ESPN's World Club Top 25: February 16, 2003Club Country Points Last Week Comment



1. Arsenal England 264.28 2 FA Cup win vs. Man U

2. Juventus Italy 261.00 5 Move into tie with Inter in Serie A

3. Manchester United England 258.50 4 Home loss to Arsenal in FA Cup

4. Inter Milan Italy 257.50 1 2-1 loss to Chievo



5. Real Madrid Spain 255.36 3 First loss in 16 Liga Primera matches

6. AC Milan Italy 248.33 6 Rally for 2-2 draw vs. Lazio

7. Valencia Spain 245.36 7 Unbeaten in last six league matches

8. Bayern Munich Germany 235.00 8 Scholl: Three goals in win over 1860



9. Borussia Dortmund Germany 229.50 9 Frings: Two goals in win over Bochum



10. Deportivo La Coruna Spain 222.91 13 Makaay: Four-game goalscoring streak

11. Newcastle United England 222.83 11 Idle

12. Ajax Netherlands 217.50 16 2-1 win over Groningen



13. FC Porto Portugal 217.41 10 First loss of the season in league play

14. Santos Brazil 215.89 14 Paulista league

15. Lazio Italy 211.83 15 Blew 2-0 lead in draw with Milan

16. Besiktas Turkey 211.50 18 Seven-point lead in Turkey



17. Independiente Argentina 208.50 12 Apertura champs fall to Lanus

18. PSV Netherlands 204.13 20 Four goals in first 12 minutes vs. Zwolle

19. Boca Juniors Argentina 201.00 22 Open Clausura with 2-0 win

20. Celtic Scotland 200.83 21 Match vs. Motherwell postponed

21. Real Sociedad Spain 200.00 17 First point in last three games

22. Club Brugge Belgium 195.09 23 19-1-1 in league play

23. San Lorenzo Argentina 195.00 19 2-2 draw vs. Rosario Central

24. Corinthians Brazil 193.50 24 Paulista league

25. Real Betis Spain 192.95 NR Rally for 3-2 win vs. league-leading Sociedad

Dropped out:
No. 25 River Plate (Argentina)


Inter Milan, last week's Top 25 leader, suffered a 2-1 setback to Chievo on
Saturday. Juventus took advantage of the loss to move into a tie for first place
in Serie A. Juve scored two goals in the first 30 minutes en route to a 2-1 win
at Parma on Sunday.


Elsewhere in Italy, Milan needed to rally for two second half goals for a draw
against Lazio.


For the second straight season, Real Madrid failed to take a point from Osasuna
in Pamplona. The defending European champs dropped a 1-0 decision on Sunday and
remain two points off of the Liga Primera lead.


Liga Primera leaders Real Sociedad suffered its second loss of the season in a
3-2 defeat at Real Betis. Betis scored two goals in the final five minutes,
including a questionable penalty call in injury time to pull out the victory.


Valencia and Deportivo took advantage of the Sociedad and Real Madrid losses to
close the gap atop of the Liga Primera table.


Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich received a hat trick from Mehmet Scholl in a
5-0 win over local rivals 1860 Munich.


Portuguese league leaders FC Porto suffered its first loss of the season on the
weekend and dropped three spots in the rankings.


Belgian league leaders Club Brugge improved to 19-1-1 on the season while
Besiktas remained on top in Turkey.


Argentina's Clausura season began last weekend and Boca Juniors opened with a
victory over Nueva Chicago. Independiente, the Apertura champions, lost its
opener to Lanus.


Dutch league leaders PSV soundly defeated FC Zwolle 6-0 and Ajax kept pace with
a 2-1 victory over Groningen.




~~ Forza__ Juve~

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