There was no action for Ghanaian players in Italy. Parma continue to struggle under new coach Daniel Passerella as Roma extended their unbeaten run in Serie A to ten matches with a 2-1 win. Appiah was kept on the bench. Gargo was missing from the Udinese lineup due to injury.
In the final round of matches before the winter break of the Swiss league, Neuchatel Xamax were overwhelmed 4-1 by a resurgent Grasshoppers side. Alex Tachie-Mensah scored the only goal for Xamax.
FC Bayern Munich, with Kufuor in defence ended the Bundesliga 16 day match against VfL Wolfsburg in 3-3 draw, which surprised everyone in the German football world. Akonnor did not play due to injury. Kuffour's side lie fourth in the German championship table and are left behind by Bayer 04 Leverkusen with six points.
Yaw Acheampong scored his firt goal in the turkish league. Ohene Kennedy and Augustine Ahinful found the net too.
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
Standard Li?ge 2 - 21' Lukunku, 28' Van Dooren
Eendracht Aalst 0
Standard Liege: Habran, Blay, Enakhahire, Okpara, Van Meir, Walem, Ernst, Lukunku( Walasiak 88'), Moreira, Van Dooren, ?rst
CZECH
DENMARK
FC Midtjylland 1 -52 Jessen
Esbjerg fB 1 - 81 M. Hansen
Lineup for FC Midtylland: Skov-Jensen, Kenneth From (86. Razak Pimpong), M. Nielsen, Skriver, Urmas Rooba, Jessen, Thomasberg, Mikkelsen, M?ller Pedersen (77. Lindkvist), Skoubo, Frank Kristensen
FRANCE
Bastia 2 -Tony VAIRELLES 47' , Ousmane SOUMAH 49'
Troyes 0
Lineup for Bastia: Boumnijel 5, Deguerville 5.5, Uras 5(Ferreira, 77), F. Mendy 5.5, M. Soumah 5.5, Essien 6, Jeunechamp (cap) 6, Jau 5(O. Soumah 45 6), Beneforti 6.5, Vairelles 6(Manso 85), Dieuze 5
AUXERRE 2 -Philippe MEX?S 56' , Djibril CISS? 68'
MONACO 0
Lineup for Monaco: Roma 6, Cubilier 5, Domoraud 5, Givet 5.5, Rodriguez 5, Jugovic 5, Nyarko 4.5, Rool 5(Abidal, 62), Bierhoff 5(Gallardo, 74), Nonda (Cap.) 5.5, Prso 5.5(Eloi, 85)
GERMANY
Bayern M?nchen 3 - Pizarro 11, Elber 17, Pizarro , Pizarro 56
VfL Wolfsburg 3 - Maric 44, K?hbauer 52, Maric 71
Lineups Bayern M?nchen: Wessels;Sagnol, Kuffour, Robert Kovac, Lizarazu;Niko Kovac (75. Jancker), Thiam, Scholl (60. Sergio); Hargreaves; Pizarro (69. Zickler), Elber
VfL Wolfsburg: Reitmaier; Schnoor (23. Rau); Biliskov, Franz, Kryger; K?hbauer, Karhan, Munteanu; Ponte (90. Sarpei), Maric (83. Klimovic), Petrow
GREECE
IRAKLIS 1 -Kyriazis 85'.
Akratitos 1 -Iliopoulos
Lineup for IRAKLIS: Chalkias, Haxhi, Bachramis, Koutsoures, Milojevic, Stoltidis, Hagan (84' Kyriazis), Nebegleras (72' Kormaris), Fofonka, Gojkovic, Rambert (59' Nasiopoulos).
ITALY
NETHERLANDS
Feyenoord 5 - 39. Tomasson, 44. Van Hooijdonk, 51. Van Hooijdonk, 56. Bosvelt, 84. Korneev
NEC 0
Lineup for Feyenoord: Zoetebier 6.5, Christian Gyan 6.5, Paauwe 5.0(65. Sprockel), De Haan 6.5, De Visser 6.0, Elmander 6.5, Bosvelt 7.0 (75. Boutahar), Ono 7.5, Smolarek 7.5, Van Hooijdonk 7.0, Tomasson 7.0 (80. Korneev)
PORTUGAL
ROMANIA
SWITZERLAND
Grasshopper 4 -15 Castillo , 69, 89 Chapuisat, 92 Schwegler .
FC Neuch?tel Xamax 1 -75 Alex Tachie Mensah
Lineup for Xamax: Colomba; Oppliger, Barea, Buess (71e Tranchet), Schneider (59e Roque), Von Bergen; Mangane, Simo, B?ttig (82e A. Geijo), Atouba; Alex Tachie Mensah
Servette FC 1 - 45 Frei
Lausanne 1 - 7 Chav?riat
Lineup for Lausanne: Zetzmann, 6 Wittl, 9 Chav?riat, 10 Isa?as, 15 Lutsenko,17 Meoli, 20 Karlen, 21 Margairaz S., 22 Gomes, 28 Iglesias, 33 Leandro
TURKEY
Trabzonspor 2 - Zafer Demiray 31 , 50
Fenerbahce 1 - Samuel Johnson 90
Lineup for Fenerbah?e: R??t? Re?ber, Serkan ?zsoy, ?mit ?zat, Mustafa Do?an, Ali G?ne?, Nicola Lazetic, Ali Akdeniz (46' Yusuf ?im?ek), Abdullah Ercan, Hakan Bayraktar (63' Samuel Johnson), Bernt Kennet Andersson (63' Ceyhun Eri?), Niyazi Serhat Ak?n
Ankaragucu 2 - Ohene Kennedy 9 ; Augustine Ahinful 80
Galatasaray SK 1 - Serkan Aykut 90
Lineup for Ankarag?c?: Zafer ?zg?l Tekin, ?hsan Burak ?zsara?, Adem Dursun, Hakan Kutlu, G?kmen Bar??, Y?lmaz ?zlem, Niyazi G?ney, ?smet Ta?demir, Hakan Kele?, Augustine Ahinful (90' H?seyin Kartal), Ohene Kennedy (78' ?zg?r Volkan Y?ld?r?m (89' Sedat Ba?))
Yozgatspor 4 - Kocabey 57 ; Hamza 67 ; Karakayis 76 ; Yaw Acheampong 88
Kocaelispor 0
Lineups Yozgatspor: Saliou Diallo, ?zg?r Bayer, Selim ?zer, Cihat Arslan, H?seyin Sunar Karakay?? (80' Atakan Sancarbarlaz), ?lker Dal?i?ek, Hamza Hamzao?lu, Joachim Yaw Acheampong, G?r?ay Bulut (62' Cem Karaca), Arben Nuhiji (65' Sava? Kaya), Mustafa Kocabey
Kocaelispor: Detlef M?ller, Faruk Sarman (64' Zdravko Ivanov Lazerov), Milan Timko, Engin ?ztonga, Hasan Yi?it (60' Alexander Iordanov Alexandrov), Ayman Mohammed Abd el-Aziz (37' ?mer Aysan Bar??), Orhan Ak, Nuri ?olak, Ahmet Arslaner, Serdar Topraktepe, Kwame Ayew
?aykur Rizespor K 1 -72' ?mit Ozan Kazmaz(
Samsunspor K 0
Lineups Rizespor: Souleymanou Hamidou, K?r?at Duymu?, Mustafa Koray Avc?, Recep As?l, Serkan ?zdemir, Devran Ayhan, Nicolas Alnoudji, ?mit Ozan Kazmaz, Turan Bilge, Okan ?zt?rk (64' ?ener A?karo?lu), Emmanuel Tetteh (83' ?nal Alpu?an)
Samsunspor: Alloum Boukar, Stephen Baidoo, Ercan Kolo?lu, Kenan Yelek, M?slim Can, Mehmet Nas (46' Serkan D?kme), Ben Ofosu Piasare (75' Mehmet Hakk? Hocao?lu), Celil Sa??r, Vural Korkmaz, Ertu?rul Sa?lam (85' Alfred Maimane Phiri), Mehmet Hilmi Y?lmaz
TD: Y?cel Uyar
