Associated Press Sports
updated 9:29 a.m. ET Jan. 25, 2012
CARDIFF, Wales (AP) - Tom Heaton saved two penalty kicks, and Cardiff reached its first English League Cup final by beating Crystal Palace 3-1 in a shootout on Tuesday night.
Cardiff dominated but only managed a 1-0 edge on a seventh-minute own goal by Anthony Gardner, leaving the aggregate 1-1 in the home-and-home, total-goals series. Gardner had scored in the first leg.
Palace played a man short after captain Paddy McCarthy received his second yellow card in the 78th, and Cardiff hit the crossbar twice in overtime.
Cardiff's Kenny Miller started the shootout by sending his penalty kick well high. Heaton saved Palace's first two efforts from Jermaine Easter and Sean Scannell before Jonathan Parr put the decisive spot kick wide.
Second-tier Cardiff plays either Liverpool or Manchester City in the final at Wembley on Feb. 26. Liverpool leads 1-0 going into the second leg at home on Wednesday.
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TURIN, Italy (AP) - Alessandro Del Piero scored his first goal of the season on a perfect curling shot in the 30th minute, helping Juventus beat Roma 3-0 to reach the Italian Cup semifinals.
Emanuele Giaccherini put Juventus ahead in the sixth minute, and Simon Kjaer had an own goal in the 90th. Erik Lamela was ejected in the 69th for kicking Giorgio Chiellini.
Juve, which is unbeaten this season, plays AC Milan or Lazio in the semis.
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MIRANDA DE EBRO, Spain (AP) - Third-division Mirandes reached the Copa del Rey semifinals when Cesar Fernandez de la Heras headed in Pablo Infante's free kick in the second minute of second-half stoppage time for a 2-1 win over Espanol.
With the aggregate 4-4, Mirandes advanced 2-1 on away goals to a matchup against Athletic Bilbao or Mallorca and became the first third-tier club to reach the last four since Figueres in 2002.
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