The Dutchman saved Liverpool from penalty shootout drama with a goal in the 118th minute at Anfield to put the Reds through.

Here are the other qualifiers, that include Barcelona and Juve from yesterday:

BATE Borisov, Shakhtar Donetsk, AaB, Marseille, Dynamo Kiev, Anorthosis Famagusta, Fiorentina, Steaua Bucuresti, Arsenal, Fenerbahce, FC Basel, Atlético Madrid. Click to continue reading...

Old-new England captain John Terry looks like he has got a chance of competing in the Olympics even if a Great Britain side do not enter the football tournament. The Chelsea man's post-Moscow penalty shootout trauma does make him look uncannily like a synchronised diver. For all his flaws on the field, we never thought JT could be accused of being a diver. Click to continue reading...

Old-new England captain John Terry looks like he has got a chance of competing in the Olympics even if a Great Britain side do not enter the football tournament. The Chelsea man's post-Moscow penalty shootout trauma does make him look uncannily like a synchronised diver. For all his flaws on the field, we never thought JT could be accused of being a diver. Click to continue reading...

Couldn't have picked a better man.  Sportsmanship, maturity, respect for authority -- natch.  "England's Brave John Terry" has got it all. As usual, the Fiver nails it when comparing Ferdinand to Terry: Capello, like the Fiver, was obviously impressed at the way [Terry's] alter ego Mr Chelsea performed during the penalty shootout at this year's Big Cup [. Click to continue reading...

It was a penalty shootout again, like last season's community shield. But at least last season saw two goals in open play. This was a 0-0 draw where United dominated possession throughout the game only to find it extremely hard to put the ball into the net. It's emblematic of United's troubles, if any. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United took their second consecutive Community Shield trophy on penalties after a 0-0 draw with Portsmouth at Wembley. The Community Shield (formerly known as the Charity Shield) pits the defending Premier League champion and FA Cup winner and Man United repeated last year's success at the spot, the previous version finishing 1-1 in their match with Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

Dell 'Apa: All-out brawls marked the postgame events of the semifinals. But the final became as much a bonding experience for the players as an occasion for the New England Revolution to gain vengeance on the Houston Dynamo.

New England triumphed 6-5 in a penalty shootout after double overtime had seen both teams tied at 2-2. Click to continue reading...

Lucky Melbourne. Lucky Lucky Michael Theoklitos. He should be watching the first few games from his lounge room. He still may if the FFA decides to review the DVD of the game.

Melbourne won but it took them 9 kicks in the penalty shootout. Theoklitos saved them. But he may have been sent off in about the 50th. Click to continue reading...

AC Milan defeated Inter 4-2 on penalty kicks to clinch the 2008 TIM Trophy. For those of you that don't know, AC Milan, Inter and Juventus play each other each pre season in a mini tournament in which the teams play each other in a 45 minute game. Every tie is decided by a penalty shootout. Milan won their first game against Juventus 4-2 on penalty kicks after the 45 minutes ended in a 2-2 tie. Click to continue reading...

The FA Cup often pitches teams from different divisions against each other. Sometimes those ties have to be decided by a penalty shootout. This has happened 22 times in the last seven years. Team in a higher league vs team in a lower league. Penalty shootout. How many of the 22 have been won by the team [. Click to continue reading...

The Rapids – Tigres friendly went into the books as a scoreless draw, but apparently this whole match was put together by Tecate and they wanted to give a trophy to the winner, so they handed the trophy to the winner of an unofficial penalty shootout, which was the Rapids.

As for the match itself, it was nothing too spectacular.

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Last night's action means there will be one MLS team and one USL team in this year's US Open Cup final.

USL Division One sides, the Seattle Sounders and the Charleston Battery sent their two MLS contestants back to the top flight last night in the US Open Cup quarter final match ups. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards bowed out of the US Open Cup to the Seattle Sounders 0-0 (5-6) on penalty kicks tonight. Misses by Jimmy Conrad and Tyson Wahl during the spot kicks gave Seattle the edge, as Sebastian Le Toux hit the cross bar as well to keep it even. In the PKs, Ryan Pore, Ryan McMahen, Roger Espinoza, Kerry Zavagnin, and Michael Harrington all put their chances away. Click to continue reading...

...Ecuador's LDU Quito won the Copa Libertadores by virtue of a penalty kick shoot-out in Wednesday night's second leg of the finale. The Copa Libertadores, for the uninitiated, is almost certainly the second biggest club competition on the planet. Unfortunately, it doesn't get much coverage outside of South/Latin America. Click to continue reading...

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With the European Champions now over, it is time to look back at the players who made the tournament one to remember.

From the daring Turks to the high-flying Russians to the dynamic Dutch, there were plenty of standout players in the tournament, but only 11 can make the Euro 2008 Best XI.

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With the European Champions now over, it is time to look back at the players who made the tournament one to remember.

From the daring Turks to the high-flying Russians to the dynamic Dutch, there were plenty of standout players in the tournament, but only 11 can make the Euro 2008 Best XI.

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My two favourite teams in the tournament are also the last ones standing, which makes this simultaneously my dream final and a nightmare. I'll be cheering for Germany tomorrow -- I'm half German, and my ancestors would probably rise up to beat me about the head with a beer stein if I didn't -- but I'm sure that Spain will do their best to test my loyalties with their pretty pretty football. Click to continue reading...

I feel like taking a big deep breath right now. One of those breaths where, after you've been working at a furious pace, you see there are only a few minutes left on the clock, and just need to fill your lungs before you lower your head and charge in for the final exhaustive burst of energy. Click to continue reading...

VIENNA (Austria), 22 June 2008 - The adventure is over. Spain beat Italy 4-2 in the penalty shootout and send them packing. The magic of Berlin disappears on a hot Vienna night. After a goalless 120', De Rossi and Di Natale miss their penalties, while Buffon manages to stop Guiza's shot. Click to continue reading...

After the first five minutes of Italy v Spain I just KNEW the game would be decided on penalties. I just knew it!! 2 hours of tedium, 2 hours of boredom, 2 hours of nothing.

It wasn't Spain's fault they just couldn't break down the masters of negative football - 'Let's play for penalties chaps, Spain haven't won a penalty shootout on the 22nd June before.

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Commentators like to say the penalty shootout is a cruel lottery, but there was nothing cruel about Spain prevailing 4-2 over Italy after a 0-0 draw. Only one team came to Vienna actively seeking a win, and while Spain battled fruitlessly for a goal for 120 minutes, at least they were battling. Spain outshot Italy 27-12, but it could have been a greater margin if Spain didn't so often seek the perfect play opposed to the quick release. Click to continue reading...

The winner of the Spain vs. Italy match was not just Spain it was soccer fans everywhere. The Italians playing their trademark defensive game settled for a penalty shootout before the opening kickoff. There plans backfired when they missed two penalties and went out 4-2 to Spain. Italy was everything that soccer hate in this game. Click to continue reading...

It's almost as if Michel Platini was sitting in the stand with a remote control. "Honestly", he thought to himself as he recalled the one hundred and eighteen minutes of dirge that he had found himself sitting through, "if you leave them to do it for themselves, you'll always end up with one really duff match in the end". Click to continue reading...

Well this tournament continues to exceed all expectations with the second quarter final of EURO 2008 managing to surpass the first one for sheer drama, if not quality, as Croatia vs Turkey exploded into life in the final moments after a frankly fairly drab previous 120 minutes during which both teams had pretty much cancelled each other out. Click to continue reading...

Go up a goal against Turkey at your peril. Because you will lose. Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and now Croatia.

After 122 minutes of a grueling match, it was suddenly over in a flash. Semih Senturk's last second equalizer seemed to have drained all the life out of Croatian legs as the penalty shootout unfolded.

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Have you checked out the rules that determine which team goes through in the event of a tie?

Bo-Ring. (Actual criteria are listed at the bottom of the post.) And did you know that, according to these rules, there's a chance that Italy and France might have a penalty shootout today? For THIRD place in the group!

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Ok so there's been quite a lot of confusion about the mathematics of tonight's crucial Group of Death decider, so we decided to crunch the numbers and give you a comprehensive rundown of all viable scenarios:

- If Romania beat Holland they will join them in the knockouts in second place.

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Turkey 3-2 Czech Republic
What a way to kick off the final round of group games. Turkey were on the verge of elimination, down 2-0 with 15 minutes to go, but they put together an amazing comeback to beat the Czechs, including two goal in the last three minutes.

It was a nervy opening to the game, with a couple Turkish players booked in the first 10 minutes. Click to continue reading...

Good morning all. It is a relatively slow news day so far but the European Championships keep rolling on so there will be some good matches to watch (well, at least one good match).

Before we get to the Germany-Croatia Euro showdown, here are some stories to get your day started.

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1. Drawing lots is a thing of the past
Five Things We Learned can be a bit tongue in cheek at times (see 2., 3. and 5.). But here's something I genuinely learned today:

Should Czech Republic vs Turkey be even stevens after 90 minutes on Sunday, then the two teams will have equal points (4) an equal head to head record (obviously), equal goal difference (-1) and an equal goals scored record.

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What a shame. They played better, they had more scoring chances, and they deserved a win, yet Fiorentina's 2008 UEFA Cup adventure ends in the Semi-Finals. The cruel fate of penalty kicks, which has plagued Italians so many times in the past (but which after the 2006 World Cup seemed to be a forgiven affair), [. Click to continue reading...

Uruguay captain Diego Lugano is used to being in the middle of a celebration by Brazilians on a football pitch. After all, he became famous in Brazil after being part of a good Sao Paulo team that won important titles like the 2005 Libertadores and Intercontinental Cups. On Tuesday, he was once again in the middle of a Brazilian football celebration. Click to continue reading...