Domestic action from Sunday, Futsal on Monday.

Beginning in England, Blackburn beat West Brom  2-0 thanks to an own-goal from Gabriel Tamas and a strike from David Hoilett six minutes later. Over on the continent, Germany saw Hoffenheim tie with St. Pauli 2-2 as the home side scored the first and last goals thanks to Marvin Compper and David Alaba. St. Pauli struck back though, equalising and even taking the lead for a bit through Max Kruse and Gerald Asamoah. Leverkusen were more successful when they visited Monchengladbach and claimed victory with a 3-1 result. Michal Kadlec and Gonzalo Castro both scored goals before 'Gladbach could even score one of their own. Martin Stranzl was Monchengladbach's man as he scored their only goal. Leverkusen then retook the initiative when Gonzalo Castro scored once more to finish the game 3-1. Michael Ballack made an appearance for Leverkusen as well, coming in for the second half. In Spain, Almeria were able to put one too many past Osasuna as they were victorious with a 3-2 score line. Carlos Garcia opened the scoring for Almeria as Ulloa added a second within three minutes to make it 2-0 for the home side. Aranda then brought Osasuna one back before Ulloa struck again to make it 3-1 for Almeria. Dejan Lekic then worked for Osasuna's second, scoring in the second minute of stoppage time in the second half to make it 3-2. Getafe were unsuccessful hosts however, as they welcomed Espanyol and lost 3-1. Getafe did score first, through Miku in the 14th minute to get off to a good start. They held the lead until half time but in the second half they let Luis Garcia, Jose Callejon, and Sergio Garcia all score within 11 minutes to lose the game. Real Madrid only scored one goal against mid-table Mallorca but it was enough for the win as Karim Benzema slotted home to make it 1-0. There were a lot more yellow cards though, as Emilio Nsue, Sergio Ramos, Tejera, Esteban Granero, Ivan Ramis, Lassana Diarra and Nunes were all booked. Sporting Gijon and and Atletico were also only separated by one goal as David Barral scored in the 51st for Gijon for the win. There were also cards in this game, as five were given before the 90 minutes were out. Villarreal and Real Sociedad also had a close game as Villarreal won at home, 2-1. Mikel Aranburu opened the scoring for Sociedad before Giuseppe Rossi struck twice in 6 minutes to give Villarreal the lead and eventually the win. Five cards were also shown in this game with four yellows going to Sociedad and one to Villarreal. Zaragoza and Deportivo were also divided by only a goal as Said  Boutahar struck in the first half to make it 1-0. That was the only goal of the game but three cards were handed out after the 89th minute. In the Netherlands, Groningen lost to Twente thanks to two goals from Marc Janko in the 40th and 81st minutes after Tim Matavz had scored in the 33rd to give Groningen an early lead. Roda took Excelsior apart, putting two away in the first half before slotting in a third to finish the game 3-0. Jimmy Hempte opened the account in the 14th before Pa-Modou Kah struck in the second. The loss of Kaj Ramsteijn in the 64th by Excelsior was never going to be good, but Roda only scored another, through Morten Skoubo in the 84th, to finalize what was apparent from the first half: Roda were just better. Utrecht v.s. Ajax offered a surprise though, as Edouard Duplan struck twice within two minutes to put the home side ahead 2-0 quite early. Ismo Vostermans then put in a third in the 83rd to clarify the result. Venlo v.s. PSV was the final game on Sunday in Holland, and Eindhoven won it comfortably as well. Wilfred Bouma, Jeremain Lens, and Atiba Hutchinson all put a goal away to make it 3-0 when the referee ended the match. Ending the domestic action on Sunday in Italy, Napoli beat Bari 2-0 thanks to goals from Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani. Alessandro Parisi was lost to Bari, as he received a yellow-red which reduced the home side (Bari) to ten men. Bologna's defeat to Lazio was also a bit of a one sided match as Sergio Floccari opened the game for Lazio, but that was their only goal as Gaston Ramirez and Marco Di Vaio scored a goal each within three minutes to give Bologna a 2-1 lead. Both sides then lost a man before Di Vaio slotted in a second, a third for his side, to win the game for Bologna. Chievo and Genoa tied 0-0 in their match while Fiorentina and Lecce tied 1-1 thanks to goals from David Di Michele for Lecce while Alberto Gilardino brought Fiorentina back on level terms which is how the game ended. Sampdoria and Juventus also tied, 0-0, at the same time as AC Milan beat Cesena thanks to an own-goal from Maximiliano Pellegrino and Zlatan Ibrahimovic struck in the third minute of stoppage time in the second half to finish it 2-0. Finally, Udinese cracked Inter's facade as Dejan Stankovic struck Inter's only goal in the 16th minute before Christian Zapata, Antonio Di Natale, and Maurizio Domizzi each scored one for the home side as they totally surprised the past-Italian champions in a 3-1 upset. Futsal you ask? Well, the Preliminary Round ended today with Lithuania defeating Malta with a 5-1 scoreline with all five Lithuanian goals coming from Tomas Nemanis. Dean Gera then brought Malta one back in the 31st minute. Greece and Iceland also played a spectacular game ending with a 4-5 scoreline. Ilias Bousbouras scored first for Greece while Spyridon Gritzalis struck three more. That wasn't enough though as Iceland struck back through their captain Tryggvi Gudmundsson, Thorsteinn Már Ragnarsson, Thórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson scored twice, and Magnús Thorsteinsson scored one as well as Iceland won. Turkey and Moldova meanwhile also had an exciting game as the Turks eventually won through Cihan Özcan's two goals, Aziz Sağlam's goal, and Burak Yıldırım own as well. Özcan was later sent off but he had done his work. Oleg Hilotii and Denis Coicev were the only two players to have scored for Moldova, once each which was not enough as they lost 2-4. France were able to defeat Bulgaria 2-1 thanks to Kamel Hamdoud and David Le Boette. Viktor Viktorov was the only player to have scored for Bulgaria. England also edged out Estonia. Luke Ballinger scored twice despite missing three penalties but Robert Ursell helped him and England out with his goal. Mark Švets and Ilja Antonov were the two who scored for Estonia. Latvia edged out Armenia thanks to Sergejs Nagibins and Dmitrijs Jakovļevs' goals while Vladimir Mkhitaryan had brought Armenia one back. Finally, Switzerland lost to Montenegro in a good game. Montenegro owned the first half with goals from Nikola Perović, Nemanja Vukašinović, Bojan Bajović, and Ilija Mugoša. Fabio Santona and David Meyer were the two Swiss players to score in the second half while Perović scored a second to make it 2-5; a fine result for Montenegro.