Duff on the mark: Damien Duff was one of Chelsea's scorers in the big-spending Londoners' 4-1 victory over Watford in last night's friendly at Vicarage Road.
Mikael Forssell, Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink (penalty), Neil Ardley (own-goal) scored the other goals for Chelsea, after Heidar Helguson netted for Watford.
Harry Kewell scored his first goal for Liverpool in their 5-1 friendly win at Aberdeen last night.
The Australian international found the net for the first time since his £5 million move from Leeds early in the second half as Gerard Houllier, who made 10 half-time substitutions, saw his side bounce back from going a goal behind after 60 seconds, when Aussie David Zdrilic fired past Chris Kirkland.
Also visiting Scotland last night were Arsenal, who beat hosts Rangers 3-0, thanks to goals from Edu, Lauren and Sol Campbell.
Givens shops local: Republic of Ireland under-21 manager Don Givens has named three eircom League players in his squad for the upcoming friendly against Poland. Waterford United goalkeeper Dan Connor, Shelbourne's Wes Hoolahan and Cork City's John O'Flynn will all make the trip to Gdynski on August 19th.
Uncapped Notts County goalkeeper Saul Deeney and Patrick Kohlmann from Borussia Dortmund are included in the 18 while there is a first call-up for Leeds United's Paul Keegan.
SQUAD: D Connor (Waterford United), S Deeney (Notts County), S Brennan (Newcastle United), S Kelly (Tottenham Hotspur), C Cryan (Sheffield United), C Byrne (Scunthorpe United), S Capper (Unattached), P Kohlmann (Borussia Dortmund), K O'Connor (Brentford), K Gilroy (Scarborough), M Doyle (Coventry City), S Thornton (Sunderland), P Keegan (Leeds United), W Hoolahan (Shelbourne), J Walters (Bolton Wanderers), J O'Flynn (Cork City), J Daly (Stockport County), S Elliott (Manchester City).
In Brief: Commercial manager Uli Hoeness yesterday confirmed Bayern Munich had paid 17.7million to Deportivo Coruna for Roy Makaay .. . Former Manchester United and Blackburn defender Henning Berg has signed a one-year deal with Rangers. The 33-year-old Norwegian joins ex-Parma and Bologna left back Paolo Vanoli as the newcomers in the Ibrox ranks . . . Leeds United have signed French defender and former Newcastle United player Didier Domi on a one-year loan from Paris St Germain . . . Auxerre have confirmed their Senegal international midfielder Amdy Faye has joined Portsmouth on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
Today's fixtures
(7.45 unless stated)
UEFA Champions League: Second qualifying round, second leg: Anderlecht v Rapid Bucuresti (7.30); CSKA Sofia v Pyunik (6.30); Celtic v FBK Kaunas; Dinamo Zagreb v Maribor; Djurgarden v Partizan Belgrade; Graz AK v SK Tirana (7.30); HJK Helsinki v MTK Hungaria (7.30); Maccabi Tel-Aviv v MSK Zilina (2.30); Omonia Nicosia v Wisla Krakow (6.0); Rosenborg v Bohemians (7.45); Shakhtar Donetsk v Sheriff Tiraspol (5.0); Slavia Prague v Leotar (6.0); Sliema Wanderers v FC Copenhagen (4.30); Vardar v CSKA Moscow (5.0).
UEFA Intertoto Cup: Semi-final, second leg: Liberec v Schalke (7.15); Perugia v Nantes (7.30); SL Koper v Heerenveen (4.30); Villarreal v FC Boby Brno (8.45); Werder Bremen v FC Superfund (7.15); Wolfsburg v HNK Cibalia (5.30).
Friendly Matches: Bolton v Mallorca (8.0); Bray v Blackburn; Gateshead v Sunderland (7.0); Kettering v Leeds.
