Some domestic action: 3/21/2011. Portugal, Romania, Russia, and more.

Let's start in beautiful Portugal where Benfica obliterated Pacos de Ferreira 5-1 as Oscar Cardozo, Pablo Aimar, and Nicolas Gaitan each struck for the Eagles. Ferreira actually didn't score any of their own goals though, as Lionel Carole accidentally put in an own goal to give Benfica a 3-1 lead at the half. The only thing that Ferreira seemed actually capable of doing was getting cards as Maykon and Wanderson Baiano both got yellows while Javier Cohene received both a yellow and a red card bringing his side down a player in the 41st. Nuno Gomes then struck twice in the last eight minutes to make it 5-1 as the final whistle blew. Braga on the other hand got their three points by edging Rio Ave 1-0 thanks to a 73rd minute strike from Hugo Viana. In Romania, Unirea Urziceni tied Brasov in the only match of the day with Marian Cristescu striking in the fifth and Iulian Apostol only equalising for Urziceni in the 90th minute. In the second day of the Russian League's new season, Spartak Moskva edged Volga Nizhny 1-0 thanks to Welliton's 50th minute goal. Zenit were more comfortable as they beat Anzhi 2-0 with goals from Roman Shirokov and Danko Lazovic in the early and late parts of the first half enough for victory. Over in Denmark, SonderjyskE scored one more than Midtjylland as they won 2-1. They essentially piggy-backed off of Kenneth Fabricius' strikes in the 8th and 79th minutes while Midtjylland only had Sylvester Igboun Emeka's 37thn minute strike buoying them at the half. In Turkey, Bursaspor and Ankaragucu ended with a goalless draw while the Czech Republic looked on as Pribram almost came back from two behind to lose 2-1 to Hradec Kralove. Koukal scored for Pribram while Fischer and Klapka struck for Kralove. Over in Bulgaria, Minior trounced Lokomotiv Sofia 3-0 as goals from Vasilev, Jankovic, and Brahimi in the first half were enough for the away side to win. Finally, in Israel, Bnei Sakhnin and H. Ramat Gan ended in a 0-0 draw.