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Villa cruise into Peace Cup semis, meet Porto

AFP - 30 July 2009 01:10

Aston Villa´s player Marc Albrighton (R) celebrates after scoring against Atlante FC during their group C Peace Cup tournament football match at the Rosaleda Stadium in Malaga. Aston Villa won the match 3-1.

SEVILLE, Spain (AFP) - English Premier League side Aston Villa eased into the Peace Cup semi-finals on Wednesday with a 3-1 victory over Mexican outfit Atlante.

The up and coming English outfit - a rising force under former Celtic handler Martin O'Neill - will meet Portugal's 2004 Champions League winners Porto in the semi-finals.

Porto eked out a dour 0-0 draw with Turkish side Besiktas, which was enough to see them through to Friday's semi-final in Malaga.

Villa encountered few problems against Atlante with Norwegian international John Carew grabbing their second in the 48th minute and Ashley Young wrapped it up in the 62nd minute.

The other semi-final in Seville also on Friday features Italian powerhouses Juventus and Spanish giants Real Madrid.

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Escape_to_Victory

30 July 2009 04:44

Atlante, probably middle table Mexican, fair.

Friday, Juventus vs. Real Madrid, not bad....

Other semifinal, Villa vs. Malaga, so the Spanish team may have a home advantage. Real Madrid, honestly, should walk the tourney now.

I would bet on 'em.

Escape_to_Victory

30 July 2009 06:54

This might be better than the Champions League which I'm not going to waste time on again, fouling, bad officiating. This tournament looks better. I went to all these extra measures to see the CL games but not again.

Giorgio

30 July 2009 08:52

EtV,

Don't be so pessimistic !! I'm sure there will be many, many CL games to be enjoyed, next season and in the years to come.

And bad refereeing will continue to plague the world of football, until such time as FIFA, UEFA, etc., recognise that, similarly to what is already done in rugby, cricket, etc., they need to implement video technology.

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