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Soccer News of Monday, 17 April 2006

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Ghanaians in Europe: April 15-16


The performances of Ghanaian players across the leagues in Europe at the weekend: (Updated constantly...Check for updates)

AUSTRIA

BELGIUM: Jupiler League

La Louviere 0 - 1 Club Brugge
La Louvi?re : Cordier, George Blay (27' Luntala), Ekani, Guilmot, Durieux, Emeran, Teklak, Oliseh (46' Bosak), Mazurkiewicz, Pinelli et Jbari (55' Stojkov

BULGARIA: Vyscha Liga

DENMARK: Superleague

Silkeborg 2 - 1 AC Horsens
ACH: Jochumsen, Gade, Marvits, Rieper, Halle, Friis, Charles Akonnor (74: Ernemann), Holmgaard, Heinze (60: Klausen), Tchami (35: Rasmussen), Berisha

ENGLAND: Premiership

Bolton 0-2 Chelsea
Chelsea (4-1-3-2): Cech; G?r?mi, Gallas, Terry, Del Horno; Makelele; Michael Essien, J Cole (Ferreira 82), Lampard; Crespo (Robben 60), Drogba (Huth 86).

FRANCE: Ligue 1

GERMANY: Bundesliga 1

Hertha BSC Berlin 0-0 Borussia Dortmund
BVB: Gentenaar - Degen, Brzenska, W?rns, Dede - Kehl - Kringe, Rosicky - Smolarek, Amoah(78. Gambino), Buckley(46. Odonkor).

Wolfsburg 1-1 Weder Bremen
VfL Wolfsburg: Jentzsch - Alex, Quiroga, Schnoor, van der Heyden - Hans Adu Sarpei - Karhan, Hristov, Menseguez - Hanke, Marlet

Bayern Munich 2-0 Arminia Bielefeld
Arminia Bielefeld: Hain - Korzynietz, Westermann, Gabriel, Schuler - Kobylik (Zuma 76), Kauf, Kucera, K?ntzel (Pinto 46, Borges 76) - Dalovic, Boakye

Bundesliga II

GREECE: Hellenic National League

AEK 2-0 OFI
OFI: Sifakis, Anastasiadis, Konstantinidis, Belevonis (81? Roubakis), Pitsos, Dentsas (83? Sfakianakis), Dejanov, Ednilson, Nwafor, Samura (63? Ofori Quaye), Machlas.

ISRAEL

Moadon Sport Ashdod 1-1 Maccabi Haifa
Sammy Adjei played 90 minutes for Ashdod. Adjei was very good.

Bney-Yehuda 0-1 Hapoel Kfar-Saba
Emmanuel Pappoe, Samuel Yeboah and Yehuza Abubakari played 90 minutes for Kfar-Saba. Imoro Lukman played 85 minutes for Bney-Yehuda.

Maccabi Natanya 1-1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Samed Abdul Okocha scored for Natanya and was sent off in the 24 minute. Ibrahim Abdul-Razak played 90 minutes for Natanya. John Paintsil played 90 minutes for Hapoel Tel-Aviv.

ITALY: Serie A

Lecce 1-2 Udinese
Udinese: De Sanctis; Zapata, Zenoni, Natali (Pieri 19), Felipe; Obodo, Candela (Baronio 51), Muntari; Di Natale, Rossini (Tissone 72), Barreto

NETHERLANDS

RKC Waalwijk 2 - 4 Ajax Amsterdam
Ajax: Stekelenburg(Vonk 46?), Emmanuel Boakye, Heitinga, Maduro, Vermaelen, Emanuelson (Pienaar 73?), Gal?sek, Babel, Rosales, Huntelaar, Rosenberg(Boukhari 11?)

ADO Den Haag 0 - 2 Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta: Oost , Rose, Cvetkov, van den Bergh, Michels, Anthony Obodai, Gudelj, Schenkel, Olfers, de Fauw, Ponk

NAC Breda 2- 6 PSV Eindhoven
PSV: Gomes, Lucius, Eric Addo, Lamey, Simons, Cocu, Culina, V?yrynen, Beasley, Farf?n, Vennegoor of Hesselink

Roda Kerkrade 2 - 1 Heracles Almelo
Heracles Almelo: Pieckenhagen, de Vries, Reekers, Klavan, Looms, Kwame Quansah, Tanghe, Maas, Sluijter, Tamerus, H?cher

Vitesse Arnhem 1 - 1 NEC Nijmegen
Vitesse: Wapenaar, Verhaegh, Knol, Swerts, Kaya (68' Fred Benson), van der Schaaf, Knopper, Janssen, Hersi (60' Rojer), Junker, Fr?nkel (60' De Mul).

NORWAY: Tippeligaen

PORTUGAL

RUSSIA

Lokomotiv Moscow 3 - 2 CSKA Moscow
Laryea Kingston played last 10 minutes of the game due to an injury sustained after last game vs Spartak. The coach after doctror's advice did not want to risk.

SERBIA-MONTENEGRO: Meridian Superleague

SWEDEN: Allsvenskan

SWITZERLAND: Super League

St. Gallen 2 - 0 Yverdon
Goals: Call? (78.); Alex Tachie-Mensah (80.)
FCSG: Razzetti; Cerrone, Montandon, Koubsky, Zellweger; Marazzi, Leonardo (66. Wiblishauser), Fabinho (66. Sutter), Call?; Hassli (76. Ljubojevic), Alex Tachie-Mensah

TURKEY: Superlig

Manisaspor 5-3 Fenerbahce
Recber Rustu 2. Fabio Luciany 19. Onder Turaci (64) 3. Servet Cetin 5. Umit Ozat 20. De Souza Alex 15. Marco Aurelio (Y) 4. Stephen Appiah 11. Ferreira Marcio Nobre 39. Nicolas Anelka 10. Tuncay Sanli (64)

Malatyaspor 2 - 1 Kayserispor
27. Dimitar Ivankov 3. Bulent Bolukbasi 8. Ragip Basdag 11. Koksal Yedek (Y) (63) 15. Samuel Johnson 17. Ilhan Parlak 25. Aydin Toscali 26. Bayram Toysal (63) 41. Ergun Teber 66. Mehmet Topuz 81. Fatih Ceylan (Y)

PAINSTIL IS MY KEY TO SUCCESS-Coach Kasahtan.

Ghanaian international John Painstil continue to impress and improve match after match, he was so phenomenal when he helped his team Hapoel Tel-Aviv secured vital away draw with Maccabi Netanya over the weekend.
The Head Coach of Hapoel Tel-Aviv,Kasahtan who doubles as the head coach Israeli National Team showered praises on him for making his work secured due to his work rate. He said Painstil have a special talent in him that makes him unique among his colleagues, he usually joins the attack at the right time and he is an icon of the team. The coach said he would like to maintain him at the club for years but is afraid his performance now and what he has promise to exhibit at the world cup may jeopardize his dream of maintaining him.
John Painstil said he is stepping up his training to perform miracle at the mundial notwithstanding offers from top European clubs which he is considering. Source;Darling Gibo(Radio Mercury,Kumasi)
Player of the WEEK Team of the WEEK (4-4-2)

Essien
Sammy Adjei
E. Boakye E. Addo J. Painstil H. Sarpei
A. Obodai I. Abdul-Razak M. Essien S. Muntari
Okocha Techie Mensah