Rangers 1 - Motherwell 0 (SPL, May 7, 2008) Barry Ferguson got the only goal with a great finish inside a crowded penalty box on 74 minutes. Walter Smith’s side are now four points behind Celtic with two games in hand. 

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Real Madrid 4 - Barcelona 1 (La Liga, May 7, 2008) (Longer highlights here.) After Barca had applauded champions Madrid onto the field, the home side scored two early goals from Raul and Robben (another rare headed goal). In the second-half Madrid doubled their lead with strikes from substitutes Higuain and Van Nistlerooy (pen), with two minutes to go Henry pulled one back for Barca, to compund Barca’s misery, Xavi was sent off late on.

Recreativo 0 - Villareal 2 (La Liga, May 7, 2008) Nihat (great free-kick) and Franco with the goals, confirmed Villareal as La Liga runners-up.

Valencia 1 - Zaragoza 0 (La Liga, May 7, 2008) Valencia should be safe from relegation with this win, David Silva got the only goal of the match.

Real Murcia 1 - Athletico Bilbao 2 (La Liga, May 7, 2008)

Getafe 4 - Almeria 2 (La Liga, May 7, 2008) Manuel Del Moral scored two as Michael Laudrup’s side came from two down to complete a crucial win in their fight against the drop.

Real Betis 1 - Valladolid 1 (La Liga, May 7, 2008)

Racing Santander 0 - Sevilla 2 (La Liga, May 7, 2008) Frederico Fazio scored two as Sevilla grabbed an important win in the race for the coveted fourth place.

Mallorca 2 - Osasuna 1 (La Liga, May 7, 2008)

Deportivo La Coruna 1 - Levante 0 (La Liga, May 7, 2008) A goal from Riki two minutes from time, gave the home side the win. But the real story of the match was that the Levante players made another protest about not being paid by standing still at the start of the game giving a Deportivo player the opportunity to run the length of the field. When he had kicked the ball out for a goal kick the game was resumed as normal.

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Lazio 0 - Inter Milan 2 (Agg. 0-2) (Coppa Italia, May 7, 2008) Goals from Pele (great work by Suazo) and Cruz (joke defending) put Inter into their fourth consecutive Coppa Italia final where they will face either Roma or Catania.

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Bayern Munich 2 - Arminia Bielefeld 0 (Bundesliga, May 7, 2008)

Hamburg 0 - Werder Bremen 1 (Bundesliga, May 7, 2008)

Nurnberg 2 - Duisburg 0 (Bundesliga, May 7, 2008)

Eintracht Frankfurt 2 - Wolfsburg 3 (Bundesliga, May 7, 2008)

Freiburg 0 - Kickers Offenbach 1 (Bundesliga II, May 7, 2008)

Hoffenheim 3 - Koblenz 1 (Bundesliga II, May 7, 2008)

Augsburg 1 - FC Cologne 3 (Bundesliga II, May 7, 2008)

Mainz 0 - Alemannia Aachen 1 (Bundesliga II, May 7, 2008)

Monchengladbach 3 - Wehen 0 (Bundesliga II, May 7, 2008)

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Lyon 1 - Sedan 0 (Coupe De France, May 7, 2008) A trademark long-range free-kick two minutes from time from Juninho sets up a final with PSG.

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Cruzeiro 1 - Boca Juniors 2 (Agg. 2-4) (Copa Libertadores, May 7, 2008) (Longer highlights here.) Strike partners Palacio (great strike) and Palermo got the goals to set up a quarter-final tie with Lanus. Wagner pulled one back for the Brazilians with an acrobatic volley, but their frustration was illustrated when Ramires was sent-off in the closing stages of the tie.

Flamengo 0 - CF America 3 (Agg. 4-5) (Copa Libertadores, May 7, 2008) The Mexicans pulled off a huge shock in Joel Santana’s last game in charge of the Brazilian giants. Cabanas scored two, the first was a lovely strike, in between Esqueda poked home and late on Maldonado was sent-off for the the home side.

Sao Paolo 2 - Nacional 0 (Agg. 2-0) (Copa Libertadores, May 7, 2008) Adriano got the opener and Dagoberto completed the win late on. Sao Paolo will face Fluminense in the quarter-finals.

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Vasco Da Gama 5 - Corinthians 1 (Copa do Brasil, May 7, 2008) Edmundo bagged two of the goals.

Internacional 1 - Sport Recife 0 (Copa do Brasil, May 7, 2008)

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Adelaide United 1 - Pohang Steelers 0 (Asian Champions League, May 7, 2008) A single goal from Diego in the second half was enough for the Reds to claim victory, to leave them on the brink of qualification.

Chunnam Dragons 1 - Melbourne Victory 1 (Asian Champions League, May 7, 2008)

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Tomsk 0 - CSKA Moscow 0 (Premier Liga, May 7, 2008)

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Aris Saloniki 4 - AEK Athens 0 (Super Liga play-off, May 7, 2008) Nebegleras (great strike), Javito (2), Koke got the goals.

Panathanaikos 3 - Panionis 0 (Super Liga play-off, May 7, 2008) Karagounis bagged a brace and Manucho scored from the spot.

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Dinamo Zagreb 3 - Hajduk Split 0 (Croatian Kup, May 7, 2008)

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FC Sion 5 - FC Thun 0 (Swiss Super League, May 6, 2008)

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