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
On
Saturday, Chelsea defeated Manchester United (1-0) to lift the FA Cup. Despite
winning, Antonio Conte’s future as Chelsea Manager is still unclear.
Jose
Mourinho criticized Chelsea’s defensive tactics.
The
focus is now on the CL Final next Saturday when Liverpool take on Real Madrid.
There
have been ongoing debates about Gareth Southagte’s World Cup squad and whether
Wilshere and Hart, etc deserved to be cut or not.
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Photo From: L’Equipe, May 20, 2018
(Eden Hazard after scoring)
|
Diary:
Tuesday,
May 15, 2018:
-Jlloyd
Samuel, a former Aston Villa defender, was killed in a car accident aged 37.
(Source BBC Football Online)
-Former
Watford Manager Marco Silva was linked with the Everton job given Sam
Allardyce’s likely departure from the club
(Source BBC Football Online)
-Swansea
are to set sign Liverpool’s Yan Dhanda. (Source BBC Football Online)
-West
Ham goalkeeper Joe Hart has been informed that he will not be part of the
England World Cup squad. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-OGC
Nice’s Jean-Michel Seri has been linked to Arsenal. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Everton
have contacted AS Monaco to sign Kevin N’Doram. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Swansea
defender Alfie Mawson’s World Cup hopes are over after he underwent a knee
surgery. England Manager Gareth Southagte had already told him that his chances
of selection were low. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-
Freiburg defender Caglar Soyuncu has been linked to Arsenal. (Source Daily
Telegraph Online)
-Tottenham’s
Moussa Dembele has been linked with Chinese Club Beijing Guoan. (Source
Footnews.be online via Het Nieuwsblad)
-Real
Madrid’s Toni Kroos has been linked with Manchester City. (Source
Calciomercato.com Online via La Gazzetta Dello Sport)
-Napoli’s
Algerian defender Faouzi Ghoulam has been linked with Manchester United.
(Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-Davidson
Sanchez extended his contract with Tottenham by one more year. (Source vi.nl online)
-Steve
McLaren is set to be appointed as Manager of Queens Park Rangers. (Source vi.nl online via Sky Sports)
-Brazilian
Fred (Shakhtar Donetsk) has been linked to Manchester United. (Source vi.nl online)
Wednesday,
May 16, 2018:
-England
Manager Gareth Southgate’s 23-man squad for the World Cup. (Source BBC Football
Online)
Full
squad:
Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Stoke), Jordan
Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Burnley).
Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold
(Liverpool), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Fabian Delph (Manchester City), Phil Jones
(Manchester United), Harry Maguire (Leicester), Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur),
John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Tottenham Hotspur), Kyle Walker
(Manchester City), Ashley Young (Manchester United).
Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham
Hotspur), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Jesse
Lingard (Manchester United), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea).
Forwards: Harry Kane
(Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Manchester
City), Jamie Vardy (Leicester), Danny Welbeck (Arsenal).
Standby: Lewis Cook
(Bournemouth), Tom Heaton (Burnley), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Jake Livermore
(West Brom), James Tarkowski (Burnley).
-David
Moyes has left his post as West Ham United Manager. (Source BBC Football
Online)
-1966
World Cup winner Ray Wilson passed away aged 83. he had been suffering from
Alzheimer’s disease. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Sam
Allardyce was dismissed as Everton Manager. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Manchester
City Manager Josip Guardiola was named the League Managers Association’s
Manager of the year. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Swansea
goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski would like to leave the club. (Source BBC Football
Online)
-Manchester
United have informally contacted the representatives of Chelsea’s Willian.
(Source Sky Sports Online via Manchester Evening News)
-Napoli’s
Jorginho has been linked to Manchetser City. (Source Sky Sports Online via
Manchester Evening News)
-Borussia
Dortmund’s Sokratis Papasthaopoulos has been linked to Arsenal. (Source Sky
Sports Online via Manchester Evening News)
-Stoke
City’s Kevin Wimmer has been linked to Hannover. Geoff Cameron is also likely
to leave the club. (Source Sky Sports Online via The Sentinel)
-Manchester
City’s Patrick Roberts has been linked to Leicester City, as has OGC Nice
striker Alassane Plea. (Source Sky Sports Online via Leicester Mercury)
-Nottingham
Forest’s 16-year-old Matthew Bondswell has been linked to Liverpool. (Source
Sky Sports Online via Nottingham Post)
-AC
Milan defender Leonardo Bonucci has been linked to Manchester United. (Source
Sky Sports Online via Tuttosport)
-Swansea’s
Roque Mesa is about to sign for Sevilla. (Source Sky Sports Online via El
Desmarque)
-Patrick
Vieira (currently managing MLS’s New York City FC) expressed disappointment
following meeting Arsenal representatives about the coaching position. He felt
it was merely a token gesture’ to a former player. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Huddersfield’s
Terence Kongolo will likely return to Monaco from his loan. (Source Sky Sports
Online)
-Brighton
Manager Chris Hughton has extended his contract with the club until 2021.
(Source France Football Online)
-Wolvermapton
Wanderers Portuguese Manager Nuno Espirito Santo was named as the Manager of
the year for the Championship. (Source
Maisfutebol online)
Thursday,
May 17, 2018:
-Tottenham
‘s Harry Winks extended his contract by five years. (Source BBC Football
Online)
-Arsenal
are to hold talks with Mikel Arteta about the vacant Manager’s position. The
club also intends to speak with Thierry Henry. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Liverpool
released three U-23 players: Paulo Alves, Toni Gomes and Mich’el Parker.
Chelsea’s Isaac Christie-Davies has been linked to Liverpool. (Source Sky Sports Online via Liverpool
Echo)
-Newcastle
United’s Chancel Mbemba will leave the club and he has been linked with
Celtic. (Source Sky Sports Online via
Newcastle Chronicle)
-West
Ham United would like to sign Rafa Benitez as Manager. (Source Sky Sports Online via Newcastle
Chronicle)
-Abel
Hernandez has been linked to Aston Villa.
(Source Sky Sports Online via Birmingham Mail)
-Porto
defender Ricardo Pereira has been linked with Leicetser City. (Source Sky Sports Online via Leicester
Mercury)
-Arsene
Wenger stated that at one point he was close to signing both Cristiano Ronaldo
and Lionel Messi. (Source Sky Sports
Online)
-Mohamed
Salah’s boots are to be on display at the Egypt Collection at the British
Museum. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Bournemouth
goalkeeper Artur Boruc extended his contract by one more year. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Everton
have contacted Marco Silva to be their next Manager. (Source Daily Telegraph
Online)
-Liverpool
Manager Jurgen Klopp has allegedly inquired about AC Milan goalkeeper
Donnarumma . (Source Calciomercato.com Online via Tuttosport)
-
Manchester United’s Anthony Martial has been linked to Atletico Madrid. (Source
AS.com Online via Le10sport)
-Cameron
Carter-Vickers has extended his contract with Tottenham. (Source vi.nl Online)
-Telstar
goalkeeper rody de Boer has been linked to Bournemouth. (Source vi.nl Online)
-Josip
Guardiola extended his contract with Manchester City by three more years. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Friday,
May 18, 2018:
-Swansea
Manager Carlos Carvalhal officially left the club. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Manuel
Pellegrini has been linked to the West Ham United Manager position. (Source BBC
Football Online)
-Jack
Wilshere used twitter to express his disappointment at missing the World Cup
squad. Joe Hart similarly stated that
his omission was “hard to take”. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Monaco’s
Kevin N’Doram has been linked to Everton
(Source Sky Sports Online via L’Equipe)
-
Leicetser City has agreed on a fee for Porto defender Ricardo Pereira. (Source Sky Sports Online via Daily Mirror)
-Goalkeeper
Robert Green will leave Huddersfield at the end of the season. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Monaco’s
Djibril Sidibe has bene linked to Manchester United. (Source Calciomercato.com Online via Le10Sport)
-Stoke
City Manager Paul Lambert has left the club.
(Source vi.nl Online)
-Atletico
Madrid and Croatia’s Sime Vrsaljko has been linked to Manchester United. (Source vi.nl Online via Daily Mail)
-Darren
Moore has been mamed WBA Manager on permanent basis. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Steve
McClaren was confirmed as QPR Manager.
(Source Sky Sports Online)
-Manchester
City will not pursue Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets due to the high buy-out
clause. (Source Sky Sports Online via Marca)
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
-Jack
Wilshere’s representatives have ‘offered him’ to PSG. (Source Sky Sports Online
via L’Equipe)
-Mick
McCarthy has expressed interest to Manage Stoke City. (Source Daily Telegraph
online)
-WBA’s
Jony Evans has been linked to Leicester City. (Source vi.nl Online)
-After
the FA Cup Final loss, Manchester United Manager Jose Mourinho stated that Chelsea
did not deserve to win, since they defended with nine men. (Source BBC Football
Online)
Sunday,
May 20, 2018:
-Liverpool
cancelled an August 7th friendly with Moenchengladbach after the
German club’s interest over Liverpool teenager Rhian Brewster. (Source Sky
Sports Online)
-West
Ham United’s James Collins will leave the club. (Source BBC Football Online)
Monday,
May 21, 2018:
-Manchester
United have offered a professional contract to Northern Irish teenager Ethan
Galbraith. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Arsenal’s
Santi Cazorla will leave the club at the end of the season. (Source BBC
Football Online)
-Unai
Emery is set to become the new Arsenal Manager. (Source BBC Football Online)
FA
Cup-Final (May 19, 2018):
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
Chelsea
1-Manchester United 0 (Eden Hazard 22 pen)
II. Italy
On
Thursday, as expected Gianluigi Buffon announced that he was leaving Juventus
after 17 years. It was still unclear whether he would retire or play elsewhere.
There has bene some chatter that he might join PSG.
Another
ongoing debate centered on Lazio’s Dutch defender Stefan De Vrij. He has signed
for Inter for next year and they happened to be their final opponents for the
remaining CL spot. In the end, he played on Sunday, but Inter won in Rome (3-2)
in dramatic fashion to clinch the CL spot. Had inter not won, some believed
that they would have had to sell Mauro Icardi among others.
The
day before on Saturday, Buffon played his last match for Juventus in (2-1) win
over Verona.
In
the end, Crotone were relegated along with Verone and Benevento.
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Photo From: L’Equipe, May 20, 2018
(Gianluigi Buffon)
|
Diary:
Tuesday,
May 15, 2018:
-PSG’s
Marco Verratti has been linked to Juventus, as has Lazio’s Sergej
Milinkovic-Savic (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Genk
defender Omar Colley has been linked to Sampdoria. (Source Footnews.be online)
-Leonardo
Spinazzola will return to Juventus from his two season loan at Atalanta.
Likewise, defender Mattia Caladra will also return to Juventus from his loan at
Atalanta. Meanwhile, Manchetser United’s Matteo Darmian is also linked to
Juventus. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-AS
Roma’s Dutchman Kevin Strootman has been linked with Internazionale Milano.
(Source Calciomercato.com Online via La Gazzetta Dello Sport)
-Cagliari’s
Nicolo Barella has been linked with Internazionale Milano. (Source
Calciomercato.com Online)
-Juventus’
Kwadwo Asamoah is set to sign for Internazionale Milano and is undergoing his
medical. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-Juventus
will debut their new kit in the last home match of the season this weekend vs.
Verona. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-Napoli’s
Spanish goalkeeper Pepe Reina is due to sign for AC Milan. (Source AS.com)
-
Sampdoria have been fined 20,000 Euros for crowd trouble during their match vs.
Napoli on Sunday. (Source Corriere dello Sport Online)
-Slovenian
goalkeeper Rok Vodisek (Olimpia Ljubljana) has been linked to Napoli. (Source
Corriere dello Sport Online)
-New
Italy Manager Roberto Mancini hinted that Mario Balotelli was part of his
plans. (Source vi.nl online)
Wednesday,
May 16, 2018:
-Inter
Manager Luciano Spalletti would like to sign Manchester City’s Ilkay Gundogan
if Inter qualifies for the CL. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Genoa
goalkeeper Mattia Perin has agreed to join Juventus. (Source Sky Sports Online
via La Gazzetta Dello Sport)
-AS
Roma want to extend the contract of Edin Dzeko by one year (he has been linked
with MLS’s Los Angeles FC). (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Fiorentina’s
Jordan Veretout has been suspended for three matches after being sent off over
the weeknd vs. Cagliari. (Source France Football Online)
-Uruguay
and Genoa’s Diego Laxalt has been linked to Fiorentina, Roma and Torino.
(Source Calciomercato.com Online via Tuttosport)
-Domenico
Criscito signed for his former club Genoa after seven years at Zenit St.
Petersburg. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-Napoli
Manager Maurizio Sarri had a meeting with club President Aurelio de Laurentis
to discuss his future. (Source vi.nl online)
Thursday,
May 17, 2018:
-Juventus
goalkeeper Ginaluigi Buffon announced that he was leaving Juventus after 17
years. (Source BBC Football Online)
-
Ginaluigi Buffon took the opportunity to apologize to English Refere Michael
Oliver after verbally attacking him following his sending off in the CL match
vs. Real Madrid. (Source Sky Sports
Online)
-Fabio
Borini will make his transfer to AC Milan (from Suncdeland) permanent on July 1st. (Source Sky Sports Online via Sunderland
Echo)
-Lucien
Favre, tipped to be the new Dortmund Manager, has allegedly vetoed the transfer
of Juventus’ Stephan Lichsteiner.
(Source Sky Sports Online via Sport Bild)
Stephan
Lichsteiner revealed that he has not reached an agreement with Dortmund and
ruled out a move to China. (Source Calciomercato via Sport Bild)
-Lyon’s
Kenny Tete has been linked to AS Roma. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-
Due to the growing controversy regarding Lazio’s Dutch defender Stefan De Vrij
signing with Internazionale Milano just before their key encounter, it has been
decided that he will skip the match. (Source Calciomercato.com via Corriere
dello Sport)
-Celta
Vigo intend to sign Torino’s on-loan player Lucas Boye on permamnent basis.
(Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-Cagliari’s
Joa Pedro has been banned for six months for doping violations. (Source
Calciomercato.com Online)
-Maurizio
Sarri appears to remain at Napoli instead of joining Chelsea. (Source
Calciomercato.com Online)
-Juventus
have signed Barcleona’s teenage star Pablo Moreno. (Source Calciomercato.com
Online)
Friday,
May 18, 2018:
-Juventus’
Kwadwo Asamoah released a statement signaling his departure from the club. He
is to join Internationale Milano. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Everton’s
Davy Klaassen has been linked to Napoli
(Source Sky Sports Online via La Gazzetta dello Sport)
-Porto’s
Ivan Marcano has been linked to Roma. (Source Calciomercato.com online)
-Arsenal’s
Lucas Perez has been linked to Lazio. (Source Calciomercato.com online via
Corriere dello Sport)
-Arsenal’s
Yunus Musah is about to sign with Juventus. (Source Calciomercato.com online
via La Gazzetta dello Sport)
-
Lazio’s Dutch defender Stefan De Vrij expressed that he does want to play the
key match vs. Inter. (Source Corriere dello Sport)
-Juventus
Manager Massimiliano Allegri criticized Napoli for showing a lack of respect to
Juventus. (Source La Gazzetta Dello Sport)
-
Juventus do not intend to sell Mattia Caldara to PSG. (Source vi.nl via
Corriere dello Sport Online)
-Parma
were promoted to the Serie A after an away win (2-0) at Spezia. (Source BBC
Football Online)
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
-Sampdoria’s
Dennis Praet is linked to AS Roma. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Juventus
unveiled their new home jerseys in their last match of the season. This was
also Gianluigi Buffon’s last match with Juventus.
-Roberto Mancini’s first selected Italy squad with a
recall for Mario Balotelli. (Source L’Equipe online)
Full
squad:
Goalkeepers : Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Mattia
Perin (Genoa), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino).
Defenders: Leonardo Bonucci (Milan), Mattia Caldara (Atalanta),
Domenico Criscito (Zenit San Pietroburgo), Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter), Mattia De
Sciglio (Juventus), Emerson Palmieri Dos Santos (Chelsea), Alessio Romagnoli
(Milan), Daniele Rugani (Juventus), Davide Zappacosta (Chelsea).
Midfielders : Daniele Baselli (Torino), Giacomo
Bonaventura (Milan), Bryan Cristante (Atalanta), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma),
Frello Filho Jorge Luiz Jorginho (Napoli), Rolando Mandragora (Crotone),
Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma).
Strikers: Mario
Balotelli (Nizza), Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo),
Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), Ciro Immobile
(Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Matteo Politano (Sassuolo), Simone Verdi
(Bologna), Simone Zaza (Valencia).
-Juventus’
Stephan Lichsteiner is now linked to AS Monaco. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
Sunday,
May 20, 2018:
-Manchester
United’s Maroune Fellaini has been linked to AC Milan. (Source Calciomercato Online via La Derniere
Heure)
-Napoli
have called out Juventus for a very disrespectful tweet (retweeted by Douglas
Costa) celebrating the title win by showing a coffin with Napoli’s colors with
Insigne’s name on it. (Source Footnews.be Online)
Monday,
May 21, 2018:
-Emerson
Palmieri Dos Santos and Claudio Marchisio have withdrawn from Italy squad due
to injuries. (Source Tuttosport Online)
League
Matchday (May 19-20, 2018):
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
Juventus
2-Verona 1
(Daniele Rugani 49, Miralem Pjanic 52 / Alessio Cerci 76)
Sunday,
May 20, 2018:
Genoa
1-Torino 2
(Goran Pandev 80 / Iago Falque 30, Daniele Baselli 58)
AC
Milan 5-Fiorentina 1 (Hakan Calhanoglu 23, Patrick Cutrone 41, 59, Nikola Kalinic 49,
Bonaventura 76 / Giovanni Simeone 20)
Cagliari
1-Atalanta 0
(Luca Ceppitelli 87)
Chievo
Verona 1 –Benevento 0 (Roberto Inglese 49)
SPAL
3-Sampdoria 1
(Mirko Antenucci 4 pen, 52, Alberto Grassi 50 / Dawid Kownacki 65)
Napoli
2-Crotone 1
(Arkadiusz Milik 23, Jose Maria Callejon 32 / Marco Tumminello 90)
Udinese
1-Bologna 0
(Seko Fofana 30)
Lazio
2-Internazionale Milano 3 (Ivan Perisic (own goal) 9,
Felipe Anderson 41 / Danilo D’Ambrosio 29, Mauro Icardi 78 pen, Matias Vecino
81)
Sassuolo
0-AS Roma 1
(Gianluca Pegolo (own goal) 45)
Top
Goalscorer:
Ciro
Immobile (Lazio) 29 goals
Mauro
Icardi (Internazionale Milano) 29 goals
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
1
|
Juventus
|
38
|
30
|
5
|
3
|
86
|
24
|
62
|
95
|
2
|
Napoli
|
38
|
28
|
7
|
3
|
78
|
29
|
49
|
91
|
3
|
AS Roma
|
38
|
23
|
8
|
7
|
61
|
28
|
33
|
77
|
4
|
Internazionale
|
38
|
20
|
12
|
6
|
66
|
30
|
36
|
72
|
5
|
Lazio
|
38
|
21
|
9
|
8
|
89
|
49
|
40
|
72
|
6
|
AC Milan
|
38
|
18
|
10
|
10
|
56
|
42
|
14
|
64
|
18
|
Crotone
|
38
|
9
|
8
|
21
|
40
|
66
|
-26
|
35
|
19
|
Verona
|
38
|
7
|
4
|
27
|
30
|
78
|
-48
|
25
|
20
|
Benevento
|
38
|
6
|
3
|
29
|
33
|
84
|
-51
|
21
|
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals
For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
III. Spain
During
the week, Atletico Madrid defeated OM (3-0) to win the Europa League with
Griezmann scoring twice. Atletico Manager Diego Simeone watched from the
stands.
On
Saturday, Zinedine Zidane’s son Luca made his debut as goalkeeper in Real
Madrid’s last match of the season (2-2) with Villareal.
On
Sunday, Andres Iniesta played his last ever match for Barcelona vs. Real
Sociedad. A photograph of him circulated as he remained on the pitch until the
morning hours at the Camp Nou pitch barefoot.
Fernando
Torres likewise played his last match for Atletico Madrid vs. Eibar (2-2) and
scored twice.
Lionel
Messi (34 goals) has now won the Golden Shoe as Europe’s top goalscorer for the
fifth time, the first player to do so.
 |
Photo From: L’Equipe, May 17, 2018
(Antoine Griezmann)
|
 |
Photo From: L’Equipe, May 21, 2018
(Andres Iniesta)
|
Diary:
Tuesday,
May 15, 2018:
-Sevilla
defender Clement Lenglet has been linked to Barcelona. (Source Sky Sports
Online)
-Andres
Iniesta disclosed that he had been approached by Manchester City. (Source
Calciomercato.com Online)
-A
stand collapsed during a talk show with Andres Iniesta as guest. Eighteen people
were injured. (Source AS.com)
-Former
Real Madrid player Guti has been linked with the management of Leganes (Asier
Garitano will leave the club). (Source AS.com)
Wednesday,
May 16, 2018:
-Lionel
Messi said it would be “terrible” if Neymar were to join Real Madrid. (Source
Sky Sports Online via TyC Sports)
-Atletico
Madrid Diego Simeone’s appeal to stay on the bench for today’s Europa League
Final was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. (Source Marca.com
online)
-Andres
Iniesta commented on the reports of Sergio Busquets’ departure. He said it
would be a ‘huge mistake’ were he to leave the club. (Source Marca.com online)
-Maurico
Pellegrino has been listed as a possibility to be the next Leganes Manager .
(Source AS.com Online)
-Barcelona
are likely to pay the buy-out clause for Sevilla defender Clement Lenglet .
(Source AS.com Online)
Friday,
May 18, 2018:
-Andres
Iniesta has been linked to Japanese side Vissel Kobe. (Source Calciomercato.com
online)
-Gerard
Pique revealed that when he was 21 he could have joind Juventus but decided to
go back to Barcelona. (Source Calciomercato.com online)
-AC
Milan’s Mateo Musacchio has been linked to Sevilla. (Source Calciomercato.com
online)
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
-Inter’s
Milan Skriniar has been linked to Barcelona (Source AS. Com online via La
Gazzetta dello Sport)
Sunday,
May 20, 2018:
-Javi
Calleja will remain as Villareal Manager and was given a one year extension.
(Source AS.com Online)
-Leicester
City’s Jamie Vardy has been linked to Atletico Madrid. (Source Calciomercato
Online)
Monday,
May 21, 2018:
-Villareal
President Fernando Roig announced that Rodri would leave the club (probably to
Atletico Madrid). Roig also stated that he believed the player is leaving too
soon and should have stayed longer. (Source AS.com Online)
-Spain
Manager Julen Lopetegui’s 23-man World Cup squad. The biggest name missing is
Alvaro Morata. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Full
squad:
Goalkeepers: David de Gea (Manchester
United), Pepe Reina (Napoli), Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic Bilbao).
Defenders: Jordi Alba
(Barcelona), Nacho Monreal (Arsenal), Alvaro Odriozola (Real Sociedad), Nacho
Fernandez (Real Madrid), Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona),
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
Midfielders: Sergio Busquets
(Barcelona), Isco (Real Madrid), Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich), David Silva
(Manchester City), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid),
Koke (Atletico Madrid).
Forwards: Marco Asensio (Real Madrid),
Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid), Rodrigo Moreno
(Valencia), Lucas Vazquez (Real Madrid).
European
Matches involving Spanish Teams:
Wednesday,
May 16, 2018:
Europa
League, Final:
Olympqiue Marseille 0-Atletico Madrid 3 (Antoine
Griezmann 21, 49, Gabi 89)
League
Matchday (May 19-20, 2018):
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
Celta
4-Levante 2
(Maximilano Gomez 29, 63, Iago Aspas 41, 48 / Ruben Rochina 12, Jose Luis
Morales 74)
Leganes
3-Real Betis 2
(Dimitris Siovas 28, Jose Naranjo 64, Nordin Amrabat 79 / Joel Campbell 20,
Antonio Sanabria 76)
Las
Palmas 1-Girona 2 (Jonathan Calleri 14 pen / Cristhian Stuani 5, 42 )
Malga
0-Getafe 1
(Loic Remy 73 pen)
Sevilla
1-Alaves 0
(Wissam Ben Yedder 28)
Villareal
2-Real Madrid 2 (Roger Martinez 70, Samuel Castillejo 85 /Gareth Bale 11, Cristiano
Ronaldo 32)
Sunday,
May 20, 2018:
Valencia
2 –Deportivo La Coruna 1 (Simone Zaza 28, Goncalo Guedes 77 / Lucas Perez 80)
Athletic
Bilbao 0-Espanyol 1 (David Lopez 9)
Atletico
Madrid 2-Eibar 2 (Fernando Torres 42, 60 / Kike 35, Ruben Jimenez Pena 70)
Barcelona
1-Real Sociedad 0 (Phillipe Coutinho 57)
Top
Goalscorer:
Lionel
Messi (Barcelona) 34 goals
Cristiano
Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 26 goals
Luis
Suarez (Barcelona) 25 goals
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
1
|
Barcelona
|
38
|
28
|
9
|
1
|
99
|
29
|
70
|
93
|
2
|
Atletico Madrid
|
38
|
23
|
10
|
5
|
58
|
22
|
36
|
79
|
3
|
Real
Madrid
|
38
|
22
|
10
|
6
|
94
|
44
|
50
|
76
|
4
|
Valencia
|
38
|
22
|
7
|
9
|
65
|
38
|
27
|
72
|
5
|
Villareal
|
38
|
18
|
7
|
13
|
57
|
50
|
7
|
61
|
6
|
Real
Betis
|
38
|
18
|
6
|
14
|
60
|
61
|
-1
|
60
|
18
|
Deportivo
La Coruna
|
38
|
6
|
11
|
21
|
38
|
76
|
-38
|
29
|
19
|
Las
Palmas
|
38
|
5
|
7
|
26
|
24
|
74
|
-50
|
22
|
20
|
Malaga
|
38
|
5
|
5
|
28
|
24
|
61
|
-37
|
20
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
IV. Germany
Joachim
Low named the World Cup provisional squad. The players who failed to make the
cut included Mario Gotze (who scored the 2014 winning goal), Emre Can and
Sandro Wagner. Wagner afterwards retired from the National Team and attacked
Low. The injured Manuel Neuer surprisingly was included but it remains to be
seen whether he will make the final 23.
On
Saturday, Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Bayern Munich (3-1) in an upset in the
Final of the DfB Pokal. Frankfut Manager Nico Kovac is set to take over at
Bayern. This was Jupp Heynckes’ final act as Bayern Manager in his fourth and
final stint with the club.
 |
Photo From: France Football, Issue 3758, May 22, 2018
(Nico Kovac)
|
Diary:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018:
-Germany
coach Joachim Low’s 27-man preliminary squad for the World
Cup (Source Sky Sports online)
Goalkeepers: Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen), Manuel Neuer
(Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona), Kevin Trapp (Paris
Saint-Germain)
Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Matthias
Ginter (Borussia Monchengladbach), Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), Mats Hummels
(Bayern Munich), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha
Berlin), Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea), Niklas Sule (Bayern Munich), Jonathan Tah
(Bayer Leverkusen)
Midfielders: Julian Brandt (Bayer
Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Paris Saint-Germain), Leon Goretzka (Schalke 04),
Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City), Sami Khedira (Juventus), Toni Kroos (Real
Madrid), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Sebastian Rudy
(Bayern Munich), Leroy Sane (Manchester City)
Forwards: Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart), Thomas Muller
(Bayern Munich), Nils Petersen (SC Freiburg), Timo Werner (RB Leipzig)
-Mario
Gotze, who scored the 2014 World Cup winning goal, was left off Joachim Low’s
preliminary squad for the World Cup. Low expressed how sorry he was for the
decision but that Gotze was out of form for the Tournament. (Source BBC
Football Online)
-National
Team Manager Joachim Low extended his contract until 2022. (Source Sky Sports
Online)
-Hoffenheim
Manager Julian Nagelsmann will remain at the club, ending any speculation with
the Arsenal job. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Eintracht
Frankfurt’s Marius Wolf has been linked with Dortmund. (Source Sky Sports
Online via Bild)
-Hoffenheim
have signed the Algerian striker Ishak Belfodil from Standard Liege (had been
on loan to Werder Bremen). (Source Sport Bild online)
-Wolfsburg
coach Bruno Labbadia defended his Belgian player Divock Origi who in an
interview appeared unaware of their relegation opponent Holstein Kiel. (Source
Sport Bild online)
-Koln
have sigend Lasse Sobiech from St Pauli. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Fortuna
Dusseldorf have signed Alfredo Morales from Ingolstadt. (Source Kicker.de
online)
-Werder
Bremen have signed Kevin Mohwald from Nuremberg. (Source Kicker.de online)
-SV
Hamburg have signed Kaiserslautern’s Christoph Moritz. (Source Kicker.de
online)
Wednesday,
May 16, 2018:
-Ralph
Hasenhuttl has left his post as RB Leipzig Manager. (Source BBC Football
Online)
-Bayern
Munich’s Sebastian Rudy has been linked with Stuttgart. (Source Sky Sports
Online via Sport Bild)
-Adolf
Hutter will be the new Eintracht Frankfurt Manager for the next season. (Source
Sport Bild online)
-Bayern
Munich have offered a professional contract to Thorben Hoffmann. (Source
Kicker.de online)
-Koln’s
Japanese player Yuya Osako has signed with Werder Bremen, (Source Kicker.de
online)
-Koln
have signed Louis Schaub from Rapid Vienna. (Source Kicker.de online)
Thursday,
May 17, 2018:
-Tottenham’s
Keanan Bennetts has been linked to Moenchengladbach. (Source Sky Sports Online via Sport Bild)
-Sandro
Wagner has retired from the National Team after being overlooked for the World
Cup. (Source Sky Sports Online via
Sport Bild)
-Jurgen
Klinsmann stated that had he not been sacked, USA would have qualified for the
World Cup. (Source France Football Online)
-
Renato Sanches has returned to Bayern Munich from his loan and will not be
loaned out again. Goalkeeper Michael Netolitzky also returned to Bayern from
his loan at Halleschen FC. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Schalke
have signed Suat Serdar from Mainz . (Source Kicker.de online)
-Augsburg
have offered a professional contract to Simon Asta. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Cameroon
and Angers’ Karl Toko Ekambi has been linked to Hoffenheim. (Source Kicker.de
online)
-Japan
and Stuttgart player Takuma Asano has been linked with Hannover. (Source
Kicker.de online)
Friday,
May 18, 2018:
-Tottenham’s
Keanan Bennetts has signed with Moenchengladbach. (Source Sky Sports)
-Atalanta
defender Hans Hateboer has been linked to Dortmund. (Source Calciomercato.com
online)
-Sandro
Wagner had criticized Joachim Low for discarding him for the World Cup. He
believed Low had dropped him because of his strong character. Joachim Low hit
back by saying he has shown disrespect to his teammates. Low stated that he
understands Wagner’s disappointment but his reaction has ben excessive. Uli Hoeness and Jupp Heynckes also felt that
he over-reacted. (Source Kicker.de
online)
-Werder
Bremen have offered a professional contract to Idrissa Toure. (Source Kicker.de
online)
-SV
Hamburg have offered a professional contract to Moritz-Broni Kwarteng. (Source
Kicker.de online)
-Kaiserslautern
have signed Theodor Bergmann from Rot-Weiss Erfurt. (Source Kicker.de online)
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
-
Bayern Munich’s David Alaba has been linked to Real Madrid according to the
player’s father. (Source AS. Com
online)
-Markus
Babbel has been appointed as Manager of Austalian side Western Sydney
Wanderers. (Source AS. Com online)
-Valencia’s
Rodrigo has been linked to Bayern Munich. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Fortuna
Dusseldorf have signed Kenan Karaman from Hannover. (Source Kicker.de online)
-
Bayer Leverkusen’s Leon Bailey has been linked to Bayern Munich. (Source vi.nl
online via ESPN)
Promotion
Playoff (May 17, 2018):
Thursday,
May 17, 2018:
Wolfsburg
3-Holstein Kiel 1 (Divock Origi 13, Josip Brekalo 40, Yunus Malli 56 / Kingsley
Schindler 34)
DfB
Pokal-Final (May 19, 2018):
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
Bayern
Munich 1-Eintracht Frankfurt 3 (Robert Lewandowski 53 / Ante Rebic 11, 82, Mijat
Gacinovic 90)
V. France
OM
failed in its attempt to win Eurpean silverware and were defeated by Atletico
Madrid (0-3) in the Europa League. OM’s Dimitri Payet left the field injured
and in tears as he knew his World Cup dreams were dashed as well.
He missed
Didier Deschamps World Cup cut along with the likes of Rabiot, Martial, Coman
and Laczaette.
In
the League, Monaco and Lyon joined PSG in the CL, while OM had to settle for
the Europa League after the final round. Troyes were relegated along with Metz,
while Toulouse had to face a playoff to stay with the elite.
Finally,
Thomas Tuchel was officiallity unveiled as the new PSG Manager.
 |
Photo From: L’Equipe, May 21, 2018
(Thomas Tuchel)
|
Diary:
Tuesday,
May 15, 2018:
-Patrick
Vieira has been linked with the Management of Nantes if Claudio Ranieri leaves.
Jocelyn Gourvennec and Ricardo Sa Pinto have also been linked with the job.
(Source Sky Sports Online)
Wednesday,
May 16, 2018:
-Lazio’s
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic has been linked with PSG. (Source Sky Sports Online via
L’Equipe)
-Metz
Manager Frederic Hantz will leave at the end of the season. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-Patrick
Vieira has also been linked with the management of OGC Nice. (Source France
Football Online)
-OGC
Nice have offered a professional contract to Diaby Fadiga. (Source France Football
Online)
-St
Etienne have offered professional contracts to Mahdi Camara and Wesley Fofana.
(Source France Football Online)
-Anderlecht’s
Adrien Trebel has been linked to Stade Rennais. (Source footnews.be online)
-The
World Cup hopes of OM’s Dimitri Payet may have been damaged as he left the
field injured and in tears in OM’s loss in the Final of the Europa League. (Source BBC Football online)
Thursday,
May 17, 2018:
-Italian
Manager Claudio Ranieri left Nantes by mutual consent. (Source BBC Football
Online)
-Atleico
Madrid’s French striker Kevin Gameiro has become the first Frenchman to win
four European trophies. (Source Sky
Sports Online via L’Equipe)
-Bordeaux’s
Jaroslav Plasil has extended his contract by one year. (Source France Football
Online)
-Stephane
Ruffier was voted as St Etienne’s player of the season by the team’s fans.
(Source France Football Online)
-France Manager Didier Deschamps’s 23-man squad for the
World Cup. (Source BBC Football Online)
The
Full List:
Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham
Hotspur), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Alphonse Areola (Paris Saint-Germain)
Defenders: Lucas Hernandez (Atletico
Madrid), Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint-Germain), Benjamin Mendy (Manchester
City), Benjamin Pavard (Stuttgart), Adil Rami (Marseille), Djibril Sidibe
(Monaco), Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)
Midfielders: N'Golo Kante (Chelsea),
Blaise Matuidi (Juventus), Steven N'Zonzi (Sevilla), Paul Pogba (Manchester
United), Corentin Tolisso (Bayern Munich)
Forwards: Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona),
Nabil Fekir (Lyon), Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico
Madrid), Thomas Lemar (Monaco), Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), Florian
Thauvin (Marseille)
Friday,
May 18, 2018:
-Deprtaing
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has been linked with PSG. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-The
French League’s Disciplinary Comission rescinded OM goalkeeper Steve Mandanda’s
red card vs. Guingamp this past week. Caen’s Ismael Diomande was suspended for
three matches after a sending off, while Moanco’s Rachid Ghezal was suspended
for three matches (one suspended) for a sending off. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Michel
Platini claimed that “a little trickery” was used to keep Brazil and France
separate from one another until the Final during the 1998 World Cup that he
helped organize.. (Source Daily Telegraph online)
-Bordeaux
have offered a professional contract to Over Mandanda. He is brother of OM’s
Steve and a goalkeeper like him as well. (Source France Football Online)
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
-St
Etienne would like to sign Remy Cabella on permanent basis. (Source Sky Sports
Online via L’Equipe)
-OGC
Nice’s Adrien Tameze has been linked to Porto. (Source France Football Online)
-Caen
Manager Patrice Garande left the club after ensuring survival on the last day.
(Source L’Equipe online)
Sunday,
May 20, 2018:
-OGC
Nice announced the departure of Manager Lucien Favre. (Source L’Equipe online)
Monday,
May 21, 2018:
-Bayer
Leverkusen’s Brazilian defender Wendell has been linked to PSG. (Source
L’Equipe online)
European Matches involving French Teams:
Wednesday,
May 16, 2018:
Europa
League, Final:
Olympqiue Marseille 0-Atletico Madrid 3 (Antoine
Griezmann 21, 49, Gabi 89)
League
Matchday (May 19, 2018):
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
Caen
0- Paris St. Germain 0
Dijon
2-Angers 1
(Pierrick Capelle (own goal) 22, Julio Tavares 75 / Flavien Tait 53)
Lyon
3-OGC Nice 2 (Memphis Depay 48, 65, 86 / Alassane Plea 18,
89)
Olympique
Marseille 2-Amiens 1 (Morgan Sanson 10, Kostas Mitroglou 18 / Moussa Konate 30)
Metz
0-Bordeaux 4
(Martin Braithwaite 11, Malcolm 17, Francois Kamano 44, Nicolas De Preville 78)
Nantes
1-Strasbourg 0
(Leo Dubois 32)
Rennes
1-Montpellier 1 (Adrien Hunou 13 / Isaac Mbenza 17)
St
Etienne 5-Lille 0 (Jonathan Bamba 7, Romain Hamouna 13, 40, 61, Kevin Malcuit (own goal)
65)
Toulouse
2-Guingamp 1
(Max-Alain Gradel 59, Yaya Sanogo 63 / Clement Grenier 66)
Troyes
0-Monaco 3 (Rony
Lopes 22, 71, Jordi Mboula 90)
Top
Goalscorer:
Edinson
Cavani (Paris St. Germain) 28 goals
Florian
Thauvin (Olympique Marseille) 22 goals
Neymar
(Paris St. Germain) 19 goals
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
1
|
Paris St. Germain
|
38
|
29
|
6
|
3
|
108
|
29
|
79
|
93
|
2
|
AS Monaco
|
38
|
24
|
8
|
6
|
85
|
45
|
40
|
80
|
3
|
Lyon
|
38
|
23
|
9
|
6
|
87
|
43
|
44
|
78
|
4
|
Marseille
|
38
|
22
|
11
|
5
|
80
|
47
|
33
|
77
|
5
|
Rennes
|
38
|
16
|
10
|
12
|
50
|
44
|
6
|
58
|
6
|
Bordeaux
|
38
|
16
|
7
|
15
|
53
|
48
|
5
|
55
|
18
|
Toulouse
|
38
|
9
|
10
|
19
|
38
|
54
|
-16
|
37
|
19
|
Troyes
|
38
|
9
|
6
|
23
|
32
|
59
|
-27
|
33
|
20
|
Metz
|
38
|
6
|
8
|
24
|
34
|
76
|
-42
|
26
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VI. Holland
Diary:
Wednesday,
May `6, 2018:
-PSV
Eindhoven Technical Director Marcel Brands left his post to take a similar post
at Everton. (Source vi.nl online)
-VVV’s
German goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall has been linked to PSV Eindhoven. (Source
vi.nl online)
-Heracles
have signed Borussia Moenchengladbach goalkeeper Janis Blaswich. (Source vi.nl
online)
-Utrecht
have signed Leon Guwara from Werder Bremen. (Source vi.nl online)
-Willem
II have signed Dries Saddiki from Fortuna Sittard. (Source vi.nl online)
-AZ
have extended the contract of Thomas Ouwejan by two years. (Source vi.nl
online)
-Mitchell
van der Gaag is the new Manager of NAC replacing Stijn Vreven. (Source vi.nl
online)
Thursday,
May 17, 2018:
-Robin
van Persie stated that when in the English Premier League, away matches at
Stoke were the toughest ones. (Source
Sky Sports Online via The Sentinel)
-Jan
Olde Riekerink has been appointed as the new Manager of SC Heeenveen. (Source
vi.nl Online)
Friday,
May 18, 2018:
-
Ajax’s Justin Kluivert is thinking about leaving the club, accusing the club of
forcing him to sign a new contract. (Source AS.com online)
-
PSV Eindhoven have signed VVV’s goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall. He will stay at VVV
on loan for one year. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Utrecht
have signed Simon Gustafson from Feyenoord. (Source vi.nl online)
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
-Ajax
have offered a professional contract to Jaymillo Pinas. (Source vi.nl online)
Europa
League-Playoff (May 15-19, 2018):
Tuesday,
May 15, 2018:
Vitesse 3-Utrecht 2 (Mason Mount 42, Bryan
Linssen 78, Guram Kashia 90 / Ramon Leeuwin 62, Zakaria Labyad 86)
Satursday,
May 19, 2018:
Utrecht 1- Vitesse 2 (Mark van der Maarel 46 /
Ramon Leeuwin (own goal) 18, Matt Miazga 38)
Dutch
Eredivisie Playoffs (May 17-20, 2018):
Thursday,
May 17, 2018:
Emmen
0-Sparta 0
Almere
City 1-De Graafschap 1 (van van der Water 84 / Fabian Serrarens 90)
Sunday,
May 20, 2018:
Sparta
1-Emmen 3 (Stijn
Spierings 28 / Michael Chacon 38, Anco Jansen 59, Alexander Bannink 66)
De
Graafschap 2- Almere City 1 (Tarik Tissoudali 45, Fabian Serrarens 68 / Jerge
Hoefdraad 36)
VII. Scotland
On
Saturday, Celtic clinched the domestic treble for the second year in a row
after defeating Mother well (2-0) in SFA Cup Final.
Diary:
Tuesday,
May 15, 2018:
-Celtic
Manager Brendan Rodgers was named the Scottish Premiership Manager of the year
and Celtic’s Scott Brown was named as the Player of the Year. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Wednesday,
May 16, 2018:
-Celtic’s
Kieran Tierney has been linked with Atletico Madrid. (Source BBC Football
Online)
-Ryan
Fraser, Mat Ritchie and Barry Douglas have withdrawn from the upcoming Scotland
squad due to injuries, while John Souttar may also be doubtful. Stephen
O’Donnell was called up as a replacement. (Source BBC Football Online)
Revised
squad:
Goalkeepers: Jordan Archer
(Millwall), Allan McGregor (Hull City) Jon McLaughlin (Hearts)
Defenders: Jack Hendry (Celtic),
Scott McKenna (Aberdeen), Charlie Mulgrew (Blackburn Rovers), Stephen O'Donnell
(Kilmarnock), Callum Paterson (Cardiff City), John Souttar (Hearts), Lewis
Stevenson (Hibernian).
Midfielders: Stuart Armstrong
(Celtic), Dylan McGeouch (Hibernian), John McGinn (Hibernian), Kenny McLean
(Aberdeen), Scott McTominay (Manchester United), Jamie Murphy (Brighton &
Hove Albion, on loan at Rangers), Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen), Ryan Christie
(Celtic, on loan at Aberdeen).
Forwards: Oli McBurnie (Swansea
City, on loan at Barnsley), Lewis Morgan (Celtic, on loan at St Mirren), Matt
Phillips (West Bromwich Albion), Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City).
-Hearts
have signed Luton’s Olly Lee to a pre-contract. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Former
Scotlsnd Manager Craig Brown expressed regret for not including Ally McCoist
for the 1998 World Cup. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Dundee
released Kevin Holt, Jon Autenetxe, Julen Etxabeguren, Kostadin Gadhalov and
Jordan Piggott. Nicky Low and Jeremy Malherbe will also leave the club and
Simon Murray and A-Jay Leitch-Smith will returm to their clubs from their loans
(Hibs and Shrewsbury respectively). (Source BBC Football Online)
-
Hull City goalkeeper Allan McGregor ahs returned to Rangers Glasgow. (Source
BBC Football Online)
Thursday,
May 17, 2018:
-Dundee
signed Elton Ngwatala from Kidderminster Harriers. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Rangers
would like to sign Nottingham Forest’s Jason Cummings on permanent basis. (Source Sky Sports Online via Nottingham
Post)
-Rangers
intend to sign Brighton’s Connor Goldson.
(Source Sky Sports Online via The Argus)
-Motherwell’s
Chris Cadden has been called up to the Scotland squad to make up for a number
of withdrawals. (Source Sky Sports
Online)
-Steven
Gerrard is interested in signing Jermain Defoe. (Source vi.nl Online via Scottish
Daily Record)
Friday,
May 18, 2018:
-Rangers
have signed Jamie Murphy from Brighton. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Celtic’s
Australian midfielder Tom Rogic has extended his contarct by five years.
(Source BBC Football Online)
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
-Celtic
clinched the domestic treble for the second year in a row after defeating
Mother well (2-0) in SFA Cup Final.
(Source BBC Football Online)
Premiership
Playoff (May 17-20, 2018):
Thursday,
May 17, 2018:
Livingstone
2-Patrick Thistle 1 (Keaghan Jacobs 13, Scott Pittman 74 / Kris Doolan 10)
Sunday,
May 20, 2018:
Patrick Thistle 0- Livingstone 1
(Keaghan Jacobs 46)
Scottish
FA Cup-Final (May 19, 2018):
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
Celtic
2-Motherwell 0
(Callum McGregor 11, Olivier Ntcham 25)
VIII. Portugal
Sporting
Cp ended a miserable week that had started with their players being attacked by
losing the Cup Final vs. Aves.
Diary:
Tuesday,
May 15, 2018:
-Sporting
CP’s Fabio Coentrao has taken himself out of World Cup contention due to a
tiring season. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Colon
Santa Fe’s Argentinean striker German Conti has been linked to Benfica. (Source
Maisfutebol online)
-Porto
have extended the contract of 18 year old goalkeeper Diogo Costa. (Source
Maisfutebol online)
Wednesday,
May 16, 2018:
-Sporting
CP have condemned the acts of vandalism and aggression against its players
carried out by some “fans”. They had attacked the players and damaged the
club’s training ground. (Source BBC Football online)
-Porto
goalkeeper Iker Casillas has expressed solidarity with the Sporting CP players
after the attacks on the players. (Source Maisfutebol online)
-Benfica’s
Brazilian player Douglas will return to Barcelona from his loan. (Source
Maisfutebol online)
Thursday,
May 17, 2018:
-Benfica
have signed German goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos from Panathinaikos. (Source Maisfutebol online)
-Porto
have extended the contract of Senegal goalkeeper Mouhamed Mbaye. (Source
Maisfutebol online)
Friday,
May 18, 2018:
-Porto
goalkeeper Iker Casillas has extended his contract by one year. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-Benfica
have signed Tyronne Ebuehi from Den Haag. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Sunday,
May 21, 2018:
-
Yuri Ribeiro has returned to Benfica from his loan at Rio Ave. (Source
Maisfutebol online)
Portugal
Cup-Final (May 20 2018):
Sunday,
May 20, 2018:
Aves
2-Sporting CP 1 (Alexandre Guedes 16, 72 / Fedy Montero 85)
IX. Belgium
Standard
Liege Manager Ricardo Sa Pinto has left the club after guiding them to second place
behind Club Brugge.
Radja
Nainggolan was left off of Roberto Martinez’s World Cup squad. He immediately
retired from the National Team.
Diary:
Tuesday,
May 15, 2018:
-Igor
De Camargo has left APOEL Nicosia and will sign for KV Mechelen. (Source Walfoot.be
online)
-Ostend’s
Croatian defender Antonio Milic is a target for Anderlecht. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-English
defender Oscar Threlkeld has signed for Waasland-Beveren.(Source Walfoot.be
online)
-Milos
Kosanovic will return to Standard Liege from his loan at Goztepe. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-Antwerp
have signed Ivo Rodrigues (on loan from Porto) on permanent basis. (Source
Maisfutebol online)
Wednesday,
May 16, 2018:
-Lamine
Ndao has signed for Beveren from Quevilly-Rouen. (Source France Football
Online)
-Anderlecht
would like to sign Newcastle’s on-loan goalkeeper Matz Sels on permanent
basis. (Source Walfoot.be online via
Het Laatste Nieuws)
Thursday,
May 17, 2018:
-Despite
the fact that Everton and Anderlecht had agreed that the Nigerian Henry
Onyekuru would spend an extra season at loan at Anderlecht, he may join
Borussia Moenchengladbach instead.
(Source Sky Sports Online via Liverpool Echo)
-Charly
Musonda returned to Chelsea from his disappointing loan at Celtic. Belgium U-21
Manager Johann Walem criticized his behavior by referencing how he had even
refused a selection with the U-21 squad.
(Source Sky Sports Online via Evening Times)
-The
Greek Federation approved the cancellation of Guillaume Gillet’s contract from
Olympiakos. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-Club
Brugge have offered a professional contract to Lois Openda. (Source Walfoot.be
online)
-Metz
have signed Sami Lahassaini. He will stay with Seraing United until January
before joining Metz. (Source Footnews.be online)
-
KV Mechelen have signed Laurent Lemoine from Club Brugge. (Source Walfoot.be
online)
Friday,
May 18, 2018:
-Belgium
Manager Roberto Martinez has extended his contract by two years. (Source Sky
Sports Online)
-The
Nigerian Henry Onyekuru has accused Anderlecht Manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck of
not playing him to damage his chances of going to the World Cup. In protest he
has refused to train. (Source Footnews.be online)
-Red
Star Belgrade’s 19 year old winger Luka Adzic is on the verge of signing with
Anderlecht. (Source Footnews.be online)
-Krasnodar
has made an offer for Anderlecht’s Uros Spajic. (Source Footnews.be online via
Het Laatse Nieuws)
-Anderlecht
denied it was ending its 37 year old sponsorship with BNP Paribas (Generale de
Banque, that change its name to Fortis before being called PNB Paribas. (Source
Footnews.be online via Het Laatse Nieuws)
-Ricardo
van Rhijn has returned to Club Brugge from his loan at AZ. (Source Footnews.be
online)
Monday,
May 21, 2018:
-
Belgium Manager Roberto Martinez unveiled the World Cup Finals squad. Radja
Nainggolan was not selected and retired from the National Team afterwards.
(Source BBC Football online)
Full
squad:
Goalkeepers: Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg),
Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool), Matz Sels (Newcastle
United).
Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham
Hotspur), Dedryck Boyata (Celtic), Laurent Ciman (Los Angeles FC), Christian
Kabasele (Watford), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Jordan Lukaku (Lazio),
Thomas Meunier (Paris St-Germain), Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona), Jan Vertonghen
(Tottenham Hotspur).
Midfielders: Yannick Carrasco (Dalian
Yifang), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Mousa Dembele (Tottenham Hotspur),
Leander Dendoncker (Anderlecht), Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United), Eden
Hazard (Chelsea), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Monchengladbach), Adnan Januzaj
(Real Sociedad), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Youri Tielemans (Monaco), Axel Witsel
(Tianjin Quanjian).
Forwards: Michy Batshuayi
(Chelsea), Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), Nacer Chadli (West Brom), Romelu
Lukaku (Manchester United).
-Waasland-Beveren
have signed Serbian defender Aleksandar Vukotic from FK Krupa. (Source
Walfoot.be online)
-Beerschot-Wilrlijk
have signed Loris Brogno from Sparta Rotterdam. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-Ricardo
Sa Pinto announced his departure as Manager of Standard Liege. (Source MaisFutebol Online)
League
Matchday (May 20, 2018):
First
Division A
Sunday,
May 20, 2018:
Anderlecht
1-Genk 2
(Lukasz Teodorczyk 53 / Dries Wouters 35, Leandro Trossard 37)
Club
Brugge 0-Gent 1 (Yuya Kubo 28)
Charleroi
0-Standard Liege 0
Top
Goalscorer:
Hamid
Harbaoui (Zulte-Waregem) 22 goals
Teddy
Chevalier (Kortrijk) 21 goals
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
1
|
Club
Brugge
|
10
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
17
|
12
|
5
|
46
|
2
|
Standard
Liege
|
10
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
20
|
9
|
11
|
43
|
3
|
Anderlecht
|
10
|
4
|
0
|
6
|
12
|
15
|
-3
|
40
|
4
|
Gent
|
10
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
8
|
8
|
0
|
39
|
5
|
Genk
|
10
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
13
|
13
|
0
|
38
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
Diary
(extra):
Tuesday,
May 15, 2018:
-Colombia
coach Jose Pekerman’s 35-man preliminary squad
for the World Cup (Source France
Football online)
Goalkeepers:
David
Ospina (Arsenal, ENG)
Camilo
Vargas (Deportivo Cali)
Ivan
Arboleda (Banfield, ARG)
José
Fernando Cuadrado (Once Caldas)
Defenders:
Yerri
Mina (Barcelone, SP)
Santiago
Arias (PSV Eindhoven, HOL)
Davinson
Sanchez (Tottenham, ENG)
Farid
Diaz (Olimpia, PAR)
Bernardo
Espinoza (Gérone, SP)
Frank
Fabra (Boca Juniors, ARG)
Stefan
Medina (Monterrey, MEX)
Johan
Mojica (Gérone, SP)
Oscar
Murillo (Pachuca, MEX)
William
Tesillo (Leon, MEX)
Cristian
Zapata (Milan AC, ITA)
Midfielders:
James
Rodriguez (Bayern Munich, GER)
Juan
Fernando Quintero (River Plate, ARG)
Abel
Aguilar (Deportivo Cali)
Wilmar
Barrios (Boca Juniors, ARG)
Edwin
Cardona (Boca Juniors, ARG)
Yimmi
Charra (Junior)
Juan
Guillermo Cuadrado (Juventus Turin, ITA)
Gustavo
Cuellar (Flamengo, BRA)
Jefferson
Lima (Levante, SP)
Giovanni
Moreno (Shanghai Shenhua, CHI)
Sebastian
Perez (Boca Juniors, ARG)
Carlos
Sanchez (Espanyol, SP)
Mateus
Uribe (America, MEX)
Forwards:
Radamel
Falcao (Monaco, FRA)
Carlos
Bacca (Villareal, SP)
Luis
Fernando Muriel (FC Sevilla, SP)
Miguel
Borja (Palmeiras, BRA)
Teofilo
Gutierrez (Junior)
José
Heriberto Izquierdo (Brighton, ENG)
Duvan
Zapata (Sampdoria, ITA)
Wednesday,
May 16, 2018:
-Diego
Maradona was appointed as the Chairman of Belarus club Dinamo Brest. (Source
BBC Football online)
-Wales
will not have Gareth Bale and Joe Allen, as well as Aston Villa pair of James
Chester and Neil Taylor in their end of the month International vs. Mexico.
(Source BBC Football online)
Wales
squad:
Goalkeepers: Wayne Hennessey
(Crystal Palace), Chris Maxwell (Preston North End), Adam Davies (Barnsley),
Luke Pilling (Tranmere Rovers)
Defenders: Ashley Williams
(Everton), Ashley Richards (Cardiff City), Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur),
Chris Gunter (Reading), Declan John (Rangers), Connor Roberts (Swansea City),
Christopher Mepham (Brentford), Regan Poole (Manchester United), Joe Rodon
(Swansea City), Adam Matthews (Sunderland), Cameron Coxe (Cardiff City), Tom
Lockyer (Bristol Rovers)
Midfielders: Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Joe
Ledley (Derby County), Dan James (Swansea City), George Thomas (Leicester
City), George Williams (St Johnstone, on loan from Fulham), Matthew Smith
(Manchester City), Lee Evans (Sheffield United), Andy King (Leicester City),
Ryan Hedges (Barnsley), Marley Watkins (Norwich City)
Forwards: Tom Lawrence (Derby County),
Harry Wilson (Liverpool), Sam Vokes (Burnley), Tom Bradshaw (Barnsley), David
Brooks (Sheffield United), Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion).
-Shakhtar
Donetsk Manager Paul Fonseca has extended his contract by two years . (Source
France Football Online)
-The
Saudi Arabian Federation have banned referee Farhad Mirdasi for accepting a
bribe for the Final of the King’s Cup. He was due to referee in the 2018 World
Cup. (Source Maisfutebol online)
-Michael
O’Neill’s selected Northern Ireland squad for matches against Panama and Costa
Rica. (Source BBC Football online)
Full
squad:
Northern Ireland squad
Goalkeepers: Carson (Motherwell),
Hazard (Celtic - loan Falkirk), Peacock-Farrell (Leeds).
Defenders: Cathcart (Watford), J.
Evans (West Brom), Hodson (Rangers), Hughes (Hearts), McAuley (West Brom),
McCullough (Doncaster), McLaughlin (Millwall).
Midfielders: Dallas (Leeds), C.
Evans (Blackburn), Ferguson (Millwall), McGeehan (Barnsley - loan Scunthorpe),
McNair (Sunderland), Norwood (Brighton - loan Fulham), Saville (Millwall),
Whyte (Crusaders).
Forwards: Boyce (Burton),
Magennis (Charlton), McCartan (Bradford), Smyth (QPR).
-Sweden’s
23-man World Cup Finals squad. (Source BBC Football online)
Full
squad:
Goalkeepers: Robin Olsen
(Copenhagen), Karl-Johan Johnsson (Guingamp), Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Swansea).
Defenders: Mikael Lustig
(Celtic), Victor Lindelof (Manchester United), Andreas Granqvist (Krasnador),
Martin Olsson (Swansea), Ludwig Augustinsson (Werder Bremen), Filip Helander,
Emil Krafth (both Bologna), Pontus Jansson (Leeds United).
Midfielders: Sebastian Larsson
(Hull), Albin Ekdal (Hamburg), Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), Gustav Svensson
(Seattle Sounders), Oscar Hiljemark (Genoa), Viktor Claesson (Krasnador),
Marcus Rohden (Crotone), Jimmy Durmaz (Toulouse).
Forwards: Marcus Berg (Al Ain),
John Guidetti (Alaves), Ola Toivonen (Toulouse), Isaac Kiese Thelin
(Waasland-Beveren).
-Uruguay
Manager Oscar Washington Tabarez’s 26-man Provisional squad for the World Cup.
(Source France Football Online)
Goalkeepers:
Fernando
Muslera (Galatasaray, TUR)
Martin
Silva (Vasco de Gama, BRA)
Martin
Campana (Independiente, ARG)
Defenders:
Diego Godin (Atlético Madrid, SP)
Diego Godin (Atlético Madrid, SP)
Sebastian
Coates (Sporting, POR)
José
Maria Gimenez (Atlético Madrid, SP)
Maximiliano
Pereira (Porto, POR)
Gaston
Silva (Independiente, ARG)
Martin
Caceres (Lazio, ITA)
Guillermo
Varela (Peñarol)
Midfielders:
Nahitan Nandez (Boca Juniors, ARG)
Midfielders:
Nahitan Nandez (Boca Juniors, ARG)
Lucas
Torreira (Sampdoria, ITA)
Matias
Vecino (Inter, ITA)
Federico
Valverde (Deportivo La Coruna, SP)
Rodrigo
Betancur (Juventus, ITA)
Carlos
Sanchez (Monterrey, MEX)
Strikers:
Strikers:
Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro, BRA)
Diego
Laxalt (Genoa, ITA)
Cirstian
Rodriguez (Peñarol)
Jonathan
Urretaviscaya (Monterrey, MEX)
Nicolas
Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders, USA)
Gaston
Ramirez (Sampdoria, ITA)
Christian
Stuani (Girona, SP)
Maximiliano
Gomez (Celta Vigo, SP)
Edinson
Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA)
Luis
Suarez (Barcelone, SP)
Friday,
May 18, 2018:
-Senegal
Manager Aliou Cisse’s provisional World Cup Finals squad. (Source FIFA.com
online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Abdoulaye Diallo (Rennes, France),
Alfred Gomis (SPAL, Italy), Khadim Ndiaye (Horoya, Guinea);
Defenders: Lamine Gassama (Alanyaspor,
Turkey), Saliou Ciss (Valenciennes, France), Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli, Italy),
Kara Mbodii (Anderlecht, Belgium), Youssouf Sabaly (Bordeaux, France), Salif
Sane (Hannover, Germany), Moussa Wague (Eupen, Belgium);
Midfielders: Idrissa Gueye (Everton, England),
Cheikhou Kouyate (West Ham United, England), Alfred Ndiaye (Wolverhampton
Wanderers, England), Badou Ndiaye (Stoke City, England), Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham
City, England), Ismaila Sarr (Rennes, France);
Forwards: Keita Balde (Monaco, France), Mame
Biram Diouf (Stoke City, England), Moussa Konate (Amiens, France), Sadio Mane
(Liverpool, England), Mbaye Niang (Torino, Italy), Diafra Sakho (Rennes, France),
Moussa Sow (Bursaspor, Turkey).
-Morocco
Manager Herve Renard’s provisional World Cup Finals squad. (Source FIFA.com
online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Mounir El Kajoui
(Numancia, Spain), Yassine Bounou (Girona, Spain), Ahmad Reda Tagnaouti
(Ittihad Tanger);
Defenders: Mehdi Benatia
(Juventus, Italy), Romain Saiss (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), Manuel Da
Costa (Basaksehir, Turkey), Badr Benoun (Raja Casablanca), Nabil Dirar
(Fenerbahce, Turkey), Achraf Hakimi (Real Madrid, Spain), Hamza Mendyl (Lille,
France);
Midfielders: M'bark Boussoufa (Al
Jazira, UAE), Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord, Netherlands), Youssef Ait Bennasser
(Caen, France), Sofyan Amrabat (Feyenoord, Netherlands), Younes Belhanda
(Galatasaray, Turkey), Faycal Fajr (Getafe, Spain), Amine Harit (Schalke,
Germany);
Forwards: Khalid Boutaib
(Malatyaspor, Turkey), Aziz Bouhaddouz (St. Pauli, Germany), Ayoub El Kaabi
(Renaissance Berkane), Nordin Amrabat (Leganes, Spain), Mehdi Carcela (Standard
de Liege, Belgium), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax, Netherlands).
-Japan
Manager Akira Nishino’s 27-man provisional World Cup Finals squad. (Source
France Football online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers:
Eiji Kawashima (Metz)
Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka)
Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa)
Defenders:
Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray/TUR)
Gotoku Sakai (Hambourg/GER)
Tomoaki Makino (Urawa)
Gen Shoji (Urawa)
Wataru Endo (Urawa)
Maya Yoshida (Southampton/ENG)
Hiroki Sakai (Marseille)
Naomichi Ueda (Kashima)
Midfielders:
Eiji Kawashima (Metz)
Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka)
Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa)
Defenders:
Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray/TUR)
Gotoku Sakai (Hambourg/GER)
Tomoaki Makino (Urawa)
Gen Shoji (Urawa)
Wataru Endo (Urawa)
Maya Yoshida (Southampton/ENG)
Hiroki Sakai (Marseille)
Naomichi Ueda (Kashima)
Midfielders:
Makoto Hasebe (Francfort/GER)
Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund/GER)
Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe/SP)
Toshihiro Aoyama (Hiroshima)
Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)
Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki)
Keisuke Honda (Pacheco/MEX)
Genki Haraguchi (Düsseldorf/GER)
Yuto Misao (Kashima)
Takashi Inui (Eibar/SP)
Takashi Usami (Düsseldorf/GER)
Yosuke Ideguchi (Cultural Leonesa/SP)
Forwards:
Shinji Okazaki (Leicester/ENG)
Yuya Osako (Brême/GER)
Yoshinori Muto (Mayence/GER)
Takuma Asano (Stuttgart/GER).
Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund/GER)
Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe/SP)
Toshihiro Aoyama (Hiroshima)
Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)
Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki)
Keisuke Honda (Pacheco/MEX)
Genki Haraguchi (Düsseldorf/GER)
Yuto Misao (Kashima)
Takashi Inui (Eibar/SP)
Takashi Usami (Düsseldorf/GER)
Yosuke Ideguchi (Cultural Leonesa/SP)
Forwards:
Shinji Okazaki (Leicester/ENG)
Yuya Osako (Brême/GER)
Yoshinori Muto (Mayence/GER)
Takuma Asano (Stuttgart/GER).
-Saudi
Arabia Manager Juan Antonio Pizzi’s 28-man provisional World Cup Finals squad.
(Source France Football online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers:
Assaf Al-Qarni (Ittihad FC)
Mohammed Al-Owais (Al Ahli SC)
Yasser Al-Mosailem (Al Ahli SC)
Abdullah Al-Mayouf (Al-Hilal)
Defenders:
Mansoor Al-Harbi (Al Ahli SC)
Yasser Al-Shahrani (Al-Hilal)
Mohammed Al-Breik (Al-Hilal)
Saeed Al-Mowalad (Al Ahli SC)
Motaz Hawsawi (Al Ahli SC)
Osama Hawsawi (Al Ahli SC)
Omar Hawsawi (Al-Nasr)
Mohammed Jahfali (Al-Hilal)
Ali Al-Bulaihi (Al-Fateh SC)
Midfielders:
Abdullah Al-Khaibari (Al-Shabab)
Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri (Al-Hilal)
Abdullah Otayf (Al-Hilal)
Taiseer Al-Jassim (Al Ahli SC)
Houssain Al-Mogahwi (Al Ahli SC)
Salman Al-Faraj (Al-Hilal)
Nawaf Al-Abed (Al-Hilal)
Mohamed Kanno (Al-Hilal)
Hattan Bahebri (Al-Shabab)
Mohammed Al-Kwikbi (Al-Ettifaq)
Salem Al-Dawsari (Villarreal, SP)
Yahya Al-Shehri (Léganes, SP)
Forwards:
Fahad Al-Muwallad (Levante, SP)
Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (Al-Nasr)
Muhannad Assiri (Al Ahli SC).
Assaf Al-Qarni (Ittihad FC)
Mohammed Al-Owais (Al Ahli SC)
Yasser Al-Mosailem (Al Ahli SC)
Abdullah Al-Mayouf (Al-Hilal)
Defenders:
Mansoor Al-Harbi (Al Ahli SC)
Yasser Al-Shahrani (Al-Hilal)
Mohammed Al-Breik (Al-Hilal)
Saeed Al-Mowalad (Al Ahli SC)
Motaz Hawsawi (Al Ahli SC)
Osama Hawsawi (Al Ahli SC)
Omar Hawsawi (Al-Nasr)
Mohammed Jahfali (Al-Hilal)
Ali Al-Bulaihi (Al-Fateh SC)
Midfielders:
Abdullah Al-Khaibari (Al-Shabab)
Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri (Al-Hilal)
Abdullah Otayf (Al-Hilal)
Taiseer Al-Jassim (Al Ahli SC)
Houssain Al-Mogahwi (Al Ahli SC)
Salman Al-Faraj (Al-Hilal)
Nawaf Al-Abed (Al-Hilal)
Mohamed Kanno (Al-Hilal)
Hattan Bahebri (Al-Shabab)
Mohammed Al-Kwikbi (Al-Ettifaq)
Salem Al-Dawsari (Villarreal, SP)
Yahya Al-Shehri (Léganes, SP)
Forwards:
Fahad Al-Muwallad (Levante, SP)
Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (Al-Nasr)
Muhannad Assiri (Al Ahli SC).
-Portugal’s
23 man World Cup Finals squad. (Source Walfoot.be online)
Full squad:
Goalkepers:
Anthony
Lopes (Lyon/FRA), Beto (Goztepe/TUR), Rui Patrício (Sporting/POR)
Defenders: Bruno Alves (Rangers/SCO), Cédric Soares
(Southampton/ENG), José Fonte (Dalian Yifang/CHI), Mário Rui (Naples/ITA), Pepe
(Besiktas/TUR), Raphael Guerreiro (Dortmund/GER), Ricardo Pereira (FC Porto/POR),
Rúben Dias (Benfica/POR)
Midfielders: Adrien Silva (Leicester/ENG), Bruno Fernandes
(Sporting/POR), João Mário (West Ham/ENG), João Moutinho (Monaco/FRA), Manuel
Fernandes (Lokomotiv/RUS), William Carvalho (Sporting/POR)
Strikers: André Silva (AC Milan/ITA), Bernardo Silva
(Manchester City/ENG), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/SP), Gelson Martins
(Sporting/POR), Gonçalo Guedes (Valence/SP), Nani (Lazio/ITA), Ricardo Quaresma
(Besiktas/TUR)
-Holland
Manager Ronald Koeman’s revised squad for matches against Slovakia and Italy:
(Source vi.nl online)
Full squad:
Goal: Jasper Cillessen (Barcelona), Sergio Padt (FC
Groningen), Jeroen Zoet (PSV)
Defense: Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), Nathan
Aké (AFC Bournemouth), Daley Blind (Manchester United), Virgil van Dijk
(Liverpool), Hans Hateboer (Atalanta Bergamo), Daryl Janmaat (Watford), Terence
Kongolo (Huddersfield Town) , Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax), Stefan de Vrij (Lazio)
Midfield: Donny van de Beek (Ajax), Davy Pröpper
(Brighton & Hove Albion), Marten de Roon (Atalanta Bergamo), Kevin
Strootman (AS Roma), Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord), Ruud Vormer (Club Brugge),
Georginio Wijnaldum ( Liverpool)
Attack: Ryan Babel (Besiktas), Steven Berghuis
(Feyenoord), Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyon), Eljero Elia (Istanbul Basaksehir),
Quincy Promes (Moscow Spartak), Wout Weghorst (AZ)
-Revised
Scotland squad: (Source BBC Football online)
Allan
McGregor has withdrawn, Scott Bain has been called up.
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Jordan Archer
(Millwall), Scott Bain (Celtic), Jon McLaughlin (Hearts)
Defenders: Jack Hendry (Celtic),
Scott McKenna (Aberdeen), Charlie Mulgrew (Blackburn Rovers), Stephen O'Donnell
(Kilmarnock), Callum Paterson (Cardiff City), John Souttar (Hearts), Lewis
Stevenson (Hibernian).
Midfielders: Stuart Armstrong
(Celtic), Chris Cadden (Motherwell), Dylan McGeouch (Hibernian), John McGinn
(Hibernian), Kenny McLean (Aberdeen), Scott McTominay (Manchester United),
Jamie Murphy (Brighton & Hove Albion, on loan at Rangers), Graeme Shinnie
(Aberdeen), Ryan Christie (Celtic, on loan at Aberdeen).
Forwards: Oli McBurnie (Swansea
City, on loan at Barnsley), Lewis Morgan (Celtic, on loan at St Mirren), Matt
Phillips (West Bromwich Albion), Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City).
Sunday,
May 20, 2018:
-Ryan
Giggs’ revised squad trimmed from 32 to 23 (for friendly vs, Mexico 0n May 29th):
Full
squad:
Goalkeepers: Wayne Hennessey
(Crystal Palace), Chris Maxwell (Preston North End), Adam Davies (Barnsley).
Defenders: Ashley Williams
(Everton), Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), Chris Gunter (Reading), Tom Lockyer
(Bristol Rovers), Declan John (Rangers), Connor Roberts (Swansea City),
Christopher Mepham (Brentford), Ashley Richards (Cardiff City).
Midfielders: Lee Evans (Sheffield
United), Andy King (Leicester City), Ryan Hedges (Barnsley), Aaron Ramsey
(Arsenal), Matthew Smith (Manchester City), Joe Ledley (Derby County), George
Thomas (Leicester City),
Forwards: Sam Vokes (Burnley), Tom
Bradshaw (Barnsley), Tom Lawrence (Derby County), David Brooks (Sheffield
United), Harry Wilson (Liverpool).
Monday,
May 21, 2018:
-Croatia
Manager Zlatko Dalic’s 24 man Provisional squad for the World Cup. Ivan
Santini, Karlo letica, Borna Sosa, Borna Barisisc, Zoran Nizic, Mario Pasalic,
Marko Rog and Duje Cop have been discarded. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Full
squad:
Goalkeepers: Danijel Subasic
(Monaco), Lovre Kalinic (Gent), Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo).
Defenders: Vedran Corluka
(Lokomotiv Moscow), Domagoj Vida (Besiktas), Ivan Strinic (Sampdoria), Dejan
Lovren (Liverpool), Sime Vrsaljko (Atletico Madrid), Josip Pivaric (Dynamo
Kiev), Tin Jedvaj (Bayer Leverkusen), Matej Mitrovic (Club Brugge), Duje
Caleta-Car (Red Bull Salzburg).
Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real
Madrid), Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid), Milan Badelj (Fiorentina),
Marcelo Brozovic (Inter), Filip Bradaric (Rijeka).
Forwards: Mario Mandzukic
(Juventus), Ivan Perisic (Inter), Nikola Kalinic (Milan), Andrej Kramaric
(Hoffenheim), Marko Pjaca (Schalke), Ante Rebic (Eintracht)
-Iran Manager Carlos Queiroz’s 24 man Provisional squad
for the World Cup. Kaveh Rezaie has been discarded. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Full
squad:
Goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand
(Persepolis), Seyed Hossein Hosseini (Esteghlal), Rashid Mazaheri (Zob Ahan),
Amir Abedzadeh (Maritimo, Portugal);
Defenders: Ramin Rezaeian
(Ostende, Belgium), Voria Ghafouri (Esteghlal), Steven Beitashour (Los Angeles
FC, USA), Seyed Jalal Hosseini (Persepolis), Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (Padideh),
Morteza Pouraliganji (Alsaad, Qatar), Mohammad Ansari (Persepolis), Pejman
Montazeri (Esteghlal), Seyed Majid Hosseini (Esteghlal), Milad Mohammadi
(Akhmat Grozny, Russia), Omid Norafkan (Esteghlal), Saeid AGhaei (Sepahan),
Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal);
Midfielders: Saeid Ezatolahi (Amkar
Perm, Russia), Masoud Shojaei (AEK Athens, Greece), Ahmad Abdolahzadeh
(Foolad), Saman Ghoddos (Ostersunds, Sweden), Mahdi Torabi (Saipa), Ashkan
Dejagah (Notthingham Forest, England), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Ehsan Hajsafi
(Olympiacos, Greece), Ali Karimi (Sepahan), Soroush Rafiei (Al Khor, Qatar),
Ali Gholizadeh (Saipa), Vahid Amiri (Persepolis);
Forwards: Alireza Jahanbakhsh
(AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands), Karim Ansarifard (Olympiacos, Greece), Mahdi Taremi
(Al Gharafa, Qatar), Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Kazan, Russia), Reza Ghoochannejhad (Heerenveen,
Netherlands), Kaveh Rezaei (Charleroi, Belgium).
-The
players union FifPro has petitioned FIFA to allow Perus suspdended player Paolo
Guerrero to participate in the World Cup. (Source France Football Online)
-Iceland’s 23-man World Cup squad. (Source BBC Football
online)
Full
squad:
Goalkeepers: Hannes Thor
Halldorsson (Randers FC), Runar Alex Runarsson (FC Nordsjælland), Frederik
Schram (FC Roskilde).
Defenders: Kari Arnason
(Aberdeen), Ari Freyr Skulason (K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen), Birkir Mar
Saevarsson (Hammarby), Sverrir Ingi Ingason (FC Rostov), Hordur Magnusson
(Bristol City), Holmar Orn Eyjolfsson (Maccabi Haifa), Ragnar Sigurdsson (FC
Rostov).
Midfielders: Johann Berg
Gudmundsson (Burnley), Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa), Arnor Ingvi Traustason
(Malmo FF), Emil Hallfredsson (Udinese), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton), Olafur
Ingi Skulason (Kardemir Karabukspor), Rurik Gislason (FC Nurnberg), Samuel
Fridjonsson (Valerenga), Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City).
Forwards: Alfred Finnbogason (FC
Augsburg), Bjorn Bergmann Sigurdarson (FC Rostov), Jon Dadi Bodvarsson
(Reading), Albert Gudmundsson (PSV Eindhoven).
-Argentina Manager Jorge Sampaoli’s 23-man squad for the
World Cup. Mauro Icardi has bene ommitted from the squad.(Source Sky Sports Online)
The
Full List:
Goalkeepers: Sergio Romero
(Manchester United), Wilfredo Caballero (Chelsea), Franco Armani (River Plate).
Defenders: Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla),
Cristian Ansaldi (Torino), Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City), Federico Fazio
(Roma), Marcos Rojo (Manchester United), Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax), Marcos
Acuna (Sporting Lisbon).
Midfielders: Javier Mascherano (Hebei
China Fortune), Eduardo Salvio (Benfica), Lucas Biglia (AC Milan), Giovani Lo
Celso (Paris Saint-Germain), Ever Banega (Sevilla), Manuel Lanzini (West Ham),
Maximiliano Meza (Independiente), Angel di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain),
Cristian Pavon (Boca Juniors).
Forwards: Lionel Messi
(Barcelona), Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus), Sergio Aguero
(Manchester City).
Club
friendlies:
Tuesday,
May 15, 2018:
Hallescher
SC (Germany) 5-Stuttgart (Germany) 3 (Emiliano Insua (own goal) 10, Stenzel 28, Daniel
Bohl 42, 63, Braydon Manu 47 / Daniel Ginczek 5, Caniggia Elva 73, Jan
Ferdinand 88)
Wedneday,
May 16, 2018:
Mamelodi
Sundowns (South Africa) 1-Barcelona (Spain) 3 (Subusiso Vilakazi 76 / Ousmane Dembele 3,
Luis Suarez 19, Andre Gomes 66)
FSV
Zwickau (Germany) 1-Stuttgart (Germany) 4 (Bentley Bahn 90 pen / Erik Thommy 1,
Chadrac Akolo 3, Berkay Ozcan 23, Jacob Bruun Larsen 84)
Hessen
Kassel (Germany) 1-Hannover (Germany) 2 (Admir Saric 28 / Ilhas Bebou 65, Kenan Karaman 74)
Thursday,
May 17, 2018:
SC
Westfalia Herne (Germany) 1-Dortmund (Germany) 0 Sebastian Mutzel 33)
DSC
Wanne-Eikel (Germany) 1-Dortmund (Germany) 4 (Dawid Ginczek 30 / Marcel Schmelzer 15,
Alexander Isak 22, Gomnzalo Catrso 23, Andriy Yarmolenko 25)
SV
Ahlerstedt/Ottendorf (Germany) 3-Werder Bremen (Germany) 9 (Carsten Dammann 28, Heins
52, 74 / Johannes Eggestein 10, 88, Yuning Zhang 20, 45, 62, Robert Bauer 26,
Jerome Gondorf 38, Zlatko Junuzovic 54, Mihot Rashica 86)
Monday,
May 21, 2018:
Linares
Deportivo (Spain) 0-Sevilla (Spain) 6 (Nolito 25, Alejandro Pozo 26, Sebastien Corchia
50, Mariano Konyk 63, Pejino 75, 78)
International
friendlies:
Tuesday,
May 15, 2018:
Saud
Arabia 2-Greece 0 (Salem Al-Dawsari 20, Mohammed Kanoo 79)
Saturday,
May 19, 2018:
Iran
1-Uzbekistan 0
(Roozbeh Cheshmi 17)
Sunday,
May 20, 2018:
Jordan 3-Cyprus 0 (Anas Bani Yassen 18, Jaime Siaj 37, Yusel Al
Rawashdeh 86)