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Marco Di Vaio scored as the Montreal Impact defeated Italian Serie-A club ACF Fiorentina 1-0 in a friendly Thursday. It was the final action of the season for the Impact, who played a pair of friendlies in Italy after the end of the Major League Soccer regular season. They lost 1-0 to Di Vaios former club Bologna last week. Di Vaio took a pass from midfielder Andrea Pisanu on an indirect free kick and curled it into the top corner from 10 yards in the 25th minute. Pisanu, a Bologna player who was on loan to Prato of the second division last season, is on a try-out with Montreal. "Great win for the team and what an experience it was to play against Fiorentina," midfielder Calum Mallace wrote on Twitter. "Will never forget that one." Fiorentina stars Luca Toni, Alberto Aquilani, Pizarro, Manuel Pasqual and Borja Valero saw playing time, mainly as substitutes. Interim coach Mauro Biello, filling in for the fired Jesse Marsch, singled out the defence and goalkeeper Evan Bush for praise as Montreal overcame some early troubles dealing with the skill and team play of the Italian side and held on in the second half for the win. "It was great to get a chance to play a first division team, with the quality of players they had," Biello said on a conference call from Florence, Italy. "Our players reacted well. "We tried to play a compact game and play the ball up the wings and use our speed." Bush dove to his right to stop a long distance drive by Fiorentina midfielder Alberto Aquilani in the 11th minute and pushed away a shot off a give-and go from Adem Ljajic. Two minutes later, he made another save when Cristian Llama fired from near the left corner of the box that dipped suddenly. Among other trialists, Oussama Essabr, played the first 45 minutes and Nicolas Cordova came on in the second half. Biello said it would be up to management whether any of them play for Montreal next season. He said he was grateful for the chance to show what he could do as a coach during the two-week trip to Italy, he said the club is still searching for its next head coach. Midfielder Patrice Bernier acted as captain. The Impact will now split up for the off-season and regroup Jan. 19 in Montreal for physicals before the start of training camp two days later. "Great win against Fiorentina, and now its vacation time!" defender Hassoun Camara tweeted. Authentic Griffin III Jersey . The 25-year-old Kruger made four birdies and overcame a bogey on the 17th to finish with a 14-under total of 274. Jorge Campillo of Spain and Marcel Siem of Germany were two shots back in a tie for second. RG3 Jersey . Vilmas latest legal manoeuvr Thursday came shortly after Goodell filed a motion to dismiss Vilmas defamation claims in connection with the leagues bounty investigation. Vilma has said his suspension is without merit and Goodell has made false public comments that have damaged Vilmas reputation and hurt his ability to make a living. http://www.dancewithmeusa.com/new.html . He took a big step in that direction Sunday night. Durant notched his first career triple-double with 25 points, 13 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Golden State Warriors 119-109.FRESNO, Calif. -- David Lee scored 19 points and Klay Thompson added 18 to help the Golden State Warriors beat the Los Angeles Lakers 110-83 on Sunday night in both teams exhibition opener. Lee scored 13 points and grabbed four rebounds in the third quarter when the Warriors outscored the Lakers 37-10, turning a nine-point halftime deficit into an 86-66 lead. Kobe Bryant, Metta World Peace and Jordan Hill scored 10 points apiece for the Lakers, who were without centre Dwight Howard (back).dddddddddddd Steve Nash had five points and three assists in his Lakers debut. None of the Lakers projected starters played in the second half. Rookie Harrison Barnes and Carl Landry added 13 points apiece for Golden State. The Warriors were without starters Andrew Bogut (foot) and Stephen Curry (ankle), though both dressed. ' ' '