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Benoit Cheyrou netted a last-gasp winner for Marseille
Welcome to this week’s European Round-Up with me Vaishali Bhardwaj…
We start in France where all seven of the Saturday games in Ligue 1 kicked off at the time of 7pm and here are the results from those matches:
Montpellier and Toulouse drew 1-1, Saint-Etienne beat Dijon 2-1 while Marseille grabbed a 95th-minute winner to register a win over Lorient by the same scoreline, Nancy beat Caen 2-1, Brest claimed a 1-0 victory at home to Auxerre while Nice beat Valenciennes 2-0 and Lyon clinched a 2-1 home win over Evian.
Two games were played on Sunday afternoon and here are the results from those fixtures: Ajaccio 1-0 Rennes and Bordeaux 1-0 Sochaux.
Finally, Paris Saint-Germain and Lille drew 0-0 on Sunday night.
Real Madrid finish the year top of the league
Over in Spain, Real Madrid thrashed Sevilla 6-2 to return to the summit of La Liga – three points clear of second-placed Barcelona.
The rest of the Saturday games saw Getafe claim a 2-1 win away to Real Mallorca, Espanyol defeat Sporting Gijon 2-1 and Athletic Bilbao clinch a win by the same scoreline at home to Real Zaragoza.
Real Betis claimed a 2-0 win away to Atletico Madrid in the early kick-off on Sunday while it ended 2-1 between Granada and Levante and 2-1 between Osasuna and Villarreal.
The two Sunday evening games saw Racing Santander and Real Sociedad play out a goalless draw before Valencia beat Malaga 2-0 at the Mestalla.
Finally, Barcelona won the FIFA Club World Cup after defeating Santos 4-0 in Japan.
AC-Milan claimed a 2-0 win over Siena
In Italy, three games were played on Saturday and here are the results from those games: Chievo beat Cagliari 2-0, Fiorentina and Atalanta drew 2-2 and AC Milan defeated Siena 2-0.
Five matches were contested on Sunday in Serie A and here are the results from those fixtures: Catania 2-0 Palermo, Cesena 0-1 Inter Milan, Genoa 2-1 Bologna, Juventus 2-0 Novara and Parma 3-3 Lecce.
Finally, Lazio and Udinese drew 2-2 while Roma got a 3-1 win away to Napoli on Sunday evening.
That is this week’s European Round-Up and there’ll be more from me when the show returns in 2012.
