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Roma will keep Marco Borriello after agreeing to pay AC Milan a 10 million euro transfer fee which was agreed upon when signing the previous loan deal last year.

The 29-year-old moved to the Eternal City for one season with Roma holding an option to sign him permanently for 10 million euros.

Sky Sport Italia reports that the capital city club has exercised the option to make the deal permanent and will announce the move officially at a later stage.

The striker scored 11 goals in 34 Serie A games last term as his side finished sixth, allowing it to qualify for the Europa League playoff round.

News of Borriello's permanent deal comes just hours after Barcelona said it was considering an offer from the Italian club for their 20-year-old striker Bojan Krkic.?

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MILAN (AP)—Mario Gomez scored a 90th-minute goal Wednesday as Bayern Munich won 1-0 at Inter Milan in the last 16 of the Champions League that doubled as a rematch of the 2010 final.

Bayern winger Arjen Robben hit a low shot that goalkeeper Julio Cesar failed to hold, and Gomez hooked the loose ball into the empty net for a record-equaling seventh goal in the competition this season.

“That was certainly my most important goal in the Champions League,” Gomez said. “When you score a goal just before the end which seals an away win, that is, of course, very nice.

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“We fought for everything. Everything at the back, everything up front and we were rewarded at the end.”

Until then it appeared that the match was set to finish 0-0. Both sides struggled to find a way to break the deadlock, with Bayern goalkeeper Thomas Kraft denying Inter on a number of occasions.

“I am very happy with our performance tonight,” Munich coach Louis Van Gaal said. “It was a very entertaining match and Inter played very well. It could have been a different result, but we deserved to win after the way we played in the second half.”

Munich wingers Franck Ribery and Robben were the visitors’ main danger, while Inter’s Wesley Sneijder and Samuel Eto’o linked up on a number of occasions to get through the defense.

“Scoring an away goal is useful, but Inter is a good team and could easily score in Munich,” Van Gaal said. “We deserved to win after our second-half performance. But in the last 10 minutes, Inter created a lot of chances. That is a sign of its quality. We were slightly lucky to score in the last minute, but we could have scored before.”

The second leg is on March 15.

Inter nearly scored in the first minute. Sneijder clipped a free kick into the box, and defender Andrea Ranocchia hooked the ball wide from close range.

After the opening exchanges the game took time to pick up as both sides struggled to find their rhythm.

Munich midfielder Luiz Gustavo hit a low shot narrowly wide of the post in the 20th. A minute later, Eto’o appealed for a penalty after going shoulder to shoulder with Anatoliy Tymoshchuk in the box, but referee Viktor Kassai waived away the appeals.

Gustavo again went close with a shot from distance that Lucio deflected for a corner. Kraft then stopped Esteban Cambiasso’s shot from close range after the Argentine had been set up by Eto’o.

Munich hit back and twice went close to breaking the deadlock in a matter of minutes. First, Ribery headed Robben’s cross onto the bar, then Gomez scooped Philipp Lahm’s clever cutback into the stands.

Kraft again came to Munich’s rescue in the 33rd, flinging himself to his left to push a shot by Eto’o away after the Cameroon striker had battled through the defense to shoot.

“He was fantastic,” Inter coach Leonardo said of Kraft. “He stopped Eto’o in the first half after he cut in from the left and he made a number of other saves, such as the header from Thiago Motta at the end. But there is some bitterness that we conceded the goal at the point of the game when we did.”

Robben continued to cause problems on the Munich wing. He picked out Muller in the box shortly after halftime, but the German international headed wide of the far post.

The Dutchman then went close himself, hitting the post following a flowing move across the face of Inter’s area.

Sneijder’s temper got the better of him in the 56th. He was booked after taking his protests too far after Eto’o went down under Tymoshchuk’s challenge.

Chances continued to go begging. After Bayern midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger gave the ball away, Inter defender Maicon picked out Eto’o, who created space for himself in the box. Kraft blocked his shot, the ball ran free and Cambiasso smashed it over the bar.

At the other end of the field, Robben cut in off the right wing on to his favored left foot but also shot high.

With 10 minutes left, Inter substitute Houssine Kharja brought another save out of Kraft. Five minutes later, the goalkeeper reacted quickly to stop Thiago Motta’s header.

Eto’o then drilled a shot through a pack of Munich defenders, but watched in despair as it took a last-minute deflection wide.

His despair was doubled moments later as the ball fell for Gomez to join Eto’o and Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka as the leading scorers in the Champions League this season.

“I don’t think we need to make major changes before we go to Munich,” Leonardo said. “It is only 1-0. There are 20 days before the match and we could have a completely different performance. Of course we can lose, but on the other hand we can also win.”

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Inter Milan, Bayern Munich set for rematch - World Soccer - Yahoo! Sports YAHOO.Sports.ultPageInfo = {"ult" : true, "spaceid" : 95862804}; HomeNFLMLBNBANHLNCAAF NCAA Football NCAA Football Recruiting NCAA Football Video Rivals.com Home NCAAB NCAA Men's Basketball NCAA Women's Basketball NCAA Basketball Recruiting NCAA Basketball Video Rivals.com Home NASCARGolfUFCBoxingSoccerAction Sports GrindTV Home Skate Surf Snow Wake BMX Motocross More Tennis High School Aussie Football (AU) Horse Racing CFL IRL Cricket (IN) MLS Cycling NCAA Baseball Formula One(UK) Olympics Rugby(UK) WNBA Winter Sports All Sports VideoBlogs College Broadcast NewsPhotos My Sports News Expert Analysis Scoop Du Jour Most Emailed Transactions The Post GameShopFantasy World Soccer HomeWorld CupEnglandItalyGermanySpainNetherlandsFranceMLSPhotosBlogPlay Footyville Sports Search Trending Now: Trevor BayneCarmelo AnthonyNFL Labor TalksCliff LeeAndy Roddick Inter Milan, Bayern Munich set for rematch 8 minutes ago

MILAN (AP)—Inter Milan and Bayern Munich will meet in a rematch of last year’sChampions League final on Wednesday in the first leg of the round of 16.

Defending champion Inter, however, will be without Diego Milito, who scoredtwo goals in the final but has a hamstring strain, while Bayern will have FranckRibery, who missed the 2010 final through suspension but is now available.

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Inter midfielder Dejan Stankovic says “both teams have changed a bit andwill be missing important players. We are more or less the same, except forDiego.”

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Labels: Bayern, Inter, Milan, Munich, rematch

{ UEFA Champions - AC Milan vs Tottenham Hotspur, Gennaro Gattuso and Joe Jordan(Getty Images)Tottenham coach Joe Jordan has blasted claims by AC Milan’s Gennaro Gattuso that racist remarks fuelled their dispute at the San Siro on Tuesday night.

Gattuso claimed that the Scotsman, himself a former AC Milan player, had provoked him with racist slurs, after which the Italian international grabbed Jordan by the throat before later headbutting him.

Jordan has moved to rubbish claims, and speaking to the Daily Mail, he said: “To come up with something like that is pathetic. It is completely and utterly untrue and something so wildly inaccurate doesn't do him much credit.

“He clearly doesn't realise I consider playing for Milan the proudest time of my career, that my daughter lives and works in Italy and that I love the country and the people.”

Meanwhile, Gattuso is set to face Uefa disciplinary officials on Monday, with his club having prepared a dossier to help him avoid a long term ban.

AC Milan president Adriano Galliani said: “What Rino did was an unpleasant episode that was not good. But he has been deeply provoked and should not be criminalised.”

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