Goals from Holland, Portugal, Belgium, Turkey, Greece, Croatia & More

Ajax 2 - Volendam 1 (Eredivisie, Feb. 22, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) Ajax fell behind at home to Volendam when van Basten’s defence was once again torn open and Gerson Sheotahul arrived on the scene to stroke home the opener. Luis Suarez equalised for Ajax with a header following a set-play. Thomas Vermaelen won the game for Ajax 15 minutes from time.

Sparta 1 - Twente 2 (Eredivisie, Feb. 22, 2009) Sander van Gessel turned home a Eljero Elia left wing cross into his own net to give Twente the lead at Sparta.

De Graafschap 0 - Feyenoord 2 (Eredivisie, Feb. 22, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) Feyenoord took a 54th-minute lead when Karim El Ahmadi carried the ball upfield unopposed and scored from the edge of the box. Forgotten man Jon Dahl Tomasson wrapped up the win with a second in injury time after De Graafschap gave away the ball in midfield.

Utrecht 0 - NEC 2 (Eredivisie, Feb. 22, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) Utrecht’s goalie Michel Vorm was completely at fault for NEC’s 77th-minute opener, the keeper failing to stop a simple shot from Youssef El-Akchaoui before Joel Tshibamba added a second minutes later.

Academica 3 - Maritimo 1 (Superliga, Feb. 22, 2009)

Amadora 1 - Nacional 0 (Superliga, Feb. 22, 2009) Jardel bagged the only goal of the game.

Naval 1 - Braga 2 (Superliga, Feb. 22, 2009) Renteria pounced on a Joao Pereira long ball and headed it past Peiser to give Braga the lead. Naval levelled in the 83rd minute when Marinho smashed a Dudu cross to the back of the Braga net. But just when it seemed that Naval would walk away with a point, Joao Pereira picked up a loose ball inside the Naval area and tucked it away to snatch victory.

Vitoria Guimaraes 0 - Trofense 1 (Superliga, Feb. 22, 2009) Trofense pulled themselves out of the relegation zone thanks to Charles Chad’s 76th-minute winner.

Rio Ave 1 - Vitoria Setubal 0 (Superliga, Feb. 21, 2009)

Galatasaray 2 - Kocaelispor 5 (Super Lig, Feb. 22, 2009) Gulleri was the hero for Kocaelispor, bagging four goals.

Sivasspor 1 - Eskisehirspor 0 (Super Lig, Feb. 22, 2009) Yannick Kamanan scored the only goal after seven minutes.

Anderlecht 4 - Standard Liege 2 (Jupiler League, Feb. 22, 2009) Standard got off to a good start after Wilfried Dalmat scored inside 60 seconds but Mbark Boussoufa equalised shortly before the break. Liege restored the lead through Dieumerci Mbokani four minutes after the interval but again Boussoufa equalised, this time on the hour. (Both Mbark Boussoufa goals can be seen here.) Marcin Wasilewski put the hosts ahead from the penalty spot before Tom de Sutter sewed up the big win with the fourth.

Racing Genk 1 - Mouscron 1 (Jupiler League, Feb. 20, 2009) Ouali’s neat opener for the visitors was cancelled out by Nemec’s 28th-minute equaliser.

Ergotelis 1 - Olympiakos 0 (Greek Super League, Feb. 22, 2009) Koutsianikoulis broke the deadlock in the 22nd minute, receiving a cross in the Olympiakos area and dribbling past a defender before unleashing a low drive into the net.

Asteras 0 - AEK Athens 1 (Greek Super League, Feb. 22, 2009) AEK Athens visited Asteras and needed a late goal to earn three points; Daniel Majstorovic scored the winner with just four minutes to go.

Larisa 1 - Aris  1 (Greek Super League, Feb. 22, 2009)

Hajduk Split 2 - Dinamo Zagreb 0 (1. HNL, Feb. 22, 2009)

FC Salzburg 2 - Rapid Vienna 1 (T-Mobile Bundesliga, Feb. 22, 2009) All the goals arrived in the first half, Tchoyi and Janko putting the hosts two-up before Boskovic replied for Rapid.

Young Boys 4 - FC Aarau 0 (Swiss Super League, Feb. 21, 2009) Marco Schneuwly and Seydou Doumbia both bagged a brace.

Maccabi Petah Tikva 1 - Hapoel Tel Aviv 1 (Ligat ha’Al, Feb. 21, 2009)