Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts

Saturday, 14 June 2014

Colombia on Their Merry Way

Even Valderrama, the Colombian football star of that famous '90s Colombian generation, admitted that this Colombian team now is better than his.

Well, if that doesn't raise Colombian expectation, I don't know what would.

But Jose Pekerman's squad responded to these expectations in style, calmly dispatching of the Greek challenge with maximum efficiency.

One goal within the first five minutes (Pablo Armero) set the South Americans on their way. And they never looked back.
Early in the second half, Gutierrez showed great agility and awareness to tap in another ball not followed properly by the Greek defense. And star striker James Rodriguez put the icing on the cake deep in injury time.

And they have an extremely easy group here. Greece was actually their best-ranked opponent, so Colombia should already be looking forward to an extended stay at this tournament.

Highlights:

Friday, 22 June 2012

(Uninspired Coach + Sucky Goalkeeper) x Lack of Attention in Defense = Disaster Against Germany's B-Side

Greece's coach Fernando Santos could just as well have prepared this match while drunk.
This approach, that he decided to go with, might be worth studying in coaching schools when discussing what not to do in a quarter-final of a major tournament.

One of the two biggest mistakes, for sure, was allowing that pathetic excuse for a footballer, Sifakis, to play as goalkeeper. What, were both Chalkias and Tzorvas severely injured? I'm sure Chalkias would have made fewer wrong moves, even if he had been on crutches!

Sifakis has probably 30%-50% of the blame for the first two goals, and 80%-100% of the blame for the last two goals, by the Germans.
He has no idea where to place himself for long shots, and he's just a complete disaster when he's trying to anticipate moving forward from the goal-line.
(This is one goal-keeper who does not have a bright future. And he's already 27.)

Then, where the hell was the resolute defense from the matches against Russia and even the Czech Republic (excluding the first ten minutes of that second match)?
Sure, Germany is better than Russia and the Czech Republic put together, but not that good as to make the Greek players fall down like dominoes.
I mean, exactly when they needed to step it up a notch, the Greeks were losing the ball and then falling over themselves. Of course the Germans would take advantage, when the Greek defenders could not even stand up properly.

Thirdly, the one thing Santos cannot seem to understand, despite the fact that he has a pretty impressive coaching resume (Porto, AEK, Panathinaikos, Sporting CP, Benfica, PAOK... but, notice(!), no other national squad), is that the Germans like to shoot from far out. The Portuguese got that, the Danes got it, too, and even the Dutch seemed to be aware of it. Only the Greeks had no idea that Germany has players who can shoot well from outside the penalty box if given the chance.
Under these conditions, no wonder Germany scored four goals in this one encounter.

And lastly, I also must say, it takes a really weak coach to not be able to take advantage of what seemed like very good luck for the Greeks. They had some very lucky bounces in the first half, and, despite the goal by Lahm, the Greeks were still in it. What better example, than the way they tied it, through Samaras, in the 55th minute?
At 1-1 against Germany, a score that you certainly don't deserve, what do you tell your players? Do you tell them to keep it up, think they're all that, and to continue to leave large gaps at the back, or do you do something to tighten up the defense, first and foremost, so that the Germans would suffer for their relaxation?
Eventually, luck is going to desert you, of course, if you're stupid.

Germany played not so well, even though they went 4-1 up, from 1-1, in 19 minutes.
Joachim Low opted to introduce his second-string forwards. And he made some other weird substitutions, too. (A good, inspired team would have punished Germany on this day.)
But the Greeks should consider themselves lucky just to have scored the two goals; that's how dull they were in this game.
Really, though, when you score two goals against Germany, at a major tournament, you should go through to the next phase. Most of the time, you don't get to score two in such a match... The Greek team eliminated itself, through its own ignorance.

And most of this is Santos' fault.
(Oh, and Sifakis', too, of course. He would have been selected man of the match, if he had been in a German jersey.)

Highlights:

Saturday, 16 June 2012

What a Fantastic, Amazing, Unbelievable Turn-Around!

Group A. What a crazy group!

After Russia's win over the Czech Republic, everybody thought the former would win the group. I personally thought the Czechs were going to be eliminated.
But no! The Czechs won the group, and Russia went out!

After the first two matches, Greece was sitting bottom of the group, with only one point from their matches with the lowest-ranked from the other teams, and facing supposedly the best team in the group in a do-or-die encounter.
Not only that, but history was not on the Greeks' side, either, as they had previously fallen to defeats against Russia in 2008 and 2004.
But, in the end, the only win Greece got so far at these Euros came, yes, against Russia.

Czech Republic - Poland 1-0 (0-0)
Greece - Russia 1-0 (1-0)

Poland and Russia were the more persistent in the early going, in their respective matches, too, ironically, on top of everything else.

The hosts kept going forward but their attacks had little incisiveness.
The Russians had fewer chances against Greece in the first half than the Poles had against the Czech Republic, but theirs were more dangerous.
Both Greece and Czech Republic defended very carefully, though.

The first breakthrough came in first-half injury time, in Warsaw, very late, at a time when the Czechs and Poles had already retired from the field of play in Wroclaw.
There was a throw-in from the right attacking side, the Russian defenders underestimated it, and Karagounis suddenly found himself with the ball at his feet and in a good position to shoot on goal. He took the shot excellently, and Malafeev could not prevent it from sliding past him.

What's interesting is that, at this score, the Russians were still going to advance to the quarter-final stage. Sure, the Greeks were in, but the Russians were also still in, unless either Poland or the Czech Republic managed to add two more points to their total, with a win, thereby bypassing Russia in the standings.
With three teams tied on 4 points, the Russians still would have advanced, as long as they didn't concede five more goals.
The Greek team played a perfect game, though, and they weren't without a small share of good luck, also. Even though Russia could not convert some good chances, perhaps Greece should have had a penalty in the second half that might have settled the outcome of this game for good. Unfortunately for Greece, though, Karagounis got a yellow card for simulation and will now miss the quarter-final match, which could potentially be against any team from Group B, with the exception of Netherlands, most likely Germany.
Greece also hit the post in the second half, following a free kick from just outside the Russian penalty area.

As the second half progressed, I'm sure the Russian fans, and maybe even the squad, became equally interested in what was happening in Wroclaw. And they did not like what happened in the 72nd minute of the Czech Republic - Poland match, which was at about the same time as minute 70 in the Warsaw game.
One team had scored. One team was leading. Petr Jiracek had scored for the Czechs.
Jiracek did really well to end a very good counter-attack by the Czechs, by scoring under Tyton, the Polish goalkeeper, and he achieved that from between two Polish defenders who tried to slide in to stop the goal.

Polish fans expected better, and maybe deserved better.
Probably Poland was the biggest disappointment at this tournament, considering all of the results they got. (But there are other strong contenders, too, that could qualify for the same dishonourable title, also, soon.)

In the last minute, in Wroclaw, the Poles could have eliminated the Czechs, though, and they could have allowed Russia to win the group, if only Blaszczykowski's shot had not been blocked by Kadlec. The ball had gone past the goalkeeper, and would have gone in, but the Czech defender did extremely well to head the ball off its goal-bound trajectory.
Had that gone in, it would not have helped Poland. It would have helped only Russia. (It was minute 90' + 3', and the Poles surely couldn't have gotten a second goal in the remaining minute of injury time.)

Seconds after Kadlec's save, the game was over, indeed, and the Czechs were through to the second phase.

The Greeks and the Russians still had to play for about two more minutes, but the score stayed the same there, too, and all Greek fans were able to celebrate.

And so, the teams that everybody expected to advance were eliminated, after an incredible turn of events in the first group to wrap proceedings at Euro 2012.
(I can barely believe that the team that lost 1-4 in the first match ended up winning the group!... Wow!)

By the way, I wonder if Dick Advocaat, Russia's coach, would have been sacked if he was not leaving anyway, to go back to PSV Eindhoven...

As for the Polish coach, yes, he is quitting.

Highlight from Czech Republic - Poland 1-0:


Highlights from Greece - Russia 1-0:

Friday, 15 June 2012

Group A - Possible Scenarios

Here's what could happen on the final matchday of Group A:

1) Czech Republic wins & Greece wins:
Czech Republic 6p, Greece 4p, Russia 4p, Poland 2p
(Greece would advance because of the head-to-head record.)

2) Czech Republic wins & draw in the other match:
Czech Republic 6p, Russia 5p, Greece or Poland 2p, Poland or Greece 2p
(Poland and Greece would be separated depending on the severity of the defeat and/or on goals scored. This is not extremely important, since both teams would be out and very few might care who finished third and who finished fourth.)

3) Czech Republic wins & russia wins:
Russia 7p, Czech Republic 6p, Poland 2p, Greece 1p

4) draw in the first match & Greece wins
4-1. Greece wins by one or two goals:
Russia 4p, Greece 4p, Czech Republic 4p, Poland 3p
4-2. Greece wins by three, four or five goals:
Greece 4p, Russia 4p, Czech Republic 4p, Poland 3p
4-3. Greece wins by six or more goals:
Greece 4p, Czech Republic 4p, Russia 4p, Poland 3p
(The respective teams would advance because of goal difference in the head-to-head table and/or goals scored in the head-to-head matches in some cases.)

5) draws in both matches:
Russia 5p, Czech Republic 4p, Poland 3p, Greece 2p

6) draw in the first match & Russia wins:
russia 7p, Czech Republic 4p, Poland 3p, Greece 1p

7) Poland wins & Greece wins:
Poland 5p, Greece 4p, Russia 4p, Czech Republic 3p
(Greece would advance because of the head-to-head record.)

8) Poland wins & draw in the other match
8-1. Poland wins by less than three goals or wins by three goals but Russia matches or betters Poland's goal total minus 3 goals:
Russia 5p, Poland 5p, Czech Republic 3p, Greece 2p
(Russia would win the group because of goal difference and/or goals scored and/or UEFA national team coefficient.)
8-2. Poland wins by three goals but scores four more goals or more than Russia on the last matchday or wins by more than four goals:
Poland 5p, Russia 5p, Czech Republic 3p, Greece 2p
(Poland would win the group because of goal difference and/or goals scored.)

9) Poland wins & Russia wins:
Russia 7p, Poland 5p, Czech Republic 3p, Greece 1p

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Czech Resurrection

Finally, the Czechs showed up!

Why couldn't they have played like that against russia?
Oh, well, it's too late now, anyway.

The two Czech goals, in minutes 3 (scored by Jiracek) and 6 (Pilar), were catastrophic for the Greek team. Although the squad from the Balkans kept pressing, it was extremely hard for them to break down the Czech defense.

And Greece was also unlucky to have a good goal waved off for offside right before the break.

It took a horrendous miss by goalkeeper Petr Cech to allow the Greeks to pull one goal back.
The Champions League champion made an error many amateurs wouldn't do.
Luckily for him, though, the slip-up in the 51st minute did not cost the Czech Republic team anything.

Greece now must beat Russia to advance.
One could say that's tough for them, but the wonderful thing for the Greeks is that, due to the Czechs' big defeat to Advocaat's team, Greece is assured to go through to the quarter-finals if they win that game, by any score. (They could even win the group, if they win by a margin of three goals or more, and the Czechs end up tied with Poland in the other match.)
But can Greece even muster a win?

Highlights:

Greece v Czech Republic by greetop

Friday, 8 June 2012

Interesting Start to Euro 2012

I'm sure Poland was considered slight favourite to win the Euro opener against Greece.

And Poland certainly started well. During the first half, and a little bit of the second half, the Polish team just kept coming and coming, attacking with purpose, and keeping the Greeks on the back foot.
No wonder, therefore, that Lewandowski quickly put the hosts ahead, in the 17th minute, with a cool header that left Chalkias no chance.

Then, right before the half, Papastathopoulos was sent off and Greece was left with ten men.

But it was the Greeks who mobilized better after the interval, and Salpingidis scored, just 6 minutes into the second half, to penalize the bumbling Polish defenders.

Unbelievably, Greece could have won the match, but Karagounis missed a penalty in the 71st minute. Szczesny, the Arsenal and Poland goalkeeper, had been sent off for a(n almost inexistent) foul, as last defender, just prior to that.
Not even to mention that the Greeks had a goal disallowed very soon after that, for offside, too.

Poland has a lot of work to do, to advance, and Greece certainly should not be written off, in by far the weakest group at this tournament, in terms of international football value of the teams in it.

Highlights:

Poland v Greece by zlatanicverses

Monday, 4 June 2012

Greece - UEFA Club Competitions Participants - 2012-2013

Olympiakos Piraeus --> Champions League Group Stage
Panathinaikos Athens --> Champions League Third Qualifying Round
Atromitos Athens --> Europa League Play-off Round
PAOK. Thessaloniki --> Europa League Third Qualifying Round
Asteras Tripolis --> Europa League Second Qualifying Round

Notes: Panathinaikos did not directly qualify to the Champions League due to finishing second in the league, but they had to play through the Greek Superleague Play-offs, against AEK Athens, Atromitos and PAOK. These play-offs also determined that Atromitos and PAOK were to enter the Europa League, and at what stage. AEK, even though they participated to the play-offs, was not granted a license to play in the Europa League 2012-2013, so the remaining place for Greece in the Europa League was taken by the next team in the Superleague standings, Asteras Tripolis.

Sunday, 1 April 2012

2012.04.01 - The Results

UKRAINE: Premier League

12:30 -- Oleksandriya - Arsenal Kyiv 1-2 (0-0)
15:00 -- Vorskla - Shakhtar 0-2     highlights
27' Yevhen Seleznov
49' Alex Teixeira
16:30 -- Dynamo - Chornomorets 3-1     highlights
[1-0]  27' Brown Ideye
[2-0]  41' Denys Garmash
[3-0]  69' Alexander Aliev
[3-1]  75' Leonardo Matos
18:30 -- Metalist - Kryvbas 1-1     highlights
[0-1]  18' Valeriy Fedorchuk
[1-1]  74' Marlos

Current standings:
1 Dynamo Kyiv  25 21 4 0 51-9 +42  67p
2 Shakhtar Donetsk  25 20 4 1 65-15 +50  64p
3 Metalist Kharkiv  25 16 7 2 46-23 +23  55p



NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie

12:30 -- NEC Nijmegen - De Graafschap 2-0 (1-0)
14:30 -- Ajax - Heracles Almelo 6-0     highlights
25' Theo Janssen
49' Lorenzo Ebicilio
54' Christian Eriksen
63' Vurnon Anita
73' Siem de Jong
88' Kolbeinn Sigtorsson
14:30 -- RKC Waalwijk - ADO Den Haag 1-0 (1-0)
16:30 -- Vitesse - AZ Alkmaar 2-2     highlights
[0-1]  32' Jozy Altidore
[1-1]  36' Guram Kashia
[2-1]  46' Marco van Ginkel
[2-2]  58' Simon Poulsen

Current standings:
1 Ajax Amsterdam  28 17 7 4 76-33 +43  58p
2 AZ Alkmaar  28 17 6 5 56-27 +29  57p
3 Twente Enschede  28 16 7 5 71-32 +39  55p



ITALY: Serie A

12:30 -- Roma - Novara 5-2 (2-1)     highlights
15:00 -- Bologna - Palermo 1-3 (0-0)
15:00 -- Cagliari - Atalanta 2-0 (1-0)
15:00 -- Fiorentina - Chievo 1-2 (0-1)
15:00 -- Inter - Genoa 5-4 (3-1)
15:00 -- Lecce - Cesena 0-0
15:00 -- Siena - Udinese 1-0 (0-0)     highlights
20:45 -- Juventus - Napoli 3-0     highlights
53' Leonardo Bonucci
75' Arturo Vidal
83' Fabio Quagliarella

Current standings:
1 Milan  30 19 7 4 60-24 +36  64p
2 Juventus  30 16 14 0 49-17 +32  62p
3 Lazio  30 15 6 9 44-37 +7  51p
4 Napoli  30 12 12 6 54-35 +19  48p
5 Udinese  30 13 9 8 40-28 +12  48p



TURKEY: Super Lig

14:00 -- Antalyaspor - Bursaspor 1-3 (0-2)
14:00 -- Besiktas - Samsunspor 0-1 (0-0)     highlights
18:00 -- Trabzonspor - Fenerbahce 1-1
[0-1]  41' Cristian Baroni
[1-1]  73' Burak Yilmaz

Current standings:
1 Galatasaray  33 22 8 3 65-24 +41  74p
2 Fenerbahçe  33 19 8 6 59-34 +25  65p
3 Trabzonspor  33 15 10 8 60-40 +20  55p



FRANCE: Ligue 1

17:00 -- Caen - Ajaccio 0-0
17:00 -- Lille - Toulouse 2-1     highlights
[1-0]  13' Eden Hazard (pen.)
[2-0]  32' Dimitri Payet
[2-1]  60' Serge Aurier
21:00 -- Rennes - Lyon 1-1 (1-0)     highlights

Current standings:
1 Montpellier  29 18 6 5 53-27 +26  60p
2 PSG  30 17 9 4 54-32 +22  60p
3 Lille  30 15 11 4 55-32 +23  56p
4 Lyon  30 15 5 10 47-37 +10  50p
5 Toulouse  30 14 8 8 32-26 +6  50p



PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga

17:00 -- Feirense - Beira Mar 1-3 (0-2)
17:00 -- Gil Vicente - Setubal 0-1 (0-0)
17:00 -- Nacional - Rio Ave 2-1 (1-0)
19:15 -- Leiria - Sporting 0-1 (0-0)     highlights
21:15 -- Guimaraes - Pacos de Ferreira 3-1 (1-0)

Current standings:
1 Porto  25 18 6 1 56-17 +39  60p
2 Benfica  25 18 5 2 56-22 +34  59p
3 Sporting Braga  25 18 4 3 54-22 +32  58p
4 Marítimo  25 14 6 5 37-27 +10  48p
5 Sporting Lisbon  25 14 5 6 38-17 +21  47p



GERMANY: Bundesliga

15:30 -- Hannover - Borussia M. 2-1 (0-0)     highlights
17:30 -- Hoffenheim - Schalke 04 1-1     highlights
[1-0]  30' Sejad Salihovic (pen.)
[1-1]  80' Klaas Jan Huntelaar (pen.)

Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund  28 19 6 3 63-21 +42  63p
2 Bayern München  28 19 3 6 67-18 +49  60p
3 Schalke 04  28 17 3 8 61-35 +26  54p
4 Borussia M'gladbach  28 15 6 7 41-20 +21  51p
5 Hannover  28 10 11 7 37-39 -2  41p



USA: Major League Soccer

01:00 -- Colorado Rapids - Chicago Fire 2-0 (0-0)
03:00 -- Chivas USA - Sporting Kansas City 0-1     highlights
46' Charles J. Sapong

Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC  4 4 0 0 7-1 +6  12p
2 New York  4 2 0 2 10-7 +3  6p
3 Columbus  3 2 0 1 3-2 +1  6p
4 Houston Dynamo  3 2 0 1 2-2 0  6p
5 New England  4 2 0 2 4-5 -1  6p
6 D.C United  4 1 1 2 5-5 0  4p
Western Conference:
1 Real Salt Lake  4 3 0 1 8-4 +4  9p
2 San Jose  4 3 0 1 5-1 +4  9p
3 Colorado  4 3 0 1 7-5 +2  9p
4 Vancouver  4 2 2 0 3-0 +3  8p
5 Seattle  3 2 0 1 5-2 +3  6p
6 Portland  4 1 1 2 6-6 0  4p



SPAIN: Primera Division

12:00 -- Atletico Madrid - Getafe 3-0 (1-0)     highlights
18:00 -- Valencia - Levante 1-1 (1-0)     highlights
21:30 -- Real Sociedad - Rayo Vallecano 4-0 (2-0)
21:30 -- Villarreal - Espanyol 0-0

Current standings:
1 Real Madrid  30 25 3 2 100-27 +73  78p
2 Barcelona  30 22 6 2 86-22 +64  72p
3 Valencia  30 13 9 8 46-37 +9  48p
4 Malaga  30 14 5 11 44-43 +1  47p
5 Levante  30 13 6 11 42-41 +1  45p



GREECE: Super League

18:00 -- Asteras Tripolis - OFI 2-2 (2-1)
18:00 -- Ergotelis - Atromitos 2-2 (0-0)
18:00 -- Kerkyra - AEK 2-2 (1-2)
18:00 -- PAOK - Giannina 1-2 (0-1)
18:00 -- Panaitolikos - Olympiakos 0-1
54' Kevin Mirallas
18:00 -- Panathinaikos - Aris 1-0 (0-0)
18:00 -- Panionios - Levadiakos 2-0 (0-0)
18:00 -- Xanthi - Doxa Dramas 1-0 (1-0)

Current standings:
1 Olympiakos Piraeus  27 21 4 2 64-16 +48  67p
2 Panathinaikos Athens  27 19 3 5 45-23 +22  57p  {deducted three points for crowd trouble at 0-3 loss against Olympiakos}
3 Atromitos  27 13 9 5 32-24 +8  48p

Greek League is Done

A couple of months ago, I really thought the Greek title race would be interesting this year.

But no!
Panathinaikos imploded, even worse than Manchester City, and Olympiakos just cannot stop winning. Even on Panathinaikos' ground, they showed the then hosts how a real champion plays.

But the Greek league overall is very disappointing, it seems, and perhaps I'll replace it on this blog with a more interesting one next year.

In the meantime, it's all over this year. Olympiakos is the champion, because they are ten points ahead of the second-placed team, with only three matches to be played. So, that's it.

Sunday, 25 March 2012

2012.03.25 - The Results

NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie

12:30 -- AZ Alkmaar - RKC Waalwijk 1-0     highlights
49' Johann Berg Gudmundsson
14:30 -- De Graafschap - Feyenoord 0-3
71' John Guidetti
77' Ruben Schaken
90' Anass Achahbar
14:30 -- Heracles Almelo - Utrecht 3-1 (1-0)
16:30 -- Ajax - PSV 2-0     highlights
56' Ismail Aissati
63' Siem de Jong (pen.)

Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar  27 17 5 5 54-25 +29  56p
2 Ajax Amsterdam  27 16 7 4 70-33 +37  55p
3 Twente Enschede  27 15 7 5 69-32 +37  52p



TURKEY: Super Lig

14:30 -- Ankaragucu - Antalyaspor 0-3 (0-2)
14:30 -- Eskisehirspor - Gaziantepspor 0-2 (0-0)
14:30 -- Karabukspor - Kayserispor 1-0 (0-0)
14:30 -- Manisaspor - Sivasspor 1-3 (1-1)
14:30 -- Orduspor - Genclerbirligi 0-0
14:30 -- Samsunspor - Mersin 2-0 (1-0)
18:00 -- Galatasaray - Trabzonspor 1-1     highlights
[0-1]  24' Burak Yilmaz
[1-1]  83' Felipe Melo (pen.)

Current standings:
1 Galatasaray  32 21 8 3 63-24 +39  71p
2 Fenerbahçe  32 19 7 6 58-33 +25  64p
3 Trabzonspor  32 15 9 8 59-39 +20  54p



ITALY: Serie A

12:30 -- Atalanta - Bologna 2-0 (0-0)
15:00 -- Cesena - Parma 2-2 (0-1)
15:00 -- Chievo - Siena 1-1 (1-0)
15:00 -- Genoa - Fiorentina 2-2 (1-1)
15:00 -- Lazio - Cagliari 1-0     highlights
88' Mobido Diakite
15:00 -- Napoli - Catania 2-2 (0-0)     highlights
15:00 -- Novara - Lecce 0-0
20:45 -- Juventus - Inter 2-0     highlights
57' Martin Caceres
71' Alessandro Del Piero

Current standings:
1 Milan  29 19 6 4 59-23 +36  63p
2 Juventus  29 15 14 0 46-17 +29  59p
3 Lazio  29 15 6 8 43-34 +9  51p
4 Napoli  29 12 12 5 54-32 +22  48p
5 Udinese  29 13 9 7 40-27 +13  48p



GERMANY: Bundesliga

15:30 -- Stuttgart - Nurnberg 1-0 (0-0)
17:30 -- Koln - Borussia D. 1-6     highlights
[1-0]  13' Milivoje Novakovic
[1-1]  26' Lukasz Piszczek
[1-2]  47' Shinji Kagawa
[1-3]  52' Robert Lewandowski
[1-4]  78' Ilkay Gundogan
[1-5]  80' Shinji Kagawa
[1-6]  84' Ivan Perisic

Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund  27 19 5 3 59-17 +42  62p
2 Bayern München  27 18 3 6 66-18 +48  57p
3 Schalke 04  27 17 2 8 60-34 +26  53p
4 Borussia M'gladbach  27 15 6 6 40-18 +22  51p
5 Bayer Leverkusen  27 11 7 9 39-36 +3  40p



UKRAINE: Premier League

12:30 -- Ilichevets - Dynamo 0-1     highlights
38' Brown Ideye
15:00 -- Chornomorets - Vorskla 2-1 (1-0)
16:30 -- Kryvbas - Tavriya 0-3 (0-1)
18:30 -- Karpaty - Oleksandriya 1-1 (0-0)

Current standings:
1 Dynamo Kyiv  24 20 4 0 48-8 +40  64p
2 Shakhtar Donetsk  24 19 4 1 63-15 +48  61p
3 Metalist Kharkiv  24 16 6 2 45-22 +23  54p


PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga

17:00 -- Beira Mar - Nacional 0-3 (0-1)
17:00 -- Setubal - Leiria 1-0 (1-0)
19:00 -- Rio Ave - Guimaraes 0-1 (0-0)
21:15 -- Pacos de Ferreira - Porto 1-1     highlights
[0-1]  47' Ricardo Da Silva (o.-g.)
[1-1]  79' Lorenzo Melgarejo

Current standings:
1 Porto  24 17 6 1 54-17 +37  57p
2 Benfica  24 17 5 2 54-21 +33  56p
3 Sporting Braga  23 17 4 2 51-19 +32  55p
4 Sporting Lisbon  24 13 5 6 37-17 +20  44p
5 Marítimo  23 12 6 5 33-25 +8  42p



FRANCE: Ligue 1

17:00 -- Dijon - Caen 2-0 (1-0)
17:00 -- Toulouse - Auxerre 1-0     highlights
38' Franck Tabanou
21:00 -- Paris Saint-Germain - Bordeaux 1-1     highlights
[0-1]  77' Nicolas Maurice-Belay
[1-1]  81' Guillaume Hoarau

Current standings:
1 Montpellier  29 18 6 5 53-27 +26  60p
2 PSG  29 17 9 3 53-30 +23  60p
3 Lille  29 14 11 4 53-31 +22  53p
4 Toulouse  29 14 8 7 31-24 +7  50p
5 Lyon  29 15 4 10 46-36 +10  49p



SPAIN: Primera Division

12:00 -- Zaragoza - Atletico Madrid 1-0 (0-0)     highlights
16:00 -- Espanyol - Malaga 1-2 (1-0)     highlights
16:00 -- Levante - Osasuna 0-2 (0-1)     highlights
18:00 -- Athletic - Sporting Gijon 1-1 (0-0)
19:45 -- Betis - Racing Santander 1-1 (1-0)
19:45 -- Rayo Vallecano - Villarreal 0-2 (0-1)

Current standings:
1 Real Madrid  29 24 3 2 95-26 +69  75p
2 Barcelona  29 21 6 2 84-22 +62  69p
3 Valencia  29 13 8 8 45-36 +9  47p
4 Malaga  29 14 5 10 44-41 +3  47p
5 Levante  29 13 5 11 41-40 +1  44p



ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership

17:00 -- West Brom - Newcastle 1-3 (0-3)

Current standings:
1 Manchester City  30 22 4 4 72-22 +50  70p
2 Manchester United  29 22 4 3 73-27 +46  70p
3 Arsenal  30 18 4 8 61-39 +22  58p
4 Tottenham Hotspur  30 16 7 7 53-35 +18  55p
5 Chelsea  30 14 8 8 49-34 +15  50p



USA: Major League Soccer

22:00 -- New York Red Bulls - Colorado Rapids 4-1 (2-0)
01:00 -- Sporting Kansas City - Dallas 2-1     highlights
[0-1]  25' Ricardo Villar
[1-1]  45' Aurelien Collin
[2-1]  88' Kei Kamara

Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC  3 3 0 0 6-1 +5  9p
2 Houston Dynamo  3 2 0 1 2-2 0  6p
3 Chicago Fire  2 1 1 0 2-1 +1  4p
4 New York  3 1 0 2 5-5 0  3p
5 Columbus  2 1 0 1 2-2 0  3p
6 New England  3 1 0 2 1-4 -3  3p
Western Conference:
1 Vancouver  3 2 1 0 3-0 +3  7p
2 Seattle  2 2 0 0 5-1 +4  6p
3 Real Salt Lake  3 2 0 1 5-2 +3  6p
4 San Jose  3 2 0 1 4-1 +3  6p
5 Colorado  3 2 0 1 5-5 0  6p
6 Portland  3 1 1 1 4-3 +1  4p



GREECE: Super League

14:00 -- Doxa Dramas - Levadiakos 0-2 (0-1)
16:15 -- AEK Athens - Panaitolikos 1-0 (1-0)
16:15 -- Giannina - Ergotelis 1-1 (0-0)
18:30 -- Kerkyra - PAOK 0-4 (0-2)
18:30 -- Olympiakos - Asteras Tripolis 7-2 (1-2)

Current standings:
1 Olympiakos Piraeus  26 20 4 2 63-16 +47  64p
2 Panathinaikos Athens  26 18 3 5 44-23 +21  54p  {deducted three points for crowd trouble at 0-3 loss against Olympiakos}
3 Atromitos  26 13 8 5 30-22 +8  47p

Sunday, 18 March 2012

2012.03.18 - The Results

NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie

12:30 -- ADO Den Haag - Ajax 0-2     highlights
49' Jody Lukoki
61' Jan Vertonghen
14:30 -- PSV - Heerenveen 5-1     highlights
[1-0]  5' Ola Toivonen
[1-1]  51' Erik Pieters (o.-g.)
[2-1]  57' Dries Mertens
[3-1]  72' Orlando Engelaar
[4-1]  75' Dries Mertens
[5-1]  85' Memphis Depay
14:30 -- Twente - Feyenoord 0-2     highlights
49' Nils Roseler (o.-g.)
86' Sekou Cisse
14:30 -- Utrecht - Groningen 3-1 (1-1)
16:30 -- AZ Alkmaar -- NAC Breda 0-0

Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar  26 16 5 5 53-25 +28  53p
2 Ajax Amsterdam  26 15 7 4 68-33 +35  52p
3 PSV Eindhoven  26 15 6 5 68-38 +30  51p



SPAIN: Primera Division

12:00 -- Levante - Villarreal 1-0 (0-0)     highlights
16:00 -- Mallorca - Atletico Madrid 2-1 (0-0)
18:00 -- Athletic - Valencia 0-3 (0-1)     highlights
21:30 -- Real Madrid - Malaga 1-1     highlights
[1-0]  35' Karim Benzema
[1-1]  90' + 2' Santi Cazorla

Current standings:
1 Real Madrid  27 23 2 2 89-24 +65  71p
2 Barcelona  27 19 6 2 77-19 +58  63p
3 Valencia  27 13 8 6 43-31 +12  47p
4 Levante  27 12 5 10 38-37 +1  41p
5 Malaga  27 12 5 10 38-38 0  41p



UKRAINE: Premier League

12:00 -- Obolon - Volyn 1-0 (0-0)
16:30 -- Dynamo - Dnipro 2-0     highlights
67' Alexander Aliev
83' Artem Milevskyi
17:00 -- Oleksandriya - Metalurh D. 0-0

Current standings:
1 Dynamo Kyiv  23 19 4 0 47-8 +39  61p
2 Shakhtar Donetsk  23 18 4 1 61-14 +47  58p
3 Metalist  22 15 6 1 40-17 +23  51p


GREECE: Super League

14:00 -- Levadiakos - Atromitos 2-2 (2-1)
14:00 -- Panionios - Doxa Dramas 2-0 (2-0)
14:00 -- Xanthi - Giannina 1-2 (0-0)
16:15 -- Panaitolikos - PAOK 1-1 (1-0)

Current standings:
1 Olympiakos Piraeus  24 18 4 2 53-14 +39  58p
2 Panathinaikos Athens  24 17 3 4 43-20 +23  54p
3 Atromitos  25 12 8 5 29-22 +7  44p



ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership

14:30 -- Wolverhampton - Manchester United 0-5
17:00 -- Newcastle - Norwich 1-0 (1-0)

Current standings:
1 Manchester united  29 22 4 3 73-27 +46  70p
2 Manchester City  28 21 3 4 69-20 +49  66p
3 Tottenham Hotspur  28 16 5 7 52-34 +18  53p
4 Arsenal  28 16 4 8 57-39 +18  52p
5 Chelsea  28 14 7 7 48-32 +16  49p



ITALY: Serie A

12:30 -- Cagliari - Cesena 3-0 (2-0)
15:00 -- Bologna - Chievo 2-2 (0-1)
15:00 -- Catania - Lazio 1-0 (0-0)     highlights
15:00 -- Inter - Atalanta 0-0
15:00 -- Lecce - Palermo 1-1 (1-1)
15:00 -- Siena - Novara 0-2 (0-0)
20:45 -- Udinese - Napoli 2-2 (1-0)     highlights

Current standings:
1 Milan  28 18 6 4 57-22 +35  60p
2 Juventus  28 14 14 0 44-17 +27  56p
3 Lazio  28 14 6 8 42-34 +8  48p
4 Napoli  28 12 11 5 52-30 +22  47p
5 Udinese  28 13 8 7 39-26 +13  47p



FRANCE: Ligue 1

17:00 -- Rennes - Toulouse 0-1 (0-1)     highlights
17:00 -- Sochaux - Nice 2-0 (1-0)
21:00 -- Lille - Valenciennes 4-0
18' Eden Hazard
57' Brou Benjamin Angoua (o.-g.)
69' Aurelien Chedjou
83' Tulio De Melo

Current standings:
1 PSG  28 17 8 3 52-29 +23  59p
2 Montpellier  28 17 6 5 52-27 +25  57p
3 Lille  28 13 11 4 50-31 +19  50p
4 Toulouse  28 13 8 7 30-24 +6  47p
5 Lyon  28 14 4 10 44-35 +9  46p



PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga

17:00 -- Academica - Pacos de Ferreira 0-1 (0-1)
19:00 -- Setubal - Maritimo 1-1 (0-1)     highlights
21:15 -- Guimaraes - Olhanense 2-2 (2-0)

Current standings:
1 Porto  23 17 5 1 53-16 +37  56p
2 Benfica  23 17 4 2 54-21 +33  55p
3 Sporting Braga  23 17 4 2 51-19 +32  55p
4 Marítimo  23 12 6 5 33-25 +8  42p
5 Sporting Lisbon  22 12 5 5 36-17 +19  41p



GERMANY: Bundesliga

15:30 -- Kaiserslautern - Schalke 04 1-4     highlights
[1-0]  3' Rodnei
[1-1]  39' Lewis Holtby
[1-2]  45' Klaas Jan Huntelaar
[1-3]  51' Raul Gonzalez
[1-4]  81' Jefferson Farfan
17:30 -- Hannover - Koln 4-1 (1-1)

Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund  26 18 5 3 53-16 +37  59p
2 Bayern München  26 17 3 6 64-17 +47  54p
3 Borussia M'gladbach  26 15 6 5 39-16 +23  51p
4 Schalke 04  26 16 2 8 58-34 +24  50p
5 Bayer Leverkusen  26 11 7 8 39-34 +5  40p



USA: Major League Soccer

21:00 -- Philadelphia Union - Colorado Rapids 1-2
[0-1]  56' Jaime Castrillon
[0-2]  62' Tony Cascio
[1-2]  67' Lionard Pajoy
00:00 -- Los Angeles Galaxy - D.C. United 3-1
[1-0]  45' Robbie Keane
[2-0]  69' Robbie Keane
[3-0]  86' Marcelo Sarvas
[3-1]  87' Nicholas DeLeon

Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC  2 2 0 0 4-0 +4  6p
2 Houston Dynamo  2 2 0 0 2-0 +2  6p
3 Chicago Fire  1 0 1 0 1-1 0  1p
4 Montreal  2 0 1 1 1-3 -2  1p
5 Toronto  1 0 0 1 1-3 -2  0p
6 Columbus  1 0 0 1 0-2 -2  0p
Western Conference:
1 Real Salt Lake  2 2 0 0 5-1 +4  6p
2 Colorado  2 2 0 0 4-1 +3  6p
3 Vancouver  2 2 0 0 3-0 +3  6p
4 Portland  2 1 1 0 4-2 +2  4p
5 Dallas  2 1 1 0 3-2 +1  4p
6 Seattle  1 1 0 0 3-1 +2  3p


TURKEY: Super Lig

14:00 -- Mersin - Buyuksehir 2-0 (1-0)
18:00 -- Gaziantepspor - Karabukspor 3-0 (1-0)
18:00 -- Kayserispor - Samsunspor 2-0 (0-0)

Current standings:
1 Galatasaray  31 21 7 3 62-23 +39  70p
2 Fenerbahçe  31 18 7 6 57-33 +24  61p
3 Trabzonspor  31 15 8 8 58-38 +20  53p

Saturday, 17 March 2012

2012.03.17 - The Results

FRANCE: Ligue 1

19:00 -- Auxerre - Evian 0-2 (0-1)
19:00 -- Bordeaux - Ajaccio 1-1 (0-0)
19:00 -- Caen - Paris Saint-Germain 2-2     highlights
[1-0]  54' Pierre-Alain Frau
[1-1]  56' Javier Pastore
[2-1]  71' Thomas Heurtaux
[2-2]  90' + 1' Christophe Jallet
19:00 -- Lorient - Brest 2-1 (0-1)
19:00 -- Marseille - Dijon 1-2 (1-1)     highlights
19:00 -- Nancy - Montpellier 1-0     highlights
63' Andre Luiz (pen.)
21:00 -- Saint-Etienne - Lyon 0-1 (0-0)     highlights

Current standings:
1 PSG  28 17 8 3 52-29 +23  59p
2 Montpellier  28 17 6 5 52-27 +25  57p
3 Lille  27 12 11 4 46-31 +15  47p
4 Lyon  28 14 4 10 44-35 +9  46p
5 Saint-Etienne  28 13 7 8 35-30 +5  46p



TURKEY: Super Lig

14:00 -- Antalyaspor - Eskisehirspor 0-0
14:00 -- Sivasspor - Orduspor 1-1 (1-1)
16:30 -- Bursaspor - Ankaragucu 2-1 (1-1)
19:00 -- Fenerbahce - Galatasaray 2-2     highlights
[1-0]  10' Moussa Sow
[2-0]  15' Alex de Souza
[2-1]  36' Johan Elmander
[2-2]  83' Hakan Balta

Current standings:
1 Galatasaray  31 21 7 3 62-23 +39  70p
2 Fenerbahçe  31 18 7 6 57-33 +24  61p
3 Trabzonspor  31 15 8 8 58-38 +20  53p



GERMANY: Bundesliga

15:30 -- Augsburg - Mainz 2-1 (1-1)
15:30 -- Bayer - Borussia M. 1-2     highlights
[0-1]  7' Marco Reus
[1-1]  75' Stephan Kiessling
[1-2]  89' Igor De Camargo
15:30 -- Borussia D. - Werder 1-0     highlights
8' Shinji Kagawa
15:30 -- Hamburger - Freiburg 1-3 (0-2)
15:30 -- Nurnberg - Wolfsburg 1-3 (1-2)
18:30 -- Hertha - Bayern 0-6     highlights
9' Thomas Muller
12' Arjen Robben
19' Arjen Robben (pen.)
50' Mario Gomez (pen.)
51' Toni Kroos
68' Arjen Robben (pen.)

Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund  26 18 5 3 53-16 +37  59p
2 Bayern München  26 17 3 6 64-17 +47  54p
3 Borussia M'gladbach  26 15 6 5 39-16 +23  51p
4 Schalke 04  25 15 2 8 54-33 +21  47p
5 Bayer Leverkusen  26 11 7 8 39-34 +5  40p



PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga

17:00 -- Leiria - Rio Ave 1-0 (0-0)
21:15 -- Feirense - Braga 1-4     highlights
[0-1]  7' Helder Barbosa
[0-2]  56' Lima
[0-3]  58' Marcio Mossoro
[0-4]  73' Hugo Viana
[1-4]  75' Bedi Buval

Current standings:
1 Porto  23 17 5 1 53-16 +37  56p
2 Benfica  23 17 4 2 54-21 +33  55p
3 Sporting Braga  23 17 4 2 51-19 +32  55p
4 Sporting Lisbon  22 12 5 5 36-17 +19  41p
5 Marítimo  22 12 5 5 30-23 +7  41p



ITALY: Serie A

18:00 -- Parma - Milan 0-2     highlights
17' Zlatan Ibrahimovic (pen.)
55' Urby Emanuelson
20:45 -- Fiorentina - Juventus 0-5     highlights
15' Mirko Vucinic
28' Arturo Vidal
55' Claudio Marchisio
67' Andrea Pirlo
72' Simone Padoin

Current standings:
1 Milan  28 18 6 4 57-22 +35  60p
2 Juventus  28 14 14 0 44-17 +27  56p
3 Lazio  27 14 6 7 42-33 +9  48p
4 Napoli  27 12 10 5 50-28 +22  46p
5 Udinese  27 13 7 7 37-24 +13  46p



SPAIN: Primera Division

18:00 -- Getafe - Real Sociedad 1-0 (0-0)
18:00 -- Granada - Sporting Gijon 2-1 (2-0)
18:00 -- Zaragoza - Osasuna 1-1 (0-0)
20:00 -- Sevilla - Barcelona 0-2     highlights
18' Xavi Hernandez
25' Lionel Andres Messi
22:00 -- Rayo Vallecano - Betis 3-0 (0-0)

Current standings:
1 Real Madrid  26 23 1 2 88-23 +65  70p
2 Barcelona  27 19 6 2 77-19 +58  63p
3 Valencia  26 12 8 6 40-31 +9  44p
4 Malaga  26 12 4 10 37-37 0  40p
5 Osasuna  27 9 12 6 32-41 -9  39p



UKRAINE: Premier League

12:30 -- Tavriya - Arsenal Kyiv 1-1 (0-1)
15:00 -- Shakhtar - Chornomorets 4-0     highlights
5' Yevhen Seleznov
45' + 1' Ilsinho
67' Alex Teixeira
80' Yevhen Seleznov
17:30 -- Vorskla - Ilichevets 3-1 (1-1)

Current standings:
1 Shakhtar Donetsk  23 18 4 1 61-14 +47  58p
2 Dynamo Kyiv  22 18 4 0 45-8 +37  58p
3 Metalist  22 15 6 1 40-17 +23  51p


ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership

16:00 -- Fulham - Swansea 0-3 (0-1)
16:00 -- Wigan - West Brom 1-1 (0-0)

Current standings:
1 Manchester United  28 21 4 3 68-27 +41  67p
2 Manchester City  28 21 3 4 69-20 +49  66p
3 Tottenham Hotspur  28 16 5 7 52-34 +18  53p
4 Arsenal  28 16 4 8 57-39 +18  52p
5 Chelsea  28 14 7 7 48-32 +16  49p



USA: Major League Soccer

19:00 -- Montreal Impact - Chicago Fire 1-1
[1-0]  56' Davy Arnaud
[1-1]  71' Dominic Oduro
22:00 -- San Jose Earthquakes - Houston Dynamo 0-1     highlights
14' Brad Davis (pen.)
01:30 -- Dallas - Portland Timbers 1-1
[1-0]  22' Blas Perez
[1-1]  51' Darlington Nagbe
01:30 -- Sporting Kansas City - New England Revolution 3-0
28' Graham Zusi
39' Kei Kamara
47' Charles J. Sapong
03:00 -- Real Salt Lake - New York Red Bulls 2-0
39' Fabian Espindola
59' Luis Gil
03:00 -- Seattle Sounders - Toronto FC 3-1
[1-0]  17' David Estrada
[2-0]  51' David Estrada
[2-1]  62' Ryan Johnson
[3-1]  63' David Estrada
03:30 -- CD Chivas - Vancouver Whitecaps 0-1
68' Jay DeMerit

Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC  2 2 0 0 4-0 +4  6p
2 Houston Dynamo  2 2 0 0 2-0 +2  6p
3 Chicago Fire  1 0 1 0 1-1 0  1p
4 Montreal  2 0 1 1 1-3 -2  1p
5 D.C. United  1 0 0 1 0-1 -1  0p
6-7 Philadelphia  1 0 0 1 1-3 -2  0p
Western Conference:
1 Real Salt Lake  2 2 0 0 5-1 +4  6p
2 Vancouver  2 2 0 0 3-0 +2  6p
3 Portland  2 1 1 0 4-2 +2  4p
4 Dallas  2 1 1 0 3-2 +1  4p
5 Seattle  1 1 0 0 3-1 +2  3p
6 Colorado  1 1 0 0 2-0 +2  3p



NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie

18:45 -- RKC - De Graafschap 1-0 (0-0)
19:45 -- Excelsior - Roda 2-1 (1-0)
20:45 -- VV Venlo - NEC Nijmegen 0-2 (0-1)

Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar  25 16 4 5 53-25 +28  52p
2 Ajax  25 14 7 4 66-33 +33  49p
3 Twente Enschede  24 14 6 4 66-28 +38  48p



GREECE: Super League

16:15 -- Ergotelis - Kerkyra 1-0 (0-0)
16:15 -- Aris - OFI 1-0 (0-0)
18:30 -- Asteras Tripolis - AEK 1-1 (0-0)

Current standings:
1 Olympiakos Piraeus  24 18 4 2 53-14 +39  58p
2 Panathinaikos Athens  24 17 3 4 43-20 +23  54p
3 Atromitos  24 12 7 5 27-20 +7  43p

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

2012.03.14 - Results

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 1/8-Finals (leg 2)

20:45 -- Chelsea - Napoli 3-1 (4-4 on aggregate), 4-1 after extra time, 5-4 full aggregate score     highlights
[1-0]  29' Didier Drogba
[2-0]  47' John Terry
[2-1]  55' Gokhan Inler
[3-1]  75' Frank Lampard (pen.)
[4-1]  105' Branislav Ivanovic
20:45 -- Real Madrid - CSKA 4-1, 5-2 on aggregate     highlights
[1-0]  26' Gonzalo Higuain
[2-0]  55' Cristiano Ronaldo
[3-0]  70' Karim Benzema
[3-1]  77' Zoran Tosic
[4-1]  90' + 4' Cristiano Ronaldo



GREECE: Super League

16:00 -- Levadiakos - Giannina 1-1 (1-0)
18:00 -- Doxa Dramas - Atromitos 0-1 (0-1)

Current standings:
1 Olympiakos Piraeus  24 18 4 2 53-14 +39  58p
2 Panathinaikos Athens  24 17 3 4 43-20 +23  54p
3 Atromitos  24 12 7 5 27-20 +7  43p

Sunday, 11 March 2012

2012.03.11 - The Results

NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie

12:30 -- NAC Breda - PSV 3-1     highlights
[0-1]  5' Georginio Wijnaldum
[1-1]  13' Santi Kolk
[2-1]  17' Anthony Lurling
[3-1]  55' Santi Kolk
14:30 -- Ajax - RKC Waalwijk 3-0     highlights
26' Jan Vertonghen
54' Siem de Jong
89' Lorenzo Ebicilio
14:30 -- Feyenoord - Utrecht 1-1     highlights
[1-0]  6' Otman Bakkal
[1-1]  59' Cedric van der Gun
14:30 -- NEC Nijmegen - Twente 3-1     highlights
[1-0]  44' Lasse Schone (pen.)
[2-0]  50' Kevin Conboy
[3-0]  59' Genero Zeefuik
[3-1]  77' Glynor Plet
16:30 -- De Graafschap - AZ Alkmaar 0-2     highlights
49' Rasmus Elm
90' Erik Falkenburg

Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar  25 16 4 5 53-25 +28  52p
2 Ajax  25 14 7 4 66-33 +33  49p
3 Twente Enschede  24 14 6 4 66-28 +38  48p



ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership

15:00 -- Manchester United - West Brom 2-0
35' Wayne Rooney
71' Wayne Rooney (pen.)
15:00 -- Swansea - Manchester City 1-0
x - 7' Scott Sinclair (m. pen.) - x
83' Luke Moore
17:00 -- Norwich - Wigan 1-1 (1-0)

Current standings:
1 Manchester united  28 21 4 3 68-27 +41  67p
2 Manchester City  28 21 3 4 69-20 +49  66p
3 Tottenham Hotspur  28 16 5 7 52-34 +18  53p
4 Arsenal  27 15 4 8 55-38 +17  49p
5 Chelsea  28 14 7 7 48-32 +16  49p



ITALY: Serie A

15:00 -- Atalanta - Parma 1-1 (1-0)
15:00 -- Catania - Fiorentina 1-0 (0-0)
15:00 -- Cesena - Siena 0-2 (0-0)
15:00 -- Genoa - Juventus 0-0
15:00 -- Milan - Lecce 2-0     highlights
7' Antonio Nocerino
65' Zlatan Ibrahimovic
20:45 -- Lazio - Bologna 1-3     highlights
[0-1]  11' Daniele Portanova
[0-2]  28' Alessandro Diamanti
[1-2]  56' Matteo Rubin (o.-g.)
[1-3]  60' Rene Krhin
20:45 -- Novara - Udinese 1-0 (1-0)     highlights

Current standings:
1 Milan  27 17 6 4 55-22 +33  57p
2 Juventus  27 13 14 0 39-17 +22  53p
3 Lazio  27 14 6 7 42-33 +9  48p
4 Napoli  27 12 10 5 50-28 +22  46p
5 Udinese  27 13 7 7 37-24 +13  46p



UKRAINE: Premier League

12:30 -- Metalurh D. - Metalist 1-1     highlights
[1-0]  37' Mykola Morozyuk
[1-1]  45' + 1' Marko Devic
14:30 -- Karpaty - Tavriya 2-3 (1-0)
16:30 -- Kryvbas - Dynamo 0-3     highlights
5' Andrei Yarmolenko
11' Oleg Gusev
90' + 5' Admir Mehmedi
18:30 -- Arsenal Kyiv - Zarya 1-1 (0-0)

Current standings:
1 Dynamo Kyiv  22 18 4 0 45-8 +37  58p
2 Shakhtar Donetsk  22 17 4 1 57-14 +43  55p
3 Metalist  22 15 6 1 40-17 +23  51p



FRANCE: Ligue 1

17:00 -- Dijon - Paris Saint Germain 1-2     highlights
[0-1]  49' Siaka Tiene
[1-1]  76' Steven Paulle
[1-2]  90' Kevin Gameiro
17:00 -- Rennes - Auxerre 1-1 (0-1)     highlights
21:00 -- Montpellier - Caen 3-0     highlights
51' Karim Ait-Fana
83' Souleymane Camara
90' Olivier Giroud (pen.)

Current standings:
1 PSG  27 17 7 3 50-27 +23  58p
2 Montpellier  27 17 6 4 52-26 +26  57p
3 Lille  27 12 11 4 46-31 +15  47p
4 Saint-Etienne  27 13 7 7 35-29 +6  46p
5 Rennes  27 12 8 7 37-31 +6  44p



PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga

17:00 -- Beira Mar - Gil Vicente 1-0 (0-0)
17:00 -- Olhanense - Nacional 4-4 (3-2)
17:00 -- Rio Ave - Setubal 3-0 (2-0)
19:15 -- Pacos de Ferreira - Benfica 1-2     highlights
[1-0]  28' Michel
[1-1]  63' Nicolas Gaitan
[1-2]  68' Bruno Cesar
21:15 -- Sporting - Guimaraes 5-0 (1-0)     highlights

Current standings:
1 Porto  22 16 5 1 51-16 +35  53p
2 Benfica  22 16 4 2 51-20 +31  52p
3 Sporting Braga  22 16 4 2 47-18 +29  52p
4 Sporting Lisbon  22 12 5 5 36-17 +19  41p
5 Marítimo  22 12 5 5 30-23 +7  41p



SPAIN: Primera Division

12:00 -- Atletico Madrid - Granada 2-0 (1-0)
12:00 -- Espanyol - Rayo Vallecano 5-1 (4-0)
16:00 -- Valencia - Mallorca 2-2 (2-0)     highlights
18:00 -- Racing Santander - Barcelona 0-2     highlights
29' Lionel Andres Messi
56' Lionel Andres Messi (pen.)
21:30 -- Osasuna - Athletic 2-1 (2-0)     highlights

Current standings:
1 Real Madrid  26 23 1 2 88-23 +65  70p
2 Barcelona  26 18 6 2 75-19 +56  60p
3 Valencia  26 12 8 6 40-31 +9  44p
4 Malaga  26 12 4 10 37-37 0  40p
5 Levante  26 11 5 10 37-37 0  38p



GREECE: Super League
14:00 -- Giannina - Levadiakos 2-0 (1-0)
14:00 -- Kerkyra - Xanthi 2-0 (0-0)
16:15 -- Olympiakos - Aris 3-0
19' Ivan Marcano
45' Jose Holebas (pen.)
69' Kevin Mirallas
16:15 -- Panaitolikos - Ergotelis 2-0 (1-0)
18:30 -- AEK - Panathinaikos 2-0
48' Leonardo
71' Victor Klonaridis

Current standings:
1 Olympiakos Piraeus  24 18 4 2 53-14 +39  58p
2 Panathinaikos Athens  24 17 3 4 43-20 +23  54p
3 PAOK Thessaloniki  24 12 6 6 34-20 +14  42p



GERMANY: Bundesliga

15:30 -- Werder - Hannover 3-0 (1-0)     highlights
17:30 -- Schalke 04 - Hamburger 3-1     highlights
[1-0]  5' Teemu Pukki
[2-0]  27' Christoph Metzelder
[3-0]  34' Klaas Jan Huntelaar (pen.)
[3-1]  45' Gojko Kacar

Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund  25 17 5 3 52-16 +36  56p
2 Bayern München  25 16 3 6 58-17 +41  51p
3 Borussia M'gladbach  25 14 6 5 37-15 +22  48p
4 Schalke 04  25 15 2 8 54-33 +21  47p
5 Bayer Leverkusen  25 11 7 7 38-32 +6  40p



USA: Major League Soccer

20:00 -- Dallas - New York Red Bulls 2-1     highlights
[1-0]  11' Zach Lloyd
[2-0]  61' Ricardo Villar
[2-1]  78' Kenny Cooper
01:00 -- Chivas - Houston Dynamo 0-1     highlights
90' + 2' Andre Hainault

Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1-2 Houston Dynamo  1 1 0 0 1-0 +1  3p
1-2 Sporting KC  1 1 0 0 1-0 +1  3p
3-5 Chicago Fire  0 0 0 0 0-0 0  0p
3-5 Philadelphia  0 0 0 0 0-0 0  0p
3-5 Toronto  0 0 0 0 0-0 0  0p
6 New York  1 0 0 1 1-2 -1  0p
Western Conference:
1 Real Salt Lake  1 1 0 0 3-1 +2  3p
2-3 Colorado  1 1 0 0 2-0 +2  3p
2-3 Vancouver  1 1 0 0 2-0 +2  3p
4 Dallas  1 1 0 0 2-1 +1  3p
5 San Jose  1 1 0 0 1-0 +1  3p
6-7 Portland  0 0 0 0 0-0 0  0p



TURKEY: Super Lig

12:00 -- Karabukspor - Antalyaspor 2-1 (2-1)
12:00 -- Manisaspor - Mersin 2-0 (0-0)
12:00 -- Samsunspor - Gaziantepspor 0-0
15:00 -- Orduspor - Besiktas 1-1 (1-0)     highlights
18:00 -- Eskisehirspor - Bursaspor 1-1 (0-0)

Current standings:
1 Galatasaray  30 21 6 3 60-21 +39  69p
2 Fenerbahçe  30 18 6 6 55-31 +24  60p
3 Besiktas  30 14 8 8 43-34 +9  50p

Saturday, 10 March 2012

2012.03.10 - The Results

GERMANY: Bundesliga

15:30 -- Bayern - Hoffenheim 7-1     highlights
[1-0]  5' Mario Gomez
[2-0]  12' Arjen Robben (pen.)
[3-0]  19' Toni Kroos
[4-0]  29' Arjen Robben
[5-0]  35' Mario Gomez
[6-0]  48' Mario Gomez
[7-0]  58' Franck Ribery
[7-1]  85' Dias Luiz Gustavo (o.-g.)
15:30 -- Borussia M. - Freiburg 0-0
15:30 -- Koln - Hertha 1-0 (1-0)
15:30 -- Mainz - Nurnberg 2-1 (2-0)
15:30 -- Wolfsburg - Bayer 3-2 (2-1)     highlights
18:30 -- Augsburg - Borussia D. 0-0

Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund  25 17 5 3 52-16 +36  56p
2 Bayern München  25 16 3 6 58-17 +41  51p
3 Borussia M'gladbach  25 14 6 5 37-15 +22  48p
4 Schalke 04  24 14 2 8 51-32 +19  44p
5 Bayer Leverkusen  25 11 7 7 38-32 +6  40p



TURKEY: Super Lig

15:00 -- Buyuksehir - Kayserispor 1-0 (0-0)
18:00 -- Galatasaray - Genclerbirligi 2-0     highlights
48' Felipe Melo
58' Selcuk Inan

Current standings:
1 Galatasaray  30 21 6 3 60-21 +39  69p
2 Fenerbahçe  30 18 6 6 55-31 +24  60p
3 Trabzonspor  29 14 7 8 55-36 +19  49p



SPAIN: Primera Division

18:00 -- Malaga - Levante 1-0     highlights
51' Jose Salomon Rondon
18:00 -- Real Sociedad - Zaragoza 3-0 (3-0)     highlights
20:00 -- Sporting Gijon - Sevilla 1-0 (1-0)     highlights
22:00 -- Betis - Real Madrid 2-3     highlights
[1-0]  10' Jorge Molina
[1-1]  25' Gonzalo Higuain
[1-2]  52' Cristiano Ronaldo
[2-2]  55' Jefferson Montero
[2-3]  73' Cristiano Ronaldo

Current standings:
1 Real Madrid  26 23 1 2 88-23 +65  70p
2 Barcelona  25 17 6 2 73-19 +54  57p
3 Valencia  25 12 7 6 38-29 +9  43p
4 Malaga  26 12 4 10 37-37 0  40p
5 Levante  26 11 5 10 37-37 0  38p



PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga

19:00 -- Braga - Leiria 2-1     highlights
[1-0]  24' Douglao
[2-0]  48' Lima
[2-1]  62' Bruno Moraes
21:15 -- Porto - Academica 1-1     highlights
[0-1]  39' Edinho
[1-1]  90' + 2' Hulk (pen.)

Current standings:
1 Porto  22 16 5 1 51-16 +35  53p
2 Sporting Braga  22 16 4 2 47-18 +29  52p
2 Benfica  21 15 4 2 49-19 +30  49p
4 Marítimo  22 12 5 5 30-23 +7  41p
5 Sporting Lisbon  21 11 5 5 31-17 +14  38p



FRANCE: Ligue 1

19:00 -- Brest - Bordeaux 0-2 (0-1)
19:00 -- Evian - Sochaux 2-3 (1-2)
19:00 -- Nice - Nancy 1-1 (1-1)
19:00 -- Toulouse - Lorient 1-1 (0-0)     highlights
19:00 -- Valenciennes - Saint-Etienne 1-2 (0-0)     highlights
21:00 -- Lyon - Lille 2-1     highlights
[1-0]  12' Alexandre Lacazette
[2-0]  38' Lisandro Lopez
[2-1]  45' + 1' Aurelien Chedjou

Current standings:
1 PSG  26 16 7 3 48-26 +22  55p
2 Montpellier  26 16 6 4 49-26 +23  54p
3 Lille  27 12 11 4 46-31 +15  47p
4 Saint-Etienne  27 13 7 7 35-29 +6  46p
5 Toulouse  27 12 8 7 29-24 +5  44p



UKRAINE: Premier League

13:30 -- Illychivets - Shakhtar 1-2     highlights
[0-1]  6' Tomas Hubschman
[0-2]  55' Willian
[1-2]  68' Kostyantyn Yaroshenko
16:30 -- Dnipro - Vorskla 1-1 (0-0)
18:30 -- Volyn - Chornomorets 0-2 (0-1)

Current standings:
1 Shakhtar Donetsk  22 17 4 1 57-14 +43  55p
2 Dynamo Kyiv  21 17 4 0 42-8 +34  55p
3 Metalist  21 15 5 1 39-16 +23  50p


ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership

13:45 -- Bolton - QPR 2-1 (1-0)
16:00 -- Aston Villa - Fulham 1-0 (0-0)
16:00 -- Chelsea - Stoke City 1-0 (0-0)     highlights
16:00 -- Sunderland - Liverpool 1-0 (0-0)     highlights
16:00 -- Wolverhampton - Blackburn 0-2 (0-1)
18:30 -- Everton - Tottenham 1-0 (1-0)     highlights

Current standings:
1 Manchester City  27 21 3 3 69-19 +50  66p
2 Manchester united  27 20 4 3 66-27 +39  64p
3 Tottenham Hotspur  28 16 5 7 52-34 +18  53p
4 Arsenal  27 15 4 8 55-38 +17  49p
5 Chelsea  28 14 7 7 48-32 +16  49p



ITALY: Serie A

20:45 -- Palermo - Roma 0-1 (0-1)     highlights

Current standings:
1 Milan  26 16 6 4 53-22 +31  54p
2 Juventus  26 13 13 0 39-17 +22  52p
3 Lazio  26 14 6 6 41-30 +11  48p
4 Udinese  26 13 7 6 37-23 +14  46p
5 Napoli  27 12 10 5 50-28 +22  46p



NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie

18:45 -- Groningen - Vitesse 1-3 (0-1)
19:45 -- Heracles Almelo - ADO Den Haag 0-2 (0-1)
20:45 -- Heerenveen - Excelsior 4-2
[0-1]  4' Mitchell te Vrede
[1-1]  21' Jeffrey Gouweleeuw
[2-1]  38' Ramon Zomer
[3-1]  40' Bas Dost
[3-2]  72' Roland Alberg
[4-2]  78' Bas Dost

Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar  24 15 4 5 51-25 +26  49p
2 Twente Enschede  23 14 6 3 65-25 +40  48p
3 PSV Eindhoven  24 14 6 4 62-34 +28  48p



USA: Major League Soccer

00:00 -- Colorado Rapids - Columbus Crew 2-0     highlights
44' Drew Moor
89' Quincy Amarikwa
00:00 -- Vancouver Whitecaps - Montreal Impact 2-0     highlights
5' Sebastien Le Toux
54' Camillo Da Silva Sanvezzo
01:30 -- D.C. United - Sporting Kansas City 0-1     highlights
90' Charles J. Sapong
04:30 -- Los Angeles Galaxy - Real Salt Lake 1-3     highlights
[1-0]  71' Edson Buddle
[1-1]  73' Sean Franklin (o.-g.)
[1-2]  80' Javier Morales
[1-3]  85' Fabian Espindola
04:30 -- San Jose Earthquakes - New England Revolution 1-0     highlights
15' Chris Wondolowski

Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC  1 1 0 0 1-0 +1  3p
2-6 Chicago Fire  0 0 0 0 0-0 0  0p
2-6 Houston Dynamo  0 0 0 0 0-0 0  0p
2-6 New York  0 0 0 0 0-0 0  0p
2-6 Philadelphia  0 0 0 0 0-0 0  0p
2-6 Toronto  0 0 0 0 0-0 0  0p
Western Conference:
1 Real Salt Lake  1 1 0 0 3-1 +2  3p
2-3 Colorado  1 1 0 0 2-0 +2  3p
2-3 Vancouver  1 1 0 0 2-0 +2  3p
4 San Jose  1 1 0 0 1-0 +1  3p
5-8 Chivas USA  0 0 0 0 0-0 0  0p
5-8 Dallas  0 0 0 0 0-0 0  0p



GREECE: Super League

16:15 -- Atromitos - Doxa Dramas 2-0 (0-0)
16:15 -- OFI - Panionios 0-1 (0-0)
18:30 -- PAOK - Asteras Tripolis 2-3 (1-3)     highlights

Current standings:
1 Olympiakos Piraeus  23 17 4 2 50-14 +36  55p
2 Panathinaikos Athens  23 17 3 3 43-18 +25  54p
3 PAOK Thessaloniki  23 12 6 5 32-17 +15  42p