On the last weekend before the holiday break in most countries, there were big winners on the road -- Barcelona at Villarreal in Spain, Inter Milan at Siena and Juventus at Atalanta in Italy and
Aston Villa at West Ham in England. Four teams won on the road in France, including Bordeaux, which came back from three goals down in the second half to beat
Freddy
Adu's Monaco, 4-3. For all the weekend results, standings and leading scorers
BELGIUM Juliper
League Dec. 16 Kortrijk 1 Zulte Waregem 0
Dec. 19-21 Anderlecht 2 Genk 0
Mons 2
Zulte Waregem 2
Charleroi 2 Dender 0
Cercle Brugge 4 Roeselare 3
Lokeren 2 Mechelen 2
Mouscron 5 Club Brugge 1
Beerschot 2 Tubize 0
Kortrijk 0 Westerlo 0
Stand. Liege 2 Gent 1
Standings: Anderlecht 38 points; Stand. Liege 34; Club Brugge 31; Genk 30; Cercle Brugge, Westerlo 28; Mouscron, Lokeren 27;
Zulte Waregem 24; Gent 23; Kortrijk 22; Charleroi 21; Mechelen 18; Mons, Beerschot, Dender 15; Tubize 14; Roeselare 10.
ENGLAND Premier League Dec. 20-21 Hull City 1 (Barmby 19) Sunderland 4 (Malbranque 10, own goal 78, Jones 84, Cisse
90).
Fulham 3 (Bullard 41, Murphy pen. 54, Dempsey 59) Middlesbrough 0.
Bolton 2 (Taylor 1, Gardner 3) Portsmouth 1 (Crouch 20).
Blackburn 3 (McCarthy 9, 27, Roberts 18) Stoke
City 0.
West Ham 0 Aston Villa 1 (Own goal 78).
West Brom 2 (Moore 69, Bednar 90) Manchester C. 1 (Caicedo 84).
Newcastle 2 (N'Zogbia 12, Duff 90) Tottenham 1 (Modric 29).
Arsenal 1 (van Persie 24) Liverpool 1 (Keane 42).
Standings TEAM W T L GF
GA P Liverpool 11 6 1 27 12 39
Chelsea 11 4 2 36 7 37
Aston Villa 10 4
4 30 20 34
Manchester Utd. 9 5 2 27 10 32
Arsenal 9 4 5 30 21 31
Hull City 7
6 5 27 31 27
Everton 7 4 6 23 25 25
Fulham 6 6 5 16 12 24
Bolton 7
2 9 22 24 23
Portsmouth 6 5 7 20 28 23
Wigan 6 4 7 21 20 22
Newcastle 5
7 6 24 25 22
Sunderland 6 3 9 21 26 21
Middlesbrough 5 5 8 17 27 20
Stoke
City 5 5 8 17 30 20
Tottenham 5 4 9 20 23 19
West Ham 5 4 9 18 26 19
Manchester C. 5 3 10 31 27 18
Blackburn 4 4 10 20 34 16
West Brom 4 3 11 14 33
15
Leading Scorers: 1. Anelka (Chelsea) 14 goals; 2. Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) 9; Cisse (Sunderland), C. Ronaldo (Manchester Utd.), Zaki (Wigan), Robinho
(Manchester C.), Defoe (Portsmouth), van Persie (Arsenal) 8.
FRANCE Ligue 1
Dec. 20-21 Toulouse 2 (Gignac 32, 85) Nice 2 (Modeste 7, Hognon 90).
St. Etienne 2 (Machado 11, Gomis 88) Auxerre 0.
Nantes
1 (Capoue 86) Sochuax 1 (Erding 69).
Lorient 1 (Morel 46) Rennes 2 (Gyan 74, Sow 81).
Lille 3 (Obrabiak 30, Cabaye 81, Bastos 92) Le Havre 1 (Alla 60).
Grenoble 2 (Baning 34,
Paillot 47) Le Man 1 (Maiga 55).
Caen 0 Lyon 1 (Benzema 42).
Paris SG 2 (Hoarau 27, Rothen 72) Valenciennes 2 (Mater 46, Tiene 83).
Marseille 0 Nancy 3 (Hadji 33, 39, Dia 56).
Monaco 3 (Pino 14, Licata 44, 49) Bordeaux 4 (Chamakh 52, 88, Diarra 67, Cavenaghi 89).
Standings TEAM
W T L GF GA P Lyon 11 5 3 23 12 38
Bordeaux 10 5 4 31 19 35
Rennes 8 10 1 24 13 34
Paris SG 10 3 6 24 17 33
Marseille 8 8 3 33 24 32
Lille 8 8 3 28 19 32
Toulouse 8 7 4 19 15 31
Nice 8 6 5 23 19 30
Lorient 7 5 7 25 23 26
Nancy 6 7 6 18 17 25
Grenoble 6 7 6 13 17 25
Le
Man 7 3 9 25 28 24
Caen 5 8 6 23 21 23
Monaco 6 5 8 22 23 23
Auxerre 5 5 9 14 19 20
Nantes 5 5 9 15 25 20
St. Etienne 6 1 12 15 28 19
Valenciennes 3 6 10 16 25 15
Sochaux 1 11 7 18 25 14
Le Havre 3 3 13 14
34 12
Leading Scorers: 1. Cavenaghi (Bordeaux), Gignac (Toulouse), Hoarau (Paris SG) 10 goals; 4. Benzema (Lyon) 9; 5. Bastos (Lille) 8.
GERMANY Bundesliga No games this week. GREECE Super League Dec. 20-21 Iraklis 2 Xanthi 0
Panserraikos 1
PAOK 1
Panionios 3 Tripolis 0
Panthrakikos 0 Aris 0
Larissa 2 Levadiakos 1
AEK 3 Ergotelis 2
Olympiakos 2 Thrasivoulos 1
OFI 0 Panathinaikos 3
Standings: Olympiakos 36 points; PAOK 30; Panathinaikos 29; AEK 24; Aris 23; Xanthi, Larissa, Panionios 21; Ergotelis, Panthrakikos 19; Iraklis 18; Levadiakos 16;
Tripolis 14; OFI 11; Panserraikos 10; Thrasivoulos 8.
ITALY Serie A Dec. 20-21 Lazio 1 (Rocchi 66) Palmero 0.
Siena 1 (Kharja 44) Inter Milan 2 (Maicon 34, 83).
Torino 1 (Bianchi 53) Napoli 0.
Sampdoria 0 Fiorentina 1
(Montolivo 19).
Lecce 0 Bologna 0.
Chievo 0 Genoa 1 (Olivera 89).
Catania 3 (Baiocco 34, Morimoto 40, 56) Roma 2 (Vucinic 74, Menez 78).
Cagliari 1 (Acquafresca 1) Reggina
1 (Brienza pen. 61).
Atalanta 1 (Vieri 48) Juventus 3 (Del Piero 30, Legrottaglie 38, Amauri 82).
AC Milan 5 (Pato 4, 18, Kaka 13, 52, Seedorf 43) Udinese 1 (Di Natale 17).
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P Inter Milan 13 3 1
31 11 42
Juventus 11 3 3 30 13 36
AC Milan 10 3 4 28 18 33
Fiorentina 10 2
5 25 14 32
Napoli 9 3 5 25 16 30
Genoa 8 5 4 24 17 29
Lazio 8 3 6
26 22 27
Catania 7 4 6 18 20 25
Atalanta 7 3 7 21 19 24
Palermo 7 2 8
21 21 23
Roma 7 2 7 19 21 23
Udinese 6 4 7 25 26 22
Cagliari 6 3 8
19 21 21
Sampdoria 5 4 7 15 18 19
Siena 5 4 8 13 18 19
Bologna 3 6 8
19 27 15
Torino 4 3 10 18 29 15
Lecce 2 8 7 14 24 14
Reggina 3 4 10
15 33 13
Chievo 2 3 12 9 27 9
Leading Scorers: 1. Milito (Genoa), GIlardino (Fiorentina), Di Vaio
(Bologna) 12; 4. Amauri (Juventus) 11; 5. Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan) 10.
NETHERLANDS Eredivisie
Dec. 19-21 AZ 2 (El Hamdaoui 8, de Zeeuw 90) Utrecht 0.
Sparta 4 (Falkenburg 51, Slot 57, Pepon 69, Rose 86) Heerenveen 1 (Sibon 53).
NAC 2
(Kolkka 48, Lurling 48) Vitesse 0.
Roda JC 2 (Own goal 45, Yulu-Matondo 72) Groningen 5 (Berg 3, 50, 54, pen. 59, Oluwafemi 86).
De Graafschap 0 Ajax 6 (Cvitanich 10, 71, Sulejmani 12,
Suarez pen. 53, 62, Emanuelson 67).
NEC 0 ADO 0.
Volendam 3 (Van Dijk 26, 73, Platje 90) Heracles 1 (Schulmeister 90).
Twente 2 (Texeira 34, N'Kufo 68) Willem II 0.
PSV
1 (Afellay 79) Feyenoord 0.
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P AZ
12 2 2 36 11 38
Ajax 11 2 3 38 17 35
Twente 10 3 3 33 16 33
PSV 9
2 5 30 17 29
NAC 9 2 5 25 22 29
Groningen 8 2 6 34 21 26
NEC 7 5
4 25 17 26
Heerenveen 7 5 4 33 35 26
Utrecht 6 4 6 20 20 22
Willem II 6
3 7 21 24 21
Heracles 5 4 7 17 26 19
Sparta 5 3 8 28 38 18
Feyenoord 4
4 8 27 25 16
ADO 4 3 9 19 23 15
Roda JC 3 5 8 20 31 14
Vitesse 2 6
8 12 29 12
De Graafschap 3 3 10 12 34 12
Volendam 3 2 11 18 42 11
Leading Scorers: 1. El Hamdaoui (AZ) 15 goals; 2. Berg (Groningen) 13; 3. Demouge (Willem II) 12; 4. Pranjic (Heerenveen), Amoah (NAC), Suarez (Ajax) 10.
PORTUGAL Superliga Dec. 17 Amadora 2 (Moreno 27, Vidigal 62)
Porto 4 (Lopez 10, Rodriguez 45, 84, Hulk 63).
Dec. 19-21 Naval 0 Guimaraes 0.
Braga 1 (Renteria 75) Rio Ave 0.
Sp. Lisbon 0
Academica 0.
Belenenses 3 (Faria 56, Carciano 66, Gomez 77) Trofense 2 (Souza 22, Valdomiro 45).
Pacos Ferreira 2 (Cristiano 8, Pedrinha 11) V. Setubal 0.
Leixoes 1 (Wesley 57)
Amadora 1 (Celestino pen. 78).
Porto 0 Maritimo 0
Standings TEAM W T L GF
GA P Benfica 7 4 0 24 10 25
Porto 7 3 2 20 9 24
Leixoes 7 3 2 17
12 24
Sp. Lisbon 7 2 3 14 7 23
Braga 5 5 2 12 5 20
Nacional 6 2 3 17
12 20
Maritimo 5 4 3 13 11 19
Guimaraes 3 5 4 8 11 14
Naval 3 4 5 11
13 13
Academica 3 4 5 7 11 13
Pacos Ferreira 3 3 6 14 18 12
Amadora 3 3 6
9 18 12
Pacos Ferreira 3 3 6 14 18 12
Amadora 3 3 6 9 18 12
V. Setubal 3 2
7 7 15 11
Rio Ave 2 4 6 8 12 10
Belenses 2 4 6 11 20 10
Trofense 2 2
8 10 18 8
Leading Scorers: 1. William (Pacos Ferreira) 8 goals; 2. Nene (Nacional), Wesley (Leixoes) 7; 4. Meyong (Braga) 5.
SCOTLAND Premier League Dec. 15 Motherwell 0 Kilmarnock 2
(Pascali 35, Russell 77).
Dec. 20-21 Hamilton 2 (McCarthy 45, 67) Motherwell 0.
Rangers 1 (Boyd 61) Hibernian 0.
Kilmarnock 0 St.
Mirren 1 (Dorman 38).
Inverness 0 Aberdeen 3 (Mulgrew 6, McDonald 51, Mackie 56).
Hearts 0 Dundee Utd. 0.
Falkirk 0 Celtic 3 (Samaras 48, Mizuno 89, McDonald 90).
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P Celtic 15 2 2 44
18 47
Rangers 13 4 2 45 16 43
Dundee Utd. 8 7 4 27 20 31
Hearts 9 4 5
20 20 31
Aberdeen 8 3 7 22 19 27
Hibernian 7 5 7 24 24 26
Kilmarnock 7 1
10 16 23 22
St. Mirren 6 3 10 15 22 21
Falkirk 4 5 10 21 29 17
Motherwell 5
2 11 17 29 17
Inverness 5 2 12 18 31 17
Hamilton 5 2 12 17 35 17
Leading Scorers: 1. Boyd (Rangers) 16 goals; 2. Samaras (Celtic) 9; 3. Miller (Rangers) 7; 4. Lovell (Falkirk), Sandaza (Dundee Utd.), Fletcher (Hibernian), Nish
(Hibernian) 6.
SPAIN La Liga Dec. 20-21 Real
Madrid 1 (Higuain 3) Valencia 0.
Espanyol 2 (Ortega 58, Valdo 90) Atl. Madrid 3 (Rodriguez 7, 90, Aguero 81).
Gijon 1 (Maldonado 28) Almeria 0.
Rac. Santander 1 (Valera 67)
Malaga 1 (Baha 39).
Numancia 4 (Barkero 12, del Pino 84, Aranda 86, Gallego 89) Valladolid 3 (Goitom 35, 75, Alvaro Rubio 52).
Dep. Coruna 4 (Lopo 9, Soriano pen. 19, Bodipo 44, Filipe
90) Rec. Huelva 1 (Perez 23).
Osasuna 5 (Plasil 7, Juanfran 36, Pandiani 42, Nekounam 45, Romero 79) Getafe 2 (Soldado 65, 90).
Mallorca 0 Sevilla 0.
Villareal 1 (Cani 48)
Barcelona 2 (Keita 55, Henry 66).
Betis 0 Ath. Bilbao 1 (Aginaba 43).
Standings TEAM W T
L GF GA P Barcelona 13 2 1 48 10 41
Sevilla 9 4 3 23 14 31
Atl. Madrid
9 3 4 38 23 30
Valencia 9 3 4 30 20 30
Real Madrid 9 2 5 34 26 29
Villarreal 8 5 3 27 21 29
Dep. Coruna 8 3 5 20 18 27
Valladolid 7 2 7 25 24
23
Malaga 6 4 6 24 26 22
Getafe 5 6 5 23 25 21
Gijon 7 0 9 24 35 21
Ath. Bilbao 5 4 7 20 24 19
Betis 5 3 8 21 22 18
Rac. Santander 4 6 6 18 22
18
Numancia 5 2 9 21 33 17
Almeria 4 4 8 16 25 16
Mallorca 3 5 8 17 29
14
Espanyol 3 4 9 14 25 13
Rec. Huelva 3 4 9 11 26 13
Osasuna 2 6 8 16
22 12
Leading Scorers: 1. Eto'o (Barcelona) 15 goals; 2. Villa (Valencia), Higuain (Atl. Madrid) 12; 4. Messi (Barcelona), Forlan (Atl.
Madrid) 10.
TURKEY Super Lig Dec. 19-21 Konya 1
Fenerbahce 2
Hacettepe 0 Kayseri 3
Istanbul 5 Kocaeli 0
Trabzon 2 Eskisehir 1
Antalya 1 Ankara 1
Genclerbirligi 1 Sivas 2
Denizli 1 Ankaragucu 1
Gaziantep 2 Bursa 0
Galatasaray 4 Besiktas 2
Standings: Sivas, Trabzon 34 points; Galatasaray 33; Fenerbahce 32; Ankara 30; Besiktas 28; Kayseri
27; Gaziantep 25; Bursa 22; Istanbul 19; Eskisehir 18; Konya 17; Denizli, Ankaragucu 15; Genclerbirligi 14; Antalya 13; Hacettepe, Kocaeli 9.