Derrick Rose is going home, and a record crowd of freshmen are following him to the NBA. The Chicago Bulls selected Rose, who grew up on the city’s South Side, with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley. With Beasley going second to Miami and Minnesota picking O.J. Mayo at No. 3, college freshmen made up the first three picks for the first time in draft history. New York Knicks followed at No. 6 with Italian forward Danilo Gallinari, whose father played with new coach Mike D’Antoni overseas.
With Beasley going second to Miami and Minnesota picking O.J. Mayo at No. 3, college freshmen made up the first three picks for the first time in draft history.
Al Madison Square Garden di New York, Chicago chiama con il numero uno la guardia di Memphis, poi Miami indica Michael Beasley. Gallinari “pescato” col numero 6 dai Knicks di D’Antoni.
Spain marched into their first final in 24 years in style by comfortably beating Russia 3-0 in a rain-soaked Vienna. The match at the Ernst Happel Stadium was another instalment of the Cesc Fabregas Show, as the Arsenal midfielder came off the bench to set up two of the goals in a virtuoso display in which Xavi, Dani Guiza and David Silva all scored to set up Sunday’s clash against Germany.
Seconda semifinale di Euro 2008 dominata dagli iberici. I gol nella ripresa: al 5′ con Xavi, al 23′ Guiza, al 36′ Silva. Russia travolta. Nel primo tempo occasioni per Torres, Villa e Iniesta. Al 31′ splendido Casillas su Pavlyuchenko. Al 34′ esce Villa per infortunio.
Philipp Lahm’s last-minute goal gave Germany a dramatic 3-2 victory over Turkey in their Euro 2008 semi-final at St Jakob-Park in Basel. Turkey had the better of the game throughout and took the lead midway through the first half when Ugur Boral volleyed home, but Bastian Schweinsteiger equalised almost immediately from Lukas Podolski’s left-wing cross. Germany laboured for much of the second period, but went ahead for the first time through Miroslav Klose with 11 minutes to play, and it looked likely to be the winning goal until, with four minutes to play, Semih Senturk diverted Sabri Sarioglu’s right-wing cross into the German net at the near post.
I tedeschi si impongono 3-2. Soffrono nel primo tempo in cui con Schweinsteiger rispondono allo svantaggio iniziale firmato Boral, anima della formazione di Terim, scatenata. Ripresa più equilibrata: botta e risposta Klose-Senturk, poi allo scadere Lahm decide la gara.
