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Ghanaian Players Abroad Round-up

Essien@Chelsea

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 Source: --

Nov. 18-19

Ghanaians in Europe website

The performances of Ghanaian players across the leagues in Europe at the weekend: (Updated constantly...Check for updates)

BELGIUM: Jupiler League

DENMARK: Superleague
FC Nordsjaelland 4 - 0 AC Horsens
Horsens: Soren Jochumsen, 4. Mads Rieper, 3. Martin Halle ,2. Per Gade, 20. Rasmus Marvits ,10. Allan Sogaard ,26. Charles Akonnor , 14. Soren Friis, 25. Yasin Avci, 9. Macena Gilberto (Niels Lodberg 63), 27. Rawez Lawan (Steffan Ernemann 53)

FC K?benhavn 2-2 FC Midtjylland
FCM: Lasse Heinze ? Kolja Afriyie, Kristian Bak Nielsen, Magnus Troest, Jesper Mikkelsen ? Dennis S?rensen, Agidun Salami(?72 Ulrik Lindkvist), Ajilore Oluwafemi(?88 Winston Reid), Claus Madsen(?72 Christian Olsen) ? Mikkel Thygesen ? Frank Kristensen

ENGLAND: Premiership
Chelsea 1-0 West Ham
Chelsea beat West Ham United 1-0 at Stamford Bridge where Geremi scored the only goal with a 22nd-minute free kick to stretch Chelsea's unbeaten home league run to 51 matches. Michael Essien, who was at the centre of much of Chelsea's good play on Saturday, played the full 90mins and was give a rating of 7/10 by most of the english media. The Ghana international has made giant leaps forward this season and is now showing his real worth. Essien is one of the most dynamic and powerful performers in the English game, totally dominated the midfield against West Ham.

GERMANY: Bundersliiga
Arminia Bielefeld 0-0 VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg: Jentzsch; M?hrle, Quiroga, Hofland, Sarpei;Makiadi, Santana (63. Christow), van der Leegte, Krzynowek; Boakye (71. Menseguez), Hanke (85. Lamprecht)

Borussia Dortmund 1 - 2 Hertha Berlin
Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller, 4. Christian Worns, 2. Martin Amedick, 17. Leonardo Dede , 6. Florian Kringe, 22. Marc-Andre Kruska (Steven Pienaar 77), 7. Paulo Cesar Tinga , 25. Nuri Sahin (Markus Brzenska 85) , 9. Nelson Valdez, 13. Alexander Frei , 14. Ebi Smolarek (Matthew Amoah 70)

GREECE: Hellenic National League
OFI Crete 1 - 0 Aigaleo
OFI Crete: Michail Sifakis , 8. Minas Pitsos, 13. Pierre Issa (Y) ,17. Manolis Roubakis (Jean-Marie Sylla 62) ,4. Marinho Wellington (Y), 20. Tassos Dentsas, 24. Kostas Konstantinidis (Y), 26. Rocha Ednilson (Stelios Sfakianakis 5, 11. Joseph Nwafor ,10. Goran Drulic ,30. Costas Mihelakis (Peter Ofori Quaye 72)

Aigaleo: Luigi Cennamo, 3. Goran Popov, 5. Kostas Papoutsis (Y) ,11. Daniel Edusei (Christos Moustogiannis 68), 22. Manolis Psomas ,12. Wojciech Szymanek (Y) ,8. Sotiris Tsatsos ,14. Bennard Kumordzi (Y), 23. Akeem Omo Sulaimon (Marko Maric 74), 29. Danijel Cesarec , 33. Antonis Petropoulos

ISRAEL

ITALY: Serie A
Udinese 3 - 0 Siena
Goals: Gyan Asamoah (19), Vincenzo Iaquinta (44, pen), Vincenzo Iaquinta (80)
Udinese: Morgan De Sanctis , 3. Damiano Zenoni , 14. Cesare Natali, 6. Andrea Coda, 20. Andrea Dossena, 29. Raffaele De Martino, 5. Christian Obodo (Guilherme Siqueira 89') , 8. Giampiero Pinzi (Y) , 11. Sulley Muntari , 9. Vincenzo Iaquinta (Jose Montiel 90') , 18. Gyan Asamoah (Gaetano D'Agostino 60')

Livorno 3 - 0 Parma
Livorno: Marco Amelia, 6. Fabio Galante, 77. Alessandro Grandoni, 7. Marc Pfertzel (Luca Vigiani 85), 14. Samuel Kuffour, 26. Giovanni Pasquale (David Balleri 70) , 3. Antonio Filippini , 4. Stefano Morrone , 28. Dario Passoni, 21. Sergio Paulinho (Christiano Lucarelli 59), 20. Ibrahima Bakayoko

Roma 7 -0 Catania
Catania: Armando Pantanelli , 2. Gennaro Sardo, 6. Lorenzo Stovini (Y) , 4. Andrea Sottil ,7. Juan Manuel Vargas ,17. Davide Baiocco (R), 8. Mark Edusei , 26. Fabio Caserta (Giorgio Lucenti 73') , 10. Giuseppe Mascara (R) ,23. Giuseppe Colucci (Mattia Biso 46'), 9. Giorgio Corona (Umberto Del Core 81')

NETHERLANDS
FC Utrecht 2 - 0 Roda JC
FC Utrecht: Michel Vorm, 20. Edson Braafheid, 2. Tim Cornelisse, 25. Francis Dickoh ,8. Joost Broerse ,21. Ricky Kruys ,18. Gregoor Van Dijk, 14. Peter Kopteff (Tom Caluwe 57) ,15. Marc-Antoine Fortune , 9. Robin Nelisse (Guiseppe Rossini 77), 11. Cedric Van der Gun (Hans Somers 57)

PSV Eindhoven 4 - 0 Excelsior
PSV Eindhoven are four points clear at the top of De Eredivisie after a 4-0 win over Excelsior. Eric Addo came on in the 69min with his side up 2-0.

Heracles 2 - 0 NAC
Heracles Almelo climbed away from the relegation slots in the Eredivisie with a fine 2-0 home win over NAC Breda. Emanuel Boakye and Kwame Quansah played the full 90 minutes Heracles

NEC 1 - 2 Sparta
Sparta Rotterdam moved up to 16th after a 2-1 win at NEC Nijmegen. Anthony Obodai played the full 90mins in midfield for Sparta

PORTUGAL

RUSSIA
Saturn Moscow 1 - 2 FK Rubin Kazan
Saturn Moscow: Valeri Chizhov (G), 3 Rolandas Dzhaukshtas (B Fodrek (72), 4 Peter Petras (D), 25 Dmitri Polovinchuk (D) ,19 Illiasu Shilla (D), 5 Alexei Igonin (M), 15 Ruslan Nakhushev (M Jakubko (46)M), 10 Simon Vukcevic (M), 17 Sergei Yashin (M), 11 Aleksei Eremenko ( Esipov 85'), 22 Igor Lebedenko (S

SWEDEN: Allsvenskan

SWITZERLAND: Super League

TURKEY: Superlig
Gen?lerbirliği 4-1 Konyaspor
Gen?lerbirliği: G?khan Tokg?z, Erkan ?zbey, Fredrik Risp, Lamine Traor?, Eren Aydın, Haminu Dramani (Erhan G?ven 86), Mehmet Nas, Ayman Abdelaziz, Mehmet ?akır, Isaac Promise (Engin Baytar 60), Okan ?zt?rk (Kerem Şeras 46)

Fenerbah?e 0-0 Beşiktaş
Fenerbah?e: Volkan Demirel, ?nder Turacı, Edu Dracena, Diego Lugano, ?mit ?zat (Uğur Boral 56), Stephen Appiah, Deniz Barış, T?mer Metin (Mehmet Aurelio 86), Tuncay Şanlı, Alex, Deivid (Mateja Ke?man 71)

Player of the WEEK Team of the WEEK (4-4-2)

M. Essien (Chelsea, ENG)
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E. Boakye F. Dickoh S. Kufuor H. Sarpei
H. Dramani M. Essien K. Quansah S. Muntari
A. Gyan ?

Nov. 18-19

Ghanaians in Europe website

The performances of Ghanaian players across the leagues in Europe at the weekend: (Updated constantly...Check for updates)

BELGIUM: Jupiler League

DENMARK: Superleague
FC Nordsjaelland 4 - 0 AC Horsens
Horsens: Soren Jochumsen, 4. Mads Rieper, 3. Martin Halle ,2. Per Gade, 20. Rasmus Marvits ,10. Allan Sogaard ,26. Charles Akonnor , 14. Soren Friis, 25. Yasin Avci, 9. Macena Gilberto (Niels Lodberg 63), 27. Rawez Lawan (Steffan Ernemann 53)

FC K?benhavn 2-2 FC Midtjylland
FCM: Lasse Heinze ? Kolja Afriyie, Kristian Bak Nielsen, Magnus Troest, Jesper Mikkelsen ? Dennis S?rensen, Agidun Salami(?72 Ulrik Lindkvist), Ajilore Oluwafemi(?88 Winston Reid), Claus Madsen(?72 Christian Olsen) ? Mikkel Thygesen ? Frank Kristensen

ENGLAND: Premiership
Chelsea 1-0 West Ham
Chelsea beat West Ham United 1-0 at Stamford Bridge where Geremi scored the only goal with a 22nd-minute free kick to stretch Chelsea's unbeaten home league run to 51 matches. Michael Essien, who was at the centre of much of Chelsea's good play on Saturday, played the full 90mins and was give a rating of 7/10 by most of the english media. The Ghana international has made giant leaps forward this season and is now showing his real worth. Essien is one of the most dynamic and powerful performers in the English game, totally dominated the midfield against West Ham.

GERMANY: Bundersliiga
Arminia Bielefeld 0-0 VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg: Jentzsch; M?hrle, Quiroga, Hofland, Sarpei;Makiadi, Santana (63. Christow), van der Leegte, Krzynowek; Boakye (71. Menseguez), Hanke (85. Lamprecht)

Borussia Dortmund 1 - 2 Hertha Berlin
Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller, 4. Christian Worns, 2. Martin Amedick, 17. Leonardo Dede , 6. Florian Kringe, 22. Marc-Andre Kruska (Steven Pienaar 77), 7. Paulo Cesar Tinga , 25. Nuri Sahin (Markus Brzenska 85) , 9. Nelson Valdez, 13. Alexander Frei , 14. Ebi Smolarek (Matthew Amoah 70)

GREECE: Hellenic National League
OFI Crete 1 - 0 Aigaleo
OFI Crete: Michail Sifakis , 8. Minas Pitsos, 13. Pierre Issa (Y) ,17. Manolis Roubakis (Jean-Marie Sylla 62) ,4. Marinho Wellington (Y), 20. Tassos Dentsas, 24. Kostas Konstantinidis (Y), 26. Rocha Ednilson (Stelios Sfakianakis 5, 11. Joseph Nwafor ,10. Goran Drulic ,30. Costas Mihelakis (Peter Ofori Quaye 72)

Aigaleo: Luigi Cennamo, 3. Goran Popov, 5. Kostas Papoutsis (Y) ,11. Daniel Edusei (Christos Moustogiannis 68), 22. Manolis Psomas ,12. Wojciech Szymanek (Y) ,8. Sotiris Tsatsos ,14. Bennard Kumordzi (Y), 23. Akeem Omo Sulaimon (Marko Maric 74), 29. Danijel Cesarec , 33. Antonis Petropoulos

ISRAEL

ITALY: Serie A
Udinese 3 - 0 Siena
Goals: Gyan Asamoah (19), Vincenzo Iaquinta (44, pen), Vincenzo Iaquinta (80)
Udinese: Morgan De Sanctis , 3. Damiano Zenoni , 14. Cesare Natali, 6. Andrea Coda, 20. Andrea Dossena, 29. Raffaele De Martino, 5. Christian Obodo (Guilherme Siqueira 89') , 8. Giampiero Pinzi (Y) , 11. Sulley Muntari , 9. Vincenzo Iaquinta (Jose Montiel 90') , 18. Gyan Asamoah (Gaetano D'Agostino 60')

Livorno 3 - 0 Parma
Livorno: Marco Amelia, 6. Fabio Galante, 77. Alessandro Grandoni, 7. Marc Pfertzel (Luca Vigiani 85), 14. Samuel Kuffour, 26. Giovanni Pasquale (David Balleri 70) , 3. Antonio Filippini , 4. Stefano Morrone , 28. Dario Passoni, 21. Sergio Paulinho (Christiano Lucarelli 59), 20. Ibrahima Bakayoko

Roma 7 -0 Catania
Catania: Armando Pantanelli , 2. Gennaro Sardo, 6. Lorenzo Stovini (Y) , 4. Andrea Sottil ,7. Juan Manuel Vargas ,17. Davide Baiocco (R), 8. Mark Edusei , 26. Fabio Caserta (Giorgio Lucenti 73') , 10. Giuseppe Mascara (R) ,23. Giuseppe Colucci (Mattia Biso 46'), 9. Giorgio Corona (Umberto Del Core 81')

NETHERLANDS
FC Utrecht 2 - 0 Roda JC
FC Utrecht: Michel Vorm, 20. Edson Braafheid, 2. Tim Cornelisse, 25. Francis Dickoh ,8. Joost Broerse ,21. Ricky Kruys ,18. Gregoor Van Dijk, 14. Peter Kopteff (Tom Caluwe 57) ,15. Marc-Antoine Fortune , 9. Robin Nelisse (Guiseppe Rossini 77), 11. Cedric Van der Gun (Hans Somers 57)

PSV Eindhoven 4 - 0 Excelsior
PSV Eindhoven are four points clear at the top of De Eredivisie after a 4-0 win over Excelsior. Eric Addo came on in the 69min with his side up 2-0.

Heracles 2 - 0 NAC
Heracles Almelo climbed away from the relegation slots in the Eredivisie with a fine 2-0 home win over NAC Breda. Emanuel Boakye and Kwame Quansah played the full 90 minutes Heracles

NEC 1 - 2 Sparta
Sparta Rotterdam moved up to 16th after a 2-1 win at NEC Nijmegen. Anthony Obodai played the full 90mins in midfield for Sparta

PORTUGAL

RUSSIA
Saturn Moscow 1 - 2 FK Rubin Kazan
Saturn Moscow: Valeri Chizhov (G), 3 Rolandas Dzhaukshtas (B Fodrek (72), 4 Peter Petras (D), 25 Dmitri Polovinchuk (D) ,19 Illiasu Shilla (D), 5 Alexei Igonin (M), 15 Ruslan Nakhushev (M Jakubko (46)M), 10 Simon Vukcevic (M), 17 Sergei Yashin (M), 11 Aleksei Eremenko ( Esipov 85'), 22 Igor Lebedenko (S

SWEDEN: Allsvenskan

SWITZERLAND: Super League

TURKEY: Superlig
Gen?lerbirliği 4-1 Konyaspor
Gen?lerbirliği: G?khan Tokg?z, Erkan ?zbey, Fredrik Risp, Lamine Traor?, Eren Aydın, Haminu Dramani (Erhan G?ven 86), Mehmet Nas, Ayman Abdelaziz, Mehmet ?akır, Isaac Promise (Engin Baytar 60), Okan ?zt?rk (Kerem Şeras 46)

Fenerbah?e 0-0 Beşiktaş
Fenerbah?e: Volkan Demirel, ?nder Turacı, Edu Dracena, Diego Lugano, ?mit ?zat (Uğur Boral 56), Stephen Appiah, Deniz Barış, T?mer Metin (Mehmet Aurelio 86), Tuncay Şanlı, Alex, Deivid (Mateja Ke?man 71)

Player of the WEEK Team of the WEEK (4-4-2)

M. Essien (Chelsea, ENG)
?
E. Boakye F. Dickoh S. Kufuor H. Sarpei
H. Dramani M. Essien K. Quansah S. Muntari
A. Gyan ?

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