Like most strong teams that have reached to the European Cup finals, Italy qualified without any surprise in the qualifiers. What's their attraction this season?

AC Milan opened their Serie A season with a accident 0-1 home loss to newly promoted Sampdoria, while Inter Milan gained an easy 3-0 win over Pescara.

AC Milan and Inter Milan spent a tough week who both suffered frustration. Besides, S.S. Lazio, SSC Napoli and UC Sampdoria all had their clean sweep records ended.

Portland Timbers beat Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 in their Major League Soccer match at the JELD-WEN Field in Portland, Oregon. Portland Timbers's goals were scored by Nagbe (41') and Songo'o (55') and Vancouver Whitecaps's goalscorer was Miller (45'). Portland Timbers's starting line-up was Ricketts, Horst, Luis Mosquera Cordoba, Smith, Kimura, Jewsbury, Alexander, Nagbe, Songo'o, Dike and Zizzo while Vancouver Whitecaps lined up with Cannon, DeMerit, O'Brien, Rochat, Young-Pyo, Thorrington, Marques Davidson, Sanvezzo, Richards, Miller and Robson.

Portland Timbers beat Colorado Rapids 1-0 in their Major League Soccer match at the JELD-WEN Field in Portland, Oregon. Portland Timbers's goal was scored by Dike (45'). Portland Timbers's starting line-up was Ricketts, Horst, Luis Mosquera Cordoba, Smith, Kimura, Jewsbury, Chará, Songo'o, Zizzo, Dike and Nagbe while Colorado Rapids lined up with Pickens, Marshall, Wynne, Wahl, Moor, Thomas, Larentowicz, Cascio, Mullan, Casey and Rivero.

The Olympic Football Women's semi-final match will start on August 6th, and the two focal games will decide the last winners of final confrontation. The first semi-final game will feature France against the new World Cup champion Japan. French team's performance in London 2012 is quite impressive, while the Japanese team tend to be more stable. The favorite son USA team will compete with Canada in the second semi-final game. Can the strong U.S team qualify for the final as they want to fulfill their defending champion dream? Canada can not be overlooked, because they have cruised to the semi-finals over lots of opponents.

Colorado Rapids 3 - 0 Portland Timbers--USA Major League Soccer

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