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Uruguay striker Diego Forlan scored both goals, including an extra-time winner, to give Atletico Madrid a 2-1 win over Fulham in the Europa League final last night and hand them their first trophy for 14 years.
•World Player of the Year Lionel Messi will lead Argentina's attack at the World Cup, but there is no room for veteran defender Javier Zanetti in coach Diego Maradona's provisional squad for the tournament.
The 30-man squad named yesterday included four high-profile forwards to support Barcelona's Messi: Gonzalo Higuain, Diego Milito, Martin Palermo and Carlos Tevez. Maradona has to pick his final 23-player squad from this list.
But the big surprises were the inclusion of defenders Ariel Garce (Colon) and Juan Insaurralde (Newell's) and midfielder Sebastian Blanco (Lanus), while Zanetti, captain of Champions League finalist Inter Milan, and club teammate Esteban Cambiasso both missed the cut. Real Madrid midfielder Fernando Gago was also left out.
Maradona named seven forwards, and all seven could make the final list on June 1.
Only nine players on the 30-man list have played in previous World Cups. World Cup winners in 1978 and 1986, Argentina play their final warm-up at home on May 24 against Canada before heading to South Africa. Argentina open on June 12 against Nigeria and also face Greece and South Korea in Group B.
•In a League Championship play-off second leg played last night, Cardiff beat Leicester City to go into a final play-off to reach the Premier League against Blackpool.
Even though, Cardiff lost 3-2 to Leicester on the night, the aggregate score was 3-3 and Cardiff then went on to win the penalty shoot-out 4-3.
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