Tuesday 4 November 2008

European round-up: Hoffenheim who?

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There was a familiar look about the majority of Europe's top leagues at the end of this weekends fixtures but in the Bundesliga a new kid on the block is stealing all the limelight.

The usual scenario of Bayern Munich and a few other usual candidates fighting it out for the title seems to have been upset this year by TSG Hoffenheim, who walloped Kalsruhe 4-1. Bosnian, Vedad Ibisevic added to his growing reputation with 2 more strikes to keep them top of the Bundesliga. Meanwhile Bayer Leverkusen remained second with a 2-0 win at home to Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich are in third with a 3-1 home win against Bielefeld.

In Serie A, AC Milan went top with a 1-0 home win against a confident Napoli side, displacing the surprise package of the season so far, Udinese who could only draw 2-2 at home to Genoa.

In France Lyon extended their lead at the top of Ligue 1 to 4 points after their 2-0 home win against Le Mans. Marseille replaced Bordeaux in second with a 3-1 against St Etienne, with Bordeaux losing 1-0 away to Nancy.

Spain's Primera Division continues to look exciting with Barcelona taking top-spot after their resounding 4-1 win away to Malaga in somewhat farcical conditions, it seems that the rain in Spain goes to the coasts too! Previous leaders Valencia lost 4-2 at home to Racing Santander which put them initially down to 3rd and then 4th after Real Madrid's draw away to Almeria.

In Holland three teams are tied on 19pts at the top of the Eredivise after leaders AZ Alkmaar drew 3-3 away to Heerenveen and Ajax and NAC Breda both won their games 2-0 away to Twente and 1-0 at home to Groningen respectively.

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