Aguero rescues City in Europa League

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02/16/2012 - Porto, Portugal (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sergio Aguero scored in the 83rd minute and Manchester City edged FC Porto, 2-1, in the first match of their Europa League round of 32 series Thursday.

Silvestre Varela gave defending Europa League champion FC Porto the lead after 27 minutes, but an own goal by Alvaro Pereira tied the fixture in the 55th and Aguero added the late winner for City.

Aguero only entered the match in the 78th to replace Mario Balotelli, and Yaya Toure set up the goal with a pass into the middle of the area that Aguero slid into the net.

City takes a one-goal aggregate lead and two away goals to Etihad Stadium for the second leg Wednesday. City and Porto play their second leg a day early, as rival Manchester United hosts Ajax on Thursday, when the rest of the second legs are played. United won the first leg, 2-0.

Two-time European champion Porto will need at least two goals in Manchester to have any chance to advance to the last 16.

PSV Eindhoven, which has one European Cup title to its name, needed goals from Tim Matavz and Ola Toivonen for a 2-1 win at Trabzonspor in another late match Thursday.

Mehmet Topal scored to lead Valencia over Stoke City 1-0, Ola John's goal gave Twente a 1-0 win at Steaua Bucharest, Jan Schlaudraff's late penalty kick gave Hannover a 2-1 win over Club Brugge, Tsvetan Genkov scored in the 88th as 10- man Wisla Krakow tied Standard Liege 1-1, and PAOK tied at Udinese 0-0 in the day's other late matches.

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Super Bowl XLIII, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds

Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.

The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.

The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.

Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.

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Despite the debate that's swirling , Kurt Warner will remain the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, coach Dennis Green said today. The Arizona Cardinals are the +7 point underdog at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com for this Sunday's game.

Green's comment came in a statement released by the team following an ESPN report that Green decided that rookie Matt Leinart would replace Warner as starter for Sunday's game at Atlanta.

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