Weekend Recap: 8/31 - 9/1

It was a relatively quiet weekend for Mexicans in Europe.  Here is a recap:

Liga BBVA

Javier Aquino scored his first La Liga goal

Two Mexicans ply their trade for newly-promoted side Villarreal, who faced Osasuna on Saturday.  Giovani Dos Santos saw no action due to a thigh strain suffered the prior week, but his compatriot Javier Aquino scored his first career Liga BBVA goal with a short chip between 2 defenders. 

Carlos Vela, who dominated earlier in the week in Champions League play for Real Sociedad, was held scoreless in 90 minutes of action as his team suffered their first loss of the young season, a 2-1 defeat at the hands of league heavyweight Atletico Madrid.

Elsewhere in La Liga, Hector Moreno played his usual 90 minutes as Espanyol settled for a scoreless draw versus Real Betis.  Andres Guardado started at LB for Valencia in a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Barcelona, where Jonathan Dos Santos was substituted at 80' for the winning side.  And Nery Castillo was not in the lineup for Rayo Vallecano in their 1-2 loss to Levante on Friday.

English Premier League

Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez saw his first minutes of the season for Manchester United after being subbed on for Ryan Giggs in the 73rd minute of a 0-1 loss at Liverpool.  Chicharito was unavailable for the first 2 weeks of the EPL season due to a hamstring injury suffered in training.

Primeira Liga

The two Mexicans playing for Porto FC saw no action last weekend for the Portuguese giants.  Diego Reyes, the 20-year-old transfer from Club America, is still playing the Porto's B Team, while Hector Herrera was in the lineup as a substitute for the first team, but was not subbed into the game.  Porto did defeat Pacos de Ferreira 1-0.

Ligue 1

Guillermo Ochoa maintained a clean sheet in front of net for French side AC Ajaccio, his second in as many weeks, in a scoreless draw with Sochaux.  Ochoa has conceded just 3 goals in the first 5 weeks of French Ligue 1 action.

Eredivisie

The lone Mexican in the Dutch first division, Jesus "Tecatito" Corona, was not in the lineup for Twente's 1-1 draw with Heerenveen.