Barcelona and Inter Milan opened up big leads in Spain and Italy, respectively. Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich are tied at the Bundesliga break. Liverpool and Chelsea remained 1-2 in England. Lyon's
lead in France was reduced to three points. AZ won at Feyenoord, 1-0, to remain on top in the Netherlands. For all the weekend results, standings and leading scorers ...
BELGIUM Juliper League Dec. 12-14
Mechelen 2 Beerschot 1
Genk 1 Charleroi 0
Zulte Waregem 2 Mouscron 1
Gent 1 Kortrijk 1
Dender 1 Lokeren 1
Westerlo 1 Cercle Brugge 2
Tubize 2 Mons 1
Club Bruge 1
Stand. Liege 4
Roeselare 0 Anderlecht 3
Standings: Anderlecht 35 points; Stand. Liege, Club Brugge 31; Genk 30; Westerlo 27; Lokeren 26; Cercle
Brugge 25; Mouscron 24; Zulte Waregem, Gent 23; Charleroi, Kortrijk 18; Mechelen 17; Dender 15; Tubize, Mons 14; Beerschot 12; Roeselare 10.
ENGLAND Premier League Dec. 13-14 Middlesbrough 1 (Aliadiere 29)
Arsenal 1 (Adebayor 17).
Wigan 3 (Heskey 10, Valencia 12, Cattermole 77) Blackburn 0.
Sunderland 4 (Jones 23, 24, Ried 40, Cisse pen. 47) West Brom 0.
Stoke City 0 Fulham 0.
Manchester C. 0 Everton 1 (Cahill 90).
Aston Villa 4 (Agbonlahor 25, 67, own goal 40, Young 78) Bolton 2 (Elmander 17, Davies 86).
Liverpool 2 (Gerrard 24, 32) Hull City 2 (McShane 12, own
goal 22).
Tottenham 0 Manchester Utd. 0.
Portsmouth 0 Newcastle 3 (Owen 52, Martins 77, Guthrie 89).
Chelsea 1 (Anelka 51) West Ham 1 (Bellamy 33).
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P Liverpool 11 5 1 26 11 38
Chelsea 11 4 2 36 7 37
Man. Utd. 9 5 2 27
10 32
Aston Villa 9 4 4 29 20 31
Arsenal 9 3 5 29 20 30
Hull City 7 6 4 26 27 27
Everton 7 4 6 23 25 25
Portsmouth 6 5 6 19 26 23
Wigan 6 4 7 21 20 22
Fulham 5 6 5
13 12 21
Bolton 6 2 9 20 23 20
Middlesbrough 5 5 7 17 24 20
Stoke City 5 5 7 17 27 20
Newcastle 4 7 6 22 24 19
Tottenham 5 4 8 19 21 19
West Ham 5 4 8 18 25 19
Man.
City 5 3 9 30 25 18
Sunderland 5 3 9 17 25 18
Blackburn 3 4 10 17 34 13
West Brom 3 3 11 12 32 12
Leading Scorers: 1. Anelka
(Chelsea) 14 goals; 2. Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) 9; C. Ronaldo (Manchester Utd.), Zaki (Wigan), Defoe (Portsmouth), Robinho (Manchester C.) 8.
FRANCE Ligue 1 Dec. 10 Nice 0 Grenoble 0.
Dec. 13-14 Valenciennes 3 (Moreno 31, Belmadi 41, Pujol 58) Monaco 1 (Pino 23).
Toulouse 3 (Gignac 4, 53, Didot 45) St. Etienne 1 (Machado 37).
Sochaux
2 (Previtali 77, 89) Caen 2 (Gomis 20, 69).
Nancy 2 (Feret 17, Dia 66) Grenoble 0.
Le Mans 1 (Helstad 66) Bordeaux 3 (Cavenaghi 58, Chalme 76, Jussie 90).
Auxerre 1 (Huyghebaert pen.
85) Paris SG 2 (Sessegnon 22).
Rennes 0 Nantes 0.
Nice 0 Lille 1 (Bastos 7).
Le Havre 1 (Dieuze 66) Lorient 3 (Mansouri 41, Gameiro 45, Vahirua 69).
Lyon 0 Marseille 0.
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P Lyon 10 5 3 22 12 35
Bordeaux 9 5 4 27 16 32
Paris
SG 10 2 6 22 15 32
Marseille 8 8 2 33 21 32
Rennes 7 10 1 22 12 31
Toulouse 8 6 4 17 13 30
Lille 7 8 3 25 18 29
Nice 8 5 5 21 17 29
Lorient 7 5 6 24 21 26
Le Mans 7
3 8 24 26 24
Caen 5 8 5 23 20 23
Monaco 6 5 7 19 19 23
Nancy 5 7 6 15 17 22
Grenoble 5 7 6 11 16 22
Auxerre 5 5 8 14 17 20
Nantes 5 4 9 14 24 19
St. Etienne 5 1 12
13 28 16
Valenciennes 3 5 10 14 23 14
Sochaux 1 10 7 17 24 13
Le Havre 3 3 12 13 31 12
Leading Scorers: 1. Cavenaghi (Bordeaux),
Gignac (Toulouse), Hoarau (Paris SG) 10 goals; 4. Benzema (Lyon) 9; 5. Bastos (Lille) 8.
GERMANY Bundesliga Dec. 12-14 Bor. Dortmund 2 (Zidan 35, Sahin 56) Bor. Moen. 1 (van den Bergh 80).
Bochum 1
(Dabrowski 58) Cologne 2 (McKenna 44, Ishiaku 88).
Her. Berlin 4 (Nicu 10, Domovchiyski 74, Lustenberger 86, Rafael 88) Karlsruher 0.
Hanover 1 (Stajner 32) A. Bielefeld 1 (Wichniarek
59).
B. Leverkusen 1 (Simon 78) En. Cottbus 1 (Jiayi 90).
Hamburg 1 (Petric 59) E. Frankfurt 0.
Wer. Bremen 2 (Mertesacker 27, own goal 63) Wolfsburg 1 (Gentner 3).
Stuttgart 2
(Khedira 45, 90) Bay. Munich 2 (Borowski 49, Toni 67).
Hoffenheim 1 (Teber 72) Schalke 1 (Asamoah 40).
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P Hoffenheim 11 2 4 42 23 35
Bay. Munich 10 5 2 39 24 35
Her. Berlin 10 3 4 27 20 33
Hamburg 10 3 4 26 24 33
B. Leverkusen
10 2 5 36 21 32
Bor. Dortmund 7 8 2 27 19 29
Schalke 7 6 4 24 16 27
Wer. Bremen 7 5 5 39 28 26
Wolfsburg 7 5 5 35 25 26
Stuttgart 7 4 6 26 23 25
Cologne 7 1 9 19 25
22
E. Frankfurt 5 4 8 23 29 19
Hanover 4 5 8 20 32 17
A. Bielefeld 2 8 7 15 27 14
Karlsruher 4 1 12 15 32 13
En. Cottbus 3 4 10 12 29 13
Bochum 1 8 8 19 30 11
Bor.
Moen. 3 2 12 18 35 11
Leading Scorers: 1. Ibisevic (Hoffenheim) 18 goals; 2. Helmes (B. Leverkusen), Grafite (Wolfsburg) 11; 4. Novakovic (Cologne),
Pizarro (Wer. Bremen), Wichniarek (A. Bielefeld) 10.
GREECE Super League Dec. 13-14 Larissa 1 Olympiakos 1
Tripolis 1 Iraklis 2
PAOK 1 Xanthi 0
Levadiakos 2 Panthrakikos 0
Thrasivoulos 1 Panionios
3
Panathinaikos 3 Panserraaikos 0
Ergotelis 1 OFI 3
Aris 1 AEK 1
Standings: Olympiakos 33 goals; PAOK 29; Panathinaikos 26; Aris 22; AEK,
Xanthi 21; Ergotelis 19; Larissa, Panionios, Panthrakikos 18; Levadiakos 16; Iraklis 15; Tripolis 14; OFI 11; Panserraikos 9; Thrasivoulos 8.
ITALY Serie A Dec. 13-14 Bologna 5 (Volpi 48, Di Vaio 55, 63,
pen. 79, Bernacci pen. 68) Torino 2 (Barone 7, Abate 53).
Napoli 3 (Hamsik pen. 11, Pazienza 43, Denis 65) Lecce 0.
Udinese 3 (Di Natale 9, 55, Quagliarella 15) Lazio 3 (Zarate 60, Diakite
73, Ledesma 85).
Roma 3 (Totti 39, Perrotta 77, Vucinic 90) Cagliari 2 (Conti 58, Neves 69).
Reggina 0 Sampdoria 2 (Bellucci pen. 75, Padalino 81).
Palermo 2 (Cassani 30, Simplicio 54)
Siena 0.
Inter Milan 4 (Andrade 3, Stankovic 47, Ibrahimovic 79, 88) Chievo 2 (Pellissier 51, Bentivoglio 65).
Genoa 1 (Sculli 86) Atalanta 1 (Floccari 17).
Fiorentina 2 (Mutu 56,
Gilardino 79) Catania 0.
Juventus 4 (Del Piero pen. 16, Chiellini 34, Amauri 41, 69) AC Milan 2 (Pato 31, Ambrosini 56).
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P Inter Milan 12 3 1 29 10 39
Juventus 10 3 3 27 12 33
Napoli 9 3 4 25 15 30
AC Milan 9 3 4 23
17 30
Fiorentina 9 2 5 24 14 29
Genoa 7 5 4 23 17 26
Atalanta 7 3 6 20 16 24
Lazio 7 3 6 25 22 24
Palermo 7 2 7 21 20 23
Roma 7 2 6 19 20 23
Udinese 6 4 6 15 18
22
Catania 6 4 6 15 18 22
Cagliari 6 2 8 18 20 20
Sampdoria 5 4 6 15 17 19
Siena 5 4 7 12 16 19
Bologna 3 5 8 19 27 14
Lecce 2 7 7 14 24 13
Torino 3 3 10 17 29
12
Reggina 3 3 10 14 32 12
Chievo 2 3 11 9 26 9
Leading Scorers: 1. Milito (Genoa), GIlardino (Fiorentina), Di Vaio) 12; Amauri (Juventus),
Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan) 10.
NETHERLANDS Eredivisie Dec. 12-14 Ajax 3 (Cvitanich 27, Suarez 55, Lindgren 64) NAC 0.
ADO 1 (Soltani 35) Roda JC 1 (Meeuwis 45).
Willem II 1 (Eijden 80) NEC 2 (van Beukering
43, Bouaouzan 57).
Heerenveen 2 (Beerens 14, 23) De Graafschap 0.
Feyenoord 0 AZ 1 (da Silva 56).
Vitesse 1 (Tarvajarvi 65) PSV 1 (Amrabat 43).
Heracles 2 (Wuytens 45, van den
Bergh 51) Sparta 1 (Falkenburg 28).
Groningen 1 (Lovre 45) Twente 4 (Arnautovic 17, Elia 21, Stam 68, B'Kufo 90).
Utrecht 0 Volendam 0.
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P AZ 11 2 2 34 11 35
Ajax 10 2 3 32 17 32
Twente 9 3 3 31 16 30
PSV
8 2 5 29 17 26
Heerenveen 7 5 3 32 31 26
NAC 8 2 5 23 22 26
NEC 7 4 4 25 17 25
Groningen 7 2 6 29 19 23
Utrecht 6 4 5 20 18 22
Willem II 6 3 6 21 22 21
Heracles 5 4
6 16 23 19
Feyenoord 4 4 7 27 24 16
Sparta 4 3 8 24 37 15
ADO 4 2 9 19 23 14
Roda JC 3 5 7 18 26 14
Vitesse 2 6 7 12 27 12
De Graafschap 3 3 9 12 28 12
Volendam 2 2
11 15 41 8
Leading Scorers: 1. El Hamdaoui (AZ) 14 goals; 2. Demouge (Willem II) 12; 3. Pranjic (Heerenveen), Amoah (NAC) 10; 5. Berg (Groningen) 9.
PORTUGAL Superliga No games this week. SCOTLAND Premier League Dec. 13 Dundee Utd. 2 (Wilkie
50, Feeney 54) Rangers 2 (Boyd 10, Lafferty 76).
St. Mirren 2 (Dorman 17, Brady 46) Inverness 0.
Celtic 1 (McManus 79) Hearts 1 (Driver 23).
Aberdeen 2 (Miller pen. 16, 42) Falkirk 1
(Lovell 89).
Hibernian 2 (Riordan 42, Jones 88) Hamilton 0.
TEAM W T L GF GA P Celtic 14 2 2 41 18 44
Rangers 12 4 2 44 16 40
Dundee
Utd. 8 6 4 27 20 30
Hearts 9 3 5 20 20 30
Hibernian 7 5 6 24 23 26
Aberdeen 7 3 7 19 19 24
Kilmarnock 6 1 9 14 22 19
St. Mirren 5 3 10 14 22 18
Falkirk 4 5 9 21 26 17
Motherwell 5 2 9 17 25 17
Inverness 5 2 11 18 28 17
Hamilton 4 2 12 15 35 14
Leading Scorers: 1. Boyd (Rangers) 15 goals; 2. Samaras (Celtic) 8;
Miller (Rangers) 7; 3. Lovell (Falkirk), Sandaza (Dundee Utd.), Fletcher (Hibernian), Nish (Hibernian) 6.
SPAIN La Liga Dec. 13-14 Valencia 2 (Albiol 58, Rodriguez 81) Espanyol 1 (Martinez 28).
Barcelona 2 (Eto'o 83,
Messi 90) Real Madrid 0.
Malaga 2 (Apono pen. 85, Baha 89) Numancia 0.
Getafe 4 (Contra pen. 4, Uche 31, Manu 72, Gavilan 85) Mallorca 1 (Zubeldia 33).
Valladolid 3 (Sesma 15, Munoz 25,
56) Dep. Coruna 0.
Almeria 1 (Acasiete 62) Rac. Santander 1 (Garay 33).
Rec. Huelva 1 (Perez 84) Osasuna 0.
Ath. Bilbao 3 (Llorente pen. 5, Sagarna 23, Yeste 32) Gijon 0.
Sevilla 1
(Renato 45) Villareal 0.
Atl. Madrid 2 (Rodriguez 20, Aguero 81) Betis 0.
TEAM W T L GF GA P Barcelona 12 2 1 46 9 38
Valencia 9 3 3 30 19
30
Villarreal 8 5 1 26 18 29
Sevilla 8 3 3 21 12 27
Real Madrid 8 2 5 33 26 26
Atl. Madrid 7 3 4 33 21 24
Dep. Coruna 7 3 5 16 17 24
Valladolid 7 2 6 22 20 23
Getafe
5 6 4 21 20 21
Malaga 6 3 6 23 25 21
Real Betis 5 3 6 20 18 18
Gijon 6 0 9 23 35 18
Rac. Santander 4 5 6 17 21 17
Ath. Bilbao 4 4 7 19 24 16
Almeria 4 4 7 16 24 16
Numancia 4 2 9 17 30 14
Espanyol 3 4 8 12 22 13
Mallorca 3 4 8 17 29 13
Rec. Huelva 3 4 8 10 22 13
Osasuna 1 6 8 11 20 9
Leading Scorers:
1. Eto'o (Barcelona) 15 goals; 2. Villa (Valencia)12; 3. Messi (Barcelona), Forlan (Atl. Madrid), Higuain (Atl. Madrid) 10.
TURKEY
Super Lig Dec. 12-14 Genclerbirligi 1 Galatasaray 3
Kayseri 2 Istanbul 0
Sivas 2 Hacettepe 1
Bursa 2 Trabzon 1
Besiktas 1 Ankaragucu 0
Ankara 2 Denizli 0
Eskisehir 0 Konya 0
Kocaeli 2 Gaziantep 5
Fenerbahce 2 Antalya 0
Standings: Sivas, Trabzon 31 points; Galatasaray 30; Fenerbahce, Ankara 29; Besiktas 28; Kayseri 24; Gaziantep, Bursa 22; Eskisehir 18; Konya 17; Istanbul 16;
Genclerbirligi, Denizli, Ankaragucu 14; Antalya 12; Hacettepe, Kocaeli 9.