6-Feb-2012 - Soccer Roundup: Ivory Coast and Zambia Advance to African Cup Semifinals

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Zambia joined the Ivorians in the next round; it knocked out Sudan, 3-0, to make the last four for the first time in 16 years. Ivory Coast will play the winner of Sunday’s Gabon-Mali match; Zambia will face Ghana or Tunisia. After missing buy NFL Jerseys a penalty kick, Drogba took advantage of a defensive slip to score in the 36th minute and then added a header into the top corner in the 69th. Yaya Touré added a late third on a free kick in the 81st minute. Equatorial Guinea goalkeeper Emanuel-Danilo Clementino saved Drogba’s penalty kick in the 29th. “My teammates gave me a lot of encouragement after missing the penalty, and I had to score for them,” Drogba said. “I owed it to them.” Ivory Coast has won all four of its games in the tournament NFL jerseys wholesale without conceding a goal. MAN CITY EXTENDS STREAK Manchester City rediscovered its attacking game in England’s Premier League, beating Fulham, 3-0, to maintain its perfect home record and keep Manchester United at arm’s length in the title race. City’s 12th straight league victory at Etihad Stadium left the club 3 points ahead of United, which visits fourth-place Chelsea on Sunday. Sergio Agüero converted a penalty kick and also set up Edin Dzeko as Manchester City battled through the heavy snow that affected most English games. The day’s most nfl headset resounding victory came at Emirates Stadium in London, where Arsenal hammered Blackburn, 7-1. Robin van Persie had three goals, raising his season total to 22. BAYERN MISSES A CHANCE Hamburger SV denied Bayern Munich the chance to reclaim the Bundesliga lead by holding the visitors to a 1-1 tie. The result left Bayern 2 points behind league-leading Dortmund.

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6-Feb-2012 - Soccer Roundup: Ivory Coast and Zambia advance to African Cup Semifinals

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Zambia joined the Ivorians in the next round; it knocked out Sudan, 3-0, to make the last four for the first time in 16 years. Ivory Coast will play the winner of Sunday’s Gabon-Mali match, while Zambia will face either Ghana or Tunisia. After missing a penalty, Drogba took advantage of a defensive slip to score in the 36th minute and then added a header into the top corner in the 69th. Yaya Touré added a late third on a free kick in the 81st minute. Equatorial Guinea goalkeeper Emanuel-Danilo Clementino saved Drogba’s penalty in the 29th after a foul on Didier Zokora. “My teammates gave me a lot of encouragement after missing the penalty and I had to score for them,” Drogba said. “I owed it to them.” Ivory Coast’s win in Malabo ended Equatorial Guinea’s dream run in the tournament. The lowest-ranked team in the field, it beat Senegal, one of the pretournament favorites, and Libya on the way to the quarterfinals. “I’m satisfied with the work of my team today, but I’m not happy with the defeat,” said Equatorial Guinea’s Brazilian coach, Gilson Paulo. Ivory Coast has won all four of its games in the tournament without conceding a goal. “We have fantastic players and fantastic strikers but we have to fight to make sure we win this competition,” Authentic nfl jerseys Touré said. ARSENAL CRUISES Manchester City rediscovered its attacking game in England’s Premier League, beating Fulham, 3-0, to maintain its perfect home record and keep Manchester United at arm’s length in the title race. City’s 12th straight league victory at Etihad Stadium left the buy NFL Jerseys club 3 points ahead of United, which visits fourth-place Chelsea on Sunday. Sergio Agüero converted a penalty kick for his 15th league goal of the season and also set up Edin Dzeko as Manchester City battled through heavy snow that afflicted most English games. The day’s most resounding victory came at Emirates Stadium in London, where Arsenal rebounded from its miserable recent run in the league by hammering Blackburn, 7-1. Robin van Persie had a hat trick, raising his season goal total to 22. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored his first league goal — he later added his second — before struggling Blackburn was reduced to 10 men before halftime when Gael Givet was sent off for a two-footed sliding tackle on Van Persie. Thierry Henry, on loan from the Red Bulls, scored the Gunners’ final goal. Arsenal climbed above Newcastle and Liverpool into fifth place; it is 2 points behind Chelsea, which holds the final Champions League qualification spot. Elsewhere, Sunderland’s impressive run under its new manager, Martin O’Neill, continued with a 1-0 win at Stoke, while Wolverhampton Wanderers rallied for a 2-1 win over Queens Park Rangers. BAYERN MISSES A CHANCE Hamburger SV denied Bayern Munich the chance to reclaim the Bundesliga lead by holding the visitors to 1-1 draw. Jacopo Sala fired Hamburg ahead in the 23rd minute, but Ivica Olic equalized in the 71st — seven minutes after going on as a substitute — when the ball fell to him after a goalmouth scramble. “A point’s better than nothing,” Olic said. “But it’s not enough.” The draw left Bayern 2 points behind league-leading Dortmund, but ahead of third-place Schalke on goal difference. LEADERS WIN IN SPAIN Real Madrid edged its crosstown rival Getafe, 1-0, to maintain its 7 -point cushion over defending champion Barcelona on a Saturday marked jerseys cheap by near freezing temperatures across Spain. Barcelona responded to Madrid’s victory with a closer-than-comfort 2-1 win over Real Sociedad to stay undefeated at home this season. OFFICIALS RESIGN IN EGYPT The president of the Egyptian federation and the board of directors all resigned Saturday after having been fired by the country’s prime minister after the riot at a game that left more than 70 people dead. The federation president, Samir Zaher, was also reportedly barred from leaving Egypt pending an investigation into the riot, the country’s worst incident of soccer-related violence. Zaher and his board said in a statement that they had “collectively resigned.” They were fired by Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri on Thursday after the deadly stadium clashes in Port Said in a move that could have been seen as government interference, which is not allowed by FIFA, the sport’s world governing body.

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