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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

The Week that was (in Football (Soccer)): Review of the top Leagues in Europe-part 30 (Week of October 30-November 5, 2018)


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, October 30, 2018:

-Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha stated that he had received racist abuse and death threats after gaining a penalty in their match vs. Arsenal. (Source BBC Football Online)

-Chelsea coach Marco Ianni was fined £6,000 after admitting to improper conduct charge for his celebration in front of Jose Mourinho that nearly led to a fight.  (Source The Guardian Online)

-Stoke City have confirmed that they support the Royal British Legions’s Poppy Appeal but alsowill support its Irish Footballer James McClean’s decision not to wear a poppy. (Source BBC Football Online)
Wednesday, October 31, 2018:

-According to some reports, Declan Rice is to declare for England after extended talks with Gareth Southgate.  (Source Sports Joe Online)

-Former Chelsea player Ken Shellito has passed away agd 78. (Source Mirror.co.uk Online)

-The complaint against Jose Mourinho over the use of improper language (in Portuguese) in front of cameras was not proven and dismissed after being analyzed by the Independent Regulatory Commission. (Source A Bola Online)

-Aaron Ramsey will leave Arsenal at the end of the season on a free after being told that he will not be offered a new contract. (Source Sky Sports Online)

-Crystal Palace Manager Roy Hodgson stated that the club will defend and support Wilfried Zaha who has received online threats. (Source Daily Mail Online)

Thursday, November 1, 2018:

-Former Liverpool player Steve McMahon has backed Harry Redknapp who slammed Gary Neville over recent comments criticizing Tottenham. Neville had said that Tottenham had lacked mettle for three decades and Redknapp had responded. Both Redknapp and McMahon made a reference to Neville’s ill-fated managerial spell at Valencia. (Source Extra.ie online)

-Wolves have paid and confirmed the permanent signing of goalkeeper Rui Patricio following a transfer row with Sporting CP stemming from last summer. (Source Daily Mail Online)

-Gary Neville has stated that Sergio Ramos deserves the Ballon d’Or and has tipped Juventus to win the UCL this season. (Source Daily Mail online)

-Former Liverpool defender Neil Ruddock is in the center of a controversy after admitting in an interview that he had broken Manchetser United’s Any Cole’s legs on purpose in 1996 in a reserve teams match. He had targeted Cole, due to his feud with Teddy Sheringham. (Source Talksport.com online)

Friday, November 2, 2018:

-Raheem Sterling has verbally agreed for a new fove year contract extension with Manchester City. (Source BBC Football online)

-Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne is to miss another 5-6 weeks due to injury. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Pep Guardiola dismissed reports once again that he has tried to lure Lionel Messi to Manchester City. (Source AS.com online)

-Maurizio Sarri has confirmed that Gary Cahill is the club Captain but uncertain of his future stay with the club. (Source AS.com online)

-According to ‘Footy Leaks’, Manchester City had hidden £30.74 Million in costs from Financial Fair Play Investigators. It is also alleged FIFA President Gianni Infantino (and then UEFA General Secretary) had sided with them as well as PSG (another club with financial losses) by meeting the clubs independently from the investigators and negotiate a penalty. Manchester City is alleged to have threatened to sue FIFA over this. (Source Daily Mail online)


Saturday, November 3, 2018:

- According to ‘Footy Leaks’, Manchester City had paid its former Manager Roberto Mancini via another club owned by the City Owners, Al-Jazira. (Source Football Italia online)

-Maurizio Sarri stated that Chelsea players Danny Drinkwater and Victor Moses need to improve if they want to have a future at the club . (Source BBC Football online)

- Leicetser’s Demarai Gray was booked by Referee Lee Probert for taking his shirt off and displaying a tribute to the late Leicester Owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. Referee Lee Probert was criticized for the decision by many. (Source Daily Mail online)

Sunday, November 4, 2018:

-Wayne Rooney is to come out of International Retirement to play in his farewell match this month against USA . (Source BBC Football online)

Monday, November 5, 2018:

-Manchester United’s Serbian player Nemanja Matic stated that he would not wear a poppy on his jersey because it is a reminder of his village being bombed when he was 12 by a NATO-led coalition in 1999. (Source BBC Football online)

-Liverpool’s Xherdan Shaqiri will not travel with the squad to Belgrade to face Red Star Belgrade to “avoid any distractions” (remember his eagle celebration at the World Cup). (Source BBC Football online)

-A new Bronze statue of Mohamed Salah has been unveiled in Egypt and is subject to mockery on social media . (Source BBC Football online)

-Peter Shilton and Alan Shearer have criticized the decision to award Wayne Rooney a cap under such circumstances. (Source BBC Football/extra.ie online)


Photo From: L’Equipe, November 4, 2018
(Alexandre Lacazette scoring vs. Liverpool, November 3, 2018, Arsenal 1-Liverpool 1)



Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
November 3, 2018 
Karim Ansarifard (Iran) 
Striker
Free Agent (Formerly Olympiakos)
Nottingham Forest 
Purchase
Sky Sports 


Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
October 31, 2018
Dele Alli
Midfielder
Tottenham
2024
BBC Football
November 1, 2018
Jamaal Lascelles
-
Newcastle
2024
Sky Sports

English League Cup (October 30-November 1, 2018):

Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
Bournemouth 2-Norwich 1 (Junior Stanislas 39, Steve Cook 73 / Onel Hernandez 70)
Burton Albion 3-Nottingham Forest 2 (Saidy Janko (own goal) 52, Scott Fraser 64, Jake Hesketh 82 / Lewis Grabban 70, Arvin Appiah 90)

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:
Arsenal 2-Blackpool 1 (Stephan Lichsteiner 33, Emile Smith-Rowe 50 / Pausie O’Connor 66)
Chelsea 3-Derby 2 (Fikayo Tomori (own goal) 5, Richard Keogh (own goal) 21, Cesc Fabregas 41 / Jack Marriott 9, Martyn Waghorn 27)
West Ham 1-Tottenham 3 (Lucas Perez 71 / Son Heung-min 16, 54, Fenando Llorente 75)
Middlesbrough 1-Crystal Palace 0 (Lewis Wing 45)

Thursday, November 1, 2018:
Manchetser City 2-Fulham 0 (Brahim Diaz 18, 65)

English Premier League Matchday (November 3-November 5, 2018):

Saturday, November 3, 2018:
Bournemouth 1-Manchester United 2 (Callum Wilspon 11 / Anthony Martial 35, Marcus Rashford 90)
Cardiff 0-Leicester 1 (Demarai Gray 55)
Everton 3-Brighton 1 (Richarlison 26, 77, Seasmus Coleman 50 / Lewis Dunk 33)
Newcastle 1-Watford 0 (Ayoze Perez 65)
West Ham 4-Burnley 2 (Marko Arnautovic 10, Felipe Anderson 68, 84, Javier Hernandez 90 / J. Gudmundsson 45, Chris Wood 77)
Arsenal 1-Liverpool 1 (Alexandre Lacazette 82 / James Milner 61)
Wolves 2-Tottenham 3 (Ruben Neves 68 pen, Raul Jimenez 79 pen / Erik Lamela 27, Lucas Moura 30, Harry Kane 62)

Sunday, November 4, 2018:
Manchester City 6-Southampton 1 (Wesley Hoedt (own goal) 6, Sergio Aguero 12, David Silva 18, Raheem Sterling 45, 67, Leroy Sane 90 / Danny Ings 30 pen)
Chelsea 3-Crystal Palace 1 (Alvaro Morata 32, 65, Pedro 70 / Andros Townsend 53)

Monday, November 5, 2018:
Huddersfield 1-Fulham 0 (C.Schindler 29)

Top Goalscorer:
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 7 goals
Pierre-Erick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 7 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Manchester City
11
9
2
0
33
4
29
29
2
Chelsea
11
8
3
0
27
8
19
27
3
Liverpool
11
8
3
0
21
5
16
27
4
Tottenham
11
8
0
3
19
10
9
24
4
Arsenal
11
7
3
2
25
14
11
23
6
Bournemouth
11
6
2
3
20
14
6
20

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

II.  Italy
Diary:
Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
-Juventus’ Emre Can will be out until December as he is to have surgery for a thyroid nodule. (Source Football Italia online)

-Former Federation Commissioner, Roberto Fabbricini stated that Roberto Mancini had not been first choice to be Italy Manager. The task was delegated to Alessandro Costacurta whose choices were Carlo Ancelotti (his preferred), Mancini and Luigi Di Biagio. (Source Football Italia online)

-Torino Manager Walter Mazari has been given a one-match toucline ban following his sending off vs. Fiorentina. (Source Football Italia online)

-By scoring 7 goals in his first 10 League matches, Cristiano Ronaldo has tied John Charles’ record stemming from 1957/58. (Source AS.com online)
Wednesday, October 31, 2018:

-Marcello Lippi will not extend his contract as the Manager of the Chinese National Team when his contract ends in January 2019.  (Source L’Equipe online)

-Former Italy International Vincenzo Iaquinta was sentenced to two years in prison for illegal possession of weapons and intending to help the Calabria Mafia as part of the ‘Ndrangheta’ case. His father was sentenced to 19 years for Mafia Association. (Source Corriere Dello Sport online)

Thursday, November 1, 2018:

-Juventus announced the end of contract of former CEO Giuseppe Marotta . (Source L’Equipe online)

- Former Italy International Vincenzo Iaquinta and his father will appeal the sentences handed to them. (Source L’Equipe online)

-There are reports that Real Madrid are to propose to Juventus an exchange between Marcelo and Alex Sandro. (Source Calciomercato online)

-Former Italy striker Christian Vieri criticized modern strikers by stating that they do not want to improve their game, nor are they hungry for goals and are just interested in social media.  (Source Daily Mail online)

Friday, November 2, 2018:

-Following his hat trick, Dries Mertens (Napoli) has become the most prolific Belgian in the Serie A with 75 goals. (Source Walfoot.be online)
Saturday, November 3, 2018:

-

Sunday, November 4, 2018:

-Juventus and Bayern Munich are reported to have opened informal talks about the possibility of swapping Paulo Dybala with James Rodriguez. (Source 90min online)

- According to ‘Footy Leaks’, Inter bypassed Financial Fair Play rules in signing on loan Xherdan Shaqiri from Bayern Munich in 2015. They were being monitored so they could not sig him for the feee required. They signed him first free on loan with option to buy, which would become obligatory after certain consitions were met. (Source Football Italia online)

Monday, November 5, 2018:

-


Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 3, 2018
Stefan Radu (Romania)
Defender
Lazio
2021
Football Italia


Italian Serie A Matchday (October 31, 2018):

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:
AC Milan 2-Genoa 1 (Suso 4, Alessio Romagnoli 90 / Alessi Romagnoli (own goal) 56)

Top Goalscorer:
Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa) 9 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Juventus
10
9
1
0
21
7
14
28
2
Inter
10
7
1
2
16
6
10
22
3
Napoli
10
7
1
2
19
11
8
22
4
AC Milan
10
5
3
2
20
14
6
18
5
Lazio
10
6
0
4
13
12
1
18
6
Fiorentina
10
4
3
3
16
   8
8
15


P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

Italian Serie A Matchday (November 2-November 5, 2018):

Friday, November 2, 2018:
Napoli 5-Empoli 1 (Lorenzo Insigne 9, Dries Mertens 38, 64, 90, Arek Milik 90 / Francesco Caputo 58)

Saturday, November 3, 2018:
Inter 5-Genoa 0 (Roberto Gagliardini 14, 49, Matteo Politano 16, Joao Mario 90, Radja Nainggolan 90)
Fiorentina 1-Roma 1 (Jordan Veretout 32 pen / Alessandro Florenzi 85)
Juventus 3-Cagliari 1 (Paulo Dybala 1, Filip Bradaric (own goal) 38, Juan Cuadrado 87 / Joao Pedro 36)

Sunday, November 4, 2018:
Lazio 4-SPAL 1 (Ciro Immobile 26, 35, Danilo Cataldi 59, Marco Parolo 70 / Mirko Antenucci 28)
Chievo 0-Sassuolo 2 (F.Di Francesco 42, E.Giaccherini (own goal) 90)
Parma 0-Frosinone 0 (-)
Sampdoria 1-Torino 4 (Fabio Quagliarella 65 / Andrea Belotti 12, 43 pen, Iago Falque 56, Armando Izzo 78)
Bologna 1-Atalanta 2 (Ibrahima Mbaye 3 / Gianluca Mancini 57, Duvan Zapata 70)
Udinese 0-AC Milan 1 (Alessio Romagnoli 90)

Top Goalscorer:
Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa) 9 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Juventus
11
10
1
0
24
8
16
31
2
Inter
11
8
1
2
21
6
15
25
3
Napoli
11
8
1
2
24
12
12
25
4
AC Milan
11
6
3
2
21
14
7
21
5
Lazio
11
7
0
4
17
13
4
21
6
Sassuolo
11
5
3
3
19
16
3
18


P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point


III.  Spain

Diary:

Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
-Spanish Federation Vice President Andreu Subies was arrested as part of the Investigation that had led former Federation President Angel Maria Villar to resign . (Source Reuters UK online)

-Real Madrid’s Raphael Varane will be out injured for some time after an abductor injury . (Source Sportskeeda online)

-According to some reports, Michale Laudrup had been approached to manage Real Madrid but turned down the offer . (Source AS.com online)

-Belgium Manager Roberto Martinez has been linked with the Real Madrid post. A Belgian Federation spokesperson stated that Real Madrid would need to reach an agreemnt with the Federation to sign the under-contract Martinez . (Source AS.com online)
Wednesday, October 31, 2018:

-Antonio Conte has ruled himself out of the Real Madrid job as he feels the project is not right for him. (Source AS.com online)

-As part of his severance package from Real Madrid, Julen Lopetegui is to be paid (3 Million Euros) the equivalent of six months salary. (Source AS.com online)

-There are reports that Barcelona’s Malcolm intends to leave the club due to lack of playing time and has been linked to Inter. (Source Corriere Dello Sport online)

-There was some controversy, as Sergio Ramos ‘liked’ an instagram post that criticized Real Madrid’s performance in the match vs. Barcelona and also only praised Ramos along with Marcelo. (Source AS.com online)

-A section of Real Madrid Supporters Group (Grada de Animacion) are intending to protest against Real Madrid’s displays and especially Sergio Ramos (for reprimanding Casemiro). They plan to boycott Real Madrid’s next match vs. Valladolid. The club Directors are now to meet two members of this Group to stop the planned protest. . (Source Sportskeeda online)

-Lionel Messi has restarted training following his injury lay-off. (Source Onze-Mondial online)

-Former Mexican legend Hugo Sanchez has declared himself as a candidate for the Real Madrid coaching post. (Source FOX Deportes online)

-Spanish Private prosecutor has demanded a six year prison sentence for Neymar for the transfer irregularities of his move from Santos to Barcelona in 2013. (Source Sport Bild online)

-Sociedad’s Luc Sangalli suffered a mild stroke and was rushed to a Hospital. (Source Sky Sports online)


Thursday, November 1, 2018:

-It was reported that Zinedine Zidane had turned down the chance to return to manage Real Madrid. (Source Calciomercato online)

-USA fans (via La Liga North America) are being asked to sign a petition (#BringUSthe Game) in support of the Barcleona-Girona match that was to be played in Miami. (Source BBC Football online)

-Luis Suarez stated that given his age (31), he understands why Barcelona would be looking for new striker options. (Source Maisfutebol online)

Friday, November 2, 2018:

-
 Saturday, November 3, 2018:

-

Sunday, November 4, 2018:

-Hristo Stoichkov has invited Spanish Referee Ildefonso Urizar Azpitarte and his wife to Sofia in a reception to honor Stoichkov at Sofia. Back in 1990, during the Spanish Super Cup, Stoichkov had stamped on the referee’s feet. (Source AS.com online)

Monday, November 5, 2018:

-According to reports, Barcelona are to propose a swap with Chelsea in January involving Malcolm and Willian . (Source Calciomercato online)

-Arsene Wenger has been linked as a possible AC Milan Manager to replace Rino Gattuso . (Source Bleacher Report online)



Spanish Copa Del Rey (October 30-November 1, 2018):

Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
Ebro 1-Valencia 2 (Jon Amelibia 62 / Santi Mina 71, 80)
Lugo 1-Levante 1 (Cristian Herrera 11 / Borja Mayoral 53)
Leganes 2-Rayo Vallecano 2 (Youssef En-Nesyri 31, 72 / Alvaro Garcia 16, Alexander Alegria 21)
Sant Andreu 0-Atletico Madrid 1 (Gelson Martins 33)


Wednesday, October 31, 2018:
Melilla 0-Real Madrid 4 (Karim Benzema 28, Marco Asensio 45, Alvaro Odriozola, Cristo Gonzalez 90)
Coprdoba 1-Getafe 2 (Bruno Gonzalez (own goal) 26 / Jaime Mata 45 pen, 90)
Alves 2-Girona 2 (Ruben Sobrino 63, M.Aguirregabiria 88 / Pedro Alcala 18, Eric Montes 90)
Mallorca 1-Valladolid 2 (S.Buenacasa 67 / Daniele Verde 8, 36)
Leonesa 0-Barcelona 1 (Clement Lenglet 90)

Thursday, November 1, 2018:
Sporting Gijon 2-Eibar 0 (Uros Djurdjevic 54, Neftali Manzambi 86)
Celta 1-Sociedad 1 (Iago Aspas 58 / Juanmi 89)
Villanovense 0-Sevilla 0 (-)
Almeria 3-Villareal 3 (Chema Nunez 52 pen, Sekou Gassama 86, 90 / Santi Cazorla 68, Francisco Callejon (own goal) 78, Samuel Chukwueze 83)
Cadiz 2-Espanyol 1 (Dejan Lekic 1, Karim Azamoum 41 / Javier Puado 35)
Santander 0-Betis 1 (Sergio Leon 8 pen)


Spanish La Liga Matchday (November 3-November 5, 2018):

Saturday, November 3, 2018:
Leganes 1-Atletico Madrid 1 (Guido Carrillo 82 / Antoine Griezmann 69)
Real Madrid 2-Valladolid 0 (Kiko Olivas (own goal) 83, Sergio Ramos 88 pen)
Valencia 0-Girona 1 (Pere Pons 48)
Rayo Vallecano 2-Barcleona 3 (Jose Pozo 35, Alvaro Garcia 57 / Luis Suarez 10, 90, Ousmane Dembele 87)

Sunday, November 4, 2018:
Eibar 2-Alves 1 (Joan Jordan 69, Pape Diop 90 / Manu Garcia 4)
Villareal 1-Levante 1 (Alfonso Pedraza 90/ Ramiro Funes Mori (own goal) 77)
Sociedad 0-Sevilla 0 (-)
Huesca 1-Getafe 1 (Xabier Etxeita 50 / Jorge Molina 90)
Betis 3-Celta 3 (Loren Moron 33, Junior Firpo 57, Sergio Canales 87 / Maxi Gomez 63, 84, Brais Mendez 69)

Monday, November 5, 2018:
Espanyol 1-Bilbao 0 (Borja Iglesias 41)


Top Goalscorer:
Cristhian Stuani (Girona) 8 goals
Iago Aspas (Celta) 8 goals
Andre Silva (Sevilla) 7 goals
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 7 goals
Luis Suarez (Barcelona) 7 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Barcelona
11
7
3
1
31
14
17
24
2
Espanyol
11
6
3
2
15
8
7
21
3
Sevilla
11
6
2
3
22
13
9
20
4
Atletico Madrid
11
5
5
1
13
6
7
20
5
Alaves
11
6
2
3
15
11
4
20
6
Real Madrid
11
5
4
2
16
14
2
17

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point


IV.  Germany
Diary:


Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
-

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:

- Colombian James Rodriguez, on loan at Bayern Munich, has been linked to a season end transfer to Juventus. (Source vi.nl online)

Thursday, November 1, 2018:

-Munich and St Petersburg are candiadates to host the 2021 Champions League Final. (Source Reuters UK online)

-Schalke Director Christian Heidel has reacted angrily with Dietmar Hamman’s (now a Sky Sports pundit) criticism of the playing style of Schalke Manager Domenico Tedesco. Heidel stated that Hamann does not understand and that is why he sits in a studio and not a coaching bench. (Source Sport Bild online)

Friday, November 2, 2018:

- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has denied reports in ‘Der Spiegel’ (based on Footy Leaks) that Bayern Munich were contemplating to leave the Bundesliga for a breakaway League of the Europe’s elite. (Source Sportskeeda online)

Saturday, November 3, 2018:

-Dortmund Managing Director Hans-Joachim Watzke has also re-iterated that Dortmund would not leave the Bundesliga for a breakaway League. (Source Kicker.de online)


Sunday, November 4, 2018:
-Bayern Munich’s Thomas Muller stated that he was disappointed that his wife had criticized Manager Nico Kovac, who had not started Muller and sent him on as asubstitute in yeterday’s match vs Freiburg. He said her outburst was out of emotion. Thomas Muller’s wife apologized to Kovac and Bayern released a statement saying Kovac had accepted the apology.  (Source Transfer Market Web / Kicker.de online)

Monday, November 5, 2018:
-

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 2, 2018
Jonathan Burkhardt
Striker
Mainz
2022
Kicker.de
November 5, 2018
Aaron Martin (Spain)
Defender
Mainz
2023
Sport Bild



Profesional Contract
Date
Player
Position
Club
Online Source
November 4, 2018 
Leandro Barreiro Martins
-
Mainz
Sport Bild

DfB Pokal (October 30-October 31, 2018):

Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
Chemie Leipzig 0-Paderborn 3 (Babacar Gueye 18, 60, Uwe Hunemeier 28)
Hannover 0-Wolfsburg 2 (Admir Mehmedi 20, Wout Weghorst 90)
Ulm 1-Dusseldorf 5 (Ardian Morina 1 / Marvin Ducksch 15, 70, Rowen Hennings 33, Dodi Lukebakio 37, 43)
Darmstadt 0-Hertha Berlin 2 (Vedad Ibisevic 64, M.Mittelstadt 88)
Heidenheim 3-Sandhausen 0 (Marc Schnatterer 8 pen, Nikola Dovedan 20, 86)
Augsburg 3-Mainz 2 (Stefan Bell (own goal) 40, Michael Gregoritsch 86, Caiuby 105 / Philipp Mwene 19, Robin Quaison 45)
Rodinghausen 1-Bayern Munich 2 (Kinus Meyer 49 / Sandro Wagner 8, Thomas Muller 13 pen)
Wehen Wiesbaden 0-Hamburg 3 (P.Lasogga 20, 51, Douglas Santos 90)

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:
Koln 1-Schalke 1 (Jhon Cordoba 43 / Nabil Bentaleb 88 pen) (Schalke won on a penalty kick shoot-out)
Dortmund 3-Union Berlin 2 (Christian Pulisic 40, Maximilian Philipp 73, Marco Reus 120 pen / Sebastian Polter 63, 88)
Hansa Rostock 2-Nuremberg 2 (Pascal Breier 35, Jonas Hildebrandt 94 / Adam Zrelak 90, Federico Palacios 103) (Nuremberg won on a penalty kick shoot-out)
Weiche Flensburg 1-Werder Bremen 5 (Ilidio 27 / Claudio Pizarro 8, Florian Kainz 37, Davy Klaassen 44 pen, Martin Harnik 76, 80)
Arminia Bielfeld 0-Duisburg 3 (-John Verhoek 12, Fabian Schnellhardt 39, Cauly 45)
Holstein Kiel 2-Freiburg 1 (Janni Serra 26, David Kinsombi 79 / Nils Petersen 1)
Moenchengladbach 0-Leverkusen 5 (Julian Brandt 5, Tin Jedvaj 45, Karim Bellarabi 67, 74, Kevin Volland 80)
RB Leipzig 2-Hoffenheim 0 (Timo Werner 48, 56)

German Bundesliga Matchday (November 2-November 4, 2018):

Friday, November 2, 2018:
Stuttgart 0-Frankfurt 3 (Sebastian Haller 11, Ante Rebic 32, Nicolai Muller 89)

Saturday, November 3, 2018:
Leverkusen 1-Hoffenheim 4 (Karim Bellarabi 30 / Reiss Nelson 19, Joelinton 34, 73, Vincenzo Grifo 49 pen)
Bayern Munich 1-Freiburg 1 (Serge Gnabry 80 / Lucas Holer 89)
Augsburg 2-Nuremberg 2 (Alfred Finnbogason 11, Jonathan Schmid 59 / Alxander Fuchs 54, Lukas Muhl 88)
Schalke 3-Hannover 1  (Nabil Bentaleb 57 pen, Breel Embolo 71, Mark Uth 85 / Hendrik Weydandt 70)
Wolfsburg 0-Dortmund 1 (Marco Reus 27)
Hertha Berlin 0-RB Leipzig 3 (Timo Werner 7, 53, Matheus Cunha 75)

Sunday, November 4, 2018:
Moenchengladbach 3-Dusseldorf 0 (Thorgan Hazard 48 pen, 82, Jonas Hofmann 67)
Mainz 2-Werder Bremen 1 (J.Philippe Mateta 25, J.Gbamin 51 / Claudio Pizarro 78)

Top Goalscorer:
Luka Jovic (Frankfurt) 7 goals
Paco Alcacer (Dortmund) 7 goals
Sebastien Haller (Frankfurt) 7 goals
Thorgan Hazard (Moenchengladbach) 7 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Dortmund
10
7
3
0
30
10
20
24
2
M’Gladbach
10
6
2
2
23
12
11
20
3
Bayern Muncih
10
6
2
2
18
11
7
20
4
RB Leipzig
10
5
4
1
19
9
10
19
5
Frankfurt
10
5
2
3
23
13
10
17
6
Werder Bremen
10
5
2
3
18
16
2
17

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

V.  France
Diary:
Tuesday, October 30, 2018:

-Michel Platini stated that Raphael Varane deserves the Ballon d’Or for winning the Champions League and the World Cup in the same season. (Source AS.com online)

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:
-Blaise Matuidi revelaed that he had contemplated International retirement following the World Cup win. He is set to continue until Euror 2020 and leave on a high note. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Memphis Depay has reportedly been given a public dressing down in front of his Lyon teammates by Manager Bruno Genesio. (Source Mirrir.co.uk online)

-It was revelaed that PSG’s Kylian Mbappe and Adrien Rabiot had ben late to team training ahead of the OM match because they were watching the end of the Barcelona-Real Madrid match. (Source Sport Bible online)
Thursday, November 1, 2018:

-
Friday, November 2, 2018:

- PSG has now its first straight 12 matches in a season (breaking Tottenham’s (11-0) record from 1960/61 in the major European Leagues). (Source Fox Soccer online)

Saturday, November 3, 2018:

-
Sunday, November 4, 2018:

-
Monday, November 5, 2018:

-PSG filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against UEFA’s decision to re-open its investigation over their finances. (Source BBC Football online)


Photo From: L’Equipe, November 3, 2018
(November 2, 2018, PSG 2-Lille 1)




Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
October 31, 2018
Angel Di Maria (Argentina)
Midfielder
PSG
2021
Daily Mail


French League Cup (October 30-October 31, 2018):

Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
Montpellier 0-Nantes 3 (Kalifa Coulibaly 58, Majeed Waris 80, Emiliano Sala 90)
Strasbourg 2-Lille 0 (Youssouf Fofana 13, Dimitri Lienard 81)

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:
Nice 3-Auxerre 2 (Myziane Maolida 16, Remi Walter 41, 80 pen / Remy Dugimont 56, R. Philippoteaux 82)
Le Havre 2-Troyes 0 (Victor Lekhal 25, Alexandre Bonnet 30 pen)
Dijon 3-Caen 1 (Wesley Said 3, 79, Naim Sliti 7 / Saif-Eddine Khaoui 50)
Guingamp 0-Angers 0 (-) (Guingamp won on a penalty kick shoot-out)
Metz 1-Amiens 2 (Emmanuel Riviere 71 / Ibrahima Niane (own goal) 5, Juan Otero 73)
Reims 1-Orleans 1 (Sheyi Ojo 88 / Jordan Tell 62) (Orleans won on a penalty kick shoot-out)
Toulouse 0-Lorient 1 (Abdoul Bila 74)
Nimes-St Etienne (-) (Postponed)



French Ligue 1 Matchday (November 2-November 4, 2018):

Friday, November 2, 2018:
PSG 2-Lille 1 (Kylian Mbappe 70, Neymar 84 / Nicolas Pepe 90 pen)

Saturday, November 3, 2018:
Lyon 1-Bordeaux 1 (Houssem Aouar 48 / Andreas Cornelius 73)
Dijon 0-Nimes 4 (Denis Bouanga 5, 65, Teji Savanier 30, Anthony Briancon 87)
Nice 1-Amiens 0 (Prince Gouano (own goal) 38)
Strasbourg 1-Toulouse 1 (Lebo Mothiba 51 / Max Gradel 72)
Caen 1-Rennes 2 (Enzo Crivelli 90 / Adrien Hunou 60, Ismaila Sarr 69)
Reims 1-Monaco 0 (Mathieu Cafaro 24)

Sunday, November 4, 2018:
Nantes 5-Guingamp 0 (Emiliano Sala 43 pen, 83, Valentin Rongier 63, Abdoulaye Toure 70, Andrei 78)
St Etienne 4-Angers 3 (Lois Diony 26, Mathieu Debuchy 45, Vincent Manceau (own goal) 73, Romain Hamouma 89 / Mateo Pavlovic 24, Flavien Tait 45, Stephane Bahoken 71)
Montpellier 3-OM 0 (Gaetan Laborde 51, 62, Paul Lasne 70)

Top Goalscorer:
Kylian Mbappe (PSG) 11 goals
Emiliano Sala (Nantes) 10 goals
Neymar (PSG) 9 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSG
12
12
0
0
41
7
34
36
2
Montpellier
12
7
4
1
20
7
13
25
3
Lille
12
7
2
3
20
10
10
25
4
Lyon
12
6
3
3
19
14
5
21
5
St Etienne
12
5
5
2
17
17
0
20
6
Marseille
12
6
1
5
22
21
1
19


P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

VI.  Holland
Diary:


Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
-Holland Manager Ronald Koeamn stated that Holland could potentially win the UEFA Nations League and that ‘Nothing is impossible’. (Source vi.nl online)

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:

-Holland Manager Ronald Koeman has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Germany and France. (Source vi.nl online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord), Marco Bizot (AZ), Jasper Cillessen (Barcelona), Jeroen Zoet (PSV).
Defenders: Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), Nathan Aké (Bournemouth), Daley Blind (Ajax), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Denzel Dumfries (PSV), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (Fulham), Hans Hateboer (Atalanta Bergamo), Wesley Hoedt (Southampton), Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax), Kenny Tete (Olympique Lyon) and Stefan de Vrij (Internazionale).
Midfielders: Donny van de Beek (Ajax), Frenkie de Jong (Ajax), Marten de Roon (Atalanta Bergamo), Pablo Rosario (PSV), Kevin Strootman (Olympique Marseille), Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord), Ruud Vormer (Club Brugge) , Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool).
Strikers: Ryan Babel (Besiktas), Steven Bergwijn (PSV), Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyon), Javair Dilrosun (Hertha BSC), Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld (Club Brugge), Luuk de Jong (PSV), Quincy Promes (Sevilla), Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg).
Thursday, November 1, 2018:

-
Friday, November 2, 2018:

-

Saturday, November 3, 2018:
-Vitesse have denied that its Russian Manager Leonid Slutsky is to become the new Sporting CP Manager. (Source vi.nl online)

Sunday, November 4, 2018:
-Rafael van der Vaart announced his retirement from the game. (Source Football-Oranje.com online)

Monday, November 5, 2018:
-


Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
October 30, 2018 
Denzel James
Striker
Noordwijk
Sparta
Purchase
vi.nl


Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 5, 2018
Sven van Beek
Defender
Feyenoord
2021
vi.nl



Dutch KNVB Beker (October 30-October 31, 2018):

Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
PSV Eindhoven 2-RKC 3 (-)
AFC 1-TOP Oss 0 (-)
Twente 4-Norrrdwijk 2 (-)
Jozakken Boys 2-Almere City 1 (-)
Cambuur 2-Koniklijke HFC 1 (-)
Urk 0-Roda JC Kerkrade 1 (-)
De Graafschap 2-PEC 5 (-)

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:
Heracles 0-Vitesse 2 (-)
AZ 2-VVV 0 (-)
Emmen 1-Odin 59 3 (-)
Utrecht 5-ASWH 1 (-)
Groene Ster 1-Heerenveen 3 (-)
Willem II 5-Spekenburg 0 (-)
Ajax 3-Go Ahead Eagles 0 (-)
Thursday, November 1, 2018:
NEC 2-Fortuna Sittard 3 (-)
Feyenoord 5-Den Haag 1 (-)


Dutch Eredivisie Matchday (November 2-November 4, 2018):

Friday, November 2, 2018:
Ecxelsior 2-Groningen 4 (Ryan Kollwijk 36, Luigi Bruins 59 pen / Mimoun Mahi 26, Ritsu Doan 29, Mateo Cassierra 51, Jannik Pohl 75)

Saturday, November 3, 2018:
NAC 2-Heracles 1 (Luka Ilic 21, Mitchell Te Vrede 88 / Brabdley Kuwas 60)
PSV Eindhoven 1-Vitesse 0  (Luuk De Jong 69)
AZ 1-De Graafschap 0 (Mats Seuntjens 76)
Ajax 2-Willem II 0  (Kasper Dolberg 11, Frenkie De Jong 22)

Sunday, November 4, 2018:
Heerenveen 1-Emmen 1 (Arber Zeneli 30 / Reuven Niemeijer 88)
Utrecht 3-Den Haag 0 (Cyriel Dessers 8, Willem Janssen 68, Joris Overeem 77)
Fortuna Sittard 3-PEC 0 (Finn Stokkers 3, Mark Diemers 67 pen, 86 pen)
Feyenoord 0-VVV 0 (abandoned)

Top Goalscorer:
Luuk De Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 9 goals
Kristofefer Petersen (Heracles) 8 goals
Fran Sol (Willem II) 8 goals
Hirving Lozano (PSV Eindhoven) 8 goals
Abdenaser El Khayati (Den Haag) 8 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSV Eindhoven
11
11
0
0
39
4
35
33
2
Ajax
11
9
1
1
31
5
26
28
3
Feyenoord
10
6
2
2
20
13
7
20
4
Heracles
11
6
2
3
25
22
3
20
5
Utrecht
11
5
3
3
14
12
2
18
6
AZ
11
4
3
4
21
18
3
15

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point


VII.  Scotland
Diary:

Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
-Steven Naismith (Hearts) will miss Scotland’s matches in November due to injury. (Source BBC Football online)

-Hearts’ Steven MacLean was given a  two-match ban for grabbing Celtic’s Eboue Kousassi’s groin area during Sunday’s League Cup semifinal. (Source edinburghnews.scotsman online)

-Aberdeen are demanding an equal split of tickets for the League Cup Final. (Source eveningexpress online)

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:

-Darian MacKinnon (Hamilton) has received a two-match ban, while Greg Stewart (Kilmarnock) is to face a disciplinary hearing. (Source BBC Football online)

-Steven Liegh Griffiths (Celtic) will miss Scotland’s matches in November due to injury. (Source BBC Football online)

-The Hearts-Hibs match was filled with controversy.A man was charged after attacking an Assiatnt Referee, Hearts goalkeeper Zdenek Zlamal was punkced by a fan, while Hibs Manager Neil Lennon was struck by a coin thrown from the stands. Five people in total were arrested following the match.(Source BBC Football online)

Thursday, November 1, 2018:

-
Friday, November 2, 2018:

-Kilmarnock forward Greg Sewart has received a two-match ban after a disciplinary hearing. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Hearts Manager Craig Levein stated that forcing clubs to play behind closed doors (following incidents in the Hearts-Hibs match) would be an over-reaction. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Hibernian Manager Neil Lennon stated that he may reconsider his job after being targeted by secterian hatred. (Source Sky Sports online)

Saturday, November 3, 2018:
-

Sunday, November 4, 2018:

-

Monday, November 5, 2018:
-

Scottish Premier League Matchday (October 31, 2018):
Wednesday, October 31, 2018:
Aberdeen 3-Hamilton 0 (Graeme Shinnie 8, James Wilson 23, Michael Devlin 60)
Dundee 0-Celtic 5  (Tom Rogic 20, Scott Sinclair 33 pen, James Forrest 38, Odsonne Edouard 45, Ryan Christie 48)
Hearts 0-Hibernian 0  (-)
Livingston 0-St Johnstone 1 (Matthew Kennedy 5)
Rangers 1-Kilmarnock 1 (Alfredo Morelos 9 / Greg Stewart 15)
St Mirren 0-Motherwell 2  (David Turnbull 30, Christopher Cadden 47)
Top Goalscorer:
Steven Naismith (Hearts) 7 goals
Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Hearts
11
8
2
1
19
7
12
26
2
Celtic
10
7
1
2
22
6
16
22
3
Kilmarnock
11
6
3
2
17
10
7
21
4
Hibernian
10
5
3
2
21
10
11
18
5
Livingston
10
5
3
2
12
6
6
18
6
Rangers
10
5
3
2
23
10
13
18
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

Scottish Premier League Matchday (November 3-November 4, 2018):
Saturday, November 3, 2018:
St Mirren 0-Rangers 2 (Daniel Candeias 80, Alfredo Morelos 90)
Celtic 5-Hearts 0  (Odsonne Edouard 18, 39, Filip Benkovic 26, James Forrest 65, Ryan Christie 89 pen)
Hamilton 1-Livingston 0 (Mason Bloomfield 87)
Hibernian 0-St Johnstone 1 (Joe Shaughnessy 89)
Motherwell 1-Dundee 0 (David Turnbull 69)

Sunday, November 4, 2018:
Kilmarnock 1-Aberdeen 2 (Kris Boyd 32 pen / Bruce Anderson 73, Lewis Ferguson 87)
Top Goalscorer:
Steven Naismith (Hearts) 7 goals
Odsonne Edourad (Celtic) 7 goals
Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Hearts
12
8
2
2
19
12
7
26
2
Celtic
11
8
1
2
27
6
21
25
3
Rangers
11
6
3
2
25
10
15
21
4
Kilmarnock
12
6
3
3
18
12
6
21
5
St Johnstone
12
6
2
4
12
18
-6
20
6
Hibernian
11
5
3
3
21
11
10
18
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

VIII.  Portugal

Diary:


Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
-

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:
-

Thursday, November 1, 2018:

-Jose Peseiro has been dismissed as Sporting CP Manager. (Source A Bola online)

Friday, November 2, 2018:

-Tiago Fernandes has been appointed as interim Sporting CP Manager. (Source A Bola online)

-Carlod Dinis, Vice-President of the National Coaches Association, criticized the decision to dismiss Sporting CP Manager Jose Peseiro. (Source A Bola online)

Saturday, November 3, 2018:
-

Sunday, November 4, 2018:

-

Monday, November 5, 2018:
-

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
October 30, 2018
Florentino Luis
Midfielder
Benfica
2023
Maisfutebol
November 5, 2018
Joao Felix
Midfielder
Benfica
2023
L’Equipe



Portugal League Cup (October 30-October 31, 2018):

Group B

Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
Braga 5-Nacional 0 (-)

Group C

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:
Porto 4-Varzim 2 (-)

Group D

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:
Feirense 3-Maritimo 2 (-)
Sporting CP 1-Estoril 2 (-)

 Portugal Primeira Liga League Matchday (November 2-November 5, 2018):
Friday, November 2, 2018:
Bemfica 1-Moreirense 3 (Jonas 3 / Chiquinho 5, Pedo Nuno 16, Mamadou Loum 36)
Saturday, November 3, 2018:
Portimonense 1-Belenenses 1 (Jackson Martinez 6 pen / Jonathan Lucca 90 pen)
Maritimo 0-Porto 2 (Otavio 70, Moussa Marega 73)
Boavista 0-Guimaraes 0 (-)

Sunday, November 4, 2018:
Feirense 2-Tondela 4 (Edinho 38 pen, Joao Silva 67 / Bruno Monteiro 7, Tomane 54 pen, Jhon Murillo 72, Juan Delgado 84)
Santa Clara 1-Sporting CP 2 (Ze Manuel 32 / Bas Dost 62 pen, Marcos Acuna 75)
Braga 2-Setubal 1 (Dyego Sousa 16, 40 / Eber Bessa 18)

Monday, November 5, 2018:
Rio Ave 3-Nacional 3 (Diego Lopes 7, Vinicius 45 pen, 67 / Kenji Gorre 24, Bryan Rochez 79 pen, Witi 89)
Chaves 1-Aves 2 (Andre Luis 48 / Mama Balde 19, Amilton Silva 56)

Top Goalscorer:
Dyego Sousa (Braga) 7 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Porto
9
7
0
2
20
6
14
21
2
Braga
9
6
3
0
19
9
10
21
3
Sporting CP
9
6
1
2
16
9
7
19
4
Rio Ave
9
5
3
1
16
11
5
18
5
Benfica
9
5
2
2
16
10
6
17
6
Santa Clara
9
4
2
3
17
14
3
14

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

IX.  Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
-Anderlecht Manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck revealed that he had turned down the chance to sign OGC Nice’s Brazilian defender Dante Bonfim.  (Source RTBF.be online)

-In the ongoing ‘Footgate’ case, Mechelen Administrator Olivier Somers was conditionally freed and Maria Bogojevska (partner of Dejan Veljkovic) was freed but with an ankle bracelet. Five others are still in detention: Mogi Bayat, Karim Mejjati, Dragan Siljanoski, Thierrry Steemans and Laurent Denis.  (Source RTBF.be online)

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:

-In the ongoing ‘Footgate’ saga, it was revealed that Agent Dejan Veljkovic was in telephone contact with Referees Bart Vertenten and Sebastien Delferiere. In other calls, Veljkovic is clearly heard to say to Mechelen’s executive Thierry Steemans and his player Mats Rits that he has given directions to Vertenten, a referee in one of their matches.  (Source RTBF.be online)

-Lokeren President Roger Lambrecht stated that he would like to sell the club.  (Source RTBF.be online)

-Mechelen have dismissed Rik Vande Velde, their technical Director.  (Source Walfoot.be online)
Thursday, November 1, 2018:

Friday, November 2, 2018:
-It has been alleged that Agent Dejan Veljkovic had tried to arrange that Bart Vertenten would referee the Final of the Belgian Cup between Genk and Standard Liege. After Jonathan Lardot had been assigned, Veljkovic tried to discredit him by calling Genk Management and accusing Lardot of being a Standard fan. This came to no avail as Lardot refereed the match in the end. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Ronny Deschacht (father of Olivier) and a group of Investors have expressed an interest to purchase Lokeren as long as the club remains in the top division. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Belgian Manager Frank Vercautern has been sacked as Manager of Al Batin (Saudi Arabia) (Source RTBF.be online)

-The Belgian Federation has revoked the FIFA badges of referees Bart Vertenten and Sebastien Delferiere. They will no longer officiate in International matches. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Norwegian Manager Trond Sollied has been appointed as Manager of Lokeren (Source Jupiter League App online)

Saturday, November 3, 2018:

-

Sunday, November 4, 2018:
-During this week’s League matches, Sebastien Dewaest (Genk), Dylan de Belder (Cercle Brugge) and Adrien Trebel (Anderlecht) made the handcuffs gesture in reference to agent Mogi Bayat. (Source RTBF.be online)

Monday, November 5, 2018:

-Waasland-Beveren have complained about Referee Nicolas Laforge’s handling of their game vs. Anderlecht yeaterday. The club Management are said that they will ask for the Referee’s revocation. (Source Walfoot.be online)

-On a Television show, Antwerp Manager, the Romanian Laszlo Boloni, took a jab in a humorous way at Standard Liege Management by hinting that he did not join them as he wanted to work with competent people. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Mouscron are to appeal the Federation’s ofer of oen match suspension for Nikola Gulan . (Source RTBF.be online)


First Division A League Matchday (Octber 30-31, 2018):

Tuesday, October 30, 2018:
Club Brugge 4-Ostend 0 (Siebe Schrijvers 16, 70, hans Vanaken 21 pen, Wesly 45)
Charleroi 1-St Truiden 0 (Cristian Benavente 66)
Mouscron 3-Gent 1 (Selim Amallah 16, B. Van Durmen 45, Frantzdy Pierrot 76 / Giorgi Chakvetadze 89)
Wednesday, October 31, 2018:
Eupen 2-Cercle Brugge 0 (Luis Garcia 90, Mamadou Fall 90)
Kortrijk 2-Waasland-Beveren 2 (Christophe Lepoint 18, Jovan Stojanovic 26 pen / Aleksandar Boljevic 47, Francesco Forte 78)
Antwerp 2-Genk 4 (Jonathan  Bolingi 23, Simen Juklerod 45 / Ruslan Malinovskyi 56 pen, 60 pen, Mbwana Samatta 76, 90)

Thursday, November 1, 2018:
Anderlecht 1-Lokeren 1 (Nany Dimata 59 / Olivier Deschacht 53)
Zulte-Waregem 3-Standard Liege 1 (Hamdi Harbaoui 31, 66, Mamadou Sylla 69 / Maxime Lestienne 23)

Top Goalscorer:
Ivan Santini (Anderlecht) 9 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Genk
13
10
3
0
38
14
24
33
2
Club Brugge
13
9
3
1
35
13
22
30
3
Antwerp
13
7
4
2
19
13
6
25
4
Anderlecht
13
7
3
3
25
15
10
24
5
Gent
13
6
2
5
26
25
1
20
6
Standard Liege
13
5
5
3
19
14
5
20
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point


First Division A League Matchday (November 2-November 4, 2018):

Friday, November 2, 2018:
Ostend 2-Charleroi 1 (Richairo Zivkovic 26, Fernando Canesin 90 / David Henen 86)

Saturday, November 3, 2018:
Genk 1-Club Brugge 1 (Dieumerci Ndongala 10 / Siebe Schrijvers 5)
Cercle Brugge 2-Mouscron 1 (Kylian Hazard 81, Dylan De Belder 89 / Jeremy Taravel (own goal) 36)
Gent 3-Kortrijk 1 (Roman Yaremchuk 55, 88, Stallone Limbombe 71 pen / Jovan Stojanovic 41)
Sunday, November 4, 2018:
Standard Liege 0-Antwerp 2 (Lior Refaelov 45 pen, Didier Lamkel Ze 90)
Waasland-Beveren 1-Anderlecht 2 (Bubacarr Sanneh (own goal) 90 / Nany Dimata 12 pen, Adrien Trebel 83)
Lokeren 2-Eupen 0 (Lukas Marecek 10, Marko Miric 11)
St Truiden 2-Zulte-Waregem 1 (Daichi Kamada 61, Elton Acolatse 85 / Theo Bongonda 29)
Top Goalscorer:
Ally Samatta (Genk) 10 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Genk
14
10
4
0
39
15
24
34
2
Club Brugge
14
9
4
1
36
14
22
31
3
Antwerp
14
8
4
2
21
13
8
28
4
Anderlecht
14
8
3
3
27
16
11
27
5
Gent
14
7
2
5
29
26
3
23
6
St Truiden
14
5
6
3
19
16
3
21

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point



Diary (extra):

Tuesday, October 30, 2018:

-Nigeria Manager Gernot Rohr has named his squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source BBC Footall online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (Elche, Spain); Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba); Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United, South Africa)
Defenders: Olaoluwa Aina (Torino, Italy); Adeleye Aniyikaye (FC IfeanyiUbah); Semi Ajayi (Rotherham United, England); Bryan Idowu (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia); William Ekong (Udinese, Italy); Leon Balogun (Brighton & Hove Albion, England); Kenneth Omeruo (Leganes, Spain); Jamilu Collins (SC Padeborn, Germany)
Midfielders: Oghenekaro Etebo (Stoke City, England); John Ogu (Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Israel); Mikel Agu (Vitoria Setubal, Portugal)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Al Nasr, Saudi Arabia); Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England); Moses Simon (Levante, Spain); Victor Osimhen (Royal Charleroi SC, Belgium); Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai, China); Alex Iwobi (Arsenal, England); Samuel Kalu (Bordeaux, France); Isaac Success (Watford, England); Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal, Spain)
Standby: Henry Onyekuru (Galatasaray, Turkey); Chidozie Awaziem (Porto, Portugal); Nyima Nwagua (Kano Pillars); Sunday Adetunji (Enyimba); Junior Lokosa (Kano Pillars)


Wednesday, October 31, 2018:

-Kwesi Nyantakyi, former President of Ghana Federation, has been banned for life by FIFA for bribery and corruption. (Source BBC Football online)

-FIFA President Gianni Infantino stated that the 2022 World Cupin Qatar might have an increased number of participants. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Mexican club UNAM have a presented a new jersey especially for ‘Dia de Muertos (day of the dead). (Source L’Equipe online)

-Brondby have named Ebbe Sand as their new Sports Director. (Source Sport Bild online)

-FIFA stated that their computer systems had been hacked earlier this year for a second time. (Source Sport Bild online)

-Tadeusz Kraus, former Czechoslovakia International from the 1950s, passed away aged 86. (Source Wikipedia online)

-Jose Araujo (Esquerdinha), Brazilian defender from 90s-2000s passed away from a heart attack aged just 46. He had spells with Porto and Real Zaragoza in Europe. (Source Wikipedia online)

Thursday, November 1, 2018:

-South Korean defender Jang Hyun-soo, guilty of falsifying his community work records to get military deferment, has now been banned for life from the National team. He has also been fined £20,527. (Source L’Equipe / The Sun online)

-China-based Brazilian Diego Tardelli (Shandong Luneng) has been suspended for one match for improper behavior during the signing of the National Anthem. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Argentina Manager Lionel Scaloni has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Mexico. (Source infobae.com online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers:
Sergio Romero (Manchester United), Agustín Marchesín (América) y Gerónimo Rulli (Real Sociedad).
Defenders:
Renzo Saravia (Racing), Ramiro Funes Mori (Villarreal), Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina), Walter Kannemann (Gremio), Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax), Marcos Acuña (Sporting de Lisboa), Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City), Juan Foyth (Tottenham), Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla) y Emanuel Mammana (Zenit).
Midfielders:
Rodrigo Battaglia (Sporting de Lisboa), Santiago Ascacíbar (Stuttgart), Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis), Leandro Paredes (Zenit), Franco Vázquez (Sevilla), Eduardo Salvio (Benfica), Franco Cervi (Benfica), Maximiliano Meza (Independiente), Rodrigo De Paul (Udinese), Erik Lamela (Tottenham), Matías Zaracho (Racing) y Roberto Pereyra (Watford).
Strikers:
Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina), Lautaro Martínez (Inter), Mauro Icardi (Inter) y Ángel Correa (Atlético Madrid).

-A bronze statue of Diego Maradona has been unveiled in Buenos Aires to celebrate his 58th birthday. (Source La Gazzetta dello Sport online)


Friday, November 2, 2018:

-Usain Bolt’s trial with Central Coast Mariners has ended with no contract. (Source BBC Football online)

-Croatia Manager Zlatko Dalic has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Spain and England. (Source Sportskeeda.com online)
Squad:
Lovre Kalinic (Gent), Karlo Letica (Club Brugge), Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb); Duje Caleta-Car (Marseille), Tin Jedvaj (Bayer Leverkusen), Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), Antonio Milic (Anderlecht), Matej Mitrovic (Club Brugge), Josip Pivaric (Dynamo Kiev), Domagoj Vida (Besiktas), Sime Vrsaljko (Inter); Milan Badelj (Lazio), Filip Bradaric (Cagliari), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter), Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Mario Pasalic (Atalanta), Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), Marko Rog (Napoli); Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim), Ivan Perisic (Inter), Marko Pjaca (Fiorentina), Ante Rebic (Eintracht Frankfurt), Nikola Vlasic (CSKA Moscow).

-Denmark’s Nicklas Bendtner has been sentenced to 50 days in prison after breaking the jaw of a Copenhagen Taxi driver. (Source Daily Mail online)

-Peru Manager Ricardo Gareca has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Ecuador and Costa Rica. (Source estadio.ec online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Pedro Gallese (Veracruz de México), Patricio Álvarez (Sporting Cristal), José Carvallo (UTC).

Defenders: Luis Advíncula (Rayo Vallecano de España), Luis Abram (Vélez Sarsfield de Argentina), Miguel Trauco (Flamengo de Brasil), Christian Ramos (Al-Nassr de Arabia Saudita), Miguel Araujo (Tallares de Argentina), Anderson Santamaría (Puebla de México), Aldo Corzo (Universitario de Deportes).

Midfielders: Edison Flores (Monarcas Morelia de México), Christofer Gonzales (Melgar de Arequipa), Renato Tapia (Feyenoord de Holanda), Yoshimar Yotún (Orlando City de EEUU), Pedro Aquino (León de México), Horacio Calcaterra (Sporting Cristal), Cristian Benavente (Royal Charleroi de Bélgica), Alexis Arias (Melgar).

Strikers: André Carrillo (Al-Hilal de Arabia Saudita), Jefferson Farfán (Lokomotiv de Rusia), Andy Polo (Portland Timbers de EEUU), Raúl Ruidíaz (Seattle Sounders de EEUU), Yordy Reyna (Vancouver Whitecap de Canadá).

-Former Uruguay Footballer Nelson Chabay (June 29, 1940-November 2, 2018) passed away aged 78. He is remembered in Argentinean Football for having played for Huracan and Racing Club (Source Clarin online)

Saturday, November 3, 2018:

-FIFA stated that it does not recognize Namibia Football Association’s decision to sack its President, Frans Mbidi. (Source BBC Footall online)

-Former Moroccan Manager Mustapha Madih passed away aged 62, He managed many clubs and was the Manager of the U-17 National Moroccan squad. In the past he managed the Qatar National team (2008) (Source Medias24 online)

Sunday, November 4, 2018:
-Togo Manager Claude LeRoy has named his squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source BBC Footall online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Sabirou Bassa Djeri (Coton Sport, Cameroon), Malcolm Barcola (Olympique Lyonnais, France), Fadil Soumanou (Koroki)
Defenders: Ouro-Akoriko Sadate (Amazulu FC, South Africa), Simon Gbegnon (AS Beziers, France), Maklibé Kouloum (Dyto Lome), Tevi Steve Lawson (Livingstone, Scotland), James Olufade (Union Douala, Cameroon), Wilson Akakpo (Al Ittihad, Egypt)
Midfielders: Lalawele Atakora (FK Qabala, Azerbaijan), Koffi Franco Atchou (Fremad Amager, Denmark), Floyd Ayite (Fulham, England), Ihlas Bebou (Hannover 96, Germany), Razak Boukari (Chateauroux, France), Matthieu Dossevi (Toulouse, France), Bilali Akoro (AS OTR)
Forwards: Emmanuel Adebayor (İstanbul Basaksehir, Turkey), Kevin Denkey (Nimes, France), Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba (Renaissance Berkane, Morocco), Peniel Mlapa (VVV Venlo, Netherlands), Bodzroma Jean (Koroki), Gilles Sunu (Erzurumspor, Turkey)

-Kennedy Bakircioglu (38 years old) (Hammarby) played his final match before retirement in front of his home fans. (Source Nordisk Football.Fr online)

-14 year-old Fernando Ovelar (Cerro Porteno) became the youngest goalscorer in Paraguay’s history after scoring vs. Olimpia. (Source Reuters UK online)

Monday, November 5, 2018:

-Wales Manager Ryan Giggs has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Denmark and Albania. (Source BBC Footbal online)
Squad:
Hennessey (Crystal Palace), Ward (Leicester City); Davies (Bansley), C Roberts (Swansea City), Gunter (Reading), Williams (Stoke City, on loan from Everton), Chester (Aston Villa), Mepham (Brentford), Ampadu (Chelsea), Lockyer (Bristol Rovers), J Lawrence (Anderlecht), Dummett (Newcastle United), Taylor (Aston Villa), Allen (Stoke City), Smith (FC Twente, on loan from Manchester City) Ramsey (Arsenal), King (Leicester City), Thomas (Scunthorpe United, on loan from Leicester City), Wilson (Derby County), Brooks (Bournemouth), James (Swansea City), Woodburn (Sheffield United, on loan from Liverpool), T Lawrence (Derby County), Tyler Roberts (Leeds United), Vokes (Burnley), Bale (Real Madrid).

-Wales Manager Ryan Giggs is to consider Twente Enschede’s request to release Matt Smith for their League match on Noveber 18th. (Source BBC Footbal online)

-Hungary Manager Marco Rossi has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Estonia and Finland. (Source mlsz.hu online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers:
Dibusz Dénes (Ferencváros)
Gulácsi Péter (RB Lepizig)
Kovácsik Ádám (MOL Vidi FC)
Defenders:
Baráth Botond (Budapest Honvéd)
Fiola Attila (MOL Vidi FC)
Kádár Tamás (Dinamo Kijev)
Korhut Mihály (Hapoel Beer Sheva)
Lang Ádám (CFR Cluj)
Lovrencsics Gergő (Ferencváros)
Willi Orban (RB Leipzig)
Paulo Vinicius (MOL Vidi FC)
Midfielders:
Gazdag Dániel (Budapest Honvéd)
Holman Dávid (Slovan Bratislava)
Kalmár Zsolt (DAC)
Kleinheisler László (Astana)
Kovács István (MOL Vidi FC)
Nagy Ádám (Bologna)
Pátkai Máté (MOL Vidi FC)
Strikers:
Böde Dániel (Ferencváros)
Dzsudzsák Balázs (Al-Ittihad Kalba)
Holender Filip (Budapest Honvéd)
Nagy Dominik (Legia Warszawa)
Sallai Roland (Freiburg)
Szalai Ádám (Hoffenheim)
Ugrai Roland (Atrómitosz Athinón)
Varga Roland (Ferencváros)

-Denmark Manager Aage Hareide has named his squad for upcoming matches vsWales and Republic of Ireland. (Source dbu.dk online)
Squad:
Player:                   Club:
Frederik Rønnow                   Eintracht Frankfurt
Jonas Lössl                   Huddersfield Town FC
Kasper Schmeichel                   Leicester City FC
Andreas Christensen                   Chelsea FC
Henrik Dalsgaard                   Brentford FC
Jannik Vestergaard                   Southampton FC
Jens Stryger Larsen                   Udinese Calcio
Jonas Knudsen                   Ipswich Town FC
Mathias ''Zanka'' Jørgensen       Huddersfield Town FC
Christian Eriksen                   Tottenham Hotspur FC
Lasse Schöne                   AFC Ajax
Lukas Lerager                   FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Pierre Emile Højbjerg                   Southampton FC
Thomas Delaney                   BV Borussia 09 Dortmund
Andreas Cornelius                   FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Kasper Dolberg                   AFC Ajax
Martin C. Braithwaite                   Middlesbrough FC
Nicolai Jørgensen                   SC Feyenoord
Pione Sisto                   Celta de Vigo
Yussuf Yurary Poulsen                   RB Leipzig
-Former French Footballer Bruno Zaremba (April 7, 1955-November 5, 2018) passed away aged 63. He had spells at Valenciennes, Metz and Dunkerque in the 70s and 80s. (Source Lavoixdunord.fr online)

-Former Austrian International Andreas Ivanschitz announced his retirement from the game. (Source Kicker.de online)

-RD Congo Manager Florent Ibenge has named his squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source m.Afrik-foot.com online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers:
1. KALAMBAY Auguy (SM SANGA BALENDE / RD Congo)
2. MOSSI NGAWI Anthony (CHIASSO FC / Suisse)
3. MATAMPI MVUMI Ley (EL ANSAR CLUB MEDINA / Arabie Saoudite)
Defenders:
1. BANGALA LITOMBO Yannick (AS V.CLUB / RD Congo)
2. DJUMA SHABANI Wadol (AS V.CLUB / RD Congo)
3. ISSAMA MPEKO Djos (TP MAZEMBE / RD Congo)
4. LUYINDAMA NEKADIO Christian (STANDARD DE LIEGE/ Belgique)
5. NGONDA MUZINGA Glody (AS V.CLUB / RD Congo)
6. N’SAKALA Fabrice (ALANYASPOR/ Turquie)
7. TISSERAND Marcel (WOLSBOURG/ Allemagne)
8. UNGENDA MUSELENGE Bodrick Bobo (PRIMEIRO DO AGOSTO / Angola)
Midfielders:
1. LEMA MABIDI Chikito (RAJA CASABLANCA/ Maroc)
2. MBEMBA MANGULU Chancel (FC PORTO/ Portugal)
3. MULUMBU YUSSUF (CELTIC GLASGOW/Ecosse)
4. MPUTU MABI Trésor (TP MAZEMBE / RD Congo)
5. MUNGANGA OMBA Nelson (AS V.CLUB / RD Congo)
6. NGOMA LUAMBA Fabrice (AS V.CLUB / RD Congo)
Strikers:
1. BAKAMBU Cédric (BEIJING GUOAN / Chine)
2. BOLASIE YALA Yannick (ASTON VILLA/ Angleterre)
3. BOLINGI MPANGI Jonathan (ANTWERP / Belgique)
4. MAKUSU MUNDELE Jean-Marc ( V.CLUB / RD Congo)
5. MESCHACK Elia Lina (TP MAZEMBE/ RD Congo)
6. MUBELE NDOMBE Firmin (TOULOUSE/ France)
7. KAKUTA Gael (RAYO VALLECANO/ Espagne)


-Russia Manager Stanislav Cherchesov has named his squad for upcoming matches vs Germany and Sweden. (Source archysport online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Marinato Guilherme (Lokomotiv), Andrei Lunev (Zenit), Anton Shunin (Dynamo).
Defenders: George Dzhikia (Spartak), Fedor Kudryashov, Yegor Sorokin (both Rubin), Neodeter Roman (Fenerbahce), Konstantin Rausch (Dynamo), Andrei Semenov (Ahmat), Kirill Nababkin, Mario Fernandez (CSKA both).
Midfielders: Ilzat Akhmetov (CSKA), Yuri Gazinsky (Krasnodar), Alexander Golovin (Monaco), Roman Zobnin (Spartak), Alexander Yerokhin, Daler Kuzyaev (both – Zenit), Alexey Ionov (Rostov "), Ruslan Kambolov (" Rubin " ), Alexey Miranchuk, Anton Miranchuk ("Lokomotiv"), Denis Cheryshev ("Valencia").
Strikers : Artem Dzyuba, Anton Zabolotny (Zenit araon), Dmitry Poloz (Rubin), Fyodor Chalov (CSKA).

-German-born Benfica goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos has been given clearance by FIFA to represent Greece. (Source agonasport online)

-South Africa Manager Stuart Baxter has named his squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source BBC Footall online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Darren Keet (Bidvest Wits), Itumeleng Khune (Kaizer Chiefs), Ronwen Williams (SuperSport United),
Defenders: Thulani Hlatshwayo, Sifiso Hlanti (both BidVest Wits), Motjeka Madisha (Mamelodi Sundowns), Innocent Maela (Orlando Pirates), Thamsanqa Mkhize (Cape Town City), Buhle Mkhwanazi (BidVest Wits), Ramahlwe Mphahlele (Kaizer Chiefs), Siyanda Xulu (Maritzburg United)
Midfielders: Hlompho Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns), Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates), Lebohang Maboe, Tiyani Mabunda (Mamelodi Sundowns), Fortune Makaringe (Maritzburg United), Teboho Mokoena (SuperSport United), Vincent Pule (Orlando Pirates), Thulani Serero (Vitesse Arnhem, Netherlands), Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Strikers: Lebo Mothiba (Racing Strasbourg, France), Dino Ndlovu (Hangzhou Greentown, China), Percy Tau (Royal Union St Gilloise, Belgium)



Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
November 5, 2018 
Issa Cissokho (Senegal) 
Defender
Free Agent (Formerly Amiens)
Maccabi Petah Tikva 
Purchase
BBC Football


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