Beginning with the week-end's upsets.
43 Scunthorpe United - Cardiff City 3:2 39 Levante - Getafe 3:1 37 Catania - Lazio 1:0 36 Manchester City - Portsmouth 3:1 35 Nürnberg - Wolfsburg 1:0 34 Nice - Monaco 0:2 33 Seville - Almeria 1:4 32 Real Zaragosa - Recreativo de Huelva 3:0 32 Lens - Sochaux 3:2 32 Atletico Madrid - Real Betis 1:3 31 Barnsley - Leicester City 0:1 30 St. Etienne - Lorient 1:0 30 Marseille - Lille 1:3 26 St Johnstone - Rangers 0:0 20 AS Roma - Livorno 1:1 17 Blackburn Rovers - Manchester United 1:1
We'll begin with the German cup final, which Bayern won, only after extra time against Borussia Dortmund. In the one 1. Bundesliga match of the week-end, Nürnburg eased their relegation fears and just about ended Wolfsburg's hopes for the UEFA Cup. The relegation battle in England is becoming interesting; Derby are long gone, Fulham look set to join them, but many sides are still looking nervously at that last spot: Birmingham currently occupy it, and lost 5:1 to city rivals Aston Villa. It's a sign of how far Paris St. Germain has fallen that their 3:0 loss at Caen is not a surprise. Queen of the South qualified for Europe on Sunday, though St Johnstone did their best to make them work for it by taking Rangers to kicks from the penalty mark in their cup semi-final. Finally, there were titles for PSV Eindhovan, Standard Liege, and Rapid Vienna.
The Rest of Europe
Austria GRA 800 158.4 0 0.00 RAP 786 130.9 43 0.33 AWI 715 123.1 -37 -0.30 Belgium LIE 962 124.3 42 0.34 AND 890 105.6 18 0.17 BRU 874 131.3 38 0.29 WRG 749 119.1 -31 -0.26 BEV 513 194.7 0 0.00 Bulgaria CSS 943 144.9 0 0.00 LIT 819 134.2 61 0.45 LSF 787 125.3 -52 -0.42 Switzerland BAS 1013 107.7 7 0.06 ZUR 869 115.7 - 4 -0.03 GRZ 838 110.7 24 0.22 THU 612 119.6 -31 -0.26 Czechia SLP 980 109.6 17 0.16 PRG 906 112.9 36 0.32 BLV 853 117.6 9 0.08 LIB 812 128.3 -90 -0.70 TEP 730 137.2 0 0.00 Denmark COP 924 117.1 - 5 -0.04 ODE 909 120.3 35 0.29 AAL 905 134.7 46 0.34 BRO 764 134.5 -90 -0.67 Greece OLY 1098 102.1 -33 -0.32 PAN 1072 102.6 24 0.23 AEK 948 99.1 59 0.60 LAR 852 111.3 21 0.19 ASS 815 105.6 - 8 -0.08 PAO 805 109.3 -64 -0.59 PIO 793 108.0 -12 -0.11 AIG 535 183.5 0 0.00 Croatia DZA 769 160.2 0 0.00 Israel HTA 913 130.6 0 0.00 MPT 868 142.3 - 2 -0.01 MHA 858 134.8 2 0.01 Netherlands AJX 1107 110.1 19 0.17 PSV 1050 92.1 -50 -0.54 FEY 981 114.4 55 0.48 HEE 937 119.1 -24 -0.20 AZA 874 106.6 -29 -0.27 UTR 816 121.1 -23 -0.19 Norway ROS 885 123.7 -24 -0.19 VIK 827 153.1 83 0.54 TRO 819 145.8 -40 -0.27 BRN 812 139.9 0 0.00 VRG 680 142.9 1 0.01 Poland WIS 832 200.0 0 0.00 Portugal PTO 1139 107.3 19 0.18 SLS 1071 91.7 23 0.25 BEN 950 95.3 -54 -0.57 GUI 918 140.1 0 0.00 BRG 887 109.4 -18 -0.16 Romania RBU 1030 158.4 0 0.00 STE 873 139.3 0 0.00 DIB 866 150.0 0 0.00 Serbia CRV 743 129.2 -57 -0.44 PBG 736 149.3 80 0.54 Russia ZSP 1001 99.2 41 0.41 SPM 979 114.2 2 0.02 LOK 932 120.4 - 3 -0.02 CSK 912 124.3 3 0.02 Sweden HEL 868 135.6 -24 -0.18 ELF 762 165.5 0 0.00 HAL 694 178.0 47 0.26 Slovakia ART 682 185.1 0 0.00 Turkey FEN 1127 99.7 40 0.40 BES 1004 113.7 -28 -0.25 GAL 890 104.1 -36 -0.35 GEN 757 124.6 60 0.48 Ukraine SHA 959 121.5 33 0.27 KYV 950 127.9 0 0.00 DNI 830 137.3 -43 -0.31
Greatest gainers were AEK Athens, following three wins in domestic competition; Viking Stavanger and Partisan Belgrade, both beating two home sides; and Gencebirligi, one big win for a lowly-ranked side. PSV may have won their league, but also left European competition this month, as did Benfica. PAOK Salonica, Brondby, and Slovan Liberec all lost to much lower opposition.
