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Bayern beats Utd 7-6 to claim cup
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 31 - 07 - 2009

Bayern Munich beat Manchester United 7-6 on penalties to win the preseason Audi Cup after a scoreless draw in regulation time on Thursday.
Bayern goalkeeper Michael Rensing, striving to become the starter in the upcoming season, made the decisive save by stopping Jonny Evans' shot. Daniel van Buyten then converted the winning penalty.
Both teams wasted one penalty each, with Rensing also stopping Patrice Evra, and Edwin van der Sar knocking away Danijel Pranjic's effort.
There was no extra time.
In a slow-paced game, Mario Gomez hit the crossbar of Van der Sar's goal in the first half and Dimitar Berbatov's overhead attempt also bounced off the post.
Rensing did well to deny Wayne Rooney late in the game.
The match for third-place was also decided on penalties, with Roberto Abbondanzieri making two saves to help Boca Juniors beat AC Milan 4-3 in the shootout.
The goalkeeper stopped shots from Andrea Pirlo and Alexandre Pato, who had also wasted several opportunities in regulation as the game ended 1-1. Thiago Silva scored for Milan in the 27th but Lucas Viatri tied in the 87th.
Federico Insua also had his penalty saved in the shootout but Viatri then converted for Boca for the decisive score before Pato's blunder.
Fulham wins
In Paris, South Korea international Seol Ki-Hyeon scored the crucial third goal as Fulham defeated Lithuanian side Vetra 3-0 in Vilnius on Thursday in the Europa League third qualifying round first leg tie.
Seol was introduced by coach Roy Hodgson as a late substitute, along with new signing Bjorn Helge Riise, and the Korean made an immediate impact when he scored with a superb strike from the edge of the area after 85 minutes.
Bobby Zamora scored the opener for Fulham, which is playing in Europe for the first time since 2002, on the stroke of half-time.
Two ties, meanwhile, were overshadowed by violence.
In Denmark, 111 fans were arrested in the Danish town of Brondy before the home team's clash with Legia Warsaw.
Police used teargas to break up fighting between the two sets of fans before kick-off in the match which ended 1-1.
Dozens of Croatian fans and eight Slovak policemen were injured in the northern Slovakian town of Zilina where the home team were facing Hajduk Split.
Around 500 Croatian fans threw stones at police and broke shopwindows in the town as they tried to sneak into the stadium.
The police detained 120 Croatians, police spokeswoman Jana Balogova said.


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