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Djordje Tomic

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Spanish first division

Celta Vigo continue to drop points after being held to a 2-2 draw at home to Real Mallorca.

Catanha put Celta ahead on 14 minutes with a delicate lob, but Ariel Ibagaza levelled 10 minutes later with a fierce shot. Yugoslav Goran Djorovic put Celta in front again on 77 minutes, but Javier Olaizola equalised a minute from time. Mallorca had three goals disallowed.

Oviedo recorded their seventh consecutive home victory after a bizarre goal by Yugoslavian midfielder Djordje Tomic beat Racing Santander on Sunday.

The visitors dominated the first half but it was the home side who opened the scoring after 34 minutes. Tomic's lob from the narrowest of angles was caught by Ceballos, but as his momentum carried him backwards, he fell down with the ball clearly over the line.

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Dutch first division

AZ Alkmaar - PSV Eindhoven 0-5

Scorers: Mateja Kezman 8, 54, Andre Ooijer 21, Mark van Bommel 40, Joonas Kolkka 68.

PSV had an easy afternoon after Yugoslav striker Mateja Kezman opened the scoring in the eighth minute.

Goals from Andre Ooijer (21) and Mark van Bommel (40) had PSV in control by halftime.

Nine minutes into the second half Kezman got his second and in the 68th minute Joonas Kolkka made it 5-0 with a fierce shot.

Graafschap Doetinchem - Utrecht 0-3

Scorers: Igor Gluscevic 29, Erik Redeker 30og, Dirk Kuyt 65

FC Utrecht made it four wins in a row with a convincing display against De Graafschap on Sunday that moves them up to eighth place in the table.

The visitors had Yugoslavian Igor Gluscevic and an own goal by Eric Redeker to thank for a 2-0 half-time lead before Dirk Kuijt sealed the three points after the break.

Leading scorers after matches played this weekend:

14 - Ali Elkhattabi (Sparta Rotterdam), Robin Nelisse (AZ Alkmaar)
13 - IGOR GLUSCEVIC (Utrecht)
12 - MATEJA KEZMAN (PSV Eindhoven)
11 - Gorgi Hristov (NEC Nijmegen), Yannis Anastasiou (Roda JC Kerkrade).

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Italian Serie A

Darko Kovacevic

Juventus moved into second place, ahead of Atalanta on goal difference, with a convincing 4-1 win at Lecce.

Filippo Inzaghi opened the scoring and Juve doubled their lead through in-form David Trezeguet.

Rodolfo Giorgetti brought Lecce back into the game with a powerful strike in the 70th minute. But substitutes Yugoslav Darko Kovacevic and Zambrotta both took advantage of the wide-open spaces to sink brave Lecce with goals in the last five minutes. Kovacevic's finish came after a 40-yard solo run.

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Nenad Jestrovic

Yugoslav star Nenad Jestrovic, currently Belgium's top goalscorer (15), has revealed that Turkish champions Galatasaray have made an approach for him - and that he is considering leaving Belgian side Excelsior Mouscron to join them.

Jestrovic first made his name in France after leaving his native Yugoslavia for Lille in 1996, where his reputation as a super-sub was quickly established.

After Lille were relegated, Jestrovic went to Bastia where he was not a regular but in the 1998-99 season he scored five goals from 14 starts and a further ten from the substitutes' bench.

He left for Metz in 1999 where again he struggled to secure a place in the starting line-up, but continued to score goals as a bench player.

Finally, Yugoslav prolific striker moved to Excelsior Mouscron. He made a sensational start to his career in Belgium and raced to the top of the Jupiler League's scorers chart at the beginning of the 2000-01 campaign.

Leading scorers in the Belgian first division after the weekend's matches:

15 - NENAD JESTROVIC (Excelsior Mouscron)
13 - Jan Koller (Anderlecht) , Tomasz Radzinski (Anderlecht)
12 - Gert Verheyen (Club Bruges)
11 - Michael Goossens (Standard Liege)
10 - Sven Vermant (Club Bruges)


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