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1 October 2007, by Sean Gillen

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England - Premiership

Ronaldo nets winner

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first Premiership goal of the season as Manchester United continued their recent run of victories with a narrow 1-0 win over Birmingham. Fellow Portugese Nani was not included in Alex Ferguson’s squad.

Chelsea’s post Jose Mourinho problems continue, with the Blues held to a goalless draw at home by south-west London rivals Fulham. Paulo Ferreira was an unused substitute for Chelsea, who slip down to eight in the Premier League.

Pedro Mendes was recalled to the Portsmouth squad for their match with Reading, but was an unused substitute as his side won an incredible match 7-4 at Fratton Park. Luis Boa Morte came on for the last seven minutes as West Ham lost 1-0 at home to Arsenal.

Nuno Valente was not in the Everton sixteen as the Toffees beat Middlesbrough 2-0 at Goodison Park. Ricardo Rocha’s Tottenham Hotspur host Aston Villa on Monday evening.

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France - Ligue 1

Marco Ramos was replaced with fifteen minutes left to play as Lens were beaten 3-0 at champions Lyon on Saturday. Pedro Pauleta’s Paris Saint-Germain were not in league action this weekend.

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Germany - Bundesliga

Almeida at the double - again

Hugo Almeida carried on his rich vein of goalscoring with another brace in Werder Bremen’s 8-1 hammering of Arminia Bielefeld. Champions Stuttgart continue to look unlikely to retain their crown after Fernando Meira captained his side to a 2-1 defeat at Hansa Rostock that leaves them in 10th place in the Bundesliga.

Sergio Pinto came on for the last half hour of Hannover’s 2-1 win over Duisburg, while Alex Domingos was involved as Wolfsburg drew 2-2 away at Hamburg.

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Italy - Serie A

Inter crush Roma

Luis Figo’s Inter enjoyed a fantastic weekend in Serie A, beating title rivals Roma 4-1 away from home on Saturday to go top of the table. The veteran winger started the game, before being replaced by young Portuguese Pele for the final fifteen minutes. There was still no sign of Vitorino Antunes in the Roma squad.

Juventus edged the Turin derby with a 1-0 victory at Torino, although Tiago was an unused substitute for the Bianconeri. Fernando Couto played as Parma lost 2-1 at Udinese. Jose Vidigal was left on the bench for Livorno’s 3-0 home loss to Fiorentina.

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Spain - La Liga

Barcelona on fire

Deco’s Barcelona scored four for the second successive match, with the Portuguese international playing the full ninety minutes of his side’s 4-1 thrashing of Levante on Saturday evening.

Carlos Martins’ hopes of building on his midweek goal ended with a red card in Recreativo’s 1-0 home loss at the hands of Valencia. Roberto Beto and Silvestre Varela both started for Recre, while Miguel played at right-back for Valencia and Manuel Fernandes was not called from the bench.

Pepe is still not back in action for Real Madrid, the Brazilian-born defender missing his side’s 1-0 win at Getafe. Ricardo kept goal for Betis as the Andaculians kick-started their season with a 3-0 win over Mallorca, for whom Jose Nunes played in defence.

Atletico Madrid continue to show signs of improvement with a 2-0 home win over Osasuna. Maniche and Simao both started, while Ze Castro was left on the bench by manager Javier Aguirre.

Sevilla have just six points from their opening five games after a fourth straight defeat, losing 2-0 to Zaragoza. Duda was not in the Sevilla squad.

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Others

Greece

Jose Peseiro and Fernando Santos faced off in Greece this weekend, with the former’s Panathinaikos 2-0 winners over Santos’ PAOK in Athens. Daniel Fernandes kept goal for visitors PAOK.

Geraldo Alves and Manu were both unused substitutes as AEK Athens ran out 4-0 winners at Levadiakos, while Lourenco was not involved in Panionios’ 2-0 victory away at Apollon Kalamaria.

Holland

Manuel da Costa was an unused substitute in PSV’s 1-1 draw at NAC Breda on Saturday.

Poland

Champions Zaglebie Lubin slipped down to sixth in the Polish Liga after losing 1-0 to Polonia Bytom on Friday, with Rui Miguel playing the full ninety minutes.

Romania

CFR Cluj stay top in Romania after a 1-1 home draw with champions Dinamo Bucharest on Sunday evening. Tony and Ricardo Cadu started in defence for Cluj, while Dani and Antonio Semedo also played in attack and Manuel Jose came on as a second-half substitute. Tony was sent off in stoppage time for a second bookable offence.

Russia

Dinamo Moscow dropped to 7th in the Russian Premier League after 1-1 draw at home against Krylya Sovetov on Sunday. Danny played the full match for Dinamo, while Cicero was substituted at half time and Custodio came on for the final twenty minutes.

Bruno Simao and Edson da Silva both started for UTA Arad as they lost 1-0 away to Gloria Buzau.

Scotland

Jose Goncalves was in the Hearts defence as the Jambos moved back up to sixth in in the Scottish Premier League with a 3-1 win at St Mirren. Pedro Moutinho was taken off in the 72nd minute as Falkirk went down 4-2 at Inverness, while Filipe Morais played over an hour of Hibernian’s 4-1 win over Kilmarnock.

Serbia

The big match in Serbia this weekend saw Belgrade rivals Partizan and Red Star play out a 2-2 draw on Saturday, a result which ends Partizan’s 100% start to the season. Almani Moreira was the hero for Partizan, scoring an equaliser eleven minutes from time, while Lucas was replaced on 72 minutes by Red Star.

Switzerland

Carlitos was taken off in the 72nd minute of Basel’s 3-0 home victory over St Gallen. Nelson Ferreira played the full ninety minutes as FC Thun drew 1-1 with Neuchatel Xamax.

Turkey

Konyaspor are still without a win in Turkey after seven games, following a 1-0 loss at Trabzonspor. Neca played the full ninety minutes for Konya, who sit in 16th place in the Turkcell Süper Lig.

Star Performer

Almani Moreira (Partizan Belgrade)

The well-travelled forward is enjoying a good start to life in Serbia and he endeared himself greatly to the Partizan fans by grabbing a late equaliser against bitter rivals Red Star Belgrade, to preserve his side’s unbeaten start to the season.

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