Note:
The
purpose of this section is to summarize the week in question, it is not meant
to give a full statistical analysis of the matches.
We
live in a viral age and all that information can be accessed.
I
welcome all contributions from anyone, even for the Leagues that I did not
cover.
I. England
Diary:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
-Harry
Kane was rested for today England friendly vs. Switzerland and Manager Gareth
Southgate made other changes as well. Eric Dier will captain in his absence.
(Source Sky Sports Online)
-Alan
Shearer stated that Marcus Rashford will never be the main striker at his club
Manchester United. He is deployed in a wide forward role though he prefers to
be in the center. (Source AS.com Online)
-Arsenal’s
Mesut Ozil has been linked with Fenerbahce.
(Source Daily Mail online)
-Welsh
International Ethan Ampadu’s father revealed that the player was rejected by
England selectors when he was 14 because he took ‘few touches’. (Source Daily
Mail online)
-Welsby
winning against Switzerland (1-0), England ended a run of three straight
defeats. (Source Daily Mail online)
Wednesday,
September 12, 2018:
-Tottenham
goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has plead guilty to drunk driving. He was fined and
banned from driving for 20 months.
(Source BBC Football online)
-Tottenham’s
Lucas Moura has bene under scrutiny back at home in Brazil for his support of
Populist politician Jair Bolsonaro.
(Source L’Equipe online)
-Pundit
Jamie Carragher has advised Marcus Rashford to leave Manchester United and join
Everton to see more action. According to Carragher, he does not seen Rashford
displace Lukaku at Manchester United. (Source daily Mail online)
-Sunderland
have ended the contract of Papy Djilobodji who had been missing and not
reported to the club at the scheduled date . (Source Sky Sports online)
-
John Terry rejected a move to Spartak Moscow for family reasons. (Source La Sky
Sports Online)
Thursday,
September 13, 2018:
-Tottenham
Manager Mauricio Pochetiino has confirmed that Hugo Lloris will remain as club
captain despite his Drunk Driving plea.
(Source BBC Football online)
-Tottenham
Manager goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is injured and will miss a number of matches.
(Source L’Equipe online)
-Manchester
City Manager Pep Guardiola stated that he would like to finish as a Manager by
managing Barcelona’s youth squads.. (Source AS.com online)
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
-The
Premier League has set up an inquiry into Everton’s approach and recruitment of
Manager Marco Silva from Watford. (Source Sky Sports online)
-Manchetser
United’s Romelu Lukaku has defended Jose Mourinho. He said he deserved respect
for being real and not hiding his true feelings. (Source Reuters UK online)
-In
a press conference Jose Mourinho attacked pundits and cllaed them ‘compulsiev liars’.
He also defended his use of Marcus Rashford by compating the minutes played by
him with the likes of Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Dominic Solanke and Dominic
Calvert-Lewin. (Source Daily
Mail online)
-
Pep Guardiola stated that Kevin De Bruyne’s buy-out clause was in the region of
250 Million Euros. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Chelsea
Manager Maurizio Sarri stated that he would welcome back John Terry back to
Chelsea as part of his coaching staff. (Source Four Four Two online)
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
-
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
-Former
Ipswich and England defender Kevin Beattie passed away aged 64. (Source Daily
Mirrot online)
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
-Derby
Manager Frank Lampard was charged with improper conduct following his sending
off in Derby’s match over the weekend vs. Rotherham. (Source Reuters UK online)
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September 14, 2018
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Kai McKenzie-Lyle (Guyana)
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Goalkeeepr
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Barnet
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Liverpool
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Purchase
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L’Equipe
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September 15, 2018
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Steven Defour (Belgium)
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Midfielder
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-
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Burnley
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Permannet basis
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RTBF.be
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September 17, 2018
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James McArthur
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Crystal Palace
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2021
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Sky Sports
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English
Premier League Matchday (September 14-September 17, 2018):
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
Tottneham
1-Liverpool 2
(Erik Lamela 90 / Georginio Wijnaldum 39, Roberto Firmino 54)
Bournemouth
4-Leicester 2
(Ryan Fraser 19, 37, Joshua King 41 pen, Adam Smith 81 / James Maddiosn 88 pen,
Marc Albrighton 89)
Chelsea
4-Cardiff 1
(Eden Hazard 37, 44, 80 pen, Willian 83 / Sol Ba,ba 16)
Huddersfield
0-Crysta Palace 1 (Wilfried Zaha 38)
Manchester
City 3-Fulham 0 (-Leroy Sane 2, David Silva 21, Raheem Sterling 47)
Newcastle
1-Arsenal 2
(Ciaran Clark 90 / Granit Xhaka 49, Mesut Ozil 58)
Watford
1-Manchester United 2 (Andre Gray 65 / Romelu Lukaku 35, Chris Smalling 38)
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
Wolves
1-Burnley 0
(Raul Jimenez 61)
Everton
1-West Ham 3 (Gylfi
Sigurdsson 45 / Andriy Yarmolenko 11, 31, Marko Arnautovic 61)
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
Southampton
2-Brighton 2
(Pierre Hojbjerg 35, Danny Ings 65 pen / Shane Duffy 67, Glenn Murray 90 pen)
Top
Goalscorer:
Eden
Hazard (Chelsea) 5 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
II. Italy
Diary:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
-Napoli
turned down the chance to sign Nicola Burdisso (free agent after leaving
Torino) as a replacement for long term injury victim Vlad Chiriches. (Source
Calciomercato online)
-Lazio
Manager Simone Inzaghi announced given Jordan Lukaku’s injury it would have been illogical to include him
in the list for the Serie A and the Europa League. (Source Footews.be online)
-Federico
Bernardeschi has asked for patience from Italy’s critics and believes that
Roberto Mancini is the right man for the job. (Source Football Italia online)
-In
his ongoing quarrel with the Napoli City Council, Napoli President Aurelio De
Laurentiis threatened that Napoli would play its home matches in the Champions
League in Bari. (Source L’Equipe online)
Wednesday,
September 12, 2018:
-Andrea
Pirlo has rejected an offer to come out of retirement to play for Australian
side Avondale FC. (Source Football Italia online)
-Arrigo
Sacchi struck back at Mino Raiola by saying “I’ve never heard of this person”.
(Source Football Italia online)
-Chievo
are in danger being deducted 15 points for alleged false accounting (Source
Football Italia online)
-
The Italian League has made an exception and authorized Fiorentina to play with
Captain’s armbands honoring the late captain Davide Astori. (Source La Gazzetta
dello Sport Online)
-
According to palermo President, Maurizio Zamparini, Paulo Dybala will leave
Juventus and go to Spain in the January transfer window. (Source La Corriere Dello
Sport Online)
Thursday,
September 13, 2018:
-Chievo
have been penalized three points for false accounting. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Napoli
President Aurelio De Laurentiis has expressed an interest to acquire Hajduk
Split. (Source L’Equipe online)
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
-The
Italian National team have gone one full calendar year without a competitive
win for the first tiem since 1959. Their last won was a WC qualifier va.
Albania on Ocotber 9, 2017. (Source Football Italia online)
-The term ‘Sarrismo’ (referring to Maurizio
Sarri) has now officially entered the Italian Treccani Encyclopedia.. (Source
Football Italia online)
-Andrea
Pirlo has urged Juventus’ Paulo Dybala to train like Cristiano Ronaldo to get
back into the team. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
-
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
There
have been reports of a possible Cash + Paulo Dybala bid by Juventus to sign
Paul Pogba from Manchester United. (Source Football Italia online)
-Cristiano
Rnaldo finally scored for Juventus (a double) in their win over Sassuolo. In
the same match, Juventus’ Douglas Costa was sent off for spitting on Sassuolo’s
Di Francesco. He will likely face a suspension. (Source Football Italia online)
-Juventus
Manager Massimiliano Allegri confirmed that Douglas Costa will be fined for his
actions. (Source AS.com online)
-Gonzalo
Higuain scored for the first time for AC Milan in their tie vs. Caglairi.
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
-Juventus’
Douglas Costa has apologized for his spitting incident from the match vs.
Sassuolo. (Source Sky Sports online)
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Player
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To
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Type
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Online Source
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September 13, 2018
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Valerio Di Cesare
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Defender
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Parma
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Free Agent
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Contract Rescinded
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Football Italia
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Contract Extensions
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Date
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Player
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Position
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Club
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Expiration Year
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Online Source
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September 12, 2018
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Sami Khedira
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Midfielder
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Juventus
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2021
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BBC Football
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September 13, 2018
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Samir (Brazil)
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Defender
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Udinese
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2023
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Football Italia
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Italian
Serie A Matchday (September 15-September 17, 2018):
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
Inter
0-Parma 1
(Federico Dimarco 79)
Napoli
1-Fiorentina 0 (Lorenzo Insigne 79)
Frosinone
0-Sampdoria 5 (Fabio
Quagliarella 10, Gianluca Caprari 47, Gregoire Defrel 54, 86, Dawid Kownacki 83
pen)
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
Roma
2-Chievo 2
(Stephan El Shaarawy 10, Bryan Cristante 30 / Valter Birsa 52, Mariusz
Stepinski 83)
Genoa
1-Bologna 0
(Krzysztof Piatek 69)
Juventus
2-Sassuolo 1
(Cristiano Ronaldo 50, 65 / Khouma Babacar 90)
Udinese
1-Torino 1
(Rodrigo De Paul 28 / Soualiho Meite 49)
Empoli
0-Lazio 1
(Marco Parolo 47)
Cagliari
1-AC Milan 1
(Joao Pedro 4 / Gonzalo Higuain 55)
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
SPAL
2-Atalanta 0
(Andrea Petagna 50,56)
Top
Goalscorer:
Gregoire
Defrel (Sampdoria) 4 goals
Krzysztof
Piatek (Genoa) 4 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
III. Spain
Diary:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
-Barcelona
and Girona have formally asked the Spanish Federation permission to play a
League match in USA (set at Miami on January 26, 2019). (Source BBC Football
online)
-Atletico
Madrid Manager Diego Simeone stated that it is ‘inexplicable’ that Antoine
Griezmann was missing from the shortlist of the FIFA player of the year.
(Source L’Equipe online)
-Atletico
Madrid Manager Diego Simeone confirmed his desire to one day manage Inter.
(Source Calciomercato online)
-Real
Madrid’s Brazilian defender Marcelo has reached an agreement with the Spanish
Tax Authorities. He has been fined 753,000 Euros
Million and suspended four-months prison sentence. (Source Sky Sports online)
-Ivan
Rakitic stated that Luka Modric deserves the Player of the Year w=award for
this year, but Lionel Messi is the greatest ever. (Source Maisfutebol online)
-Atletico
Madrid Manager Diego Simeone stated that at this stage Thibaut Courtois would
not be a starter at Atletico Madrid as Jan Oblak is better. (Source L’Equipe
online)
Wednesday,
September 12, 2018:
-Montenegro
and Atletico Madrid efender Stefan Savic has returned to his club with an
injury suffered while on International duty. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Barcelona
have revealed that the first team have agreed in principle to play a La Liga
match in USA vs. Girona . (Source AS.com online)
-Spain
are in the process of placing forward a proposal to host the 2028 Euros .
(Source AS.com online)
Thursday,
September 13, 2018:
-Barcelona
have the right of first option for Atletico Madrid’s Saul Niguez. (Source
AS.com online)
-Russia’s
Dmitri Cheryshev has been cleared of any doping violations from the Spanish
Authorities. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Nimes
Administrators Jean-Marc Conrad and Serge Kasparian have beeen given prison
sentences for match fixing concerning Nimes matches from 2014. (Source L’Equipe
online)
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
-Luka
Modric reportedly owes the Spanish Tax Authorities 1.2 Million Euros. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Real
Madrid Manager Julen Lopetegui has denounced the plans for teams to play in
USA. He believes the competition will be distorted. (Source AS.com online)
Saturday, September 15, 2018:
-
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
-Gareth
Bale stated that Real Madrid now plays like more of a team without Cristiano
Ronaldo and “its abit more relaxed.”. (Source Goal.com online)
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
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Contract Extensions
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Date
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Player
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Position
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Club
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Expiration Year
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Online Source
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September 12, 2018
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Alex Moreno
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Defender
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Rayo Vallecano
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2021
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L’Equipe
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Spanish
La Liga Matchday (September 14-September 17, 2018):
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
Huesca
0-Rayo Vallecano 1 (Giannelli Imbulla 29)
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
Atletico Madrid 1-Eibar 1 (Garces Moreno 90 / Sergi
Enrich 87)
Sociedad
1-Barcelona 2 (Artiz
Elustondo 12 / Luis Suarez 63, Ousmane Dembele 66)
Valencia
0-Betis 0
(-)
Bilbao
1-Real Madrid 1 (Iker Muniain 32 / Isco 63)
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
Leganes
0-Villareal 1
(Carlos Bacca 65)
Espanyol
1-Levante 0 (Sergio
Garcia 52)
Valladolid
0-Alaves 1
(Ibai Gomez 90)
Sevilla
0-Getafe 2
(Angel Rodriguez 3, 38)
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
Girona
3-Celta 2
(Cristhian Stuani 22, 56, Pedro Alcala 37 / Iago Aspas 34, Sofiane Boufal 87)
Top
Goalscorer:
Karim
Benzema (Real Madrid) 4 goals
Lionel
Messi (Barcelona) 4 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
IV. Germany
Diary:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
-
In his weekly column, Lothar Matthaus asked Manager Joachim Low to find the
right position for Thomas Muller, as he believes Muller is inadequate on the
right wing. (Source Sport Bild Online)
Wednesday,
September 12, 2018:
-Jerome
Boateng has revelaed that in the summer , he personally phoned Jose Mourinho at
Manchester to let him know that he could not leave a club like Bayern
Munich. (Source A Bola online)
Thursday,
September 13, 2018:
-Thousands
of boxes of cornflakes have been sent to the offices of the German Federation.
This is part of a protest in support of Kaiserslautern’s suspended player
Jan Lohmannsroben. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-Willi
Orban will remain as RB Leipzig Captain. (Source Sport Bild online)
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
-The
three match supension of Eintracht Frankfurt’s Jetro Willems has been
maintained. (Source Sport
Bild online)
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
-As
a precaution against sanctions, RB Leipzig dropped Frecnh player Jean-Kevin
Augustin from today’s league match. He is expecte to be sanctioned for his
call-up refusal to the France U-21 side. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Corentin
Tolisso was injured in Bayern Munich’s match vs. Leverkusen and will be out for
months. Bayern’s Rafinha was also injured in the macth by Bellarabi. Uli
Hoeness called Bellarabi’s foul an ‘assault’ and recommded a three month ban .
(Source Sky Sports online)
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
-
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
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Profesional Contract
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Player
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Position
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Club
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Online Source
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September 14, 2018
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Louis Jordan
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Moenchengladbach
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Sport Bild
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German
Bundesliga Matchday (September 14-September 16, 2018):
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
Dortmund
3-Frankfurt 1
(Abdou Diallo 36, Marius Wolf 72, Paco Alcacer 88 / Sebastian Haller 68)
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
Mainz
2-Augsburg 1
(Anthony Ujah 87, Alexandru Maxim 90 / Ji Dong Won 82)
Bayern
Munich 3-Leverkusen 1 (Corentin Tolisso 10, Arjen Robben 19, James Rodriguez 89 / Wendell 5
pen)
Dusseldorf
2-Hoffenheim 1
(Alfedo Morales 45, Dodi Lukebakio 88 pen / Reiss Nelson 86)
RB
Leipzig 3-Hannover 2 (Yussuf Poulsen 9, Timo Werner 40, 63 / Niclas Fulkrug 13, Miiko
Albornoz 65)
Wolfsburg
2-Hertha Berlin 2 (Yunus Malli 87 pen, Admie
Mehmedi 90 / Javairo Dilrosun 61, Ondrej Duda 90)
Moenchengladbach
2-Schalke 1 (Matthias Ginter 3, Patrick Herrmann 76 /
Breel Embolo 90)
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
Werder
Bremen 1-Nuremberg 1 (M.Eggestein 26 / Vura 90)
Freiburg
3-Stuttgart 3
(Jerome Gondorf 1, 52, Luca Waldschmidt 81 / Emiliano Insua 44, Mario Gomez 48,
56)
Top
Goalscorer:
Adam
Szalai (Hoffenheim) 3 goals
Ondrej
Buda (Hertha Berlin) 3 goals
Sebastien
Haller (Frankfurt) 3 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
V. France
Diary:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
-PSG
Manager Thomas Tuchel stated that Alphonse Areola is set to become the starting
goalkeeper ahead of Gianluigi Buffon. (Source Daily Mail online)
-Gustavo
Poyet attacked the Bordeaux Mangement by calling them ‘amateurs.. (Source vi.nl
online)
-Former
PSG player Grzegorz Krychowiak has attacked the club for the lack of respect
shown to him. (Source Footmercato.net online)
Wednesday,
September 12, 2018:
-France
have lodged a complaint to FIFA about Jean-Kevin Augustin who refused a U-21
selection call-up. (Source Sport Bild online)
Thursday,
September 13, 2018:
-Nantes
will have to pay former Danish defender Michael Gravgaard damages. He was
sacked six months before the end of his contract for ‘physical ineptitude’.
Nates are to appeal the decision.
(Source L’Equipe online)
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
-French
striker Bafetembi Gomis has been named as Turkey Legaue player of the year for
the 2017/18 season, when he played for Galatasaray. (Source L’Equipe online)
-PSG’s
Layvin Kurzawa will be out until after the new year after his Hernia operation.
(Source Footnews.be online)
-OGC
Nice have left Mario Balotelli off the squad for today’s match after he came
back from Italian National Team seemingly overweight. There are also reports
that he has been fined as a result. (Source Football Italia online)
-
PSG have become the first club in the world to create their own cryptocurrency
after their agreemnt with socios.com. (Source AS.com online)
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
-
Mario Balotelli has denied being fined by OGC Nice for being overweight.
(Source Football Italia online)
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
-
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
-Thomas
Tuchel confirmed that Bayern Munich had approached him last season, but the
offer came too late and he had already made his decision to sign for PSG. (Source A Bola online)
Photo From: L'Equipe, September 17, 2018
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(September
16, 2018, France 2-Holland 1)
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Transfers
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Player
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Position
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From
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To
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Type
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Online Source
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September 14, 2018
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Rio Mavuba
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Midfielder
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Retired
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Merignac-Arlac (National
3)
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Purchase
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L’Equipe
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Contract Extensions
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Date
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Player
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Position
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Club
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Expiration Year
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Online Source
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September 13, 2018
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Tanguy Ndombele
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-
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Lyon
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2023
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L’Equipe
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|
Profesional Contract
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Date
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Player
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Position
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Club
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Online Source
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September 17, 2018
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Stanley Nsoki
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Defender
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PSG
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L’Equipe
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French
Ligue 1 Matchday (September 14-September 16, 2018):
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
Nice
2-Rennes 1
(Allan Saint-Maximin 77, Pierre Lees Melou 89 / Malang Sarr (won goal) 58)
PSG
4-St Etienne 0
(Julian Draxler 22, Ednson Cavani 51 pen, Angel Di Maria 76, Moussa Diaby 84)
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
Caen
2-Lyon 2
(Claudio Beavue 53 pen, Prince Oniangue 73 / Nabil Fekir 45, Ferland Mendy 89)
Dijon
1-Angers 3
(Wesley Said 13 / Stephane Bahoken 20, Flavien Tait 29, Baptiste Santamaria 38)
Montpellier
1-Strasbourg 1
(Damien Le Tallec 60 / Lebo Mothiba 90)
Amiens
2-Lille 3
(Rafal Kurzawa 79, Saman Ghoddos 90 / Nicolas Pepe 45 pen, 56 pen, 76)
Toulouse
1-Monaco 1
(Aaron Leya Iseka 79 / Youri Tielemans 56)
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
Nantes
0-Reims 0
(-)
Bordeaux
3-Nimes 3 (Jimmy
Briand 26, 56, Samuel Kalu 57 / Baptiste Guillaume 31, Antonin Bobichin 45,
Umut Bozok 77)
Marseille
4-Guingamp 0
(Florian Thauvin 57, 80, Dimitri Payet 73. Kostas Mitroglou 83)
Top
Goalscorer:
Florian
Thauvin (OM) 5 goals
Kylian
Mbappe (PSG) 4 goals
Neymar
(PSG) 4 goals
Nicolas
Pepe (Lille) 4 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VI. Holland
Diary:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
-
Wednesday,
September 12, 2018:
-Dick
Advocaat has been named as the new Manager of Utrecht with Zeljko Petrovic as
an Assistant. (Source vi.nl online)
-Wesley
Sneijder has received a Dutch Jersey that contains every kit design he wore
during his Holland career. (Source Daily Mail Online)
-Feyenoord’s
Robin van Persie was named as Eredivise’s player of the month (Source vi.nl
Online)
Thursday,
September 13, 2018:
-
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
-
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
-
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
-
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
-
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Transfers
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Date
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Player
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Position
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From
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To
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Type
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Online Source
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September 11, 2018
|
Miek Tresor Ndayishimiye
|
-
|
Anderlecht
|
NEC
|
Purchase
|
Footnews,be
|
|
September 12, 2018
|
Adam Maher
|
-
|
Free Agent
|
AZ
|
Purchase
|
vi.nl
|
|
Contract Extensions
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|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
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|
September 14, 2018
|
Maarten Pouwels
|
Striker
|
Go Ahead Eagles
|
2020
|
vi.nl
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|
September 15, 2018
|
Danny Post
|
-
|
VVV
|
2020
|
vi.nl
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Dutch
Eredivisie Matchday (September 15-September 16, 2018):
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
Den
Haag 0-PSV Eindhoven 7 (Hirving Lozano 19, 73, Luuk De
Jong 45, Gaston Pereiro 54 pen, 90 pen, Erick Gutierrez 75, Steven Bergwijn 90)
De
Graafschap 1-VVV 2 (Delano Burgzorg 89 / Tino-Sven
Susic 6, Danny Post 30)
Ajax
3-Groningen 0
(Klaas Jan Huntelaar 18 pen, 66, Dusan Tadic 77)
Willem
II 2-Excelsior 2 (Fran Sol 86, K. Ingi
Kristinsson 88 / Luigi Bruins 31, Denis Mahmudov 82)
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
AZ
1-Feyenoord 1
(A.Gudmundsson 5 / Steven Berghuis 40)
Utrecht
1-Emmen 2
(S. Van de Streek 13 / Luciano Slagveer 51, Glenn Bijl 78)
NAC
2-Fortuna Sittard 3 (Mitchell Te Vrede 4, Gervane Kastaneer 72 / Ag=hmed El Messaoudi 41,
53, Branislav Ninaj 81)
Heerenveen
3-Heracles 5
(Sam Lammers 45, 53 pen, Morten Thorsby 67 / Adrian Dalmau 13, Lerin Duarte 49,
Kristoffer Peterson 63, 72, Mohammed Osman 88)
PEC
0-Vitesse 2 (Tim
Matavz 26, 44)
Top
Goalscorer:
Nasser
El Khayati (Den Haag) 6 goals
Klaas
Jan Huntelaar (Ajax) 6 goals
Fran
Sol (Willem II) 5 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VII. Scotland
Diary:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
-Hampden
Park will remain Scottish National team’s home venue after SFA agreed to buy
the stadium from Queen’s Park. (Source Daily Mail online)
Wednesday,
September 12, 2018:
-Former
Scotland Captain Scott Brown has criticzed SFA’s decision to maintain Hampden
Park as its main International venue. According to Brown, it is “the worst
stadium for atmosphere”. (Source Sky Sports online)
-Former
Scotland striker Ally McCoist responded to Scott Brown by defending the
atmosphere of Hampden Park. (Source Scottishsun.co.uk online)
Thursday,
September 13, 2018:
-
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
-Kilmarcok
Manager Steve Clarke has labeld the SFA as ‘unprofessional’ after they spelt
his name wrongly (‘Stephen’) in his disciplinary charge. (Source Sky Sports
online)
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
-
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
-Dundee
Manager Neil McCann will appeal Kenny Miller’s red card (received during the
0-4 defdeat by Rangers in the previous day). (Source Sky Sports online)
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
-
|
Transfers
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
From
|
To
|
Type
|
Online Source
|
|
September 15, 2018
|
Anton Ferdinand (England)
|
Defender
|
Free Agent (Formerly Southend United)
|
St Miren
|
Purchase
|
St Mirren Official Twitter
|
|
Contract Extensions
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
September 14, 2018
|
Leigh Griffiths
|
-
|
Celtic
|
2022
|
L’Equipe
|
Scottish
Premier League Matchday (September 14-September 15, 2018):
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
St
Mirren 0-Celtic 0 (-)
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
Hibernian
3-Kilmarnock 2 (Stephen Mallan 12, David Gray
23, Florian Kamberi 78 pen / Eamonn Brophy 26, Greg Stewart 44)
Livingston
1-Hamilton 0
(Steven Lawless 3)
Motherwell
0-Hearts 1
(Steven Naismith 28)
Rangers
4-Dundee 0
(Lassana Coulibaly 4, Ryan Kent 14, James Tavernier 45 pen, Glenn Middleton 83)
St
Johnstone 1-Aberdeen 1 (David McMillan 13 / Niall McGinn 69)
Top
Goalscorer:
Steven
Naismith (Hearts) 5 goals
Kyle
Lafferty (Rangers, Hearts) 3 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Hearts
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
2
|
9
|
15
|
|
2
|
Celtic
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
10
|
|
3
|
Livingston
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
10
|
|
4
|
Rangers
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
5
|
5
|
8
|
|
5
|
Hibernian
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
9
|
6
|
3
|
8
|
|
6
|
St
Johnstone
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
8
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VIII. Portugal
Diary:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
-
Wednesday,
September 12, 2018:
-Former
Guimaraes President (1976 to 1980), Gil Mesquita Vieira de Andrade has passed
away aged 89. (Source A Bola
online)
Thursday,
September 13, 2018:
-
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
-
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
-
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
-
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
-Benfica’s
Pizzi was named Portugal League’s best player for the month of August (Source A
Bola online)
|
Transfers
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
From
|
To
|
Type
|
Online Source
|
|
September 12, 2018
|
Emerson
|
Midfielder
|
Porto
|
Fafe
|
Loan
|
A Bola
|
|
September 12, 2018
|
Kiki (Togo)
|
Defender
|
Feirense
|
Felgueiras 1932
|
Loan
|
A Bola
|
|
Contract Extensions
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
September 13, 2018
|
Sergio Oliveira
|
Midfielder
|
Porto
|
2021
|
L’Equipe
|
|
September 14, 2018
|
Franco Cervi (Argentina)
|
Winger
|
Benfica
|
2023
|
L’Equipe
|
|
September 14, 2018
|
Celton Biai
|
Goalkeeper
|
Benfica
|
2023
|
A Bola
|
Portugal
League Cup (September 14-September 17 2018):
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
Group
C
Porto 1-GD Chaves 1 (Hernani 74 / Stephen
Eustaquio 83)
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
Group
A
Pacos
Ferreira 0-Aves 0 (-)
Benfica
2-Rio Ave 1
(Eduardo Salvio 21 pen, Rafa Silva 50 / Vinicius 60)
Group
B
Braga
2-Tondela 1
(Dyego Sousa 57 pen, Fabio Martins 77 / Xavier 8)
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
Group
B
Nacional
3-Setubal 3
(Witi 11, 15, Okacha Hamzaoui 34 / Frederic Mendy 40, Hildeberto Pereira 48,
Allef Rodrigues 82)
Group
C
Varzim
2-Belenenses 1 (Jonathan Rubio 68, Estrela 90
/ Jonatan Lucca 30)
Group
D
Sporting
CP 3-Maritimo 1 (Raphinha 26, Bruno Fernandes 54 pen, 63 / Jorge Correa 61)
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
Group
D
Estoril
Praia 1-Feirense 2 (Kleber 10 pen / Philipe Sampaio 22, Antonio Briseno 45)
IX. Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
-
Wednesday,
September 12, 2018:
-Union St Gilloise will not appeal against the fine and
match suspensions of Serge Tabekou and Assistant Manager Abder Ramdane. (Source
RTBF.be online)
-Mechelen will not appeal against the fine and match
suspensions of Lucas Bijker and Assistant Manager Fred Vanderbiest. (Source
RTBF.be online)
Thursday,
September 13, 2018:
-
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
-
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
-
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
-
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
-Antwerp
have bene fined 11,500 Euros for the unsportsmanlike behavior of its fans.
(Source Jupiter League App online)
|
Transfers
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
From
|
To
|
Type
|
Online Source
|
|
September 14, 2018
|
Geoffrey Mujangi Bia
|
-
|
Free Agent (formerly Kayserispor)
|
Lokeren
|
Purchase
|
RTBF.be
|
|
September 14, 2018
|
Vladimir Gabulov (Russia)
|
Goalkeeper
|
Club Brugge
|
Free Agent
|
Contract Rescinced
|
Footnews.be
|
|
Contract Extensions
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
September 12, 2018
|
Hans Vanaken
|
-
|
Club Brugge
|
2023
|
Walfoot.be
|
|
September 15, 2018
|
Faris Haroun
|
-
|
Antwerp
|
2020
|
Jupiter League App
|
First
Division A League Matchday (September 14-September 16, 2018):
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
Club
Brugge 2-Lokeren 1 (Benoit Poulain 61, Jelle Vosen 90 pen / Djordje Jovanovic 8)
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
Standard
Liege 0-Charleroi 0 (-)
Ostend
1-Cercle Brugge 1 (K. Vandendriessche 88 / Banjamin Lambot 67)
Waasland-Beveren
0-Eupen 0
(-)
Genk
1-Anderlecht 0
(Sebastien Dewaest 49)
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
Mouscron
1-Kortrijk 0
(Dimitri Mohamed 42 pen)
Antwerp
5-Zulte-Waregem 1 (Lior Refaelov 7, Dino Arslanagic 10, William Owusu 27 pen, 62, Faris
Haroun 90 / Davy De Fauw 53)
Gent
1-St Truiden 2
(Dylan Bronn 51 / Alexis De Sart 21, Daichi Kamada 80)
Top
Goalscorer:
Ivan
Santini (Anderlecht) 7 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Club
Brugge
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
19
|
7
|
12
|
19
|
|
2
|
Genk
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
17
|
7
|
10
|
17
|
|
3
|
Antwerp
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
7
|
15
|
|
3
|
Anderlecht
|
7
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
15
|
8
|
7
|
13
|
|
4
|
Gent
|
7
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
16
|
10
|
6
|
13
|
|
6
|
Standard
Liege
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
10
|
6
|
4
|
12
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
Diary
(extra):
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
-
The leaked audio clip of Roy Keane arguing with Republic of Ireland players
(Arter, Walters) is purported to be from Stephen Ward. (Source Sky Sports online)
-
Republic of Ireland Manager Martin O’Neill stated that Roy Keane is to have a
reconciliation with Harry Arter. (Source Sky Sports online)
-Karel
Jarolim has left his post as Czech republic Manager by mutual consent following
losses against Ukraine (1-2) and Russia (1-5) yesterday. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Interim
Argentina Manager Lionel Scaloni stated that the number 10 jersey has been
exclusicely reserved for Lionel Messi. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Juventus’
Andrea Agnelli announced plans for a third European club competition are
underway for Europe’s less hyped teams. (Source L’Equipe online)
-According
to Carlos Tevez discussed about the differences between Lionel Messi and
Cristiano Ronaldo. According to Tevez, Messi is just born with the talent he
never went to the Gym to perfect his talent, unlike Ronaldo who spent a lot of
time and effort in the Gym to improve himself. (Source Footnews.be online)
-Nicklas
Bendtner has offered his excuses for striking a Copenhagen Taxi driver. (Source France Football online)
-Amazon
Prime will produce a biopic of Diego Maradona and the three actors portraying
Maradona in different stages of his life were presented . (Source France
Football Online)
-Liberia
President George Weah, aged 51, played
in Liberia’s friendly vs, Nigeria (2-1). (Source BBC Football online)
-Croatia’s Ivan Rakitic earned his 100th cap in
the match vs. Spain. (Source L’Equipe online)
Wednesday,
September 12, 2018:
-The
contract of Jose Antonio Camacho, the Spanish manager of Gabon will not be
extended when it expires in November. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Brother
of Paulo Dybala tweeted a criticism of Interim Argentina National Team Manager
Lionel Sacloni for dropping his brother. (Source Football Italia Online)
-
Argentina National Team Manager Lionel Sacloni dispelled any doubts surrounding
Dybala by calling him over in a TV interview and presenting a united front.
(Source Maisfutebol Online)
-
During the USA-Mexico match, at one point USA’s Matt Miazga mocked Mexico’s
Diego Lainez for his short height.
(Source Daily Mail Online)
-Neymar
was booked in Brazil’s match vs. El Salvador. He complained and feels it was
due to his reputation from the World Cup. He called it a lack of respect.
(Source A Bola Online)
Thursday,
September 13, 2018:
-Piotr
Verzilov, a member of Russian band ‘Pussy Riot’ who stormed on the field during
the World Cup Final has been poisoned per some reports. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-According
to former Nigeria star Nwakwo Kanu, his Heart Foundation has saved ‘542 lives’.
(Source Football Italia online)
Friday,
September 14, 2018:
-
Saturday,
September 15, 2018:
-The
Argentina squad have been accused of smuggling after custom officers seized
undeclared items. The team were returning from their recent trip that included
frinedlies vs. Guatemala and Colombia. The undeclared items included toys,
electronics and musical instruments. (Source AS.com online)
Sunday,
September 16, 2018:
-
Monday,
September 17, 2018:
-Former
USA International Oguchi Onyewu has announced his retirement from the game.
(Source L’Equipe online)
|
Transfers
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
From
|
To
|
Type
|
Online Source
|
|
September 11, 2018
|
Chris Ikonomidis (Australia)
|
-
|
Lazio
|
Perth Glory
|
Purchase
|
Football Italia
|
|
September 13, 2018
|
Alexandre Coeff (France)
|
Defender
|
Free Agent (formerly Udinese)
|
AE Larissa
|
Purchase
|
L’Equipe
|
|
September 14, 2018
|
Ritchie De Laet (Belgium)
|
Defender
|
Aston Villa
|
Melbourne City Fc
|
Loan
|
Footnews.be
|
Friendly
matches:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
Indonesia
1-Mauritius 0 (-)
Japan
3-Costa Rica 0 (Sho Sasaki 16, Takumi Minamino 66,
Junya Ito 90)
South
Korea 0-Chile 0 (-)
Singapore
2-Fiji 0 (-)
Kenya
1-Malawi 0 (-)
Uzbekistan
0-Iran 1 (Mehdi Torabi 67)
Gabon
0-Zambia 1 (-)
Jordan
0-Oman 0 (-)
Qatar
3-Palestine 0 (-)
United
Arab Emirates 3-Laos 0 (-)
Northern
Ireland 3-Israel 0 (Steven Davis 13, Stuart Dallas 41,
Gavin Whyte 67)
Poland
1-Republic of Ireland 1 (Mateusz Klich 87 / Aiden O’Brien
54)
England
1-Switzerland 0 (Marcus Rashford 54)
Colombia
0-Argentina 0 (-)
El
Salvador 0-Brazil 5 (Neymar 3 pen, Richarlison 16, 50,
Phillipe Coutinho 30, Marquinhos 90)
Ecuador
2-Guatemala 0 (Enner Valencia 82, Romario Ibarra 84)
USA
1-Mexico 0 (Tyler Adams 72)
Panama
0-Venezuela 2 (J.Salomon Rondon 67, 90)
UEFA
Nations League:
UEFA
Nations League-League A-Group 2:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
Iceland
0-Belgium 3 (Eden
Hazard 29 pen, Romelu Lukaku 31, 81)
UEFA
Nations League-League A-Group 4:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
Spain
6-Croatia 0 Saul
Niguez 24, Marco Asencio 33, Lovre Kalinic (own goal) 35, Rodrigo 49, Sergio
ramos 57, Isco 70)
UEFA
Nations League-League B-Group 3:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
Bosnia
and Herzegovina 1-Austria 0 (Edin Dzeko 78)
UEFA
Nations League-League C-Group 2:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
Finland
1-Estonia 0 (Teemu
Pukki 12)
Hungary
2-Greece 1 (Roland
Sallai 15, Laszlo Kleinheisler 43 / K. Manolas 18)
UEFA
Nations League-League D-Group 2:
Tuesday,
September 11, 2018:
Moldova
0-Belarus 0 (-)
San
Marino 0-Luxembourg 3 (Maxime Chanot 9, Aurelien Joachim 45, Danel Sinani 52)
