Winners:
KASEY KELLER was Borussia Moenchengladbach's highest rated player by Kicker magazine in a 1-1 tie with Bayer Leverkusen. American defender STEVE CHERUNDOLO captained Hannover 96 under new coach Peter Neururer in its 2-2 tie at VfB Stuttgart.
In the second tier of the English League, BOBBY CONVEY scored his third goal of the season as Reading extended its unbeaten streak to 21 games with a 3-1 win over Hull City. EDDIE LEWIS went the full 90 as Leeds came back against Southampton for a 4-3 win.
RONALDINHO scored two brilliant goals on solo efforts to lead Barcelona to a 3-0 win over archrival Real Madrid. Barcelona is tied for the La Liga lead with Osasuna on 25 points while Real trails by four points.
Losers:
American Brian McBride missed a pair of chances as Fulham fell, 3-2, to Middlesbrough. Carlos Bocanegra sat out injured.
Uruguayan club River Plate walked off the field in the middle of its game against Danubio because Ignacio Gonzalez scored while River goalkeeper Alexis Viera was on the ground injured. Gonzalez said he thought play had stopped and was just kicking toward the goal. River Plate players had expected Danubio to let them score on the ensuing kickoff, but Danubio won possession and scored another goal, at which time River's coach called his team off the field.
A German court handed down sentences for five defendants in Germany's game-fixing scandal. Referee referee Robert Hoyzer was sentenced to 29 months in prison. Croatian gambler Ante Sapina was given 35 months while his brothers Milan and Filip received suspended sentences of 16 months and 12 months, respectively. Referee Dominik Marks received an 18-month suspended sentence, which prosecutors, who requested a two-year prison term, are appealing. The prosecutors had asked for a suspended sentence for Hoyzer because he cooperated with investigators.