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Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - AC Milan's midfield duo of Gennaro Gattuso and Alberto Aquilani has been ruled out of Sunday's derby with Inter Milan. Gattuso has been diagnosed with an eye disease called ocular myasthenia, which he picked up while on the club's recent trip to Dubai, while Aquilani is set to miss the next month because of an ankle injury.

 

Mallorca, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Real Madrid will try to keep the pressure on Barcelona with a win on Saturday at Mallorca, which would stretch the advantage at the top of La Liga for Jose Mourinho's side to eight points. Madrid moved five points clear of its bitter rivals last weekend as a 5-1 win over Granada was coupled with Barca's 1-1 stalemate against Espanyol.

 

The two-legged showdown in the quarterfinals of the competition will no doubt be a highly-anticipated event, but Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas is trying to keep his team focused on Saturday's task.

 

"The less (we play Barcelona) the better because too much of one thing can be exhausting. We played four games against Barcelona in a short time last year and the same may happen again this season."

 

Barca owns a 3-1 win over Real Madrid in December, but Mourinho's side bounced back from that defeat to win its next two league matches by a combined score of 11-3.

 

Barca hosts mid-table Real Betis on Sunday with the visitors bringing a three- game winning streak into the match, while third-place Valencia tries to stay close to the top two when Los Che hosts Real Sociedad.

 

Saturday's other fixtures feature Granada hosting Rayo Vallecano in a clash of bottom-half teams, last-place Real Zaragoza entertains Getafe and Sevilla tries to snap a three-game losing streak when Espanyol visits the Sanchez Pizjuan.

 

Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Beat picked U.S. national team and UCLA forward Sydney Leroux No. 1 overall in the 2012 Women's Professional Soccer draft Friday. The 21-year-old Leroux scored 30 goals in 36 games for U.S. Under-20 national team from 2008-10. She made her debut for the U.S. senior side last year, when she was also a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist as the best college player.

 

"She is the best player in the draft without a doubt," said Beat manager James Galanis. "Not only based of her credentials but also just as a soccer player.

 

She later moved to the U.S., and helped the U-20 side win the 2008 World Cup. Leroux debuted for the American senior side against Sweden last January.

 

"For this to happen is definitely a dream come true. It's been a crazy journey from living in Canada with hopes to play in college, professionally, and on the national team," Leroux said.

 

Western New York Flash had the final two picks of the first round and selected a pair of Stanford players. Forward Lindsay Taylor was taken sixth and Hermann Trophy winner Teresa Noyola, a midfielder, was taken seventh.

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•    I am friggin hungry. I seriously think I should move my ass to the dining table now.

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•    Berjatuhan cidera di posisi midfielder kanan » Flamini, Gattuso, Aquilani, Boateng skrg Merkel "

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•    It's a round of applause in this bitch n I ain't talkin bout hands ;)...lol

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•    Starting to like the idea of taking a WR in the first round and then LB Bobby Wagner in the second round. #Eagles

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