With a host of scouts from top European clubs on hand, Anderlecht opened up a four-point lead in Belgium with a 4-2 win over
Oguchi Onyewu's Standard Liege.
Lyon, winner of the last seven French titles, is pulling away in Ligue 1. Sporting won the Lisbon derby with a 3-2 win over Benfica. For all the weekend results and current standings ...
BELGIUM Juliper League Feb.
18 Gent 1 Anderlecht 2
Feb. 20-22 Genk 1 Mouscron 1
Roeselare 3 Mons 2
Tubize 0 Zulte Waregem 6
Kortrijk 1 Charleroi 1
Cercle Brugge 0 Lokeren 0
Dender 1 Mechelen 2
Gent 1 Beerschot 3
Westerlo 1 Club Brugge 3
Anderlecht 4 Stand. Liege 2
Standings:
Anderlecht 53 points; Stand. Liege 49; Club Brugge 41; Genk 40; Zulte Waregem 37; Westerlo 36; Cercle Brugge 35; Lokeren 34; Gent 33; Mouscron 31; Kortrijk 30; Beerschot 29; Mechelen 27;
Charleroi 23; Tubize, Dender 18; Roeselare, Mons 17.
ENGLAND Premier League Feb. 18 Manchester Utd. 3 (Scholes 12, Berbatov 30, Rooney 63) Fulham 0.
Feb.
21-22 Aston Villa 0 Chelsea 1 (Anelka 19).
Bolton 2 (Taylor 10, Davies 11) West Ham 1 (Parker 66).
Middlesbrough 0 Wigan 0.
Stoke City 2 (Beattie pen. 78, 80) Portsmouth 2
(Kranjcar 75, own goal 90).
Arsenal 0 Sunderland 0.
Manchester Utd. 2 (Rooney 23, C. Ronaldo 60) Blackburn 1 (Santa Cruz 32).
Fulham 2 (Zamora 61, Johnson 72) West Brom 0.
Liverpool 1 (Kuyt 78) Manchester C. 1 (Own goal 51).
Newcastle 0 Everton 0.
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P Manchester Utd. 19 5 2 46 11 62
Liverpool 15 10 1 43
18 55
Chelsea 15 7 4 45 15 52
Aston Villa 15 6 5 40 25 51
Arsenal 12 9 5 38
25 45
Everton 11 8 7 34 28 41
Wigan 9 8 9 26 24 35
Fulham 8 9 8 24 22
33
West Ham 9 6 11 32 34 33
Manchester C. 9 5 12 43 35 32
Sunderland 8 7 11 27
33 31
Bolton 9 3 14 29 38 30
Hull City 7 8 10 31 46 29
Newcastle 6 10 10 33
42 28
Portsmouth 7 7 12 29 43 28
Tottenham 6 7 12 26 31 25
Stoke City 6 7 13
23 42 25
Blackburn 5 8 12 28 42 23
Middlesbrough 5 8 13 18 36 23
West Brom 6 4
16 24 49 22
Leading Scorers: 1. Anelka (Chelsea) 15 goals; 2. C. Ronaldo (Manchester Utd.) 12; 3. Robinho (Manchester C.), Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) 11; 5. Zaki (Wigan)10.
FRANCE Ligue 1 Feb. 17
Le Mans 0 Lille 0.
Nancy 1 (Berenguer 57) Nice 2 (Traore 48, Hellebuyck 90).
Valenciennes 2 (Lacourt 10, Danic 90) Caen 0.
Feb. 21-22
Grenoble 0 Paris SG 0.
Le Havre 1 (Lesage 37) Auxerre 2 (Kahlenberg 1, Birsa 78).
Lorient 1 (Gameiro 24) Sochaux 2 (Sverkos 66, Erdinc 90).
Nancy 0 Lyon 2 (Cris 19, Benzema 90).
Nantes 1 (Bekamenga 44) Caen 1 (Deroin 4).
Toulouse 0 Valenciennes 0.
Nice 0 Rennes 1 (Thomert 68).
Marseille 0 Le Mans 0.
St. Etienne 1 (Matuldi 53) Bordeaux 1 (Cavenaghi 89).
Lille 2 (Obraniak 11, Dumont 90) Monaco 1 (Adriano 90).
Standings TEAM W
T L GF GA P Lyon 15 7 3 35 16 52
Paris SG 14 4 7 34 24 46
Marseille
12 9 4 39 25 45
Toulouse 12 9 4 27 16 45
Bordeaux 12 8 5 41 25 44
Lille
11 10 4 36 26 43
Rennes 10 12 3 27 16 42
Nice 11 6 8 30 26 39
Lorient 7
10 8 30 29 31
Auxerre 8 6 11 20 24 30
Nancy 7 8 10 23 29 29
Monaco 7 7
11 28 31 28
Grenoble 6 10 9 14 22 28
Nantes 7 7 11 23 34 28
Le Mans 7 6
12 27 35 27
Caen 5 11 9 29 32 26
Valenciennes 5 10 10 21 27 25
St. Etienne 7
4 14 22 36 25
Sochaux 4 11 10 26 33 23
Le Havre 4 3 18 19 49 15
Leading Scorers: 1. Gignac (Toulouse) 15 goals; 2. Cavenaghi (Bordeaux), Hoarau (Paris SG) 13; 4. Benzema (Lyon) 12; 5. Savidan (Caen) 10.
GERMANY Bundesliga Feb. 20-22 Schalke 1 (Kuranyi 20) Borussia
Dortmund 1 (Zidan 81).
En. Cottbus 2 (Iliev 51, Rangelov 90) Wer. Bremen 1 (Hugo Almeida 46).
Bor. Moen. 3 (Baumjohann 36, Marin 43, Neuville 83) Hanover 2 (Pinto 53, Schulz 77).
Karlsruhe 0 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Caio 54).
Wolfsburg 2 (Dzeko 72, 84) Her. Berlin 1 (Cicero 62).
A. Bielefeld 1 (Mijatovic 83) Bochum 1 (Klimowicz 30).
Stuttgart 3 (Cacau 26, Gomez
31, 63) Hoffenheim 3 (Ba 24, 45, 67).
Bay. Munich 1 (Van Buyten 84) Cologne 2 (Ehret 22, Brosinski 34).
B. Leverkusen 1 (Helmes 29) Hamburg 2 (Jansen 18, 67).
Standings
TEAM W T L GF GA P Hamburg 13 3 5 33 28 42
Hoffenheim 12 4 5 49 31 40
Her. Berlin 12 4 5 33 25 40
Bay. Munich 11 5 5 44 30
38
B. Leverkusen 11 3 7 44 29 36
Wolfsburg 10 6 5 42 27 36
Stuttgart 9 6 6 38
31 33
Bor. Dortmund 7 11 3 31 25 32
Schalke 8 7 6 27 20 31
Cologne 8 4 9 24
29 28
Wer. Bremen 7 6 8 42 34 27
E. Frankfurt 6 5 10 27 35 23
Hannover 5 6 10
27 41 21
En. Cottbus 5 5 11 18 34 20
A. Bielefeld 3 10 8 19 32 19
Bochum 3 9
9 24 34 18
Karlsruhe 5 2 14 18 37 17
Bor. Moen. 4 4 13 23 41 16
Leading Scorers: 1. Ibesevic (Hoffenheim) 18 goals; 2. Helmes (B. Leverkusen) 15; 3. Gomez (Stuttgart), Novakovic (Cologne), Grafite (Wolfsburg), Wichniarek (A. Bielefeld) 12.
GREECE Super League Feb.
21-22 Xanthi 0 OFI 0
Panathinaikos 2 Panionios 1
PAOK 1 Iraklis 0
Panserraaikos 1 Levadiakos 0
Thrasivoulos 0 Panthrakikos 2
Larissa 1 Aris 1
Tripolis 0 AEK
1
Ergotelis 1 Olympiakos 0
Standings: Olympiakos 57 points; Panathinaikos, PAOK 46; AEK 41; Larissa 35; Aris 32; Xanthi, Panionios 29; Panthrakikos
28; Ergotelis 27; Iraklis 26; Tripolis 25; Levadiakos 22; Panserraikos 21; OFI 19; Thrasivoulos 13.
ITALY Serie A Feb. 21-22 Bologna 1 (Britos 79) Inter Milan 2 (Cambiasso 56, Balotelli 81).
Roma 1 (Taddei 63)
Siena 0.
Palermo 0 Juventus 2 (Sissoko 27, Trezeguet 79).
Sampdoria 1 (Pazzini 61) Atalanta 0.
AC Milan 1 (Seedorf 65) Cagliari 0.
Fiorentina 2 (Gilardino 73, Mutu 90) Chievo 1
(Moreno 13).
Napoli 0 Genoa 1 (Jankovic 69).
Lecce 0 Lazio 2 (Foggia 10, Kolarov 50).
Catania 2 (Capuano 35, Potenza 73) Reggina 0.
Torino 1 (Dellafiore 81) Udinese 0.
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P Inter Milan
18 5 2 44 18 59
Juventus 15 5 5 41 21 50
AC Milan 14 6 5 42 25 48
Fiorentina
14 3 8 37 24 45
Genoa 12 8 5 36 25 44
Roma 13 4 8 37 31 43
Cagliari 11
4 10 32 27 37
Atalanta 11 3 11 31 27 36
Palermo 11 3 11 32 31 36
Napoli 10
5 10 32 29 35
Lazio 10 5 10 35 37 35
Udinese 8 7 10 34 37 31
Catania 8
6 11 24 30 30
Sampdoria 7 8 10 24 29 29
Siena 7 6 12 19 26 27
Bologna 5
8 12 27 40 23
Torino 5 8 12 25 39 23
Lecce 4 10 11 22 39 22
Chievo 4 8
13 18 35 20
Reggina 3 8 14 20 43 17
Leading Scorers: 1. Di Vaio (Bologna) 16 goals; 2.
Gilardino (Fiorentina), Milito (Genoa) 15; 4. Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan) 14; 5. 3 tied at 12.
MEXICO Clausura Feb. 18 America 2 (Valenzuela 42, Pardo 87) Atlas 2 (Marioni 23, 90).
Monterrey 3 (De Nigris
65, 89, Suazo 80) Necaxa 0.
Indios 2 (Maggiolo 66, Adame 80) Morelia 0.
Guadalajara 1 (Morales 73) Toluca 2 (Mendez 53, Esquivel 81).
Cruz Azul 2 (Ovelar 34, Landin 44) San Luis 2
(Vilchis 66, Alexanderson 90).
UNAM 1 (Augusto 32) Chiapas 1 (Peralta 84).
UAG 1 (Ruiz 75) Santos 0.
Puebla 2 (Nunez 70, Gonzalez 88) Pachuca 2 (Gimenez 3, Cardenas 45).
Atlante 1
(Lugo 20) Tigres 1 (Alvizu 65).
Feb. 21-22 Pachuca 3 (Perez 24, 88, Cardenas 86) Indios 0.
Morelia 1 (Mendoza pen. 64) Guadalajara 1 (Ponce
9).
San Luis 1 (Vilchis 72) Atlante 1 (Rey 81).
Tigres 2 (Lobos 9, Contreras 71) America 3 (Cabanas 27, Martinez 54, De Pinho 65).
Chiapas 2 (Moreira 17, Batista 21) Puebla 4 (Nunez
pen. 16, Gonzalez 29, 56, Perez 71).
Atlas 2 (Ayala 18, Pacheco 23) UNAM 0.
Toluca 1 (Duenas 6) UAG 1 (Graf 11).
Santos 2 (Arce 5, Santiago 54) Monterrey 0.
Necaxa 2 (Gomez 40,
Moreno 50) Cruz Azul 4 (Riveros 23, Lozano 36, Landin 44, 56).
Standings: Group 1
- Pachuca 17 points; Monterrey 13; Puebla 11; Indios 9; Santos 8; Atlante 7.
Group 2 - UAG 10; Cruz Azul, Guadalajara, America 9; Morelia 8; UNAM
7.
Group 3 - Toluca 15; Chiapas 11; San Luis 9; Atlas 8; Tigres 6; Necaxa 2.
NETHERLANDS
Eredivisie Feb. 20-22 Vitesse 3 (Stevanovic 16, Sansoni 19, Hofs 66) Roda 0.
Heerenveen 3 (Henrique 13, Bielsen 41, Beerens 80) Willem II 1 (Messoudi 83).
Den Haag 1 (Hoogendorp 71) NAC 1 (Boukhari 21).
Heracles 0 AZ 2 (El Hamdaoui 52, 90).
Groningen 0 PSV 1
(Lazovic 90).
Utrecht 0 NEC 2 (El Akchaoui 78, Tshibamba 80).
Sparta 1 (Knol pen. 31) Twente 2 (Own goal 4, Janssen 90).
Ajax 2 (Suarez 29) Volendam 1 (Sheotahul 15).
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P AZ 19
3 2 51 14 60
Twente 15 6 3 47 23 51
Ajax 15 3 6 52 28 48
PSV 13 6
5 50 25 45
Heerenveen 13 6 5 49 42 45
Groningen 12 4 8 43 26 40
Utrecht 10 7
7 35 28 37
NAC 10 6 8 34 37 36
NEC 9 8 7 32 26 35
Vitesse 7 8 9
26 33 29
Feyenoord 7 6 11 35 33 27
Willem II 7 4 13 28 40 25
Sparta 6 6 12
36 50 24
Den Haag 6 5 13 25 39 23
Heracles 5 8 11 24 40 23
Roda 4 6 14
25 44 18
De Graafschap 4 5 15 15 47 17
Volendam 4 3 17 27 59 15
Leading Scorers: 1. El Hamdaoui (AZ) 20 goals; 2. Berg (Groningen) 15; 3. Pranjic (Heerenveen) 14; 4. Suarez (Ajax), Demouge (Willem II), N'Kufo (Twente) 13.
PORTUGAL Superliga Feb. 16 Vitoria FC 2
(Robson 46, Laionel 85) Academica 1 (Lito 83).
Feb. 20-22 Pacos de Ferreira 0 Porto 2 (Hulk 15, Alves pen. 65).
Rio Ave 1 (Yazalde 61) V. Setubal
0.
Sporting 3 (Liedson 11, 83, Derlei 48) Benfica 2 (Reyes pen. 37, Cardozo 90).
Academica 3 (Nunes 5, Lito 45, Lica 88) Maritimo 1 (Diawara 33).
Amadora 1 (Jardel 44) Nacional 0.
Naval 1 (Marinho 80) Braga 2 (Renteria 46, Pereira 90).
Vitoria SC 0 Trofense 1 (Chad 77).
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P Porto 12 5 2 35 14 41
Benfica 10 7 2
32 18 37
Sporting 11 4 4 26 14 37
Leixoes 9 7 2 20 12 34
Braga 9 5 5 21
12 32
Nacional 9 5 5 30 20 32
Maritimo 8 5 6 21 19 29
Vitoria SC 6 6 7 19
22 24
Amadora 6 6 7 15 21 24
Academica 5 6 8 16 20 21
Naval 5 5 9 17 24
20
Trofense 4 5 10 16 25 17
Rio Ave 4 4 11 13 23 16
Pacos Ferreira 4 4 11 23
34 16
Vitoria FC 4 4 11 11 24 16
Belenenses 3 6 9 15 28 15
Leading
Scorers: 1. Nene (Nacional) 11 goals; 2. William (Pacos Ferreira), Gonzalez (Porto) 8; 4. Wesley (Leixoes), Meyong (Braga), Hulk (Porto), Liedson (Sporting) 7.
SCOTLAND Premier League Feb. 21-22
Aberdeen 2 (Severin 46, Diamond 72) Dundee United 2 (Sandaza pen. 11, Robertson 56).
Falkirk 1 (Own goal 7) Hamilton 2 (Mensing 17, McGowan 76).
Hearts 1 (Jonsson 78) St. Mirren 1 (Dorman
90).
Inverness 2 (Proctor 15, Foran 65) Hibernian 0.
Rangers 3 (Boyd 29, Miller 33, 35) Kilmarnock 1 (Hamill 17).
Motherwell 1 (Quinn 81) Celtic 1 (McDonald 60).
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P Rangers 17
6 3 56 19 57
Celtic 17 6 3 53 26 57
Hearts 12 6 8 28 28 42
Dundee Utd. 10
10 6 36 33 40
Aberdeen 11 5 10 32 29 38
Motherwell 9 6 11 29 34 33
Hibernian
8 8 10 31 35 32
Hamilton 10 2 14 25 38 32
St. Mirren 7 7 12 22 31 28
Kilmarnock 8 4 14 25 36 28
Falkirk 5 8 13 28 39 23
Inverness 6 4 16 25 42 22
Leading Scorers: 1. Boyd (Rangers) 21 goals; 2. Samaras (Celtic) 11; 3. McDonald (Celtic) 10; 4. Porter (Motherwell), Miller (Rangers) 9.
SPAIN La Liga Feb. 21-22 Barcelona
1 (Toure 63) Espanyol 2 (De la Pena 50, 55).
Real Madrid 6 (Higuain 7, Huntelaar 15, 24, Raul 36, 42, Ramos 45) Betis 1 (Oliveira 30).
Villareal 2 (Rossi 2, Capdevila 36) Gijon 1 (Bilic
1).
Sevilla 1 (Navas 87) Atl. Madrid 0.
Mallorca 1 (Jurado 89) Racing 0.
Osasuna 2 (Plasil 2, Shojael 35) Numancia 0.
Valladolid 1 (Oldoni 83) Malaga 3 (Luque 8, Apono pen. 30,
Verdes 88).
Rec. Huelva 1 (Camunas 59) Almeria 1 (Iriney pen. 76).
Getafe 1 (Soldado 16) Ath. Bilbao 1 (Llorente 41).
Dep. Coruna 1 (Piscu 79) Valencia 1 (Villa 25).
Standings TEAM W T L GF GA P Barcelona
19 3 2 71 20 60
Real Madrid 17 2 5 55 28 53
Sevilla 13 5 6 32 21 44
Villarreal
11 8 5 38 32 41
Valencia 11 6 7 44 35 39
Malaga 11 6 7 41 35 36
Atl. Madrid
10 6 8 48 35 36
Dep. Coruna 10 6 8 28 30 36
Ath. Bilbao 8 7 9 34 37 31
Valladolid 9 3 12 35 39 30
Racing 7 8 9 25 28 29
Getafe 6 10 8 34 36 28
Almeria 7 7 10 30 38 28
Gijon 9 0 15 30 53 27
Rec. Huelva 6 8 10 21 34 26
Betis 7 5 12 32 38 26
Osasuna 5 9 10 25 30 24
Mallorca 6 6 12 24 40 24
Espanyol 4 9 11 22 38 21
Numancia 6 2 16 26 48 20
Leading Scorers: 1. Eto'o
(Barcelona) 23 goals; 2. Villa (Valencia) 19; 3. Messi (Barcelona) 16; 4. Forlan (Atl. Madrid) 15; 5. Higuain (Real Madrid) 14.
TURKEY
Super Lig Feb. 20-22 Gaziantep 0 Besiktas 3
Istanbul 1 Ankaragucu 2
Konya
2 Antalya 0
Kayseri 0 Bursa 0
Trabzon 0 Denizli 2
Genclerbirligi 1 Fenerbahce 0
Hacettepe 3 Ankara 1
Sivas 1 Eskisehir 0
Galatasaray 2 Kocaeli 5
Standings: Sivas 45 points; Trabzon 42; Besiktas 39; Fenerbahce, Galatasaray 37; Kayseri, Ankara 33; Bursa 31; Gaziantep 30; Istanbul 25; Eskisehir, Genclerbirligi,
Konya 24; Antalya 22; Denizli, Ankaragucu 21; Kocaeli 15; Hacettepe 14.