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24 September 2007, by Sean Gillen

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England - Premiership

United beat Mourinho-less Chelsea

Manchester United won the weekend’s big game, beating Chelsea 2-0 at Old Trafford to add to the Blues’ recent problems. Cristiano Ronaldo started for the home side, while Paulo Ferreira played at right-back for Chelsea under new boss Avram Grant. Nani was an unused United substitute.

Ricardo Rocha played in central defence as Tottenham drew 1-1 at Bolton, for whom Ricardo Vaz Te was again not included in the match squad. Nuno Valente watched from the bench as his Everton side were beaten 2-0 at Aston Villa.

Injured midfielder Pedro Mendes missed Portsmouth’s 1-0 victory at Blackburn and Luis Boa Morte was not in the West Ham squad as the Hammers lost 3-1 away at Newcastle.

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France - Ligue 1

Pedro Pauleta was given a second half run-out in Paris Saint-Germain’s disappointing 2-0 home defeat to Bordeaux. The Azorean came on after an hour with his side already two goals down, but a yellow card was all the striker could achieve. Marco Ramos played the full ninety minutes of Lens’ 1-1 draw with Toulouse.

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Germany - Bundesliga

Almeida at the double

Hugo Almeida scored an early brace as Werder Bremen rejuvenated their season with a 4-1 home win over German champions Stuttgart. The striker was taken off with an injury before half time, however, as Fernando Meira captained the visitors in what was Stuttgart’s third defeat in six games.

Wolfsburg were without defender Alex as they won 2-1 away at Cottbus and Sergio Pinto watched from the Hannover bench as his side were beaten 3-0 at home by Leverkusen.

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Italy - Serie A

Andrade injury

Juventus scored a late equaliser to end Roma’s 100% record in Serie A and earn a 2-2 draw in the Italian capital. Jorge Andrade started but was stretchered off with a knee injury for Juve, who did not call on fellow Portuguese Tiago. Roma again opted against a debut for Antunes.

Champions Inter left Luis Figo on the bench as they were held to a disappointing 2-2 draw at Livorno, who were without Jose Vidigal. Fernando Couto was in the Parma defence for the Gialloblu’s excellent 1-1 draw with Milan at the San Siro.

Costinha’s recent injury ruled him out of Atalanta’s 2-1 home win over Lazio and Miguel Garcia missed out for Reggina, who lost 2-0 at Udinese.

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Spain - La Liga

Miguel & Simao on the mark

Barcelona beat Sevilla 2-1 at the Camp Nou in the top of the table clash in La Liga, with Deco playing the full ninety minutes in midfield for the home side. Duda was a second-half introduction for the visitors.

Miguel scored the opening goal for Valencia in their 2-1 victory away at Real Betis, beating former Sporting goalkeeper Ricardo in the home side’s goal. Manuel Fernandes also started in midfield for Valencia, although injury again sidelined Marco Caneira.

Simao Sabrosa scored his first goal for Atletico Madrid in his team’s much needed 4-0 home victory over Racing Santander. The former Benfica captain had started the match on the bench, while Maniche played the full ninety minutes in the Atletico midfield.

Pepe was not in the Real Madrid squad for the champions’ 1-1 draw at Valladolid. Recreativo started with both Silvestre Varela and Carlos Martins as they beat Espanyol 2-1 at home. Jose Nunes was present in defence for Mallorca’s 1-1 draw at Almeria.

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Others

Greece

Fernando Santos enjoyed a good impact at new club PAOK, winning his first game 3-0 at home against Iraklis Saloniki, with Portuguese goalkeeper Daniel Fernandes in goal.

An excellent week for the Portuguese in Greece also included a win for fellow manager Jose Peseiro, who led Panathinaikos to a 3-0 win at Ergotelis, which moves them up into third place.

AEK Athens started with Geraldo Alves in defence and brought Manu on at half time in their 2-0 victory at home against Atromitos Athens, while Panionios were without Lourenco as they won 2-0 at home against Levadiakos.

Holland

Manuel da Costa’s PSV enjoyed their early Sunday kick-off at home against Feyenoord. The Portuguese, who played for his club in their midweek Champions League win over CSKA Moscow, was left on the bench as the champions hammered their rivals 4-0 at the Phillips Stadium.

Poland

Defending champions Zaglebie Lubin moved up to fifth place in the Polish league after beating LKS Lodz 2-1 at home on Saturday, with forward Rui Miguel playing the full match for the hosts.

Romania

Antonio Semedo was amongst the goals as Romanian league leaders Cluj beat Politehnica Iasi 2-1 at home on Sunday evening. Cluj began with four Portuguese in their starting line-up: Tony and Ricardo Cadu in defence, Dani in midfield and Semedo in attack, while Manuel Jose entered the fray in the second half.

Former Estrela forward Semedo opened the scoring on 16 minutes, before being replaced with three minutes left to play.

Edson da Silva scored a late equaliser from the penalty spot to earn UTA Arad a 1-1 draw with Steaua Bucharest. Bruno Simao played the full ninety minutes for Arad, while da Silva had come on as 64th minute substitute ahead of scoring from the spot seven minutes from time.

Russia

Dynamo Moscow’s faint title hopes were all but ended by a 4-1 defeat at city rivals FC Moscow. Forward Danny played the full match for Dynamo, while both Custodio and Cicero were unused substitutes.

Scotland

Filipe Morais was an early substitute for Hibernian, coming on after half an hour as his side shocked champions Celtic with a 3-2 home win at Easter Road.

Last weekend’s win against Rangers failed to inspire Hearts on Saturday as the Jambos lost 2-1 to Inverness, with defender Jose Goncalves an unused substitute. Pedro Moutinho was taken off with twenty minutes remaining of Falkirk’s 1-0 victory over Motherwell.

Serbia

Midfielder Lucas was in the Red Star Belgrade side that drew 1-1 at home against Vojvodina.

Switzerland

Carlitos was again on the scoresheet as FC Basel’s good run of form continued with a comfortable 3-0 win away at Neuchatel Xamax. The ex-Benfica man opened the scoring for his side on 20 minutes, scoring for the third game in a row.

Nelson Ferreira played the full match for FC Thun as his side lost 1-0 at home to FC Luzern.

Turkey

Konyaspor are still without a win after a frustrating 1-1 home draw with Gençlerbirligi Ankara on Saturday. Portuguese midfielder Neca scored the opening goal for Konya on 35 minutes, but an 89th minute goal from Okan stole a point for the visitors. Fellow Portuguese Ze Gomes was an unused substitute for the home side.

Star Performer

Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen)

After two defeats in a week, Bremen needed a lift against champions Stuttgart on Saturday. Almeida provided the perfect response, scoring twice with two excellently taken goals inside the first four minutes to set his team on the way to a 4-1 win.

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