Recap from domestic action 2/26/2011. And Australia.

Beginning in the Germany, Dortmund illustrated their dominance of the league this year as they deconstructed normal pace-setters Bayern Munich 3-1 with a goal from Lucas Barrios to put the leaders of the league up 1-0. Luiz Gustavo drew Bayern level before Nuri Sahin struck in the 18th minute to give Dortmund a lead that they didn't lose Mats Hummels gave Dortmund the 3-1 lead in the second half when he struck in the 60th to great effect. Mainz defeated Hoffenheim 2-1 while Kaiserslautern tied 1-1 against Hamburg with a goal Adam Hlousek opening the scoring for Kaiserslautern. Marcell Jansen struck in the 54th to salvage a point for Hamburg. Schalke and Nurnberg drew 1-1 as well with a goal from Hegeler giving Nurnberg the advantage. Raul equalised for Schalke in the 52nd while Hannover defeated St. Pauli 1-0 thanks to an 89th minute strike from Christian Schulz. In the Netherlands, there were huge scorelines as Heracles destroyed Vitesse 6-1. Mark Looms, Everton, Mark Jan Fledderus, and Willy Overtoom struck for Heracles before Guram Kashia scored an own goal to make it 6-0. Kashia then redeemed himself in the second minute of stoppage time as he slotted home for the right team making it 6-1. NAC edged Den Haag 3-2 while Willem II edged Heerenveen 4-3. In Spain, big news as Deportivo was able to hold Real Madrid 0-0 while Barcelona slotted home thrice against Mallorca without reply to show why they are at the top of the table, now by 7 points. Lionel Messi, David Villa, and Pedro Rodriguez each struck one. Finally, Espanyol showed some class in their 4-1 victory over Real Sociedad. Over the border in Portugal, Porto handed Olhanense a 3-0 defeat while Vitoria were defeated 2-0 by Pacos de Ferreira. In Scotland, Aberdeen and Hearts drew 0-0 while Hibernian defeated Inverness 2-0 with goals only coming in the second half for Callum Booth and Lewis Stevenson as Kilmarnock defeated St. Mirren by the same scoreline. William Gross struck in the 19th and Alexei Junior Eremenko in the 29th to seal the deal. Down south in England, Wolves slotted home four times as they obliterated Blackpool. Matthew Jarvis opened the scoring in the second minute while Jamoie O' Hara and Sylvain Ebanks-Blake each scored after DJ Campbell had been sent-off. Sylvain struck the last two goals. Manchester United did the same thing to Wigan, Javier Hernandez sinking twice before Wayne Rooney and Fabio each put another away to close the account 0-4. Aston Villa defeated Blackburn by 4-1, while Everton beat Sunderland 2-0. Finally, in Italy, Juventus were handed a 2-0 defeat by Bologna. Last but not least, in Australia, as Brisbane Roar await their competition in the Final, Gold Coast United will be facing the Central Coast Mariners in the Semi-final having defeated Adelaide United 3-2 with Shane Smeltz striking two for Gold Coast and Bruce Djite scoring as well. Sergio van Dijk and Matthew Leckie were the scorers for Adelaide.