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A take a look at what’s occurring in European soccer on Wednesday:
ENGLAND
Manchester United can climb into second place within the Premier League — for a day, no less than — by beating Crystal Palace away for a tenth straight win in all competitions. Confidence is excessive after a 2-1 victory over Manchester Metropolis on Saturday and now United can go above Metropolis — which performs Tottenham on Thursday — and Newcastle within the standings, and transfer six factors behind Arsenal. United performs Arsenal on Sunday. Palace has misplaced 5 of its final six video games. Within the FA Cup, Leeds hosts second-tier Cardiff within the ultimate third-round replay.
SPAIN
Atlético Madrid tries to place its Spanish league woes behind when it performs at second-division membership Levante within the spherical of 16 of the Copa del Rey. Diego Simeone’s group is coming off a 1-1 draw at Almería and a 1-0 dwelling loss to Barcelona in its final two league matches. The Copa is the one title Atlético can realistically nonetheless battle for this season. It trails league chief Barcelona by 13 factors. Levante eradicated first-division Getafe within the earlier spherical of the Copa del Rey. In different Copa matches, Valencia visits Sporting Gijón, Athletic Bilbao hosts Espanyol and Osasuna is at defending champion Actual Betis.
ITALY
Defending Serie A champion AC Milan faces metropolis rival Inter Milan within the Italian Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, lower than three weeks earlier than they meet within the league. Milan has had a poor begin since Serie A resumed this month following a 7 1/2-week break for the World Cup and has dropped 9 factors behind league chief Napoli. Inter and Juventus are only a level additional again. The Nerazzurri have began the 12 months significantly better than Milan and World Cup winner Lautaro Martínez has scored in his previous three matches. Milan has lifted the trophy seven occasions, yet one more than Inter, and beat the Nerazzurri within the 2011 version.
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