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Football. English League Cup. 1/16 finals. Tottenham - Arsenal - 1:4, Burnley - Bolton - 1:0, Wolverhampton - Notts County - 4:2, Millwall - Ipswich » -- 1:2, "Peterborough" -- "Swansea" -- 1:3, "Sunderland" -- "West Ham" -- 1:2, "Portsmouth" -- "Leicester" -- 1:2, Stoke City - Fulham - 2:0, Birmingham - Dons - 3:1, Brentford - Everton - 1:1 (penalties - 4:3 ), Wigan - Preston - 2:1, Aston Villa - Blackburn - 3:1, Scunthorpe - Manchester United - 2:5, Chelsea - - Newcastle - 3:4, West Bromwich - Manchester City - 2:1, Liverpool - Northampton - 2:2 (on penalties - 2:4).
Chelsea's first defeat this season means the Blues are out of contention for one of the trophies. In the 1/16 League Cup match, Carlo Ancelotti's team, who gave playing time to Yuri Zhirkov, lost to Newcastle - 3:4. Nigerian Ameobi scored the winning goal in the 90th minute, and the hosts no longer had time to come back again, which is what they did throughout the match.
Chelsea is not alone in its troubles. Among the elite clubs, those leaving the tournament at the very start are the loser of the early season, Everton, and the hero of the transfer period, Manchester City and Liverpool. The Reds actually managed to lose to third division representative Northampton, for whom this victory became the main event in history.
Schalke's first victory
Football. German Championship . 5th round. “Hannover” – “Werder” – 4:1, “Hoffenheim” – “Bayern” – 1:2, “Mainz” – “Cologne” – 2:0, “Freiburg” – “Schalke” -- 1:2, Borussia M -- St. Pauli -- 1:2, Hamburg -- Wolfsburg -- 1:3, Borussia D -- Kaiserslautern -- 5: 0, Bayer - Eintracht - 2:1, Nuremberg - Stuttgart - 2:1. Leading : Mainz - 15 points, Borussia D - 12, Hannover, Hoffenheim - 10 each.
Felix Magath's conversations with his team brought success - Schalke, which was considered a contender for the championship, won for the first time in five rounds, although it did not leave last place. And the invincible Mainz continues to lead. And this time the result was brought to him by a double from Lewis Holtby, whom the same Schalke recklessly loaned out.
Italian Championship. 4th round. “Lazio” – “Milan” – 1:1, “Napoli” – “Chievo” – 1:3, “Inter” – “Bari” – 4:0, “Genoa” – “Fiorentina” -- 1:1, Catania -- Cesena -- 2:0, Cagliari -- Sampdoria -- 0:0, Brescia -- Roma -- 2:1, Bologna "-"Udinese" - 2:1, "Lecce" - "Parma" - 1:1. Leading : Inter - 10 points, Chievo, Brescia - 9 each.
Benitez's Inter is reaching its design capacity - Milito and Eto'o took part in another major victory, scoring two goals each. The real competitors of the “black and blue” are not visible even on the horizon: at Milan, although Ibrahimovic scores, his goals are not enough to win, and Roma is in a deep crisis, which is reflected in two points scored and 18th place in the standings. “The referee ruined the match. He came up with a penalty against our goal and did not award two penalty kicks to our opponents,” Roman coach Claudio Ranieri was looking for the culprits of the defeat. But he doesn’t have to worry about his place just yet - the club’s management, until they find a new owner for Roma, is unlikely to take any radical steps.