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Kagawa stars in United victory
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 26 - 07 - 2012

SHANGHAI — Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa scored his first goal for Manchester United in a 1-0 win over Shanghai Shenhua in a friendly Wednesday.
Kagawa found the net in the 68th minute, receiving a pass from Portuguese winger Bebe. Former Chelsea star Didier Drogba did not play for his new Shanghai Shenhua team. Manchester United starts the new English Premier League season on Aug. 20 with an away game against Everton.
Real routs Oviedo
Real Madrid drubbed Spanish third-division side Real Oviedo 5-1 Tuesday in a pre-season warm-up match, despite Jose Mourinho fielding a second-string team.
Mourinho started just three members of his regular first-team squad: Alvaro Morata, Esteban Granero and keeper Antonio Adan.
But Real Madrid came out guns blazing as Lucas Vazquez scored in the ninth minute, Denis Tcheryshev 30 minutes later and Esteban Granero two minutes after that.
Matar Diop Martins gave Oviedo a spark of hope when he scored six minutes after the break, but Argentine Angel di Maria promptly doused it with goals in the 56th and 74th minutes.
AC Milan beat Schalke
In Germany, a second-half goal from Urby Emanuelson gave AC Milan a 1-0 friendly win over Schalke 04 Tuesday in a pre-season warm-up match played in Gelsenkirchen.
The Italian visitors, who were missing several players who had been called up for Euro 2012, came closest to scoring in the first half through Stephan El Shaarawy, while Lewis Holtby threatened for the Germans.
Schalke sent on Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and summer signing Tranquillo Barnetta after the restart but Milan's pressure proved too much as Emanuelson scored the decisive goal in the 64th minute. The Dutchman rounded keeper Timo Hildebrand to slot home after being played in by Brazilian Robinho.
Galaxy holds Tottenham
In California, Tottenham's Gareth Bale and Los Angeles' David Junior Lopes scored first-half goals as Spurs and the Galaxy played out a 1-1 draw in friendly Tuesday.
Bale scored on a brilliant 17th-minute header to give the English club the lead but Brazilian defender Lopes sent home a feed from Hector Jimenez 11 minutes later to pull L.A. even. The Galaxy were without stars David Beckham, in London for the Olympics, and Landon Donovan, preparing for Wednesday's MLS All-Star game against Chelsea.
Crew beats Stoke City
In Ohio, Ben Speas scored in the 87th minute as the Columbus Crew beat Stoke City 2-1 in a football friendly Tuesday.
Stoke opened for Steke in the 23rd minute after Jonathan Walters' crisp header at the near post off a ball from Ryan Shotton. Aaron Horton equalized for the English club in the 71st minute off a pass from Emilio Renteria, before Speas took a ball that ricocheted off teammate Aaron Schoenfeld and fired a strike from 16 yards into the netting.
Villa edges Timbers
In Oregon, Aston Villa defeated the Portland Timbers in a penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw in Tuesday's friendly.
After both teams successfully converted their first four spot kicks, Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan stopped Bright Dike's penalty.
That set up a chance to win for Samir Carruthers, who put his shot into the top left corner. The game had ended square after the Timbers came alive in the final 15 minutes.
Aston Villa controlled the first half, getting a goal in the 41st minute off a header from Ciaran Clark and having another disallowed when Stephen Ireland was called offside.
Portland's Sebastian Rincon scored off a corner from Franck Songo'o to tie the score at 1-1 in the 76th minute. Just a few minutes later, Matthew Lowton scored for Aston Villa by heading in a corner.
However, Rodney Wallace drilled a left-footed goal from the top of the box in the 81st minute to tie it up again for Portland and send the game to penalties. — Agencies


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