Amazing! Over Already?!?

The derby of the Ukrainian Premier League showed that there is only one true contender to the title.
Although Dynamo Kyiv tried, Shakhtar is just way too strong for any internal opponent.

Dynamo was lucky to go in at half time with a score of 1-1, but, unfortunately for them, their players could not call themselves as lucky during the second half.

There's no point in following the Ukrainian league closely anymore, for now, because it could have only one outcome, based on what transpired on Sunday, in Donetsk.

By the way, Dynamo is not even second anymore, because Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk overtook the team from the capital, with a superior goal difference.
Both Dynamo and Dnipro are on 18 points, but Dnipro's goal difference is +12, while Dynamo is down to seven more goals scored than conceded, following their second loss of the season.
Shakhtar is already 6 points ahead, after only 8 matchdays, and that is looking like an unassailable advantage.

2012.09.01 - The Results

ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership

13:45 -- West Ham - Fulham 3-0 (3-0)
16:00 -- Swansea - Sunderland 2-2
[0-1]  41' Steven Fletcher
[1-1]  45' Wayne Routledge
[1-2]  45' + 6' Steven Fletcher
[2-2]  66' Michu
16:00 -- Tottenham - Norwich 1-1 (0-0)
16:00 -- West Brom - Everton 2-0
65' Shane Long
82' Gareth McAuley
16:00 -- Wigan - Stoke City 2-2 (1-1)
18:30 -- Manchester City - QPR 3-1
[1-0]  16' Yaya Toure
[1-1]  59' Bobby Zamora
[2-1]  61' Edin Dzeko
[3-1]  90' + 2' Carlos Tevez

Current standings:
1 Chelsea  3 3 0 0 8-2 +6  9p
2 Swansea  3 2 1 0 10-2 +8  7p
3 West Brom  3 2 1 0 6-1 +5  7p
4 Manchester City  3 2 1 0 8-5 +3  7p
5-6 Everton  3 2 0 1 4-3 +1  6p



GERMANY: Bundesliga

15:30 -- Bayer - Freiburg 2-0 (1-0)
15:30 -- Hoffenheim - Frankfurt 0-4
39' Alexander Meier
43' Pirmin Schwegler
83' Alexander Meier (pen.)
90' Martin Lanig
15:30 -- Nurnberg - Borussia D. 1-1
[1-0]  31' Tomas Pekhart
[1-1]  40' Jakub Blaszczykowski
15:30 -- Schalke - Augsburg 3-1
[1-0]  33' Kyriakos Papadopoulos
[2-0]  46' Jermaine Jones
[3-0]  72' Klaas Jan Huntelaar
[3-1]  79' Torsten Oehrl
15:30 -- Werder - Hamburger 2-0 (0-0)
18:30 -- Dusseldorf - Borussia M. 0-0

Current standings:
1 Eintracht Frankfurt  2 2 0 0 6-1 +5  6p
2 Schalke  2 1 1 0 5-3 +2  4p
3 Dusseldorf  2 1 1 0 2-0 +2  4p
4 Borussia Dortmund  2 1 1 0 3-2 +1  4p
5-6 Borussia M'gladbach  2 1 1 0 2-1 +1  4p



PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga

19:30 -- Guimaraes - Estoril 2-2 (0-1)
21:30 -- Olhanense - Porto 2-3
[1-0]  14' Liban Abdi
[1-1]  43' James Rodriguez
[1-2]  49' Jackson Martinez
[1-3]  72' Hulk
[2-3]  86' Tiago Targino

Current standings:
1 Porto  3 2 1 0 7-2 +5  7p
2 Benfica  2 1 1 0 7-2 +5  4p
3 Braga  2 1 1 0 5-3 +2  4p
4 Moreirense  2 1 1 0 4-2 +2  4p
5 Maritimo  2 1 1 0 1-0 +1  4p



ITALY: Serie A

18:00 -- Torino - Pescara 3-0 (1-0)
20:45 -- Bologna - Milan 1-3
[0-1]  16' Giampaolo Pazzini (pen.)
[1-1]  42' Alessandro Diamanti (pen.)
[1-2]  77' Giampaolo Pazzini
[1-3]  85' Giampaolo Pazzini

Current standings:
1-3 Inter  1 1 0 0 3-0 +3  3p
1-3 Napoli  1 1 0 0 3-0 +3  3p
1-3 Torino  2 1 1 0 3-0 +3  3p   {penalized with -1 point before the start of the season}
4-6 Chievo  1 1 0 0 2-0 +2  3p
4-6 Genoa  1 1 0 0 2-0 +2  3p



FRANCE: Ligue 1

17:00 -- Lyon - Valenciennes 3-2
[0-1]  13' Gil
[1-1]  19' Michel Bastos
[2-1]  22' Bafetimbi Gomis (pen.)
[3-1]  66' Clement Grenier
[3-2]  76' Gregory Pujol
20:00 -- Ajaccio - Evian 2-0 (2-0)
20:00 -- Bastia - Saint-Etienne 0-3 (0-2)
20:00 -- Brest - Troyes 2-1 (1-0)
20:00 -- Lorient - Nancy 3-0
20' Ludovic Giuly
x - 33' Alain Traore (m. pen. Lorient) - x
35' Lamine Kone
85' Alain Traore
20:00 -- Sochaux - Montpellier 1-3 (0-1)
20:00 -- Toulouse - Reims 1-1
[0-1]  56' Aymen Abdennour (o.-g.)
[1-1]  90' Wissam Ben Yedder

Current standings:
1 Lyon  4 3 1 0 9-4 +5  10p
2 Marseille  3 3 0 0 4-0 +4  9p
3 Lorient  4 2 2 0 9-5 +4  8p
4 Toulouse  4 2 2 0 5-3 +2  8p
5 Valenciennes  3 2 1 0 4-0 +4  7p



SPAIN: Primera Division

16:00 -- Celta Vigo - Osasuna 2-0 (0-0)
18:00 -- Zaragoza - Malaga 0-1
56' Ignacio Camacho
20:00 -- Deportivo - Getafe 1-1 (1-1)
22:00 -- Mallorca - Real Sociedad 1-0 (0-0)
75' Victor

Current standings:
1 Mallorca  3 2 1 0 4-2 +2  7p
2 Malaga  3 2 1 0 3-1 +2  7p
3 Barcelona  2 2 0 0 7-2 +5  6p
4 Valladolid  2 2 0 0 3-0 +3  6p
5 Rayo Vallecano  2 2 0 0 3-1 +2  6p



NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie

18:45 -- Roda - Willem II 3-0 (1-0)
19:45 -- RKC Waalwijk - Heracles Almelo 1-1
[0-1]  1' Willie Overtoom
[1-1]  39' Florian Jozefzoon
19:45 -- Zwolle - NEC Nijmegen 0-4 (0-2)
20:45 -- NAC Breda - Utrecht 1-1 (1-0)

Current standings:
1 Twente  3 3 0 0 8-2 +6  9p
2 Waalwijk  4 2 2 0 7-5 +2  8p
3 Ajax  3 2 1 0 13-3 +10  7p



TURKEY: Super Lig


17:00 -- Buyuksehir - Antalyaspor 0-1
10' Isaac Promise
18:00 -- Kayserispor - Belediyespor 1-1 (1-0)
19:30 -- Karabukspor - Besiktas 0-3
6' Manuel Fernandes
31' Ugur Boral
35' Manuel Fernandes
20:15 -- Elazigspor - Kasimpasa 0-3
31' Kalu Uche
56' Kalu Uche (pen.)
83' Kalu Uche

Current standings:
1 Kasimpasa  3 2 0 1 6-3 +3  6p
2 Antalyaspor  3 2 0 1 5-3 +2  6p
3 Genclerbirligi  3 1 2 0 4-2 +2  5p



UKRAINE: Premier League

14:30 -- Kryvbas - Ilichevets 1-2 (0-0)
16:30 -- Karpaty - Metalurh D. 0-1 (0-0)
18:00 -- Chornomorets - Zorya 2-1 (1-1)

Current standings:
1 Shakhtar Donetsk  7 7 0 0 26-3 +23  21p
2 Dynamo Kyiv  7 6 0 1 12-3 +9  18p
3 Dnipro  7 5 2 0 16-4 +12  17p