International Weekend Results

The French race remained tight with five teams separated by only four points at the top of the standings. Celtic’s lead in Scotland was still three points, and Porto held on to its four-point advantage in Portugal. For all the results in Europe’s major leagues and Mexico …
 
BELGIUM
Juliper League
April 4-5
Zulte Wargem 3 Cercle Brugge 1
Dender 1 Gent 1
Tubize 0 Roeselare 1
Mechelen 1 Kortrijk 1
Genk 1 Westerlo 4
Mouscron 3 Mons 2
Club Brugge 2 Charleroi 1
Stand. Liege 3 Beerschot 1
Lokeren 0 Anderlecht 0
Standings: Anderlecht, Stand. Liege 61 points; Club Brugge 53; Genk, Gent, Westerlo 46; Zulte Waregem, Lokeren 42; Mouscron 41; Mechelen 37; Beerschot 36; Cercle Brugge 35; Charleroi, Kortrijk 31; Roeselare 27; Dender 25; Tubize 18; Mons 17.
 
ENGLAND
Premier League
April 4-5
Blackburn 2 (McCarthy 82, Ooijer 89) Tottenham 1 (Keane pen. 30).
Bolton 4 (Davies 8, Cahill 44, Taylor 78, Gardner 84) Middlesbrough 1 (O’Neil 38).
Hull City 0 Portsmouth 0.
Newcastle 0 Chelsea 2 (Lampard 56, Malouda 65).
West Brom 0 Stoke City 2 (Fuller 2, Beattie 49).
West Ham 2 (Stanislas 42, Tomkins 53) Sunderland 0.
Arsenal 2 (Adebayor 8, 49) Manchester C. 0.
Fulham 0 Liverpool 1 (Benayoun 90).
Everton 4 (Jo 26, 51, Fellaini 47, Osman 61) Wigan 0.
Man. Utd. 3 (C. Ronaldo 14, 80, Macheda 90) Aston Villa 2 (Carew 30, Agbonlahor 58).
Standings
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Man. Utd. 21 5 4 52 20 68
Liverpool 19 10 2 55 21 67
Chelsea 19 7 5 51 17 64
Arsenal 16 10 5 50 27 58
Aston Villa 15 7 9 45 39 52
Everton 14 9 8 44 31 51
West Ham 12 8 11 37 35 44
Wigan 11 8 12 30 32 41
Fulham 10 10 11 30 27 40
Man. City 11 5 15 46 39 38
Tottenham 10 8 13 37 36 38
Bolton 11 4 16 36 45 37
Stoke City 9 8 14 31 47 35
Blackburn 8 10 13 35 50 34
Hull City 8 10 13 35 52 34
Portsmouth 8 9 13 32 46 33
Sunderland 8 8 15 29 41 32
Newcastle 6 11 14 36 51 29
Middlesbrough 6 9 16 22 46 27
West Brom 6 6 19 26 57 24
Leading Scorers: 1. Anelka (Chelsea), C. Ronaldo (Man. Utd.) 15 goals; 2. Gerrard (Liverpool) 13; 4. Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) 12.
 
FRANCE
Ligue 1
April 4-5
Grenoble 1 (Akrour 71) Lorient 3 (Gameiro 29, Obertan 51, Amalfitano 78).
Le Mans 1 (Le Tallac 78) Lyon 3 (Boumsong 18, Benzema 44, 57).
Monaco 0 Le Havre 1 (Sambou 75).
Nantes 0 Lille 2 (Bastos pen. 45, Vittek 57).
Valenciennes 2 (Darcheville 1, pen. 70) Auxerre 0.
Bordeaux 1 (Chamakh 90) Nancy 0.
Caen 0 Toulouse 0.
Paris SG 2 (Hoarau 21, Traore 52) Nice 1 (Remy 36).
Sochaux 3 (Boudebouz pen. 35, Erdinc 37, Sverkos 85) Rennes 0.
St. Etienne 0 Marseille 3 (Niang pen. 60, 75, Brandao 73).
Standings
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Lyon 17 8 5 41 22 59
Marseille 16 10 4 48 26 58
Bordeaux 16 8 6 48 30 56
Lille 15 10 5 43 29 55
Paris SG 17 4 9 43 33 55
Toulouse 14 11 5 37 21 53
Rennes 11 15 4 32 22 48
Nice 11 8 11 34 34 41
Lorient 9 11 10 37 34 38
Auxerre 10 7 13 25 29 37
Valenciennes 8 12 10 28 29 36
Monaco 9 9 12 34 36 36
Grenoble 8 11 11 20 29 35
Sochaux 7 11 12 33 38 32
Le Mans 8 8 14 34 44 32
Nancy 7 9 14 27 39 30
Nantes 7 9 14 26 42 30
St. Etienne 8 5 17 27 46 29
Caen 5 13 12 32 40 28
Le Havre 6 3 21 24 58 21
Leading Scorers: 1. Gignac (Toulouse) 18 goals; 2. Hoarau (Paris SG) 16; 3. Benzema (Lyon) 14; 4. Cavenaghi (Bordeaux), Bastos (Lille) 13.
 
GERMANY
Bundesliga
April 3-5
A. Bielefeld 0 Schalke 2 (Farfan 45, Kuranyi 90).
Wolfsburg 5 (Gentner 44, Dzeko 63, 66, Grafite 74, 77) Bay. Munich 1 (Toni 45).
Her. Berlin 1 (Rafael 54) Bor. Dortmund 3 (Frei 25, Kehl 63, Valdez 82).
E. Frankfurt 2 (Liberopoulos pen. 15, Steinhofer 51) En. Cottbus 1 (Rangelov pen. 11).
Hamburg 1 (Pitroipa 28) Hoffenheim 0.
Bochum 1 (Epalle 48) Stuttgart 2 (Cacau 58, Tasci 89).
Cologne 0 B. Leverkusen 2 (Kiessling 66, Helmes pen. 76).
Wer. Bremen 4 (Pizarro 41, 80, 84, Diego 77) Hannover 1 (Krzynowek 69).
Karlsruhe 0 Bor. Moen. 0.
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Wolfsburg 15 6 5 58 33 51
Hamburg 16 3 7 40 37 51
Her. Berlin 15 4 7 40 32 49
Bay. Munich 14 6 6 54 36 48
Stuttgart 13 6 7 46 37 45
Hoffenheim 12 8 6 52 35 44
B. Leverkusen 12 5 9 48 33 41
Schalke 11 7 8 36 27 40
Bor. Dortmund 9 13 4 40 32 40
Wer. Bremen 9 8 9 50 36 35
Cologne 9 5 12 29 37 32
E. Frankfurt 7 8 11 32 40 29
Hannover 6 8 12 36 56 26
Bochum 5 10 11 30 42 25
A. Bielefeld 4 12 10 21 38 24
Bor. Moen. 6 5 15 32 47 23
En. Cottbus 5 5 16 22 46 20
Karlsruhe 5 3 18 18 42 18
Leading Scorers: 1. Grafite (Wolfsburg) 20 goals; 2. Ibesevic (Hoffenheim) 18; 3. Helmes (B. Leverkusen) 17; 4. Pizarro (Wer. Bremen) 15; 5. Novakovic (Cologne), Dzeko (Wolfsburg) 14.
 
GREECE
Super League
April 5
Levadiakos 1 Olympiakos 2
Panthrakikos 1 AEK 1
Larissa 0 Panionios 0
Aris 4 OFI 1
Thrasivoulos 1 Iraklis 1
Ergotelis 2 Panserraikos 2
Tripolis 0 PAOK 2
Panathinaikos 2 Xanthi 0
Standings: Olympiakos 68 points; Panathinaikos, PAOK 57; AEK 54; Larissa 43; Aris 41; Xanthi 35; Ergotelis 34; Tripolis, Panthrakikos 33; Panionios 31; Iraklis 30; Levadiakos 29; OFI, Panserraikos 23; Thrasivoulos 14.
 
ITALY
Serie A
April 5
Atalanta 1 (Plasmati 49) Fiorentina 2 (Jovetic pen. 59, Gilardino 89).
Siena 2 (Calaio 25, Maccarone 85) Lazio 0.
Sampdoria 2 (Palombo 28, 63) Napoli 2 (Zalayeta 44, Denis 90).
Palermo 1 (Cavani 51) Torino 0.
Roma 2 (Totti pen. 12, pen. 58) Bologna 1 (Marazzina 26).
Cagliari 1 (Matri 79) Catania 0.
Juventus 3 (Chiellini 34, own goal 54, Iaquinta 79) Chievo 3 (Pellissier 25, 44, 90).
Reggina 0 Genoa 1 (Motta 77).
Udinese 0 Inter Milan 1 (Own goal 77).
AC Milan 2 (Ronaldinho 90, Inzaghi 90) Lecce 0.
Standings
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Inter Milan 22 6 2 55 21 72
Juventus 19 6 5 54 26 63
AC Milan 17 7 6 53 28 58
Genoa 15 9 6 40 27 54
Fiorentina 16 4 10 41 30 52
Roma 14 7 9 46 42 49
Cagliari 13 6 11 35 29 45
Palermo 14 3 13 40 38 45
Lazio 12 5 13 39 43 41
Atalanta 12 4 14 36 36 40
Napoli 10 8 12 35 35 38
Sampdoria 9 10 11 33 38 37
Catania 10 7 13 30 35 37
Udinese 9 9 12 38 42 36
Siena 9 7 14 25 32 34
Chievo 7 10 13 28 39 31
Bologna 6 8 16 32 49 26
Torino 5 9 16 26 46 24
Lecce 4 12 14 26 50 24
Reggina 3 11 16 22 49 20
Leading Scorers: 1. Di Vaio (Bologna), Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan) 19 goals; 3. Milito (Genoa), Gilardino (Fiorentina) 16; 5. Pato (AC Milan) 14.
 
MEXICO
Clausura
April 3-5
UAG 0 Tigres 0.
Monterrey 2 (Arellano 72, Basanta 81) Atlas 2 (Bottinelli 12, Pacheco 13).
Cruz Azul 2 (Torrado 26, Lugo 85) UNAM 3 (Lopea 27, Bravo 30, Iniguez 55).
Guadalajara 1 (Balcazar 35) San Luis 0.
Necaxa 2 (Coudet 50, Insua pen. 76) Chiapas 1 (Batista 27).
Indios 0 Atlante 0.
Toluca 2 (Duenas 34, De la Torre 62) Morelia 1 (Sabah 37).
Puebla 2 (Acosta 6, Osorno 80) America 3 (De Pinho 20, Cabanas 25, Martinez 70).
Santos 2 (Benitez 43, Quintero 68) Pachuca 2 (Gimenez pen. 59, pen. 67).
Standings:
Group 1 – Pachuca 24 points; Puebla 21; Monterrey 19; Santos, Atlante, Indios 12.
Group 2 – UNAM 20; America 16; Guadalajara 15; UAG 14; Morelia 13; Cruz Azul 11.
Group 3 – Toluca 26; Chiapas 19; Atlas 17; San Luis 15; Tigres 11; Necaxa 9.
 
NETHERLANDS
Eredivisie
April 3-5
NEC 1 (Goosens 78) Twente 1 (Arnautovic 23).
Utrecht 0 Groningen 1 (Levchenko 90).
Heracles 1 (Fledderus 81) Heerenveen 1 (Bak Nielsen 16).
AZ 4 (Dembele 50, Martens 63, El Hamdaoui 79, Van der Velden 84) Den Haag 1 (Kum 40).
Sparta 0 PSV 2 (Dzsudzsak 41, Toivonen 44).
Roda 1 (Cisse 72) Ajax 2 (Suarez 2, Aissati 66).
Volendam 2 (van Dijk 56, 84) Feyenoord 1 (Makaay 10).
Willem II 2 (Zijler 60, Mourad 85) NAC 0.
Vitesse 0 De Graafschap 0.
Standings
TEAM W T L GF GA P
AZ 23 4 2 60 15 73
Twente 18 8 3 54 26 62
Ajax 19 4 6 63 30 61
Heerenveen 16 7 6 60 49 55
PSV 15 7 7 57 30 52
Groningen 14 4 11 48 33 46
NAC 12 6 11 41 45 42
Utrecht 10 9 10 35 32 39
NEC 9 11 9 34 32 38
Feyenoord 9 8 12 41 38 35
Willem II 9 5 15 31 45 32
Vitesse 7 10 12 28 41 31
Heracles 6 10 13 29 44 28
Den Haag 7 6 16 30 47 27
Sparta 7 6 16 39 61 27
Roda 6 7 16 31 49 25
Volendam 6 6 17 32 62 24
De Graafschap 6 6 17 19 53 24
Leading Scorers: 1. El Hamdaoui (AZ) 21 goals; 2. N’Kufo (Twente), Suarez (Ajax), Pranjic (Heerenveen), Berg (Groningen) 16.
 
PORTUGAL
Superliga
April 3-5
Academica 1 (Piloto 74) Belenenses 0.
Vitoria SC 1 (Roberto 19) Porto 3 (Farias 52, Gonzalez 58, Rolando 88).
Maritimo 1 (Bruno pen. 27) Trofense 1 (Reuila 40).
Vitoria FC 0 Braga 3 (Sa 55, Peixoto 62, Rodriguez 64).
Naval 0 Pacos Ferreira 0.
Leixoes 0 Sporting 1 (Derlei 13).
Amadora 1 (Varela pen. 29) Benfica 2 (Cardozo pen. 5, pen. 15).
Standings
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Porto 15 6 2 44 16 51
Sporting 14 5 4 31 14 47
Benfica 13 7 3 38 22 46
Braga 11 7 5 28 15 40
Nacional 10 6 6 34 24 36
Maritimo 9 8 6 29 23 35
Leixoes 9 8 6 24 25 35
Vitoria SC 8 6 9 24 27 30
Academica 7 7 9 20 24 28
Amadora 6 9 8 21 28 27
Naval 6 6 11 20 29 24
Pacos Ferreira 6 5 12 29 36 23
Vitoria FC 6 4 13 15 32 22
Trofense 4 7 12 18 29 19
Belenenses 3 8 12 21 38 17
Rio Ave 4 5 13 14 28 17
Leading Scorers: 1. Nene (Nacional) 15 goals; 2. Gonzalez (Porto) 11; 3. Diawara (Maritimo) 9; 4. Cardozo (Benfica), Liedson (Sporting), William (Pacos Ferreira) 8.
 
SCOTLAND
Premier League
April 4-5
Dundee Utd. 2 (Kenneth 53, Goodwillie 90) Hibernian 2 (Nish 6, 10).
Hearts 3 (Elliot 22, 29, Aguiar 49) Kilmarnock 1 (Invincible 8).
Inverness 2 (Morais 40, 47) St. Mirren 1 (Dorman 7).
Motherwell 1 (O’Brien 9) Aberdeen 1 (Maguire 67).
Celtic 4 (Samaras 5, 66, McGeady22, Vennegoor of Hesselink 83) Hamilton 0.
Falkirk 0 Rangers 1 (Boyd 9).
Standings
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Celtic 20 7 3 68 29 67
Rangers 19 7 4 60 22 64
Hearts 15 7 9 36 33 52
Aberdeen 12 9 10 35 31 45
Dundee Utd. 11 12 8 42 40 45
Hibernian 10 11 10 35 37 41
Motherwell 11 8 12 35 39 41
Hamilton 10 3 18 25 45 33
Inverness 9 4 18 31 50 31
Kilmarnock 8 6 16 27 40 30
St. Mirren 7 9 14 24 41 30
Falkirk 6 9 15 32 41 27
Leading Scorers: 1. Boyd (Rangers) 22 goals; 2. McDonald (Celtic), Samaras (Celtic) 13; 4. Sandaza (Dundee Utd.) 10; Clarkson (Motherwell), Miller (Rangers), Porter (Motherwell) 9.
 
SPAIN
La Liga
April 4-5
Rec. Huelva 0 Sevilla 1 (Own goal 32).
Valladolid 0 Barcelona 1 (Eto’o 40).
Almeria 3 (Negredo 7, Piatti 20, Mane 35) Villareal 0.
Betis 3 (Garcia 10, Capi 85, Oliveira pen. 90) Numancia 3 (Aranda 40, pen. 90, Barkero pen. 77).
Ath. Bilbao 2 (Forlan 15, Pablo 74) Osasuna 4 (Pandiani 8, 48, Vadocz 44, Shojaei 69).
Espanyol 3 (Alonso 13, De la Pena 40, own goal 90) Dep. Coruna 1 (Lassad 43).
Valencia 4 (Mata 21, Villa pen. 26, pen. 60, Albiol 55) Getafe 1 (Casquero pen. 49).
Gijon 0 Racng 2 (Zigic 54, Colsa 89).
Standings
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Barcelona 23 3 3 85 24 72
Real Madrid 21 3 5 67 31 66
Sevilla 17 6 6 43 26 57
Villarreal 13 9 7 45 40 48
Valencia 13 7 9 52 41 46
Atl. Madrid 12 7 10 58 47 43
Malaga 12 7 10 45 47 43
Dep. Coruna 12 7 10 38 40 43
Valladolid 12 3 14 42 47 39
Racing 9 9 11 36 35 36
Almeria 9 7 13 36 46 34
Ath. Bilbao 9 7 13 39 49 34
Gijon 11 0 18 36 61 33
Osasuna 7 11 11 32 35 32
Mallorca 8 8 13 34 48 32
Getafe 7 10 12 39 46 31
Betis 7 10 12 41 47 31
Rec. Huelva 7 9 13 27 41 30
Numancia 8 3 18 33 59 27
Espanyol 5 10 14 28 46 25
Leading Scorers: 1. Eto’o (Barcelona) 26 goals; 2. Villa (Valencia) 21; 3. Forlan (Atl. Madrid) 20; 4. Messi (Barcelona) 19; 5. Negredo (Almeria) 17.
 
TURKEY
Super Lig
April 4-5
Ankara 0 Bursa 2
Konya 2 Hacettepe 0
Denizli 0 Sivas 2
Besiktas 1 Kayseri 0
Ankaragucu 4 Kocaeli 0
Antalya 4 Genclerbirligi 2
Trabzon 0 Istanbul 0
Fenerbahce 2 Eskisehir 1
Standings: Sivas 53 points; Besiktas 52; Fenerbahce, Trabzon 47; Galatasaray 44; Bursa 41; Kayseri, Gaziantep 37; Ankara 36; Antalya 32; Eskisehir, Konya 30; Genclerbirligi, Denizli, Istanbul 29; Ankaragucu 27; Kocaeli 23; Hacettepe 15.