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PARIS (AP) — The French soccer league says it’s ending the League Cup competition after this season’s edition.The decision comes as the European Club Association pushes for cuts in national fixture schedules to create more space for an expanded Champions League in 2024.The French league cites commercial reasons and says the competition could be relaunched in future years.Ending the second-tier cup also reduces fixtures Cheap Belgium Soccer Jerseys , gives players more rest, and creates an extra Europa League qualifying spot to reward a high-ranking finish in Ligue 1, the league says.This season, France’s third Europa League entry went to last season’s League Cup winner Strasbourg Cheap Brazil Soccer Jerseys , which was eliminated in qualifying playoffs.Europe’s top clubs want to remove second-tier national cup competitions to ease fixture congestion and help its push for more Champions League games. HUDDERSFIELD, England (AP) — Alex Iwobi and Alexandre Lacazette scored in the first half as Arsenal stayed in the hunt for a top-four finish by beating last-place Huddersfield 2-1 in the English Premier League on Saturday.Huddersfield pulled a goal back in injury time when Arsenal defender Sead Kolasinac hit the ball into his own net, denying the Gunners a first away clean sheet in the league.But the game had virtually been decided in the first half, as Iwobi met a cross from Sead Kolasinac with a volley that was deflected past goalkeeper Ben Hamer in the 16th minute Cheap Colombia Soccer Shirts , and Lacazette doubled the lead just before the break. The French striker slotted home from close range after Ainsley Maitland-Niles squared the ball across the goalmouth.Huddersfield had a penalty appeal denied when a shot struck the arm of center back Laurent Koscielny in the Arsenal area in the first half, but the hosts responded well in the second and forced a couple of good saves from Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno. They finally got a goal three minutes into injury time when Adama Diakhaby’s strike was saved by Leno but the ball continued to bobble toward goal, and was put into the net by Kolasinac.However, it was too late to launch a comeback and Huddersfield remained rooted to the bottom Soccer Uniforms Wholesale , having won just two games.Arsenal stayed in sixth place but was level on points with Chelsea ahead of its London rival’s trip to Manchester City on Sunday, and remained one point behind fourth-placed Manchester United.Arsenal was without striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mesut Ozil due to illness, but Unai Emery’s team was boosted by the return of Henrikh Mkhitaryan from an injury that had sidelined him since Dec. 19.Mkhitaryan was heavily involved in the second goal as he fed Maitland-Niles down the flank and set up Iwobi for another great chance in the 70th before being substituted for January signing Denis Suarez.