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Подготовили Андрей ВДОВИН и Илья ТРИСВЯТСКИЙ
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Basketball. NBA. Regular season. "Atlanta" - "Toronto" - 146:115, "Cleveland" - "Phoenix" - 107:90, "Orlando" - "New York" - 118:104, "Washington" - " Milwaukee - 104:102, New Jersey - Dallas - 101:117, Chicago - Detroit - 92:85, Minnesota - Memphis - 95: 97, “Oklahoma” – “Philadelphia” – 117:106, “Sacramento” – “Indiana” – 110:105, “Clippers” – “Houston” – 85:102.
The absolute outsider of the National Basketball League, the New Jersey Nets, which was recently acquired by Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov, set a new league anti-record for the number of matches lost at the start of the regular season: the Nets go 18 games without winning. During this time, the team's head coach, Lawrence Frank, lost his post, but his resignation did not stop the series of defeats.
New Jersey fans and experts tend to blame club co-owner Bruce Ratner for this black streak. Former Nets leader Jason Kidd, now playing for Dallas, said that “it all started with the club giving away K-Mart, Lucious Harris, Kerry Kittles and other irreplaceable players. One by one. The fall was bound to happen sooner or later.”
Brodeur became an American
Hockey. NHL. Regular season. “New Jersey” — “Vancouver” — 2:5, “Boston” — “Tampa” — 4:1, “Florida” — “Colorado” — 6:5 (B) — Dmitry Kulikov “F” (0+1), “Minnesota” – “Nashville” – 5:4 (OT).
New Jersey goalkeeper Martin Brodeur, a Canadian, has accepted American citizenship. To do this, he had to pass a special exam, during which he answered questions about government, and after which the goalkeeper took the oath of US citizen. "I prepared well because I didn't want to mess it up," Brodeur told the NHL's official website. But even with American citizenship, Martin Brodeur promised to play for the Canadian team, including at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
Arsenal are defeated again
Football. English League Cup. 1/4 finals. Blackburn - Chelsea - 3:3 (on penalties - 4:3), Manchester City - Arsenal - 3:0.
Arsenal suffered a second consecutive defeat in the last week. In the last round of the Premier League, the Gunners lost to Chelsea, and on Wednesday they were defeated by Manchester City in the League Cup. Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger, however, used the services of backups in this meeting, giving rest to the main team players, including Andrei Arshavin.
Chelsea defender Yuri Zhirkov, on the contrary, plays exclusively in minor matches. The former army man went to the game against Blackburn and even took part in the penalty shootout, scoring his attempt. Zhirkov's partners were less accurate, and the Blues were eliminated from this tournament.
Following the results of the draw for the semi-finals of the English League Cup, it became known that Manchester City will meet with Manchester United, and Aston Villa will meet with Blackburn. The first legs of the semi-finals will take place on January 5, the return legs on January 19.
Bilyaletdinov led Everton to the playoffs
Football. Europa League. 5th round. Group "A". "Timisoara" - "Ajax" - 1:2, "Anderlecht" - "Dynamo" Z - 0:1. Team position: Ajax - 11 points, Anderlecht - 8, Dynamo Z - 6, Timisoara - 2. Group B. “Slavia” – “Genoa” – 0:0, “Valencia” – “Lille” – 3:1. Team position: Valencia - 9 points, Lille, Genoa - 7 each, Slavia - 3. Group C. "Celtic" - "Hapoel" - 2:0, "Hamburg" - "Rapid" - 2:0. Team position: Hamburg - 10 points, Hapoel - 9, Celtic - 5, Rapid - 4. Group G. Red Bull - Lazio - 2:1, Levski - Villarreal - 0:2. Team position: Red Bull - 15 points, Villarreal - 9, Lazio - 6, Levski - 0. Group H. "Sheriff" - "Steaua" - 1:1, "Twente" - "Fenerbahce" - 0:1. Team position: Fenerbahce - 12 points, Twente - 7, Sheriff - 5, Steaua - 3. Group “I”. AEK -- Everton -- 0:1, BATE -- Benfica -- 1:2. Team position: Benfica - 12 points, Everton - 9, BATE, AEK - 4 each.
Everton won the victory over the Greek AEK thanks to a goal from Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, scored at the very beginning of the match. The English club secured early exit from the group to the 1/16 finals of the Europa League. In addition to Everton, Benfica, Fenerbahce, Villarreal, Hamburg, Ajax, Hapoel, Red Bull, Shakhtar, Werder and Galatasaray have already booked their places in the playoffs "
There is still a sixth round ahead of the Europa League, and in the spring the teams that took first or second place in their groups will be joined by the clubs that will be third in the Champions League groups.
"Iskra" and "Fakel" are moving towards each other
In addition to the five Russian teams in the volleyball Champions League, four more of our teams compete in the remaining European Cup tournaments. All of them successfully played in the opening round matches; moreover, the girls from Khabarovsk “Nugget” have already advanced to the next round of the Challenge Cup.
The Far Eastern team, by mutual agreement with Slavia Bratislava, held both matches of the second stage (Khabarovsk players were exempt from participation in the first) in the Slovak capital. Head coach Igor Gaidabura's team won 3:0 (25:18, 25:22, 25:13) and 3:1 (16:25, 25:17, 25:16, 25:8). Now “Nugget” will have to fight with one of the teams that lost on aggregate in two games in the 1/16 finals of the CEV Cup. It is unlikely that it will be the Ekaterinburg Uralochka, which beat the Greek Panathinaikos on the road - 3:1 (25:16, 17:25, 25:23, 25:20).
In the men's draw of the second most important continental tournament, Odintsovo's Iskra and Novy Urengoy's Fakel are next door in the competitive bracket and will most likely meet each other in the 1/8 finals. "Iskra" at home easily dealt with the Cypriot "Anorthosis", which formally represents Famagusta, but is based in Limassol - 3:0 (25:18, 25:28, 25:16). “Fakel” near the Arctic Circle did not give the slightest chance to the Slovenian club “Salonit Anhovo” (“Channel”) - 3:0 (25:13, 25:16, 25:10). The return matches will take place on December 8-10. To reach the 1/8 finals, our men's teams only need to take one game, Uralochka at least two.