Our period of waiting is over: after an unbeaten league run stretching back to 2006, Inter Milan has finally tasted defeat. It's the biggest result for Napoli since the days of Maradona. PSV and Tottenham both lost to unfancied opposition, while Barcelona's bid for the Primera title has been hindered by a defeat at Atlético Madrid. Elsewhere, just 13 goals in a complete French programme, with four games not troubling the scorers, and you'll be able to see highlights of all four on Jeu du Jour avec Des Lettres. Bayern took another giant step towards the 1. Bundesliga title, winning 1:0 at Schalke.
Upsets
48 Napoli - Inter 1:0 45 Utrecht - PSV 3:1 43 Birmingham City - Tottenham Hotspur 4:1 40 Atl.Madrid - Barcelona 4:2 37 D.La Coruna - Sevilla 2:1 37 Cagliari - Genoa 2:1 36 Bochum - Bayer Leverkusen 2:0 35 Queen's Park Rangers - Stoke City 3:0 35 Le Mans - Strasbourg 0:1 34 Levante - Zaragoza 2:1 33 Scunthorpe United - Coventry City 2:1 33 Kilmarnock - St Mirren 1:0 33 Cardiff City - Leicester City 0:1 32 Middlesbrough - Reading 0:1 32 Metz - Caen 2:1
Primera Division
BAR 1227 77.7 -15 -0.19 RMD 1150 79.4 -61 -0.77 SEV 1125 76.8 14 0.18 VIL 1121 76.3 -25 -0.33 SAN 1087 76.2 - 7 -0.09 AMD 1079 75.5 -68 -0.90 GET 1077 72.8 39 0.54 VAL 1067 74.8 - 1 -0.01 ESP 1066 80.5 -51 -0.63 ALM 1065 86.0 48 0.56 MAL 1056 77.9 23 0.30 HEU 1031 81.7 - 2 -0.02 DEP 1023 82.4 83 1.01 OSA 1021 81.6 2 0.02 BET 1013 81.6 40 0.49 ABL 1010 78.8 12 0.15 VDD 994 83.9 -50 -0.60 ZAR 982 80.7 -42 -0.52 LEV 922 84.2 70 0.83 RMC 905 86.1 -82 -0.95 MGA (II) 1014 120.0 22 0.18 SOC (II) 1009 119.5 0 0.00 CAD (II) 995 125.8 25 0.20 CVG (II) 934 115.3 0 0.00 TAR (II) 913 115.2 - 8 -0.07 ALA (II) 795 116.5 -33 -0.28
Though Real are the stronger side domestically, Barcelona's European form gives them a big leg-up. It's not been a good month for the Spanish sides, just Getafe making the Achtelfinalrund of the UEFA Cup. Note that 16 top-flight sides, plus two promotion-chasers from the Segunda, are over 1000 points.
Serie A
INT 1229 84.4 -85 -1.01 ROM 1187 78.3 7 0.09 ACM 1097 76.4 8 0.10 FIO 1095 76.6 -11 -0.14 JVE 1078 85.1 -25 -0.29 LAZ 1005 76.0 42 0.55 SAM 1001 80.1 45 0.56 UDI 976 78.6 -45 -0.57 GNA 968 85.1 - 8 -0.09 ATL 965 80.8 27 0.33 PAL 960 79.7 6 0.08 TOR 958 81.5 53 0.65 SIE 948 84.1 50 0.59 NAP 928 83.5 - 1 -0.01 LVO 913 83.2 -38 -0.46 REG 912 81.4 -39 -0.48 PAR 908 83.8 18 0.21 EMP 904 82.8 17 0.21 CAT 894 79.5 -55 -0.69 CAG 865 82.3 69 0.84 CHI (II) 977 133.9 0 0.00 ASC (II) 789 127.2 0 0.00 MES (II) 789 136.2 0 0.00
When two defeats and three wins leaves a side down by 1RD, they must have had a lot of points to lose. So it was for Inter, allowing a 43-point slip at Liverpool, and the 48-point loss to Napoli. Inter's success masks the mediocrity of the chasing pack, with Fiorentina the only side still in the UEFA Cup.
