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.
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welcome all contributions from anyone, even for the Leagues that I did not
cover.
I. England
Diary:
Tuesday,
June 26, 2018:
-Danny
Ings has decided to leave Liverpool to see more first team action. (Source
Daily Telegraph Online)
-Manchester
United’s Belgian International Marouane Fellaini will disclose his future dstination
on Friday, July 1st. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Cardiff
City’s Junior Hoilett has extended his contract with the club by three years. (Source vi.nl online)
Wednesday,
June 27, 2018:
-
Sunderland and Jack Rodwell have mutually agreed to end his contract. He is
likely to move to the MLS. (Source Sky
Sports Online)
-
Southampton have signed Norwegian International Mohamed Elyounoussi from
Basel. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-England
Manager Gareth Southgate has decided to rest Jordan Henderson against Belgium.
(Source Footnews.be Online)
-
Norwich City have signed midfielder Moritz Leitner from Augsburg. (Source Sport Bild Online)
-Marouane
Fellaini is set to extend his contract with Manchester United by two years.
(Source Daily Telegraph online)
-WBA are to discipline Bne Foster and Craig
Dawson after they refused to join the team’s training camp in Portugal. (Source
Daily Telegraph online)
-Goalkeeper
Lee Grant is set to join Manchester United from Stoke City. (Source Daily
Telegraph online)
-Liverpool
have signed 17-year-old Bobby Duncan from Manchester City. He is the cousin of
Steven Gerrard. (Source Daily Telegraph online)
Thursday,
June 28, 2018:
-
Jamie Vardy started for England today ahead of Harry Kane in their match vs.
Belgium. Raheem Sterling is to be rested as well, with Marcus Rashford to start
in his place. Eric Dier will make his first start. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Everton’s
Wayne Rooney has officially signed MLS side DC United. (Source BBC Football
Online)
-Cardiff
have signed goalkeeper Alex Smithies from QPR. Cardiff also signed striker
Bobby Reid from Bristol City. (Source
Sky Sports Online)
-Southampton
have signed 16-year-old French defender Allan Tchatchet from Sannois
Saint-Gratien. (Source L’Equipe online)
Friday,
June 29, 2018:
-Marouane
Fellaini extended his contract with Manchester United until 2020. (Source Sky
Sports online)
-Fabian
Delaph temporarily left the England camp to see his wife give birth. He will
return to the squad afterwards. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Goalkeeper
Neil Etheridge has extended his contract with Cardiff until 2021. (Source Sky
Sports Online)
-Manchester
City are set to sign 16-year-old striker Ben Knight from Ipswich Town. (Source
Sky SportsOnline)
-Russia’s
Aleksandr Golovin has now been linked to Chelsea. (Source Daily Telegraph
online)
-Liverpool
and Chelsea have after nearly a year reached an agreement over the fee of
Dominic Solanke who joined Liverpool in July 2017. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Newcastle
United have signed South Korea Captain Ki Sung-yueng from Swansea. (Source L’Equipe Online)
Saturday,
June 30, 2018:
-Calum
Chambers is set to extend his contract with Arsenal for four more years.
(Source BBC Football Online)
-Leeds
have signed Calum Baker from Chelsea on a one year loan. (Source BBC Football Online)
-England’s
Dele Alli has declared himself fit to play. Alli and John Stones trained today.
(Source Sky Sports online)
-Goalkeeper
Petr Cech has stated that he has turned down an offer from Napoli and would
like to remain at Arsenal . (Source L’Equipe Online)
-England’s
Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Fabian Delph did not train today (Delph as stated
earlier had left to be when his child was born). (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Nottingham Forest have signed Algerian striker El Arabi
Hilal Soudani from Dinamo Zagreb. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Southampton are on the verge of signing defender Marlon
from Barcelona. (Source calciomercato Online)
Sunday,
July 1, 2018:
-Bournemouth
have signed Welsh midfielder David Brooks from Sheffield United. (Source BBC Football Online)
-QPR
have signed German defender Toni Leistner from Union Berlin. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-French
Manager Jacky Bonnevay has joined Leceister to become Claude Puel’s Assistant.
(Source L’Equipe online)
-England’s John Stones has resumed training with the
squad. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Ruben
Loftus Cheek has hit out for his treatment and lack of opportunities at
Chelsea. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Monday,
July 2, 2018:
-Goalkeeper
Matej Delac, who was on Chelksea’s books for eight years (and nine loans) but
never played has left the club. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Liverpool’s
Mohamed Salah has extended his contract until 2023. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Watford
have completed the signing of defender Adam Masina from Bologna. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Defender
Joel Ward has extended his contract with Crystal Palace until 2021. (Source
L’Equipe Online)
-Arsenal
have officially announced the arrival of Defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos
from Dortmund. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Portuguese
midfielder Ruben Neves has extended his contract with Wolverhampton Wanderers
until 2023. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Norwich
have signed on loan defender Felix Passlack from Dortmund. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
II. Italy
Diary:
Tuesday,
June 26, 2018:
-AS
Roma have officially signed Inter pair of defender Davide Santon and midfielder
Nicolo Zaniolo . (Source L’Equipe online)
-Benevento’s
Brazilian midfielder Sandro is likely to join Genoa. (Source Calciomercato
Online)
Wednesday,
June 27, 2018:
-
Torino have loaned Brazilian defender Danilo Avelar to Corinthians. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Atalanta
have extended the contract of midfielder Luca Valzania until 2023 . (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Udinese
have signed midfielder Rolando Mandragora from Juventus. (Source Calciomercato
online)
-Lazio
have agreed to sign Valon Berisha from RB Salzburg. (Source Calciomercato
online)
-AC
Milan have been suspended for two years from Europan Competitions due to
Fiancial Fair Play violations. They plan to appeal the decision. (Source France
Football online)
-AS
Roma have signed defender William Bianda from RC Lens. (Source L’Equipe com)
-Croatian
Alen Halilovic arrived for his AC Milan medical. He is to join from SV Hamburg.
(Source Calciomercato Online)
-Inter’s
Matias Vecino is set to extend his contract. (Source Calciomercato Online)
-Lazio
are likely to sign Sassuolo defender Francesco Acerbi. In addition to cash,
Danilo Cataldi will go in the opposite direction as part of the deal. (Source
Calciomercato Online)
-Raul
Albiol has extended his contract with Napoli until 2020. (Source L’Equipe com)
Friday,
June 29, 2018:
-Inter
have reached an agreement to sign Matteo Politano from Sassuolo. (Source
Calciomercato Online)
-Atalanta
have signed defender Davide Bettella from Inter on permanent basis. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Lazio
announced the signing of striker Mattia Sprocati from Salernitana. (Source
Calciomercato Online)
Saturday,
June 30, 2018:
-The
Egyptian Mahmoud Ibrahim Hassan ‘Trezeguet’ stated that he is to join Inter and
spend a year on loan at Parma. (Source
Calciomercato Online)
-Parma
have signed Slovenian midfielder Leo Stulac from Venezia. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Parma have extended the contract of Manager Roberto
D’Avesra until 2020. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Yuri
Nagatomo is to leave Inter and join Galatasaray. (Source L’Equipe Online)
Sunday,
July 1, 2018:
-Cagliari
have signed Argentina midfielder Lucas Castro from Chievo Verona. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Inter
have loaned Albanian Rey Manaj to Albacete. (Source L’Equipe online)
Monday,
July 2, 2018:
-Inter
have confirmed the double signing of Kwawo Asamoah (from Juventus) and Stefan
de Vrij (from Lazio). (Source Calciomercato Online)
-AC
Milan have confirmed the double signing of Pepe Reina (from Napoli) and Ivan
Strincic (from Sampdoria). (Source Calciomercato Online)
-Lazio
are on the verge of signing Belgian goalkeeper Silvio Proto from Olympiakos.
(Source Walffot.be online)
-Fiorentina
have signed French goalkeeper Alban Lafont from Toulouse. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
III. Spain
Diary:
Wednesday,
June 27, 2018:
-Sevilla
have signed Roque Meda on permanent basis from Swansea.
(Source Sky Sports online)
-Leganes
have signed defender Rodrigo Tarin from Barcelona . (Source L’Equipe online)
-Atletico
Madrid’s Gabi will most likely join Qatari club Al Sadd. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-Valencia
have signed defender Mouctar Diakhaby from Lyon. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Girona
have signed defender Marc Muniesa on permanent basis from Stoke City. (Source
L’Equipe online)
Thursday, June 28, 2018:
-Leganes
have signed striker Dani Ojeda from Lorca.
(Source L’Equipe online)
-Real
Madrid have set Cristiano Ronaldo’s buy out fee at 120 Million Euros. (Source
Sport Bild Online)
-
Asier Illaramendi has extended his contract with Real Sociedad for three more
years. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Clarence
Seedorf believed that Real Madrid’s new young Brazilian signings Rodrygo and
Vincius are likely to see little playing time. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Friday,
June 29, 2018:
-Girona
have signed Colombian defender Johan Mojica on permanent basis from Rayo
Vallecano. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Ajax’s
Frenkie de Jong has been linked with Barcelona. (Source Marca.com Online)
-Spain
defender Dani Carvajal has dismissed Bernd Schuster’s criticisms of Fernando
Hierro and said that he is ‘more than capable’. (Source AS.com Online)
Saturday,
June 30, 2018:
-Sevilla
have signed midfielder Ibrahim Amadou from Lille. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Getafe
stated that French midfielder Mathieu Flamini is to leave the club. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Former
Barcelona star Jose Antonio Zaldua has passed away aged 76. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Igor
Zubeldia has extended his contract with Real Sociedad until 2024. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Levante
have signed Uruguayan defender Erick Cabaco on permanent basis from Nacional.
(Source L’Equipe online)
Sunday,
July 1, 2018:
-Fernando Hierro chose to drop Andres Iniesta for their
match vs. Russia and start with Asencio. Nacho also starts in defense ahead of
Dani Carvajal. (Source Daily Mail / L’Equipe Online)
-After
their match vs. Russia, Spain Captain Sergio Ramos has tied the Spanish record
for number of matches at a World Cup held by Iker Casillas. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Eibar
have signed defender Jose Antonio Martinez from Barcelona. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-Manchester
City have loaned Pablo Mari to Deportivo La Coruna. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Betis
have signed Antonio Barragan on permanent basis from Middlesbrough. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Spain
defender Nacho was replaced in their match vs. Russia by Dani Carvajal after an
injury (Source Fracne Football online)
-Following the loss to Russia at the World Cup, Spain’s
Andres Iniesta has announced his International retirement. (Source Sky Sports
online)
Monday,
July 2, 2018:
-Valencia
have extended the contract of Pascu until 2020. (Source Marca.com Online)
-Getafe
have signed striker Jaime Mata from Valladolid. (Source vi.nl online)
-Levante
have signed Coke from Schalke on permanent basis. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Cameras
have picked out Diego Costa telling Spain Manager Fernando Hierro that Koke (his
Atletico Madrid teammate) would miss his spot kick vs. Russia. After he missed,
Costa was seen saying ‘I told you so’. (Source Daily Mail Online)
IV. Germany
Diary:
Tuesday, June 26, 2018:
-Germany
and South Korea were unable to train due to a heavy storm in Kazan. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Hannover
have signed Brazilian midfielder Walace from SV Hamburg. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-Bayer
Leverkusen have signed goalkeeper Thorsten Kirschbaum from Nuremberg. (Source
France Football online)
-Moenchengladbach
have been fined 64,500 Euros for the misconduct of their fans in seven cases.
(Source Sport Bild online)
Wednesday,
June 27, 2018:
-German
Federation President Reinhard Grindel stated that irrespective of Germany’s
result against South Korea, Joachim Low would remain in his post . (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Schalke
extended the contract of Fabian Reese and have loaned him to Greuther Furth .
(Source L’Equipe online)
-Augsburg
have signed Finnish International Fredrik Jensen from Twente Enschede. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Mesut
Ozil is back in the Germany squad ahead of their match vs. South Korea. Thomas
Muller is out. His place is taken by defensive midfielder Leon Goretzka.
Hummels and Sule are also back in defense replacing Boateng (suspended) and
Rudiger. Sami Khedira is also back in the starting lineup. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-This
is the first time since 1938 that Germany has been eliminated in the First
Round of a World Cup. (Source BBC Football online)
-SV
Hamburg have signed Khaled Narey from Greuther Furth. (Source Sport Bild online)
-FIFA
has decided to fine the German Officials (Uli Voigt and Georg Behlau) for their
over-celebrations in the match vs Sweden.
(Source Sport Bild online)
-Eintracht
Frankfurt have offered a professional contract to Sahverdi Cetin. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Upon
leaving the field after the match vs. South Korea, Germany’s Mesut Ozil got
into a shouting match with a section of the German fans who were shouting abuse
at him. (Source Vivaronews online)
Thursday,
June 28, 2018:
-
Former Germany defender Paul Breitner criticized Toni Kroos for Germany’s exit
at the World Cup. He said “I’ll be more than happy to go without his 15,000
passes”. Breitner continued to say that
Kroos did not open up space in midfield to try to open the opposition defense.
(Source AS.com Online)
-Mainz
have signed French striker Jean-Phillipe Mateta from Lyon. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Daniel
Didavi will return to Stuttgart from Wolfsburg. In exchange Daniel Ginczek
moves in the opposite direction to Wolfsburg. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Schalke
are on the verge of signing Omar Mascarell from Eintracht Frankfurt. (Source
Kicker.de online)
-Guven
Yalcin has left Bayr Leverkusen to join Besiktas. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Kemal
Ruzgar has left Fortuna Dusseldorf. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Former
Geramny goalkeeper Oliver Kahn has called Sami Khedira and Mesut Ozil as his
greatest disappointments for Germany at the World Cup. He said “they are two of
our most experienced players, yet they failed in too many areas”. (Source
Vivaronews via The Sun online)
Friday,
June 29, 2018:
-Stuttgart
have signed Gonzalo Castro from Dortmund.
(Source L’Equipe online)
-Moenchenglabach
have signed Swiss defender Michael Lang from Basel. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Bayern
Munich have signed Swedish player Alex Timossi Andersson from
Helsingsborgs. (Source Sport Bild
online)
-Nicklas
Fulkrug is set to stay at Hannover and not join Moenchengladbach. (Source Kicker.de online)
Saturday,
June 30, 2018:
-Hannover have loaned Brazilian striker Jonathas to
Corinthians. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-Fortuna
Dusseldorf have extended the contract of Manager Friedhelm Funkel and his
assistants. (Source Sport Bild online)
-The
German Federation have decided to keep faith with Joachim Low as Manager. (Source Sport Bild online)
Sunday,
July 1, 2018:
-Jurgen Klinsmann considers complaceny as the main reason
for the Germany failure at the World Cup, saying ‘the hunger was not there’.. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Former Fortuna Dusseldorf Manager Wolf Werner has passed
away aged 76. (Source Sport Bild
online)
-German
defender Jerome Boateng has come to the defense of the under-fire Mesut Ozil
saying the entire is responsible and not oen person. (Source L’Equipe Online)
Monday,
July 2, 2018:
-Nuremberg
have signed on loan Timothy Tillman from Bayern Munich. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Serge
Gnabry has returned to Bayern Munich from his loan at Hoffenheim. (Source
Walfoot.be Online)
-Bayern
Munich Manager Niko Kovac has expressed his desire to hold onto Robert
Lewandowski. (Source L’Equipe Online)
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Photo
From: L’Equipe, June 28, 2018
(Thomas
Muller, June 27, 2018, South Korea 2-Germany 0)
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V. France
Diary:
Tuesday,
June 26, 2018:
-
Olympqiue Lyonnais have sold Aldo Kalulu to Basel. (Source L’Equipe online)
-In
France’s match with Denmark today, Didier Deschamps managed his Nation for the
79th time tying the record held by Raymond Domenech. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-The
France and Denmark match today was the very first scoreless match of this
Tournament. This is a record as it was the first one after 36 matches . (Source
ITV online)
-As
expected Didier Deschamps has made six changes to his squad for the match
against Denmark. Lloris, Pavard, Pogba, Tolisso, Mbappe, Matuidi are among the
absentees. The inclusions include Mandanda, Sidibe, Kimpembe, Nzonzi, Dembele
and Lemar. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Dijon
midfielder Eden Massouema has been loaned to Valenciennes for one season.
(Source L’Equipe online)
-France’s
Lucas Hernandez was replaced by Benjamin Mendy in their match vs. Denamrk due
to a minor injury. (Source L’Equipe Online)
Wednesday,
June 27, 2018:
-Nimes
have signed striker Baptiste Guillaume from Angers. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Chateauroux
have signed Venezuelan goalkeeper Joze Contreras from Deportivo Tachira .
(Source L’Equipe online)
-Reims
have signed Malian defender Moussa Doumbia. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Angers
have signed midfielder Dorian Bertrand from Cholet. (Source L’Equipe online)
Thursday,
June 28, 2018:
-Monaco
have signed 16-year-old midfielder Robert Navarro from Barcelona. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Toulouse
are set to sign goalkeeper Baptiste Reynet from Dijon. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Nimes
have signed defender Loick Landre from Genoa.
(Source L’Equipe online)
-Current
Celtic player (formerly of Toulouse) Odsonne Edouard has been sentenced to 4
months suspended prison sentence at a Toulouse court for firing his pistol in
February 2017. He was also fined 10,000 Euros and a gun ban for 5 years.. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Baptiste
Santamaria has extended his contract with Angers until 2022. (Source L’Equipe online)
Friday,
June 29, 2018:
-France’s
Benjamin Mendy will be missing from their match vs. Argentina due to injury.
(Source Walfoot.be online)
-Reims
have signed midfielder Tristan Dingome from Troyes. They have also signed defender Thomas Fontaine from Clermont.
(Source L’Equipe online)
-Bordeaux
have loaned Argentina midfielder Daniel Mancini to Auxerre. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Nancy
have signed Defender Ernest Seka from Strasbourg. (Source L’Equipe online)
-PSG
Midfielder Gaetan Robail has extended his loan stay at Valenciennes until
2021. (Source L’Equipe online)
-The
France National team has arrived at Kazan ahead of its match vs.
Argentina. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Monaco
have signed 16-year-old Tiago Ribeiro from Porto. (Source Maisfutebol online)
-Porto
have loaned defender Jorge Fernandes to Tondela. (Source Maisfutebol online)
-Toulouse
have signed Aaron Leya Iseka from Anderlecht.
(Source Walfoot.beonline)
Saturday,
June 30, 2018:
-By
scoring twice against Argentina, France’s Kylian Mbappe became the first
teenager to score two goals in a match since Pele in 1958. (Source BBC Football
online)
-PSG is to sell Yuri Berchiche to Bilbao. This sale makes
PSG now comply with Financial Fair play Regulations.. (Source L’Equipe online)
-With the match vs. Argentina, Didier Deschmaps has now
managed France for the 80th time, a new record. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Goalkeeper Ludovic Butelle has extended his contract
with Angers until 2020. (Source
L’Equipe online)
Sunday,
July 1, 2018:
-Lille
have signed striker Jonathan Ikone from PSG.
(Source L’Equipe online)
-France
held a training session for substitutes as well as substitutes who came on the
field yesterday. Djibril Sidibe was unable to complete the session after a
knock. Benjamin Mendy was absent altogether from the session due to injury.
(Source France Football Online)
Monday,
July 2, 2018:
-OGC
Nice’s Mario Balotelli and Alassane Plea did not show up at Patrick Vieira’s
first official training session as Manager at the club as both are eyeing moves
away (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Sochaux
have signed Spanish defender Rafa Navarro from Betis. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Monaco
have signed 16-year-old Robert Navarro from Barcelona. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Lille
have signed Jonathan Bamba from Saint Etienne. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-France
do not plan to appeal to FIFA to rescind Blaise Matuidi’s yellow card, he will
therefore miss their next match vs. Uruguay. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Nantes
have offered a professional contract to 18-year-old defender Batista Mendy.
(Source France Football Online)
-Ajaccio
have signed striker Joseph Mendes from Reading. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-France’s
Griezmann, Varane and Mendy missed the team training today to attend to minor
knocks. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-PSG
have offered a professional contract to 17-year-old midfielder Yacine Adli.
(Source France Football Online)
-Midfielder
Houssem Aouar has extended his contract with Lyon until 2023. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
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Photo
From: L’Equipe, June 27, 2018
(June
26, 2018, France 0-Denmark 0)
|
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Photo
From: L’Equipe, July 1, 2018
(Kylian
Mbappe, June 30, 2018, France 4-Argentina 3)
|
VI. Holland
Diary:
Tuesday,
June 26, 2018:
-Sparta
Rotterdam have signed Edouard Duplan from ADO Den Haag. (Source vi.nl online)
Wednesday,
June 27, 2018:
-Ajax
have signed Serbian midfielder Dusan Tadic from Southampton. (Source BBC
Football online)
-Sparta
have signed Belgian Dries Wuytens from Heracles Almelo. (Source Footnews.be
online)
-ADO
Den Haag have offered a professional contract to Sem Steijn. (Source vi.nl
online)
-Arsenio
Valpoort has left Almere City to join South Korean side Busan Ipark. (Source
vi.nl online)
-Almere
City have signed defender Joedrick Pupe from Kortrijk. (Source vi.nl online)
-PSV
Eindhoven have loaned goalkeepers Hidde Jurjus to De Graafschap and Luuk
Koopmans to MVV Mastricht. (Source vi.nl online)
Thursday,
June 28, 2018:
-Fortuna
Sittard have extended the contract of striker Lars Hutten. (Source vi.nl
online)
-NAC
Breda have signed striker Mikhail Rosheuvel from Roda JC Kerkrade. (Source
vi.nl online)
Friday,
June 29, 2018:
-Willem
II have signed Thomas Meissner from ADO Den Haag on permanent basis. (Source
vi.nl online)
-NAC
Breda have signed defender Gregory Leigh from Bury. They have also signed
defender Jurich Carolina from PSV Eindhoven. (Source vi.nl online)
-AZ
Alkmaar have signed midfielder Marko Vejinovic from Feyenoord. (Source vi.nl
online)
-Fortuna
Sittard’s Sjoerd Ars has ended his career. (Source vi.nl online)
-Piotr
Parzyszek is to leave PEC Zwolle and join Piast Gliwice in Poland. (Source
vi.nl online)
-
AZ Alkmaar have extended the contract of defender Joerir Church. (Source vi.nl
online)
-PSV
Eindhoven have signed English Youth International Noni Madueke. (Source vi.nl
online)
Saturday,
June 30, 2018:
-
Groningen have extended the contract of Sergio Padt by two years. (Source vi.nl
online)
-Doetinchem
have signed Liban Abdullahi from Telstar. (Source vi.nl online)
-
Heracles Almelo have extended the contract of Spanish striker Adrian Dalmau by
two years. (Source vi.nl online)
-
PEC Zwolle will once again loan Anass Achahbar to NEC. (Source vi.nl online)
Sunday,
July 1, 2018:
-Telstar
have signed Senne Lynen from Club Brugge. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-The contract of Brem Soumaoro at Go Ahead Eagles will
not be renewed. (Source vi.nl online)
Monday,
July 2, 2018:
-FC
Emmen have signed Jafar Arias from Dordrecht. (Source vi.nl online)
-
Ajax have extended the contract of Kostas Lamprou by one year. (Source vi.nl
online)
-Vitesse
have signed on loan defender Jake Clarke-Salter from Chelsea. (Source vi.nl
online)
-Almere
City have signed Stijn Meijer (from Willem II) and Youri Loen (from FC Emmen) .
(Source vi.nl online)
VII. Scotland
Diary:
Saturday,
June 30, 2018:
-
Kenny Miller has been appointed as player-Manager of Livingston. (Source Sky
Sports online)
Monday,
July 2, 2018:
- Hibernian have signed on a season-long loan
goalkeeper Adam Bogdan from Liverpool. (Source BBC Football online)
VIII. Portugal
Diary:
Tuesday,
June 26, 2018:
-
Sinisa Mihajlovic was sacked as Sporting CP after just one week, as Sporting CP
have a new Preisdent following the ousting of Bruno de Carvalho, who had hired
Mihajlovic . (Source AS.com Online)
Wednesday,
June 27, 2018:
-Porto
have officially signed Swiss defender Saidy Janko from Saint Etienne. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Gelson
and Raphael Guerreiro missed Portugal’s training session for minor injuries.
(Source Maisfutebol online)
-Nacional
Madeira have signed Kenji Gorre frok Swansea City. (Source vi.nl online)
Thursday,
June 28, 2018:
-William
Carvalho missed Portugal’s training session due to injury. Gelson Martins and
Raphael Guerreiro have resumed training. (Source Maisfutebol online)
-Porto
defender Diogo Queiros has extended his contract until 2021. (Source
Maisfutebol online)
Saturday,
June 30, 2018:
-Had
Portugal qualified today, Cristiano Ronaldo would have missed their next match
due to accumulation of yellow cards.
Sunday,
July 1, 2018:
-Jose
Peseiro has been named as the new Manager of Sporting CP. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-Cristiano
Ronaldo stated that now was not the time to discuss his International future.
(Source RTBF.be Online)
Monday,
July 2, 2018:
-Porto
have signed Brazilian midfielder Ewerton from Portimonense. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Porto
have signed the Nigerian Kelechi Nwakali from Arsenal. (Source Maisfutebol
Online)
-Benfica
have offered a professional contract to 17-year-old defender Tomas Tavares.
(Source Maisfutebol Online)
IX. Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday,
June 26, 2018:
-Romelu
Lukaku was the only absentee in Belgium’s training session. He is doubtful to
play against England. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Anthony
D’Alberto has left Charleroi as his loan has ended and returned to Braga, who
have transferred him to Moreirense. (Source Footnews.be Online)
-Club
Brugge have loaned Erhan Masovic to St. Gallen for one season. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-Eupen
have signed David Pollet from Charleroi. (Source RTBFs.be online)
Wednesday,
June 27, 2018:
-The
Belgium squad landed at Kaliningrad around 13:15. (Source RTBF.be online)
-Gent
have signed 17-year-old-goalkeeper Thomas Rosala from Standard Liege. (Source
Footnews.be online)
-Standard
Liege have signed Luis Pedro Cavanada from Galatasaray . (Source Footnews.be
online)
-Charleroi
have signed French player Messie Biatoumoussouka from Bordeaux. (Source
Footnews.be online)
-Charleroi
have signed French striker Jeremy Perbet from Club Brugge. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-Molenbeek
have extended the contract of defender Nicolas Timmermans by two years. (Source
Walfoot.be online)
-Yannick
Carrasco missed Belgium training along with Romelu Lukaku. (Source Footnews.be
online)
Thursday,
June 28, 2018:
-Standard
Liege have signed on loan defender Senna Miangue from Cagliari. (Source RTBF.be
online)
-A
funny incident during the Belgium and England match was when after Januzaj had
scored, Michy Batshuayi picked up the ball and kicked it on celebration but it
hit the post and struck his face. (Source BBC Football online)
-Gent
have signed goalkeeper Colin Coosemans from Mechelen . (Source Footnews.be
online)
-Belgium
Manager Roberto Martinez only selected two regulars (Courtois and Boyata) for
their inconsequential match vs. England. (Source L’Equipe online)
Friday,
June 29, 2018:
-Eupen
have signed on loan defender Cheick Keita from Birmingham City . (Source RTBF.be Online)
-Mechelen
have signed Swedish striker Gustav Engvall from IFK Gothenburg. (Source
Footnews.be online)
-Belgium
striker Romelu Lukaku has been declared fit. (Source L’Equipe online)
Saturday,
June 30, 2018:
-Three
Belgium players did not train today: Dedrick Boyata, Marouane Fellaini and
Thorgan Hazard. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Zulte Waregem have signed midfielder Florian Tardieu
from Sochaux. (Source L’Equipe online)
Sunday,
July 1, 2018:
-Belgium’s
Adnan Januzaj is injured and may be doubtful for therir match vs. Japan. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Club
Brugge have signed Brazilian defender Luan Peres Petroni from Fluminense.
(Source L’Equipe online)
-St
Truiden have signed Samy Mmaee from Standard Liege. (Source Footnews.be online)
Monday,
July 2, 2018:
-
Cercle Brugge are to take on loan midfielder Arnaud Lusamba from Monaco. (Source L’Equipe online)
-
Anderlecht have signed striker Landry Dimata from Wolfsburg. (Source RTBF.be
online)
-
Waasland-Beveren have signed Beni Badibanga from Standard Liege. (Source
RTBF.be online)
-
Standard Liege are on the verge of signing striker Zinho Gano from Ostend.
(Source RTBF.be online)
-Vincent
Kompany started for the first time in Belgium’s match vs. Japan. (Source
L’Equipe Online)
Diary
(extra):
Tuesday,
June 26, 2018:
-Sweden
Manager Janne Andersson stated that he would have been ‘dead inside, had he not
reacted to the Germans’end of match provocations in their last match. (Source
BBC Football Online)
-Australia
were eliminated from the World Cup as Denmark advanced along with already
qualified France to the next round.
-Switzerland
fans have started a crowdfunding appeal to pay for the fines by FIFA imposed on
Granit Xhaka, Xherdan Shaqiri and Stephan Lichsteiner for the ‘Eagle’
celebration against Serbia. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Iran’s
Manager Carlos Queiroz stated that Cristiano Ronaldo should have been sent off
instead of only receiving a yellow card after VAR review (after striking an
opponent). He believed he was not given a red card due to who he is and any
other player would probably have been sent off. (Source RTBF.be online)
-
Joao Miranda is to captain Brazil in their next match vs. Serbia. (Source
BrazilStats online)
-Saudi
Arabia Manager Juan Antonio Pizzi will remain in his post until at least the
Asian Nations Cup scheduled in January 2019. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Peru’s
Anderson Santamaria and Renato Tapia started for Peru in today’s match vs.
Australia. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Denmark’s
Pione Sisto and Martin Braithwaite started for Denmark in today’s match vs.
France. Aage Hareide has made two changes from the previous match as Braithwaite
and Cornelius get to start. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Australia
Manager Bert van Marwijk has only made one change to his squad for the match
vs. Peru. Tom Juric started in place of Nabbout. (Source L’Equipe online)
-It
has been revealed that Costa Rica Manager Oscar Ramirez has received death
threats. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Iran
has reportedly offered a six-month contract extension to Portuguese Manager
Carlos Queiroz. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Angel
Di Maria claimed that on 2014 Real Madrid discouraged him from playing in the
World Cup Final to avoid him getting injured. This was due to the fact that
they wanted to acquire James Rodriguez and needed to sell Di Maria to raise
funds. (Source AS.com Online)
-Hector
Cuper has left his post as Egypt Manager. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Croatia’s
Marko Pjaca was substituted off as he was injured in the match vs. Iceland. He
was replaced by Dejan Lovren. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Croatia
Manager Zlatko Dalic made nine changes from the squad that defeated Argentina
for today’s match vs. Iceland. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Nigeria
Manager Gernot Rohr kept faith with the same squad that had beaten Iceland for
today’s match vs.Argentina. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Iceland
Manager Heimir Hallgrimson used a 4-5-1 formation against Croatia. Bodvarsson
and Arnason are out from the previous match. Hallfredson and Ingason replace
them. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Argentina
made a number of changes for its match vs. Nigeria. Rojo, Banega, Di Maria,
Armani and Higuain are in the squad. Caballero, Salvio, Meza and Aguero are out
of the squad. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-
Tim Cahill became the first Australian to appear at four different World Cups
(2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018). (Source BBC Football online)
-Diego
Maradona’s antics in the stands grabbed most of the headlines in Argentina’s
match vs. Nigeria. First was his celebration for Messi’s goal, then at one
point he appeared to be asleep, at the end of the match he made a double middle
finger gesture to some fans and finally he was seen being helped off the stands
at halftime and was hospitalized upon leaving the stadium. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Iceland
and Nigeria were also eliminated from the World Cup today.
-Lionel Messi
became the first player to score a goal in his teens, twenties and in his
thirties during the World Cup. (Source Daily Mail Online)
-Lionel Messi's
goal was the 100th of the 2018 World Cup. (Source Sport Bild Online)
-
The Men of the Match for today:
Peru’s André Carrillo (Australia
0-Peru 2)
France’s N’Golo Kante (France 0-Denmark 0)
Croatia’s
Milan Badelj (Iceland
2-Croatia 1)
Argentina’s
Lionel Messi (Argentina
2-Nigeria 1)
Wednesday,
June 27, 2018:
-Diego
Maradona stated that he was fine after being taken to see a doctor following
Argentina’s match vs. Nigeria. (Source BBC Football online)
-Jose
Gimenez restarted training with the rest of the Uruguay group today . (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Colombia
Manager Jose Pekerman stated that Abel Aguilar would not be ready to play
against Senegal due to a minor injury. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Tunisia
have asked FIFA the authorization to call up a new goalkeeper as two its
goalkeepers are injured. They would like to call up Moez Ben Cherifa (Esperance
de Tunis). (Source L’Equipe online)
-South
Korea made one change to their squad ahead of their match vs. Germany. Jung
starts on the left side ahead of Hwang. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Mexico’s
Jesus Gallardo was booked after only 15 seconds in their match vs. Sweden. This
is the quickest booking in the history of the World Cup. (Source BBC Football
online)
-Brazil
defender Marcelo was injured in the 10th minute and replaced with
Filipe Luis. (Source BBC Football online)
-
Television replays have shown that Argentina Manager Jorge Sampaoli at one
point in yersterday’s match with Nigeria was seen asking Lionel Messi whether
to send on Segio Aguero as substitute. (Source AS.com online)
-In
an interview Iran Manager, the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz complained about the
behavior of Cristiano Ronaldo and Ricardo Quaresma. He said that Ronaldo
ignored him altogether due to their past differences. He also took offense to
Quaresma’s declaration that Queiroz had shown no respect to the Portuguese
players. (Source AS.com online)
-
Iran Manager, the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz also criticized Perspolis Manager
Branko Ivankovic for not releasing players to the National Team training camps.
Queiroz said that Ivankovic had risked the success of the National Team with
his actions. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Mexican
Edson Alavrez’s own goal was the seventh own goal of this World Cup, which is a
new record. (Source Walfoot.be Online)
-Serbian
Manager Mladen Krstajic has removed Dusko Tosic and Branislav Ivanovic from the
starting lineup for their match vs. Brazil. Milenkovic and Veljkovic will start
in their place in defesne. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Switzerland
made one change to its lineup for their match vs. Costa Rica. Gavranovic
started in place of Seferovic. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Costa
Rica has made changes ahead of its match vs. Switzerland. Joel Campbell and
Colindres start in place of Urena and Venegas. In defense, Watson gets the nod
over Duarte. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Sweden’s
Sebastian Larsson was replaced by Svensson during their match vs. Mexico after
an injury. (Source L’Equipe com)
-Germany
and Serbia were eliminated from the World Cup today.
-
The Men of the Match for today:
Brazil’s Paulinho (Brazil 2-Serbia 0)
Switzerland’s Blerim Dzemaili (Swizterland 2-Costa Rica 2)
Sweden’s
Ludwig Augustinsson (Mexico 0-Sweden 3)
South Korea’s Cho Hyun-woo (Germany
0-South Korea 2)
Thursday,
June 28, 2018:
-Former
Serbian defender Goran Bunjevcevic passed away aged just 45. He had suffered a
stroke last month. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Iran’s Sardar Azmoun has retired from the National at
the age of 23 as he claimed that his mother had become ill due to the insults
and criticisms leveled at him. (Source BBC Football online)
-Tunisia’s
appeal to call-up an extra goalkeeper has been rejected by FIFA. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Japan
Manager Nishino has decided to rest Kagawa and Inui for today’s match vs.
Poland. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Senegal
Manager Aliou Cisse will include Lamine Gassama and Keita Balde for today’s
match vs. Colombia. He
has also recalled Cheikhou Kouyate in place of Alfred N’Diaye. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Colombia
Manager Jose Pekerman has made two changes to his squad for today’s match vs.
Senegal. Mateus Uribe will start replacing the injured Abel Aguilar. Carlos Sanchez
(back from suspension) wil replace Wilmar Barrios in the lineup. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Poland
Manager Adam Nawalka has made five changes to his squad for today’s match vs.
Japan. Grosicki, Glik, Fabianski, Kurzawa and Jedrzejczyk are set to start. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-After
Today’s matches Senegal and Japan had identical records. For the first time the
Fair Play rule was used to determine the winner. Japan advanced due to
accumulating less yellow cards. (Source BBC Football online)
-Colombia’s
James Rodriguez was forced off injured after 30 minutes in their match
vs.Senegal. (Source BBC Football online)
-Senegal
were eliminated from the World Cup today.
-During
the Japan-Poland match, Japanese substitute Makoto Hasebe made a ‘card’ gesture
to his teammates indicating that they would go through as long as they did not
get cards. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Argentina’s
Enzo Perez missed training today as he is recuperarting from injury. (Source
RTBF.be online)
-Switzerland
will be missing Stephan Lichsteiner and Fabian Schar for their knock out round
match vs. Sweden, as both are suspended. Switzerland Manager expressed no
regret in fielding them in their last match. (Source Reuters UK online)
-The
Barzil team Doctor Rodrigo Lasmar stated that the hotel mattress may have cause
back spasms that led to Marcelo’s injury in the match vs. Serbia. (Source
AS.com online)
-The
Egyptian Federation President has blamed the difficulties in training during
Ramadan as a reason for a poor World Cup. (Source BBC Football online)
-After
his booking vs. Colombia, Senegal’s Mbaye
Hamady Niang would
have been suspended for the next round had they qualified. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Japan’s
Shinji Okazaki was injured and replaced in their match vs, Poland. (Source
L’Equipe Online)
-
The Men of the Match for today:
Belgium’s Adnan
Januzaj (England
0-Belgium 1)
Tunisia’s Fakhrddine Ben Youssef (Tunisia 2-Panama 1)
Poland’s
Jan Bednarek (Poland
1-Japan 0)
Colombia’s Yerry Mina (Colombia
1-Senegal 0)
Friday,
June 29, 2018:
-Enzo
Perez has resumed training with Argentina squad. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Bert
van Marwijk has left his post as Australia Manager. (Source Walfoot.be Online)
-Diego
Maradona has offered a 300,000 pesos reward to discover the creatos of the
audio clips claiming that he had suffered a heart attack. (Source AS.com Online)
-The
Moroccan Federation has appealed to FIFA over some of the poor refereeing
decisions during the World Cup. (Source
AS.com Online)
-The Swedish squad has stepped in to rescue a planned
demonstration in support of Jimmy Durmaz in Stockholm that was to be cancelled
duen to security reasons. The demonstration was to be held at Sergels Torg in
Stockholm, but police have denied permission as construction work in the area
make its unsafe to control a large crowd. To move it to a Kungstrasgarden would
have made it more expensive to hold. This is when the players stepped in and
agreed to pay. (Source Reuters UK Online)
Saturday,
June 30, 2018:
-The
South Korean squad were pelted with eggs and Union Jack cushions during their
welcoming home ceremony. (Source Daily Mail Online)
-Japan’s
Shinji Okazaki missed training as he is injured. (Source RTBF.be online)
-Had
Argentina qualified today, Javier Maschernao would have missed their next match
due to accumulation of yellow cards. Source L’Equipe online)
-Eric
Cantona has criticized Argentina Manager Jorge Sampaoli’s perceived loss of
authority by saying that ‘He is the only night club bouncer who doesn’t decide
who gets in or not!’. (Source Daily Mail Online)
-Argentina’s
Javier Mascherano announced his International retirement after the match vs.
France. (Source Fox Sports Online)
-Eric
Cantona has once again criticized Neymar this time in a viral video. (Source vi.nl Online)
-Morocco’s
Amine Harit has been implicated in a deadly car accident in Morocco that has
left one person dead. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-
The Men of the Match for today:
France’s Kylian
Mbappe (France
4-Argentina 3)
Uruguay’s
Edinson Cavani (Uruguay
2-Portugal 1)
Sunday,
July 1, 2018:
-Ibrahim
Kamara has been named as the new Manager of Ivory Coast. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Russia Manager has chosen to start with Kudrichov and
Kutsayev ahead of Cherchesov and Gazinsky ahead of their match vs. Spain.
(Source L’Equipe Online)
-Thiago Silva will captain Brazil in their matc vs.Mexico
on Monday. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Diego
Maradona has once again attacked the National Team. He said it did not feel
like going to a stadium to watch a match but rather going to a cinema because
we were watching ‘The Chronicle of a death foretold’. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Like
Javier Mascherano, Lucas Biglia has also announced his International retirement
with Argentina. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Like
Javier Mascherano, Lucas Biglia has also announced his International retirement
with Argentina. (Source L’Equipe online)
-The
home of the parents of Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa has been robbed.
(Source RTBF.be Online)
-The
home of the parents of Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa has been robbed.
(Source RTBF.be Online)
-Due
to his injury, Uruguay’s Edinson Cavani may be doubtful for their next match.
(Source BBC Football Online)
-Brazilian
defender Marcelo will not start againt Mexico as he is injured. Filipe Luis
will start in his place. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Denmark
Manager Aage Hareide chose to start with Braithwaite and Knudsen for their
match vs. Croatia. The pair start ahead of Larsena dn Sisto. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Russia
became the first Nation to use a fourth substitue in the World Cup (authorized
only in Overtime). Aleksandr Erokhin came
on in the 97th minute of their match vs. Spain. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-
The Men of the Match for today:
Russia’s Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev (Russia
1-Spain 1)
Denmark’s
Kasper Schmeichel (Croatia 1-Denmark 1)
Monday,
July 2, 2018:
-
The Senegal Federation have sent a letter to FIFA to protest the refereeing in
their last match vs. Colombia as well as protesting Japan’s behavior in their match
vs. Poland when they stopped playing in the closing minutes, knowing they had
qualified. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Sweden
captain Andreas Granqvist might miss their next match vs. Switzerland as his
wife is about to give birth in Sweden. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Russia’s
Yuri Zhirkov is injured and might miss their next match vs. Croatia. (Source
L’Equipe Online)
-Mexico have made two changes to their squad ahead of
facing Brazil. Hugo Ayala replaced the suspended Hector Moreno and Rafa Marquez
replacing Miguel Layun. (Source
Reuters UK online)
-Casemiro will be suspended from Brazil’s next match (due
to accumulation of yellow cards) after his booking today. (Source France
Fooball online)
-As
expected Uruguay’s Edinson Cavani missed training due to injury. He is expected
to miss the match vs. France. (Source Sport Bild / Calciomercato Online)
-Denmark’s
William Kvist has retitred from the National Team following their elimination
vs. Croatia. (Source Sport Bild Online)
-During
the Brazil –Mexico match, while Neymar was on the ground, Mexico’s Layun placed
his foot on Neymar’s ankle. After which Neymar theatrically rolled around in
pain. (Source RTBF.be Online)
-Brazil are now the highest scoring team in the History
of the World Cup with 228 goals (Source BBC Football)
-
The Men of the Match for today:
Brazil’s Neymar (Brazil 2-Mexico 0)
Belgium’s
Eden Hazard (Belgium 3-Japan 2)
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Photo
From: L’Equipe, June 29, 2018
(Lionel
Messi)
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Photo
From: L’Equipe, June 27, 2018
(Sergio
Aguero, June 26, 2018, Argetina 2-Nigeria 1)
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Photo
From: L’Equipe, June 26, 2018
(Jimmy
Durmaz)
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