Cristiano Ronaldo was back to something approaching the form of last season with both goals as Manchester United beat West Ham 2-0 at Old Trafford. Nani also started for the Red Devils, who are in 6th place in the Premiership having played a game less than the teams above them.
Elsewhere, Ricardo Carvalho again picked up an injury in Chelsea’s 3-0 victory at Hull City. The Portuguese defender started, and lasted the full ninety minutes, but looked uncomfortable at the end as goals from Frank Lampard, Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda gave Luiz Felipe Scolari’s men the points. Jose Bosingwa and Deco were also in Scolari’s starting line-up.
Aimar 10
11-01-2008, 08:28 PM
Disappointment all round
Ricardo Costa was not selected on his first match back from suspension in the Bundesliga, and the Portuguese watched from the bench as his Wolfsburg side were 3-0 winners over Borussia Monchengladbach on Tuesday. On the same night, Hugo Almeida played the full ninety minutes but could not prevent Werder Bremen from a 2-0 home defeat to Bayer Leverkusen, with both goals coming in the last twenty minutes.
It was a bad night for the Portuguese contingent in action in Germany on Wednesday. Daniel Fernandes was in goal as VFL Bochum were beaten 3-1 at home by high-flying Hoffenheim, while Armando Petit was also on the losing side in Cologne’s 1-0 home defeat to Borussia Dortmund, and Sergio Pinto was subbed as Hannover suffered a 3-0 reverse at Hertha Berlin.
Aimar 10
11-01-2008, 08:28 PM
St Etienne dropped down into 16th place in Ligue 1 after a disastrous 4-1 home defeat to Lorient at the Geoffroy-Guichard. Paulo Machado started for Les Verts, but was replaced midway through the second half, as his side went on to lose for the third match running.
Aimar 10
11-01-2008, 08:31 PM
Zenit St. Petersburg are in 5th place in the Russian Premier League with four matches remaining, following a frustrating 2-2 home draw with FC Saturn of Moscow. Danny played in midfield for Zenit, who after winning the league last season, are hoping for a slip-up from the teams above them in the remaining four games to qualify for next season’s Uefa Cup.
Aimar 10
11-01-2008, 08:32 PM
Almani Moreira was on target as champions Partizan Belgrade recovered from their weekend defeat with a 2-0 victory over Jagodina. The Portuguese, who started the match, scored his team’s second goal on 67 minutes as Partizan hold a seven-point lead at the top of the Serbian Super Liga.
Aimar 10
11-01-2008, 08:33 PM
Metalurh Donetsk, second in the Ukrainian top flight, are through to the next round of the domestic cup after a 2-0 win at FC Kharkiv. Defender Mario Sergio played the full match, but Ricardo Fernandes missed out for Metalurh, who currently trail champions Dinamo Kiev by five points in the Premier League.
Soccernut
11-01-2008, 10:10 PM
just a quick note is any one else gonna post here. i would but im on wii internet and i cant read what people have said.
Aimar 10
11-02-2008, 12:37 AM
just a quick note is any one else gonna post here. i would but im on wii internet and i cant read what people have said.
What do you mean?