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| Defending champion Panathinaikos had to settle for a 1-1 home draw against Xanthi in the opening game of the Greek league season Friday. Panathinaikos, without injured pair Gilberto Silva and Djibril Cisse, charged forward from the start. They took an early lead with a header by Antonis Petropoulos in the eighth minute. |
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| Defending champion Panathinaikos kicks off the Greek league season against Xanthi on Friday, with two new French signings joining star striker Djibril Cisse in the squad. Defender Jean-Alain Boumsong and forward Sidney Govou both signed in the summer from Lyon to boost Nikos Nioplias' squad ahead of the new season. |
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| France needs a convincing performance in its final World Cup warmup match against China on Friday to boost the team's fragile confidence after the disappointing 1-1 draw with Tunisia. France looked out of sorts, struggling both in defense and attack, in last Sunday's match against Tunisia, and France striker Djibril Cisse says beating China in style will "allow us to feel more... |
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PARIS (Reuters) - It could be Djibril Cisse's year. With Thierry Henry struggling to make it on the bench at Barcelona, the Panathinaikos forward got a morale boost from France coach Raymond Domenech five weeks before the World Cup.
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| Panathinaikos clinched its first Greek league title in six years on Sunday, beating Iraklis 2-0 after first-half goals by Djibril Cisse and Sotiris Ninis to spark wild celebrations among the 50,000 plus fans. With one round left in the season, Panathinaikos has 67 points, six more than Olympiakos despite the 2009 champions defeating last-place Panthrakikos 2-0 on Sunday. |
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| Goals from Dimitris Salpingidis, Djibril Cisse and Sebastian Leto gave Panathinaikos a 3-0 win at Atromitos in the Greek league on Sunday. Salpingidis scored in the 18th minute from a rebound after a free kick by Cisse was saved by goalkeeper Chrisostomos Michailidis. Giorgos Karagounis was fouled in the box in the 74th, and Cisse converted the penalty for his league-leading 22nd goal of the... |
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| Cisse has hinted at his pride in the resolve he has shown to get back into the international fray following a long stint in the wilderness... |
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| Panathinaikos striker Djibril
Cisse has been added to the France squad for Wednesday's
friendly against Spain, the French football Federation said on
Sunday.
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| A last minute Djibril Cisse goal was enough to give Pana the win on a tense and scrappy European night in Greece. |
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| A last minute Djibril Cisse goal was enough to give the Prasinoi victory on a tense and scrappy European night in Greece. |
