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13 August 2007, by Sean Gillen

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England - Premiership

Chelsea break unbeaten home record

Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea got off to a winning start in the Premiership, with the Blues setting a new English record for matches unbeaten at home. Ricardo Carvalho played the full match in central defence in a 3-2 win over Birmingham. Chelsea have now gone 64 matches unbeaten at Stamford Bridge in domestic football.

The result means that last season’s runners up steal an early march on champions Manchester United, who were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Reading. Cristiano Ronaldo started and played the full match for United, while Nani was introduced as a second-half substitute.

Pedro Mendes played the full 90 minutes in midfield for Portsmouth as they drew 2-2 at newly promoted Derby County. Ricardo Vaz Te was issued a start on the opening day for Bolton Wanderers, but the 20-year-old was taken off at half time as his side went down 3-1 at home to Newcastle.

Luis Boa Morte was replaced at half time as West Ham were well beaten at home, 2-0 by Manchester City. Nuno Valente was an unused substitute in Everton’s 2-1 home win over Wigan, while Ricardo Rocha watched from the bench as his Tottenham side produced a poor performance to lose 1-0 to Sunderland.

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France - Ligue 1

Pauleta speculation mounts

Doubts continue to be raised over the future of Paris Saint-Germain striker Pedro Pauleta, after the veteran Portuguese was left on the bench for the entire duration of his side’s 0-0 draw at Lens, for whom Marco Ramos was not in the match squad.

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Germany - Bundesliga

Champions held

Champions Stuttgart opened their Bundesliga campaign with a 2-2 home draw against last season’s runners up, with Fernando Meira captaining his side from the back. Werder Bremen, meanwhile, also drew 2-2, with Hugo Almeida left on the bench as they took a point from a trip to Bochum.

Sergio Pinto was given a start for his league debut for Hannover, but was taken off ten minutes into the second half as his side lost 1-0 at home to Hamburg. Alex Domingos was an unused substitute for Wolsfburg’s 3-1 home loss to Arminia Bielefeld.

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Italy - Serie A

The Italian league season starts later this month.

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Spain - La Liga

Duda decisive

Sevilla gained the upper hand over Real Madrid in the first leg of the Spanish Supercup, after securing a 1-0 home win on Saturday. Portuguese winger Duda played for 67 minutes before being substituted. And it was Duda who won the penalty that former FC Porto striker Luis Fabiano’s converted to give the Copa Del Rey holders a slender lead ahead of the return leg next week.

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Others

Poland

Polish champions Zaglebie Lubin beat last season’s runners up GKS Belchatow 1-0 away from home on Saturday. Tiago Gomes played the full match for Zaglebie, while Rui Miguel was not involved for the visitors, who sit fifth after two wins and a defeat from their opening 3 games.

Romania

CFR Cluj won 3-1 at Universitatea Craiova in Romania, with Tony and Ricardo Cadu starting in defence, Andre Leao in midfield and Antonio Semedo in attack.

Edson da Silva scored a second half equaliser for UT Arad, but was still on the losing side as they went down 2-1 at Gloria Bistrita. Bruno Simao also started the match, but was withdrawn on 82 minutes.

Russia

Dinamo Moscow slipped down to fourth in the Russian Premier League, following a 1-0 defeat at FK Khimki. Danny started for Dynamo, but was taken off ahead of the half hour mark with injury, while Cicero and Custodio were not called from the substitutes’ bench.

Scotland

Falkirk were unable to continue their good start to the new Scottish season, after taking a 4-1 hammering at home by Celtic. Pedro Moutinho played the full match up front for Falkirk.

Hearts picked up their first point of the new season with a 1-1 draw at Aberdeen, though Jose Goncalves was left on the bench and Bruno Aguiar was not in the squad. Filipe Morais was taken off at half time by Hibernian, as his side came from 1-0 down to beat Gretna 4-2 at home.

Serbia

Almani Moreira’s league debut for Partizan Belgrade lasted less than fifteen minutes, with the experienced forward taken off with an ankle injury early in his team’s 1-0 win at Vojvodina on the opening day of the new Serbian season.

Meanwhile, champions Red Star Belgrade were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Cukaricki Beograd, with former Boavista midfielder Lucas making his full debut and playing the entire match in midfield.

Switzerland

Portuguese forward Carlitos enjoyed a victory over his former side as Basel beat Sion 3-2 on Saturday in round five of the Swiss league, with the former Benfica man playing the full match. Joao Pinto was not involved for Sion.

Nelson Ferreira got on the scoresheet for FC Thun, but could not prevent his side from going down to a 5-2 home defeat to Aarau. Ferreira played the full match, and got his side back in the game just after the half hour mark after Aarau had taken an early 2-0 lead.

Turkey

Konyaspor were beaten 1-0 at Besiktas on the first weekend of the new Turkcell Süper Lig season. Neca played the full match in midfield for Konya, while defender Ze Gomes, who signed from Maritimo in the summer, was given his league debut as a substitute.

Star Performer

Jose Mourinho (Chelsea)

The Chelsea boss continues to break records at Stamford Bridge, and his side’s landmark win over Birmingham on Sunday gave them a winning start to the new Premier League season.

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