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The two clubs meet on
Wednesday evening for the first
leg of their semi-final and, while
noting Ronaldo's importance, the
24-year-old insisted a match of
this magnitude cannot be determined by an individual. “We are all aware of Cristiano's
class,” he told Bwin. “ He is one of the best players in
the world and has always shown
his importance to the team. “But, we are a team, not just
Cristiano or another player. We
have to work as a team if we
want to succeed." The former Werder Bremen
starlet also spoke fondly of the
Clasico fixture, and insisted los
Blancos would be aiming to secure
a first leg advantage at Santiago
Bernabeu. “We appreciate that Barcelona
are a very strong team with
great players, but we prefer to
focus on ourselves. “We are at home and our goal is
to win the game. “It is the biggest derby in the
world and is always a special
game to play in.”

Fabrigas : result could be better than before

The Catalan side took advantage
of slack defending and scored the
opener in the second-half
courtesy of Fabregas' well-taken
finish past Diego Lopez, before
Varane equalised in the 83rd minute. The Blaugrana's goalscorer feels
they could have added to their
tally, but refused to be drawn
into commenting on who were
now favourites to secure a place
in the final. "The result could have been
better for us," the former
Arsenal captain told AS. "In a derby anything can happen.
We are fine with the result and
now we must concentrate on the
league. We achieved a good result
and think we will cope in the
home leg." Fabregas also commented on his
side's poor start to the game,
which saw Cristiano Ronaldo come
close to scoring from a free-kick
in the opening minutes. He added: "As always derbies are
very intense. In the first few
minutes we were distant with the
ball and did not compete, but
after that we held on to it well." Barcelona's assistant manager
Jordi Roura, who led the team in
the absence of Tito Vilanova, also
bemoaned his players' lack of
cutting edge, but maintained the
draw was a decent result. "We had a lot of chances to
increase our lead, but a draw at
the Bernabeu is always a good
result," the 45-year-old told
reporters. "People were saying Madrid were
missing lots of players, but they
have a very good squad. Those
that played showed why they are
at Madrid." The second leg of the two sides'
Copa del Rey semi-final is at Camp
Nou on February 26.

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Balotelli had his medical at a
hospital in Busto Arsizio on
Wednesday afternoon and then
went to have dinner with the club
official after his three-hour
examination. Prior to meeting with Galliani, the
Italy international was greeted by
a large crowd of Milan
supporters, who were chanting:
"You threw the shirt of s**t
[referring to Inter in the Champions League semi-final
against Barcelona in 2010] on the
ground, now you're with Milan.
The dreams have come true, you
score the best goals. We will win
with Mario Balotelli." The swarm of supporters also set
off fireworks and police were
required to use tear gas in order
to break up the crowd. A policeman was also taken to
hospital after being hit on the
head with a bottle which was
thrown by one of the fans.

League Two Bradford's fine
League Cup form continues as
they beat Aston Villa 3-1 in the
first leg of their semi-final. 133

League Two Bradford's fine
League Cup form continues as
they beat Aston Villa 3-1 in the
first leg of their semi-final. 133

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