Sunday, 11/28/2010 Update.

First off, in Germany, Werder Bremen defeated St. Pauli thanks largely to the efforts of Hugo Almeida. Almeida scored twice in the first half, in the 1st and 20th minute, and another goal in the second half, in the 64th minute, to win the match 3-0. Koln meanwhile drew with Wolfsburg 1-1 as Milivoje Novakovic scored in the 51st minute. However, for Wolfsburg, Cicero scored in the 81st minute to salvage a  point from the game. Over in the Netherlands in the meantime, Ajax went to Venlo and got the three points due to strikes from Mido and Miralem Sulejmani in the 62nd and 70th minutes respectively. The home side were soundly dealt with, even though Ajax also received three yellow cards. Heracles edged Utrecht in their match, thanks in part to an own goal by Alje Schut in the 55th minute. Tim Cornelisse scored for the away side, Utrecht, in the 73rd minute, drawing the two sides level. But Heracles were saved in the 84th minute when Willy Overtoom scored a penalty, ending the game 2-1. At the same time, Feyenoord edged Den Haag in their match. Den Haag took a relatively early lead as the first half ended through Dmitri Bulykin's goal. Aleksander Radosavljevic ruined this lead in the 46th minute as he scored an own goal which drew Feyenoord even with their opposition. Luc Castaignos put the game in Feyenoord's favor though, scoring in the 59th minute. With no answer, Den Haag received no points. France in the meantime was shown a pretty good game as Caen welcomed Sochaux. Sochaux performed almost as well as Kaiserslautern did yesterday in Germany as they (Sochaux) took over, winning 0-3 due to the talents of Damien Perquis, Brown Ideye, and Nicolas Maurice-Belay. Auxerre though weren't able to get anything more than a goal against Toulouse. Daniel Braaten in the 8th minute and Federico Santander in the 35th minute won the game for Toulouse despite Alain Traore's goal in the 56th minute. The 2-1 victory was a positive for the Toulouse side. Across the Channel in England, Tottenham Hotspur were able to fend off Liverpool's challenge in the dying minutes to get the three points. Martin Skrtel scored in the 42nd minute of the first half, giving the Red's a positive air before they were deflated following an own goal by Skrtel in the 65th minute. To add insult to injury, Aaron Lennon scored in the 2nd minute of stoppage time of the 2nd half to put the game to bed in Spurs' favor. In Newcastle though, Chelsea were actually held to a 1-1 draw! Andy Carroll put Newcastle ahead in the 6th minute and the home side held on to that lead until the 45th minute, when Salomon Kalou put a strike in to tie the game up. The second half may have had chances, but no goals, continuing Chelsea's dreary performances. In Italy, Napoli fell to Udinese 3-1 only because of a free scoring Antonio De Natale who scored three goals in the first and second half before Marek Hamsik put one in for Napoli. Lazio meanwhile, drew with Catania thanks to two goals in about 5 minutes from both sides. Matias Silvestre put Catania up first in the 44th minute before Hernanes drew Lazio on par in the 2nd minute of stoppage time in the first half. Inter were very successful to dish Parma a 5-2 defeat thanks in large part to Dejan Stankovic who scored three goals throughout the game. Hernan Crespo actually started things off in the game, having scored in the 4th minute. Parma relied heavily on Crespo, as he scored their only two goals in this disappointing game for the away side. Finally, a report on the Portuguese clash between Beira-Mar and SL Benfica where the Eagles lead 1-0 at the end of the first half thanks to Oscar Cardozo's 1st minute of stoppage time goal.