Rome  - Young Argentine Mauro Zarate scored the winner for Lazio Saturday as the side from the capital won 1-0 away to Genoa in a Serie A weekend opener.

The defeat, which they suffered after a four-win run topped by a 3-2 success at Juventus, could be crucial for Genoa in the race for a fourth available Champions League berth.

Fifth-placed Fiorentina trail Genoa two points adrift and can leapfrog them when they play Sunday at Udinese.

The hosts had their best chances in the early minutes through a header from defender Giuseppe Biava that Fernando Muslera incredibly managed to slap away.

Hamburg  - Brazilian striker Grafite scored both goals as leaders VfL Wolfsburg edged Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Saturday to stay three points clear of Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga.

A Luca Toni header gave defending champions Bayern a hard-fought 1-0 win at Arminia Bielefeld, while Mario Gomez struck a hat-trick as VfB Stuttgart ran out 3-0 winners at Cologne to move third.

Grafite hit the winner for Wolfsburg five minutes from time to give Felix Magath's side a 10th successive victory - equalling a record set by Borussia Moenchengladbach in 1987.

London - Middlesbrough's hopes of avoiding relegation from the English Premier League suffered another blow on Saturday as they were held to a goalless draw at home by Fulham.

Victory could have lifted them out of the bottom three, but with Sunderland beating Hull City 1-0, they are now still four points away from safety, although they did move above Newcastle United into 18th place.

Djibril Cisse's goal, just before half-time, gave Sunderland all three points against Hull, who are now just two places above the bottom three themselves.

Hamburg  - Brazilian striker Grafite scored both goals as leaders VfL Wolfsburg edged Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Saturday to stay three points clear of Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga.

A Luca Toni header gave Bayern a hard-fought 1-0 win at Arminia Bielefeld, while Mario Gomez struck a hat-trick as VfB Stuttgart ran out 3-0 winners at Cologne to move third.

Grafite hit the winner for Wolfsburg five minutes from time to give Felix Magath's side a 10th successive victory.

London, Apr. 18 : Arsenal legend Ray Parlour has told Gunners boss Arsene Wenger to target the wobbly keeper Chelsea’s Petr Cech, whom he sees as the weak link that could lead to the Blue’s eviction from the Champion’s League.

Parlour, 36, was at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday as Cech dropped a series of clangers in the epic 4-4 draw with Liverpool.

He then spilled the beans in former boss Wenger’s office 24 hours later after his old team cruised into the Champions League semi-finals.

Gelsenkirchen, Germany  - Schalke 04 routed Energie Cottbus 4-0 in the German Bundesliga on Friday night to keep alive their ambitions of playing in Europe next season.

Christian Pander opened the scoring three minutes into the game with a deflected 18-metres shot high under the bar.

Halil Altintop got the second from the edge of the area in the 23rd and set up Jermaine Jones for the third on the hour before Kevin Kuranyi wrapped up matters with his 12th season goal in the 87th.