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6 August 2007, by Sean Gillen

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England

Manchester-Chelsea rivalry resumes: first blood to United

Manchester United lifted the Community Shield after a penalty shootout victory over Chelsea, following a closely-fought draw between England’s top two sides at Wembley.

Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani were in action for United, while Jose Mourinho selected Ricardo Carvalho in central defence for the Blues, as both sides were without several first team players. >> Match report >>

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France - Ligue 1

Slow start for PSG

Pedro Pauleta’s Paris Saint-Germain began the new French Ligue 1 season with an uninspiring 0-0 draw with Sochaux at the Parc Des Princes. The Portuguese striker started the match and was one of the livelier players in the first half, before he was substituted in the 68th minute.

Marco Ramos was ruled out of the Lens squad for their trip to Bordeaux, which ended in a 1-0 defeat, courtesy of a first half David Bellion goal.

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Germany - Bundesliga

The German league season starts later this month.

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Italy - Serie A

The Italian league season starts later this month.

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Spain - La Liga

The Spanish league season starts later this month.

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Others

Poland

Champions Zaglebie Lubin followed up their win on the opening day last week with a disappointing 1-0 home defeat to title rivals Wisla Krakow. Rui Miguel played the final seventeen minutes for Zaglebie, while Tiago Gomes was not involved for the home side, who won only their second Polish championship last season.

Romania

CFR Cluj drew 2-2 with Politehnica Timisoara in Romania, with Antonio Semedo scoring the opening goal for the home side. Defenders Tony and Ricardo Cadu, plus midfielder Dani, also started the match.

You Tube: Semedo scores a beauty for Cluj
UTA Arad beat Dacia Mioveni 1-0 at home, with Bruno Simao in midfield, while recent signing Edson da Silva was an unused substitute.

Russia

Portuguese forward Danny was on the scoresheet as Dinamo Moscow enjoyed a 4-2 home win over Zenit on Saturday evening, and remain outsiders for the Russian championship with 15 matches left to play. The former Sporting man started the match, and scored the crucial goal to put his side 3-2 up with twenty-five minutes left.

You Tube: Danny scores crucial goal for Dinamo
Former Sporting midfielder Custodio came on for the final fifteen minutes while Cicero was an unused substitute for Dinamo, who trail leaders Spartak Moscow by six points.

Fabio Felicio did not play as his Rubin Kazan side lost 2-1 at FC Moscow.

Scotland

Pedro Moutinho scored as Falkirk enjoyed a convincing 4-0 win at newly-promoted Gretna on the opening day of the new Scottish Premier League season. Former Penafiel forward Moutinho, who signed a new contract with the club during the summer, scored his team’s third goal on 66 minutes, before being withdrawn with ten minutes remaining. Tiago was not in the Falkirk squad.

Jose Goncalves was an unused substitute as Hearts lost their opening game 1-0 at home to Edinburg rivals Hibernian on Monday evening. Filipe Morais was a 74th minute substitute for the visitors.

Switzerland

This weekend saw the Swiss league season play its fourth round of matches, with last season’s runners-up Basel suffering a humiliating 5-1 defeat at early leaders Young Boys. Summer signing Carlitos, who played in Switzerland last season for Sion, played 85 minutes for Basel.

Carlitos’ former club, Sion, who still have Portuguese Joao Pinto, drew 1-1 with Neuchatel Xamax without the defender. Nelson Ferreira played the first 65 minutes of his Thun side’s 3-1 defeat at champions FC Zurich.

Roberto Pinto was not in the Grasshoppers squad as they drew 2-2 away at Aarau. Luis Calapes did not play in Luzern’s 2-1 win at St Gallen.

Star Performer

Pedro Moutinho (Falkirk)

Pedro Moutinho celebrated his new contract signed with Falkirk during the summer with a goal on the opening day of the season to help his team to a storming start to their Scottish Premier League campaign. Moutinho and Falkirk fans will be hoping it is the first of many in 2007/08.

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