AC MILAN Breaking News Update

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COACH LEONARDO!

MILAN - Today Leonardo celebrates an important day. In fact the coach celebrates his 40th birthday. Best wishes from everyone at AC Milan and all the Rossoneri fans to our coach in his first part of the season on the Rossoneri's bench. Happy birthday!

FRIENDLY: HOLLAND-JAPAN 3-0

MILAN - It finished 3-0 for Holland in the friendly against Japan played in Enschede this afternoon. Rossoneri striker Huntelaar scored the third goal in the 87th minute. The other goals were scored by Van Persie in the 69th minute and Sneijder in the 83rd.

HOLLAND-JAPAN: HUNTELAAR ON THE PITCH FOR 26 MINUTES

MILAN - Here are the stats of the friendly match played between Holland and Japan:
HOLLAND: Vorm (64' De Zeeuw); Van Bronckhorst, Mathijsen, Loovens, Van Der Wiel; Mendes (64' Velthuizen), Sneijder (78' Van Der Vaart), De Jong, Robben; Kuyt (64' Huntelaar), Van Persie
JAPAN: Kawashima; Nagatomo, Tanaka, Nakazawa, Uchida; Nakamura (70' Koroki), Endo, Hasebe, Nakamura; Tamada (46' Honda), Okazaki
MARCATORI: 68' Sneijder, 73' Van Persie, 87' Huntelaar

GEORGIA-ITALY 0-2

TBILISI - Important victory for the Azzurri tonight in Tbilisi against Georgia: 2-0. Palombo and Criscito scored with the help of Kaladze.

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING GROUP 3: SLOVAKIA-CZECH REPUBLIC 2-2

MILAN - Marek Jankulovski's Czech Republic drew 2-2 against Slovakia in World Cup Qualifying Group 3. Marek Jankulovski played 90 minutes.
SLOVAKIA: Mucha; Pekarik, Skrtel, Zabavnj, Weiss (74' Sapara); Strba, Sestak (82' Cech), Vittek, Holosko (87' Jendrisek); Durica, Hamsik
CZECH FREP: Cech; Grygera, Kadlec, Stejner (83' Sverkos), Jankulovski; Hubschman, Plasil, Jarolim (65' Necid), Pudil; Koller (55'Baros), Sivok
Goalscorers: 60' Sestak, 68' Pudil, 73' Hamsik, 84' Baros

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Sneijder Was Forced Off With Right Ankle Injury

Inter's Wesley Sneijder was forced off with a right ankle injury in the 78th minute of Holland's international friendly against Japan. The midfielder underwent X-rays (which were subsequently sent to Inter's medical staff) and the good news is that he has done no serious damage.

The player will remain with the Dutch national team until Monday to undergo further tests, after which his national team's medical staff will decide whether he is be fit to play next Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Scotland.

Sneijder scored either side of goals from Van Persie and Huntelaar as Holland beat Japan 3-0.

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Inter striker Samuel Eto'o scored one and set up the other for Emana as his Cameroon national team defeated Gabon 2-0 in a 2010 World Cup qualifying match.
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Santon on in second half of Italy win

Italy beat Georgia 2-0 in Saturday's World Cup qualifier, thanks to two own goals from Kaladze in the 11th and 22nd minutes of the second half. Inter's Davide Santon came on for Camoranesi in the 72nd minute.
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Ninety Medellin minutes for Cordoba

Ivan Ramiro Cordoba's Colombian national team beat Ecuador 2-0 at home in a World Cup qualifying clash on Saturday, courtesy of late goals from Martinez and Gutierrez. The Inter defender played from start to finish.
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Friendly: Lugano 3-3 Inter

Marko Arnautovic impressed on his non-competitive debut as Inter drew 3-3 with Swiss outfit Lugano at the Stadio Cornaredo.

Fejzulahi latched on to Silvio's assist and shrugged off a challenge from Vieira before beating Toldo to give the hosts a 19th-minute lead. Inter were level in the 24th when Quaresma, who had earlier hit the post, dribbled two opponents before firing past Cordaz.

Materazzi was forced off with a muscular injury before the half-hour, with Mancini creating two good chances before the break.

Lugano restored their lead nine minutes after the restart when Da Silva nodded home a cross from the left. Inter equalised for the second time two minutes later, Vieira finding the target with a classy chip shot.

Simone Boldini's men retook the lead again on 69 minutes through Silvio, who tucked home after Toldo blocked Rocca's shot.

Lugano's substitute keeper Wuthrich kept out a fierce left-footed drive from Arnautovic, who later set up Mancini, only for the Brazilian to head over. Mancini made amends with fifteen minutes remaining with a curling free kick that flew round the wall and into the bottom corner.

Arnautovic went close to a late winner when his lob shot went over the crossbar.

Lugano 3-3 Inter (HT: 1-1)

Scorers: Fejzulahi 19, Quaresma 24, Da Silva 54, Vieira 56, Silvio 69, Mancini 75.

Lugano: 1 Cordaz (30 Wuthrich 46), 16 Thrier, 6 Portillo (37's.t 29 Bottani, 28 Sulmoni, 25 Preisig (24 Demircan 82); 23 Martins, 26 Basic (22 Dorsa 66), 11 Perrier (17 Rocca 59); 10 Fejzulahi (27 Guarino 82); 8 Silvio (32 Coppola 82), 7 Da Silva (31 Foglio 82).
Coach: Simone Boldini.

Inter: 1 Toldo; 58 Donati, 25 Samuel, 23 Materazzi (56 Kysela 72), 52 Esposito; 53 Tremolada (57 Carlsen 68), 14 Vieira, 20 Obi (59 Romanò 79); 7 Quaresma, 89 Arnautovic (54 Dell'Agnello 88), 30 Mancini.
Subs not used: 21 Orlandoni, 55 Longo, 60 Cocuzza.
Coach: José Mourinho.

Referee: Carlo Bertolini.

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