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San Jose 0 Cosmos 1 Altidore on 9 minutes.

Union 0 Boca 2 Destro on 10 minutes.
Rangers 1 Dundee Utd 0 Eto'o freekick.

Bayern 1 Frankfurt 0 Lahm on 13 minutes.

Parma 0 Inter 1 De Rossi on his debut of course after 14 minutes.
Napoli 4 Atalanta 0 Criscito header.
Roma 1 Ancona 1 Maxwell header.
CSKA 2 Alania 0 Adriano.

and I hear there has been a goal in the Espanol Barcelona game in Spain so lets cross to John Inverdale to get the details...

Welcome and yes Barcelona have taken an early lead here through Xabi Alonso's headed goal to make it

Espanol 0 Barcelona 1

after 15 minutes

so a good start for Barca as they look to maintain their lead over Real in Spain.

Santos 1 Palmeiras 0 Cortez header on 16 minutes.

Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1 Tevez freekick on 17 minutes.
Freiburg 0 Schalke 2 Muller.
Lazio 0 Cagliari 1 Santos.

that is the correct score from the Emirates cos I seem to have missed Liverpool's opening goal.

Juventus 1 Empoli 1 Adriano Correia penalty on 20 minutes.
Betis 1 Deportivo 0 Pjanic.

Union 0 Boca 3 Martinez on 21 minutes.
Bohemians 0 Cherry 1 Evans header.
Spurs 1 Man City 0 Lennon.
Roma 1 Ancona 2 Giovinco.

Looks like Man City's defence is letting them down again although rumours are rife that the City boss has been looking at two new centre back candidates this week, although we understand that Charlton are also interested in these two players, so that could be an interesting development for later today...

Bohemians 1 Cherry 1 Fortunato on 22 minutes.
Banstead 1 Lincoln 0 Heskey header.

and the first goal of the afternoon at Birmingham, so lets catch up with Ray Stubbs who is watching the action there unfold for us...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Looks like Man City's defence is letting them down again although rumours are rife that the City boss has been looking at two new centre back candidates this week, although we understand that Charlton are also interested in these two players, so that could be an interesting development for later today...

Grrr.    

Great minds think alike though, I must be scouting along the right lines.... 

the first goal has come from an unlikely source, although the Plymouth fans weren't too bothered about that, as they went wild when Ashley Cole's 22nd minute shot hit the back of the net to make it

Birmingham 0 Plymouth 1

with the away side looking very good value for money at the moment.

Palace 0 West Brom 1 Bikey header on 23 minutes.

Parma 0 Inter 2 Cavani on 24 minutes.

Santos 2 Palmeiras 0 Possebon on 25 minutes.
Nantes 2 Bordeaux 0 Lucio header.
Bayern 2 Frankfurt 0 D'Alessandro freekick.

Hibs 1 Celtic 2 Toja on 26 minutes, his second of the game.

St Johnstone 0 Inverness 1 Watson freekick on 27 minutes.

and back to John Inverdale for an update on the Barcelona game...

welcome back just as Jordi Alba shoots home to make it

Espanol 0 Barcelona 2

after 29 minutes.

Santos 2 Palmeiras 1 Love penalty on 30 minutes.

and we have another goal at Birmingham so lets go back to Ray...

and Plymouth have extended their lead here with a great finish from ace striker Sergio Aguero on the half hour mark that makes it

Birmingham 0 Plymouth 2

Blackburn 0 Blackpool 1 Kalinic header on 31 minutes.

a shock to Blackburn's promotion hopes early in this game it would seem.