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Louis Van Gaal has expressed his admiration for FC Barcelona's Argentine star Lionel Messi.

On paper, India's chances look good. To back it up, team goalkeeper Savita said: "The match against Japan was very crucial for us".

Carlos was a member of the Brazilian World Cup squads that reached the final in 1998 and won the tournament in 2002.

Lionel Messi was left reflecting on another bitterly familiar failure on Saturday after Argentina suffered an agonizing penalty shoot-out defeat to Chile in the Copa America final.

The Dutch women clinched the title through Hoog's field goal three minutes from the hooter after the Koreans put up a good contest against the top-ranked team in the world.

Rani Rampal scored a brilliant field goal in the 13th minute and that proved to be the difference between the two teams in the fifth/sixth classification match.

"This is a big moment for us all, we have been toiling hard for it," said Ritu, eyes still moist with overwhelming emotions.

Falcao has clinched a deal to stay in the EPL at champions Chelsea on a season-long loan from Monaco despite a lackluster stint at Manchester United.

AC Milan president Berlusconi has demanded new coach Mihajlovic to lead the club back into the Champions League.

The 28-year-old Bacca helped Sevilla win back-to-back Europa League titles in the last two seasons.

An injury time own goal from England defender Laura Bassett put Japan into the World Cup final with a 2-1 victory, setting up a title rematch with the United States.

The Indian defenders, who let in six goals against world champions Australia in their last group match, will be again tested by the nippy Malaysians as the knockout competition begins today.

Jara will miss Chile's semi-final clash with Peru on Monday and, either the final or third-place playoff.

"Drag-flicks is a skills that takes time to improve, and I did notice a good drag-flicker in the training camp ahead of the tournament," says Ahrens

Peru, who also reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Copa America, dominated from the outset and could have been out of sight by the break.

Neymar was handed a four-match ban for the incidents, which were exacerbated by a volley of abuse aimed at the referee after the final whistle had gone in Brazil's first loss for 12 games.