AZ Alkmaar News
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Juventus moved a step closer to back-to-back Italian league soccer titles with a 1-0 win against AC Milan. Paris Saint-Germain defeated Nice 3-0 to stay on track for its first French championship in 19 years.
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Lionel Messi extended his scoring run to 18 straight Spanish soccer league matches in a 3-1 win against Rayo Vallecano that maintained Barcelona’s 13-point lead over Real Madrid at the top.
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Manchester City followed Manchester United out of soccer’s Europa League as Sporting Lisbon held off a late comeback to reach the quarterfinals, where it will be joined by three Spanish teams.
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Udinese, Rubin Kazan, Club Bruges and AZ Alkmaar claimed the last four spots in the Europa League round of 32 after they all tied their final group games 1-1.
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Tournament favorite Manchester City and Manchester United opened the Europa League round of 16 with losses as all three remaining Spanish teams won.
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Marseille beat Saint Etienne 1-0 yesterday to move level on points atop France’s Ligue 1 as many of Europe’s top soccer leagues entered mid-season breaks. Ajax slipped three points behind the leaders in the Netherlands.
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Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in German soccer’s season-opening Super Cup. Juventus, whose coach was suspended last week for failing to report a match- fixing incident, won Italy’s Super Cup.
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Athletic Bilbao rallied for a 4-2 win at Schalke in their Europa League soccer quarterfinal opener, while Atletico Madrid, AZ Alkmaar and Sporting Lisbon all won 2-1.
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Fulham accepted an undisclosed bid from Premier League soccer rival Tottenham Hotspur for midfielder Moussa Dembele, while newly promoted Southampton bolstered its attack by signing Zambia forward Emmanuel Mayuka.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick as Real Madrid won 4-1 at Atletico Madrid to restore its four-point lead atop Spanish soccer’s La Liga. Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern Munich 1-0 as the top two teams met in Germany.
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