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Photo From: L'Equipe, April 14, 2019
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(Jadon Sancho, Paul Pgba and Todibo)
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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,
April 9, 2019:
-Danny
Drinkwater (Chelsea) has been charge formdrunk driving . (Source BC Football
online)
-Charlie
Daniels (Bournemouth) will be out injured for the rest of the season. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Harry
Kane (Tottenham) was injured in the UCL clash vs. Manchester City. According to
Tottenham Manager Mauricio Pocchettino he could potentially miss the rest of
the season. (Source BBC Football online)
Wednesday,
April 10, 2019:
Leicester have been charged by the FA for failing to
control their players in their match vs. Huddersfield. The players were
disorderly during a penalty kick decision. (Source Sky Sports online)
Thursday,
April 11, 2019:
-Former
Arsenal Defender Martin Keown reacted angrily and physically threatened BT
Sport host Jake Humphrey who had made a sarcastic remark to him during their
commentary of Arsenal-Napoli Europa League match. (Source Daily Mail online)
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
-Cardiff
Manager Neil Warnock has been charged by the FA for comments made about match
officials after their match vs. Chelsea. (Source BBC Football online)
-Roberto
Firmino (Liverpool) was named as UCL Player of the week. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-Southampton
Chairman Ralph Krueger has left the club. (Source Reuters UK online)
-Liverpool
Manager Jurgem Klopp was named as Premier League Manager of the Month for
March. (Source Liverpool FC online)
-Sadio Mane (Liverpool) was named as the Premier League
Player of the month of March. (Source Bleacher Report online)
-Anthony Knockaert (Brighton) was awarded with Premier League
Goal of the month of March for his gola vs. Crystal Palace. (Source Onefootball
online)
-James Tomkins (Crystal Palace) will be out injured for the
rest of the season. (Source Sky Sports online)
-Former Liverpool Defender from the 60s and 70s, Tommy Smith
passed away aged 74. (Source BBC Football online)
-Cesc
Fabregas blamed his former Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri of showing favoritism to
Jorginho and treating him like his son. (Source Metro.co.uk online)
-Former English forward from the 40s and 50s, Ivor Broadis
passed away aged 96. He was England’s oldest living International at the time
of his death. (Source The Sun online)
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
-The
Police are investigating a possible assault by Fleetwood Town Manager Joey
Barton on his Barnsley counterpart Daniel Stendel. (Source Reuters UK
online)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
-Former
AS Roma President (1991 to 1993) Giuseppe Ciarrapico passed away aged 85.
(Source Coriere dello Sport online)
-Slaven
Bilic revealed that during his time as West Ham Manager he had advised Dmitri
Payet not to rejoin OM but join teams like Manchester United and Juventus.
(Source Onze-Mondial online)
Monday,
April 15, 2019:
-Kevin
De Bruyne revealed that during his time at Chelsea he had spoken to Jose
Mourinho only twice. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Andre Gomes (Everton) has been charged by the FA for
violent conduct in an incident after the match vs. Fulham. (Source Sky Sports
online)
English
Premier League Matchday (April 12-April 15, 2019):
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
Leicetser
0-Newcastle 1
(Ayoze Perez 32)
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
Tottenham
4-Huddersfield 0 (Victor Wanyama 24, Lucas Moura 27, 87, 90)
Brighton
0-Bournemouth 5 (Dan Gosling 33, Ryan Fraser 55, David Brooks 74, Callum Wilson 82,
Junior Stanislas 90)
Burnely
2-Cardiff 0 (Chris
Wood 31, 90)
Fulham
1-Everton 0
(Tom Cairney 46, Ryan Babel 69)
Southampton
3-Wolves 1
(Nathan Redmond 2, 30, Shane Long 71 / Willy Boly 28)
Manchester
United 1-West Ham 1 (Paul Pogba 19 pen, 80 pen / Felipe Anderson 49)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
Crystal
Palace 1-Manchester City 3 (Luka Milivojevic 81 / Raheem Sterling 15, 63, Gabriel Jesus 90)
Liverpool
2-Chelsea 0
(Sadio Mane 51, Mohamed Salah 53)
Monday,
April 15, 2019:
Watford
0-Arsenal 1
(Pierre-Erick Aubameyang 10)
Top
Goalscorer:
Sergio
Aguero (Manchester City) 19 goals
Mohamed
Salah (Liverpool) 19 goals
Sadio
Mane (Liverpool) 18 goals
Pierre-Erick
Aubameyang (Arsenal) 18 goals
Harry
Kane (Tottenham) 17 goals
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Table
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Team
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P
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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1
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Liverpool
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34
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26
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7
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1
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77
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20
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57
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85
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2
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Manchester City
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33
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27
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2
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4
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86
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22
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64
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83
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3
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Tottenham
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33
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22
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1
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10
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64
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34
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30
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67
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4
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Arsenal
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33
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20
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6
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7
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66
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40
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26
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66
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5
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Chelsea
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34
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20
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6
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8
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57
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36
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21
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66
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6
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Manchester United
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33
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19
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7
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7
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63
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44
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19
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64
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P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
II. Italy
Diary:
Tuesday,
April 9, 2019:
-Antonio Conte is being linked as a possible Inter Manager
for next season. According to a report, one of his demands is the removal and
transfer of Mauro Icardi. (Source La Gazzetta dello Sport online)
-Stefano Pioli has resigned as Fiorentina Manager. He wrote
an open letter to the fans, saying his “human capabilities” had been
questioned. He is likely to be replaced by Vincenzo Montella. (Source La
Gazzetta dello Sport online)
Wednesday,
April 10, 2019:
-Vincenzo
Montella was named as the new Fiorentina Manager. (Source Corriere dello sport
online)
-Fiorentina responded to Stefano Pioli’s comments by stating
that they found his attitude “incomprehensible and unjustifiable”. (Source La
Gazzetta dello Sport online)
Thursday,
April 11, 2019:
-Brazilian
Teenager Wesley (Flamengo) has confirmed his move to Juventus. (Source Football
Italia online)
-Lorenzo
de Silvestri (Torino) earned his doctorate in Business Economy in Rome. (Source
Football Italia online)
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
-
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
-Andrea
Barzagli announced that he would retire at the end of the season. (Source
Daily Mail online)
-The
AC Milan-Lazio match ended in controversy as Milan’s Franck Kessie and Bakayoko
celebrated and paraded with Francesco Acerbi’s exchanged jersey (he had
exchanged with Bakayoko at the end of the match). Acerbi accused the pair of
‘fomenting hatred.’
The
shirt exchange was as part of a peace offering as the two had locked horns in
social media in the days leading up. Milan Manager Gattuso stated that Milan
must apologize. Lazio’s Immobile described the Milan duo as “little men”.
Giuseppe Pecoraro, the head of FIGC federal prosecutor’s office, is to send the
video to a judge for a TV test. Italy’s Under-secretary of Council of Ministers
Giancarlo Giorgetti described the gesture as “unworthy of the values of
sport”. Kessie and Bakayoko later
apologized for their action. (Source Calciomercato / BBC Football online)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
-Radja
Nainggolan (Inter) gave the reason why he had not joined Juventus last summer.
He stated that he preferred to win a trophy by playing in every match and not
just 10 matches per season. (Source Footnews.be online)
-Chievo
have been relegated to the Serie B following their loss vs. Napoli.
(Source Corriere dello Sport online)
Monday,
April 15, 2019:
-Nicolo
Zaniolo (Roma) has been linked with a transfer to Bayern Munich. (Source
Corriere dello Sport online)
-The
likes of Antonio Cassano and Sinisa Mihajlovic have criticized Juventus for
showing a lack of respect by fielding an under-strength side vs. SPAL. However,
SPAL Manager Leonardo Simplici countered by saying he saw ‘Nine International
players’ that day. (Source Corriere dello Sport online)
-AS
Roma players have been instructed not to take selfies with the entertainer
Drake until the end of the season. This is due to the ‘Curse’ where players who
have recently taken photos with him have ended up losing matches. (Source
Sport Bible online)
-Atalanta
were held scoreless by Empoli despite taking 47 shots on goal. Empoli
goalkeeper Bartlomiej Dragowski made a record 17 saves. (Source Football
Italia online)
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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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April 12, 2019
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Giancarlo Gonzalez (Costa
Rica)
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-
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Bologna
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LA Galaxy
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-
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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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April 11, 2019
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Milan Skriniar
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Defender
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Inter
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2023
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Football Italia
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Italian
Serie A Matchday (April 13-April 15, 2019):
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
SPAL
2-Juventus 1 (Kevin
Bonifazi 49, Sergio Floccari 74 / Moise Kean 30)
Roma
1-Udinese 0
(Edin Dzeko 67)
AC
Milan 1-Lazio 0 (Franck Kessie 79 pen)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
Torino
1-Cagliari 1 (Simone
Zaza 52 / Leoardo Pavoletti 75)
Fiorentina
0-Bologna 0
(-)
Sampdoria
2-Genoa 0 (Gregoire
Defrel 3, Fabio Quagliarella 53 pen)
Sassuolo
0-Parma 0
(-)
Chievo
1-Napoli 3 (Bostjan
Cesar 90 / Kalidou Koulibaly 15, 81, Arek Milik 64)
Frosinone
1-Inter 3
(Francesco Cassata 61 / Radja Nainggolan 19, Ivan Perisic 37 pen, Matias Vecino
90)
Monday,
April 15, 2019:
Atalanta
0-Empoli 0
(-)
Top
Goalscorer:
Fabio
Quagliarella (Sampdoria) 22 goals
Krzysztof
Piatek (Genoa and AC Milan) 22 goals
Duvan
Zapata (Atalanta) 20 goals
Cristiano
Ronaldo (Juventus) 19 goals
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Table
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Team
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P
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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1
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Juventus
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32
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27
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3
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2
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65
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22
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43
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84
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2
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Napoli
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32
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20
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7
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5
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61
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28
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33
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67
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3
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Inter
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32
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18
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6
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8
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50
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26
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24
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60
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4
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AC Milan
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32
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15
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10
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7
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46
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30
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16
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55
|
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5
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Roma
|
32
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15
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9
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8
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57
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45
|
12
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54
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6
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Atalanta
|
32
|
15
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8
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9
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64
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41
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23
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53
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P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
III. Spain
Diary:
Tuesday,
April 9, 2019:
-A court in Dortmund has sentenced Ousmane Dembele (now at
Barcelona) to 10,000 Euros for leaving his property full of garbage. (Source
Maisfutebol online)
Wednesday,
April 10, 2019:
-
Thursday,
April 11, 2019:
-Diego
Costa (Atletico Madrid) was banned for eight matches for insulting the referee
in the Barcelona-Atletico Madrid match. (Source BBC Football online)
-Raul
will manage Real Madrid nursery side Castilla next season. (Source Football
Espana online)
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
-Iago
Aspas (Celta) stated that he is likely to stay with the club. He was also asked
to comment on Real Madrid, while he praised the potential signing of Eden
Hazard, he was more doubtful of Pogba and Kante, saying they are “not Real
Madrid players”. (Source Marca online)
-Toni
Kroos denied reports that he is set to leave Real Madrid this summer. (Source
L’Équipe online)
Saturday, April 13, 2019:
-Barcelona
Manager Ernesto Valverde rested his entire outfield 10 starters in the match
vs. Huesca as the Manchester United UCL march is on the horizon. Only
goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen started. (Source Marca online)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
-
Monday,
April 15, 2019:
-
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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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April 10, 2019
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Ilaix Moriba Kourouma
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Midfielder
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Barcelona
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-
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Football espana
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Spanish
La Liga Matchday (April 13-April 15, 2019):
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
Espanyol
2-Alaves 1 (Adria
Pedrosa 19, Victor Laguardia (own goal) 47 / Jonathan Calleri 56)
Huesca
0-Barcelona 0 (-)
Atletico
Madrid 2-Celta 0 (Antoine Griezmann 42, Alvaro Morata 74)
Sevilla
3-Betis 2 (Munir
El Haddadi 26, Pablo Sarabia 59, Franco Vazquez 64 / Giovani Lo Celso 55,
Cristian Tello 82)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
Valladolid
2-Getafe 2 (Sergi
Guardiola 30, Enes Unal 69 pen / Mauro Arambarri 14, Jorge Molina 90 pen)
Bilbao
3-Vallecano 2 (Inaki
Williams 2, 50,Raul Garcia 72 / Alex Moreno 45, Raul De Tomas 85)
Sociedad
1-Eibar 1 (Juanmi
1 / Joan Jordan 85)
Girona
0-Villareal 1 (Samuel
Chukwueze 7)
Valencia
3-Levante 1 (Santi
Mina 2, 63, Goncalo Guedes 57 / carlos Soler (own goal) 56)
Monday,
April 15, 2019:
Leganes
1-Real Madrid 1 (Jonathan Silva 45 / Karim Benzema 51)
Top
Goalscorer:
Lionel
Messi (Barcelona) 33 goals
Luis
Suarez (Barcelona) 20 goals
Cristhian
Stuani (Girona) 18 goals
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Table
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Team
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P
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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1
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Barcelona
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32
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22
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8
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2
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81
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31
|
50
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74
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2
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Atletico Madrid
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32
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19
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8
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5
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47
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21
|
26
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65
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3
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Real Madrid
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32
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19
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6
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7
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56
|
38
|
18
|
61
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4
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Sevilla
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32
|
15
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7
|
10
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54
|
39
|
15
|
52
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|
5
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Getafe
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32
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13
|
12
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7
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40
|
29
|
11
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51
|
|
6
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Valencia
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32
|
11
|
16
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5
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36
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27
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9
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49
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P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
IV. Germany
Diary:
Tuesday,
April 9, 2019:
-
Augsburg have dismissed Manager Manuel Baum and his Assistant Jens Lehmann,
along with Technical Director Stephan Schwarz. Baum has been replaced with
Martin Schmidt. (Source Sport Bild / Kicker Online)
-Hannover
have dismissed Sporting Director Horst Heldt. (Source Fox Sports online)
-Rudi
Voeller and Oliver Bierhoff have both publicly denied any interest in the DfB
Presidency. (Source Sport Bild online)
Wednesday,
April 10, 2019:
-Nike
have signed Dortmund’s 14-year-old player Youssoufa Moukoko. (Source RTBF.be
online)
-Moenchengladbach
officially announced that Marco Rose would be their Manager for next season.
(Source Kicker.de online)
-Former
DfB President Reinhard Grindel has also stepped down from his positions at UEFA
and FIFA. (Source Reuters UK online)
-Former
Schalke Player Naldo warned the club to learn the lessons from the demise of SV
Hamburg and not end up like them. (Source Bulinews online)
Thursday,
April 11, 2019:
-Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) stated that he may never play
again after still struggling with injuries. (Source AFP online)
-Sven
Mislintat was named as Sporting Director of Stuttgart. (Source Kicker.de
online)
-It
was reported that Bayern Munich players Robert Lewnadowski and Kingsley Coman
were involved in a physical altercation with one another during training.
(Source the 42 / Sport Bild online)
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
-Bayern
Munich Manager Niko Kovac commented on the bust-up between Lewandowski and
Coman. He said the players are sorry and apologized and would not be fined.
(Source Bulinews online)
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
-Lars
Stindl (Moenchengladbach) will be out for the rest of the season after breaking
his leg in the match vs. Hannover. (Source AS.com online)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
-RB
Leipzig CEO Oliver Mintzlaff confirmed that Timo Werner would not renew his
contract with the club. (Source Sky Sports online)
-Moenchengladbach
Sporting Director Max Eberl stated that Max Kruse (currently at Werder Bremen)
would not return to the club. (Source Kicker.de online)
Monday,
April 15, 2019:
-Franck Ribery has been linked with a transfer to Qatari side
Al-Sadd at the end of the season. (Source 90min online)
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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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April 10, 2019
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Jann-Fiete Arp
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-
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SV Hamburg
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Bayern Munich
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Next Season
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Bavarian Football Works
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April 10, 2019
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Thomas Pledl
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Midfielder
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Ingolstadt
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Dusselforf
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Next Season
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Kicker.de
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German
Bundesliga Matchday (April 12-April 14, 2019):
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
Nuremberg
1-Schalke 1 (Yuya
Kubo 82 / Matija Nastasic 84)
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
Hannover
0-Moenchengladbach 1 (Raffael 53)
RB
Leipzig 2-Wolfsburg 0 (Kevin Kampl 16, Timo Werner 28)
Stuttgart
0-Leverkusen 1
(Kai Havertz 64 pen)
Werder
Bremen 2-Freiburg 1 (Davy Klaassen 76, Theo Gabre Selassie 84 / Luca Waldschmidt 90)
Dortmund
2-Mainz 1 (Jadon
Sanco 17, 24 / Robin Quaison 83)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
Hoffenheim
2-Hertha Berlin 0 (Nadiem Amiri 29, Reiss Nelson 76)
Dusseldorf
1-Bayern Munich 4 (Dodi Lukebakio 89 pen / Kingsley Coman 15, 41, Serge Gnabry 55, Leon
Goretzka 90)
Frankfurt
1-Augsburg 3 (Goncalo
Paciencia 14 / Marco Richter 31, 45, Michael Gregoritsch 84)
Top
Goalscorer:
Robert
Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) 21 goals
Luka
Jovic (Frankfurt) 17 goals
Paco
Alcacer (Dortmund) 16 goals
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Table
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Team
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P
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W
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D
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L
|
GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
|
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1
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Bayern Munich
|
29
|
21
|
4
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4
|
78
|
29
|
49
|
67
|
|
2
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Dortmund
|
29
|
20
|
6
|
3
|
68
|
36
|
32
|
66
|
|
3
|
RB Leipzig
|
29
|
17
|
7
|
5
|
55
|
22
|
33
|
58
|
|
4
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Frankfurt
|
29
|
15
|
7
|
7
|
57
|
34
|
23
|
52
|
|
5
|
M’Gladbach
|
29
|
15
|
6
|
8
|
48
|
35
|
13
|
51
|
|
6
|
Hoffenheim
|
29
|
12
|
11
|
6
|
60
|
39
|
21
|
47
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P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
V. France
Diary:
Tuesday,
April 9, 2019:
-Former
Bordeaux and Lens Manager Francis Gillot will start working at the DTN
(Direction Technique Nationale) starting July 1st. (Source L’Équipe online)
-Andreas Corneluis (Bordeaux) will be out injured for the
rest of the season. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Kylian
Mbappe’s 13 year-old brother Ethan has enrolled at the center of excellence
course at Clairefontaine. (Source AS.com online)
Wednesday,
April 10, 2019:
-Andrei Girotto (Nantes) was suspended for four matches (one
suspended) for his sending off vs. Toulouse, while Pablo (Bordeaux) was
suspended for two matches for his red card vs. OM. (Source L’Equipe
online)
Thursday,
April 11, 2019:
-Former French International Florent Malouda was dismissed as
coach of FC Zurich by ‘mutual consent’, though he was unaware of this until the
news posted on the club’s social media. (Source BBC Football online)
-Neymar has resumed training with PSG three months after his
injury. (Source Sport Bild online)
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
-Neymar’s father has assured that his son will remain in PSG
this coming season. (Source calciomercato online)
-Dijon-Amiens match was interrupted for five minutes when
Amiens defender Prince Gouano complained of being racially abused. (Source BBC
Football online)
-Lyon
Manager Bruno Genesio confirmed that he would leave his post at the end of the
season. (Source L’Équipe online)
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
-
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
-
Monday,
April 15, 2019:
-Stevan Jovetic (Monaco) will be out injured for the rest
of the season. (Source vi.nl online)
Mario Balotelli (OM) was
voted as the L1’s Player of the month for March. (Source L’Equipe online)
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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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April 12, 2019
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Issiaga Sylla (Guinea)
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Defender
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Toulouse
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2023
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L’Equipe
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French
Ligue 1 Matchday (April 9, 2019): (Postponed Matches)
Tuesday,
April 9, 2019:
Nimes
3-Rennes 1 (Renaud
Ripart 24, Denis Bouanga 55, Antonin Bobichon 72 / Herve Lybohy (own goal) 40)
French
Ligue 1 Matchday (April 12-April 14, 2019):
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
Dijon
0-Amiens 0 (-)
Nantes
2-Lyon 1 (Kalifa
Coulibaly 11, Anthony Limbombe 83 / Martin Terrier 41)
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
OM
2-Nimes 1
(Valere Germain 72, Luiz Gustavo 73 / Teji Savanier 82 pen)
Monaco
0-Reims 0
(-)
Strasbourg
3-Guingamp 3
(Ludovic Ajorque 39, 73, Sanjin Prcic 69 / Marcus Thuram 37, Lucas Deaux 63,
Jeremy Sorbon 86)
Caen
0-Angers 1
(Jeff Reine-Adelaide 61)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
Rennes
0-Nice 0 (-)
Montpellier
2-Toulouse 1 (Ellyes
Skhiri 54, Souleymane Camara 77 / Kalidou Sidibe 67)
St
Etienne 3-Bordeaux 0 (Wahbi Khazri 56 pen, Mathieu Debuchy 74, 90)
Lille
5-PSG 1 (Thomas
Meunier (own goal) 7, Nicolas Pepe 51, Jonathan Bamba 65, Gabriel Magalhaes 71,
Jose Fonte 84 / Juan Bernat 11)
Top
Goalscorer:
Kylian
Mbappe (PSG) 27 goals
Edinson
Cavani (PSG) 17 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
PSG
|
31
|
26
|
3
|
2
|
90
|
23
|
67
|
81
|
|
2
|
Lille
|
32
|
19
|
7
|
6
|
54
|
28
|
26
|
64
|
|
3
|
Lyon
|
32
|
16
|
8
|
9
|
53
|
40
|
13
|
56
|
|
4
|
St Etienne
|
32
|
15
|
8
|
9
|
49
|
38
|
11
|
53
|
|
5
|
OM
|
32
|
15
|
6
|
11
|
50
|
43
|
7
|
51
|
|
6
|
Montpellier
|
32
|
12
|
12
|
8
|
44
|
36
|
8
|
48
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VI. Holland
Diary:
Tuesday,
April 9, 2019:
-
Wednesday,
April 10, 2019:
- Vitesse Manager Leonid Slutsky will be suspended for
two matches after his altercation with Referee Gozubuyukin their match vs. PSV
Eindhoven. (Source voetbalzone.nl online)
Thursday,
April 11, 2019:
-
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
-
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
-Johnny
Jansen was appointed as Interim Manager at Heerenveen. (Source vi.nl
online)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
-
Monday,
April 15, 2019:
-Feyenoord
have accepted Nicolai Jorgensen’s three-match suspension (for his red card vs.
Heracles). The club also fined him. Jordy Clasie (Feyenoord) has also been
fined. (Source voetbalzone.nl online)
|
Contract Extensions
|
|||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
April 9, 2019
|
Joel Piroe
|
Striker
|
PSV Eindhoven
|
2022
|
vi.nl
|
|
April 9, 2019
|
Elber Evora
|
Goalkeeper
|
Feyenoord
|
2020
|
vi.nl
|
|
April 11, 2019
|
Thijmen Nijhuis
|
Goalkeeper
|
Utrecht
|
2022
|
vi.nl
|
|
April 12, 2019
|
Fons Groenendijk
|
Manager
|
Den Haag
|
2021
|
vi.nl
|
Dutch Eredivisie Matchday (April 12-April 14, 2019):
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
NAC
1-Emmen 1 (Erik
Palmer-Brown 88 / Luciano S;agveer 15)
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
AZ
2-Den Haag 3 (A.Gudmundsson
85, 90 / Erik Falkenburg 32, 47, Sheraldo Becker 90+)
Ajax
6-Excelsior 2
(Klaas Jan Huntelaar 10, 40, 65, Dusan Tadic 37, 60 pen, Kasper Dolberg 75 /
Mounir El Hamdaoui 42, Jeffrey Fortes 89)
Feyenoord
2-Heracles 1 (Steven
Berghuis 33, 82 pen / Jesper Drost 47)
Fortuna
Sittard 1-VVV 1 (Andrija Novakovic 11 / Jay-Roy Jornell Grot 81)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
PSV
2-De Graafschap 1 (Steven Bergwikjn 65 pen, Luuk De Jong 73 / Delano Burgzorg 26)
Heerenveen
1-Groningen 1 (P.Van
Amersfoort 38 / Paul Gladon 61)
Willem
II 2-PEC 0
(Damil Dankerlui 38, Alexander Isak 60)
Utrecht
0-Vitesse 0
(-)
Top
Goalscorer:
Luuk
De Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 26 goals
Dusan
Tadic (Ajax) 22 goals
Hirving
Lozano (PSV Eindhoven) 17 goals
Hakim
Ziyech (Ajax) 15 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Ajax
|
30
|
24
|
3
|
4
|
107
|
29
|
78
|
74
|
|
2
|
PSV Eindhoven
|
30
|
23
|
5
|
2
|
89
|
23
|
66
|
74
|
|
3
|
Feyenoord
|
30
|
17
|
5
|
8
|
65
|
37
|
28
|
56
|
|
4
|
AZ
|
30
|
15
|
7
|
8
|
58
|
36
|
22
|
52
|
|
5
|
Utrecht
|
30
|
13
|
8
|
9
|
54
|
43
|
11
|
47
|
|
6
|
Heracles
|
30
|
14
|
3
|
13
|
53
|
57
|
-4
|
45
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VII. Scotland
Diary:
Tuesday,
April 9, 2019:
-
Wednesday,
April 10, 2019:
-
Thursday,
April 11, 2019:
-
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
-
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
-
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
-
Monday,
April 15, 2019:
-
Scottish
FA Cup Matchday (April 13-April 14, 2019):
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
Hearts
3-Inverness 0 (Uche
Ikpeazu 49, John Souttar 66, Sean Clare 74 pen)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
Aberdeen
0-Celtic 3
(James Forrest 45, Odsonne Edouard 61 pen, Tom Rogic 69)
VIII. Portugal
Diary:
Tuesday,
April 9, 2019:
-
Wednesday,
April 10, 2019:
-
Thursday,
April 11, 2019:
-19-year-old Joao Felix became the youngest hat-trick scorer
in Europa League in Benfica’s (4-2) win over Frankfurt. (Source BBC
Football online)
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
-Joao Felix (Benfica) was named as Europa League Player of
the week. (Source L’Équipe online)
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
-
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
-
Monday,
April 15, 2019:
-Former
Angolan and Porto player from the 90s, Joaquim Alberto Silva, Quinzinho passed
away aged 45. (Source dn.pt online)
|
Transfers
|
||||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
From
|
To
|
Type
|
Online Source
|
|
April 12, 2019
|
Declan Gallagher
|
Defender
|
Livingston
|
Motherwell
|
Next Season
|
BBC Football
|
|
Contract Extensions
|
|||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
April 11, 2019
|
Augusto Inacio
|
Manager
|
Aves
|
2022
|
A Bola
|
Portugal
Primeira Liga League Matchday (April 12-April 14, 2019):
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
Chaves
2-Beleneneses 2 (Gaston Campi 4, 76 / Vincent Sasso 37, Lica 52)
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
Santa
Clara 1-Moreirense 1 (Guilherme Schettine 45 / Pedro Nuno 12)
Portimonense
0-Porto 3 (Yacine
Brahimi 15, Moussa Marega 73, Hector Herrera 90)
Aves
1-Sporting CP 3 (Claudio Falcao 33 pen / Luiz Phellype 24, Jeremy Mathieu 44, Bruno
Fernandes 84)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
Maritimo
2-Feirense 0
(Joel Tagueu 40, Edgar Costa 43)
Rio
Ave 2-Guimaraes 1 (Filipe Augusto 31 pen, Nuno Santos 48 / Toze 88 pen)
Boavista
1-Nacional 0 (Fabio
Espinho 16)
Braga
3-Tondela 0 (Wilson
Eduardo 1, Claudio Ramos (own goal) 65, Fransergio 90)
Benfica
4-Setubal 2
(Rafa Silva 2, 36, Joao Felix 56, Haris Seferovic 77 / Nuno Valente 39, Jhonder
Cadiz 88 pen)
Top
Goalscorer:
Haris
Seferovic (Benfica) 19 goals
Bruno
Fernnades (Sporting CP) 16 goals
Dyego
Sousa (Braga) 14 goals
Bas
Dost (Sporting CP) 14 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Benfica
|
29
|
23
|
3
|
3
|
81
|
26
|
55
|
72
|
|
2
|
Porto
|
29
|
23
|
3
|
3
|
61
|
17
|
44
|
72
|
|
3
|
Sporting CP
|
29
|
20
|
4
|
5
|
59
|
29
|
30
|
64
|
|
4
|
Braga
|
29
|
19
|
4
|
6
|
49
|
28
|
21
|
61
|
|
5
|
Moreirense
|
29
|
15
|
4
|
10
|
35
|
35
|
0
|
49
|
|
6
|
Guimaraes
|
29
|
13
|
6
|
10
|
36
|
26
|
10
|
45
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
IX. Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday,
April 9, 2019:
-Former
OM President Bernard Tapie stated that Anderlecht had made an error in not
hiring Luciano D’Onofrio (now Technical Director and Vice-President at
Antwerp). (Source Footnews.be online)
Wednesday,
April 10, 2019:
-
Thursday,
April 11, 2019:
-The
Malawi Federation will not renew the contract of Belgian Manager Ronny Van
Gneugden. (Source RTBF.be online)
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
-Standard were declared winners over Anderlecht by forfeit as
the match had to abandoned due to disruptions from Anderlecht fans who threw
objects on the pitch. (Source RTBF.be online)
-Ruslan Malinkovskiy (Genk) has been acquitted and will not
serve the proposed seven-match suspension and 7,000 Euros fine.
(Source RTBF.be online)
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
-
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
-
Monday,
April 15, 2019:
-Zakaria
Bakkali (Anderlecht) will be out injured for the rest of the season. (Source
L’Equipe online)
|
Transfers
|
||||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
From
|
To
|
Type
|
Online Source
|
|
April 9, 2019
|
Keith Groeneveld
|
Defender
|
Standard Liege
|
Free Agent
|
Contract Rescinded
|
Footnews.be
|
First
Division A- Championship Play-offs-League Matchday (April 12-April 14, 2019):
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
Standard
2-Anderlecht 0 (Razvan Marin 22, Paul-Jose Mpoku 30 pen) (Abandoned)
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
Gent
1-Antwerp 2 (Giorgi Chakvetadze 77 / Amara Baby 21, Lior
Refaelov 82)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
Genk
3-Club Brugge 1 (Leandro Trossard 13, Ruslan Malinkovskyi 55 pen, Mbwana Samatta 81 /
Hans Vanaken 36 pen)
Top
Goalscorer:
Mbwana
Samatta (Genk) 20 goals / 1 goal playoffs
Hamdi
Harbaoui (Zulte-Waregem) 18 goals / 4 goals playoffs
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Genk
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
8
|
3
|
5
|
41
|
|
2
|
Club Brugge
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
37
|
|
3
|
Antwerp
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
34
|
|
4
|
Standard Liege
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
-1
|
33
|
|
5
|
Anderlecht
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
8
|
-6
|
26
|
|
6
|
Gent
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
3
|
9
|
-6
|
25
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
Diary
(extra):
Tuesday,
April 9, 2019:
-The city of Budapest will erect a statue in tribute to
Sandor Kocsis. (Source Hungarytoday.hu online)
-Argentina Manager Lionel Scaloni was hit by a car while
riding his bicycle in Mallorca. He was later released by a Hospital. (Source
Sky Sports online)
-Sport
Ireland have suspended and are to withhold future funding to the Irish
Federation (FAI). (Source extra.ie online)
-Argentina
and Colombia are to co-host the 2020 Copa America. A new format will be used,
the teams will be divided in two groups of six and will be separated based on
geography and north/south region. (Source Fox Sports online)
-Rogerio
Cabocio is set to take office as Brazil Federation President. (Source Fox
Sports online)
-Mixu
Paatelainen was named as Hong Kong Manager. (Source The Herald online)
-The Brazil Federation unveiled the National Team’s White
Third kit that will be used in the upcoming Copa America. The Federation also
presented its new logo that will go into effect by 2020. (Source AS.com
online)
Wednesday,
April 10, 2019:
-Samuel
Eto’o recalled his time at Barcelona with Guardiola and Messi and claimed that
he was in fact the man who “made Barcelona win”. (Source Mirror Football
online)
-Diego
Maradona added support to the recently hospitalized Pele by posting an old
photograph of the pair showing Pele playing guitar. (Source AS.com online)
-Lisandro
Lopez, 36 years old, has declined to be part of Argentina’s U-23 squad for the
Pan-American Games as one of three over-age players. Given his age, he
preferred not to interrupt the pre-season with his club Racing Club. (Source Maisfutebol online)
-Former Chief Executive of FAI, John Delaney insisted that
his 100,000 Euros loan to the organization was in the best interests of the
game. (Source Sky Sports online)
-Brazil
are to wear their new white kit in the Copa America opener this summer. (Source
Fox Sports online)
-Niall
Quinn and Brian Kerr attacked the FAI for their recent actions in the
Oireachtas committee meeting. (Source extra.ie online)
Thursday,
April 11, 2019:
-Former
Israeli International Yossi Benayoun announced his retirement from the game. He
has taken a role at Beitar Jerusalem. (Source onefootball online)
-1986
World Cup winner Hector Enrique stated that Lionel Messi would never be as good
as Diego Maradona. (Source Marca online)
-Australian
Carl Valeri announced his retirement at the end of the season. (Source FTBL
online)
Friday,
April 12, 2019:
-A
Special Counsel in Switzerland has cleared Rinaldo Arnold of passive corruption
due to his friendship with Gianni Infantino. (Source Fox Sports online)
-Azaz
Guliyevv (Spartak Moscow) apologized after being accused of hitting a
pedestrian with his car as well as beating him afterwards. He has reportedly
paid the pedestrian medical expenses. (Source Fox Sports online)
Saturday,
April 13, 2019:
-49-year-old goalkeeper Martin Smith has earned a call-up
for the National Team of British Virgin Islands. (Source BBC Football online)
Sunday,
April 14, 2019:
-
Monday,
April 15, 2019:
-John
Delaney has offered to leave the FAI while an independent investigation takes
place. (Source extra.ie online)
FIFA have banned former Brazil Confederation
President Jose Maria Marin for life form all Football activities. (Source Sky
Sports online)
Former Bulgarian and Levski Sofia Forward from the
50’s and 60s, Aleksandar Dimitrov Kostov passed away aged 81. (Source Wikipedia
online)
I.
UEFA Champions League:
UEFA
Champions League-Quarterfinals, First Leg:
Tuesday,
April 9, 2019:
Liverpool
2-Porto 0 (Naby
Keita 5, Roberto Firmino 26)
Tottenham
1-Manchester City 0 (Heung-Min Son 78)
Wednesday,
April 10, 2019:
Ajax
1-Juventus 1 (David
Neres 46 / Cristiano Ronaldo 45)
Manchester
United 0-Barcelona 1 (Luke Shaw (own goal) 12)
II.
Europa League:
Europa
League- Quarterfinals, First Leg:
Thursday,
April 11, 2019:
Arsenal
2-Napoli 0 (Aaron
Ramsey 15, Kalidou Koulibaly (own goal) 25)
Benfica
4-Frankfurt 2 (Joao
Felix 21 pen, 43, 54, Ruben Dias 50 / Luka Jovic 40, Goncalo Paciencia 72)
Slavia
Prague 0-Chelsea 1 (Marcos Alosnso 86)
Villareal
1-Valencia 3 (Santo
Cazorla 36 pen / Goncalo Guedes 6, 90+, Daniel Waas 90)
