Dutch league, Spanish league, Italian league, and the Portuguese league. Domestic action part II. 1/22/2011.

In the Netherlands, Feyenoord lost 1-0 to De Graafschap despite being at home. Leon Broekhof was the man who put the away side ahead late in the game, in the 88th minute. Heracles and AZ battled out to a goalless draw in their match no matter that both sides had good opportunities through the match. NEC v.s. NAC also ended in a draw, but both sides scored two as Bjorn Vleminckx opened the scoring in the 39th. Nemanja Gudelj could only draw NAC level in the 77th, followed two minutes later by another goal for NEC from John Goossens to make it 2-1 for the home side. NAC wouldn't have that though, as Marvin van del Pluijm equalised once more, in the second minute minute of stoppage time of the second half, to make it 2-2 when the final whistle blew. The final game in Holland, between Willem II and Vitesse ended 1-0 with the home side finishing in the lead by one thanks to Rangelo Janga in the 26th minute. Down in Spain meanwhile, Barcelona continue to fly high in the league, winning 3-0 over Racing in a fantastic match which saw Pedro Rodriguez open the scoring in the 2nd minute followed by Lionel Messi's converted penalty in the 33rd. Andres Iniesta then tacked on a third in the 56th to make it 3-0 at full-time. Sevilla's dismantlement of Levante was another match to admire, as Luis Fabiano scored a hat-trick, including a penalty, Xisco Munoz fired in Levante's only goal, and Julien Escude was Sevilla's other scorer. Valencia and Malaga was a lot closer and a lot fiercer though, as two Malaga players: Helder Rosario and Martin Demichelis, were red-carded, and yet still Malaga managed to score three goals. Valencia, however, were able to one up them as Juan Manuel Mata, Roberto Soldado, Ever Benega, and Artiz Aduriz each slotted one in to just edge out the two goals from Jose Rondon and goal from Julio Baptista. Over in Italy, Roma dealt with Cagliari, winning 3-0 with goals from Francesco Totti, Simone Perrota, and Jeremy Menez. Parma beat Catania by a goal less, winning 2-0 with goals from Antonio Candreva and youth talent Sebastian Giovinco. Last but not least, Palermo were able to edge Brescia for the three points, and it's all thanks to Cesare Bovo who slotted home in the 86th. Finally, in Portugal, league leaders Porto could only manage a goal, a penalty actually, from Hulk to just barely triumph over mid-table Beira-Mar, who did well to keep the game that close, but couldn't convert for themselves. Benfica beat Nacional 4-2 with goals from Nicolas Gaitan, Sidnei, Oscar Cardozo, and Franco Jara. Rene Mihelic and Luis Alberto were the two who converted for Nacional with good efforts, but not enough to beat the Eagles. Braga and Vitoria FC tied 2-2 with goals from Mamadou Djikine and Claudio Pitbull for Vitoria before Helder Barbosa and Guilherme brought Braga back onto level terms. Naval 1 Maio tied with Portimonense in a 1-1 game that could have gone either way. Ivanildo put Portimonense ahead very early, scoring in the fourth minute, before Robert Previtali equalised in the second minute of stoppage time in the second half. Olhanense edged out Academica despite Adrien Silva putting the away side ahead first. Nuno Piloto equalised in the 21st before Rui Duarte put Olhanense ahead through a penalty in the 70th to make it 2-1. A lead they never lost. Pacos de Ferreira and Leiria played out a 1-1 draw as well, Pizzi and Paulo Vinicius scoring for the respective sides. And the last game, between Rio Ave and Vitoria SC can be argued to have been the most spectacular. Edgar gave Vitoria an early lead from the penalty spot, before five yellow cards and a red were handed out. A yellow was also shown leading to the penalty. Joao Tomas then scored the first of his two goals, this one from the penalty spot in the 49th to make it 1-1. Yet another red was shown, putting Rio Ave down two men now, before Douglas put Vitoria in the lead again in the 68th.  Joao Tomas then equalised again, from the field as well, making it 2-2. Rio Ave then received a third send-off, leading to Edgar's second penalty, second goal, and the third for Vitoria who then held on to their lead to win the match 3-2.