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22 October 2007, by Sean Gillen

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England - Premiership

Nani continues to shine

Manchester United’s impressive form continued with a 4-1 hammering of Aston Villa on Saturday evening. Nani played the full match for the Red Devils, setting up his side’s equaliser, while Cristiano Ronaldo was introduced for the final ten minutes.

Chelsea are showing signs of recovering from Jose Mourinho’s departure, with the Blues racking up another win away at Middlesbrough. Both Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira played the full ninety minutes in the Chelsea backline.

Pedro Mendes made a good impression in his late cameo to help Portsmouth to a 2-0 win away at Wigan, after the former Porto midfielder entered the fray in the 77th minute with the scores level. Luis Boa Morte played the last 16 minutes for West Ham in a 3-1 home victory over Sunderland.

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France - Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain languish in 14th place in Ligue 1 after a goalless draw at Valenciennes on Sunday evening. Last season’s leading goalscrorer, Pauleta, was an unused substitute. Marco Ramos was not in the Lens squad for their 1-0 defeat at Marseille.

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Germany - Bundesliga

Almeida nets again

Hugo Almeida followed up his first international goal last week with the opener in the 58th minute of Werder Bremen’s 3-2 home win over Hertha Berlin. German champions Stuttgart slipped down to 13th in the Bundesliga as, without the suspended Fernando Meira, they went down 4-1 at Hamburg.

Sergio Pinto scored for Hannover in their 2-2 draw with Wolfsburg. The former Aachen forward equalised Marcelinho’s striker to draw his side level on 28 minutes, but Wolfsburg re-took the lead just a minute later, before Hannover again drew level ahead of half time.

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Italy - Serie A

Figo assist

Luis Figo set up the only goal of the game as champions Inter were 1-0 winners at Reggina, with the veteran Portuguese playing the full ninety minutes for the Nerazurri. Vitorino Antunes was not in the Roma squad for their thrilling 4-4 draw with Napoli at the Stadio Olimpico.

Tiago was again an unused substitute for Juventus, as the Bianconeri beat Genoa 1-0 thanks to an Alessandro Del Piero goal. Fernando Couto’s Parma lost 3-0 at Sampdoria, while Costinha missed Atalanta’s 2-2 draw with Torino and injury also kept Jose Vidigal out as Livorno lost 1-0 against Lazio.

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Spain - La Liga

Barca stunned

Barcelona’s recent good form came to a halt with a 3-1 defeat at high-flying Villarreal. There was worse news for Deco, who is expected to be out for over a month with a thigh injury. Loc Cules did not lose any ground on leaders Real Madrid, however, as the champions lost 2-1 to Espanyol, with former Porto defender Pepe not included in the squad.

Sevilla record a much-needed win, 2-0 at Levante, with Duda playing the full ninety minutes as the Andalucians move up into 10th in La Liga. Valencia reacted well to the home defeat to Espanyol in their previous match by winning 4-2 away at Deportivo. Miguel played at right-back, while Marco Caneira was fit enough for a place on the bench, but the match came too soon for Manuel Fernandes.

Maniche and Ze Castro both took their place in the Atletico Madrid starling line-up as Los Rojiblancos recorded an impressive 4-0 win over Zaragoza. Major summer signing Simao Sabrosa was not called from the bench for Atletico.

Jose Nunes was in the Mallorca defence for their 2-0 win at Recreativo, who started with Roberto Beto and left Silvestre Varela on the bench. Portugal’s no.1 Ricardo kept goal for Betis’ 1-1 draw with Racing Santander.

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Others

Greece

AEK Athens continued their 100% start to the new season with their fifth win in a row, a 1-0 home victory over AE Larisa. Geraldo Alves played the full match in defence for AEK, while Manu came on ahead of the hour mark.

Jose Peseiro’s Panathinaikos moved up to third after beating Veria FC 2-0, while Fernando Santos, who selected Daniel Fernandes in goal, led PAOK to a 3-1 defeat at Aris Saloniki.

Holland

PSV are up into second in the Eredivisie after a 3-1 home win over VVV Venlo, although Portuguese defender Manuel da Costa was not deemed fit enough for the champions’ match squad.

Poland

Champions Zaglebie Lubin appear all but out of the title race after just 11 games in Poland, after a 0-0 draw at Jagiellonia Bialystok on Friday saw them slip 14 points behind leaders Wisla Krakow.

Romania

CFR Cluj remain top in Romania and are still unbeaten after eleven matches following a 2-0 home win over Unirea Urziceni on Sunday evening. There were five Portuguese involved for Cluj, with Nuno Claro given a rare start in goal, Fredy in defence, Dani in midfield and Antonio Semedo in attack, while Andre Leao was introduced as a late substitute.

Edson da Silva played in attack for UTA Arad in their 1-0 loss at Farul.

Russia

Dynamo Moscow moved up into sixth in the Russian Premier Division with a 1-0 win over Kuban Krasnodar. Danny played the full match for Dynamo, who introduced Cicero (60) and Custodio (68) in the second half.

Scotland

Filipe Morais was sent off just over twenty minutes into Hibernian’s 2-1 loss at Motherwell. The winger was issued a straight red for a late challenge, although many in the ground felt the decision was a little harsh.

Hearts lost 3-1 at home to Dundee United on Saturday, with Jose Goncalves starting in the Jambos’ defence before being replaced in the dying moments as his side looked for an equaliser, only to conceded a third in the final minutes.

On a disappointing weekend for the Portuguese in Scotland, Pedro Moutinho was dropped to the bench as Falkirk hosted Kilmarnock, coming on for the final thirteen minutes of a 1-1 draw.

Serbia

Partizan Belgrade are still undefeated after nine matches in Serbia, following a 2-1 win over Hajduk Kula, with Almani Moreira playing the full match. Red Star Belgrade, who are also undefeated but four points behind their arch rivals, won 2-0 at OFK.

Switzerland

The Schweizer Pokal cup took centre stage in Switzerland this weekend, with Carlitos again amongst the goals as Basel won 6-1 at SC Binningen. The former Benfica and Sion forward put his team 3-1 up early in the second half.

Turkey

Konyasport faced a daunting task on Saturday when the made the trip to champions Fenerbahce. To make matters worse, they were without influential midfielder Neca, while Ze Gomes was an unused substitute as the struggling Konya side went down 4-1.

Star Performer

Nani (Manchester United)

Although Nani has made several crucial contributions to his new side since his summer switch from Sporting, his performance in the champions’ excellent 4-1 victory over Aston Villa was by far his best all-round display in a United shirt.

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