Germany: Schalke 04 bounced back from their crushing defeat to Kaiserslautern to upset Bayern 2-0. Both goals came in the second half after a first half that could have been Bayern's. However, things began to change in the 58th minute when Jose Jurado rolled the ball into the net after a nice contribution from Raul. Benedikt Howedes converted the team's second in the 67th which really just put Bayern out of the match. The Netherlands: Ajax were only able to tie with NEC at home despite opening the scoring late in the second half. Mido put the home side ahead in the 76th minute before Bram Nuytinck equalised only two minutes later to end the match 1-1. PSV on the otherhand couldn't be stopped, destroying a resistant Heracles 5-2. The away side, Heracles, actually opened the scoring, Everton netting one in the 27th. PSV quickly hit back though, hard: Balazs Dzsudzsak equalised in the 36th minute before Ola Toivonen knocked in another in the 41st minute making it 2-1 at half time. However, Everton came to Heracles' rescue again, equalising in the 62nd. Then, in the 70th, Peter Reekers was sent-off leaving Heracles down to ten men. Ola Toivonen quickly scored again, in the 74th, to put PSV ahead 3-2. Eindhoven were never going to be happy with just that though, putting in another two goals in the last two minutes of the game thanks to Ibrahim Affellay (88th) and Marcus Berg (90th) respectively. Finally, Twente defeated De Graafschap 2-0 thanks to two goals from Theo Janssen in the 8th and 69th minutes.
Spain: The two big guns both played today, Barca getting a 3-0 victory over Osasuna and Real gaining some confidence, beating Valencia 2-0. Barcelona were grateful of Pedro Rodriguez's 26th minute goal to start things off before Messi exploded, sinking one goal in the 65th and another, a penalty, in the 84th, to comfortably win the match. Osasuna just didn't have anything today, as most clubs don't against Barca. Real meanwhile can continue to praise Ronaldo as he scored both of their goals to win the match against Valencia. He waited late to do it though, scoring first in the 73rd before notching another to his tally in the 87th.
France: Sochaux edged Valenciennes 2-1 when the two sides met today. Carlao opened the scoring for the eventual winners in the 15th minute of play. The first half ended that way 1-0 to the home side. The second half continued in this vein, with Modibo Maiga putting one in at the 55th minute to make it 2-0. But Valenciennes didn't allow Pierrick Cros to keep a clean-sheet as Carlos Sanchez drew one back in the 65th minute. The game ended with a few more chances and several substitutions.
Italy: Roma started out very strong against their hosts Chievo thanks to two first half goals by Fabio Simplicio in the 26th and 44th minutes which were unanswered. Until the second half. Chievo then went on a rampage in the second half with Davide Moscardelli finishing one in the 61st before Pablo Granoche slotted one in the 83rd. Roma then lost Daniele De Rossi in the 85th due to a red card, but Chievo could only try to get a winning goal as the clock winded down, finishing the game 2-2. The other Italian match, between league leaders AC Milan and strugglers Brescia was far more straight forward as Kevin-Prince Boateng put in a goal in the 4th minute. Things only improved for the Milanese club as Robinho scored in the 28th and Ibrahimovic scored a rather pointless, but well-deserved third in the 30th minute to close the game early in the first half. Despite all of Brescia's attempts, and even some from AC Milan, the remainder of the first half and all of the second half remained goal-less.
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