Balotelli Tenang Hadapi Teror Rasis Tifosi Inter

Kebencian bernuansa rasis dari segelintir tifosi Inter Milan tidak memantik reaksi balik dari pemain AC Milan, Mario Balotelli. Pemain "I Diavolo Rosso" -julukan bagi Milan - itu tetap kalem.Balotelli menerima ejekan berbau rasis itu ketika digelar duel antara AC Milan dan Inter Milan yang berjuluk "Derby della Madonnina" edisi ke-208 di  San Siro pada Senin dinihari WIB. Laga berakhir imbang 1-1.

Sejumlah tifosi Inter melambaikan balon-balon berbentuk pisang dan menyoraki mantan striker Manchester City selama digelar laga derby itu, sebagaimana dikutip dari laman Guardian.Pemain depan Milan yang lahir di Italia dan punya darah Ghana itu, kemudian merespons ejekan tifosi dengan acungan jari ke mulutnya. Ia meminta kepada mereka agar tidak melakukan ejekan berbau rasis itu.Tampil membela Milan untuk kali pertama sejak meninggalkan Manchester City sebulan lalu, Balotelli memperoleh sejumlah peluang mencetak gol. Kecekatan penjaga gawang Inter Samir Handanovic mampu menghalau aksi heading Balotelli.Dia juga (Balotelli) pernah membela Inter pada 2006-2010, sebelum hengkang ke City. Ia kini membela Milan dan telah mencetak empat gol.

"Balotelli tetap tenang, tidak bereaksi menghadapi aksi provokatif seperti itu. Saya minta maaf karena ia tidak mencetak gol," kata manajer Milan, Massimiliano Allegri sesudah pertandingan.

"Ia tampil gemilang. Jangan lupa bahwa ia masih berusia 22 tahun dan ia melawan bekas klubnya dahulu. Laga ini sungguh ia rasakan sebagai tekanan," katanya pula.

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Rafael Benitez Belum Menyerah

Manajer sementara Chelsea Rafa Benitez menyerukan perlawanan sampai akhir kompetisi berakhir, dan tetap mengobarkan bara optimisme bahwa The Blues mampu masuk ke empat besar Primer (Premier League). Chelsea ditekuk Manchester City, 0-2 di ajang Liga Primer yang dihelat di Stadion Etihad pada Senin dinihari WIB. Gol City dicetak oleh Yaya Toure pada menit ke-63 dan Carlos Tevez pada menit ke-85. Kekalahan itu tentu dapat menyulitkan posisi The Blues dalam perburuan gelar Liga Primer. Kini anak asuhan Benitez itu berada di peringkat ketiga dengan perolehan 49 poin, sebagaimana dikutip dari laman SkySports.
Benitez mengatakan, "Sebelum pertandingan, saya mengatakan (jika saja kami menang) maka kami akan terus berjuang sampai akhir. Situasinya, kami tidak selalu menang. Untuk itu, kami tetap harus berjuang sampai akhir".

Ketika mengomentari kegagalan Frank Lampard mengeksekusi tendangan penalti, ia mengatakan, "Penalti itu begitu krusial. Kami juga menyandarkan harapan dari keberhasilan tendangan penalti itu."
"Tendangan penalti yang bagus dan aksi penyelamatan yang bagus juga. Sepuluh menit kemudian, mereka mencetak gol. Kami harus menghadapi segala resiko agar tetap menjadi tim yang solid," kata Benitez.

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Bek Inter Ranocchia absen pada derbi Milan

Pemain belakang Inter Milan Andrea Ranocchia bakal absen dalam pertandingan derbi melawan AC Milan pada Minggu (19.45 GMT) karena mengalami cedera lutut pada pertandingan Liga Europa Kamis lalu setelah Inter menang 3-0 atas CFR Cluj.

Ranocchia (25) menderita cedera ligamen pada lutut kanannya, demikian dilaporkan kantor berita Italia, ANSA seperti dikutip Reuters.

Inter saat ini berada di posisi kelima Liga Utama Italia (Serie A) dengan mengantungi 43 poin, hanya bertaut satu poin dan dua peringkat di bawah rival satu-kotanya, Milan.

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Milan 2 - 0 Barca

Asisten pelatih Barcelona, Jordi Roura, mengaku kecewa menyusul kekalahan 0-2 skuadnya dari AC Milan pada leg pertama
16 besar Liga Champions di Stadion San Siro, Rabu atau Kamis
(21/2/2013) dini hari WIB. Meski begitu, Roura tetap optimistis
Blaugrana akan melaju ke perempat final.

Meski menguasai
jalannya pertandingan, El Barca takluk lewat sepasang gol Kevin-Prince
Boateng (menit ke-57) dan Sulley Muntari (81). Dengan hasil itu, raksasa
Catalan harus unggul minimal tiga gol pada laga kedua di Stadion Camp Nou pada 12 Maret mendatang.

"Kami yakin dengan tim ini dan kami optimistis bermain di stadion sendiri. Cerita akan berbeda ketika kami bermain pada leg kedua. Kami sangat yakin bisa membalikkan keadaan," ujar Roura.

Sepanjang pertandingan, menurut catatan UEFA,
Barcelona menguasai 65 persen jalannya pertandingan, tetapi hanya
melepas dua tembakan akurat dari enam spekulasi. Adapun Milan meraup
enam kesempatan yang mengarah ke gawang dari delapan kali percobaan.

"Ini
bukan pertandingan terbaik kami. Meski kami punya masalah, hasil
akhirnya saya pikir berlebihan. Lawan (Milan) mendapatkan beberapa
kesempatan dan gol-gol mereka sekarang sangat menyulitkan keadaan kami,"
keluh Roura.

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Lewandowski powers Dortmund past Leverkusen

Robert Lewandowski continued his fine
season by scoring the game-winning goal in Borussia Dortmund’s 3-2 defeat of
Bayer Leverkusen at the BayArena on Sunday.
The Polish striker brought his league scoring tally to 12 goals on the season
to break a 2-2 deadlock just after the hour mark, lifting Dortmund above
Leverkusen and into second place in the Bundesliga table.

Dortmund has won four straight Bundesliga matches to improve to 39 points, two
points clear of Leverkusen, which is winless in its last two league outings.
The visitors grabbed an early two-goal lead when Marco Reus opened the scoring
in the second minute and Jakub Blaszczykowski converted a penalty seven
minutes later.
Dortmund held the advantage until halftime, but the match exploded on the
opposite side of the interval with three goals in the span of five minutes.
Stefan Reinartz had brought Leverkusen level with goals in the 57th and 61st
minutes, his first tallies of the season. But Dortmund answered thanks to
Lewandowski’s telling strike in the 62nd minute.
Jurgen Klopp’s side had a chance to extend the lead in the 69th minute when
Blaszczykowski stepped up to attempt his second penalty of the match, but he
was denied this time by a superb save from Bernd Leno.
Nurnberg 2, Monchengladbach 1
Nurnberg, Germany – A pair of first-half goals earned Nurnberg a 2-1 defeat of
Monchengladbach at the Frankenstadion on Sunday.
A penalty from Timmy Simons got Nurnberg off the mark after just four minutes
while Tomas Pekhart strike at the half-hour mark proved to be the game-winner
after Patrick Herrmann pulled one back for Monchengladbach in the second half.
Nurnberg pulls further away from the relegation zone by improving to 24 points
on the season while Monchengladbach remains on 29 points.

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Health Muhammad Ali Declining Sharply

The health condition of boxing legend Muhammad Ali reportedly fell sharply and could die in the coming days.Brother Ali, Rahman Ali, said the former world heavyweight boxing champion was no longer able to speak and no longer recognized him."My brother could not speak. He did not know me. He was seriously ill," says Rahman Ali was quoted as saying in British newspapers."It will probably last a few months or maybe in a few days.'m Not sure if she was still alive until the middle of this year," he added."Only God knows. Even if he dies, I hope he died peacefully," said Rahman Ali.According to Rahman Ali, Muhammad Ali's health condition is very bad which makes it no longer felt the pain."He had grabbed my arm and said that he had achieved everything. He then asked me not to cry," said Rahman Ali.He said he hoped the Muhammad Ali passed away in the near future.Suffering from Parkinson's"The longer he was sickly, the longer he is suffering," said Rahman Ali.But Rahman Ali's testimony contradicted the daughter of Muhammad Ali, May May Ali.According to him, Ali was fine when invited to speak by phone. May May Ali added her father watching the Super Bowl at his home in Arizona."The news that mention Ali died of the world would be nothing more than a rumor," he said.Muhammad Ali won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympic boxing heavyweight in number, and after deciding to get involved in professional boxing he was three-time world champion three times.Some of the classic games of which Ali is the 'Rumble in the Junggle' against George Foreman in 1974 and the 'Thrilla in Manila' against Joe Frazier a year later.Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1984 but remained active for many years.In recent decades people remember it lit the torch for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, USA.

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Lose Point again For Manchester City

Manchester City must back two-point loss at home to Liverpool at Etihad Stadium on Sunday (02/03/2013) evening hrs. These results make the distance the Citizens with standings leader Manchester United has widened as far as nine points.Do not want to lose points again as Manchester City against Queens Park Rangers are certainly still set a target to win despite facing tough opponents, Liverpool. The claim is made directly Citizen aggressive since the first minute of the match.However Liverpool did not want too much pressure so the game was presented to attack each other. Both played aggressively City and the Reds get a few chances in the first 20 minutes.In the 23rd minute the whole Etihad finally cheer greeted the opening goal created by Edin Dzeko. The goal came from a cross that is released James Milner into the Liverpool penalty box after receiving feedback David Silva. Dzeko who was standing in the exact position does not have much difficulty to conquer Pepe Reina.However, Brendan Rodgers troops did not take long to create a goal back. In the 29th minute a hard kick left foot Daniel Sturridge from outside the box managed to rip the goalkeeper Joe Hart. Until the interval score was still 1-1.Steven Gerrard cs. able to play better in the first 10 minutes in the second half as City continued to press the defense. However, the solid defender made the home team's Luis Suarez et al. trouble creating good opportunities.Liverpool successfully reverse the circumstances it 2-1 in the 73rd minute. This time the goal was born from the feet of the captain, Steven Gerrard. With a hard kick from outside the penalty box measurable success Gerrard created a beautiful goal that could not be anticipated Joe Hart.Unfortunately in the 78th minute Pepe Reina mistake is shown by leaving the net in pursuit of their own and stop the movement of Sergio Aguero is still far on the left side outside the Liverpool penalty box. In fact one of those decisions will be costly because it Aguero scored mamanfaatkan Reina mistake.No more goals were created until the game ends and both teams had to settle for a 2-2 draw. These results make the distance between City with standings leader Manchester United return wide. With the addition of one point means City are now packing 53 points and nine points adrift of United, who are top of the standings with 62 points.

Burkina Faso vs Ghana in Semifinal

South African Africa 2013 after beating Togo 1-0 with extended half time in the quarter-final at Mbombela Stadium, Sunday (02/03/2013). Only goal Les etalons dikreasikan Jonathan Pitroipa at minute 105.

Throughout the game, both teams played with a slow tempo. However, although able to generate a number of chances, no goals that can be produced at the normal time for 90 minutes.

The best chance Burkina Faso Charles Kabore acquired midway through the first. However, his efforts were not successful because Togo goalkeeper, Kossi Agassa, able to confront the ball hard kick from inside the penalty box.

While Togo, get the golden opportunity through Emmanuel Adebayor in the middle of the second half. However, despite having escaped the offside trap, Burkina Faso goalkeeper, Daouda Diakite, able to quickly close the movement Tottenham Hotspur striker.

at the end of the first half extended time, supporters cheered after Burkina Faso header Pitropia change his team ahead. Goals are ditorehkannya after the use of bait corner Charles Kabore.

Togo continues to respond in the second half of extra, but a number of attempts Les Eperviers - Togo title - it failed to be converted into a goal that made ​​the score 1-0 for excellence Burkina Faso did not change until the fight was over.

In the semifinal, Burkina Faso will face a strong candidate for champions, Ghana on Wednesday (02/06/2013). Other semifinal match will bring Mali and Nigeria.