By Zoran Milosavljevic
ZAGREB, Aug 13 - Round-up of the weekend soccer
action in eastern Europe:
RUSSIA
Roman Pavlyuchenko scored the 10,000th goal in the history
of Russia's championship league to seal a 2-0 win for leaders
Spartak Moscow over Krylya Sovietov Samara.
The victory kept Spartak five points clear of Zenit St.
Petersburg, who maintained their own title hopes with a 3-1 home
victory over Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.
Nikita Bazhenov fired Spartak ahead with a 24th-minute
tap-in before Pavlyuchenko struck his milestone goal.
Third-placed FK Moscow dropped six points off the pace after
a 2-0 away defeat by defending champions CSKA Moscow, who are a
further three points adrift.
UKRAINE
Leaders Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk made it five wins out five
with a 2-0 home victory over Naftovyk Okhtyrka which kept them
two points ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk, who were 2-1 winners at
home to Vorskla Poltava.
Title-holders Dynamo Kiev laboured to their first win of the
season, beating Metalurg Zaporizhya 1-0 away thanks to a
31st-minute goal from Serbian right back Marjan Markovic.
Dynamo's city rivals Arsenal crushed Zakarpattya Uzhgorod
7-0, romping to a 4-0 lead in the opening 39 minutes. Evhen
Seleznyov netted a hat-trick and his strike partner Georgi
Demetradze scored twice in the rout.
POLAND
Legia Warsaw stayed top with a maximum nine points after a
fine solo effort by Bartlomiej Grzelak gave them a 1-0 home win
over Groclin Grodzisk.
Wisla Krakow are second, three points behind with a game in
hand, after Pawel Brozek scored twice to help them to a 4-0 win
over Korona Kielce.
Title-holders Zaglebie Lubin won 1-0 at last season's
runners-up GKS Belchatow after Maciej Iwanski rifled in a
long-range free kick on the hour.
CROATIA
Champions Dinamo Zagreb stretched their perfect start to
four matches after goals from international midfielder Luka
Modric and Bosko Balaban gave them to a 2-1 home win over
Cibalia Vinkovci.
Rijeka stayed second, two points behind Dinamo, two goals
from Ahmed Sharbini helping them to a 3-1 home win over
Medjimurje Cakovec.
Varteks Varazdin coach Josip Kuze resigned following a 1-0
home defeat by NK Zagreb, their fourth loss in a row.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Banik Ostrava, Slavia Prague and Teplice won to maintain
their 100 percent records from two matches, while champions
Sparta Prague fell two points behind after a 0-0 draw at
Viktoria Plzen.
Ostrava came from behind to beat Most 5-2 after scoring
three goals in the last four minutes.
Former Liverpool midfielder Vladimir Smicer converted a
second half penalty in Slavia's 2-0 defeat of SK Kladno, while
an early goal from striker Martin Fenin handed Teplice a 1-0
home victory over Jablonec.
HUNGARY
Surprise leaders Kispest-Honved made it four wins out of
four as Ivory Coast striker Abraham Guie scored two goals and
set up the third in a 3-0 away win over bottom team Paksi SE.
Champions Debrecen are second, two points behind Honved,
talented midfielder Balazs Dzsudzsak scoring two superb goals in
a 3-2 home win against Zalaegerszeg.
SLOVAKIA
FC Nitra went top as the only team with a perfect record
from five matches after substitute Ondrej Curgali scored with
his first touch of the ball and Andrej Hesek wrapped up a 2-0
home win over Zlate Moravce.
Champions Zilina slipped to third, three points behind
Nitra, after a 2-0 defeat by newly promoted Kosice. It followed
Zilina's elimination from the Champions League in the second
qualifying round last week.
SERBIsA
Champions Red Star Belgrade made a stuttering start to the
new season under new coach Milorad Kosanovic with a tepid 0-0
home draw against unfancied city rivals Cukaricki.
Traditional foes Partizan Belgrade, who have only domestic
honours to play for after their expulsion from the UEFA Cup, won
1-0 at Vojvodina Novi Sad thanks to a Stevan Jovetic strike.
ROMANIA
Teenager Eric Bicfalvi kept Steaua Bucharest in the driving
seat with three wins out of three after his thunderbolt from 20
metres gave them a 1-0 home win over Politehnica Iasi.
Champions Dinamo Bucharest bounced back from a shaky start
with a 3-0 win at Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt through Claudiu
Niculescu, Ionel Danciulescu and Andrei Cristea.
BULGARIA
Champions Levski Sofia kicked off their title defence with a
1-0 win at Vihren Sandanski after defender Zhivko Milanov headed
home a Dimitar Telkiyski corner early in the second half.
Fellow title favourites Litex Lovech and CSKA Sofia drew 1-1
in an ill-tempered derby marred by three red cards and 10
bookings, defender Georgi Chilikov cancelling out Brazilian
midfielder Tom's opener for Litex.