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,
December 18, 2018:
-Jose Mourinho was sacked as Manchester United Manager.
Michael Carrick will act as interim Manager. (Source BBC Football online)
-Following Jose Mourinho’s dismissal, Paul Pogba posted a
strange tweet and then deleted it within minutes. It showed him staring
sideways with the message “caption this”.
(Source Sky Sports online)
-Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham) will be out until
the end of the year due to injury.
(Source RTBF.be Online)
-Former Wolves and England player from the 40s
into the 60s, William John Slater passed away aged 91. (Source Wikipedia
online)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
-Former
Manchester United player, the Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was named as
caretaker Manager of Manchetser United until the end of the season. He is actually on-loan from his club Molde
to Manchester United. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Manchester
United are set to fine Paul Pogba for his twitter post mocking Jose Mourinho’s
sacking. (Source AS.com Online)
-Former
English professional Colin James Barlow, with spells at Manchester City and
Oldham among others, passed away aged 83. (Source Wikipedia online)
-Tottenham’s
Dele Alli was struck by a bottle thrown by an Arsenal fan in their League Cup
clash. (Source BBC Football Online)
-For the League Cup semifinals. Tottenham were drawn with
Chelsea and Manchester City were drawn against Burton. (Source Daily Mail
online)
Thursday,
December 20, 2018:
-Tottenham
have placed a press gag on Its Manager Mauricio Pochettino from discussing any
interest from Manchester United. (Source Daily Mail online)
-James
Collins tore up a contract with Aston Villa just hours after signing it, when
he was injured. (Source balls.ie online)
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
-Roy Keane has attacked Manchester United players,
accusing them of throwing Mourinho ‘under the bus’. (Source The Guardian
online)
-Leicester’s
Jamie Vardy stated that the playing style of Manager Claude Puel does not suit
him. (Source The Guardian online)
-Jose Mourinho has blamed figures like Paul Scholes and Rio
Ferdinand for being instrumental in his sacking at Manchetser United. (Source
Fox Sports online)
-Alexis Sanchez has denied he sent a ‘whatsapp’ message
suggesting he had won a bet over Mourinho’s sacking. (Source Daily Mail online)
-Manchester United’s Romelu Lukaku will miss two matches as
he has been given compassionate leave. (Source Daily Mail online)
-It was revelead that a reason why Mourinho was sacked was
because four players had threatened to leave the club by January had he
remained. (Source AS.com online)
-Watford has ended the contract of Younes Kaboul. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp has suggested that Liverpool
might need 105 points to win the title. (Source Reuters Uk online)
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
-Ole
Gunnar Solskjaer managed Manchester United for the first time in their win over
Cardiff.
-Southamoton’s
Michael Obafemi became the youngest Irish International to score in the English
Premier League. (Source the 42.ie online)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
-Paul
Pogba has thanked Jose Mourinho for helping him ‘improve as a person’. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Peter
Schmeichel stated that he would be interested to be the Director of Football at
Manchster United. (Source Daily Mail
Online)
Monday,
December 24, 2018:
-Newcastle
Manager Rafa Benitez stated that it would be a miracle, if the club avoided
relegation. (Source BBC Football online)
-Chelsea
Manager Maurizio Sarri has ruled out the use of Sports Psychologists for his
club’s problems. (Source AS.com online)
-Henrikh
Mhkytarian (Arsenal) will be out injured for four to six weeks. (Source BBC
Football online)
Photo From: L'Equipe, December 23,2 018
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Transfers
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Player
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Position
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From
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To
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Type
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Online Source
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December 21, 2018
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Lovre Kalinic (Croatia)
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Goalkeeper
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Gent
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Aston Villa
|
Purchase from January 1st
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BBC Football
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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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December 18, 2018
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Jan Vertonghen (Belgium)
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Defender
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Tottenham
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2020
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vi.nl
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December 21, 2018
|
Daniel Amartey (Ghana)
|
Defender
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Leicetser
|
2022
|
BBC Football
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Profesional Contract
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Date
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Player
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Position
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Club
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Online Source
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December 20, 2018
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Allan Tchaptchet (France)
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Defender
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Southampton
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L’Equipe
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English
League Cup (December 18-December 19, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
Leicetser
1-Manchester City 1 (Marc Slbrighton 73 / Kevin De Bruyne 14) (Manchester City won on a
penalty kick shoot-out)
Middlesbrough
0-Burton Albion 1 (Jake Hesketh 48)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
Arsenal
0-Tottenham 2
(Son Heung-min 20, Dele Alli 59)
Chelsea
1-Bournemouth 0 (Eden Hazard 84)
English
Premier League Matchday (December 21-December 24, 2018):
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
Wolves
0-Liverpool 2
(Mohamed Salah 18, Virgil van Dijk 68)
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
Arsenal
3-Burnley 1
(Pierre-Erick Aubameyang 14, 48, Alex Iwobi 90 / Ashley Barnes 63)
Bournemouth
2-Brighton 0
(David Brooks 21, 77)
Chelsea
0-Leicester 1
(Jamie Vardy 51)
Huddersfield
1-Southampton 3 (Phillip Billing 58 / Nathan Redmond 15, Danny Ings 42 pen, Michael
Obafemi 71)
Manchester
City 2-Crystal Palace 3 (Ilkay Gundogan 27, Kevin De Bruyne 85 / Jeffrey Schlupp 33, Andros
Townsend 35, Luka Milivojevic 51 pen)
Newcastle
0-Fulham 0
(-)
West Ham 0-Watford 2 (Troy Deeney 30 pen, Gerard
Deulofeu 87)
Cardiff 1-Manchester United 5 (Victor Camarasa 38 pen /
Marcus Rashford 3, Ander Herrera 29, Anthony Martial 41, Jesse Lingard 57 pen,
90)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
Everton
2-Tottenham 6
(Theo Walcott 21, Gylfi Sigurdsson 51 / Son Heung-min 27, 61, Dele Alli 35,
Harry Kane 42, 74, Christian Eriksen 48)
Top
Goalscorer:
Pierre-Erick
Aubameyang (Arsenal) 12 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
II. Italy
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
-
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
-Frosinone
have dismissed Maanager Moreno Longo. Marco baroni has been appointed as the
new Manager of Frosinone. (Source Football Italia online)
-Roma
have become the first Italian side to agree an exclusive content partnership
with twitter. (Source Football Italia online)
-Cristiano Ronaldo’s overhead kick goal vs. Juventus last
season has been recreated by a Colombian artist Mr. Bling using Crystals.
(Source AS.com online)
-Fabio Capello has reportedly turned down an offer to be the
AS Roma Technical Director. (Source Football Italia online)
Thursday,
December 20, 2018:
-Angelo Gregucci has left his post as Italy National Team Assistant
Manager to become Manager of Salernitana. (Source Football Italia online)
-AC Milan’s Patrick Cutrone stated that he had apologized to
Manager Gennaro Gattuso after showing his displeasure in being substituted vs.
Bologna. (Source Football Italia online)
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
-Empoli have rejected Genoa’s bid for Rade Krunic. (Source
Football Italia online)
-Juventus and Adidas have extended their deal until 2027.
(Source Calciomercato online)
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
-
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
- Inter have suspended Radja
Nainggolan for ‘disciplinary reasons’. It was reported that he had been late to
training in a number of occasions. (Source BBC
Football online)
-
Genoa’s Krzysztof Piatek is asking the league to award him the first goal in
yesterday’s match vs. Atalanta that was given as an own goal to Rafael Toloi.
(Source Tuttosport online)
Monday,
December 24, 2018:
-Napoli
Presidebt Aurelio De Laurentiis has expressed his worry that Referee Paolo
Mazzoleni was appointed for their match vs. Inter. According to De Laurentis,
“he’s always been bad with us”. (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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December 21, 2018
|
Sebastian Walukiewicz
(Poland)
|
Defender
|
Pogon Szczecin
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Cagliari
|
Purchase for following
season (he will be loaned to current club until end of season)
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L’Equipe
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Contract Extensions
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Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
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Expiration Year
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Online Source
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December 20, 2018
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Alex Sandro (Brazil)
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Defender
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Juventus
|
2023
|
Football Italia
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Italian
Serie A Matchday (December 18, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
Bologna
0-AC Milan 0
(-)
Top
Goalscorer:
Krzysztof
Piatek (Genoa) 12 goals
Cristiano
Ronaldo (Juventus) 11 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
Italian
Serie A Matchday (December 22-December 23, 2018):
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
Lazio
3-Cagliari 1
(Sergej Milinkovic-Savic 12, Francesco Acerbi 23, Senad Lulic 67 / Joa Pedro 90
pen)
AC
Milan 0-Fiorentina 1 (Federico Chiesa 73)
Empoli
2-Sampdoria 4 (Manuel
Pasqual 11 pen, Francesco Caputo 76 / Gaston Ramirez 41, Fabio Quagliarella 69,
Ginaluca Caprari 87, 90)
Genoa
3-Atalanta 1 (Rafael
Toloi (own goal) 45, Darko Lazovic 67, Krzysztof Piatek 88 / Duvan Zapata 55
pen)
Napoli
1-SPAL 0
(Raul Albiol 45)
Sassuolo
1-Torino 1 (Enrico Brignola 90 / Andrea Belotti 55)
Udinese
1-Frosinone 1
(Rolando Mandragora 32 / Camillo Ciano 61 pen)
Chievo
1-Inter 1
(Sergio Pellissier 90 / Ivan Perisic 39)
Parma
0-Bologna 0
(-)
Juventus
1-Roma 0
(Mario Mandzukic 35)
Top
Goalscorer:
Krzysztof
Piatek (Genoa) 13 goals
Cristiano
Ronaldo (Juventus) 11 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
III. Spain
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
-Lionel Messi has received his fifth Golden Shoe award as
Europe’s top goalscorer. (Source Miami
Herald online)
-Junior Firpo (Betis) and Francis Coquelin (Valencia)
will be out injured for a number of weeks. (Source Football Espana online)
-Former Real Madrid player Michel Salgado stated that
goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois did not need to respond to Diego Simeone’s
criticisms. Salgado stated that Courtois does not know Real Madrid, and said,
“we do not need to respond to anyone.” (Source AS.com online)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
-A Dutch court has ruled that Barcelona’s Rafinha must to
wear Adidas boots per his contract or face a one Milllion Euros fine. (Source
BBC Football online)
-PSG’s Adrien Rabiot has reportedly agreed terms to jon
Barcelona in 2019. (Source Football Espana online)
-The
newly fired Jose Mourinho has been linked to be Real Madrid Manager in the
summer. (Source Daily Mail online)
Thursday,
December 20, 2018:
-Atletico Madrid have denied reports that Lucas Hernandez is
set to join Bayern Munich. (Source Footnews.be online)
-Barcelona
have denied that an agreement with PSG’s Adrien Rabiot has been made. (Source
Football Espana online)
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
-Luka
Modric (Real Madrid) was selected as the player of the year by ‘The Guardian’
Newspaper. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Xavi
has called the style of the 2018 French World Cup Champions “unenthusiastic”..
(Source Reuters UK online)
-Marcos
Asencio (Real Madrid) will be out injured for a few weeks. (Source Football
Espana online)
-Real
Madrid Captain Sergio Ramos stated that it was disrespectful to speculate about
the future arrival of Jose Mourinho ahead of the World Club Final match vs. Al
Ain. He believes more respect should be shown to current Manager Santiago
Solari. (Source BBC Football online)
Saturday, December 22, 2018:
-Real
Madrid’s Gareth Bale was voted as the MVP of the FIFA World Club Cup. Real
Madrid won their record fourth FIFA World Club Cup. (Source L’Equipe online)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
-Sidnei
(Betis) nad Iago Aspas (Celta) will be out injured for a number of weeks. (Source L’Equipe Online)
Monday,
December 24, 2018:
-
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Transfers
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Date
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Player
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Position
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From
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To
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Type
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Online Source
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December 20, 2018
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Jeison
Murillo (Colombia)
|
Defender
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Valencia
|
Barcelona
|
Loan
|
Football
Espana
|
|
Contract Extensions
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
December 21, 2018
|
Inigo Vicente
|
-
|
Bilbao
|
2023
|
Calciomercato
|
Spanish
La Liga Matchday (December 21-December 24, 2018):
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
Girona
1-Getafe 1 (Bernardo
Espinosa 85 / Angel Rodriguez 61)
Sociedad
0-Alaves 1
(Jonatahn Calleri 11)
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
Betis
1-Eibar 1
(Antonio Sanabria 21 / Fabian Orellana 72 pen)
Atletico
Madrid 1-Espanyol 0 (Antoine Griezmann 56 pen)
Barceloan
2-Celta 0 (Ousmane Dembele 10, Lionel Messi 45)
Bilbao
1-Valladolid 1
(Artiz Aduriz 45 pen / Oscar Plano 90)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
Valencia
2-Huesca 1
(Dani Parejo 25, Cristiano Piccini 90 / J.Camilo Hernandez 72 pen)
Leganes
1-Sevilla 1 (Mikel
Vesga 5 / Wissam Ben Yedder 90)
Vallecano
2-Levante 1 (Tono
(own goal) 23, Raul De Tomas 67 / Ruben Rochina 60)
Top
Goalscorer:
Lionel
Messi (Barcelona) 15 goals
Cristhian
Stuani (Girona) 11 goals
Luis
Suarez (Barcelona) 11 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
IV. Germany
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
-Hannover
Manager Andre Breitenreiter defended his threat of canceling the club’s
holidays and also criticized striker Niclas Fulkrug. He compared Fulkrug to a
student with bad grades in school. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Uli Hoeness has been re-elected as Bayern Munich President.
(Source L’Équipe online)
-Dortmund lost their unbeaten run after a loss at Dusseldorf.
(Source BBC Football online)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
-German
Federation President Reinhard Grindel has attacked FIFA President Gianni
Infantino for his lack of transparency on prposed new competitions. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Reportedly
back in 2017, Oliver Bierhoff turned down an executive position at Bayern
Munich offered by Uli Honeness. (Source Bulinews online)
Thursday,
December 20, 2018:
-
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
-Stefan
Ilsanker (RB Leipig) will be suspended for two matches following his sending
off vs. Bayern Munich. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Bayern Munich Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has extended
his contract by two years until 2021. (Source Fox News online)
-The season of Hannover’s Niclas Fulkrug is effectively over
after a serious injury. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Weder Bremen Sporting Director Frank Baumann apologied for
the use of a drone to spy on Hoffenheim’s training. (Source Sport Bild online)
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
-Dutch Manager Peter Boscz is linked to become Leverkusen Manager in January. (Source Bulinews
online)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
-Heiko
Herrlich has been dismissed as Leverkusen Manager. He has been replaced with
Dutchman Peter Bosz. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Hannover
Manager Andre Breitenreiter has slashed the team’s holliday by three days. The
players are to report back on December 28th. He had threatened to
cancel the break altogether if the team had failed to gain 4 points from their
last two matches (which they failed to do). (Source Sport Bild online)
-Frankfurt
Technical Director, Fredi Bobic has been named as ‘Kicker Sportsmagazin’’s ‘Man
of the Year’. (Source Kicker.de online)
Monday,
December 24, 2018:
-Benjamin
Pavard (Stuttgart) has denied signing for Bayern Munich at the end of the
season. (Source Fox Sports Asia online)
-Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge expressed that he hiped one day Xabi Alonso would return to Bayern
Munich in a coaching capacity. (Source Fox Sports Asia online)
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Transfers
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Date
|
Player
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Position
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From
|
To
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Type
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Online Source
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December 21, 2018
|
Felipe Pires
(Brazil)
|
Striker
|
Hoffenheim
|
Palmeiras
|
Loan
|
L’Equipe
|
|
December 22, 2018
|
Amadou Haidara
|
-
|
Red Bull Salzburg
|
Red Bull Leipzig
|
Purchase
|
Spox
|
|
December 23, 2018
|
Deji Beyreuther
|
Defender
|
Frankfurt
|
Chemnitzer
|
Loan until end of season
|
Sport Bild
|
|
December 23, 2018
|
Alexander Esswein
|
Striker
|
Hertha Berlin
|
Stuttgart
|
Loan
|
Sport Bild
|
|
Contract Extensions
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
December 18, 2018
|
Gelson Fernandes (Switzerland)
|
-
|
Frankfurt
|
2020
|
Marca.com
|
|
December 19, 2018
|
Armin
Reutershahn
|
Assistant
Manager
|
Frankfurt
|
2021
|
Sport
Bild
|
|
December 20, 2018
|
Mijat Gacinovic (Serbia)
|
-
|
Frankfurt
|
2022
|
Bulinews
|
|
December 21, 2018
|
Nico Schulz
|
-
|
Hoffenheim
|
2021
|
Sport Bild
|
|
December 21, 2018
|
Danny Da Costa
|
Defender
|
Frankfurt
|
2022
|
Sport Bild
|
|
December 21, 2018
|
Jordan Torunarigha
|
Defender
|
Hertha Berlin
|
undisclosed
|
Kicker.de
|
German
Bundesliga Matchday (December 18-December 19, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
Moenchengladbach
2 -Nuremberg
0 (Thorgan Haard 47, Alassane Plea 86)
Dusseldorf
2-Dortmund 1 (Dodi
Lukebakio 22, Jean immer 56 / Paco Alcacer 81)
Hertha
Berlin 2-Augsburg 2 (Mathew Leckie 28, Ondrej Duda 31 / Martin Hinteregger 8, Koo Ja-Cheol
39)
Wolfsburg
2-Stuttgart 0 (Joshua
Guilavogui 24, Wout Weghorst 44)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
Schalke
1-Leverkusen 2 (Haji Wright 45 / Aleksandar Dragovic 26, Lucas Alario 35)
Mainz
2-Frankfurt 2 (Robin
Quaison 10, 36 / Luka Jovic 31, 45)
Bayern
Munich 1-RB Leipzig 0 (Framck Ribery 83)
Freiburg
1-Hannover 1 (Luca
Waldschmidt 3 pen / Felipe 14)
Werder
Bremen 1-Hoffenheim 1 (T.Gebre Selassie 57 / L.Bittencourt 31)
Top
Goalscorer:
Paco
Alcacer (Dortmund) 12 goals
Luka
Jovic (Frankfurt) 12 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
German
Bundesliga Matchday (December 21-December 23, 2018):
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
Dortmund
2- Moenchengladbach 1 (Jadon Sancho 42, Marco Reus 54 / Christoph Krame 45)
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
Nuremberg
0-Freiburg 1 (Manuel
Gulde 19)
Leverkusen
3-Hertha Berlin 1 (Kevin Volland 5, Kai Havertz 23, 49 / Jordan Torunarigha 26)
Hannover
0-Dusseldorf 1
(Oliver Fink 90)
RB
Leipzig 3-Werder Bremen 2 (Lukas Klostermann 22, Timo Werner 44, Bruma 87 / Max Kruse 67, Josh
Sargent 77)
Stuttgart
1-Schalke 3 (Nicolas
Gonzalez 76 / Steven Skrzybski 10, Mario Gomez (own goal) 70, Ahmed Kutucu 78)
Frankfurt
0-Bayern Munich 3 (Franck Ribery 35, 79, Rafinha 89)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
Augsburg
2-Wolfsburg 3 (Rani
Khedira 49, Sergio Cordova 59 / Joshua Guilavogui 33, William 41, Yannick Gerhardt
89)
Hoffenhein
1-Mainz 1 (Kerem
Demirbay 11 / J.Philippe Mateta 16)
Top
Goalscorer:
Paco
Alcacer (Dortmund) 12 goals
Luka
Jovic (Frankfurt) 12 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
V. France
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
-
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
-Veronique
Rabiot, mother and agent of Adrien, stated that his son would like to leave PSG
but the club does not allow it. (Source L’Équipe online)
-Guy
Modeste (father of Anthony) passed away aged 64. He had spells at Cannes and St
Etienne. (Poteaux carrels)
Thursday,
December 20, 2018:
-Frank
Passi was named as an Assistant manager at Monaco. (Source L’Equipe online)
-The
international Football Players Union (Fifpro) is supporting Adrien Rabiot in
the event his contract is terminated by PSG. (Source MaisFutebol online)
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
-
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
-France Manager Didier Deschamps has dismissed claims by
Manchester City’s Laporte that his exclusion from the National Team is due to
personal reasons. Deschamps stated that you can not have two left footers as
center back. (Source Daily Mail online)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
-
Monday,
December 24, 2018:
-
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Transfers
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
From
|
To
|
Type
|
Online Source
|
|
December 24, 2018
|
Laurent Ciman
(Belgium)
|
Defender
|
Dijon
|
Free Agent
|
Contract Rescinded
|
RTBF.be
|
|
December 24, 2018
|
Johan Larsson
(Sweden)
|
Defender
|
Brondby
|
Guingamp
|
Purchase
|
L’Equipe
|
|
Contract Extensions
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
December 20, 2018
|
Alphonse Areola
|
Goalkeeper
|
PSG
|
2023
|
L’Equipe
|
|
December 20, 2018
|
Nicolas Cozza
|
Defender
|
Montpellier
|
undisclosed
|
L’Equipe
|
|
December 23, 2018
|
Morgan Sanson
|
Midfielder
|
OM
|
2022
|
L’Equipe
|
|
December 24, 2018
|
Thierry Laurey
|
Manager
|
Strasbourg
|
2020
|
L’Equipe
|
|
Profesional Contract
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Online Source
|
|
December 23, 2018
|
Kevin Denkey (Togo)
|
Striker
|
Nimes
|
BBC Football
|
French
Ligue 1 Matchday (December 18, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
Caen
2-Toulouse 1 (Saif-Eddine
Khaoui 18,Faycal Fajr 90 pen / Max Gradel 44 pen)
French
League Cup (December 18-December 19, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
Orleans
1-PSG 2 (Joseph
Lopy 69 / Edinosn Cavani 41, Moussa Diaby 81)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
Amiens
2-Lyon 3 (Jason
Denayer (own goal) 70, Cheick Timite 90 / Moussa Demebel 20 pen, Bertrand
Traore 45, Martin Terrier 60)
Le
Havre 2-Nimes 1 (Tino Kadewere 33, Alexandre Bonnet 58 / Antonin Bobichon 38)
Monaco
1-Lorient 0 (Giulian
Biancone 70)
Dijon
0-Bordeaux 1 (Toma
Basic 66)
Rennes
2-Nantes 1 (Edson
Mexer 60, Damien Da Silva 89 / Majeed Waris 49)
Nice
0-Guingamp 0 (-)
(Guingamp won on a penalty kick shoot-out)
OM
1-Strasbourg 1 (Lui Gustavo 80 / Jonas Martin 18 pen) (Strasbourg won 4-2 on a penalty
kick shoot-out)
French
Ligue 1 Matchday (December 22-December 23, 2018):
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
Monaco
0-Guingamp 2 (Marcus Thuram 68, Nolan
Roux 75)
St
Etienne 3-Dijon 0 (K.Monnet-Paquet 42, Wahbi
Khazri 64, Robert Beric 82)
Angers
1-OM 1 (Stephane Bahoken 36 / Bouna
Sarr 84)
Rennes
4-Nimes 0 (Benjamin Andre 6,
B.Bourigeaud 14, Jordan Siebatcheu 47, 67)
Montpellier
1-Lyon 1 (Ruben
Aguilar 81 / Nabil Fekir 67)
Lille
1-Toulouse 2 (Rafael Leao 17 / Max Gradel
50 pen, 64 pen)
PSG
1-Nantes 0 (Kylian
Mbappe 68)
Strasbourg
2-Nice 0 (Adrien
Thomasson 26, Lamine Kone 41)
Reims
2-Caen 2 (Suk
Hyun Jun 7, Bjorn Engels 63 / Casimir Ninga 28, Enzo Crivelli 45)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
Bordeaux
1-Amiens 1
(Samuel Kalu 22 / Eddy Gnahore 87)
Top
Goalscorer:
Kylian
Mbappe (PSG) 13 goals
Emiliano
Sala (Nantes) 12 goals
Nicolas
Pepe (Lille) 12 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VI. Holland
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
-The Romanian
Dorin Rotariu (AZ) has expressed the desire to leave the club for more playing
time. (Source vi.nl online)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
-A
tactical note used by Holland Manager Ronald Koeman in their match vs. Germany
in November has been auctioned and bought for 35,000 Euros. The note instructed
for Virgil van Dijk to move up on the closing stages of the match. Rafael van
det Vaart working as a commentator had found the note. Incidentally Koeman had
not written the note, his assistant Dwight Lodeweges had done so. (Source Sport
Bild online)
Thursday,
December 20, 2018:
-
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
-
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
-
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
-Frank De Boer was appointed as Manager of Atlanta United in
the MLS. (Source RTBF.be online)
Monday,
December 24, 2018:
-
|
Transfers
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
From
|
To
|
Type
|
Online Source
|
|
December 21, 2018
|
Richard Ledezma (USA)
|
Midfielder
|
Real Monarchs
|
PSV Eindhoven
|
Purchase
|
vi.nl
|
|
December 23, 2018
|
Zakaria El Azzouzi
|
-
|
Ajax
|
Free Agent
|
Contract Rescinded
|
vi.nl
|
|
December 23, 2018
|
Christopher Braun
|
Defender
|
Fortuna Sittard
|
Free Agent
|
Contract Rescinded
|
vi.nl
|
|
December 24, 2018
|
Thomas Bruns
|
Midfielder
|
Vitesse
|
Groningen
|
Loan
|
vi.nl
|
|
December 24, 2018
|
Ilias Bel Hassani
(Morocco)
|
Midfielder
|
AZ
|
Groningen
|
Loan
|
vi.nl
|
|
Contract Extensions
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
December 18, 2018
|
Jordy Wehrmanm
|
Midfielder
|
Feyenoord
|
2020
|
vi.nl
|
|
December 18, 2018
|
Daley Sinkgraven
|
Midfielder
|
Ajax
|
2020
|
vi.nl
|
KNVB
Beker (December 18-December 20, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
Willem
II 3-AFC 0 (Donis
Avdijaj 18, Fran Sol 37 pen, Obiliz 39)
Twente
2-RKC 0 (Xandro
Schenk 26, Jari Oosterwijk 90)
AZ
5-PEC 0 (Oussama
Idrissi 10, 18, Guus Til 26, Mats Seuntjens 49, Fredrik Midtsjo 50)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
Odin
59 1-Heerenveen 3 (Mitchel Bormann 2 / Michel Vlap 10, Sam Lammers 55, P.van Amersfoort
87)
Fortuna
Sittard 2-Cambuur 1 (Lisandro Semedo 19, Lazaros Lamprou 80 / Karim Rossi 90)
Roda
JC 1-Ajax 1 (Mitchell
Paulissen 36 pen / Dusan Tadic 13 pen) (Ajax won 4-2 on a penalty kick
shoot-out)
Thursday,
December 20, 2018:
Kozakken
Boys 1-Vitesse 2 (Quentin Jakoba 59 / Matus Bero 12, Martin Odegaard 90)
Feyenoord
1-Utrecht 0 (Tonny
Vilhena 27)
Dutch
Eredivisie Matchday (December 21-December 23, 2018):
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
VVV
2-PEC 0
(Tino-Sven Susic 28 pen, Patrick Joosten 66)
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
Fortuna
Sittard 0-Groningen 0 (- )
NAC
4-Heerenveen 2 (Mitchell Te Vrede 6, 58,
Mikhail Rosheuvel 69, 76 / Ben Rienstra 11, Mitchell Van Bergen 27)
PSV
Eindhoven 3-AZ 1 (Steven Bergwijn 40, Michal Sadliek 47, Hirving Lozano 84 pen / Mats
Seuntjens 16)
Exceksior
0-Heracles 3
(Kristoffer Peterson 35, Brandley Kuwas 43, Mohammed Osman 66)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
Utrecht
1-Ajax 3 (Nick
Venema 74 / Kasper Dolberg 14, Dusan Tadic 60 pen Frenkie De Jong 90)
Den
Haag 2-Feyenoord 2 (Nasser El Khayati 4, 77 pen / Steven Berghuis 45, Sam Larssson 68)
De
Graafschap 2-Vitesse 2 (Frnk Olijve 12, Furdjel Narsingh 58 / Martin Odegaard 43, Matus Bero
65)
Emmen
0-Willem II 2
(Ozbiliz 42, Fran Sol 55)
Top
Goalscorer:
Luuk
De Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 14 goals
Fran
Sol (Willem II) 14 goals
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VII. Scotland
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
-
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
-
Thursday,
December 20, 2018:
-Rangers have been fined
£6,000for criticizing referee Willie Collum for sending off Daniel Candeias in
their match vs.St Mirren. (Source BBC Football online)
- St Johnstone Manager
Stephen Robinson has received a five-match touchline ban after criticiing
officials in their match vs. Rangers. (Source BBC Football online)
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
-Celtic Manager Brendan Rodgers and Hibernian Manager Neil Lennon have
criticized the Australian Federation for the early release of their Australian
players for a training camp ahead of the Asian Cup. Celtic’s Tom Rogic is set
to miss the match vs. Rangers on December 29th. (Source Reuters Uk
online)
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
-
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
-
Monday,
December 24, 2018:
-Australia
Manager Graham Arnold has struck back at his Scottish critics for calling up
Scotland-based players for a training camp ahead of the Asian Cup Finals in
January. Arnold stated that he has been more than accommodating to the clubs.
(Source FTBL online)
|
Contract Extensions
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
December 20, 2018
|
Callum McGregor
|
Midfielder
|
Celtic
|
2023
|
BBC Football
|
|
December 21, 2018
|
Ryan Jack
|
-
|
Rangers
|
2021
|
Sky Sports
|
|
Profesional Contract
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Online Source
|
|
December 24, 2018
|
Karamoko Dembele (15 years
old)
|
Midfielder
|
Celtic
|
BBC Football
|
Scottish
Premier League Matchday (December 18-19, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
Aberdeen
5-Dundee 1 (Sam
Cosgrove 16, 44, Andrew Considine 50, 73, Connor McLennan 56 / Calvin Miller
68)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
Celtic
3-Motherwell 0 (Anthony Ralston 28, Scott Sinclair 32 pen, Michael Johnston 45)
Hibernian
0-Rangers 0 (-)
Top
Goalscorer:
Alfredo
Morelos (Rangers) 9 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Celtic
|
17
|
11
|
3
|
3
|
39
|
10
|
29
|
36
|
|
2
|
Rangers
|
18
|
10
|
5
|
3
|
39
|
14
|
25
|
35
|
|
3
|
Kilmarnock
|
18
|
10
|
4
|
4
|
28
|
18
|
10
|
34
|
|
4
|
Aberdeen
|
18
|
10
|
3
|
5
|
27
|
19
|
8
|
33
|
|
5
|
Hearts
|
18
|
9
|
3
|
6
|
23
|
24
|
-1
|
30
|
|
6
|
Livingston
|
18
|
7
|
4
|
6
|
24
|
16
|
8
|
28
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
Scottish
Premier League Matchday (December 22, 2018):
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
Aberdeen
2-Hearts 0 (Sam
Cosgrove 2, 69 pen)
Celtic
3-Dundee 0 (Michael
Johnston 43, 50, Filip Benkovic 69)
Hamilton
1-Kilmarnock 1
(Mickel Miller 37 pen / Eamonn Brophy 7)
Hibernian
1-Livingston 1
(Ryan Porteous 80 / Ryan Hardie 56)
Motherwell
0-St Mirren 1
(Simeon Jackson 68)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
St
Johnstone 1-Rangers 2 (Matthew Kennedy 45 / Alfredo Morelos 66,88)
Top Goalscorer:
Alfredo
Morelos (Rangers)11 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Celtic
|
18
|
12
|
3
|
3
|
42
|
10
|
32
|
39
|
|
2
|
Rangers
|
19
|
11
|
5
|
3
|
41
|
15
|
26
|
38
|
|
3
|
Aberdeen
|
19
|
11
|
3
|
5
|
29
|
19
|
10
|
36
|
|
4
|
Kilmarnock
|
19
|
10
|
5
|
4
|
29
|
19
|
10
|
35
|
|
5
|
Hearts
|
19
|
9
|
3
|
7
|
23
|
26
|
-3
|
30
|
|
6
|
Livingston
|
19
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
25
|
17
|
8
|
29
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VIII. Portugal
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
-
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
-Sporting
CP apologized for the ‘clumsy use’ of marking the anniversary of Sergey
Cherbakov’s car accident from 1993 that left on a wheelchair. The player had
condemned their act. (Source A Bola online)
Thursday,
December 20, 2018:
-Chiquinho
(Moreirense) was voted as the best young player of the month of November.
(Source MaisFutebol online)
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
-Nuno
Pinto (Setubal) has been diagnosed with cancer. (Source BBC Football online)
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
-Jose
Mourinho was in the stands during the Setubal-Santa Clara match. (Source
MaisFutebol online)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
-
Monday,
December 24, 2018:
-
|
Transfers
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
From
|
To
|
Type
|
Online Source
|
|
December 23, 2018
|
Francisco Geraldes
|
Midfielder
|
Frankfurt
|
Sporting CP
|
Back from loan
|
Sport Bild
|
|
December 23, 2018
|
Bruno Cesar (Brazil)
|
-
|
Sporting CP
|
Vasco da Gama
|
Contract ended by mutual
agreement
|
Maisfutebol
|
|
Contract Extensions
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
December 18, 2018
|
Romario Baro
|
-
|
Porto
|
2023
|
Maisfutebol
|
|
December 22, 2018
|
Joao Mario
|
-
|
Porto
|
2022
|
Maisfutebol
|
|
December 22, 2018
|
Fabio Vieira
|
-
|
Porto
|
2022
|
Maisfutebol
|
|
December 22, 2018
|
Elves Balde
|
Striker
|
Sporting CP
|
2023
|
A Bola
|
Portugal
Cup (December 18-December 19, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
Setubal
0-Braga 1 (Pablo
Santos 96)
Leixoes
2-Tondela 2 (Roniel
2 pen, Pedro Henrqiue 79 / Juan Delgado 20, Tomane 25) (Leixoes won 4-2 on a
penalty kick shoot-out)
Porto
4-Moreirense 3 (Felipe 13, Hernani 16, Moussa Marega 66, 89 / David Texeira 8, Iago
Santos 45, Heriberto Tavares 90)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
Feirense
1-Pacos de Ferreira 1 (Tiago Silva 113 / Marco Baixinho 97) (Feirense won 4-2 on a penalty
kick shoot-out)
Aves
2-Chaves 0 (Mam
balde 46, Vitor Gomes 64)
Boavista
0-Guimaraes 1 (Dodo
49)
Sporting
CP 5-Rio Ave 2 (Abdoulay Diaby 3, 77, Bas Dost 32, 61, Bruno Fernandes 42 / Matheus
Reis 45, Vinicius 83 pen)
CDC
Montalegre 0-Benfica 1 (German Conti 31)
Portugal
Primeira Liga League Matchday (December 21-December 23, 2018):
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
Feirense
0-Portimonense 1 (Dener 68)
Tondela
2-Maritimo 1 (Tomane
30, Chichi Arango 88 / Rodrigo Pinho 27)
Setubal
0-Santa Clara 2 (Osama Rashid 15 pen, Fabio Cardoso 49)
Belelnenesses
5-Aves 2 (Lica
4, 68, Henrique Almeida 36, 71, Vitor Gomes (own goal) 54 / Nildo Petrolina 1,
Amilton Silva 26)
Moreirense
2-Boavista 1
(Nene 28 pen, Arsenio 45 / Mateus 17)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
Nacional
2-Chaves 0
(Bryan Rochez 35, 76 pen)
Porto
2-Rio Ave 1
(Yacine Brahimi 16, Moussa Marega 26 / Vinicius 12)
Benfica
6-Braga 2
(Pizzi 19, Jardel 39, Alex Griamldo 48, Jonas 54, Franco Cervi 63, Andre
Almeida 67 / Dyego Sousa 51, Joao Novais 74)
Guimaraes
1-Sporting CP 0 (Toze 26)
Top
Goalscorer:
Dyego
Sousa (Braga) 11 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Porto
|
14
|
12
|
0
|
2
|
30
|
9
|
21
|
36
|
|
2
|
Benfica
|
14
|
10
|
2
|
2
|
31
|
13
|
18
|
32
|
|
3
|
Sporting CP
|
14
|
10
|
1
|
3
|
30
|
15
|
15
|
31
|
|
4
|
Braga
|
14
|
9
|
3
|
2
|
28
|
16
|
12
|
30
|
|
5
|
Guimaraes
|
14
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
21
|
15
|
6
|
25
|
|
6
|
Belenensses
|
14
|
5
|
7
|
2
|
18
|
14
|
4
|
22
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
IX. Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
-
The Belgian Professional League has approved recommendations from ‘Expert
Panel’ regarding transparency in Football notably when it comes to
players/agents. (Source Jupiler Lewague App online)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
-Former Italy Manager Roberto Donadoni has been linked
with Anderlecht. (Source Walfoot.be online)
Thursday,
December 20, 2018:
-Belgium ended the year number one in the FIFA rankings
of National Teams. (Source RTBF.be online)
-Frank Arnesen has been named Technical Director at
Anderlecht. (Source RTBF.be online)
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
-Anderlecht Director Michael Verschueren confirmed that
Frank De Boer had rejected an offer to manage the club. (Source Footnews.be
online)
-It was revelaed that in Anderlecht’s recent visist to
Dinamo Zagreb, the Croatian Police had asked Anderlect to leave behind Ognjen
Vranjes as they were concerned that he might incite the crowd for violence.
(Source Footnews.be online)
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
-Sebastien
Pocognoli (Standard Liege) will be out injured for two to three months. (Source
Jupiler Lewague App online)
-
National team Manager Roberto Martinez was named as the Manager of the
year at the ‘Gala du Sport’ organized
by Sportpress.be . (Source RTBF.be online)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
-
Eden Hazard was named as the Belgian Sportsman of the year. (Source RTBF.be
online)
Monday,
December 24, 2018:
-
|
Contract Extensions
|
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
December 20, 2018
|
Bryan Heynen
|
Midfielder
|
Genk
|
2023
|
Jupiler League App
|
|
December 20, 2018
|
Jere Uronen (Finland)
|
Defender
|
Genk
|
2022
|
RETBF.be
|
|
December 22, 2018
|
Ally Samatta (Tanzania)
|
Striker
|
Genk
|
2020
|
Jupiler League App
|
Beker
van Belgie (December 18-December 19, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
St
Truiden 1-Gent 3 (Yohan Boli 90 / Jean-Luc Dompe 35, 60, Roman Yaremchuk 58)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
Eupen
0-Ostend 1 (Richaro
Zivkovic 71)
Mechelen
3-Kortrijk 0 (Edin
Cocalic 1, Nikola Storm 32, Igor De Camargo 71)
Union
St Gilloise 2-Genk 2 (Percy Tau 17, Roman Ferber 70 / Zinho Gano 47, 76) (Union St Gilloise
won 4-3 on a penalty kick shoot-out)
First
Division A League Matchday (December 21-December 23, 2018):
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
Gent
4-Cercle Brugge 1 (Brecht Dejaegere 17, Sigurd Rosted 34, Joanthan David 51, Vadis
Odjidja 64 / Serge Gakpe 85)
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
Mouscron
3-Anderlecht 1 (Mbaye Leye 7, 81, Marko Bakic 15 / Nany Dimata 77)
Waaslnad-Beveren
2-Lokeren 1
(N.Opoku Ampomah 26, Francesco Forte 52 pen / Mehdi Terki 70)
St
Truiden 0-Kortrijk 0 (-)
Standard
Liege 3-Ostend 1 (Moussa Djenepo 2, Razvan Marin 12, Zinho Vanheusden 23 / Indy Boonen
90)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
Club
Brugge 5-Antwerp 1 (Emmanuel Dennis 21, 65, Siebe Schrijvers 40, Mats Rits 54, Hans
Vanaken 88 pen / Jelle Van Damme 85)
Eupen
0-Genk 2
(Mbwana Samatta 13, 20)
Zulte-Waregem
3-Charleroi 1 (Hamdi
Harbaoui 15, 36, Edrin Demir 49 / Cristian Benavente 42)
Top
Goalscorer:
Ally
Samatta (Genk) 13 goals
Ivan
Santini (Anderlecht) 11 goals
Nany Dimata (Anderlecht) 10 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Genk
|
20
|
13
|
6
|
1
|
46
|
18
|
28
|
45
|
|
2
|
Club Brugge
|
20
|
11
|
5
|
4
|
47
|
22
|
25
|
38
|
|
3
|
Antwerp
|
20
|
10
|
5
|
5
|
28
|
23
|
5
|
35
|
|
4
|
Standard Liege
|
20
|
9
|
6
|
5
|
32
|
22
|
10
|
33
|
|
5
|
St Truiden
|
20
|
8
|
8
|
4
|
31
|
23
|
8
|
32
|
|
6
|
Anderlecht
|
20
|
9
|
4
|
7
|
34
|
27
|
7
|
31
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
Diary
(extra):
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
-Seedy Kinteh, the former President of the Gambian
Federation, has been suspended from all Football Activities for four years.
(Source L’Equipe online)
-The Icelandic Helgi Kolvidsson has been named as the new
Manager of Liechtenstein. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Zlatan
Ibrahimovic is to remain at Los Angeles Galaxy for the upcoming season. (Source
Sport Bild online)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
-Vitali Mutko has left his post as President of the Russian
Federation. (Source L’Equipe online)
Thursday,
December 20, 2018:
-South Korea Manager Paulo Bento named his squad for the upcoming Asian Nations
Cup in January 2019 . (Source Foxsportsasia online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Kim Seung-gyu (Vissel
Kobe), Kim Jin-hyeon (Cerezo Osaka), Jo Hyeon-woo (Daegu FC)
Defenders: Jung Seung-hyun (Kashima
Antlers), Kwon Kyung-won (Tianjin Quanjian), Kim Min-jae (Jeonbuk Hyundai
Motors FC), Lee Yong (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC), Kim Moon-hwan (Busan IPark),
Hong Chul (Suwon Samsung Bluewings), Kim Jin-su (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
FC), Kim Young-gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande)
Midfielders: Ki Sung-yueng
(Newcastle United), Jung Woo-young (Al Sadd), Koo Ja-cheol (FC Augsburg), Hwang
In-beom (Daejeon Citizen), Ju Se-jong (Asan Mugunghwa FC), Lee Jae-sung
(Holstein Kiel), Hwang Hee-chan (Hamburger SV), Na Sang-ho (Gwangju FC), Lee
Chung-yong (VfL Bochum), Son Hueng-min (Tottenham Hotspur)
Forwards: Hwang Ui-jo (Gamba
Osaka), Ji Dong-won (FC Augsburg)
-Australia have named his squad for the upcoming Asian
Nations Cup in January 2019 . (Source Foxsportsasia online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Mitchell Langerak
(Nagoya Grampus), Mathew Ryan (Brighton & Hove Albion FC), Daniel
Vukovic (KRC Genk)
Defenders: Aziz Behich (PSV
Eindhoven), Milos Degenek (Red Star Belgrade), Alex Gersbach
(Rosenborg BK), Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC), Matthew Jurman (Al-Ittihad
Jeddah), Josh Risdon (Western Sydney Wanderers FC), Trent Sainsbury
(PSV Eindhoven), Mark Milligan (Hibernian FC)
Midfielders: Mustafa Amini (AGF Aarhus), Chris
Ikonomidis (Perth Glory), Jackson Irvine (Hull City AFC), Massimo
Luongo (Queens Park Rangers), Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town AFC), Tom
Rogic (Celtic FC)
Forwards: Martin Boyle
(Hibernian FC), Robbie Kruse (VfL Bochum), Mathew Leckie (Hertha BSC), Awer
Mabil (FC Midtjylland), Jamie Maclaren (Hibernian FC), Andrew Nabbout
(Urawa Red Diamonds)
-Newcastle forward
Yoshinori Muto (Newcastle) was called up by Japan to replaced the injured
Takuma Asano for AFC Asian Cup 2019. (Source Foxsportsasia online)
-James
Troisi has criticized Australia Manager.Graham Arnold for leaving him out of
the 2019 Asian Dinals Cup squad. (Source Reuters UK online)
-Greek
referees have gone on strike after one of their members was beaten in front of
his own house by hooded assailants. As a result this week’s League fixtures
were postponed by the League. (Source Sport Bild / MaisFutebol online)
-Indian
player Gourav Mukhi has been suspended for six months for falsely presenting
himself as a 16 year old, when he is actually 28. (Source Daily Mail online)
-New
USA Manager Gregg Berhalter has selected a squad for a January training camp.
(Source Ussoccer online)
Squad:
GOALKEEPERS
(4): Alex Bono (Toronto FC/CAN;
1/0), Sean Johnson (New York City FC; 5/0), Tyler Miller (LAFC; 0/0),
Zack Steffen (Columbus Crew SC; 6/0)
DEFENDERS
(10): Reggie Cannon (FC Dallas;
2/0), Greg Garza (FC Cincinnati; 10/0), Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake; 0/0), Nick
Lima (San Jose Earthquakes; 0/0), Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls; 2/0), Daniel
Lovitz (Montreal Impact/CAN; 0/0), Mark McKenzie (Philadelphia Union; 0/0),
Keegan Rosenberry (Colorado Rapids; 0/0), Auston Trusty (Philadelphia Union;
0/0), Walker Zimmerman (LAFC; 4/1)
MIDFIELDERS
(10): Kellyn Acosta (Colorado
Rapids; 23/2), Paul Arriola (D.C. United; 17/2), Corey Baird (Real Salt Lake;
0/0), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC/CAN; 142/17), Russell Canouse (D.C. United;
0/0), Marky Delgado (Toronto FC/CAN; 6/0), Sebastian Lletget (LA Galaxy; 5/1),
Djordje Mihailovic (Chicago Fire; 0/0), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC;
5/0), Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew SC; 11/0)
FORWARDS (3): Jeremy
Ebobisse (Portland Timbers; 0/0), Christian Ramirez (LAFC; 0/0), Gyasi Zardes
(Columbus Crew SC; 40/6)
Friday,
December 21, 2018:
-Marko
Arnautovic was voted as Austria’s player of the year. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Stephen Ireland has ended his contarct with Bolton after two
months. (Source balls.ie online)
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
-
Swedish club AIK are selling the crystallized DNA of their former Captain
Nils-Eric Johansson. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Cameroon
have accepted to become the hosts of the 2021 Finals of the African Cup of
Nations. They were stripped of the rights to the 2019 edition. (Source BBC
Football Online)
-
Gustavo Alfaro was named as the new Manager of Boca Juniors. (Source L’Equipe
online)
Sunday,
December 23, 2018:
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Monday,
December 24, 2018:
-Former Czechoslovakia forward from the 60s and 70s,
Jozef Adamec passed away aged 76. (Source BBC Football online)
-Stanko
Poklepovic, former Croatian Manager who managed a multitude of teams as well as
Iran national team and Iranian club Perspolis, passed away aged 80. (Source
Wikipedia online)
-Brazil Manager Tite revelead that Fernandinho
(Manchester City) turned down National Team call-ups following the 2018 World
Cup because he had promised his family he would quit and he had also received a
lot of threats and abuse on social media. (Source AS.com online)
-Former Iran International Khodadad Azizi has criticized
National Team Manager Carlos Queiroz for playing down expectations for the
upcoming Asian Nations Cup and aiing for a fourth place. (Source Fox Sports
Asia online)
-Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield) has withdrawn from the Australian
squad due to injury. He has been replaced with James Jeggo (FK Austria Vienna).
(Source Reuters UK 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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December 20, 2018
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Guillermo Varela
(Uruguay)
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Defender
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Penarol
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FC Copenhagen
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Purchase
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L’Equipe
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I.
FIFA Club World Cup:
FIFA
Club World Cup:
Tuesday,
December 18, 2018:
Esperance
1-CD Guadalajara 1 (M.Youcef Belaili 38 pen / Walter Sandoval 5 pen) (Espernace won
6-5 on a penalty kick shoot-out)
River Plate 2-Al Ain 2 (Rafael Santos Borre 11, 16
/ Marcus Berg 3, Caio 51) (Al-Ain won 5-4 on a penalty kick shoot-out)
Wednesday,
December 19, 2018:
Kashima
Antlers 1-Real Madrid 3 (Shoma Doi 78 / Gatreth Bale 44, 53, 55)
Saturday,
December 22, 2018:
Kashima
Antlers 0-River Plate 4 (Bruno Zuculini 24, Gonzalo Martinez 73, 90, Rafael Santos Borre 89
pen)
Real
Madrid 4-Al Ain 1 (Luka Modric 14, Marcos Llorente 60, Sergio Ramos 79, Yahia Nader (own
goal) 90 / Tsukasa Shiotani 86)
