Shevchenko wants to play 1 last Ukraine match

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — This wasn't the farewell game he was hoping for, so Andriy Shevchenko wants another one.

The Ukraine captain confirmed his competitive career was over after a 1-0 loss to England on Tuesday, which eliminated his team from the European Championship. However, Shevchenko wants to play one last match for his country to thank his fans for their support throughout his career.

"If it's possible, I will play one more game," Shevchenko said. "It will probably be one of the friendlies. I will ask for the organization of this match." It wasn't a fitting end to his 111-match international career in which he scored 48 goals — more than three times as many as any other Ukrainian player.

Shevchenko didn't start the must-win match for Ukraine because of a left knee injury and came on as a substitute in the 70th minute. Fans chanted "Sheva, Sheva" but he couldn't help the team mount a comeback.

Long before Euro 2012, Shevchenko announced that the tournament would be his last after persistent knee and back problems weighed him down in recent seasons. He is not the predatory striker he was in his heyday when he regularly scored more than 20 goals per season for AC Milan, and he recently said he would not be able to play three full matches a week.

Still, Shevchenko proved to be of great value for Ukraine at Euro 2012, scoring twice in helping the co-host beat Sweden 2-1 in their opening match last week. The 2004 European Football of the Year, who is without a club after his contract at Dynamo Kiev expired, believes the Ukraine team has a fruitful future ahead without him.

"I think there is a time to give the opportunity to the younger players," Shevchenko said. "They have a very good future." The striker said the squad's younger players have gained valuable experience at Euro 2012 — only the second major football tournament in which Ukraine has taken part besides the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

"It will really give them the opportunity to feel stronger and feel they have played at the highest level of European football," Shevchenko said. "I will give them an opportunity to play."

 Source: mail.com/int/sports/soccer/1373048-shevchenko-wants-to-play-1-ukraine-match.html#.1258-stage-set1-2

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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

Updated Score for UEFA Champions League

With domestic issues finished for both sides, Chelsea and Bayern Munich will go head-to-head in the Champions League final on Saturday.

Suspensions and injuries mean that neither side are likely to have anything close to their best XI on show.

The FA Cup winners finished 6th in the Premier League and will need to win to ensure Champions League football again next season.


Bayern Munchen-vs-Chelsea Score Board

1-0	2-0	2-1	3-0	3-1	3-2	4-0	4-1	4-2	4-3	5-0UP
0-1	0-2	1-2	0-3	1-3	2-3	0-4	1-4	2-4	3-4	0-5UP

This was the result score from 12bet.com

Bayern  Munchen vs. Chelsea, I guess since this two teams has the ability and are strong teams, we can’t picture out who will take the championship.

I guess by just simply looking back from their previous fight we can tell who can win.

If Chelsea are to win the Champions League then bookies favour them to do it within the 90 minute mark.

Lazio Vs Lecce football liga match preview

ITALY SERIE A: 12BET odds Lazio Vs Lecce 4/22 9PM GMT+8 

A nice way to describe Lazio’s past month is woeful. Losing thrice away from home is not the same side we have known over the course of the season. And what makes his stat even more shocking is that the Biancocelesti have been getting results at home – almost a reversal of the start of the campaign. It was only three weeks ago ago that Lecce hadn’t had a win in five matches, but since then, the Salentini claimed a brilliant 4-2 win over Roma and a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Catania.

Probable starting XIs:


Lazio : Federico Marchetti, Lionel Scaloni, Modibo Diakite, Giuseppe Biava, Javier Garrido, Lorik Cana, Christian Daniel Ledesma, Alvaro Gonzalez, Anderson Hernanes, Antonio Candreva, Tommaso Rocchi

Lecce : Massimiliano Benassi, Massimo Oddo, Andrea Esposito, Nenad Tomovic, Juan Cuadrado, Gennaro Delvecchio, Guillermo Gonzalo Suarez Giacomazzi, Andrea Bertolacci, Davide Brivio, Luis Fernando Muriel, David Di Michele

Premier liga match preview Aston Villa Vs Sunderland

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: 12BET odds Aston Villa Vs Sunderland 4/21 10PM GMT+8

Possible lineups: 


Aston Villa: Given; Hutton, Collins, Clark, Warnock; Albrighton, Herd, Ireland, Bannan; Agbonlahor, Weimann

Sunderland: Mignolet; Bardsley, Turner, Kilgallon, Richardson; Larsson, Gardner, Vaughan, McClean; Sessegnon, Bendtner

As of April 20 2012, the odds for this match are....

Shrews so close after home win

Shrewsbury moved to the brink of automatic promotion after a Matt Richards goal sealed a 1-0 home win over Port Vale on Tuesday night.

The midfielder fired home a stunning drive 10 minutes into the second half at the New Meadow as Shrewsbury extended their unbeaten home run to 31 matches.


The hosts started positively and almost forced an own-goal from visiting defender John McCombe who was relieved to see his header from a probing Nicky Wroe ball drift just wide.


Vale were indebted to a stunning double save from goalkeeper Chris Martin for keeping Shrewsbury at bay on the half-hour mark as he brilliantly repelled stinging drives from Mark Wright and Richards in quick succession.


The visitors came into the game as the half unfolded and Sean Rigg struck the outside of a post from the edge of the box. But the Shropshire side always looked more likely to break the deadlock with top scorer James Collins unfortunate when he smashed a powerful shot from a tight angle against the bar with Martin beaten.


Richards netted the winner with a 25-yard strike that nestled into the bottom corner. Shrews keeper Chris Neal saved superbly from Marc Richards, while Graham Turner's men almost doubled their advantage when Wright struck a post after Martin saved well from Terry Gornell.

Coventry City Vs Millwall match line up

ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP: 12BET odds Coventry City Vs Millwall 4/18 2:45AM GMTP+8

Possible lineups: 


Coventry: Murphy; Clarke, Keogh, Cranie, Hussey; Bell, Norwood, Clingan, McSheffrey; Nimely, McDonald

Millwall: Taylor; Smith, Robinson, Lowry, Craig; Henry, Abdou, Wright, Barron; Keogh, Kane

Abbott lauds promoted Addicks

Carlisle boss Greg Abbott offered his congratulations to Charlton after their 1-0 win at Brunton Park earned a return to the Championship.

 

The Cumbrians, whose own promotion hopes took a knock, were downed by a 76th-minute strike from Bradley Wright-Phillips.

Abbott said: "We only just came up short against a really powerful side. Fair play to Chris Powell and his staff. They are promoted and I wish them all the best for next year."

One of the key moments in the game came after half-time when, with the scores level, Carlisle midfield Liam Noble curled a shot past keeper Ben Hamer, only to see the ball rebound off the left hand upright.

Abbott added: "We needed everything to go our way. The shot was just curling the wrong way. Had it gone in it would have given us that extra energy to see the game out.

"There's nothing worse than a party you are not invited to. But we went 17 home games unbeaten which was a terrific achievement. We just have to keep going and keep believing."

 

Freiburg Vs Hoffenheim players line up

GERMANY-BUNDESLIGA I: 12BET odds Freiburg Vs Hoffenheim 4/15 9:30PM GMT+8 

Probable Lineup:


Freiburg: Baumann, Sorg, Ginter, Fallou, Mujdza, Caligiuri, Flum, Makiadi, Schmid, Dembélé, Freis. (4-4-1-1).

Hoffenheim: Starke, Beck, Vestergaard, Compper, Johnson, Rudy, Williamss, Vukcevic, Salihovic, Firmino, Schipplock. (4-2-3-1).

Birmingham City Vs Bristol City football liga match preview

ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP: 12BET odds Birmingham City Vs Bristol City 4/14 10PM GMT

 

Birmingham City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 8. Bristol City have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. Robins have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.

Birmingham City are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 70 points from 42 games. Bristol City are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 43 points from 42 matches.

primera liga match preview Levante Vs FC Barcelona

SPAIN PRIMERA LALIGA: 12BET odds Levante Vs FC Barcelona 4/15 4AM GMT+8

Probable Lineup:


Levante : Munua, Lopez, Ballesteros, Cabral, Juanfran, Torres, Iborra, Valdo, Barkero, Botelho, Kone

FC Barcelona: Valdes, Alves, Mascherano, Puyol, Adriano, Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta, Fabregas, Messi, Sanchez

Liverpool board back Dalglish

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish enjoys the full support of the club's board according to chairman Tom Werner.

Director of football Damien Comolli departed the club on Thursday and it has also been confirmed that he has been joined by head of sports science and medicine Peter Brukner. But, in a move that will be seen as a vote of confidence, the club maintain that Dalglish has the full support of the board. He said in an interview on the club's official website: "We've got great confidence in Kenny. We feel the team is going to make strides in the future and he enjoys our full support."

Sevilla FC Vs Real Zaragoza football liga match preview

SPAIN PRIMERA LALIGA: 12BET odds Sevilla FC Vs Real Zaragoza 4/12 4AM GMT+8 

Sevilla will be without Fredi Kanoute for the remainder of the season due to a hamstring injury. With the 34-year-old out of contract at the end of the campaign, the injury could potentially spell the end of his career.

Zaragoza coach Manolo Jimenez has a long association with Thursday's hosts, having been born in the region and played for them for 14 years. He also managed their second team Sevilla Atletico for seven years before taking over the senior side in 2007.

Manchester City Vs West Bromwich Albion football liga match preview

 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: 12BET odds Manchester City Vs West Bromwich Albion 4/12 2:45AM GMT+8

Manchester City will head into their home fixture against West Bromwich Albion eight points behind rivals Manchester United at the top of the Premier League table. Roberto Mancini's side will realistically have to win all their remaining fixtures, starting with tomorrow's home encounter against the Baggies, if they are to have any chance of clinching the title.

They will have to do so without Mario Balotelli, who is suspended for the match at the Etihad Stadium. However, Mancini is expected to have David Silva available following a knee injury, while Edin Dzeko could also earn a recall to the City attack. Visiting West Brom brought an end to a four-match winless run on Saturday with a 3-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers. Their form away from home this season has been mixed, winning six times from 16 outings. West Brom last recorded a victory at City back in 2003.

Queens Park Rangers Vs Swansea City football liga match preview

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: 12BET odds Queens Park Rangers Vs Swansea City 4/12 3AM GMT+8

Possible lineups: 

QPR (Probable, 4-5-1): Kenny; Young, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Traoré; Barton, Derry, Barton, Diakité; Taarabt; Zamora.
Out: Hall (hamstring), Dyer (foot), Faurlin (knee), Hill (back).

Swansea (Probable, 4--4-1-1): Vorm; Rangel, Caulker, Williams, Taylor; Routledge, Britton, Sigurdsson, Allen; Sinclair; Graham.
Out: Augustien (ankle), Bodde (knee).

Behrami plans Viola stay

Swiss midfielder would be happy to sign new deal

Valon Behrami is happy at Fiorentina and would be willing to end speculation regarding his future by penning a new contract, according to his agent.

The former Lazio and West Ham midfielder was the subject of an official approach from Juventus during the January transfer window, but saw an offer knocked back. Behrami has become a key figure for the Viola since returning to Serie A and is considered to be indispensable. The 26-year-old is delighted to find himself in such a position and is keen to repay the faith shown in him by his current employers by committing his long-term future to the club.

"The future for Behrami? He wants to stay at Fiorentina," Behrami's representative Alessandro Beltrami told Sky Sport Italia. "For Valon, this is a calm period, for him and his family. "At the end of the season we'll meet the (Fiorentina owners, Andrea and Diego) Della Valles and if they want Behrami to continue to be a leader, there won't be any problems. "We will happily sign a blank contract. We'll accept anything they propose."