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European soccer leagues are keeping soccer fans interested for another weekend with a number of important matches throughout. All the major soccer leagues, including the Premiership, Serie A, La Liga and the smaller Greek Superleague have lots of games to keep our interest peaked. There is excitement for everybody no matter which part of the contintent one happens to live.
In the Premiership, Arsenal had no pity for Manchester United taking home a well deserved 2-1 victory. The game was intense and provided London fans with a great spectacle worthy the historic names of the two clubs. Liverpool defeated West Brom to make a return to victories while Chelsea hope for a return to the top of the table with a victory over Blackburn rovers on Sunday. Petr Cech has urged his team to play fundamental soccer in hopes for a better performance after an unexpected loss to Roma for the Champions League earlier this week.
In Spain, Real Madrid and Barcelona won their games on Saturday to remain at the top of the La Liga table. Real Madrid struggled to earn the 3 points at home whereas Barcelona having Eto in great day dominate the lowly Real Valladolid with a 6-0 decision. Eto scored 4 goals to lead his team to victory. Real Madrid defeated Malaga 4-3 at home as rumors surfaced that Manchester United Ronaldo never really seriously considered a move to Spain.
In Greek soccer everyone is awaiting with anticipation the big match between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos at the Olympic stadium. Olympiakos is currently in first place in the Greek Superleague 5 points ahead of Panathinaikos. Panathinaikos are coming off two great away victories away from home one against Greek club Panionios and another against the German Werder Bremen for the Champions League. Both teams have expressed their desire for victory in a game that is considered a classic derby for Greek soccer. In other action, AEK Athens stumbled against Skoda Ksanthi away from home and fell further behind in the standings.
Tags: AEK, Champions League, European soccer, Grees soccer, La Liga, manchester united, Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Premiership, real madrid, Roma, Serie A, soccer
