The FA in England has appointed a new coach. Fabio Coppello has been the coach of Real Madrid and various sides in his native Italy, but is best known in these parts for his rap and house DJing with Grooverider. He's given himself a month to learn English as well as an England footballer, which strikes us as a ridiculously unambitious target.
Anyway, there were some upsets this week-end. The biggest came in the Netherlands, where Ajax -v- PSV and AZ -v- Feyenoord were postponed when police called a union meeting so they couldn't ensure there were no disturbances. In the matches that did happen...
45 Wigan Athletic - Blackburn Rovers 5:3 44 Panonios - Panathinaikos 1:0 42 Inverness Caledonian Thistle - Celtic 3:2 38 Arminia Bielefeld - Stuttgart 2:0 37 Energie Cottbus - Hannover 5:1 36 Real Murcia - Racing Santander 2:1 36 Catania - Udinese 2:0 35 Portsmouth - Tottenham Hotspur 0:1 34 Thun - Zurich 2:1 34 Paris Saint Germain - Toulouse 1:2 34 Motherwell - Aberdeen 3:0 34 Burnley - Preston North End 2:3 32 Watford - Plymouth Argyle 0:1 31 Lille - St. Etienne 3:0 30 West Bromwich Albion - Charlton Athletic 4:2 30 Wolfsburg - Borussia Dortmund 4:0 30 Hansa Rostock - Bochum 2:0 30 Bruges - Anderlecht 1:0 19 Hertha Berlin - Bayern Munich 0:0 18 AC Turin - AS Rome 0:0
In any other week, Inverness's result - coming from 2:0 down at half time to beat one of Europe's top 16 sides - would be the shock of the week. But Panonios's first significant win of the year beats them, and Wigan's success against European contenders Blackburn is the biggest of all. Five shock results in Germany this week, the biggest being wins for two of the bottom three. West Brom's win takes them top of Division II.
The Rest of Europe
Austria GRA 800 140.0 GRAZER (III) 0 0.00 RAP 743 116.7 RAPID VIENNA 5 0.04 AWI 738 109.2 AUSTRIA VIENNA -55 -0.50 Belgium BRU 880 127.4 BRUGGE 54 0.42 AND 878 103.1 ANDERLECHT -36 -0.35 LIE 851 123.8 LIEGE 8 0.06 WRG 752 110.7 WAREGEM 0 0.00 BEV 513 180.0 BEVEREN (II) 0 0.00 Bulgaria CSS 970 131.5 CSKA SOFIA 37 0.28 LSF 839 115.9 LEVSKI SOFIA -8 -0.07 LIT 728 139.7 LITEKS LOVECH 0 0.00 Switzerland BAS 1064 118.1 BASEL 52 0.44 GRZ 829 123.0 GRASSHOPPERS ZURICH 32 0.26 ZUR 788 128.9 ZURICH -123 -0.95 THU 740 129.5 THUN 50 0.39 Czechia SLP 978 104.0 SLAVIA PRAGUE -42 -0.40 BLV 860 108.8 MLADA BOLESLAV 16 0.15 LIB 860 134.0 SLOVAN LIBEREC 0 0.00 PRG 842 104.0 SPARTA PRAGUE -5 -0.05 TEP 809 135.1 TEPLICE 5 0.04 Denmark COP 962 101.6 COPENHAGEN 43 0.42 ODE 874 120.6 ODENSE -36 -0.30 BRO 854 135.2 BRONDBY 19 0.14 AAL 817 142.8 AALBORG -79 -0.55 Greece OLY 1148 102.9 OLYMPIAKOS 77 0.75 PAN 1048 110.9 PANATHANAIKOS -58 -0.52 AEK 964 104.5 AEK ATHENS 63 0.60 ASS 865 108.6 ARIS SALONIKA -81 -0.75 PIO 839 106.4 PANIONIOS 24 0.23 PAO 819 129.5 PAOK SALONIKA 48 0.37 LAR 762 130.5 LARISSA 97 0.74 AIG 535 167.9 AIGAELIO (II) 0 0.00 Croatia DZA 745 152.3 DYNAMO ZAGREB -77 -0.51 Israel MPT 948 157.1 MACCABI PETAH-TIKVA 0 0.00 MHA 903 142.7 MACCABI HAIFA 32 0.22 HTA 774 128.3 HAPOEL TEL-AVIV 49 0.38 Netherlands AJX 1069 110.4 AJAX 0 0.00 PSV 1017 102.4 PSV EINDHOVEN 12 0.12 FEY 994 124.8 FEYENOORD 0 0.00 AZA 991 107.2 AZ ALKMAAR -18 -0.17 HEE 916 122.2 HEERENVEEN 0 0.00 UTR 776 130.4 UTRECHT -25 -0.19 Norway ROS 966 118.9 ROSENBORG -53 -0.45 TRO 859 148.7 TROMSO 0 0.00 BRN 856 133.4 BRANN BERGEN 18 0.13 VIK 744 147.0 VIKING STAVANGER 0 0.00 VRG 679 140.9 VALARENGEN 0 0.00 Poland WIS 832 199.7 WISLA KRAKOW 0 0.00 Portugal PTO 1152 101.4 PORTO 23 0.23 SLS 1011 102.1 SPORTING LISBON 10 0.10 BEN 1001 98.6 BENFICA 12 0.12 BRG 942 114.9 BRAGA 19 0.17 GUI 865 148.3 GUIMARES -24 -0.16 Romania RBU 1030 140.0 RAPID BUCHAREST 0 0.00 STE 873 117.9 STEAUA BUCHAREST 53 0.45 DIB 866 130.4 DINAMO BUCHAREST -54 -0.41 Serbia CRV 789 127.7 RED STAR BELGRADE -32 -0.25 PBG 710 157.5 PARTISAN BELGRADE 0 0.00 Russia SPM 998 108.6 SPARTAK MOSCOW 19 0.17 LOK 979 110.8 LOKOMOTIV MOSCOW -88 -0.79 ZSP 916 108.4 ZENIT ST PETERSBURG -31 -0.29 CSK 909 108.9 CSKA MOSCOW -44 -0.40 Sweden HEL 950 137.5 HELSINGBORG -12 -0.09 ELF 762 148.0 ELFSBORG -70 -0.47 HAL 647 177.4 HALMSTADS 0 0.00 Slovakia ART 682 169.6 ARTMEDIA BRATISLAVA 0 0.00 Turkey FEN 1148 99.2 FENERBACHE 12 0.12 BES 991 102.2 BESTIKTAS 23 0.23 GAL 917 119.2 GALATASARAY 5 0.04 GEN 689 137.2 GENCENBIRGILI -29 -0.21 Ukraine DNI 927 138.8 DNIPRO 0 0.00 SHA 926 103.9 SHAKTAR DONETSK -56 -0.54 KYV 912 111.1 DINAMO KYIV -46 -0.41
Comparisons are against 12 November. Note the major success of the Greek sides - Olympiakos, Larissa, and AEK have all improved by more than half an RD. Panathanaikos comes down following their upset loss last week-end, but it's Aris Salonika, Lokomotiv Moscow and Zurich that really struggled this month.
