Arsenal slam five past Szombathelyi (videos)

Szombathelyi Haladas 0 - Arsenal 5 (Friendly, July 27, 2009) The Gunners were clinical in the first half against the Hungarian side. Nicklas Bendtner headed home the opener from a Traore cross before Eduardo drilled home the second. The Crozilian claimed the third from a free-kick and Bendtner got the fourth on the stroke of half-time. (First-half highlights here.) Robin van Persie tucked away a penalty in the second-half to complete the rout. Brazilian Maikel missed a penalty late on for Szombathelyi, with a truly shocking attempt.

The post-match interview with Eduardo can be seen here.

Wolfsburg 3 - Mallorca 1 (Friendly, July 27, 2009) The Bundesliga champions looked on top of their game with Misimovic claiming a double and Edin Dzeko netting the third.

Lyon 0 - Porto 2 (Peace Cup, July 27, 2009) Hulk was the hero for Porto, the striker scoring after just nine minutes before, in the second half, Hulk streaked away to score a fine second.

Malaga 1 - Atlante 3 (Peace Cup, July 27, 2009)

Feyenoord 3 - Sampdoria 0 (Friendly, July 26, 2009) Feyenoord took the lead as Fer scored from a corner after 19 minutes. Samp’s Marco Rossi was then sent off for handling Makaay’s shot on the goal-line,  Bruins making no mistake from the penalty spot. Feyenoord finished with a third goal as De Guzman slotted home just three minutes from time.

Halmstad 0 - Malmo FF 3 (Allsvenskan, July 27, 2009) Malmo stoel the points with late goals from Jiloan Hamad and an Agon Mehmeti brace.

AIK Stockholm 1 - GAIS 0 (Allsvenskan, July 27, 2009) Former Blackburn defender Nils-Eric Johansson continued his rare purple patch in front of goal to net AIK’s winner with a 65th minute header.

Hacken 2 - Orebro 2 (Allsvenskan, July 27, 2009) Hacken looked odds-on for the points after John Chibuike and Jonas Henriksson put the hosts 2-up with 30 minutes to play, but a late Alejandro Bedoya double earned Orebro a point.

Orgryte 0 - Hammarby 0 (Allsvenskan, July 27, 2009)

Sturm Graz 3 - Wiener Neustadt 0 (T-Mobile Bundesliga, July 26, 2009) Daniel Beichler put the hosts ahead after nine minutes and further goals before the half-hour mark from Andreas Hoelzl and Beichler settled the contest.

Kapfenberg 3 - Austria Karnten 2 (T-Mobile Bundesliga, July 26, 2009) Kapfenberg notched their first win of the season with substitute David Sencar grabbing a last-minute clincher. Karnten’s Sandro Ferreira da Silva scored one of the more bizarre free-kicks after his teammates performed a strange pre-kick routine.