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UEFA Europa League Results

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkjWneQA0rUCZ53iKERS6U8Lpj2wOgF5RSyDGySFjR59ZjKwj2gmFsyVW1FqWd1qLzFpfMsgjZxkvAei8e_biOD0zXtT9hnOJKyVvP8dqxE6JTpZSInLM7iIGfahMKC90PV8kqUPz8Jkp/s1600/stoke-besiktas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkjWneQA0rUCZ53iKERS6U8Lpj2wOgF5RSyDGySFjR59ZjKwj2gmFsyVW1FqWd1qLzFpfMsgjZxkvAei8e_biOD0zXtT9hnOJKyVvP8dqxE6JTpZSInLM7iIGfahMKC90PV8kqUPz8Jkp/s400/stoke-besiktas.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style></style>  </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Stoke 2-1 Besiktas <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Stoke city came from behind to claim all three points against Turkish side Besiktas thanks to Jon Walters' penalty in Thursday's Europa League Group E clash.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Goal Scorers:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> P Crouch, Walters – penalty(Stoke), Hilbert (Besiktas)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Athletic Bilbao 2-0 PSG <o:p></o:p></span></h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Athletic Bilbao continued to enjoy life away from La Liga as they defeated big-spending French side PSG on Thursday to move three points clear at the top of Europa League Group F.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Goal Scorers:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Gabilondo, Susaeta (Bilbao)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Tottenham 3-1 Shamrock <o:p></o:p></span></h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Roman Pavlyuchenko netted his first goal of the campaign to break Irish hearts and spark a second-half Tottenham recovery in the Europa League Group A match.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Goal Scorers:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Pavlyuchenko, Defoe, Dos Santos(Tottenham), Rice(Shamrock) <o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rennes 1-1 Atletico Madrid <o:p></o:p></span></h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">A late strike from substitute Juanfran earned Atletico Madrid a draw in a tough Europa League clash against Rennes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Goal Scorers:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Montano (Rennes), Juanfran(Atletico)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Schalke 3-1 Maccabi Haifa <o:p></o:p></span></h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Schalke defender Christian Fuchs scored a brace to help condemn Maccabi Haifa to their fifth straight defeat against German opposition in Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Goal Scorers:</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">C Fuchs – 2 Goals, J Jurado (Schalke), I Vered(Haifa)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Maribor 1-2 Birmingham <o:p></o:p></span></h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Wade Elliott spared Birmingham stopper Colin Doyle's blushes as his winner earned the Championship side their first Europa League victory.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Goal Scorers: </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Burke, Elliott (Birmingham), Volas (Maribor) <o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Odense 0-2 Fulham <o:p></o:p></span></h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Andrew Johnson scored twice to help Fulham end an eight-game winless run and secure three points at Odense in the Europa League this evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Goal Scorers:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> A Johnson – 2 Goals(Fulham)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Other Results:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Rubin Kazan 2 – 2 PAOK Salonika<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Lokomotiv Moscow 0 – 2 Anderlecht <o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">AEK 1 – 1 Steaua Bucuresti<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">FC Twente 4 – 1 Wisla Krakow<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rennes 1 - 1 Atletico Madrid<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Celtic 1 – 1 Udinese<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Braga 1 – 2 Club Brugge<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">AEK Athens 1 – 2 SK Sturm Graz<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">FC Metalist Kharkiv 1 – 1 AZ<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Malmo FF 1 – 2 FK Austria Vienna<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Legia Warsaw 3 – 2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Standard Liege 3 – 0 FC Copenhagen<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Athletic Bilbao 2 – 0 PSG<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Vorskla 1 – 2 Hannover 96<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">FC Vaslui 2 – 2 FC Zurich<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sporting 2 – 1 Lazio<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">SV Red Bull Salzburg 3 – 0 Slovan Bratislava<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rapid Bucuresti 1 – 3 PSV<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1 – 1 Dynamo Kiev<o:p></o:p></span></div>

UEFA Europa League Results

Stoke 2-1 Besiktas Stoke city came from behind to claim all three points against Turkish side Besiktas thanks to Jon Walters' penalty ...

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UEFA Europa League Matchday 2 Fixtures

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Hy0FVJJlHyghi6L2CUXFcPkywbfBUQXXG5yA4GNLT06PZJQiCHu5VQQnfKYjzorOZqpwOe_RUBpveTI2A8nlyqEsWY7p5OP891JEyw6OW1wq14ZRDjBuioxdlwlNa9wuy3-cKKrAflcl/s1600/Europa+League.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Hy0FVJJlHyghi6L2CUXFcPkywbfBUQXXG5yA4GNLT06PZJQiCHu5VQQnfKYjzorOZqpwOe_RUBpveTI2A8nlyqEsWY7p5OP891JEyw6OW1wq14ZRDjBuioxdlwlNa9wuy3-cKKrAflcl/s400/Europa+League.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style></style>  <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp A: Tottenham vs Shamrock <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp A: Rubin Kazan vs PAOK <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp B: Standard vs Copenhagen <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp B: Vorksla vs Hannover <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp C: Rapid vs PSV Eindhoven <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp C: Legia vs H. Tel Aviv <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp D: Vaslui vs FC Zurich <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp D: Sporting Lisbon vs Lazio <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp E: Stoke vs Besiktas <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp E: M. Tel Aviv vs Dynamo <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp F: Salzburg vs S. Bratislava <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp F: Athletic Bilbao vs PSG <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp G: Malmo vs Austria Vienna <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp G: Metalist vs AZ Alkmaar <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp H: Maribor vs Birmingham <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp H: Braga vs Club Brugge <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp I: Celtic vs Udinese <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp I: Rennes vs Atletico <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp J: AEK Larnaca vs Steaua <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp J: Schalke vs M. Haifa <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp K: Odense vs Fulham <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp K: Twente vs Wisla Krakow <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp L: AEK Athens vs Sturm Graz <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grp L: Lokomotiv vs Anderlecht </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>

UEFA Europa League Matchday 2 Fixtures

Grp A: Tottenham vs Shamrock Grp A: Rubin Kazan vs PAOK Grp B: Standard vs Copenhagen Grp B: Vorksla vs Hannover Grp C: Rapid vs PSV Eindh...

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UEFA Europa League Selected Results

UEFA Europa League Selected Results

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UEFA Europa League Thursday Night Fixtures

UEFA Europa League Thursday Night Fixtures

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Messi named Europe's Best Player

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEaobkM6mVRHTXaGZ9JKmr68LD1FdumD4nSGqkm-AgL26IM5voFiHBAtREBFyYzFbdnoRS69qV_2Zl2ncq1D6hMXnqjifMqU_8uO4lR0lYTP-oszvWPb3KulGEVnEAbBE29E1Hytksll9/s1600/Messi-UEFA-Best-Player-Award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEaobkM6mVRHTXaGZ9JKmr68LD1FdumD4nSGqkm-AgL26IM5voFiHBAtREBFyYzFbdnoRS69qV_2Zl2ncq1D6hMXnqjifMqU_8uO4lR0lYTP-oszvWPb3KulGEVnEAbBE29E1Hytksll9/s1600/Messi-UEFA-Best-Player-Award.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lionel Messi with the UEFA Best Player Award</td></tr></tbody></table><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style></style>  <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Barcelona star Lionel Messi has added another crown to his growing collection - he was voted the winner of UEFA's inaugural Best Player in Europe Award in Monaco.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Messi finished ahead of club team-mate Xavi Hernandez and Real Madrid ace Cristiano Ronaldo in a poll of sports journalists who represent each of the UEFA member associations.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Messi scored 53 goals last season and was presented the prize on Thursday night at the UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">"I'd like to thank all the people that voted for me, and all my team-mates,"</span></i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Messi told UEFA.com<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">"I keep all these awards at home and I still have some space for more. It's an honour to be so successful and to come up with the goods at the right time; thanks to my team-mates for helping me achieve this.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">"[My motivation] comes from being at a club that's so successful and having a structure that allows us to be so successful; that was taught to me when I moved over and I've tried my best to keep it up."<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Messi scored 12 times in the UEFA Champions League last season to lead Barcelona to their third UEFA Champions League title in six years.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style></style>  </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">TOP TEN PLAYERS:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>   <link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CSYSTEM%7E2%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style></style>  <br /><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableLightShadingAccent2" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none;"><tbody><tr>   <td style="border-color: rgb(192, 80, 77) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid none; border-width: 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">PLAYER NAME<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td>   <td style="border-color: rgb(192, 80, 77) -moz-use-text-color; border-style: solid none; border-width: 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CLUB<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td>  </tr><tr>   <td style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 211, 210); border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Lionel Messi<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td>   <td style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 211, 210); border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Barcelona<o:p></o:p></span></div></td>  </tr><tr>   <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Xavi Hernandez<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td>   <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Barcelona<o:p></o:p></span></div></td>  </tr><tr>   <td style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 211, 210); border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cristiano Ronaldo<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td>   <td style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 211, 210); border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Real Madrid<o:p></o:p></span></div></td>  </tr><tr>   <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Andres Iniesta<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td>   <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Barcelona<o:p></o:p></span></div></td>  </tr><tr>   <td style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 211, 210); border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Radamel Falcao<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td>   <td style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 211, 210); border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Porto (now at   Atletico Madrid)<o:p></o:p></span></div></td>  </tr><tr>   <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wayne Rooney<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td>   <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Manchester United<o:p></o:p></span></div></td>  </tr><tr>   <td style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 211, 210); border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Nemanja Vidic<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td>   <td style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 211, 210); border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Manchester United<o:p></o:p></span></div></td>  </tr><tr>   <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Zlatan Ibrahimovic<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td>   <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">AC Milan <o:p></o:p></span></div></td>  </tr><tr>   <td style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 211, 210); border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Gerard Pique<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td>   <td style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 211, 210); border: medium none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Barcelona<o:p></o:p></span></div></td>  </tr><tr>   <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(192, 80, 77); border-style: none none solid; border-width: medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 239.4pt;" valign="top" width="319"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Manuel Neuer<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></td>   <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(192, 80, 77); 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Messi named Europe's Best Player

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