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Having played a draw with Tottenham on Sunday, Chelsea failed to catch up with Arsenal in the English Premier League championship, which the day before was also content with one point. Among the leaders of the leading European championships, only Juventus has a 100% result so far. On Sunday, the Turin team easily beat Atalanta - 2:0.

English Championship Chelsea had an undeniable advantage in the match with Tottenham, but failed to break through its defense. Spurs goalkeeper Paul Robinson was at the receiving end. His Chelsea colleague Petr Cech had almost no work to do, but he did once save his team from a sure goal by miraculously reacting to Robbie Keane's header.
“The result is disappointing,” a visibly upset Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho stated after the match. “Today one team played to win, and the other to maintain a goalless draw. As we say in Portugal, the opponent dragged a bus to the stadium and put it in their own goal.” .
Chelsea failed to catch up with Arsenal, who drew 2:2 with Bolton on Saturday. The main match of the Manchester United-Liverpool tour was played late yesterday evening. In it, Rio Ferdinand was supposed to appear on the field for the first time as part of the hosts after an eight-month disqualification imposed for refusing to take a doping test.

Italian Championship

The second round match for Juventus was the first at home. And the team was probably unpleasantly surprised that only 20 thousand fans came to support it. However, the lack of activity from the stands had almost no effect on the Juventus game.
Both goals, one in each half, were scored by David Trezeguet, who scored once in the first round. Both times the visiting defenders made a serious mistake. “He is a born goalscorer. He, like no one else, knows where and at what moment to be in the opponent’s penalty area. With such a player in attack, we are always dangerous,” Juventus coach Fabio Capello praised him after the match.
Roma, awaiting punishment for an incident in a home Champions League match with Dynamo Kiev (then referee Anders Frisk was hit in the face with a lighter thrown from the stands and the game was stopped; UEFA will make a decision on this case today), lost away to Messina - 3:4. The Serie A newcomer celebrated its first top-flight victory in 39 years. The Romans were missing the injured Francesco Totti and the suspended Antonio Cassano. Vincenzo Montella scored all three of their goals.

Spanish Championship

In the main Sunday match of the Spanish championship, Atletico Madrid hosted Barcelona. Both teams had not lost points before this game and, in case of victory, would become sole leaders. But a draw was recorded. And as a result, after three rounds, the Spanish championship has six powers - six clubs have seven points each.
Barcelona had the advantage. The Catalans opened the scoring quite quickly. The referee disallowed Giovanni van Bronckhorst's first goal, deeming him to have played with his hand. But soon the Dutchman sent the ball into the net again, and this time there was nothing to complain about. Fernando Torres equalized after the break with a header.
Other results from Sunday's matches include Deportivo's defeat to Athletic Bilbao. The decisive goal with the score 1:1 was scored in the second minute of added time by Albert Luque.

French Championship

In the French championship, the main match of the tour was played on Sunday. Paris St Germain lost at home to Monaco - 0:1. The only goal was scored in the 83rd minute by visiting forward Emmanuel Adebayor. Monaco became the sole leader and, to some extent, made amends to the fans for their defeat in the Champions League to Liverpool (0:2).
At the end of the match, Parisian fans began to demand the resignation of team coach Vahid Halilhodzic and its executive director Francis Grell. “I understand our fans,” the latter said after the match. “I would be dissatisfied if I were them, even if the team showed better football. Our place in the standings, of course, does not correspond to our ambitions. Tomorrow, in a calm atmosphere, Vahid and I Let's discuss the current situation."

German Championship

The 5th round of the Bundesliga championship ended with two matches on Sunday. Of greatest interest was the meeting in Berlin, where Hertha hosted a potential leader - Stuttgart, coached by Matthias Sammer. The Stuttgart team failed to win and remained in second place. Wolfsburg is one point ahead of them.
The first half was equal, but before the break, the home team's forward Nando received a red card (out of anger, he threw the ball as hard as he could into the advertising board when the referee recorded his handball, and then almost attacked the referee with his fists), and the advantage passed to guests. However, in the absence of the injured Kevin Kuranyi, they lacked attacking edge. And in the end the account was never opened. Hertha drew the fifth match out of five played.
ALEXEY J-ZHUK

Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 175 dated September 21, 2004, p. 24

Chelsea was interrupted by the bus