BELGRADE, March 19 (Reuters) - Round-up of the weekend soccer action in eastern Europe.
RUSSIA - FC Moscow went top as the only team with two wins from two
matches after first-half goals from Roman Adamov secured a 2-0
home success against Tomsk.
Adamov opened the scoring with a clinical finish in the
fifth minute and sealed the win when he turned in a Pompiliu
Stoica cross on the half-hour.
Champions CSKA Moscow were held to a 1-1 draw at city rivals
Dynamo, Ruslan Pimenov scoring an 86th minute equaliser for the
home side to cancel out Vagner Love's opener on the hour.
Zenit St.Petersburg are also among the chasing pack of six
teams with a win and a draw after new signing Anatoly Tymoshchuk
scored his first goal for the club in a 3-2 win at Rostov.
POLAND - Leaders Belchatow stayed three points clear with a 3-1 home
win over champions Legia Warsaw and Zaglebie Lubin kept up the
pressure after a 4-2 victory at Cracovia Krakow.
Two first-half headers from Tomasz Jarzebowski sent
Belchatow on their way and another by Rafal Bogunski on the hour
sealed their win after Hugo Alcantara had pulled one back for
Legia, who trail the front-runners by 11 points.
Zaglebie fought back from an early 2-0 deficit to stay in
the title race after Maciej Iwanski drilled in a free kick and a
penalty in the second half to turn the match on its head.
Third-placed Kolporter Korona Kielce suffered a 3-0 setback
at mid-table Lech Poznan that left them six points off the pace.
BULGARIA - Levski Sofia moved a step closer to retaining their league
title, staying six points clear of city rivals CSKA after Hristo
Yovov's brace helped them to a 4-0 rout of Vihren Sandanski.
Yovov scored with a free kick and a long-range effort after
setting up Valeri Domovchiyski's opener while substitute Georgi
Surmov added the fourth with a spectacular effort.
A header from Romanian striker Eugen Trica and a fine finish
from Evgeny Yordanov gave 10-man CSKA a 2-0 win against Litex
Lovech after Velizar Dimitrov was sent off in the first half.
Lokomotiv Sofia stayed third level on points with CSKA after
the league's top scorer Tsvetan Genkov took his tally to 15 with
a brace in their 5-0 demolition of Rodopa Smolian.
SERBIA - Champions Red Star Belgrade ground out a 1-0 win at city
rivals OFK to go nine points clear of traditional foes Partizan
Belgrade, who slipped to a 1-0 home reverse by Hajduk Kula.
Midfielder Nenad Milijas curled in a 26th minute free kick
to keep Red Star in the driving seat and give caretaker coach
Bosko Djurovski his second straight win.
Partizan suffered their first defeat under Miroslav Djukic
after five wins in a row as Aleksandar Petrovic rounded off a
swift break to give Hajduk the three points.
HUNGARY - Joint leaders Debrecen slipped to a shock 2-1 defeat at
Kispest Honved and MTK Budapest can go top three points clear
when they entertain neighbours Vasas later on Monday.
Zoltan Hercegfalvi and Cameroonian striker Edouard Ndjodo
gave ninth-placed Kispest a 2-0 lead with quick goals shortly
after the break before Ibrahim Sidibe scored a consolation.
Third-placed Zalaegrszeg stayed six points behind the
leaders after a 2-1 defeat at second-bottom REAC, a Gabor Torma
brace firing the hosts into an early 2-0 lead.
ROMANIA - Front-runners Dinamo Bucharest were held to a 1-1 draw at
UTA Arad and second-placed CFR Cluj closed the gap to 12 points
with a 2-0 win at basement team Jiul Petrosani.
Liviu Ganea salvaged a point for Dinamo after they fell
behind to a Nikola Stojanovic opener and had Cosmin Moti sent
off for a second yellow card.
Champions Steaua Bucharest, in third, kept alive their slim
hopes of retaining the title after goals from Valentin Badea and
Brazilian Elton earned a 2-0 home win over Arges Pitesti.
CZECH REPUBLIC - Sparta Prague went top with a 2-0 win at Pribram but city
rivals Slavia can leap over them back into pole position if they
beat mid-table Brno at home later on Monday.
Marek Kulic fired Sparta ahead with a superb 26th minute
shot and set up the second for Jan Simak, who raced clear of his
markers and placed the ball past the advancing keeper.
Champions Slovan Liberec stayed third three points behind
Sparta after first-half goals from Ivan Hodur and Jan Blazek
helped them to a 2-1 home win over Sigma Olomouc.
SLOVAKIA - Leaders Zilina stayed three points clear of closest rivals
Artmedia Bratislava after their 1-1 draw while third-placed
champions Ruzomberok kept their own title challenge barely alive
with a 4-0 win at Senec.
A Juraj Halenar volley fired Artmedia into a 17th minute
lead before Adam Nemec equalised with a swivelling shot that
bounced awkardly in front of the keeper.
Miroslav Bozok and Igor Zofcak scored two goals each for
Ruzomberok, who trail the leaders by 16 points.
CROATIA - Top scorer Eduardo da Silva headed his 22nd league goal of
the season to keep champions Dinamo Zagreb eight points clear
with a 1-0 home win over Rijeka.
Second-placed Hajduk Split stayed in title contention after
second-half goals from Tomislav Busic and substitute Drago
Gabric gave them a 2-0 win at home to Varteks Varazdin.
UKRAINE - Leaders Dynamo Kiev extended their advantage to five points
with a 4-0 home defeat of second from bottom Zorya Lugansk after
three goals in the last 17 minutes followed Maksim Shatskikh's
28th minute opener.
Champions Shakhtar Donetsk, looking to bounce back from last
week's a dramatic 5-4 aggregate UEFA Cup defeat to holders
Sevilla, can close the gap back to two points as they are at
home to lowly city rivals Metalurh later on Monday.
