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England - Premier League

Deco hits winner for Chelsea

Deco’s dreams start to life in England continued on Sunday afternoon as he scored the only goal in Chelsea’s 1-0 victory at Wigan Athletic, a result which sees the Blues go top of the Premiership. Having scored on his debut last week against Portsmouth, the former Porto man converted a first half free-kick at the JJB Stadium, where he was joined in the starting eleven by Jose Bosingwa and Ricardo Carvalho.

Elsewhere, Everton got their first points of the season with a 2-1 win at newly promoted West Brom, with Nuno Valente playing the last five minutes for the Toffees and Pedro Pele an unused WBA sub. Luis Boa Morte was introduced for the final fifteen minutes of West Ham’s disappointing 3-0 defeat at Manchester City. Ricardo Rocha was not in the Tottenham Hotspur squad as the London side lost for the second week running, 2-1 at home to Sunderland.

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Germany - Bundesliga

Werder Bremen have two points from their opening two Bundesliga matches after a 1-1 home draw with Schalke on Saturday, with Hugo Almeida playing the final sixteen minutes for Bremen. There was a Portuguese on either side as Bochum drew 2-2 at home against Wolfsburg, with Daniel Fernandes keeping goal for the hosts and Ricardo Costa in the Wolves’ defence.

Armando Petit and Cologne were held 1-1 by Frankfurt, while Hannover’s slow start to the season continued with a 0-0 home draw with Cottbus, as Sergio Pinto played his first full ninety minutes of the new campaign.

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Italy - Serie A

Mourinho wins Italian Supercup

Jose Mourinho won the first trophy of his Italian career by winning the Supercup after a penalty shootout victory over Roma. With Luis Figo in the starting line-up, the Nerazurri were held 2-2 in normal time and, after a further thirty minutes of extra time, spot-kicks were needed to separate the sides. Vitor Pele was left on the substitutes’ bench by Mourinho, while Figo was withdrawn with twenty minutes of normal time left.

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Spain - La Liga

Real win Spanish Supercup in dramatic fashion

Nine-man Real Madrid successfully turned their Spanish Supercopa tie around in their second leg with Valencia at the Bernabeu, beating Los Ches 4-2 in the capital. Having trailed 2-1 from the first leg, Madrid’s task appeared almost impossible after they went 1-0 down to David Villa’s goal and then having Rafael van Der Vaart sent off.

Ruud van Nistelrooy drew Real level on the night before himself being dismissed, but nine-man Real proceeded to score three goals in the final thirteen minutes, before Fernando Morientes’ late consolation. Both defences included a Portuguese, with Pepe (Real) and Miguel (Valencia) both playing the full ninety minutes.

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Others

Romania

Ricardo Fernandes was on the score sheet as Jose Peseiro’s Rapid Bucharest went back to the top of the Romanian league after beating city rivals Dinamo Bucharest 2-1. Joao Paulo Andrade was also in the Rapid starting eleven, and Peseiro’s men now lead Vaslui on goal difference with 12 points from five games.

That is because CFR Cluj have extended their winless run in the league to three matches after losing 2-1 at Vaslui on Sunday. Ricardo Cadu scored Cluj’s goal, and the defender was joined in the champions’ line-up by Tony, Dani and Antonio Semedo, while Manuel Jose came on for the final ten minutes.

Russia

Danny played what could be his last match for Dinamo Moscow on Saturday, helping his side to a 1-1 draw at city rivals Spartak Moscow. The former Sporting man, who is on the verge of joining Zenit St. Petersburg, played the full ninety minutes for Dinamo, who are four points behind leaders Rubin Kazan.

Scotland

Pedro Mendes was in the Rangers side which drew 1-1 at Aberdeen on Saturday, leaving the Glasgow club trailing city rivals Celtic on goal difference at the top of the table after three rounds of the new season. Filipe Morais played the final 25 minutes of Hibernian’s 1-1 draw at Inverness, while Bruno Aguiar was not ready to make his long-awaited comeback as Hearts beat St. Mirren 2-1.

Serbia

Partizan Belgrade have two wins from two at the start of their Serbian title defence after a 3-1 home win over Napredak Krusevac on Friday evening. Almani Moreira played the full ninety minutes for Partizan, picking up a yellow card along the way, as the champions prepare for their midweek Champions League qualifying second leg with Fenerbahce.

Switzerland

Champions FC Basel are three points clear at the top of the Swiss Super League after winning a seven-goal thriller with Neuchatel Xamax on Saturday. Carlitos scored the game’s crucial goal, putting his Basel side 4-2 up after Neuchatel had come from 3-0 down to trailing 3-2 before the Portuguese’s strike. FC Luzern continue to endure a miserable start to the season, with Nelson Ferreira not involved in their 4-2 defeat at Grasshoppers.

Turkey

Fernando Meira enjoyed a successful Turkish league debut with Galatasaray, playing the full ninety minutes as the champions got their title defence off to a winning start by beating Denizlispor 4-1 on Saturday. Neca played the final 14 minutes of Ankaraspor lost 2-0 at Trabzonspor.

Ukraine

Ricardo Fernandes scored a brace to help Metalurh Donetsk beat Tavriya Simferopol 2-1 to make it six wins from six at the start of the Ukrainian season. The former Sporting midfielder, who was joined in the Metalurh side by Mario Sergio, opened his account with a penalty, before getting the second with a header.

Star Performer

Ricardo Fernandes (Metalurh)

The Portuguese midfielder is currently enjoying a purple patch in his career, playing a central role in Metalurh’s excellent start to the new Ukrainian season. Fernandes scored twice to help his side to victory on Friday evening, maintaining Metalurh’s 100% record after six matches.

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