A high-scoring week in England, where Portsmouth and Reading ran up a baseball score, Portsmouth winning 7:4. (Slapped wrists to the Radio 5 commentators who called it a rigby score, for you cannot score 4 points in rugby.) Tottenham Hotspur came from 4:1 down to grab a magnificent 4:4 draw at the Birmingham Browns; the Spurs remain in the UEFA Cup and in the relegation zone.
The Upset-o-meter
39 HANSA ROSTOCK - Stuttgart 2:1 37 ZARAGOZA - Sevilla 2:0 37 CAEN - Toulouse 2:1 35 EMPOLI - Palermo 3:1 34 BETIS - Mallorca 3:0 31 ZENIT ST PETERSBURG - CSKA Moskva 2:1 31 SAMPDORIA - Atlanta 3:0 30 GALATASARAY - Besiktas 2:1 17 MOTHERWELL - Rangers 1:1 17 Chelsea - FULHAM 0:0 15 AC Milan - CATANIA 1:1
Wins for the big two in Spain, and for Lyon in the only other match to take place in France this week-end. Bayern Munich came away 1:0 winners at Bayer Leverkusen, while Werder Bremen applied for membership of Division I, beating up Armenia Bielefeld 8 (EIGHT):1. Inter won 4:1 at Roma to take a decisive step ahead in the division. And Celtic head Division A on goal difference from Rangers.
Primera Division
BAR 1243 92.2 RMD 1233 90 VIL 1207 94.1 VAL 1178 90.7 AMD 1137 92.8 SEV 1126 83.9 ESP 1087 91.2 SAN 1065 93.3 HEU 1043 93.3 ZAR 1032 92.1 OSA 1020 92.9 MAL 1011 93.4 RMC 1003 124.8 ALM 977 124.8 ABL 973 93.9 DEP 960 92.4 GET 959 92.5 BET 957 94.1 VDD 936 125.8 LEV 888 95.6 MGA (II) 986 132.4 SOC (II) 957 116.3 TAR (II) 951 109.7 CVG (II) 930 108.4 CAD (II) 916 144 ALA (II) 903 122.8
In Spain, Real Madrid head the official table, with Villarreal, Valencia, and Barcelona within spitting distance. Levante has just a draw this season, Getafe two draws. Never mind, that's still better than Notre Dame.
Serie A
ACM 1096 92.1 INT 1176 94.8 JVE 1173 125.6 ROM 1164 91 FIO 1149 98.8 LAZ 1017 89.3 PAL 1000 93.1 REG 995 95.3 ATL 984 93.5 SAM 965 95.6 GNA 959 127.1 UDI 956 96.7 EMP 936 96.2 NAP 931 119.3 PAR 924 92.9 CAG 910 93.7 CAT 887 98.7 TOR 855 96.1 SIE 842 95.2 LVO 841 96 CHI (II) 929 116.4 ASC (II) 838 116.5 MES (II) 770 121
It's tight in Italy, where Inter, Juve, Fiorentina, and Roma are all within a game of the lead. Four sides at the bottom have yet to win, and three sides have drawn four of their opening six matches.
