Japan fight back to salvage point

Miyagi: Hosts Japan recovered from a shock start of the match to salvage a come-from-behind 2-2 draw against New Zealand to stay at the top of Group A of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2012 Japan.

In the match played at Miyagi Stadium on Wednesday, Japan conceded two early goals but came back brilliantly to earn a point which saw them topping the group on goal difference to New Zealand. Group rivals Mexico defeated Switzerland 2-0 to stay in contention for the quarter-final while Switzerland are out of reckon for the knockout stages.

Yoko Tanaka’s 37th minute strike and equalizer from Ayaka Michigami in the 71st minutes rescued Japan who were clearly the better side on the day with their total shots reaching 28 against New Zealand’s eight in the match.

New Zealand opened the match in a promising note and Ayu Nakada’s clearance of a corner ended up inside her own net in the 11th minute for the New Zealanders’ lead. They doubled their lead in the 15th minute through Rosie White’s second in the tournament as the forward connected a brilliant left-footer after controlling the ball on her chest.

A deflected effort from Tanaka reduced Japan’s deficit to 2-1 in the 37th minute and the moment of the match came in the 71st minute when Michigami connected a sublime header against lanky Kiwis’ defenders. Japan looked for the winner in final quarter of the match without avail.

“We have not showed our gifted techniques fully yet," said Japan coach Hiroshi Yoshida. "Today we showed our technical football to some extent, but that was not enough to win the match."

Japan will take on Switzerland in the final match of Group A on Sunday.

Article source: http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/content/article/944-fifa-womens-u-20-world-cup-2012/39837-japan-fight-back-to-salvage-point

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N Koreans walk off after flag row

The North Korean women’s football team walked off the pitch at their Olympic match in Glasgow after their images were shown on a screen beside a South Korean flag.

Kick-off was scheduled for 19:45 BST but the game started over an hour late.

North Korea beat Colombia 2-0 in the second of the Olympic matches held at Hampden Park on Wednesday.

Games organisers in London have apologised to North Korean officials for the mistake.

The error occurred when a video package was being shown ahead of kick-off, with the North Koreans noticing that their faces were being pictured alongside the South Korean flag.

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The squad walked off and could only be persuaded to return when the teams were announced again with each player’s face displayed next to the North Korean flag.

The BBC’s sports editor David Bond said it was an “embarrassing mistake” and not the start Games organisers would have wanted on the first day of sporting action, but “no great harm was done”.

Relations between the two Koreas are tense – they remain technically at war following the 1950-53 Korean conflict, which ended in an armistice.

Speaking after the match, North Korea’s coach Sin Ui Gun said: “Our team was not going to participate unless the problem was solved properly.

“Unfortunately it took some time later for the broadcast to be done again properly and we made the decision to go on with the match.”

He added: “Our players cannot be shown especially with other flags, especially the South Korean one.

“If this matter had not been solved, continuing would have been a nonsense.”

A statement released by London 2012 organisers said: “Today ahead of the women’s football match at Hampden Park, the South Korean flag was shown on a big screen video package instead of the North Korean flag.

“Clearly that is a mistake, we will apologise to the team and the National Olympic Committee and steps will be taken to ensure this does not happen again.”

It was not immediately clear who had produced the video which was shown in the stadium.

Olympics coverage online

London 2012 spokesman Andy Mitchell said: “The South Korean flag was shown in the video package on the screen before the kickoff and the North Koreans were naturally very upset about that.

“We have made a full apology to the team and the North Korean NOC. A genuine mistake was made for which we apologise.”

South Korea will face North Korea in the first round of the men’s Olympic table tennis team event after the pair were drawn against each other on Wednesday.

The first event of the Olympics got under way at 1600 BST at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium on Wednesday and ended in a win for Team GB over New Zealand in the women’s football. Two matches also took place at the City of Coventry stadium.

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Kwak completes Ulsan comeback

Ulsan: Kwak Tae-hwi struck in the last minute of Ulsan Hyundai's K-League Round 22 clash with Gwangju to give the ACL 2012 quarter-finalists' a 2-1 come-from-behind victory.

Kim Dong-sub's 36th minute effort had given the visitors a 1-0 half-time lead before Maranhao (Luis Carlos dos Santos Martins) drew Ulsan level ten minutes after the restart.

With Ulsan looking to be heading towards the sixth draw of their 2012 K-League campaign substitute Kwak scored in the 90th minute to move Ulsan back into third place with 41 points, eight less the leaders and defending champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

Ulsan, who are aiming to become the fourth successive ACL finalists from Korea after last year's runners-up Jeonbuk, Pohang Steelers and Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma - ACL champions in 2006, 2009 and 2010 respectively - take on Al Hilal in the last eight of this year's edition of Asia's premier club competition.

The first-leg of their AFC Champions League quarter-final will take place on September 19 with Ulsan hosting the two-time Asian Club Championship winners before the Saudis entertain the Koreans on October 3.

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POLAND VS. RUSSIA | UEFA 2012

POLAND VS. RUSSIA LIVE 2:45 AM GMT+8 @ 12BET.COM

PROBABLE LINEUPS

POLAND Tyton Piszczek, Wasilewski, Perquis, Boenisch Murawski, Polanski Blaszczykowski, Obraniak, Rybus Lewandowski

RUSSIA Malafeev Anyukov, Igna'vich, A.Berezutskiy, Zhirkov Shirokov, Denisov, Zyryanov Dzagoev, Kerzhakov, Arshavin

After their 1-1 draw against Greece in the opening game of Euro 2012 on Friday, Poland will be without first-choice goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who received his marching orders after bringing down Dimitris Salpingidis in the box. Przemyslaw Tyton will be named as his replacement versus Dick Advocaat's side after impressing with his penalty stop from Giorgos Karagounis' spot-kick to earn his team a point.

• Poland are still awaiting their first ever victory at the finals of a European Championship. Their record currently reads two draws, two defeats. 

• Following his strike against Greece, Robert Lewandowski now has 15 goals in 43 international appearances. 

• When the sides last met in August 2007, late strikes from Jacek Krzynowek and Jakub Blaszczykowski earned the Poles a 2-2 friendly draw in Moscow.

• The goal conceded by Poland when Greek substitute Dimitris Salpingidis netted a second-half equaliser in the opening match was the first the Poles have conceded in their last five matches.

• Russia's impressive 4-1 win over Czech Republic means they are now 15 games unbeaten, leaking in only five times along the way.

• Following his double in Friday's win, Alan Dzagoev (pictured right) has now netted five goals in his last three competitive international appearances.

• Russia's win over the Czechs was an exact role reversal to how they started Euro 2008 when they lost their opening encounter 4-1 to Spain before then going on to win their next three fixtures. Spain then knocked them out of the competition with a 3-0 win in the semi-finals.

• If Advocaat's side win against Poland, they will be through to the quarter-finals regardless of the result between Greeze and Czech Republic.

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Angola vs Macedonia FYR match preview

FYR Macedonia is a soft team. Hence, this match Angola shall deserve more attention on neutral ground even with mediocre strength.

Angola Lineup: 343

FYR Macedonia Lineup: 442

Angola			FYR Macedonia
Goal keeper			Goal keeper
Carlos Alberto Fernandes Hugo Miguel Barreto Henriques Marques Wilson Alegre			12 Tome Pacovski Martin Bogatinov
Forward	Midfielder	Defender	Forward	Midfielder	Defender
Flavio Amado da Silva Mateus Galiano da Costa Alberto Contreiras Goncalves, Manucho Nando Rafael Arsenio Sebastiao Cabungula Love Jose Pierre Vunguidica	Felisberto Sebastiao de Graca Amaral Andre Macanga Djalma Braume Manuel Abel Campos Francisco Zuela Aderito Waldemar Alves de Carvalho, Dede Xara Osorio Smith de Freitas Carvalho	Marco Ibraim de Sousa Airosa Dani Massunguna Miguel Geraldo Quiami Carlos Manuel Goncalves,Kali Paulo Alberto Jose Mabina Mingo Bile	Ivan Trickovski Mirko Ivanovski	8 Velice Shumulikoski Vlatko Grozdanoski Mario Djurovski Muarem Muarem 6 Darko Tasevski Muhamed Demiri	5 Igor Mitreski 3 Goran Todor Popov Nikolce Noveski 14 Vlade Lazarevski 7 Robert Petrov Vance Sikov Aleksandar Lazevski Daniel Mojsov
Average age of the first lineup team: 28.09			Average age of the first lineup team: 27.82
Red: First Lineup team players | Blue: Reserved players | Black: Suspended Players | Gray: Injured Players | Green: Missing players for unknown reason

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FC Seoul - Incheon United

Actually the best tournament group right now, FC Seoul will be only if you be successful to prize all three factors of conflict with Incheon United.. Away group objective not to preserve from relegation but no inspiration and will probably come back in the Nationwide Group where he marketed. Incheon is in very inadequate appearance and the group certainly will not generate any more treatable against FC Seoul. Pick a bet I would definitely bet on 1000Euro with FC Seoul prediction of 1.5 benefits incapable objectives. 

 

All encounters between Seoul and Incheon U. s. FC have been healthy, in four of six events ultimate outcomes led to a sketch and won only 2 or Seoul. Incheon in conditions statistic no house group has not won now rate is very great ranking and I'm sure will keep with 4 objectives in his wallet.

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12bet sportsbook latest game.

12bet sportsbook latest game. "Exact First Half Goals" and "Exact Group Points".


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You may click on "Today" > Soccer > Outright event and place your bets-------------------------------------------------------------1.Exact First Half Goals*"Exact First Half Goals" means betting to predict the total number of goals scored by both teams by the end of the first half. ( first 45 minutes)Note: If an event is abandoned before the end of the first half, all bets are considered void.

2.Exact Group Points*" Exact Group Points " Exact Group Points means betting on a team to get a specific number of total points at the end of the Group round.Example: Predict how many points Poland will get at the end of the Group round.

12bet sportsbook latest game. "Exact First Half Goals" and "Exact Group Points".

How to play this game?

Below is the screenshot where you can find this latest game of 12bet.

You may click on "Today" > Soccer > Outright event and place your bets-------------------------------------------------------------1.Exact First Half Goals*"Exact First Half Goals" means betting to predict the total number of goals scored by both teams by the end of the first half. ( first 45 minutes)Note: If an event is abandoned before the end of the first half, all bets are considered void.

2.Exact Group Points*" Exact Group Points " Exact Group Points means betting on a team to get a specific number of total points at the end of the Group round.Example: Predict how many points Poland will get at the end of the Group round.

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Asian Match Preview

Shizuoka FC retain the narrowest of leads at the top of the Tokai League Division 1 after round 4 

of fixtures on Sunday. Their 3-2 win at Maruyasu Industry means that they continue to hold onto 

pole position on goal difference from FC Gifu, more comfortable victors overChukyo University.

 The bottom two sides played each other on Saturday andFujieda City Hall picked up their first 

points of the season with a 1-0 win at ACM Central, but promoted outfit Sagawa Kyubin Chukyo

 continued their own disappointing start to life in the top flight with a home defeat to Yazaki 

Valente.

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Consadole Sapporo vs FC Tokyo Match Preview

Consadole Sapporo vs FC Tokyo Match Preview 5/12 12:00pm GMT+8.

Team Name	CONSADOLE SAPPORO
Management Corporation	The Hokkaido Football Club Co., Ltd.
President	Takemi YAHAGI
Address	1 Hitsujigaoka, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido 062-0045, Japan

Titles	J2 League (2000, 2007)
League Position	1998/14th, 1999/J2/5th, 2000/J2/1st, 2001/11th, 2002/16th, 2003/J2/9th, 2004/J2/12th, 2005/J2/6th, 2006/J2/6th, 2007/J2/1st, 2008/18th, 2009/J2/6th, 2010/J2/13th, 2011/J2/3rd
Club Mascot	Dole-kun

Team Name	F.C.TOKYO
Management Corporation	Tokyo Football Club Co., Ltd.
President	Kenji AKUNE
Address	2-15-10 Sarue, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0003, Japan

Titles	J2 League (2011),League Cup(2004, 2009)
League Position	1999/J2/2nd, 2000/7th, 2001/8th, 2002/9th, 2003/4th, 2004/8th, 2005/10th, 2006/13th, 2007/12th, 2008/6th, 2009/5th, 2010/16th, 2011/J2/1st
Club Mascot	TOKYO DOROMPA

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Ali Karimi: I am Living

Tehran: After a series of speculations, Iranian international Ali Karimi admitted on Tuesday that he will leave Tehran giants Piroozi after the end of the domestic season.

Speaking to the Iranian press after a disappointing 1-0 home defeat to Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal in their ACL Group D match on Tuesday, the 2004 AFC Player of the Year has declared that he is in no mood to renew his contract which is expiring at the end of Iran’s domestic season.

“My contact will expire at the end of the season and I am not going to renew it,” local paper Tehran Times quoted the former Bayern Munich star as saying. 

“Piroozi could have been beaten with six goals, so we were lucky in this match. I will leave the team and the officials can sign better players than me,” the 34-year-old added after the match against Al Hilal.

A win at Azadi Stadium could have sealed a last-16 place for Piroozi but now they need to win in the UAE against bottomers Al Shabab Al Arabi in their Group D last match day on May 15.

Considered one of the talented midfielders Iran has produced, Karimi’s best came in 2004 when he walked away with the topscorer honours in the Asian Cup with five goals and was later awarded the AFC Player of the Year.

He secured a move to European giants Bayern Munich in 2005. In his three spells with the Iranian President Cup winners, Karimi scored 39 goals in 123 

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Bayern Munich Beats Real Madrid in a Penalty Shoot

From first league, Real trailed by a goal then Cristiano Ronaldo strikes -- the first, a penalty and next is a neat low

finish which put them in control.With a spot kick done by Arjen Robben, he leveled the tie for Bayern. No further

goals meant a shoot-out, which Bastian Schweinsteiger settled to send his team to the final goal.While Mario

Gomez and David Alaba scored for Bayern, the goalkeeper Manuel Neuer played a major part saving real's first two

penalties, from Kaka and Ronaldo.This was the second time in major Champions League shoot-outs ronaldo had

missed from the spot. If you remember he also failed for Manchester United in the 2008 final against Chelsea.So let's

follow the game of Real Madrid and see if they will beats Sevilla FC.

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