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Ajax eye knockout stages after stalemate in Lyon

Kim Kallstrom (L) of Lyon with Miralem Sulejmani Ajax Amsterdam moved to the brink of qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages after a 0-0 draw at Olympique Lyon on Tuesday. Ajax are second in Group D on eight points, three ahead of the French side going into the final round of matches. They have an identical head to head record but the Dutch side have a far superior goal difference.  Former European champions Ajax need only one point at home against group winners Real Madrid to reach the last 16, while Lyon will look for a huge win at Dinamo Zagreb and hope Ajax lose.  Both sides wasted good chances to earn victory on Tuesday, with Lyon going close late on when Yoann Gourcuff's shot shaved the post.  The home side, who face the prospect of not making it through the group stage for the first time since the 2002-03 season, began brightly with the returning Lisandro, making his first start in 12 weeks after a long injury layoff, having his cur...

Messi rescues last-gasp draw for Barca

Athletic Club Bilbao's players Lionel Messi scored a last-minute equaliser to grab a 2-2 draw for Barcelona at Athletic Bilbao after an epic La Liga clash at a rain-soaked San Mames on Sunday. A Gerard Pique own-goal looked to have condemned Barca to a first defeat this season in the 80th minute before the World Player of the Year netted his 14th goal of the campaign at the death. Barca keeper Victor Valdes was beaten for the first time in 10 matches when Ander Herrera fired Bilbao in front in the 20th minute, but Cesc Fabregas headed the visitors level just four minutes later.  The European and Spanish champions remained second on 25 points, three behind Real Madrid, who crushed Osasuna 7-1 earlier in the day with a hat-trick from Cristiano Ronaldo.  The world's most expensive player paraded the Golden Boot before kickoff for the 40 league goals he scored last season, and he helped his bid to win it again with another sparkling performance at the Bernabeu....

Second title on the cards for Esperance, Wydad

The thirst for a second title when Maghrebian duo, Wydad Athletic Club of Morocco and Tunisia’s Esperance face off in the first leg final of the 2011 Orange CAF Champions League at the Mohamed V Stadium in Stadium in Casablanca. The two teams have annexed Africa’s most sought after club competition once; Wydad in 1992 and Esperance two years later and there canbe no better a moment for the second title than now. The first leg will serve the third meeting between the two sides after the group phase. The encounter does not only rekindle the dominance of North African side the continental club championships but also rekindles the age-long rivalry between Morocco and Tunisia as far as the globular leather is concerned. It serves a miniature of the 2004 final of the Africa Cup of Nations, which Tunisia won and a repeat of the 1999 final of the CAF Champions League between Wydad’s city rivals, Raja Athletic Club and Esperance, which the Moroccans went on to win 4-3 on ...