Socceroo Harry Kewell was at his menacing best firing in two goals as Galatasaray came from behind to defeat Denizlispor 4-1 in the Turkish Super Lig overnight.The Australian scored twice from the penalty spot but looked dangerous around the ground with some of his inswinging corners a real feature of the match.
But Galatasaray were made to work for their victory, after Bulgarian Emil Angelov gave Denizlispor the lead on 39 minutes with a close-range header.
Just moments before the break, the hosts won a slightly controversial penalty after a handball offence inside the box and Kewell stepped up to fire a low shot under Ozden Ongun.
Early in the second-half, one of Kewell's precise corners found Arda Turan in the box and the Turkish international coolly headed home from close-range to give Cimbom the lead.
On 67 minutes, Abdul Kader Keita won another slightly precarious penalty after a foul seemed to occur outside the box. But there was no doubt about Kewell's finish when the shot to Ozden Ongun's right to ram home Galatasaray's advantage.
Barely ten minutes later, Kewell's through-ball played in Keita and his cutback was cruelly deflected into the Denizlispor goal by defender Ahmet Burak.
In the Scottish Premier League, Scott McDonald maintained his good start to the season as Celtic enjoyed a solid 3-1 triumph at Aberdeen on the opening day of the campaign today.
After missing a rather simple early chance, McDonald was on hand to punish a poor Aberdeen clearance just before the break to give the Hoops a 3-0 lead at half-time.
McDonald's goal came after Aiden McGeady's double had raced the Buoys ahead. The Australian would be substituted by new boss Tony Mowbray on 60 minutes.
Elsewhere in the SPL, James Wesolowski played almost 90 minutes for Hamilton Accies as they crashed to a 3-0 loss at Kilmarnock. Neither Kilmarnock's Danny Invincibile or Hamilton's Trent McClenahan were involved for either side.
In Germany's Bundesliga, FC Nurnberg got their points tally of the mark with a 1-1 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt although Aussie pair Matt Spiranovic and Dario Vidosic weren't involved.
In the Dutch Eredivisie, Nikita Rukavytsya was another Socceroo not in his side's squad after the midweek Australia match as FC Twente won 1-0 at ADO Den Haag.
Elsewhere, Brett Holman started and played almost an hour as AZ Alkmaar cruised to a 6-0 win at RKC Waalwijk. James Holland wasn't in the AZ squad.
In the Coppa Italia, Mark Bresciano played a full game for Palermo on the right-side of midfield as they came from a goal behind to defeat SPAL 1907 4-2.
In the Swedish Allsvenskan, Ante Covic put in a full shift as IF Elfsborg beat his old club Hammarby 3-2 to stay in touch in the title race.
In the Croatian HNL Ozujsko, Josip Skoko played a full game as Hajduk Split came from two down to draw 2-2 with Inter Zapresic.
In the Danish Superliga, Michael Beauchamp - tipped for a move to Gold Coast United to replace Adam Griffiths - wasn't involved as Aalborg BK beat SonderjyskE 1-0 at home.
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