1.   A half hour into the match, Donovan offered a crossing pass that ricocheted off a Portuguese defender and glanced into the net.

2.   The game finally slipped away when a Portuguese defender was called for a penalty kick.

3.   Parma had to do without its suspended Portuguese defender Fernando Couto.

4.   But it does so without Portuguese defender Carlos Secretario and Dutch midfielder Clarence Seedorf, two of six foreigners signed this summer.

5.   But the Liberian striker and the Portuguese defender may still have to face UEFA when it carries out a fuller investigation into the incident and especially its background.

6.   Dutch midfielder Edgar Davids and Portuguese defender Fernando Couto were among the six other Italian league players who tested positive for the banned steroid.

7.   Eight players in the Italian league, including Davids and Portuguese defender Fernando Couto, have tested positive this season.

8.   Eight players, including Dutch midfielder Edgar Davids and Portuguese defender Fernando Couto, were suspended this season after testing positive for the banned steroid nandrolone.

9.   Dutch midfielder Edgar Davids and Portuguese defender Fernando Couto were suspended Thursday from all international matches after failing drug tests.

10.   Eight players in the Italian league, including Portuguese defender Fernando Couto and Dutch midfielder Edgar Davids, tested positive this season.