Football standings from around Europe

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I probably won't have time to do this every week, but I had a spare minute this morning and compiled these tables.

Serie A (Italy)

<table border = 1 cellpadding = 3><tr><td align = center>.</td><td>Team</td><td align = center>Played</td><td align = center>Wins</td><td align = center>Draws</td><td align = center>Losses</td><td align = center>Goals For</td><td align = center>Goals Against</td><td align = center>Diff</td><td align = center>Points</td></tr><tr><td align = center>1.</td><td>Juventus</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>10</td><td align = center>0</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>22</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>17</td><td align = center>30</td></tr><tr><td align = center>2.</td><td>AC Milan</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>9</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>26</td><td align = center>9</td><td align = center>17</td><td align = center>28</td></tr><tr><td align = center>3.</td><td>Fiorentina</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>8</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>24</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>25</td></tr><tr><td align = center>4.</td><td>Internazionale</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>20</td><td align = center>10</td><td align = center>10</td><td align = center>20</td></tr><tr><td align = center>5.</td><td>Chievo</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>15</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>19</td></tr><tr><td align = center>6.</td><td>AS Roma</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>17</td><td align = center>10</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>18</td></tr><tr><td align = center>7.</td><td>Livorno</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>13</td><td align = center>-2</td><td align = center>18</td></tr><tr><td align = center>8.</td><td>Sampdoria</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>21</td><td align = center>17</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>17</td></tr><tr><td align = center>9.</td><td>Empoli</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>15</td><td align = center>15</td><td align = center>0</td><td align = center>17</td></tr><tr><td align = center>10.</td><td>Palermo</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>17</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>16</td></tr><tr><td align = center>11.</td><td>Lazio</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>13</td><td align = center>13</td><td align = center>0</td><td align = center>16</td></tr><tr><td align = center>12.</td><td>Siena</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>18</td><td align = center>20</td><td align = center>-2</td><td align = center>14</td></tr><tr><td align = center>13.</td><td>Udinese</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>-4</td><td align = center>14</td></tr><tr><td align = center>14.</td><td>Ascoli</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>14</td><td align = center>-3</td><td align = center>11</td></tr><tr><td align = center>15.</td><td>Reggina</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>0</td><td align = center>8</td><td align = center>10</td><td align = center>18</td><td align = center>-8</td><td align = center>9</td></tr><tr><td align = center>16.</td><td>Parma</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>10</td><td align = center>19</td><td align = center>-9</td><td align = center>9</td></tr><tr><td align = center>17.</td><td>Messina</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>10</td><td align = center>17</td><td align = center>-7</td><td align = center>8</td></tr><tr><td align = center>18.</td><td>Treviso</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>-11</td><td align = center>6</td></tr><tr><td align = center>19.</td><td>Cagliari</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>0</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>17</td><td align = center>-10</td><td align = center>5</td></tr><tr><td align = center>20.</td><td>Lecce</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>9</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>21</td><td align = center>-16</td><td align = center>4</td></tr></table>
La Liga (Spain)

<table border = 1 cellpadding = 3><tr><td align = center>.</td><td>Team</td><td align = center>Played</td><td align = center>Wins</td><td align = center>Draws</td><td align = center>Losses</td><td align = center>Goals For</td><td align = center>Goals Against</td><td align = center>Diff</td><td align = center>Points</td></tr><tr><td align = center>1.</td><td>Osasuna</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>8</td><td align = center>0</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>24</td></tr><tr><td align = center>2.</td><td>FC Barcelona</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>27</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>22</td></tr><tr><td align = center>3.</td><td>Real Madrid</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>0</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>22</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>21</td></tr><tr><td align = center>4.</td><td>Celta de Vigo</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>14</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>20</td></tr><tr><td align = center>5.</td><td>Villarreal CF</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>18</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>19</td></tr><tr><td align = center>6.</td><td>Sevilla FC</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>10</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>17</td></tr><tr><td align = center>7.</td><td>Deportivo La Coruna</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>14</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>17</td></tr><tr><td align = center>8.</td><td>Getafe CF</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>17</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>17</td></tr><tr><td align = center>9.</td><td>Valencia CF</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>15</td><td align = center>15</td><td align = center>0</td><td align = center>16</td></tr><tr><td align = center>10.</td><td>Real Sociedad</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>21</td><td align = center>-5</td><td align = center>16</td></tr><tr><td align = center>11.</td><td>Atletico Madrid</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>10</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>15</td></tr><tr><td align = center>12.</td><td>Cadiz CF</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>8</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>-3</td><td align = center>13</td></tr><tr><td align = center>13.</td><td>Malaga CF</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>15</td><td align = center>14</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>12</td></tr><tr><td align = center>14.</td><td>RCD Mallorca</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>19</td><td align = center>-8</td><td align = center>12</td></tr><tr><td align = center>15.</td><td>Racing Santander</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>8</td><td align = center>-2</td><td align = center>11</td></tr><tr><td align = center>16.</td><td>Real Zaragoza</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>15</td><td align = center>-3</td><td align = center>10</td></tr><tr><td align = center>17.</td><td>Real Betis</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>8</td><td align = center>18</td><td align = center>-10</td><td align = center>10</td></tr><tr><td align = center>18.</td><td>RCD Espanyol</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>14</td><td align = center>-7</td><td align = center>9</td></tr><tr><td align = center>19.</td><td>Alaves</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>9</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>-7</td><td align = center>8</td></tr><tr><td align = center>20.</td><td>Athletic Bilbao</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>11</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>-5</td><td align = center>7</td></tr></table>

Bundesliga (Germany)

<table border = 1 cellpadding = 3><tr><td align = center>.</td><td>Team</td><td align = center>Played</td><td align = center>Wins</td><td align = center>Draws</td><td align = center>Losses</td><td align = center>Goals For</td><td align = center>Goals Against</td><td align = center>Diff</td><td align = center>Points</td></tr><tr><td align = center>1.</td><td>Bayern München</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>10</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>27</td><td align = center>8</td><td align = center>19</td><td align = center>31</td></tr><tr><td align = center>2.</td><td>Werder Bremen</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>8</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>32</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>26</td></tr><tr><td align = center>3.</td><td>Hamburger SV</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>19</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>13</td><td align = center>25</td></tr><tr><td align = center>4.</td><td>Schalke 04</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>14</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>21</td></tr><tr><td align = center>5.</td><td>Hertha BSC</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>21</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>21</td></tr><tr><td align = center>6.</td><td>Borussia Münchengladbach</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>13</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>19</td></tr><tr><td align = center>7.</td><td>VfL Wolfsburg</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>13</td><td align = center>14</td><td align = center>-1</td><td align = center>17</td></tr><tr><td align = center>8.</td><td>VfB Stuttgart</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>15</td><td align = center>14</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>16</td></tr><tr><td align = center>9.</td><td>Bayer Leverkusen</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>21</td><td align = center>21</td><td align = center>0</td><td align = center>16</td></tr><tr><td align = center>10.</td><td>Borussia Dortmund</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>18</td><td align = center>17</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>15</td></tr><tr><td align = center>11.</td><td>Arminia Bielefeld</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>5</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>19</td><td align = center>-3</td><td align = center>15</td></tr><tr><td align = center>12.</td><td>Eintracht Frankfurt</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>14</td><td align = center>19</td><td align = center>-5</td><td align = center>13</td></tr><tr><td align = center>13.</td><td>Hannover 96</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>6</td><td align = center>4</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>19</td><td align = center>-3</td><td align = center>12</td></tr><tr><td align = center>14.</td><td>FSV Mainz 05</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>15</td><td align = center>19</td><td align = center>-4</td><td align = center>11</td></tr><tr><td align = center>15.</td><td>1. FC Koln</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>1</td><td align = center>8</td><td align = center>17</td><td align = center>26</td><td align = center>-9</td><td align = center>10</td></tr><tr><td align = center>16.</td><td>MSV Duisburg</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>24</td><td align = center>-12</td><td align = center>9</td></tr><tr><td align = center>17.</td><td>1. FC Kaiserslautern</td><td align = center>12</td><td align = center>2</td><td align = center>3</td><td align = center>7</td><td align = center>16</td><td align = center>30</td><td align = center>-14</td><td align = center>9</td></tr></table>

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Kaiserslautern is bringing up the rear. -ohbfrank-

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Fiorentina-AC Milan was a real cracker today.

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<a href = "http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-vierianalysis&prov=reuters&type=lgns"><b>Vieri's Monaco move last chance for World Cup push</a></b>

By Simon Evans

MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Christian Vieri hopes his move to Monaco will boost his chances of making Italy's World Cup squad but the striker's form will need a radical improvement if that aim is to be realised.

Vieri leaves AC Milan after just six months and while the club maintained that they would have been happy for him to stay it is hard to imagine coach Carlo Ancelotti is too distraught by his departure.

The much-travelled forward, who grew up in Australia, managed just two goals during his time under Ancelotti but it was not only his statistics that were disappointing.

The power, pace and aggression that made Vieri one of Europe's top strikers were absent from his play and he looked short on confidence, his touch frequently letting him down -- sometimes embarrassingly.

Vieri looked a fading force when he led the line for Italy at Euro 2004 and, apart from occasional flashes, he has never since looked like the player who stormed at defences at the peak of his career with Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Lazio and the first four of his six seasons with Inter Milan.

RESERVE STRIKER

At Milan he was never more than a reserve -- the official club line denies such a status exists but it was clear from the start of this season that Andriy Shevchenko and Alberto Gilardino were Ancelotti's first choices and when Filippo Inzaghi returned from injury Vieri became the 'fourth striker'.

"He wanted to play more in order to make his bid for the World Cup and so we have accepted his wish," said Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani who made it clear there was no way Vieri was going to be given any guarantees of more games.

"Here there aren't any fixed places in the side -- not even Marco van Basten had such a status," he said.

While Vieri waited for the occasional start and the odd appearance as a substitute, his rivals for a place in the Marcello Lippi's World Cup squad in Germany were showing their ability every week.

Fiorentina's Luca Toni is Serie A's top scorer with 16 goals in 18 outings and has become Lippi's first choice alongside Gilardino.

Those hoping to be Toni's back-up at the finals in Germany have also pushed themselves ahead of Vieri -- Udinese's Vincenzo Iaquinta has been a regular in the Azzurri squad while Cristiano Lucarelli of Livorno has every right to believe he is in with a chance.

ITALIAN CONNECTION

Like Antonio Cassano, who recently left AS Roma for Real Madrid, Vieri is hoping that a move away from Serie A will help him rediscover his form and grab the attention of Lippi, who has promised he will travel to Monaco to watch the striker.

Vieri has the advantage of finding Italians in key roles at Monaco -- coach Francesco Guidolin only left Serie A in the close season and recently brought in former Juve forward Marco Di Vaio, another player with lingering, albeit limited, hopes of an Azzurri place.

Milan must now find a replacement before the transfer window closes at the end of the month -- Inzaghi, who still has question marks over his fitness, is the only back-up forward available to Ancelotti.

While many Milan fans wonder why the club allowed Argentine Hernan Crespo to return to Chelsea after he had finally found his form with Ancelotti, the six-times European champions are being strongly linked with Brazilian Marcio Amoroso.

The former Udinese, Parma and Borussia Dortmund striker is back in Brazil with Sao Paolo.