Ghanaians Abroad: Aug. 26-28

AUSTRIA

BELGIUM: Jupiler League

RAAL 2-3 Standard
La Louvi?re : Cordier, Emeran, Teklak, Guilmot, Montoya (80 George Blay), Oliseh, Oula?, Luntala (61 Sanchez), Rogerio (46 Vervalle), Brahami et Jbari.

CZECH

DENMARK: Superleague

S?nderjyskE 2-4 FC Midtjylland
Midtjylland: Ola Tidman, Ulrik Lindkvist Jesper Mikkelsen Kristian Bak Nielsen Rasmus Daugaard ; Simon Poulsen David Nielsen Razak Pimpong Mikkel Thygesen; Christian Traore Dennis S?rensen

ENGLAND: Premier League

Tottenham 0-2 Chelsea
Africa's most expensive footballer, Michael Essien, played the full 90 minutes for Chelsea in their 2-0 defeat of Tottenham Hotspur. Jos? Mourinho?s assessment: ?Our midfield triangle is playing very safe and very confident.? He singled out Michael Essien, playing his second full match, for praise. ?He?s a complete midfield player: can defend, can press, can see the game, can score goals, can get forward, and can play one game every day.?

Chelsea: Cech; Ferreira, Gallas, Terry (c), Del Horno; Essien, Makelele, Lampard; J Cole (Wright-Phillips), Drogba (Crespo), Duff.

Division II

Brentford moved back to the top of League One following a hard-earned draw with Barnsley. Barnsley took the lead in the first half when Michael Turner diverted Paul Hayes' short cross into his own net. But Brentford were level within 60 seconds when Lloyd Owusu headed home Paul Brooker's cross.

Brentford: Nelson, O'Connor, Turner, Sodje, Frampton, Brooker (Lewis 6, Dobson, Hutchinson, Tabb, Rankin, Owusu (Campbell 83).

FRANCE: Ligue 1

GERMANY: Bundesliga 1

Arminia Bielefeld 2-0 FSV Mainz 05
1:0 Krupnikovic (23., penalty)
2:0 Krupnikovic (39., penalty)

Arminia Bielefeld: Hain - Korzynietz, Westermann, Borges, Rau - Fink, Porcello (78. Dalovic)- Zuma(88. Pinto), Vata, Krupnikovic - Boakye (65. Schuler)

FSV Mainz 05: Wache - Abel(46. Demirtas), M. Friedrich, Noveski, Rose(79. O. Addo) - F. Gerber, Babatz(46. Gei?ler) , da Silva - Ruman, Thurk, Auer -

VfL Wolfsburg 2 - 1 Bayer Leverkusen
Goals: D'Alessandro (39) Thiam (54) Berbatov (22)
VfL Wolfsburg: Jentzsch - Alex (Fischer 71), Hofland, Quiroga, d'Alessandro - Karhan - Hans Sarpei (Schnoor 79), Thiam - Tskitishvili - Hanke(Marlet 82) , Menseguez

2 Bundesliga
SC Freiburg 2-0 Erzgebirge Aue
Ibrahim Tanko set up Freiburg's first goal by dribbling past three or four defenders around the box before laying a low cross to man of the match Sumaila Coulibaly to score.

SC Freiburg: Walke - Baltes, Mohamad, Olajengbesi, Ibertsberger - Riether, Aogo - Coulibaly - Tanko(86. Kruppke), Sanou, Iashvili

Energie Cottbus 1-2 SC Paderborn 07
Energie Cottbus: Piplica - Sch?ckel, da Silva, Berhalter, Sidney - Szelesi (57. Aidoo), McKenna, T. Rost, Schuppan - Sahin, Radu

Regionalliga South (3rd Bundesliga)
SC Pfullendorf : Bayern Munich (Am): 0:1
0:1 Christian Saba 40'

"Christan Saba won the day with a golden free-kick in the 40th minute. According to Kicker, he was already Bayern's best player in another league game a week ago." - kebacholitificatiously@SoccerForum

GREECE: Hellenic National League

Apollo Kalamaria 2-1 OFI
APOLLO KALAMARIA: Radivojevic, Fytanidis, Amponsah (46' Parmaxidis), Ioannou, Papadopoulos, Clayton, Matiasevic, Petkakis, Karamanlis (77' Pappas), Wellington, Muzawi

Kallithea 1-1 Egaleo
EGALEO: Sidibe, Liapakis, Edusei, Omo, Psomas, Tsatsos (61? Chloros), Maric (78? Chonos), Fotakis, Manousakis, Agritis, Nikolopoulos (51? Stefanidis).

ISRAEL

ITALY: Serie A

Udinese 1 - 0 Empoli
Sulley Ali Muntari's lone strike allowed Serse Cosmi to get his Serie A return off to a strong start. Click here for Video
Udinese: De Sanctis; Bertotto, Natali, Felipe; Zenoni, Muntari, Obodo, Vidigal (Mauri 59), Candela; Di Natale (Barreto 66), Iaquinta

Reggina 0 - 3 Roma
Roma: Curci; Panucci, Kuffour, Chivu, Cufr?; De Rossi, Perrotta (Aquilani 89); Mancini, Totti, Taddei (Rosi 93); Montella (Nonda 74)

Fiorentina 2-1 Sampdoria
Sampdoria: Antonioli; Zenoni, Castellini, Sala, Tonetto; Diana, Palombo, Mark Edusei (Pisano 67), Zauli (Kutuzov 46); Flachi, Bonazzoli (Borriello 53)

NETHERLANDS

Heracles Almelo 2 : 1 FC Groningen
Kwame Quansah converted a penalty just four minutes from time to secure a 2-1 victory for Heracles Almelo over Grongingen.

Vitesse Arnhem 0-5 AZ Alkmaar
Vitesse: Wapenaar, Vreven, Van den Berg, Dingsdag, Swerts, Knopper, Abubakari Yakubu, Van der Schaaf, Janssen, Frankel, Matthew Amoah.

NORWAY: Tippeligaen

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

RUSSIA
Saint Petersburg, who shared second with CSKA Moscow ahead of Sunday?s matches, experienced few troubles against Samara at home, winning their clash 4-1 to go three points ahead of the third-placed Red Army side. Forward Baba Adamu of Ghana sweetened a bitter pill for Samara with a consolation goal.

Saturn - Terek Grozny: 3:2
Laryea Kingston played the full game for Terek Grozny

SWEDEN: - Allsvenskan

Assyriska F?ren. 0 - 2Djurg?rdens IF FF
1. Erland Hellstr?m,2. Zoran Manovic, 3. David Nordbeck, 5. David Durmaz, 8. Ghassan Hamed, 12. Adelino Lopes, 14. Charles Sampson, 17. Mateus Lopes (16. Kabba Samura 62'), 20. Stefan Batan, 23. Gabriel Ucar, 33. Hasan Cetinkaya (7. Ivan Isakovic 72')

Djurgardens: 15. Pa Dembo Tourray, 2. Matias Concha (77. Abgar Barsom 46'), 3. Fredrik Stenman, 6. Toni Kuivasto, 7. Johan Arneng, 8. Tobias Hys?n, 9. Jones Kusi Asare (25. Patrick Amoah 66'), 12. Mattias Jonson, 14. K?ri ?rnason (23. Ibrahim Ba 71')

Division II
AIK 3 - 1(2 - 0) Mj?llby AIF
AIK: 1. Daniel ?rlund, 2. Markus Karlsson, 3. Niklas Sandberg, 7. Kristian Haynes, 8. Daniel Tjernstr?m, 15. Arash Talebinejad, 19. Robert ?hman Persson (6. Dennis ?stlundh 76'), 20. Derek Boateng, 21. Andreas Eriksson (9. Daniel Hoch 76') , 23. Mats Rubarth (16. Mattias Mostr?m 64'), 24. Nicklas Carlsson

SWITZERLAND: Superleague

St. Gallen - Young Boys 0:1 (0:0)
St. Gallen: Razzetti; Zellweger, Koubsky, Garat, Cerrone; Montandon; Call?, Gjasula, D. Marazzi (84. Sutter); Hassli, Tachie-Mensah (74. Merenda).

Division II

Bellinzona - Wil 0:0
Wil: Lopar; Zverotic, Ivelj (70. Mordeku), Pires, A. Nushi; Gsell; Bem, Longo, K. Nushi; Maliqi; Cengel.

FC Lucerne - Concordia Bale 5:1 (2:1)
12. Morello 0:1
14. Sam 1:1
19. Tchouga 2:1
60. Tchouga 3:1
70. Kaci 4:1
76. N'Tiamoah 5:1.

Luzern: Zibung; Sam (44. Lambert), Bader, Boz (52. Diethelm), Dal Santo; Mehmeti; Sucic, Tchouga, Kuhl, Kaci; N'Tiamoah (79. Zaccanti).

TURKEY: Superlig

Kayserispor 2-0 Gen?lerbirliği
Kayserispor: Dimitar Ivankov, Muhammet Yoldaş, Ragıp Başdağ, G?khan ?nal, Aleksandar Aleksandrov (B?lent B?l?kbaşı 73), R?şad Sadıqov, Samuel Johnson, Kamber Arslan, Ergun Teber (Aleksander Rodič 46), Mehmet Topuz (Kemal Okyay 82), Fatih Ceylan

Fenerbah?e 5-2 Samsunspor
Fenerbah?e: Volkan Demirel, Serkan Balcı, ?nder Turacı, F?bio Luciano, ?mit ?zat, Marco Aur?lio, Sel?uk Şahin (Mehmet Yozgatlı 76), Stephen Appiah (Deniz Barış 85), Alex, Nicolas Anelka, M?rcio Nobre (Semih Şent?rk 90)

Fan's opinion of Appiah's performance: "One of the best on the field....tremendous working rate and his direct passes forces us to play faster which havent been able to do before. His shots are heavy and will make lots of damage in the future. Should try yto improve his passing but it's still good. "

Player of the WEEK	Team of the WEEK (4-4-2)
Sulley Muntari	? H. Sarpei S. Johnson S. Kuffour D. Edusei I. Tanko S. Appiah M. Essien S. Muntari K. Quansah I. Boakye