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12 November 2007, by Sean Gillen

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England - Premiership

Ronaldo at the double

Cristiano Ronaldo moved into double figures for the season, getting a brace to help Manchester United to the top of the Premiership with a 2-0 home victory over Blackburn Rovers. Fellow Portuguese Nani was brought on during the second half by the champions.

Chelsea lost ground on the new leaders after conceding a 90th minute equaliser to draw 1-1 at home against Everton. Nuno Valente was a notable selection in the Toffees’ back four after various struggles with fitness, while Ricardo Carvalho took his place in the heart of the defender for Chelsea, who had gone ahead through Drogba’s 70th minute strike.

Luis Boa Morte played the full ninety minutes as West Ham recovered from last week’s disappointment against Bolton with a 5-0 hammering of Derby County. Pedro Mendes was an unused substitute in Portsmouth’s 0-0 draw at home against Manchester City.

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France - Ligue 1

Pedro Pauleta played a rare ninety minutes for Paris Saint-Germain, but was left disappointed as his side were held to a goalless draw at home by Nancy. Marco Ramos was an unused substitute for Lens in their 2-1 win away at Metz.

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Germany - Bundesliga

Almeida nets again

Hugo Almeida was among the goals for Werder Bremen in their 4-0 win over Karlsruhe, a result that sees them close in on Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga. That was because the leaders were soundly beaten by defending champions Stuttgart, with Fernando Meira skippering his side to a 3-1 win over Bayern.

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Italy - Serie A

On a weekend that saw three matches called off, Tiago helped Juventus come from 2-0 down to snatch a draw at Parma. The Portuguese midfielder was left on the bench but came on early in the second half after the hosts, who were without Fernando Couto, went into a two-goal lead. Tiago’s free-kick led to Legrottaglie pulling one back, before Iaquinta earned the Bianconeri a point with a 82nd minute equaliser.

Matches involving Inter, Atalanta and Roma were called off, while Jose Vidigal (Livorno) and Miguel Garcia (Reggina) were not in action for their clubs.

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Spain - La Liga

Martins hits winner

Carlos Martins got the only goal of the game for Recreativo against Osasuna in Huelva. The former Sporting midfielder was the only of his team’s Portuguese in the home squad, while Hugo Viana watched from the bench for Osasuna.

Pepe made his return to action in the Spanish league, coming on as a substitute as the champions stretched their lead at the top to four points with a 4-3 win over Mallorca, who selected Jose Nunes in central defence. Barcelona, without the injured midfielder Deco, lost 2-0 at Getafe.

Valencia repaired some of the damage from their recent poor form with a 3-0 home win over Murcia. Miguel and Marco Caneira played at right and left full-back respectively, while Manuel Fernandes was surprisingly left out of the squad by his former Benfica manager Ronald Koeman.

Maniche and Simao Sabrosa started in Atletico Madrid’s 0-0 draw at Almeria. Ricardo kept goal for Betis’ 2-1 win against Zaragoza, while Duda was not in the Sevilla squad for the Adalucians’ 3-2 defeat at Villarreal.

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Others

Greece

Having started the season with six straight wins, AEK Athens relinquished leadership of the Greek league after going down 2-1 at Jose Peseiro’s Panathinaikos, who now sit top of the table. Geraldo Alves played in central defence for AEK, while Manu came on after 70 minutes. Elsewhere, Fernando Santos’ PAOK beat Ergotelis Heraklion 1-0.

Holland

Manuel da Costa was again absent for Dutch champions PSV’s 1-1 draw with AZ at the Phillips Stadium on Sunday afternoon, a result that sees PSV one point off leaders Ajax at the top of the Eredivisie.

Poland

Rui Miguel scored for Zaglebie Lubin in their 1-1 draw with Gornik Zabrze. The forward started the match and put his side ahead with just five minutes remaining, only to be substituted soon after and watch from the bench as the visitors equalised in the 89th minute.

Romania

CFR Cluj started with five Portuguese players for their 1-0 victory at home against Dacia Mioveni, which preserved their eight-point lead at the top of the Romanian league. Nuno Claro kept goal, Tony and Ricardo Cadu played in defence, while Dani and Antonio Semedo were selected in attack.

Russia

Portuguese forward Danny scored as Dynamo Moscow were defeated in their final game of the Russian season, losing 2-1 at city rivals Spartak. The former Sporting man played the full match, as did midfielder Custodio, while Cicero was left on the substitutes bench.

Scotland

Jose Goncalves played in defence as Hearts enjoyed a 4-1 home win over Aberdeen in the Scottish Premier League, while Filipe Morais played 76 minutes of Hibernian’s 1-0 success at Gretna.

Serbia

Almani Moreira’s league leaders Partizan Belgrade, drew for the third match running on Sunday, but stay three points clear at the top following their 1-1 with Cukaricki Beograd. City rivals Red Star hit five goals in their trip to Smederevo, winning 5-2 on Sunday evening with Lucas playing the full match in midfield.

Switzerland

Carlitos came on for the final 25 minutes of Basel’s 3-2 home win over Luzern, a result that sees the team stay three points clear at the top of the Super League. Nelson Ferreira played the full ninety minutes as FC Thun lost 2-1 to Grasshoppers.

Turkey

Konyaspor made it three wins in a row in the Turkcell Süper Lig, beating Caykur Rizespor 2-1 at home on Saturday. Midfielder Neca played 75 minutes while Ze Gomes was left on the bench by Konyaspor, who move up to 11th in the Turkish top flight.

Star Performer

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)

Following Wayne Rooney’s injury, Ronaldo has picked a good moment to go on one of his goalscoring runs and the ex-Sporting man’s superb brace beat Blackburn to send the champions back to the top of the Premiership.

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