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| * Lima scores hat-trick as Braga win 4-3 at Sevilla
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| * Sevilla floored by Lima hat-trick for Braga
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| Rodrigo Lima scored a hat trick to lead Braga to a 4-3 win at Sevilla that put the Portuguese club into European club football's Champions League for the first time on Tuesday. Matheus followed his goal in last week's 1-0 first-leg victory with a low shot into the bottom right corner before substitute Lima put Braga 2-0 up from close range. |
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| Unfashionable Braga denied Sevilla
a place in the Champions League group stage by winning 4-3 in
Spain on Tuesday thanks to a second-half hat-trick by Lima.
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| Rodrigo Lima's hat-trick led Portuguese club Braga to a 4-3 win over Sevilla to qualify for the Champions League for the first time by a 5-3 aggregate score on Tuesday. Matheus slid under goalkeeper Andres Palop in the 31st minute to put the visitors ahead before starting a move that finished with Lima sidefooting past Palop in the 58th to leave the Spanish club reeling. |
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This Greek-inspired dish makes a hearty meal rich in nutritious spinach.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Excitement built in Johannesburg on Sunday with Dutch and Spanish fans roaming the streets ahead of a mouth-watering climax of Africa's first World Cup between the tournament's two most impressive teams.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's first World Cup reaches a fitting climax on Sunday when the two most impressive teams, the Netherlands and Spain, meet in what is expected to be a fascinating contest for soccer's biggest prize.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Two days before the climax of Africa's first World Cup, silky Spain seemed everyone's favourite to beat the Netherlands though both are desperate to lift football's ultimate prize for the first time.
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| For the climax of the World Cup, it is all coming down to the art of the perfect pass. The Spanish proved in Wednesday's semifinal against Germany that they are wizards at football's fundamental skill. They wove passing webs so intricate that the Germans really didn't have that much to do -- except lose. |
