Football: Baros is quick off the mark.Le Havre Le Havre Seaport city (pop., 1999: 190,905), northern France. It lies along the English Channel and the Seine River estuary, northwest of Paris. The second port of France after Marseille, it serves as a base for exports; it is also an important industrial centre. ............................................0 Liverpool ..........................................1 LIVERPOOL striker Milan Baros opened his account for the Reds with the only goal of last night's friendly win against Le Havre. The Czech capitalised on Le Havre's failure to clear a ball into the penalty area by midfielder Steve Gerrard in the 26th minute. Liverpool used the match to give match time to 22 players, with Baros among several summer signings to pull on the famous red jersey for the first time. Senegalese forward El-Hadji Diouf, French midfielder Bruno Cheyrou Bruno Cheyrou (born May 5, 1978 in Suresnes, France) is a professional football player for Rennes of the Ligue 1. Career After success with Lille OSC, Gérard Houllier signed Cheyrou, at the time a highly recommended player, scouted for several months by Liverpool scout and French defender Alou Diara all came off the bench, much to the delight of both sets of fans. German defender Markus Babbel Markus Babbel (born September 8 1972 in Munich) is a former German international footballer who played as a defender. Starting out in the German Bundesliga, his first club was Bayern Munich, for whom he played initially from the youth squad, forging to the first team and also made his first appearance for Liverpool since he began a long battle with illness. Teenage strikers Florent Sinama Pongolle and Anthony Le Tallec Anthony Le Tallec (born October 3 1984 in Hennebont, Brittany, France) is a French football player, who plays as a forward or an attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Le Mans, on loan from Liverpool. both impressed for Le Havre and came close to beating Jerzy Dudek in the Liverpool goal. Both players are Liverpool-bound and expected to move at the beginning of next season. Liverpool now head for a week's training camp in Switzerland, where they are expected to be joined by new signing Lee Bowyer. CAPTION(S): OFF THE MARK: Milan Baros fires in Liverpool's winning goal (left) and takes the congratulations of Steven Gerrard (above).; CHASE: El-Hadji Diouf closes in; BACK: Markus Babbel returns after his illness |
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