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FC Porto in cup semifinals

FC Porto celebrating

FC Porto hammered Sporting Lisbon with 5-2 in the quarters and the team secured the presence in the semifinals.

In the 18th minute Porto scored the first goal with Rolando, but Sporting’s midfielder Marat Ismailov equalised fast, in the 22nd minute.

In the 34th minute, the show of Colombian striker Radamel Falco has began, scoring a goal from the edge of the area and after 8 minutes he scored again with a header from the cross of Ruben Micael. At the half-time the score was 3-1 for Porto.

Varela scored the 4th goal for FC Porto just after half-time and Mariano Gonzalez scored for 5-1 in the 57th with a beautiful long distance goal. Finally, Liedson scored in the extra-time of the second half for Sporting. 5-2 was the final result.

Olympique Lyon won the French Cup!

Sidney GovouOlympique Lyonnais successful double-Cup Championship for the first time in its history. The Lyonnais have resorted to an extension to overcome Paris SG (1-0). The sole purpose of the meeting was recorded by Sidney Govou (102e).

Although dominated by PSG, which has affected the amounts twice Lyon, Olympique Lyonnais won the Cup in France and successfully doubled its first-Cup Championship. (more…)

Highlights: UEFA Champions League Final | Manchester United 1-1 (6-5 after pen.) Chelsea

Watch right now the highlights of the big match of yesterday, which was live on SoccerZip.com!

Part I
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UEFA Champions League Final | Agony and trance: Manchester United are happy, Chelsea are shocked

Manchester United
Nine years after his coronation in 1999, Manchester United back on top of Europe, offering a third victory in the Champions League and a doubled-C1 Championship. Buteur and author of the only penalty missed by MU, Cristiano Ronaldo was omnipresent. For his last performance in red?

ChelseaThey cried as kids. Professionals adults, football players are big children. For John Terry, Chelsea captain symbol, the night of May 21 in Moscow remain tragic. Worse than the elimination of the England team for Euro 2008. When it moves to take the fifth penalty of Blues, where Didier Drogba, before getting stupidly expel, had been appointed, Terry has the trophy after his right foot. Concentrate, it will mark. He Captain courage to Chelsea, who saved his family a head in front of his miraculous line in overtime. Edwin Van der Sar chooses to dive to his right, Terry has chosen to capitalize on the left of goalkeeper mancunien. But the English defender and slid his shot struck the post left by Van der Sar. For the third time in the evening, Chelsea found the amounts of Manchester United. It’s too much to hope for winning a final of the Champions League. Terry is only the hapless hero of this final with Nicolas Anelka, author of the shooting but failed to offer the victory to MU (1-1, ap, 6 tab 5). (more…)