It was a spectacular weekend for Portuguese players trying their trade abroad, especially the strikers…..
Italy
1. Siena 1-1 Cagliari – Goncalo Brandao played a full 90 minutes
2. Inter 1-0 Milan – Quaresma nowhere to be seen
Spain
1. Valladolid 0-3 Barcelona – Pele substituted in on the 73rd minute
2. Deportivo 3-1 Bilbao – Ze Castro surprisingly nowhere to be seen
3. Tenerife 0-0 Valencia – Manuel Fernandes nowhere to be seen, but Miguel played 77 minutes
4. Villareal 4-2 Zaragoza – Eliseu played the full match and Scored
5. Espanyol 1-1 Mallorca – Nunes nowhere to be seen, but Bruno China played the last 14 minutes
6. Getafe 1-0 Atletico Madrid – Simao played the full match, with Tiago playing the last half
7. Real Madrid 0-0 Malaga – Pepe still out injured, Ronaldo scored a brace, but was issued a red card on the 70th minute. Duda played the full match for Malaga.
England
1. Manchester United 4-0 Hull City – Nani played the full match and did not dissapoint.
Germany
1. Werder Bremen 2-3 Bayern Munich – Hugo Almeida played the whole game and scored.
2. Mainz 1-0 Hannover – Sergio Pinto started and played 60 minutes.
3. Wolfsburg 2-3 Koln – Ricardo Costa played a full match and scored, Maniche and Petit both started for Koln, with Maniche being substituted out in the 90th minute.
France(games on Wednesday)
1. Marsielle 2-1 Le Mans – Joao Paulo played a full match
2. Lens 0-1 Montpellier – Marco Ramos played a full match
3. Toulouse 0-0 Nancy – Paulo Machado started and played 73 minutes
Scotland
1. Hibernian 5-1 Hamilton – Flavio and Marco both started for Hamilton, but Marco only played 69 minutes, with Flavio scoring a goal
2. Rangers 1-1 Hearts – Jose Goncalves and Pedro Mendes nowhere to be seen for their respective clubs.
3. Falkirk 1-4 Dundee – Lima and Pele both started and played a full match for Falkirk, with Pedro Moutinh0 playing the last half of the game and scoring
4. St. Johnstone 1-4 Celtic – Filipe Morais nowhere to be seen for Johnstone
Elsewhere
Greece – 1. Olympiakos 0-1 PAOK – Edinho scored his first goal for PAOK.
2. Larissa 2-1 Iraklis – Daniel Fernandes played the full match for Iraklis
Turkey – Kayserispor 1-1 Genclerbirgili – Makukula scored for Kayserispor