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 | Lazio first in Group J after 4-1, Tottenham throw Panathinaikos7-12-2012 |
Lazio defeat with 4:1 as a guest Maribor and won the first place in Group J of the Europa League with a total of 12 points, while the Spurs fight for the second place after a 3:1 home success against the third Panathinaikos.
The Eagles who in Slovenia were without their goal machine Miroslav Klose started hammering and even to the break led with a convincing 3:0 with goals from Libor Kozak, Stefan Radu and Sergio Flokari.
In the 51st minute the Romans made the result more convincing after another goal of Flokari for 4:0 after an excellent own break while Marcos Tavares made the loss of Maribor with an idea more honorable with precise shot in the 85th.
The battle for the second place went to London, where the Spurs struggled a lot, but in the end beat Panathinaikos with 3:1 and ranked first after about 20 minutes before the end Athenians missed good positions to score with result 1:1 .
The Spurs took the lead in the 29th with a goal of Emmanuel Adebayor, who scored from ten yards after an assist of Clinton Dempsey.
In the 54th minute Nikolaos Spiropoulos on the left centered perfectly to Zeka in the penalty area and the Portuguese was accurate with head for 1:1.
The Spaniard Toce missed an excellent chance to rank PAO ahead in the 72nd after from several meters could easily scored for the guests, but form a clean position shot in out.
In the 76th minute after a cross from foul Kyle Walker on the right protection of the clovers left completely uncovered Clint Dempsey on the border of the small penal and he fired head undisturbed, the goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis managed to save the shot, but the ball hit the crossbar and then in him to receive a nasty for the guard own goal.
In the 83 th fell and the third goal for Tottenham after Aaron Lennon brought excellent Jermain Defoe and the English international technically pass Karnezis for the final 3:1.
Final standings in Group J of the Europa League:
1. Lazio - 12 points
2. Tottenham - 10
3. Panathinaikos -5
4. Maribor - 4
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