valenciennes 0 Lyon 0 Saturday: Boston 2 3 .400 0 1/2 Karlsson (SWE) 77-73-79 At : 3 0 Lazio 1 (Stendardo 45) Messina 0 Baltimore 1 4 .200 1 1/2 English Premiership German league 230 - Fred Couples 76-76-78, Jeff Sluman Thomas Johansson/Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) Central division LONDON: English Premiership results on BERLIN: German league results on Sampdoria 1 (Bonazzoli 17) Torino 0 76-75-79, Tim Herron 72-75-83 Palermo 1 (Bresciano 3) Cagliari 3 (Suazo bt Guillermo Canas/David Nalbandian Minnesota 3 1 .750 - Saturday: Saturday: 231 - Angel Cabrera (ARG) 77-75-79, Brett (ARG) 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2, 6-3 Cleveland 2 1 .667 0 1/2 Chelsea 1 (Ricardo Carvalho 52) Tottenham 0 Hertha Berlin 1 (Ebert 71) Arminia 38-pen, 86, Pepe 82) Quigley 76-76-79, Fuzzy Zoeller 74-78-79, Atalanta 1 (Doni 54-pen) Chievo 0 Friday Detroit 2 2 .500 1 Middlesbrough 4 (Viduka 5, 75, Boateng 27, Bielefeld 1 (Kucera 19) Carl Pettersson (SWE) 76-76-79, Shingo Robin Soderling (SWE) bt Juan Martin del Chicago White Sox 2 2 .500 1 Rochemback 79) Watford 1 (D. Francis 23) Hanover 1 (Bruggink 44) Bayern 2 Parma 1 (Rossi 89) Livorno 0 Katayama (JPN) 79-72-80 Reggina 0 0 Potro (ARG) 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/4), 6-4; Tho- Kansas City 2 3 .400 1 1/2 Blackburn 1 (McCarthy 24-pen) Aston Villa (Demichelis 52, Schweinsteiger 70) 232 - Sandy Lyle (SCO) 79-73-80, Trevor mas Johansson (SWE) bt David Nalbandian Western division 2 (Berger 34, Agbonlahor 73) SV Hamburg 2 (Jarolim 67, Olic 76) VfB Siena 2 (Maccarone 76, Negro 82) Udinese Immelman (RSA) 74-77-81 2 (Di Natale 42, Iaquinta 60) (ARG) 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/2), 6-2, 7-6 (7/0) LA Angels 5 1 .833 - Wigan Athletic 1 (Heskey 32) Bolton 3 Stuttgart 4 (Cacau 10, Khedira 13, Hilbert 234 - Billy Mayfair 76-75-83, Ben Crenshaw At Winston-Salem, North Carolina: USA 3 Seattle 2 1 .667 1 1/2 (Anelka 44, Teymourian 68, 73) 27, 51) Catania 0 Roma 2 (Tavano 37, Vucinic 84) 76-74-84, Arron Oberholser 74-76-84 Fiorentina 4 (Ferreira 5, Montolivo 45+2, Spain 0 Texas 2 3 .400 2 1/2 Arsenal 0 West Ham 1 (Zamora 45+2) Schalke 04 2 (Asamoah 57, Kuranyi 71) Toni 56, Kroldrup 70) Ascoli 0 NBA Mike Bryan/Bob Bryan (USA) bt Fernando Oakland 2 4 .333 3 Reading 1 (Gunnarsson 47) Liverpool 2 Borussia Monchengladbach 0 Verdasco/Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 7-5, 6-3, National league AC Milan 3 (Ronaldo 12, Gilardino 44, NEW YORK: Results from Saturday’s (Arbeloa 15, Kuyt 86) Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (A. Meier 64) 3-6, 7-6 (7/5) Eastern division Favalli 79) Empoli 1 (Saudati 43) games: Sheffi eld United 1 (Nade 74) Newcastle 2 Energie Cottbus 3 (Radu 58, Preuss 76-og, Friday NY Mets 4 1 .800 - ORLANDO 116 Memphis 89 (Martins 17, Ste. Taylor 80) Munteanu 90) GOLF James Blake (USA) bt Tommy Robredo Atlanta 4 1 .800 - INDIANA 105 Boston 98 Portsmouth 2 (M. Taylor 30, R. Ferdinand VfL Wolfsburg 3 (Klimovicz 41, Marcelinho Masters (ESP) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4; Andy Roddick (USA) bt Florida 3 2 .600 1 NEW JERSEY 120 Washington 114 (OT) 89-og) Manchester United 1 (O’Shea 90+1) 80, 87) Mainz 05 2 (Zidan 21-pen, 79) AUGUSTA, : Complete scores after Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1, 6-4 Philadelphia 1 4 .200 3 SAN ANTONIO 112 Golden State 99 Standings Alemannia Aachen 1 (Ibisevic 63) Dort- Saturday’s third round of the 71st Masters Washington 1 5 .167 3 1/2 N.O./ Oklahoma City 96 MINNESOTA 94 WTA Amelia Island W D L Gf Ga Pts mund 4 (Worns 14, Frei 54, 58, Tinga 61) tournament at Augusta National Golf Club Central division AMELIA ISLAND, Florida: Results on Man United 25 3 4 75 23 78 Standings (USA unless noted): NHL Cincinnati 4 1 .800 - Saturday from the $600,000-dollar WTA Chelsea 23 6 3 56 19 75 W D L Gf Ga Pts 218 - Stuart Appleby (AUS) 75-70-73 NEW YORK: Results from NHL games on Pittsburgh 3 2 .600 1 Amelia Island tournament (x denotes Liverpool 18 6 8 50 22 60 Schalke 04 17 5 6 44 27 56 219 - Tiger Woods 73-74-72, Justin Rose Saturday (home team in CAPS): Chicago Cubs 3 2 .600 1 seeding): Arsenal 16 7 8 52 29 55 VfB Stuttgart 15 7 6 49 33 52 (ENG) 69-75-75 Buffalo 2 WASHINGTON 0 Milwaukee 2 3 .400 2 Bolton 16 5 11 39 39 53 Werder Bremen 15 6 6 61 33 51 NY Islanders 4 PHILADELPHIA 2 Semi-fi nals 220 - Padraig Harrington (IRL) 77-68-75, Tatiana Golovin (FRA x8) bt Ana Ivanovic St. Louis 1 4 .200 3 Everton 13 11 8 43 28 50 Bayern Munich 15 5 8 43 32 50 Zach Johnson 71-73-76, Vaughn Taylor DETROIT 7 Chicago 2 (SRB x6) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Houston 1 4 .200 3 Tottenham 14 6 12 44 45 48 Bayer Leverkusen 12 6 9 43 36 42 71-72-77 LOS ANGELES 3 Phoenix 2 Western division Portsmouth 12 10 10 39 33 46 Nuremberg 9 14 4 38 25 41 221 - (WAL) 75-70-76 Vancouver 4 SAN JOSE 3 (OT) Arizona 4 2 .667 - Reading 13 5 14 44 41 44 VfL Wolfsburg 8 11 9 30 32 35 222 - Retief Goosen (RSA) 76-76-70, Phil CAROLINA 5 Florida 4 (OT) San Diego 3 2 .600 0 1/2 Newcastle 11 7 14 36 41 40 Energie Cottbus 9 8 11 32 37 35 Mickelson 76-73-73, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) ATLANTA 3 Tampa Bay 2 (o.p.) LA Dodgers 3 2 .600 0 1/2 Blackburn 12 4 16 38 47 40 Hertha Berlin 9 8 11 38 45 35 73-76-73, David Toms 70-78-74, Luke Ottawa 6 BOSTON 3 To comment or offer tips, e-mail to Colorado 3 2 .600 0 1/2 Middlesbrough 10 9 13 36 39 39 Hanover 9 8 11 34 41 35 Donald (ENG) 73-74-75, Jim Furyk 75-71- TORONTO 6 Montreal 5 [email protected] San Francisco 1 4 .200 2 1/2 Aston Villa 8 14 10 32 37 38 Alemannia Aachen 9 6 13 43 52 33 76, Jerry Kelly 75-69-78, Tim Clark (RSA) Anaheim 4 COLUMBUS 3