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,
November 20, 2018:
-
Wednesday,
November 21, 2018:
-Pep
Guardiola will not be charged by the FA for comments he had made about Referee
Anthony Taylor prior to the Manchester Derby. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Thursday,
November 22, 2018:
-Davidson Sanchez (Tottenham) will be out injured for at
leat a month. (Source L’Equipe online)
-English
Manager Sam Allardyce has expressed an interest for the Republic of Ireland
Manager’s position. (Source Sky Sports
Online)
-Brighton
Manager Chris Hughton stated he is not interested in the Republic of Ireland
Manager’s position. (Source Sky Sports
Online)
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
-Glenn Hoddle has been released from Hospital is back
home following his cardiac arrest weeks ago. (Source BBC Football online)
-In
an interview with Univision, Jose Mourinho described Manchester United players
such as Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford,
as’Spolit’ and lacking in character. (Source extra.ie Online)
-Jose
Mourinho cut short a press conference when he was asked about his
characterizations of Shaw, Martial, Lingard, Rashford (see above).. (Source
extra.ie Online)
-
Former Trinidad and Tobago International defender from 90s and 2000s, Kevin
Austin, passed away aged just 45 from Pancreatic cancer. He was born in England
and had spells with English clubs such as Leyton Orient, Lincoln City and
Swansea among others . (Source Wikipedia Online)
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
-
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
-
Monday,
November 26, 2018:
-Arsenal Manager
Unai Emery stated that he had dropped Mesut Ozil from the match vs. Bournemouth
yesterday for tactical reasons to combat Bournemouth’s physical game. (Source
Sky Sports online)
-Darren Pitcher,
formerly of Charlton and Crystal Palace, passed away aged just 49. (Source
Daily Mail online)
-Former England defender Ashely Cole has been released by
Los Angeles Galaxy. (Source BBC Football online)
-Manchetser United’s Victor Lindelof will be out injured
for some time. (Source AS.com online)
-Manchetser United Manager Jose Mourinho stated that if
any of his players feel pressure at Old Trafford, they should ‘stay at home’
and watch the match on Television. (Source Daily Mail online)
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Contract Extensions
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Date
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Player
|
Position
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Club
|
Expiration Year
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Online Source
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November 22, 2018
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Adalberto Panaranda (Venezuela)
|
Striker
|
Watford
|
2023
|
Sky Sports
|
|
November 22, 2018
|
Sadio Mane (Senegal)
|
Striker
|
Liverpool
|
2023
|
Guardian
|
|
November 22, 2018
|
N’Golo Kante (France)
|
Midfielder
|
Cheslea
|
2023
|
BBC Football
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English
Premier League Matchday (November 24-November 26, 2018):
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
Brighton
1-Leicester 1
(Glenn Murray 15 / Jamie Vardy 79 pen)
Everton
1-Cardiff 0
(Gylfi Sigurdsson 59)
Fulham
3-Southampton 2 (Aleksandar Mitrovic 33, 63, Andre Schurrle 43 / Stuart Armstrong 18,
53)
Manchesster
United 0-Crystal Palace 0 (-)
Watford
0-Liverpool 3
(Mohamed Salah 67, Trent Alexander-Arnold 76, Roberto Firmino 89)
West Ham 0-Manchester City 4 (David Silva 11, Raheem
Sterling 19, Leroy Sane 34, 90)
Tottenham
3-Chelsea 1
(Dele Alli 8, Harry Kane 16, Son Heung-min 54 / Olivier Giroud 85)
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
Bournemouth
1-Arsenal 2
(Joshua King 45 / Jefferson Lerma (own goal) 30, Pierre-Erick Aubameyang 67)
Wolves 0-Huddersfield 2 (Aaron Mooy 6, 74)
Monday,
November 26, 2018:
Burnley
1-Newcastle 2 (Sam
Vokes 40 / Ben Mee (own goal) 4, Ciaran Clark 23)
Top
Goalscorer:
Pierre-Erick
Aubameyang (Arsenal) 8 goals
Eden
Hazard (Chelsea) 7 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Manchester City
|
13
|
11
|
2
|
0
|
40
|
5
|
35
|
35
|
|
2
|
Liverpool
|
13
|
10
|
3
|
0
|
26
|
5
|
21
|
33
|
|
3
|
Tottenham
|
13
|
10
|
0
|
3
|
23
|
11
|
12
|
30
|
|
4
|
Chelsea
|
13
|
8
|
4
|
1
|
28
|
11
|
17
|
28
|
|
4
|
Arsenal
|
13
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
28
|
16
|
12
|
27
|
|
6
|
Everton
|
13
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
20
|
15
|
5
|
2
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
II. Italy
Diary:
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
-The
Serie A Award (Gran Gala’ del Calcio) nominees were announced. (Source Football
Italia online)
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon,
Gianluigi Donnarumma, Samir Handanovic, Alisson Becker
Full-backs: Joao Cancelo, Aleksandar
Kolarov, Alex Sandro
Centre-backs: Milan Skriniar, Kostas
Manolas, Stefan De Vrij, Kalidou Koulibaly, Giorgio Chiellini
Midfielders: Jorginho, Allan Marques
Loureiro, Marek Hamsik, Sergej Milinković-Savić, Radja Nainggolan, Miralem
Pjanic
Forwards: Paulo Dybala, Edin Dzeko,
Mauro Icardi, Ciro Immobile, Douglas Costa, Dries Mertens
Female players: Barbara Bonansea,
Alia Guagni, Cristiana Girelli
Coaches: Simone Inzaghi, Massimiliano
Allegri, Eusebio Di Francesco, Maurizio Sarri
Referees: Daniele Orsato, Gianluca
Rocchi, Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni
Serie B Young Player: Sandro Tonali, Marco
Varnier, Antonino La Gumina
-Moises
Kean (Juventus) became the first player born after 2000 to play for Italy in
their match vs. USA. (Source Football Italia online)
-Napoli
have denied Jonathan De Guzman’s recent claims such as chief medic
misdiagnosing a hernia and refusing second opinion/surgery, as well as claims
that Sports Director Cristiano Giuntoli had punched him. (Source Football
Italia online)
Wednesday,
November 21, 2018:
-Chievo’s
Serio Pellissier criticized the recently departed Manager Giampiero Ventura.
Pellissier stated that “it was like throwing away a whole month.” (Source
Football Italia online)
Thursday,
November 22, 2018:
-In
another Footy Leaks report, it was revealed that FIFA dropped a proposed
lawsuit against Juventus for the transfer of Paul Pogba (over suspicions of
third party ownership) because they feared losing the case. (Source Football
Italia online)
-Maurizio
Zamparini has officially sold Palermo. (Source Football Italia online)
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
-Gonzalo Higuain (AC Milan) had his two-match ban appeal
rejected. (Source Football Italia online)
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
-Torino Manager Walter Mazzari has taken a leave of
absence as precaution after experiencing a short-term ilness. (Source
Calciomercato online)
-By scoring against SPAL, Cristiano Ronaldo tied Pietro
Anastasi’s record from 1968/79 of scoring nine goals for Juventus in their
opening 13 matches. (Source Football Italia online)
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
-
Monday,
November 26, 2018:
-Gianluca
Vialli revealed that he is improving after a secret year-long battle with
cancer. (Source Reuters UK online)
-AC
Milan Manager Gennaro Gattuso told Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini
to ‘stick to politics’ after he had questioned Gattuso’s tactical choices. (Source Reuters UK online)
-The
city of Genoa have offered to host the Copa Libertadores Final after the recent
disturbances. (Source Football Italia
online)
-Cagliari’s
Lucas Castro could possibly be out for the rest of the season following a
anterior cruciate ligament injury. (Source
Football Italia online)
-Former
Juventus Directors: Antonio Giraudo, Luciano Moggi and Roberto Bettega were
acquitted of false accounting charges stemming from 2001. (Source Football Italia online)
Italian
Serie A Matchday (November 24-November 26, 2018):
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
Udinese
1-Roma 0
(Rodrigo De Pul 54)
Juventus
2-SPAL 0 (Cristiano
Ronaldo 29, Mario Mandzukic 60)
Inter
3-Frosinone 0 (Keita
Balde 10, 82, Lautaro Martinez 57)
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
Parma
2-Sassuolo 1
(Gervinho 6, Bruno Alves 25 / Khouma Babacar 36 pen)
Bologna
0-Fiorentina 0
(-)
Empoli
3-Atalanta 2
(Antonio La Gumina 42, Andrea Masiello (own goal) 77, Matias Silvestre 90 /
Remo Freuler 33, Hans Hateboer 40)
Napoli
0-Chievo 0 (-)
Lazio
1-AC Milan 1
(Joaquin Correa 90 / Franck Kessie 78)
Genoa
1-Sampdoria 1
(Krzysztof Piatek 17 pen / Fabio Quagliarella 8)
Monday,
November 26, 2018:
Cagliari
0-Torino 0 (-)
Top
Goalscorer:
Krzysztof
Piatek (Genoa) 10 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Juventus
|
13
|
12
|
1
|
0
|
28
|
8
|
20
|
37
|
|
2
|
Napoli
|
13
|
9
|
2
|
2
|
26
|
13
|
13
|
29
|
|
3
|
Inter
|
13
|
9
|
1
|
3
|
25
|
10
|
15
|
28
|
|
4
|
Lazio
|
13
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
19
|
15
|
4
|
23
|
|
5
|
AC Milan
|
13
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
22
|
17
|
5
|
22
|
|
6
|
Parma
|
13
|
6
|
2
|
5
|
14
|
16
|
-2
|
20
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
III. Spain
Diary:
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
-
Wednesday,
November 21, 2018:
-Samu Garcia (Levante) will be out injured for two
months. (Source L’Equipe online)
Thursday,
November 22, 2018:
-Iker Casillas expressed regret for not confronting Jose
Mourinho when he was in charge of Real Madrid. He believes Mourinho created a
bad atmosphere at the club and great tension in opposition to Barcelona.
(Source AS.com online)
-Sevilla
have expressed their intent to exercise the buy option from AC Milan on Andre
Silva. (Source vi.nl online)
-Spanish
Manager Javier Clemente has expressed an interest for the Republic of Ireland
Manager’s position. (Source Balls.ie
Online)
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
-Bernd
Schuster stated that Ousmane Dembele did not have the stature for a club like
Barcelona. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Jose Mourinho has hit back at Iker Casillas by
describing his statements as ‘an interview with someone at the end of his
career’. Mourinho also stated that Casillas did in fact confront him but
“secretly” . (Source Manchester Evening News online)
-Iker Casillas has reportedly turned down an offer from
MLS’ Chicago Fire . (Source A Bola online)
-In
new Footyleaks articles, It was revealed that in 2017, UEFA covered up the fact
that Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos had failed his drugs test the day for the 2017
Champions League Final. Real Madrid denied this claim. (Source Bleacher Report online)
Saturday, November 24, 2018:
-
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
-Barcelona’s Rafinha will be out injured for the rest of
the season. (Source AS.com online)
Monday,
November 26, 2018:
-Former Barcelona star Andres Iniesta blamed Jose
Mourinho’s tenure as Real Madrid Manager for creating a negative atmosphere
within the Spanish National squad between Barcelona and Real Madrid players.
(Source AS.com online)
 |
Photo
From: L’Equipe, November 24, 2018
|
(Sergio
Ramos)
|
|
Contract Extensions
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|||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
November 21, 2018
|
Iker Munain
|
Striker
|
Bilbao
|
2024
|
L’Equipe
|
Spanish
La Liga Matchday (November 23-November 26, 2018):
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
Levante
1-Alaves 0
(Youssef En-Nesyri 42)
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
Eibar
3-Real Madrid 0 (Gonzalo Escalante 16, Sergi Enrich 52, Kike 57)
Valencia
3-Rayo Vallecano 0 (Santi Mina 35, 61, Kevin Gameiro 76)
Huesca
2-Levante 2
(Christian Rivera 23, Xabier Etxeita 51 / Roger Marti 45, Emmnuel Boateng 74)
Atletico
Madrid 1-Barcelona 1 (Diego Costa 77 / Ousmane Dembele 90)
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
Bilbao
1-Getafe 1
(Peru Nolaskoain 67 / Jaime Mata 77)
Sevilla
1-Valladolid 0 (Andre Silva 30)
Espanyol
1-Girona 3 (Borja
Iglesias 74 / Cristhian Stuani 4, 6, Seydou Doumbia 90)
Villareal
2-Betis 1 (Gerard
Moreno 52, S.C.Chukweze 54 / Giovani Lo Celso 90)
Monday,
November 26, 2018:
Sociedad
2-Celta 1 (Mikel
Oyarzabal 37, David Zurutuza 47 / Maxi Gomez 82)
Top
Goalscorer:
Cristhian
Stuani (Girona) 10 goals
Lionel
Messi (Barcelona) 9 goals
Luis
Suarez (Barcelona) 9 goals
Iago
Aspas (Celta) 8 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Sevilla
|
13
|
8
|
2
|
3
|
25
|
14
|
11
|
26
|
|
2
|
Barcelona
|
13
|
7
|
4
|
2
|
35
|
19
|
16
|
25
|
|
3
|
Atletico Madrid
|
13
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
17
|
9
|
8
|
24
|
|
4
|
Alaves
|
13
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
17
|
13
|
4
|
23
|
|
5
|
Espanyol
|
13
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
17
|
13
|
4
|
21
|
|
6
|
Real Madrid
|
13
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
20
|
19
|
1
|
20
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
IV. Germany
Diary:
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
-Dietmar Schwager, a defender from 60s and 70s
for Kaiserlautern, passed away aged 78.
Wednesday,
November 21, 2018:
-Phillip Bangfrede (Werder Bremen) will be out injured
for a few months. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Oliver Kahn is set to take an executive position at
Bayern Munich. (Source Bulinews online)
Thursday,
November 22, 2018:
-Michael Preetz has extended his stary as Hertha Berlin’s
Technical Director until 2022. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Lucas Torro (Eintracht Frankfurt) will be out injured
for a few months. (Source Sport Bild online)
-The first XI of the German National team was inducted in
the German Football Hall of Fame. The Team: Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer,
Andreas Brehme, Paul Breitner, Matthias Sammer, Gunter Netzer, Lothar Matthaus,
Uwe Seeler, Fritz Walter, Uwe Rahn, Gerd Muller. (Source Sport Bild online)
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
-
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
-Simon Rolfes will be Leverkusen’s Sports Ditrrctor from
December 1st. (Source Sport Bid online)
-Schalke Manager Domenico Tedesco and player Sebastian
Rudy have made peace after a discussion. The player had been unable to adjust
to Tedesco’s tactics since arriving from Bayern Munich. (Source Bulinews
online)
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
-Bayern
Munich President Uli Hoeness decalred that Niko Kovac’s job is safe. He did
however, state that “internal discussions” are needed to resolve the team’s
problems. (Source Bulinews online)
Monday,
November 26, 2018:
-Arsene Wenger, as well as Zinedine Zidane, are being
tipped as potential replacements for Niko Kovac on the Bayern Munich
bench. (Source Bulinews online)
-The
official Twitter page of the Bundeliga has made a strange challenge to
Moenchengladbach. They have told them that they can have the League title if
they can get 50 million retweets of one of their posts . (Source BBC Football online)
-According to Bild, Uli Hoeness has banned Paul Breitner
from Bayern Munich’s VIP stand. The pair fell out a month ago after Breitner
criticized Hoeness and other Bayern bosses infamous press conference. (Source
Bulinews online)
-Dortmund stated they would like to permanently sign Real
Madrid’s on-loan Moroccan defender Achraf Hakimi. (Source Walfoot.be online)
|
Transfers
|
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|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
From
|
To
|
Type
|
Online Source
|
|
November 23, 2018
|
Paco Alcacer (Spain)
|
Striker
|
Barcelona
|
Dortmund
|
Exercise buy option
|
L’Equipe
|
|
Contract Extensions
|
|||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
November 20, 2018
|
Ondrej Petrak (Czech Republic)
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Midfielder
|
Nuremberg
|
2020
|
Sport Bild
|
|
November 22, 2018
|
Joelinton (Brazil)
|
Striker
|
Hoffenheim
|
2022
|
Sport Bild
|
|
November 23, 2018
|
Dieter Hecking
|
Manager
|
Moenchengladbach
|
2020
|
L’Equipe
|
German
Bundesliga Matchday (November 23-November 25, 2018):
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
Leverkusen
2-Stuttgart 0
(Kevin Volland 76, 83)
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
Mainz
1-Dortmund 2 (Robin
Quasion 70 / Paco Alcacer 66, Lukasz Piszczek 76)
Augsburg
1-Frankfurt 3 (Sergio
Cordova 90 / J.De Guzman 1, Sebastian Haller 47, Ante Rebic 68)
Bayern
Munich 3-Dusseldorf 3 (Niklas Sule 17, Thomas Muller 20, 58 / Dodi Lukebakio 44, 77, 90)
Hertha
Berlin 3-Hoffenheim 3 (Vedad Ibisevic 12, Mathew
Leckie 71, Valentino Lazaro 87 / Kerem Demirbay 1, Andrej Kramaric 10, Ermin
Bicakcic 55)
Wolfsburg
1-RB Leipzig 0 (Jerome Roussillon 50)
Schalke
5-Nuremberg 2 (Steven
Skrzybski 26, 84, Amine Harit 32, Guido Burgstaller 70, Bastian Oczipka 90 /
Federico Palacios 38, Adam Zrelak 78)
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
Freiburg
1-Werder Bremen 1 (Luca Waldschmidt 42 pen / L.Augustinsson 90)
Moenchengladbach
4-Hannover 1 (Thorgan
Hazard 7, Michael Lang 44, Lars Stindl 58, Denis Zakaria 71 / Bobby Wood 1)
Top
Goalscorer:
Luka
Jovic (Frankfurt) 9 goals
Paco
Alcacer (Dortmund) 9 goals
Sebastien
Haller (Frankfurt) 9 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Dortmund
|
12
|
9
|
3
|
0
|
35
|
13
|
22
|
30
|
|
2
|
M’Gladbach
|
12
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
30
|
14
|
16
|
26
|
|
3
|
Frankfurt
|
12
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
29
|
14
|
15
|
23
|
|
4
|
RB Leipzig
|
12
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
22
|
10
|
12
|
22
|
|
5
|
Bayern Munich
|
12
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
23
|
17
|
6
|
21
|
|
6
|
Hoffenheim
|
12
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
27
|
18
|
9
|
20
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
V. France
Diary:
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
-As part of ‘Footy Leaks’ reports, it was revealed that
Monaco Vice-President Vadim Vasilyev received an interets of 10% for any plus
value of sold players. (Source L’Equipe online)
-PSG
stars Neymar and Kylian Mbappe were both injured in Brazil and France National
team sfriendly matches and could be doubtful for their upcoming CL match vs.
Liverpool. (Source BBC Fottball online)
-Alassane
Plea made his international debut for France in their match vs. Uruguay. (Source L’Equipe online)
Wednesday,
November 21, 2018:
-According
to Edinson Cavani, the Ballon d’Or should go to a French player and not Luka Modric.
(Source AS.com online)
Thursday,
November 22, 2018:
-Monaco
pair Kevin N’Doram and Jean Eudes Aholou will be both injured for a number of
weeks. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Martin
Gneba (Amiens) will be suspended for three matches for betting on League
matches. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Nimes
has been fined 20,000 Euros for the misbehavior of its fans in their match vs.
OGC Nice. (Source L’Equipe online)
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
-
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
-
Thierry Henry won his first match as Manager as Monaco defeated Caen (1-0).
(Source L’Equipe online)
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
-Eden Hazard stated that he would return to Ligue 1.
(Source vi.nl online)
Monday,
November 26, 2018:
-
|
Transfers
|
||||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
From
|
To
|
Type
|
Online Source
|
|
November 23, 2018
|
Jordan Ferri
|
Midfielder
|
Lyon
|
Nimes
|
Half season Loan (starting
January 1st)
|
Transfer Market Web
|
French
Ligue 1 Matchday (November 23-November 25, 2018):
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
Lyon
1-St Etienne 0 (Jason Denayer 62)
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
PSG
1-Toulouse 0
(Edinson Cavani 9)
Dijon
0-Bordeaux 0 (-)
Nantes
1-Angers 1 (Majeed
Waris 89 / Stephane Bahoken 5)
Strasbourg
0-Nimes 1
(Herve Lybohy 71)
Caen
0-Monaco 1
(Radamel Falcao 55)
Reims
2-Guingamp 1 (Xavier
Chavalerin 2, Boulaye Dia 68 / Marcus Thuram 81 pen)
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
Montpellier
2-Rennes 2
(Andy Fdelort 45, 49 / Hatem Ben Arfa 5, B.Bourigeaud 71 pen)
Nice
2-Lille 0 (Wylan
Cyprien 25, Allan Saint-Maximin 79)
Amiens
1-OM 3 (Bakaye
Dibassy 8 / Florian Thuavin 26, 80, 90)
Top
Goalscorer:
Kylian
Mbappe (PSG) 11 goals
Emiliano
Sala (Nantes) 11 goals
Neymar
(PSG) 10 goals
Florian
Thauvin (OM) 10 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
PSG
|
14
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
46
|
7
|
39
|
42
|
|
2
|
Lyon
|
14
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
24
|
16
|
8
|
27
|
|
3
|
Montpellier
|
14
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
22
|
10
|
12
|
26
|
|
4
|
Lille
|
14
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
20
|
12
|
8
|
26
|
|
5
|
Marseille
|
14
|
8
|
1
|
5
|
27
|
22
|
5
|
25
|
|
6
|
St Etienne
|
14
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
19
|
18
|
1
|
23
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VI. Holland
Diary:
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
-Holland’s Javairo Dilrosun was injured in his debut vs.
Germany and will be out injured for the rest of 2018. (Source Football Oranje
online)
Wednesday,
November 21, 2018:
-
Thursday,
November 22, 2018:
-PSV Eindhoven commissioner Frank Arnesen has turned down
an offer from Anderlecht to be on its Sporting Board. (Source vi.nl online)
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
-
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
-
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
-
Monday,
November 26, 2018:
-
|
Contract Extensions
|
|||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
November 23, 2018
|
Lasse Schone (Denmark)
|
-
|
Ajax
|
?
|
vi.nl
|
|
November 23, 2018
|
Robin Polley
|
Midfielder
|
Den Haag
|
2021
|
vi.nl
|
|
November 24, 2018
|
Ryan Koolwijk
|
-
|
Excelsior
|
2021
|
vi.nl
|
Dutch
Eredivisie Matchday (November 24-November 25, 2018):
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
NAC
0-Ajax 3
(Jethro Mashart (own goal) 40, Zakaria Labyad 54, Klaas Jan Huntelaar 90)
PEC
2-Den Haag 3 (Thomas Lam 7, Clint Leemans 18 / Nasser El
Khayati 17 pen, 24, Nick Kuipers 83)
Fortuna
Sittard 3-Heracles 0 (Mark Diemers 17 pen, Finn Stokkers 31, Ahmed El Messaoudi 63)
PSV
Eindhoven 3-Heerenveen 0 (Hirving Lozano 11, 66, Luud De Jong 52)
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
Emmen
1-Excelsior 2
(Anco Jansen 47 / Ali Messaoud 60, Ryan Koolwijk 89)
Utrecht
5-De Graafschap 0 (S.Van de Streek 15, Willem Janssen 17,Gyrano Kerk 24, Nick Venema 80,
89)
Feyenoord
1-Groningen 0
(Jens Toornstra 7)
Willem
II 1-Vitesse 3
(Fran Sol 87 pen / Matus Bero 13, Oussama Darfalou 35, Bryan Linssen 44)
VVV
2-AZ 2
(Peniel Mlapa 30, Patrick Joosten 90 / Teun Koopmeiners 7 pen, Oussama Idrissi
15)
Top
Goalscorer:
Luuk
De Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 12 goals
Fran
Sol (Willem II) 11 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
PSV Eindhoven
|
13
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
46
|
5
|
42
|
39
|
|
2
|
Ajax
|
13
|
11
|
1
|
1
|
41
|
6
|
35
|
34
|
|
3
|
Feyenoord
|
12
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
23
|
13
|
10
|
26
|
|
4
|
Vitesse
|
13
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
21
|
15
|
6
|
21
|
|
5
|
Utrecht
|
13
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
20
|
14
|
6
|
21
|
|
6
|
Heracles
|
13
|
6
|
2
|
5
|
25
|
27
|
-2
|
20
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VII. Scotland
Diary:
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
-
Wednesday,
November 21, 2018:
-
Thursday,
November 22, 2018:
-
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
-Goalkeeper Trevor Carson (Motherwell) will be out
injured for an unspecific time due to developimg deep vein thrombosis. (Source
BBC Football online)
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
-
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
-
Monday,
November 26, 2018:
-
|
Transfers
|
||||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
From
|
To
|
Type
|
Online Source
|
|
November 24, 3018
|
Jan Mucha (Slovakia)
|
Goalkeeper
|
Free Agent
|
Hamilton
|
Purchase (Short term)
|
BBC Football
|
|
Contract Extensions
|
|||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
November 20, 2018
|
Mikey Johnston
|
-
|
Celtic
|
2023
|
L’Equipe
|
Scottish
Premier League Matchday (November 24, 2018):
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
Hamilton
0-Celtic 3 (Ryan
Christie 13, Scott Martin (own goal) 68, Leigh Griffiths 82)
Hibernia
2-Dundee 2 (Genseric
Kusunga (own goal) 1, Ryan Porteous 30 / Kenny Miller 45, Paul McGowan 47)
Motherwell
3-Aberdeen 0
(Danny Johnson 25, 30, David Turnbull 54)
Rangers
3-Livingston 0
(Daniel Candeias 20, Alfredo Morelos 83, Scott Arfield 88)
St
Mirren 2-Hearts 0 (Adam Hammill 46, 55)
St
Johnstone 0-Kilmarnock 0 (-)
Top
Goalscorer:
Alfredo
Morelos (Rangers) 8 goals
Steven
Naismith (Hearts) 7 goals
Odsonne
Edourad (Celtic) 7 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Celtic
|
13
|
9
|
2
|
2
|
30
|
6
|
24
|
29
|
|
2
|
Rangers
|
13
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
35
|
11
|
24
|
27
|
|
3
|
Hearts
|
14
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
19
|
15
|
4
|
26
|
|
4
|
Kilmarnock
|
14
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
19
|
12
|
7
|
25
|
|
5
|
St Johnstone
|
14
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
16
|
18
|
-2
|
24
|
|
6
|
Aberdeen
|
13
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
16
|
13
|
3
|
21
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VIII. Portugal
Diary:
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
-
Wednesday,
November 21, 2018:
-Benfica
has been fined 20,000 Euros for the misbehavior of its fans in their matches
vs. Moreirense and Tondela. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Thursday,
November 22, 2018:
-
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
-
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
-
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
-
Monday,
November 26, 2018:
- Claudio Braga has left as Maritimo Manager by mutual
consent. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Portugal
Cup (November 22, 2018):
Thursday,
November 22, 2018:
Benfica
2-Arouca 1 (-)
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
Cova
da Piedade 0-Aves 3 (-)
Lusitano
FCV 1-Sporting CP 4 (-)
Porto
2-Belenensses 0 (-)
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
Montalegre
1-Agueda (-)
Covilha
0-Moreirense 3 (-)
Tondela
7-Vale Formoso 0 (-)
Uniao
da Madeira 0-Guimaraes 2 (-)
Pacos
Ferreira 3-Casa Pia Atletico 1 (-)
Penafiel
1-Setubal 4 (-)
Leixoes
1-Anadia 0 (-)
Rio
Ave 7-Silves 0 (-)
Espinho
0-Boavista 4 (-)
Maritmo
0-Feirense 3 (-)
Santa
Clara 1-Chaves 2 (-)
Braga
2-Praiense 1 (-)
IX. Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
-Agent Dejan Veljkovic has decided to cooperate with
Belgian justice for a reduced sentence. Hehas been freed on conditions. (Source
RTBF.be online)
-As part of ‘Footgate’, Agent Mogi Bayat’s transfer
dealing of Anthony Limbombe (from Club Brugge to Nantes) was revealed. Even
though, Huddersfield had offered more money, Bayat had transferred him to
Nantes and gained more money than authorized (20% instead of the allowed 10%).
(Source RTBF.be online)
-Dries Mertens revealed that as a teenager due to his
small stature, Anderlecht had tried to push him to take growth hormones, but his
parents refused. (Source Footnews.be online)
-It was revelaed that Yannick Carrasco’s real absence
from the Belgian squad also week was due to the fatcct that he had broken the
nose of his Dalian Yifang teammate, Jin Pengxiang, in training back in August.
Carrasco had subsequently offered him 10,000 Euros. Apparently, Jin Pengxiang
had refused the payment and pursued him in the courts and that was why Carrasco
had problems with his passport. (Source
Footnews.be online)
-Standard Liege stated that its Mexican goalkeeper
Guillermo Ochoa was scheduled to return early from National Team duty and was
not sent him as a disciplinary measure by the Mexican Federation as was earlier
reported. (Source RTBF.be online)
Wednesday,
November 21, 2018:
-
Thursday,
November 22, 2018:
-Radja Nainggolan stated that he would never return for
the Belgian National Team due to the “pathetic” excuses given to cut him from
the World Cup. (Source Football Italia online)
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
-Anderlecht have appointed its former Swedish player Par
Zetterberg as an Assistant Manager starting Jnauary 1st. (Source RTBF.be
online)
-Mick McCarthy has been named as the new Republic of
Ireland Manager. (Source RTE online)
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
-As a consequence of Footgate, Belgium’s Minister of
Social Affairs, Maggie De Block, has threatened with legislation to limit
social subsidies to clubs/players if reforms are not made by the clubs .
(Source Walfoot.be online)
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
-Michael Verschueren, son of Michel, is set to start his
tenure as Anderlecht Technical Director.
(Source Footnews.be online)
Monday,
November 26, 2018:
-Belgian Manager Georges Leekns has been dismissed as
Manager of Tunisian side Etoile de Sahel. (Source Walfoot.be online)
|
Contract Extensions
|
|||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
November 22, 2018
|
Adrien Saussez
|
Goalkeeper
|
Union St Gilloise
|
2021
|
Walfoot.be
|
|
Profesional Contract
|
||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Online Source
|
|
November 26, 2018
|
Vic Chambaere
|
Goalkeeper
|
Genk
|
Jupiler League App
|
First
Division A League Matchday (November 23-November 25, 2018):
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
Club
Brugge 1-Zulte-Waregem 3 (Davy De Fauw (own goal) 78 / Hamdi Harbaoui 12 pen, Theo Bongomda
45,51)
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
Standard
Liege 3-Eupen 0 (Milos Kosanovic 19, Paul-Jose Mpoku 39 pen, 79)
Ostend
1-Kortrijk 2
(Richairo Zivkovic 18 pen / Felipe Avenatti 26, 56)
Waasland-Beveren
1-Mouscron 2
(Apostolos Vellios 86 / Frantzdy Pierrot 39, Manuel Benson 73)
Genk
1-Cercle Brugge 2 (Leandro Trossard 90 / Joseph Aidoo (own goal) 26, Serge Gakpe 35)
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
Gent
0-Antwerp 0 (-)
St
Truiden 4-Anderlecht 2 (Roman Bezus 8, Takehiro Tomiyasu 62, Daichi Kamada 66, Yohan Boli 90
/ Ivan Santini 38, 52 pen)
Lokeren
2-Charleroi 4 (Guus
Hupperts 16, Bambo Diaby 88 / Ali Gholizadeh 19, Cristian Benavente 57, Victor
Osimhen 81, Jeremy Perbet 90)
Top
Goalscorer:
Ivan
Santini (Anderlecht) 11 goals
Ally
Samatta (Genk) 10 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Genk
|
16
|
10
|
5
|
1
|
40
|
17
|
23
|
35
|
|
2
|
Antwerp
|
16
|
9
|
5
|
2
|
23
|
13
|
10
|
32
|
|
3
|
Club Brugge
|
16
|
9
|
4
|
3
|
38
|
19
|
19
|
31
|
|
4
|
Anderlecht
|
16
|
9
|
3
|
4
|
31
|
20
|
11
|
30
|
|
5
|
St Truiden
|
16
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
27
|
19
|
4
|
27
|
|
6
|
Standard Liege
|
16
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
24
|
16
|
8
|
26
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
Diary
(extra):
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
-Tim Cahill made his 108th and final
appearance for Australia in their friendly win (3-0) over Lebanon. He played in
the last 8 minutes. (Source BBC Footall online)
-The ‘Golden Boy’ nominees were announced: Jusrtin
Kluivert (Roma), Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool),
Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid) and Patrick Cutrone (AC Milan). (Source Football
Oranje online)
-Christian Pulisic became USA’s youngest ever captain
(aged 20 years and 63 days) in their match vs. Italy. (Source Daily Mail
online)
Wednesday,
November 21, 2018:
-Martin O’Neill (along with his assistant Roy Keane) left
his position as Republic of Ireland Manager. (Source BBC Football online)
-Mauritus Manager Corentin Martins is set to extend his
contract until the end of 2022 World Cup qualifiers. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Julen Lopetegui has been linked as a poccibel USA
Manager. (Source AS.com online)
-Danish
player Niklas Bendtner has been sentenced to 50 days in jail for after dropping
his appeal for assulating a Copenhagen Taxi driver. (Source footballchatter.net
online)
-For the first time since 2007, neither Cristiano Ronaldo
nor Messi will be in the Ballon d’Or podium. The short list according to many
reports are Luka Modric, Raphael Varane and Kylian Mbappe. (Source Footnews.be
online)
Thursday,
November 22, 2018:
-Didier
Drogba has confirmed his retirement from the game at the age of 40. (Source BC
Football online)
-Republic
of Ireland player Matt Doherty described Martin O’Neill’s tactics as Republic of Ireland Manager, as ‘old
school’. He said players were not sure what their excat roles were. (Source
extra.ie Online)
Friday,
November 23, 2018:
-Martin
O’Neill has hit back at Matt Doherty’s comments from previous day when he
described the former Republic of Ireland Manager’s methods as ‘old school’.
O’Neill was not happy and has contacted
Doherty O’Neill stated that Doherty was complaining because he had a peripheral
role within the squad. (Source extra.ie
Online)
-
Former Romanian International defender from 60s and 70s, Bujor
Hălmăgeanu, passed away aged 77. He had a long spell at Steaua Bucharest. (Source Wikipedis Online)
Saturday,
November 24, 2018:
- CONMEBOL has proposed the idea of staging the World Cup
every two years. (Source The Guardian online)
- Former Welsh Manager John Toshack has criticized two of
his former players (Robbie Savage and Craig Bellamy) in his new book. (Source
WalesOnline online)
-Mick McCarthy is set to return as Republic of Ireland
Manager. He is set to be replaced in 2020 with Stephen Kenny, who for now will
take charge of the U-21 squad. (Source Balls.ie online)
-The River Plate-Boca Juniors, Copa Libertadores Final, was
postponed to the following day after Boca players were injured when River fans
threw rocks at the Boca bus on its way to the stadium. The rocks broke windows
and a number of Boca players were injured. (Source BBC Football online)
Sunday,
November 25, 2018:
-The River Plate-Boca Juniors, Copa Libertadores Final,
was once again postponed. (Source Sky Sports online)
Monday,
November 26, 2018:
-
Friendlies:
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
Australia
3-Lebanon 0 (Martin Boyle 19, 41, Matthew Leckie 68)
South
Korea 4-Uzbekistan 0 (Tae-Hee Nam 9, Ui-Jo Hwang 24,
Seon-Min Moon 69, Hyun-Jun Suk 81)
Japan
4-Kyrgyzstan 0 (Ryosuke Yamanaka 3, Genki
Haraguchi 20, Yuya Osako 72, Shoya Nakajima 73)
China
1-Palestine 1 (Xiaoting Feng 9 / Yashir Pinto 62)
United
Arab Emirates 2-Yemen 0 (Saif Rashed 20, Ali Al Balushi 66)
Nigeria
0-Uganda 0 (-)
Iran
1-Venezuela 1 (Ali Gholizadeh 43 / Darwin Machis 36)
Iraq
0-Bolivia 0 (-)
Jordan
1-Saudi Arabia 1 (Ahmed Samir 70 / Farhad
Al-Muwalled 59)
South
Africa 1-Paraguay 1 (Percy Tau 90 / Federico Santander
32)
Tunisia
0-Morocco 1 (Youssef En-Nesyri 41)
Turkey
0-Ukraine 0 (-)
Albania
1-Wales 0 (Bekim Balaj 58 pen)
Brazil
1-Cameroon 0 (Richarlison 45)
Italy
1-USA 0 (Matteo Politano 90)
France
1-Uruguay 0 (Olivier Giroud 52 pen)
Argentina
2-Mexico 0 (Mauro Icardi 2, Paulo Dybala 87)
Chile
4-Honduras 1 (Arturo Vidal 8, 35 pen, Alexis sanchez 61, Nicolas
Castillo 84 pen / Alexander Lopez 40)
Peru
2-Costa Rica 3 (Edison Flores 20, Jefferson Farfan
73 / Jonathan McDonald 42, Allan Cruz 54, Joel Campbell 77 pen)
El
Salvador 1-Haiti 0 (-)
Panama
1-Ecuador 2 (Harold Cummings 84 / John Cifuente 58, Enner Valencia
88)
UEFA
Nations League-League A-Group 3:
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
Portugal
1-Poland 1 (Andre Silva 34
/ Arkadiusz Milik 66 pen)
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Portugal
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
8
|
|
2
|
Italy
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
|
3
|
Poland
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
-2
|
2
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
Note:
1-Portugal
has qualified to the Championship play-off, while Poland has been relegated to
Group B.
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
Sweden
2-Russia 0 (Victor
Lindelof 41, Marcus Berg 72 )
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Sweden
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
7
|
|
2
|
Russia
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
|
3
|
Turkey
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
-3
|
3
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
Note:
1-Sweden
has been promoted to Group A, while Turkey has been relegated to Group C.
UEFA
Nations League-League C-Group 1:
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
Scotland
3-Israel 2 (James Forrest 34, 43, 64 /
Berm Kayal 9, Eran Zahavi 75)
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Scotland
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
10
|
4
|
6
|
9
|
|
2
|
Israel
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
|
3
|
Albania
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
8
|
-7
|
3
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
Note:
1-Scotland
has been promoted to Group B, while Albania has been relegated to Group D.
UEFA
Nations League-League C-Group 4:
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
Montenegro
0- Romania 1 (George
Tucudean 44)
Serbia
4- Lithuania 1 (Arturas Zulpa (own gola) 51, Aleksandar Mitrovic 58, Aleksandar
Prijovic 71, Adem Ljajic 74 / D.Petravicius 64)
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Serbia
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
11
|
4
|
7
|
14
|
|
2
|
Romania
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
8
|
3
|
5
|
12
|
|
3
|
Montenegro
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
7
|
|
4
|
Lithuania
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
3
|
16
|
-13
|
0
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
Note:
1-Serbia
has been promoted to Group B, while Lithuania has been relegated to Group D.
UEFA
Nations League-League D-Group 3:
Tuesday,
November 20, 2018:
Kosovo
4-Azerbaijan 0 (Arber Zeneli 2, 50, 76, Amir Rrahmani 61)
Malta
1- Faroe Islands 1 (J.Carlos Corbalan 4 / Rene Joensen 3)
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Kosovo
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
15
|
2
|
13
|
13
|
|
2
|
Azerbaijan
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
8
|
|
3
|
Faroe Islands
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
10
|
-5
|
4
|
|
4
|
Malta
|
6
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
14
|
-9
|
2
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
Note:
1-Kosovo has been promoted to Group C.
