12 March 2007, by Sean Gillen

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England

FA CUP quarter-final drama

Chelsea produced a superb late comeback from 3-1 down at half time to draw 3-3 with Tottenham, setting up a replay in one week’s time. Ricardo Carvalho played the full ninety minutes, but a disappointing performance from Paulo Ferreira saw him subbed in the first half.

Manchester United also face a replay after a 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough at the Riverside. Cristiano Ronaldo scored from the penalty spot to draw his side level, while Abel Xavier was left on the bench by the home side.

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France - Ligue 1

Lyon frustrated

Lyon suffered another frustrating evening in France following their midweek Champions League exit. The Ligue 1 champions conceded an 87th minute equaliser and were held 1-1 at home by Marseille. Tiago played the full ninety minutes in midfield for Lyon.

Paris Saint-German sunk further into trouble after a 1-0 home defeat to Auxerre saw them drop to 19th in the table. Pedro Pauleta completed the match for the home side, who are now two points adrift of safety.

Second placed Lens failed to take advantage of Lyon’s slip, drawing 1-1 with Sedan without the injured Marco Ramos.

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Germany - Bundesliga

Almeida on the mark again

In-form Portuguese striker Hugo Almeida earned Werder Bremen a point against Bayern Munich on Sunday evening. The Porto-owned forward, who started the game, struck in the 66th minute to cancel out Lukas Podolski’s first half strike.

Sergio Pinto scored his first goal of the season for Alemannia Aachen, coming off the bench to get the second in injury time of their 2-0 win at Energie Cottbus.

Stuttgart captain Fernando Meira was laid low with bronchitis and therefore missed his side’s stalemate with Wolfsburg, while Alex was also missing for the visitors. Ze Antonio was in the Gladbach defence as they beat Hertha Berlin 3-1.

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Italy - Serie A

Inter win derby

Inter maintained their undefeated run in Serie A with a 2-1 victory over city rivals Milan at the San Siro, with Luis Figo playing the full ninety minutes. Fernando Couto’s Parma secured a point in their fight against relegation after an 88th minute equaliser saw them snatch a 1-1 draw at Atalanta.

Livorno’s former Portuguese international Jose Vidigal was introduced with six minutes left as his side scored a 91st minute equaliser to share the points in a 2-2 draw at Empoli. Ricardo Esteves watched from the bench as his Reggina side were beaten 3-2 at home by Lazio, while Jose Semedo was once again left out of Cagliari’s squad for the 1-1 at Sampdoria.

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Spain - La Liga

Thrillier at the Nou Camp

Barcelona went back to the top of La Liga after Deco played in their 3-3 home draw with Real Madrid in Spain’s “Grande Clasico” at the Nou Camp. Los Cules go top because title challengers Sevilla surprisingly lost 1-0 at Gimnastic, with Duda playing the final ten minutes.

Valencia failed to win but moved closer to top spot with a 1-1 draw at Osasuna. Los Ches, with Hugo Viana in the starting line-up, had been trailing 1-0 in Pamplona but Portuguese right-back Miguel came on as a second half substitute to cross for Fernando Morientes to head an equaliser in stoppage time.

Atletico Madrid moved within two points of the Champions League qualification after a 2-0 victory over Deportivo La Coruna. Ze Castro started in defence and Maniche was selected in midfield for Atletico, while Jorge Andrade was suspended for Depor.

Beto played in the heart of the Recreativo defence as they drew 1-1 at Getafe, Miguel Areias was an unused substitute for Celta Vigo’s 1-1 with Bilbao and Mallorca were without Jose Nunes as they went down 3-1 at rock-bottom Real Sociedad.

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Others

Belgium

Standard Liege’s title hopes were dealt a blow as they lost 1-0 at home to AA Gent on Saturday evening, leaving them eight points off leaders Racing Genk. Standard were without their entire Portuguese contingent for the match.

Cyprus

APOEL stay top of Group A after a 0-0 draw with Apollon. Ricardo Fernandes started for APOEL, while Joao Paiva played for the visitors.

Omonia remain top of Group B, and beat AEL Limassol 1-0 without Nelson Veiga and Edgar Marcelino. AEK Lanarka’s hopes of joining them in the next stage took a knock as they lost 2-1 at Ethnikos Achnas with Ze Nando and Jose Gonzalvez in the starting line-up.

Greece

Former Sporting striker Lourenco scored from the penalty spot as Panionios beat Ionikos 2-0 to move up to sixth in the Super League. Carlos Carneiro was left on the bench by Panionios.

Paulo Costa scored the winner for fourth placed Aris as they beat Iraklis 1-0 at home. The former Porto man started the game and scored the winning goal in the 16th minute.

Daniel Fernandes kept a clean sheet for PAOK Salonika as they beat Egaleo 2-0 at home to stay in 5th place. Daniel Kenedy was in the Ergotelis side that stunned Panathinaikos 1-0 away to move up to seventh.

Holland

Manuel da Costa was deemed fit enough for the PSV bench for their 0-0 draw at Excelsior in the Dutch Eredivisie. The young defender was called on at half time to replace inspirational defender Alex, who could be set to miss the rest of the season.

Defender Virgilio Teixeira was replaced in the 73rd minute of RKC Waalwijk’s 1-0 defeat at Heerenveen.

Romania

Portuguese striker Antonio Semedo came off the bench to score the winning goal for CFR Cluj in their 1-0 win over Pandurii in the Romanian Liga 1.

Four Portuguese players started the match for Cluj – Tony and Ricardo Cadu in defence and Manuel Jose and Pedro Oliveira in midfield – but it was half-time substitute Semedo who secured the three points with a 78th minute goal. Cluj left Freddy and Dani on the bench.

Russia

Dynamo Moscow got off to a bad start on the first day of the new Russian season, losing 1-0 at home to Spartak Moscow. Danny and Cicero started for Dynamo, with Cicero substituted in the 58th minute.

Fabio Felicio made his league debut as an 84th minute substitute for Rubin as they lost 3-1 at champions CSKA Moscow.

Scotland

Jose Goncalves and Bruno Aguiar were both kept out of Hearts’ 1-0 defeat at Aberdeen through injury. Vitor Lima and Pedro Moutinho both started for Falkirk at Hibernian, but Moutinho was subbed with a knock shortly before half time.

Switzerland

Nelson Ferreira scored after coming on as a half time substitute for FC Thun as they beat St Gallen 3-1. Thun were leading 1-0 at the break when Ferreira was introduced, but St Gallen equalised (69) leaving Ferreira to score the game’s crucial goal in the 84th minute and Thun added a third in injury time.

Carlitos played the full ninety minutes but Joao Pinto was missing for Sion as they drew 1-1 at home with Grasshoppers on Sunday. Roberto Pinto played the full match for the visitors.

Carlos da Silva came on as a first half substitute for Schaffhausen in their 0-0 draw at Basel, while Luis Calapes missed Luzern’s 1-1 draw at Young Boys.

Turkey

On-loan Portuguese midfielder Neca came on at half time during Konyaspor’s 3-0 defeat at Turkcell Süper Lig leaders Fenerbahce on Saturday.

Star Performer

Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen)

Fresh from scoring the crucial goal for his team in the UEFA Cup against Ajax in midweek, Almeida was again the hero for Bremen, netting a second half equaliser in the weekend’s big game in Germany to earn his side a 1-1 draw at Bayern Munich.

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