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SUNRISE, Fla. - The Florida Panthers are getting some Army training to finish off their preparations for the season.Florida will spend Sunday through Tuesday at West Point for training and team-bonding exercises, before flying back south to open the regular season at Tampa Bay on Thursday.Its going to be big, first-year Panthers coach Gerard Gallant said. We had 51 players in camp and now were getting down to the nitty-gritty. Were going to have our team picked very shortly. Itll be good to get the guys together and I think going to West Point will be a real positive for us.Florida closes the preseason in Tampa on Saturday, and then heads north to West Point. Panthers owner Vincent Viola is a 1977 graduate of the United States Military Academy, and the team has several West Point graduates and military veterans working in the front office.The trip has been scheduled for several weeks. Florida released several specifics on Friday, with things such as field problems designed to test mental and physical strength; a hike up Torn Mountain; team barbecues and meals in the Cadet Dining Hall all on the schedule, along with actual hockey work.Were figuring out how to work together, Panthers forward Jonathan Huberdeau said. New coach, new system, and weve got to all get on the same page. Were going to figure out how to be a real team, a close team.Its the Panthers third visit to West Point for training and team bonding. Several other teams have done so in recent years as well.I havent done it in the past but Ive heard good things about it and I know our guys are excited about it, so thats the main thing, Gallant said. Well have two or three good practice days there, plus some good off-ice stuff. Im looking forward to it.The Panthers, who are winless in five preseason games with just nine goals so far, got their roster down to 24 on Friday by placing defenceman Blake Parlett on injured reserve and assigning forwards Rocco Grimaldi, Quinton Howden, Drew Shore and Vincent Trocheck, along with defencemen Alex Petrovic and Mackenzie Weegar to the teams AHL affiliate in San Antonio.For the most part, it will be the regular Panthers lineup on the ice Saturday in the preseason finale, with at least one notable exception. Starting goalie Roberto Luongo said he does not plan to play, with backup Al Montoya likely to get the nod instead.Luongo isnt worried about the lack of preseason offence.Right now were not worried about goals, Luongo said. Were worried about keeping the scoring chances down. We want to give ourselves a chance to win every night and in order to do that weve got to play well defensively. Virgil Green Jersey . 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Defeat for South Korea means it must now beat already-qualified Belgium to stand a chance of progressing to the knockout stages.PARIS - Striker Mario Mandzukic scored a hat trick as Spanish champion Atletico Madrid thrashed Olympiakos 4-0 to reach the Champions League knockout phase on Wednesday, while Arsenal also went through with a convincing 2-0 win against Borussia Dortmund thanks to another superb goal from Alexis Sanchez.Bayer Leverkusen likewise advanced despite a 1-0 home defeat to Monaco.Elsewhere, Real Madrid notched a 15th straight win as Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed his 71st Champions League goal in a 1-0 win at FC Basel, whilst Liverpools defensive woes surfaced again in a 2-2 away draw at Bulgarian side Ludogorets.Five-time European champion Liverpool, which has four points, is two behind Basel in Group B and hosts the Swiss side next.Meanwhile, Italian champion Juventus steered itself to within touching distance of qualifying with an assured 2-0 win at Swedish side Malmo.Midfielder Claudio Marchisio found Fernando Llorente with an astute pass and the Spanish striker finished coolly for his third goal in three games. Juve sealed the win when star midfielder Paul Pogba released Carlos Tevez for the second.Atletico, last seasons runner-up to Real, has 12 points in Group A and Juve has nine. They meet in Turin in two weeks. 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We want more.Arsenal went ahead in the second minute through inexperienced striker Yaya Sanogos first competitive goal for the North London club. Sanchez then curled a delightful shot into the bottom corner from 20 yards out for his ninth goal in eight games.We were overrun by Arsenal in the first ten minutes, Dortmund midfielder Ilkay Gundogan said. It was a deserved defeat.Arsenal has 10 points and is two behind Dortmund in Group D.In the groups other match, Anderlecht qualified for the Europa League by beating Galatasaray 2-0, with defender Chancel Mbemba scoring twice.In Group C, Monaco and Zenit St. Petersburg are vying to qualify.Leverkusen, which has nine points, was sure to advance because Zenit beat Benfica 1-0 in the earlier match thanks to Portugal midfielder Dannys winner.Monaco has eight points and Zenit has seven.Substitute Lucas Ocampos got Monacos goal after good work from forward Dimitar Berbatov.Monaco next hosts Zenit and Leverkusen goes to Benfica. 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