Ghanaians in Europe Jan 11-16/2003

The performances of Ghanaian players across the leagues in Europe at the weekend:

AUSTRIA
Winter Break

BELGIUM: Jupiler League
Winter Break

CZECH
Winter Break

DENMARK: Superleague
Winter Break

FRANCE
Monaco 0 Bastia 0: Essien played 90 mins

AC Ajaccio 0 - 0 PSG: Alex NYARKO cam on in the 62'

Essien?s goal sunk the champions

Wednesday, January 15, 2003 -- Michael Essien?s excellent form in Bastia?s team in continuing. On Wednesday night, Essien had another excellent performance when Bastia beat French champions and league leaders, Lyon, by 2–0 on Corsica. Essien also scored the first goal of the game – a shot after corner in the 65th minute. The game was watched by a number of leading European clubs, including Arsenal and Wolfsburg

PSG did get the three points against Le Havre, but as often didn't reassure the crowd in the Parc des Princes. The only goal was scored by returning Brazilian Jos? Aloisio. Alex NYARKO played 90 minutes

GERMANY: Bundesliga
Winter Break

GREECE: Hellenic National League
Winter Break

ITALY: Seria A
Brescia 0-0 Lazio: Stephen Appish was absent from the lineup. Is he on his way to Roma?

Italian Cup

AC Chievo Verona held AC Milan to a 0-0 with in Italian Cup quarter-final first-leg tie on Tuesday night. John Mensah played the whole game

Serie B

Venezia 2-4 Ancona
(4-3-3) Soviero, Orfei, Maldonado, Cinetto, Guerra (36' Pt Gargo), Soligo (12' St Rossi), Anderson, Brncic, Poggi, Fantini (26' St Budan), Da Costa.

NETHERLANDS
Winter Break

NORWAY: Tippeligaen
Winter Break

PORTUGAL

TURKEY
Winter Break