Tuesday, November 13, 2018

The Week that was (in Football (Soccer)): Review of the top Leagues in Europe-part 31 (Week of November 6-November 12, 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, November 6, 2018:

-In another Footy Leaks report, Manchester City are accused to have shifted the cots of players’ image rights to a third party to avoid Financial Fair Play violations. (Source Daily Mail Football Online)

-Paul Pogba insisted that he is unaffected by Jose Mourinho’s decision to strip of the vice-captaincy of Manchester United.  (Source BBC Football Online)
Wednesday, November 7, 2018:

-Leicester will not play their traditional goal celebration music for this weekend’s match vs. Burnley as a sign of respect to their late owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.  (Source Sky Sports Online)

-In an other Footy Leaks article, it was revealed that Pep Guardiola had signed for Manchester City four months before the deal had been announced and had repeatedly denied this. (Source Mirror.co.uk Online)

-The Football Association are to appeal after losing a judgement to Jose Mourinho over the use of ‘Foul Language’. (Source Daily Telegraph Online)

-Former Chelsea Manager Antonio Conte will take his former club to court to be paid the rest of his salary. (Source Sky Sports Online)

-Jose Mourinho was once again at the center of controversy when he taunted Juventus fans at the end of the Manchetser United’s match in the UCL. He held his had on his ear with a grin on his face. (Source Sky Sports Online)

Thursday, November 8, 2018:

-James McClean has received abusive packages at Stoke’s training ground for his continuous refusal to wear a poppy. (Source BBC Football online)

-Jose Mourinho defended his action on the previous day (mocking Juventus fans) by saying he had ben constantly insulted for 90 minutes. He later stated he probably should not have done that. (Source Sky Sports Online)

-Manchester City’s Raheem Streling has apologized to the Referee and Shakhtar Donetsk after on the day before, in their UCL match, Sterling was mistakenly awarded a penalty kick after tripping on the floor from no pressure from the opponents . (Source Sky Sports Online)

-Tottenham’s Belgian midfielder Moussa Dembele is expected to be out injured until after the new year 2019. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Southampton have dismissed Vice-Chairman Les Reed due to bad results of the club. (Source Reuters UK Online)

-In an other Footy Leaks article, it was revealed that Manchester City had paid former Manager Roberto Mancini double his wages by funneling money through Sheikh Mansour’s club (Al Jazira Sports and Cultural Club). (Source Daily Mail Online)

-England Manager Gareth Southagte stated that Wayne Rooney would not start in the match vs. USA but was happy to give him one-off call-up. (Source Sky Sports Online)

-England Manager Gareth Southgate has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. USA and Croatia. (Source BBC Football online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Marcus Bettinelli (Fulham), Jack Butland (Stoke City), Alex McCarthy (Southampton), Jordan Pickford (Everton).
Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Ben Chilwell (Leicester City), Lewis Dunk (Brighton ), Joe Gomez (Liverpool), Michael Keane (Everton), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Tottenham), Kyle Walker (Manchester City).
Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham), Ross Barkley (Chelsea), Fabian Delph (Manchester City), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), Harry Winks (Tottenham).
Forwards: Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Wayne Rooney (DC United), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Danny Welbeck (Arsenal), Callum Wilson (Bournemouth).

-Everton have been banned from recruiting young players for two years after violating recruitment rules for youth players by offerig prohibited inducements. They have also been fined 575,000 Euros. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Arsenal’s Danny Welbeck suffered a serious ankle injury in their Europa League clash with Sporting CP and was taken to a Hospital. (Source AS.com online)
Friday, November 9, 2018:

-Bournemouth Manager Eddie Howe has been named as Premier League Manager of the month of October. Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey won the Goal of the month for his gola vs. Fulham. (Source Sky Sports / Daily Mail online)

-England U-21 Manager Aidy Boothroyd has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Italy and Denmark. (Source Sky Sports online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Angus Gunn (Southampton), Dean Henderson (Sheffield United, loan from Manchester United), Freddie Woodman (Newcastle United)
Defenders: Jake Clarke-Salter (Vitesse Arnhem, loan from Chelsea), Jay Dasilva (Bristol City, loan from Chelsea), Dael Fry (Middlesbrough), Ezri Konsa (Brentford), Fikayo Tomori (Derby County, loan from Chelsea), Kyle Walker-Peters (Tottenham Hotspur), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Crystal Palace)
Midfielders: Harvey Barnes (West Bromwich Albion, loan from Leicester), Lewis Cook (AFC Bournemouth), Tom Davies (Everton), Kieran Dowell (Everton), Josh Onomah (Sheffield Wednesday, loan from Tottenham Hotspur), Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham)
Forwards: Tammy Abraham (Aston Villa, loan from Chelsea), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Demarai Gray (Leicester City), Ademola Lookman (Everton), Reiss Nelson (Hoffenheim, loan from Arsenal), Dominic Solanke (Liverpool)

-West Ham’s Declan Rice has finally spoken to the media about his International future. He stated he needs time to make a decision . (Source extra.ie online)

-Stoke’s James McClean has apologized for calling some Stoke fans as “uneducated cavemen”.  However, he would not apologize to those who have abused him for his poppy stance. (Source BBC Football online)

Saturday, November 10, 2018:

-

Sunday, November 11, 2018:

-Chelsea’s Maurizio Sarri became the first Manager ever to go unbeaten in his first 12 Premier League matches . (Source Italian Football TV online)

-Manchester City’s third goal vs. Manchester United was part of a collective move that involved 44 passes. (Source RTBF.be online)

Monday, November 12, 2018:

-French midfielder Samir Nasri is undergoing a medical at West Ham ahead of signing a short term deal. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Brazilizn defender Dani Alves (PSG) has expressed the desire to play in the English Premier League. (Source La Gazzetta dello Sport online)

-Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) has been charged by the FA for misconduct for breaches in betting rules. (Source BBC Football online)

-Arsenal’s Danny Welbeck has been operated a second time on his ankle. (Source L’Equipe online)



Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 9, 2018
Raheem Sterling
Striker
Manchester City
2023
BBC Football



Photo From: L’Equipe, November 8, 2018
(Mourinho, November 7, 2018, UCL, Juventus 1-Manchester United 2)




English Premier League Matchday (November 10-November 11, 2018):

Saturday, November 10, 2018:
Cardiff 2-Brighton 1 (Callum Paterson 28, Sol Bamba 90 / Lewis Dunk 6)
Huddersfield 1-West Ham 1 (Alex Pritchard 6 / Felipe Anderson 74)
Leicester 0-Burnley 0 (-)
Newcastle 2 –Bournemouth 1 (Salomon Rondon 7, 40 / Jefferson Lerma 45)
Southampton 1-Watford 1 (Manolo Gabbiadini 20 / Jose Holebas 82)
Crystal Palace  0-Tottenham 1 (Juan Foyth 66)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:
Liverpool 2-Fulham 0 (Mohamed Salah 41, Xherdan Shaqiri 53)
Chelsea 0-Everton 0 (-)
Arsenal 1-Wolves 1 (Henrikh Mkhitryan 86 / Ivan Cavaleiro 13)
Manchester City 3-Manchester United 0 (David Silva 12, Sergio Aguero 48, Ilky Gundogan 86  / Anthony Martial 58 pen)

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
12
10
2
0
36
5
31
32
2
Liverpool
12
9
3
0
23
5
18
30
2
Chelsea
12
8
4
0
27
8
19
28
4
Tottenham
12
9
0
3
20
10
10
27
4
Arsenal
12
7
3
2
26
15
11
24
6
Bournemouth
12
6
2
4
  21
16
5
20

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

II.  Italy
Diary:
Tuesday, November 6, 2018:
-Aurelio Andreazzoli has been dismissed as Empoli Manager and replaced by Giuseppe Iachini. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Zlatan Ibrahimovic stated that he had not wanted to leave AC Milan for PSG in 2012. He had even requested demands that he felt would be turned in the hopes of reaming with Milan. (Source La Gazzetta delo Sport online)

-Arsene Wenger has denied that he is to become the AC Milan Manager. (Source Sky Sports online)
Wednesday, November 7, 2018:

-AC Milan’s Andrea Conti has been suspended foe three matches after insultuing a referee in a youth squad match. Likewise AC Milan Director, Paolo Maldini has been banned for onw week for insulting the referee in question.  (Source L’Equipe online)

Thursday, November 8, 2018:

-AC Milan have been sanctioned (20 Million Euros, as well as the possibly of refusal to register new players for next stage of Europa league) for violation of Financial Fair Play rules. (Source Calciomercato online)

-AC Milan will appeal the suspensions of Andrea Conti and Paolo Maldini . (Source Football Italia online)

-Alessandro Costacurta has criticized Paulo Sousa for openly courting the Roma Manager position, while Eusebio Di Francesco is still in charge. (Source Football Italia online)

-Lucas Biglia (AC Milan) will be out injured for four months. (Source L’Equipe online)

Friday, November 9, 2018:

-Inter and AC Milan have agreed on a deal to work on a new stadium, which is likely to be a renovated San Siro Stadium. (Source Football Italia online)

-Brescia’s Sandro Tonali is the first player born after the year 2000 to have been called up by Italy. (Source La Gazzetta dello Sport online)

-Italy Manager Roberto Mancini has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Portugal and USA. (Source Football Italia online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno [Cagliari], Gianluigi Donnarumma [Milan], Salvatore Sirigu [Torino]
Defenders: Cristiano Biraghi [Fiorentina], Leonardo Bonucci [Juventus], Giorgio Chiellini [Juventus], Mattia De Sciglio [Juventus], Emerson Palmieri Dos Santos [Chelsea], Alessandro Florenzi [Roma], Alessio Romagnoli [Milan], Daniele Rugani [Juventus]
Midfielders: Nicolò Barella [Cagliari], Roberto Gagliardini [Inter], Frello Filho Jorge Luiz Jorginho [Chelsea], Lorenzo Pellegrini [Roma], Stefano Sensi [Sassuolo], Sandro Tonali [Brescia], Marco Verratti [Paris Saint-Germain]
Forwards: Domenico Berardi [Sassuolo], Federico Bernardeschi [Juventus], Federico Chiesa [Fiorentina], Vincenzo Grifo [Hoffenheim], Ciro Immobile [Lazio], Lorenzo Insigne [Napoli], Kevin Lasagna [Udinese], Leonardo Pavoletti [Cagliari], Matteo Politano [Inter]

-Italy U-21 Manager Luigi Di Biagio has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. England and Germany. (Source Tuttosport online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Emil Audero (Sampdoria), Alessandro Plizzari (Milan), Simone Scuffet (Udinese);
Defenders: Claud Adjapong (Sassuolo), Alessandro Bastoni (Parma), Kevin Bonifazi (Spal), Arturo Calabresi (Bologna), Davide Calabria (Milan), Fabio Depaoli (Chievo Verona), Sebastiano Luperto (Naples), Gianluca Mancini (Atalanta) , Giuseppe Pezzella (Udinese), Filippo Romagna (Cagliari);
Midfielders: Gaetano Castrovilli (Cremonese), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo); Rolando Mandragora (Udinese), Alessandro Murgia (Lazio), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Luca Valzania (Atalanta), Nicolò Zaniolo (Rome);
Attackers: Patrick Cutrone (Milan), Moise Kean (Juventus), Antonino La Gumina (Empoli), Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna), Vittorio Parigini (Turin), Daniele Verde (Real Valladolid), Luca Vido (Perugia).

Saturday, November 10, 2018:

-Mateo Musacchio (AC Milan) will be out injured for two months. (Source Football Italia online)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:

-Juventus’ Leonardo Bonucci has apparently requested Manager Massimiliano Allegri to start him on the bench for today’s match vs. AC Milan in order to diffuse any tensions surrounding his return. However, in another report, he expressed that he was surprised not to start. (Source Calciomercato / Football Italia online)

-Giampiero Ventura resigned as Chievo Manager after just four matches in charge. (Source Football Italia online)

-Gonzalo Higuain (AC Milan) missed a penalty kick and was sent off after arguing with the referee in AC Milan’s loss vs. Juvntus (0-2). (Source Football Italia online)

-Raoul Bellanova (AC Milan) took a selfie with Cristiano Ronaldo after the match vs. Juventus, however, the photo inadvertently showed Giorgio Chiellini nude in the backgound. This made the viral media rounds. (Source AS.com online)

Monday, November 12, 2018:

-Carlo Ancelotti has suggested that matches should be stopped if there are insults from the stands. (Source Corriere dello Sport online)

-Gonzalo Higuain apologized for his benavior for yesterday’s match. He expressed his frustration and stated ‘we are not robots but humans’. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Juventus Manager Massimiliano Allegri has won the coach of the year award, ‘La Panchina d’Oro’, ahead of Maurizio Sarri and Simone Inzaghi. (Source Calciomercato online)

-Despite offering to resign as Chievo coach, Giampiero Ventura’s still has not been accepted by the club. (Source Football Italia online)



Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 9, 2018
Joachim Andersen (Denmark)
Defender
Sampdoria
2022
Calciomercato


Italian Serie A Matchday (November 9-November 12, 2018):

Friday, November 9, 2018:
Frosinone 1-Fiorentina 1 (Andrea Pinamonti 89 / Marco Benassi 47)

Saturday, November 10, 2018:
Torino 1-Parma 2 (Daniele Baselli 37 / Gervinho 9, Roberto Inglese 25)
SPAL 2-Cagliari 2 (Andrea Petagna 3, Mirko Antenucci 71 / Leonardo Pavoletti 73, Artur Ionita 76)
Genoa 1-Napoli 2 (Christian Kouame 20 / Fabian Ruiz 62, Davide Biraschi (own goal) 86)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:
Atalanta 4-Inter 1 (Hans Hateboer 8, Gianluca Mancini 62, Berat Djimsiti 88, Papu Gomez 90 / Mauro Icardi 47 pen)
Chievo 2-Bologna 2 (Riccardo Meggiorini 20 pen, Joel Obi 45 / Federico Santander 3, Riccardo Orsolini 45)
Roma 4-Sampdoria 1 (Juan Jesus 19, Patrik Schick 59, Stephan El Shaarawy 72, 90 / Gregoire Defrel 89)
Empoli 2-Udinese 1 (Miha Zajc 41, Frabcesco Caputo 51 / Ignacio Pussetto 81)
Sassuolo 1-Lazio 1 (Gian Marco Ferrari 15 / Marco Parolo 7)
AC Milan 0-Juventus 2 (Mario Mandzukic 8, Cristiano Ronaldo 81)

Top Goalscorer:
Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa) 9 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Juventus
12
11
1
0
26
8
18
34
2
Napoli
12
9
1
2
26
13
13
28
3
Inter
12
8
1
3
22
10
12
25
4
Lazio
12
7
1
4
18
14
4
22
5
AC Milan
12
6
3
3
21
  16
5
21
6
Roma
12
5
4
3
22
   15
7
19


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


III.  Spain

Diary:

Tuesday, November 6, 2018:
-The house of Barcelona’s Jordi Alba was burglarized while he was away with the squad at Milan for the UCL. (Source L’Equipe online)

Wednesday, November 7, 2018:

-Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema by scoring vs. Plzen in the UCL has now joined a select group of players who have scored 200 or more goals for the club. (Source Daily Mail online)


Thursday, November 8, 2018:

-Spain Manager Luis Enrique has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Jordi Alba has earned a recall. (Source RTBF.be online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: David De Gea (Manchester United/ENG), Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea/ENG), Pau Lopez (Betis Séville).
Defenders: César Azpilicueta (Chelsea/ENG), Diego Llorente (Real Sociedad), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Inigo Martinez (Athletic Bilbao), Mario Hermoso (Espanyol Barcelone), José Luis Gaya (Valence), Jordi Alba (FC Barcelone), Jonny Otto (Wolverhampton/ENG).
Midfielders: Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto (FC Barcelone), Pablo Fornals (Villarreal), Rodrigo, Saul (Atlético Madrid), Dani Ceballos (Real Madrid), Brais Mendez (Celta Vigo), Isco (Real Madrid)
Strikers: Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), Alvaro Morata (Chelsea), Suso (Milan AC/ITA), Rodrigo Moreno (Valence), Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo).

-Barcelona’s Phillipe Coutinho will be out injured two to three weeks. (Source Sport Bild online)

-Betis Manager Quqique Setien apologized for saying about his player Marco Bartra (“something is not doing well for you to be at Betis… a team in theory smaller than others (Barceloan and Dortmund are former clubs of his)” . (Source Maisfutebol online)

-Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos has apologized for elbowing and breaking the nose of Viktoria Plzen’s Milan Havel. Ramos stated that it was not intentional. (Source AS.com online)


Friday, November 9, 2018:

-Luis Suarez (Barcelona) has been chosen as the player of the month of October in La Liga. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Keylor Navas has made himself unavailable to Costa Rica’s matches this month as he is attempting to regain his place at Real Madrid. (Source AS.com online)

-Antonin Panenka stated that Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos does the best recreation of his famous penalty kick. (Source AS.com online)
 Saturday, November 10, 2018:

-In today’s match, Atletico Madrid’s Diego Godin stayed on the field while injured as his team had made its three substitutions. He managed to score Atletico Madrid’s winning goal in the end. (Source Maisfutebol online)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:

-Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele was dropped for today’s match vs. Betis as he failed to show up to training on Thursday an did not inform the club of his whereabouts for over an hour. (Source Reuters UK online)

Monday, November 12, 2018:

-Lionel Messi was presented with the ‘Di Stefano’ trophy as the La Liga player of the year for last season . (Source L’Equipe online)

-Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak has received the Zamora Trophy awarded for the bets goalkeeper in La Liga . (Source Maisfutebol online)

-Real Madrid’s Caemiro and Nacho will be out injured for some weeks . (Source L’Equipe online)

-Gerard Pique stated that it is time to make Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele understand that Football is a 24-hour job. (Source Reuters UK online)

-It was reported that Santiago Solari will be Real Madrid’s full-time Manager for the rest of the season. (Source AS.com online)

-Croatia Manager Zlatko Dalic stated that Real Madrid’s scapegoats are always foreign players like Modric and Kroos. (Source AS.com online)

-Antonio Mohamed has been dismissed as Celta Manager. He is replaced by Portuguese Manager Miguel Cardoso. (Source L’Equipe online)



Spanish La Liga Matchday (November 9-November 12, 2018):

Friday, November 9, 2018:
Levante 1-Sociedad 3 (Chema 4 / Theo Hernandez 73, Juanmi 77, Mikel Oyarzabal 83)

Saturday, November 10, 2018:
Valladolid 0-Eibar 0 (-)
Getafe 0-Valencia 1 (Dani Parejo 81 pen)
Atletico Madrid 3-Bilbao 2 (Thomas Partey 61, Rodri 80, Diego Godin 90 / Inaki Williams 36, 64)
Girona 0-Leganes 0 (-)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:
Alves 2-Huesca 1 (Jony 41, Ruben Sobrino 68 / Moi Gomez 35)
Barcelona 3-Betis 4 (Lionel Messi 68 pen, 90, Arturo Vidal 79 / Junior Firpo 20, Joaquin 34, Giovani Lo Celso 71, Sergio Canales 83)
Rayo Vallecano 2-Villareal 2 (Raul De Tomas 45, Alvaro Garcia 66 / S.C.Chukweze 33, Nicola Sansone 80)
Sevilla 2-Espanyol 1 (Gabriel Mercado 70, Wissam Ben Yedder 89 / Borja Iglesias 38)
Celta 2-Real Madrid 4 (Hugo Mallo 61, Brais Mendez 90 / Karim Benzema 23, Gustavo Cabral (own goal) 56, Sergio Ramos 83 pen, Dani Ceballos 90)

Top Goalscorer:
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 9 goals
Luis Suarez (Barcelona) 9 goals
Cristhian Stuani (Girona) 8 goals
Iago Aspas (Celta) 8 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Barcelona
12
7
3
2
34
18
16
24
2
Sevilla
12
7
2
3
24
14
10
23
3
Atletico Madrid
12
6
5
1
16
8
8
23
4
Alaves
12
7
2
3
17
12
5
23
5
Espanyol
12
6
3
3
16
10
6
21
6
Real Madrid
12
6
4
2
20
16
4
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 6, 2018:
-

Wednesday, November 7, 2018:

-

Thursday, November 8, 2018:

-Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness has apologized for criticizing Juan Bernat (now at PSG) last month. (Source L’Equipe online)

Friday, November 9, 2018:


-Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness stated that Legal Action is likely against ‘Der Spiegel’ over their reporting of the alledged Breakaway Super League. (Source Sport Bild online)

-Germany Manager Joachim Low has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Russia and Holland. (Source Bundelsiga App online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern), Bernd Leno (Arsenal), Kevin Trapp (Frankfurt)
Defenders: Matthias Ginter (Gladbach), Jonas Hector (Cologne), Mats Hummels (Bayern), Thilo Kehrer (PSG), Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), Nico Schulz (Hoffenheim), Niklas Süle (Bayern), Jonathan Tah (Leverkusen)
Midfielders: Leon Goretzka (Bayern), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Sebastian Rudy (Schalke)
Forwards: Julian Brandt (Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (PSG), Serge Gnabry (Bayern), Kai Havertz(Leverkusen), Thomas Müller (Bayern), Marco Reus (Dortmund), Leroy Sane (Manchester City), Mark Uth (Schalke), Timo Werner (RB Leipzig)


-Germany U-21 Manager Stefan Kuntz has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Italy and Holland. (Source Kicker.de online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Svend Brodersen (FC St. Pauli), Nils Körber (VfL Osnabrück), Alexander Nübel (FC Schalke 04)
Defenders:
Waldemar Anton (Hannover 96), Timo Baumgartl (VfB Stuttgart), Benjamin Henrichs (AS Monaco), Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig), Robin Koch (SC Freiburg), Maximilian Mittelstädt (Hertha BSC), Pascal Stenzel (SC Freiburg), Felix Uduokhai (VfL Wolfsburg)
Midfielders:
Mahmoud Dahoud (Borussia Dortmund), Maximilian Eggestein (Werder Bremen), Arne Maier (Hertha BSC), Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Monchengladbach), Philipp Ochs (Aalborg BK), Levin Oztunali (1st FSV Mainz 05), Abdelhamid Sabiri (Huddersfield) Town), Suat Serdar (FC Schalke 04), Luca Waldschmidt (SC Freiburg)
Strikers:
Törles Knöll (1st FC Nuremberg), Marco Richter (FC Augsburg), Janni Serra (Holstein Kiel)


Saturday, November 10, 2018:

-


Sunday, November 11, 2018:
-Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness stated that Manager Nico Kovac would not be sacked. (Source Goal.com  online)

-Bayern Munich’s Mats Hummels revealed that he had played yesterday’s match vs. Dortmund while suffering from cold/flu. (Source Sport Bild  online)

Monday, November 12, 2018:
-It was cofirmed that on Saturday, Bayen Munich’s Franck Ribery slapped BeIn Journalist Patrick Guillou on Bayern’s team bus as he was being interviewed after a loss at Dortmund. He apparently slapped hism three times before pushing him on the chest. (Source Daily Mail online)

-Schalke’s Swiss striker Breel Embolo has broken his foot and will be out injured. (Source Sport Bild online)

-Former Bayern Munich defender, the Argentinean defender Martin Demichelis stated that former club Manager the Dutchman Louis van Gaal was ‘disturbed/crazy’ and ‘went too far at times’. He revealed a number of anecdotes related to his experience with him. (Source Goal.com online)

-Mark Uth (Schlake) has withdrawn from the Germany squad due to injury.. (Source L’Equipe online)

German Bundesliga Matchday (November 9-November 11, 2018):

Friday, November 9, 2018:
Hannover 2-Wolfsburg 1 (Linton Maina 31, Ihlas Bebou 63 pen / Wout Weghorst 82 pen)

Saturday, November 10, 2018:
Nuremberg 0-Stuttgart 2 (-Timo Baumgartl 68, Erik Thommy 82)
Hoffenheim 2-Augsburg 1 (Andrej Kramaric 65, Reiss Nelson 83 / Alfred Finnbogason 69)
Dusseldorf 4-Hertha Berlin 1 (Takashi Usami 50, Rouwen Hennings 63, Benito Raman 84, 90 / Davie Selke 88)
Freiburg 1-Mainz 3  (Roland Sallai 72 / J.Gbamin 6, J.Philippe Mateta 18, Karim Onisiwo 75)
Werder Bremen 1- Moenchengladbach 3 (Nuri Sahin 59 / Alassane Plea 39, 48, 52)
Dortmund 3-Bayern Munich 2 (Marco Reus 49 pen, 67, Paco Alcacer 73 / Robert Lewandowski 26, 52)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:
RB Leipzig 3-Leverkusen 0 (Yussuf Poulsen 27, 85, Lukas Klostermann 68)
Frankfurt 3-Schalke 0 (Luka Jovic 61, 7, Sebastian Haller 80)

Top Goalscorer:
Luka Jovic (Frankfurt) 9 goals
Paco Alcacer (Dortmund) 8 goals
Marco Reus (Dortmund) 8 goals
Sebastien Haller (Frankfurt) 8 goals
Alassane Plea (Moenchengladbach) 8 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Dortmund
11
8
3
0
33
12
21
27
2
M’Gladbach
11
7
2
2
26
13
13
23
3
RB Leipzig
11
6
4
1
22
9
13
22
4
Frankfurt
11
6
2
3
26
13
13
20
5
Bayern Munich
11
6
2
3
20
14
6
20
6
Hoffenheim
11
6
1
4
24
15
9
19

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

V.  France
Diary:
Tuesday, November 6, 2018:

-Antoine Kombouare has been dismissed as Guingamp Manager and replaced in interim basis by the duo of Sylvain Didot and Vincent Rautureau. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Monaco owner Dmitry Rybolovlev has been placed in police custody due to allegations of bribery and corruption. (Source Football Chatter online)

-Bordeaux is officially under the management of American firm GACP. (Source L’Equipe online)

-PSG’s Neymar claimed that UCL match referee in their match vs. Napoli, Bjorn Kuipers, was disrespectful and told him “something he should not have”. (Source Daily Mirror online)


Wednesday, November 7, 2018:

-It was revealed that one of the reasons for Antoine Kombouare’s dismissal was him not returning with the Guingamp team bus after the loss vs. Nantes. This did not please the club Management. He had stayed in the area as he is a former Nantes player and has roots there. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Lille Manager Christophe Galtier has confirmed that Nicolas Anelka would join the club’s coaching staff. (Source L’Equipe online)

-According to Footy Leaks, Kylian Mbappe could have joined Real Madrid in 2017, but instead joined PSG who matched the fee. (Source AS.com online)

Thursday, November 8, 2018:

-France Manager Didier Deschamps has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Holland and Uruguay. (Source Sportfusion Football News online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Alphonse Areola (Paris Saint-Germain), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur/ENG), Steve Mandanda (Marseille)
Defenders: Lucas Digne (Everton/ENG), Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint-Germain), Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City/ENG), Benjamin Pavard (Stuttgart/GER), Adil Rami (Marseille), Mamadou Sakho (Crystal Palace/ENG), Djibril Sidibe (Monaco), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid/ESP)
Midfielders: N'Golo Kante (Chelsea/ENG), Blaise Matuidi (Juventus/ITA), Tanguy Ndombele (Lyon), Steven Nzonzi (Roma/ITA), Paul Pogba (Manchester United/ENG)
Forwards: Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona/ESP), Nabil Fekir (Lyon), Olivier Giroud (Chelsea/ENG), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Anthony Martial (Manchester United/ENG), Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), Florian Thauvin (Marseille)

-Toulouse have removed 18-year-old Jean-Clair Todibo separate from the squad as he has yet to sign a professional contract with the club. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Montpellier’s Pedro mendes has been banned for three matches (one suspended). (Source L’Equipe online)

-The Paris court of appeals has rejected the verdict annulment againt Karim Benzema and others in a video blackmail scandal against Mathieu Valbuena. Benzema will now take the case to the Supreme Court . (Source AS.com online)

-The French Federation are set to withdraw their complaint against RB Leipzig for the non-availability issues of Jean-Kevin Augustin . (Source Sport Bild online)
Friday, November 9, 2018:

-Jocelyn Gourvennec was named as the new Guingamp Manager. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Thierry henry stated that a Frenchman or Eden Hazard deserves the Ballon d’Or. (Source RTBF.be online)


Saturday, November 10, 2018:

-According to a documentary on ’France 2’, PSG’s Neymar gets a bonus of 375,000 Euros if he claps to the fans. (Source extra.ie online)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:

-
Monday, November 12, 2018:

-Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial have withdrawn from the France squad due to injuries. They were replaced by Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham) and Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal). (Source L’Equipe online)

-Benjamin Mendy has also withdrawn from the France squad due to injury. Ferland Mendy (Lyon) has been called up as a replacement.  (Source L’Equipe online)

-Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) was forced to bow out injured after being called up earlier in the day. Alassane Plea (Moenchengladbach) has been called up as his replacement in the National team. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Emiliano Sala (Nantes) was named as the Ligue 1 player of the month of October. (Source L’Equipe online)

-St Etienne’s Loic Perrin will be out injured for at least a month. (Source L’Equipe online)



French Ligue 1 Matchday (November 9-November 11, 2018):

Friday, November 9, 2018:
Lille 0-Strasbourg 0 (-)

Saturday, November 10, 2018:
Guingamp 2-Lyon 4 (Marcus Thuram 21, 79 pen / Houssam Aouar 62, Memphis Depay 66, 73, Maxwell Cornet 83)
St Etienne 2-Reims 0 (Mathieu Debuchy 1, Wahbi Khazri 39)
Nimes 0-Nice 1 (Youcef Atal 61)
Angers 1-Montpellier 0 (Romain Thomas 69)
Toulouse 0-Amiens 1 (Alexis Blin 28)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:
Bordeaux 0-Caen 0 (-)
OM 2-Dijon 0 (Lucas Ocampos 45, Adil Rami 84)
Rennes 1-Nantes 1 (Jakob Johansson 8 / Emiliano Sala 16)
Monaco 0-PSG 4 (Edinson Cavani 4, 11, 53, Neymar 64 pen)

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


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSG
13
13
0
0
45
7
38
39
2
Lille
13
7
3
3
20
10
10
26
3
Montpellier
13
7
4
2
20
8
12
25
4
Lyon
13
7
3
3
23
16
7
24
5
St Etienne
13
6
5
2
19
17
2
23
6
Marseille
13
7
1
5
24
21
3
22


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

VI.  Holland
Diary:


Tuesday, November 6, 2018:
-

Wednesday, November 7, 2018:

-Over the past weekend, in a third division match, Rijnsburgse FC’s fans hired a female stripper to run onto the field to distract opponents AFC. (Source AS.com online)
Thursday, November 8, 2018:

-
Friday, November 9, 2018:

-Holland Manager Ronald Koeman has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. France and Germany. (Source Voetbalzone online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers : Marco Bizot (AZ), Jasper Cillessen (Barcelona), Jeroen Zoet (PSV)
Defenders : Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), Nathan Aké (Bournemouth), Daley Blind, Matthijs de Ligt (both Ajax), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Denzel Dumfries (PSV), Kenny Tete (Olympique Lyon), Stefan de Vrij (Internazionale)
Midfielders : Donny van de Beek, Frenkie de Jong (both Ajax), Pablo Rosario (PSV), Marten de Roon (Atalanta), Kevin Strootman (Olympique Marseille), Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord), Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool)
Strikers : Ryan Babel (Besiktas), Luuk de Jong, Steven Bergwijn (both PSV), Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyon), Javairô Dilrosun (Hertha BSC), Quincy Promes (Sevilla)

-Holland U-21 Manager Erwin van de Looi has named his squad for upcoming match vs. Germany. (Source Voetbalzone online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord), Jan Hoekstra (FC Groningen), Maarten Paes (FC Utrecht)
Defenders: Perr Schuurs (Ajax), Tyrell Malacia (Feyenoord), Deyovaisio Zeefuik (FC Groningen), Rick van Drongelen (Hamburger SV), Sherel Floranus (SC Heerenveen), Nathangelo Markelo (Everton), Armando Obispo (PSV)
Midfielders: Dani de Wit (Ajax), Teun Koopmeiners (AZ), Deroy Duarte (Sparta Rotterdam)
Strikers: Kaj Sierhuis (Ajax), Ferdi Kadioglu (Fenerbahce), Tahith Chong (Manchester United), Donyell Malen (PSV), Justin Kluivert (AS Roma), Jay-Roy Cave (VVV Venlo)


Saturday, November 10, 2018:
-After his sending off for his Qatari club Al-Gharafa, Wesley Sneijder stated that this is his last game in Qatar. (Source Calciomercato online)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:
-

Monday, November 12, 2018:
-


Dutch Eredivisie Matchday (November 9-November 11, 2018):

Friday, November 9, 2018:
PEC 2-Willem II 3 (Vito Van Crooij 62, Zian Flemming 81 / Damil Dankerlui 8, Fran Sol 16, 67)

Saturday, November 10, 2018:
Emmen 2-NAC 0 (Caner Cavlan 59, Jafar Arias 88)
De Graafschap 1-PSV Eindhoven 4  (Youssef El Jebli 21 / Luuk De Jong 18, 88, Steven Bergwijn 27, Donyell Malen 77)
Vitesse 2-Utrecht 1 (Bryan Linssen 58, Martin Odegaard 64 / Cyriel Dessers 78)
VVV 3-Fortuna Sittard 2 (Ralf Seuntjens 32, Peniel Mlapa 41, 48 / Finn Stokkers 30, Andre Vidigal 86)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:
Groningen 2-Heerenveen 0 (Django Warmedam 27, Ritsu Doan 38)
Den Haag 0-AZ 1 (Guss Til 50)
Excelsior 1-Ajax 7 (Ali Messaoud 52 / Donny Van de Beek 31, 48, Lasse Schone 44, Kaper Dolberg 59, Jerdy Schouten (own goal) 71, Hakim Ziyech 79, David Neres 87)
Heracles 0-Feyenoord 2 (Nicolai Jorgensen 59, Jens Toornstra 63)

Top Goalscorer:
Luuk De Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 11 goals
Fran Sol (Willem II) 10 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSV Eindhoven
12
12
0
0
43
5
39
36
2
Ajax
12
10
1
1
38
6
32
31
3
Feyenoord
11
7
2
2
22
13
9
23
4
Heracles
12
6
2
4
25
24
1
20
5
AZ
12
5
3
4
22
18
4
18
6
Vitesse
12
5
3
4
18
14
4
18

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


VII.  Scotland
Diary:

Tuesday, November 6, 2018:
-Scotland Manager Alex McLeisch has named his updated squad for upcoming matches for the Albania and Israel. (Source Daily Mail online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Craig Gordon (Celtic), Allan McGregor (Rangers), Jon McLaughlin (Sunderland).
Defenders: Michael Devlin (Aberdeen), Scott McKenna (Aberdeen), Charlie Mulgrew (Blackburn Rovers), Stephen O'Donnell (Kilmarnock), Andy Robertson (Liverpool), Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen), Kieran Tierney (Celtic).
Midfielders: Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), Ryan Christie (Celtic), James Forrest (Celtic), Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth), Gary Mackay-Steven (Aberdeen), Kevin McDonald (Fulham), John McGinn (Aston Villa), Callum McGregor (Celtic), Callum Paterson (Cardiff City), Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United).
Forwards: Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday), Oliver McBurnie (Swansea), Matt Phillips (West Brom), Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City)

-Celtic’s Daniel Arzani will be out for the rest of the season due to a knee ligament injury. (Source BBC Football online)

Wednesday, November 7, 2018:

-Matt Ritchie (Newcastle) has withdrawn himself from the Scottish National Team for the ‘forseeable future’. (Source BBC Football online)
Thursday, November 8, 2018:

-Hearts Manager Craig Levein stated that the Scottish FA charging both sides (Hibs and hearts) for the recent  mass confrontation was disproportionate. (Source BBC Football online)

-Craig Brown stated that Scotland players that ask to be left out of the National Team are showing “petulance” and should not be picked again by their Nation. (Source BBC Football online)

-Rangers’ appeal against a second yellow card  issued to Daniel Candeias (in their match vs. St Mirren) has been turned down. (Source BBC Football online)
Friday, November 9, 2018:

-Goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald (Kilmarnock) has been called up as a replacement for Jon McLaughlin, who whad withdrawn from the Scotland squad. (Source BBC Football online)

Saturday, November 10, 2018:
-

Sunday, November 11, 2018:

- Charlie Mulgrew, Kevin McDonald, Stepehn O’Donnell have all withdrawn from the Scotland squad. (Source BBC Football online)



Monday, November 12, 2018:
-Scotland Manager Alex McLeisch has named his updated squad for upcoming matches for the Albania and Israel. David Bates, Ryan Jack, Scott McTominay and Scott Bain have been called up as replacements. (Source BBC Football online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Scott Bain (Celtic), Jamie MacDonald (Kilmarnock), Allan McGregor (Rangers).
Defenders: Michael Devlin (Aberdeen), Scott McKenna (Aberdeen), Andy Robertson (Liverpool), Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen), Kieran Tierney (Celtic), David Bates (Hamburg).
Midfielders: Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), Ryan Christie (Celtic), James Forrest (Celtic), Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth), Gary Mackay-Steven (Aberdeen), John McGinn (Aston Villa), Callum McGregor (Celtic), Callum Paterson (Cardiff City), Ryan Jack (Rangers), Scott McTominay (Manchester United).
Forwards: Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday), Oliver McBurnie (Swansea City), Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion), Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City).


Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 8, 2018
Lewis Stevenson
Defender
Hibernian
2021
BBC Football
November 9, 2018
Olivier Ntcham (France)
Midfielder
Celtic
2022
L’Equipe
November 12, 2018
Ryan Christie
Midfielder
Celtic
2021
L’Equipe


Scottish Premier League Matchday (November 7, 2018):

Scottish Premier League Matchday (November 9-November 11, 2018):
Friday, November 9, 2018:
Aberdeen 1-Hibernian 0 (Gary Mackay-Steven 40)
Saturday, November 10, 2018:
Dundee 1-St Mirren 1 (Kenny Miller 34 / Simeon Jackson 21 pen)
Hearts 0-Kilmarnock 1  (Ross Millen 73)
St Johnstone 4-Hamilton 0 (Murray Davidson 20, Drey Wright 36, Matthew Kennedy 54, David Wotherspoon 74)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:
Livingston 0-Celtic 0 (-)
Ramgers 7-Motherwell 1 (Scott Arfield 8, 61, James Tavernier 35 pen, Alfredo Morelos 38, Glenn Middleston 59, Eros Grezda 68, 75 / Curtis Main 25)
Top Goalscorer:
Steven Naismith (Hearts) 7 goals
Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) 7 goals
Odsonne Edourad (Celtic) 7 goals
Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Celtic
12
8
2
2
27
6
21
26
2
Hearts
13
8
2
3
19
13
6
26
3
Rangers
12
7
3
2
32
11
21
24
4
Kilmarnock
13
7
3
3
19
12
7
24
5
St Johnstone
13
7
2
4
16
18
-2
23
6
Aberdeen
12
6
3
3
16
10
6
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 6, 2018:
-

Wednesday, November 7, 2018:
-Sporting CP’s Rodrigo Battaglia will be out injured for six months following his cruciate ligament surgery. (Source A Bola online)

-Dutch Manager Marcel Keizer is linked to be the next Sporting CP Manager. (Source football-oranje online)


Thursday, November 8, 2018:

-Portugal Manager Fernando Santos has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Italy and Poland. (Source L’Equipe online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers : Beto (Goztepe), Cláudio Ramos (Tondela), Rui Patrício (Wolverhampton)
Defenders : Cédric Soares (Southampton), João Cancelo (Juventus), Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund), Luís Neto (Zenith), Mário Rui (Naples), José Fonte (Lille), Pepe (Besiktas), Rúben Dias (Benfica).
Midfielders: Bruno Fernandes (Sporting), Danilo Pereira (FC Porto), André Gomes (Everton), Pizzi (Benfica), Renato Sanches (Bayern), Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton), João Mário (Inter), William Carvalho (Betis).
Strikers : Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Bruma (RB Leipzig), Rafa Silva (SL Benfica), Éder (Lokomotiv Moscou), Gonçalo Guedes (Valence), André Silva (Séville FC).

-Al-Jazira has announced the departure of Dutch Manager Marcel Keizer, who is set to be the next Sporting CP Manager. (Source vi.nl online)

-Portugal U-21 Manager Rui Jorge has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Poland. (Source A Boa online)
Squad:
Goalkeeper: Diogo Costa (FC Porto), João Virgínia (Everton) and Joel Pereira (Vitória de Setúbal)
Defenses:  Diogo Leite and Fernando Fonseca (FC Porto), Ferro, Pedro Amaral and Yuri Ribeiro (Benfica), Ivanildo Fernandes (Moreirense) and Jorge Fernandes (Tondela)
Midfielders: André Horta (Los Angeles FC), Bruno Costa (FC Porto), Gedson Fernandes and João Félix (Benfica), João Carvalho (Nottingham Forest), Pereira Lage (Clermont Foot), Pêpê (Vitória de Guimarães) and Stephen Eustaquio ( Keys)
Forwards:  Diego Goncalves (Nottingham Forest) Diego Jota (Wolverhampton), Heriberto Tavares (Moreirense) Jota (Benfica) and Rafael Leon (Lille)


Friday, November 9, 2018:

- Dutch Manager Marcel Keizer  was named as the new Sporting CP Manager. (Source L’Equipe online)

Saturday, November 10, 2018:
-Porto President Jorge Pinto da Costa and six other club Directors are under investigation after a suit by Benfica accusing them of stealing their communications. (Source L’Equipe online)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:

-

Monday, November 12, 2018:
-Former Sporting CP President Bruno de Carvalho has been detained by the Police as part of the investigation over the incident at the end of last season when players had been attacked by ‘fans’. Bruno de Carvalho is suspected as an instigator for the attacks. The other person in custody is the leader of the Juventude Leo Ultras group who led the attack on players. (Source L’Equipe online)

-

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 8, 2018
Joao Felix
-
Benfica
2023
-

 Portugal Primeira Liga League Matchday (November 9-November 12, 2018):
Friday, November 9, 2018:
Moreirense 2-Portimonense 0 (Nene 34, Pedro Nuno 56)
Setubal 2-Feirense 1 (Frederic Mendy 19, Jhonder Cadiz 72 / Cris 33)
Saturday, November 10, 2018:
Aves 2-Rio Ave 1 (Rodrigo Soares 16 pen, Diego Galo 45 / Bruno Moreira 90)
Belenensses 0-Boavista 0 (-)
Nacional 1-Maritimo 0 (Joao Camacho 65)
Porto 1-Braga 0 (Soares 88)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:
Guimaraes 2-Santa Clara 0 (Davidson 26, Andre Andre 81 pen)
Tondela 1-Benfica 3 (Xavier 1 / Jonas 9, Haris Seferovic 64, Rafa Silva 75)
Sporting CP 2-Chaves 1 (Bas Dost 23, 86 pen / Niltinho 81)

Top Goalscorer:
Dyego Sousa (Braga) 7 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Porto
10
8
0
2
21
6
15
24
2
Sporting CP
10
7
1
2
18
10
8
22
3
Braga
10
6
3
1
19
10
10
21
4
Benfica
10
6
2
2
19
11
8
20
5
Rio Ave
10
5
3
2
17
13
4
18
6
Moreirebse
10
5
1
4
11
14
-3
16

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

IX.  Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday, November 6, 2018:
-Standard Liege’s Bruno Venenzi has reposnded to Laszlo Boloni’s jibes from the previous day. He stated that he hd not contacted him nor anybody else about an offer to manage the club.  (Source RTBF.be online)

Wednesday, November 7, 2018:

-Mamadou Sylla (Zulte-Waregem) has been suspended for two matches. (Source Jupiter League App online)
Thursday, November 8, 2018:

-Zulte-Waregem will appeal Mamadou Sylla’s suspension. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Mouscron will appeal Nikola Gula’s one match suspension. (Source Jupiter League App online)

- Agent Evert Maeschalck has been implicated in the Footgate iubvestigation. (Source RTBF.be online)

- Mechelen President Johan Timmermans has resigned as a result of the Footgate scandal (Source Walfoot.be online)


Friday, November 9, 2018:
-Belgium Manager Roberto Martinez has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Iceland and Switzerland. (Source RTBF.be online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers:
Thibaut COURTOIS (Real Madrid)
Simon 
MIGNOLET (Liverpool)
Koen 
CASTEELS (Wolfsburg)
Matz 
SELS (Strasbourg)
Defenders :
Toby ALDERWEIRELD (Tottenham)
Dedryck 
BOYATA (Celtic Glasgow)
Jason 
DENAYER (Lyon)
Leander 
DENDONCKER (Wolverhampton)
Christian 
KABASELE (Watford)
Vincent 
KOMPANY (Manchester City)
Brandon 
MECHELE (FC Bruges)

Midfielders :
Yannick CARRASCO (Dalian Yifang)
Timothy 
CASTAGNE (Atalanta Bergame)
Nacer 
CHADLI (AS Monaco)
Thorgan 
HAZARD (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Thomas 
MEUNIER (PSG)
Dennis 
PRAET (Sampdoria Gênes)
Youri 
TIELEMANS (AS Monaco)
Hans 
VANAKEN (FC Bruges)
Axel 
WITSEL (Borussia Dortmund)

Strikers:
Eden HAZARD (Chelsea)
Adnan 
JANUZAJ (Real Sociedad)
Dries 
MERTENS (Naples)
Michy 
BATSHUAYI (Valence)
Romelu 
LUKAKU (Manchester United)

-Belgium U-21 Manager Johan Walem has named his squad for upcoming match vs. Romania. (Source Footnews.be online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Ortwin De Wolf (Lokeren), Jens Teunckens (Antwerp)

Defenders: Mathias Bossaerts (Ostende), Rocky Bushiri (AS Eupen), Dion Cools (Club Bruges), Casper De Norre (Saint-Trond), Wout Faes (Ostende), Alexis Saelemaekers (Anderlecht), Jur Schryvers (Waasland-Beveren), Zinho Vanheusden (Standard), Dries Wouters (Genk)

Midfielders:  Samuel Bastien (Standard), Alexis De Sart (Saint-Trond), Bryan Heynen (Genk), Orel Mangala (Hambourg), Siebe Schrijvers (Club Bruges), Jordi Vanlerberghe (Ostende).

Strikers: Francis Amuzu (Anderlecht), Landry Dimata (Anderlecht), Aaron Leya Iseka (Toulouse), Dodi Lukebakio (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Isaac Mbenza (Huddersfield).

Saturday, November 10, 2018:

-As part of ‘Footy Leaks’, Anderlecht is under scrutiny for the transfer of for minors between 2011 and 2014: Chancel Mbemba (RD Congo), Patrick Tshiani (USA), Dragos Stefan Cojocaru (Romania) and Bimar Magar (Nepal). (Source RTBF.be online)

-As part of ‘Footy Leaks’, Zulte-waregem are also under scrutiny for the transfer of minors, but they expressed they were unaware of any procedure from FIFA against them. (Source RTBF.be online)


Sunday, November 11, 2018:
-Yannick Ferrara has been dismissed as Manager of Waasland-Beveren. (Source Footnews.be online)

Monday, November 12, 2018:

-The Antwerp court of appeals has accepted Bart Vertenten’s plea that Presiding Judge Joris Raskin should be recused as he was part of the committee that grants licenses to referees. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Belgian League disciplinary commission has offered a three-match suspension and 3,000 Euros fine to Gent’s Birger Verstraete. His teammate Igor Plastun was offered a one match suspension and 1,000 Euros fine. Gent are to appeal the sentences. (Source RTBF.be / Jupiter League App online)

-Anderlecht’s Captain Adrien Trebl will undergo surgery and be out for some time. Sven Kums will be team Captain in the interim. (Source Footnews.be online)

-Kortrijk have condemned the racism shown in the stands of some of its own fans.  (Source Jupiter League App online)

-Kortrijk’s Anthony Van Loo has ended his career months after his heart operation. (Source Jupiter League App online)


First Division A League Matchday (November 9-November 11, 2018):

Friday, November 9, 2018:
Antwerp 2-Ostend 0 (Dieumerci Mbokani 21, 83)

Saturday, November 10, 2018:
Charleroi 2-Club Brugge 1 (Cristian Benavente 39, Massimo Bruno 85 / Hans Vanaken 11)
Eupen 1-St Truiden 4 (Luis Garcia 64 / Daichi Kamada 13, 55, Casper De Norre 44, Alexis De Sart 80)
Zulte-Waregem 2-Lokeren 0 (Xavier Mercier 18, Gianni Bruno 72 pen)
Cercle Brugge 2-Waasland-Beveren 0 (Xavier Mercier 18, Gianni Bruno 72 pen)
Sunday, November 11, 2018:
Anderlecht 2-Gent 0 (Sven Kums 4, 73)
Kortrijk 0-Standard Liege 2 (Maxime Lestienne 1, Paul-Jose Mpoku 76 pen)
Mouscron 0-Genk 0 (-)
Top Goalscorer:
Ally Samatta (Genk) 10 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Genk
15
10
5
0
39
15
24
35
2
Club Brugge
15
9
4
2
37
16
21
31
3
Antwerp
15
9
4
2
23
13
10
31
4
Anderlecht
15
9
3
3
29
16
13
30
5
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Diary (extra):

Tuesday, November 6, 2018:

-Nigeria Manager Gernot Rohr has named his updated squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source BBC Footall online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Theophilus Afelokhai (Enyimba); 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)


-Republic of Ireland Manager Martin O’Neill has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Denmark and Northern Ireland. (Source Sky Sports online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Darren Randolph (Middlesbrough), Colin Doyle (Hearts), Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool), Sean McDermott (Kristiansund BK)
Defenders: Seamus Coleman (Everton), Cyrus Christie (Fulham), Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Richard Keogh (Derby County), Shane Duffy (Brighton & Hove Albion), Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United), Kevin Long (Burnley), Jimmy Dunne (Hearts*), John Egan, Enda Stevens (Sheffield United), Darragh Lenihan, Derrick Williams (Blackburn Rovers), Greg Cunningham (Cardiff City)
Midfielders: Robbie Brady, Jeff Hendrick (Burnley), Harry Arter (Cardiff City*), Conor Hourihane, Glenn Whelan (Aston Villa), David Meyler (Reading), Alan Browne (Preston North End), Shaun Williams (Millwall), Richie Towell, Ryan Manning (Rotherham United*), Callum O'Dowda (Bristol City), James McClean (Stoke City)
Forwards: Shane Long, Michael Obafemi (Southampton), Scott Hogan (Aston Villa), Sean Maguire, Callum Robinson (Preston North End), Aiden O'Brien (Millwall), Ronan Curtis (Portsmouth)

-FIFA has threatened Peru with suspension if it adopts laws modifying the statutes of its Federation that are being investigated.  (Source RTBF.be online)

-Zenit St Petersburg’s Argentinean player Leandro Paredes has been accused of deliberately being sent off so that he can attend the much anticipated Copa Libertadores Final between Boca Juniors and River Plate.  (Source 3neel.com online)

-Poland Manager Jerzy Brzeczek has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Portugal and Czech Republic. (Source 90minut.pl online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Łukasz Fabiański (West Ham United, England), Łukasz Skorupski (Bologna FC, Italy), Wojciech Szczęsny (Juventus, Italy). 
Defenders: Jan Bednarek (Southampton FC, England), Bartosz Bereszyński (Sampdoria Genua, Italy), Kamil Glik (AS Monaco FC, France), Artur Jędrzejczyk (Legia Warszawa), Marcin Kamiński (Fortuna Duesseldorf, Germany), Tomasz Kędziora (Dynamo Kijów, Ukraine), Hubert Matynia (Pogoń Szczecin), Paweł Olkowski (Bolton Wanderers, England), Rafał Pietrzak (Wisła Kraków). 
Midfielders: Jakub Błaszczykowski (VfL Wolfsburg, Germany), Przemysław Frankowski (Jagiellonia Białystok), Jacek Góralski (Łudogorets Razgrad, Bułgaria), Kamil Grosicki (Hull City, England), Damian Kądzior (Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia), Mateusz Klich (Leeds United, England), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Lokomotiw Moscow, Russia), Damian Szymański (Wisła Płock), Piotr Zieliński (SSC Napoli, Italy).
Strikers: Adam Buksa (Pogoń Szczecin), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, Germany), Arkadiusz Milik (SSC Napoli, Italy), Krzysztof Piątek (Genoa CFC 1893, Italy).

-Glenn Whelan will captain Republic of Ireland for his International farewell match vs. Northern Ireland. (Source the42.ie online)

-USA Manager Dave Sarachan has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. England and Italy. (Source USSoccer online)
Squad:
GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Atlanta United FC; 59/0), Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge/BEL; 2/0), Zack Steffen (Columbus Crew; 6/0)
DEFENDERS (10): John Brooks (Wolfsburg/GER; 35/3), Reggie Cannon (FC Dallas; 1/0), Cameron Carter-Vickers (Swansea City/WAL; 6/0), Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls; 1/0), Matt Miazga (Nantes/FRA; 10/1), Shaq Moore (Reus Deportiu/ESP; 3/0), Antonee Robinson (Wigan Athletic/ENG; 6/0), Jorge Villafaña (Portland Timbers; 19/0), DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United/ENG; 56/0), Walker Zimmerman (LAFC; 3/1)
MIDFIELDERS (13): Kellyn Acosta (Colorado Rapids; 21/2), Tyler Adams (New York Red Bulls; 7/1), Luca de la Torre (Fulham/ENG; 1/0), Marky Delgado (Toronto FC/CAN; 5/0), Romain Gall (Malmö/SWE; 0/0), Julian Green (Greuther Fürth/GER; 14/4), Sebastian Lletget (LA Galaxy; 3/1), Weston McKennie (Schalke/GER; 6/1), Darlington Nagbe (Atlanta United FC; 25/1), Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund/GER; 21/9), Kenny Saief (Anderlecht/BEL; 3/0), Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew SC; 9/0), Tim Weah (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA; 7/1)
FORWARDS (2): Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen/GER; 5/2), Bobby Wood (Hannover 96/GER; 43/13)

-Morocco Manager Herve Renard has named his updated squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source BBC Footall online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Munir El-Kajoui (Malaga, Spain), Yassine Bounou (Girona, Spain) Ahmed Reda (Wydad Casablanca)
Defenders: Medhi Benatia (Juventus. Italy), Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahce, Turkey), Manuel da Costa (Istanbul Basaksehir, Turkey), Romain Saïss (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund, Germany), Noussair Mazraoui (Ajax, Netherlands), Oualid El Hajjam (Amiens, France), Achraf Dari (Wydad Casablanca)
Midfielders: Hakim Ziyech (Ajax, Netherlands), Mbark Boussoufa (no club), Karim El Ahmadi (Al-Ittihad, Saudi Arabia), Younes Belhanda (Galatasaray, Turkey), Nordin Amrabat (Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia), Faycal Fajr (Caen, France), Youssef Ait Bennasser (Monaco, France), Abdelilah Hafidi 30 (Raja Casablanca), Sofiane Boufal (Celta Vigo, Spain), Amine Harit (Schalke 04, Germany)
Forwards: Oussama Idrissi (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands), Khalid Boutaib (Yeni Malatyaspor, Turkey), Youssef En-Nesyri (Leganes, Spain), Ayoub El Kaabi (Hebei China Fortune, China), Walid Azaro (Al Ahly, Egypt)


Wednesday, November 7, 2018:

-Former Northern Ireland Internatiuonal Andrew Little has retired from the game at the age of 29 due to injury issues. (Source BBC Football online)

-Welsh International Ched Evans is suing his former lawyers, who represented him in a rape trial in 2011, to recoup lost earnings. He spent two and half years in prison for rape, but a retrial in 2016 fiund him not guilty (Source Sky Sports online)

-Miami voters have agreed to let David Beckham deal with the city council to buy a golf course to house his ‘Inter Miami’ franchise side . (Source Daily Mirror online)

-Zenit St Petersburg’s Leandro Paredes has denied that he got himself sent off deliberately just to attend the Boca Juniors-River Plate Copa Libertadores Final. (Source Daily Mirror online)

-FIFA President Gianni Infantino threatened to ban players from the World Cup if they joined any breakaway competition. (Source Sportskeeda online)

-UEFA announced that Aleksander Ceferin is the sole candidate running as UEFA President. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Russian Andrei Arshavin has announced his retirement from the game.  (Source Maisfutebol online)

-Australia Manager Graham Arnold has named his updated squad for upcoming matches vs.South Korea and Lbanon. (Source Caltex Socceroos online)
Squad:

Name            Club, Country                     A-International Caps (Goals)           
Mustafa AMINI                     AGF Aarhus, Denmark                     3 (0)           
Aziz BEHICH                     PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands                     27 (2)           
Martin BOYLE                     Hibernian FC, Scotland                     0 (0)           
Milos DEGENEK                     Red Star Belgrade, Serbia            18 (0)           
Alex GERSBACH                     Rosenborg BK, Norway                     5 (0)           
Jackson IRVINE                     Hull City AFC, England                     23 (2)           
James JEGGO                     FK Austria Wien, Austria                     0 (0)           
Tomi JURIC                     FC Luzern, Switzerland                     39 (8)           
Matthew JURMAN                     Al-Ittihad Jeddah, Saudi Arabia                     4 (0)           
Robbie KRUSE                     VfL Bochum, Germany                     68 (5)           
Mitchell LANGERAK (Gk)                     Nagoya Grampus, Japan            8 (0)
Mathew LECKIE                     Hertha BSC, Germany                     57 (8)           
Massimo LUONGO           Queens Park Rangers FC, England                     37 (5)
Awer MABIL                     FC Midtjylland, Denmark                     1 (1)           
Jamie MACLAREN                  Hibernian FC, Scotland                     6 (0)           
Mark MILLIGAN                     Hibernian FC, Scotland                     72 (6)           
Aaron MOOY                     Huddersfield Town AFC, England                     37 (5)
Andrew NABBOUT                     Urawa Red Diamonds, Japan            6 (1)
Josh RISDON                     Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Australia           12 (0)
Tom ROGIC                     Celtic FC, Scotland                     41 (8)           
Mathew RYAN (Gk)                     Brighton & Hove Albion FC, England           47 (0)
Trent SAINSBURY                  PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands                     39 (3)
Daniel VUKOVIC (Gk)              KRC Genk, Belgium                     2 (0)           
Caltex Socceroos Train On Players – FIFA Window – November 2018
Name            Club, Country                     A-International Caps (Goals)           
Thomas DENG                     Melbourne Victory, Australia                     1 (0)           
Craig GOODWIN                     Adelaide United, Australia                     3 (0)           
Rhyan GRANT                     Sydney FC, Australia                     0 (0)           
Dimitri PETRATOS                     Newcastle Jets, Australia                     2 (0)           
         
Note: Tim Cahill (Jamshedpur FC, India) to be included v Lebanon (Tuesday, 20 November 2018) when second player list is named on Sunday, 18 November 2018. 

-Benin Manager Michel Dussuyer has named his updated squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source BBC Footall online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Fabien Farnolle (Malatyaspor, Turkey), Saturnin Allagbé (Niort, France).
Defenders: Seïdou Barazé (Moulins Yzeure, France), Khaled Adenon (Amiens, France), Moïse Adilehou (Levadiakos, Greece), Chams Deen Chaona (Stade Gabésien, Tunisia), Emmanuel Imorou (Caen, France), David Kiki (Brest, France), Junior Salomon (United Plateau, Nigeria), Olivier Verdon (Sochaux, France)
Midfielders: Jordan Adéoti (Auxerre, France), David Djigla (Niort, France), Jean-Marie Guera (Enyimba, Nigeria), Sessi D'Almeida (Yeovil Town, England), Djiman Koukou (Astra Giurgiu, Romania), Cebio Soukou (Hansa Rostock, Germany)
Forwards: Jacques Bessan (Tunisian Stadium, Tunisia), Marcellin Koukpo (CS Hammam-Lif, Tunisia), Steve Mounié (Huddersfield, England), Jodel Dossou (FC Vaduz, Liechtenstein), Mickael Poté (Adana Demirspor, Turkey), Désiré Segbe Azankpo (FK Senica, Slovakia)


-Burkina Faso Manager Paulo Duarte has named his updated squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source BBC Footall online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Sanou Germais (Beauvais, France), Harve Kouakou Koffi (Lille, France), Aboubacar Sawadogo (Al Najoom, Saudi Arabia)
Defenders: Edmond Tapsoba (Guimaraes, Portugal), Issouf Dayo (Berkane, Morocco), Steeve Farid Yago (Toulouse, France), Bakary Kone (Ankaragucu, Turkey), Patrick Malo (Asec, Ivory Coast), Yacouba Coulibaly (Le Harve, France), Jean Noel Lingani (Horoya, Guinea)
Midfielders: Blati Toure (Cordoba, Spain), Charles Kabore (Krasnodar, Russia), Sanogo Zakaria (TSV Hartberg, Austria), Cyrille Bayala (Lens, France), Razack Traore (Konyaspor, Turkey), Adama Guira (AGF, Denmark), Souleymane Sawadogo (Levadiakos, Greece), Djibril Cheick Ouattara (ASFB, Burkina Faso)
Forwards: Alain Trore (Berkane, Morocco), Ahmed Toure (Asec, Ivory Coast), Bertrand Traore (Lyon, France), Jonathan Pitroipa (Paris FC, France), Abou Ouattara (Mechelen, Belgium), Souleymane Kouanda (Asec, Ivory Coast)

-Montenegro Manager Ljubisa Tumbalovic has named his squad for upcoming matches vs Serbia and Romania. (Source fscg.me online)
Squad:
Danijel Petković (Lorijen, Francuska), Milan Mijatović(Budućnost), Damir Ljuljanović (OFK Titograd); obrambeni igrači: Stefan Savić (Atletiko Madrid, Španija), Žarko Tomašević (Ostende, Belgija), Marko Simić (Pahtakor, Uzbekistan), Adam Marušić (Lacio, Italija), Filip Stojković(Crvena zvezda, Srbija), Emrah Klimenta (Sakramento, SAD), Boris Kopitović (Čukarički, Srbija), Risto Radunović(Astra, Rumunija); vezni igrači: Nikola Vukčević (Levante, Španija), Marko Vešović (Legija, Poljska), Vladimir Jovović (Jablonec, Češka), Aleksandar Šćekić (Partizan, Srbija), Marko Janković (Partizan, Srbija), Mirko Ivanić(BATE Borisov, Bjelorusija), Nebojša Kosović (Partizan, Srbija), Aleksandar Boljević (Vasland Beveren, Belgija), Darko Zorić (Čukarički, Srbija), Luka Mirković (Budućnost), Asmir Kajević (Čukarički, Srbija), Deni Hočko(Famalikao, Portugal); napadači: Fatos Bećiraj (Makabi Netanja, Izrael), Stevan Jovetić (Monako, Francuska), Stefan Mugoša (Inčon junajted, Republika Koreja) i Luka Đorđević (Arsenal Tula, Rusija).

Thursday, November 8, 2018:

-The Champions League team of the week: Ethan Hirvath (Club Brugge), Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid), Kostas Manolas (Roma), Juan Bernat (PSG), Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge), Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Soler (Valencia), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) . (Source RTBF.be online)

-Ghana Manager Kwesi Appiah has named his updated squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source BBC Footall online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Richard Ofori (Martizburg, South Africa) Lawrence Ati (Sochaux, France)
Defenders: Harrison Afful (Columbus Crew, USA) John Boye (FC Metz, France) Lumor Agbenyenu (Sporting CP, Portugal) Andy Yiadom (Reading Football Club, England) Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew, USA) Kassim Nuhu (TSG Hoffenheim, Germany)
Midfielders: Andre Ayew (Fenerbahce, Turkey) Mubarak Wakaso (Alaves, Spain) Kwadwo Asamoah (Inter Milan, Italy) Afriyie Acquah (Empoli,Italy) Christian Atsu (Newcastle, England) Nana Ampomah (Waasland-Beveren, Belgium) Thomas Partey (Atlético Madrid) Majeed Ashimeru (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Forwards: Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace, England) Asamoah Gyan (Kayserispor, Turkey) Majeed Waris (FC Nantes, France) Emmanuel Boateng (Levante, Spain)

-Henry Onyekuru (Galatasaray) has been called up to replace the injured Odion Ighalo in Nigeria’s squad. (Source BBC Footall online)

-Uruguay Manager Oscar Washington Tabarez has named his squad for upcoming matches vs Brazil and France. (Source lavanguardia online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray-TUR) y Martín Campaña (Independiente-ARG).
Defenders: Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid-ESP), Sebastián Coates (Sporting de Lisboa-POR), Erick Cabaco (Levante-ESP), Mathías Suárez (Defensor-URU), Martín Cáceres (Lazio-ITA) y Marcelo Saracchi (Leipzig-GER).
Midfielders: Diego Laxalt (Milán-ITA), Lucas Torreira (Arsenal-GBR), Matías Vecino (Inter-ITA), Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus-ITA), Nicolás Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders-USA), Federico Valverde (Real Madrid-ESP), Carlos Sánchez (Santos-BRA) y Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro-BRA).
Strikers: Jonathan Rodríguez (Santos Laguna-MEX), Gastón Pereiro (PSV Eindhoven-NED), Cristhian Stuani (Girona-ESP), Maximiliano Gómez (Celta de Vigo-ESP), Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germen-FRA) y Luis Suárez (Barcelona-ESP).

-Didier Drogba has ended his career in the USL up Final, where his team Phoenix Rising lost to Louisville City. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Mexico Manager Ricardo Ferrertti has named his squad for upcoming matches vs. Argentina. (Source publimetro.com.mx online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers:
Jesús Corona – Cruz Azul
Hugo González – Necaxa
Guillermo Ochoa – Standard Lieja
Defenders:
Edson Álvarez – América
Jesús Angulo – Santos
Gerardo Arteaga – Santos
Néstor Araujo – Celta de Vigo
Diego Reyes – Fenerbahce
Miguel Layún – Villarreal
Midfielders:
Jesús Gallardo – Monterrey
Luis Rodríguez – Tigres
Javier Güemez – Querétaro
Erick Aguirre – Pachuca
Víctor Guzmán – Pachuca
Jesús Dueñas – Tigres
Isaac Brizuela – Guadalajara
Erick Gutiérrez – PSV Eindhoven
Javier Aquino – Tigres
Roberto Alvarado – Cruz Azul
Marco Fabián – Frankfurt FC
Hirving Lozano – PSV Eindhoven
Strikers:
Henry Martín – América
Alan Pulido – Guadalajara
Ángel Zaldivar – Guadalajara
Raúl Jiménez – Wolverhampton



Friday, November 9, 2018:

-Northern Ireland Manager Michael O’Neill stated that the issue with Kyle Lafferty has been ‘resolved by dialogue’ and he is again part of the squad . (Source BBC Footall online)

- Northern Ireland Manager Michael O’Neill has named his squad for upcoming matches. (Source BBC Footall online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Michael McGovern (Norwich City), Trevor Carson (Motherwell), Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Leeds United), Conor Hazard (Celtic).
Defenders: Aaron Hughes (Hearts), Gareth McAuley (Glasgow Rangers), Jonathan Evans (Leicester City), Craig Cathcart (Watford), Conor McLaughlin (Millwall), Patrick McNair (Middlesbrough), Jamal Lewis (Norwich City), Michael Smith (Hearts), Tom Flanagan (Sunderland).
Midfielders: Steven Davis (Southampton), Niall McGinn (Aberdeen), Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers), Shane Ferguson (Millwall), Stuart Dallas (Leeds United), George Saville (Middlesbrough, loan), Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock), Gavin Whyte (Oxford United), Jordan Thompson (Blackpool).
Forwards: Kyle Lafferty (Rangers), Josh Magennis (Bolton Wanderers), Jamie Ward (Charlton Athletic, loan), Liam Boyce (Burton Albion), Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers), Kyle Vassell (Rotherham United).

-Equatorial Guinea Manager Angel Lopez has named his updated squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source BBC Footall online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Felipe Ovono (Mek'ele City, Ethiopia), Aitor Embela (Logroñés Promesas, Spain), Jesus' Owono (Alavés Juvenil A, Spain)
Defenders: Diosdado Mbele and Ildefonso Ona (Leones Vegetarianos); Cosme Anvene (Deportivo Unidad), Igor Engonga (Almería B, Spain), Carlos Akapo (Huesca, Spain), Mariano Ondo (Cano Sport), Saúl Coco (Horta, Spain), Luis Meseguer (Rayo Vallecano B, Spain)
Midfielders: Pedro Obiang (West Ham United, England), Esteban Orozco (Utrera, Spain), Ruben Belima (Domžale, Slovenia), Pablo Ganet (San Roque de Lepe, Spain), Basilio Ndong (Shkupi, Macedonia), Nico Kata (San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain), Santiago Eneme (Nantes under-19, France)
Forwards: Celesdonio Abeso (Cano Sport), Wenceslao Afugu (Leones Vegetarianos), Josete Miranda (Getafe B, Spain), Salomón Obama (Atletico Madrid B, Spain), Jordan Nsang (Horta, Spain)

-Dutch-born Osama Idrissi is still undecided about his International commitments, though he has been called up by Herve Renard, in the Moroccan squad.  (Source BBC Football online)

-The Europa League team of the week: Andreas Fernandez (Villareal), Tierney (Celtic), Jedvaj (Leverkusen), Mykolenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Tsimikas (Olympiakos), Mathieu Valbuena (Fenerbahce), Gacinovic (Frankfurt), Fortounis (Olympiakos), Wanderson (Krasnodar), Zelaya (Apollon), Minamino (Salzburg) . (Source L’Equipe online)

-Romania Manager Cosmin Contra has named his squad for upcoming matches vs Lithuania and Montenegro. (Source digisport.ro online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Ciprian Tătăruşanu (FC Nantes), Costel Pantilimon (Nottingham Forest), Florin Niţă (Sparta Praga);
Defenders: Cristian Manea (CFR Cluj), Romario Benzar (FCSB), Cristian Săpunaru (Kayserispor), Ionuţ Nedelcearu (FC Ufa), Cosmin Moţi (Ludogoreţ Razgrad), Alexandru Paşcanu (Leicester City), Alin Toşca (PAOK Salonic), Nicuşor Bancu (U Craiova);
Midfielders: Alexandru Chipciu (Sparta Praga), Răzvan Marin (Standard Liege), Paul Anton (Krîlia Sovetov Samara), Tudor Băluţă (FC Viitorul), Nicolae Stanciu (Sparta Praga), Alexandru Cicâldău (U Craiova), Alexandru Mitriţă (U Craiova), Ianis Hagi (FC Viitorul), Alexandru Maxim (Mainz), Ciprian Deac (CFR Cluj);
Strikers: Claudiu Keşeru (Ludogoreţ), George Puşcaş (US Palermo), George Ţucudean (CFR Cluj), Andrei Ivan (Rapid Viena).

-Gabon Manager Daniel Cousin has named his updated squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source BBC Footall online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Didier Ovono Ebang (FC Paris, France), Yves Stephane Bitseki Moto (CF Mounana), Jean Noel Amonome (FC Amazulu reserves, South Africa)
Defenders: Lloyd Palun (Cercle Brugge, Belgium), Bruno Ecuele Manga (Cardiff City, Wales), Henri Junior Ndong (Shirak, Armenia), Aaron Appindangoyé (Ümraniyespor, Turkey), Johann Serge Obiang (Troyes, France), Franck Perrin Obambou (Al-Ittihad, Libya), Wilfried Ebane (Lorient II, France)
Midfielders: Mario Lemina (Southampton, England), André Biyogo Poko (Göztepe, Turkey), Lévy Clement Madinda (Ümraniyespor, Turkey), Medwin Biteghe Medane (US Tataouine, Tunisia), Samson Mbingui (Tours, France), Clech Loufilou (AS Mangasport), Franck Engonga (El Gaish, Egypt)
Forwards: Pierre Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal, England), Gaëtan Missi Mezu (Dunărea Calarasi, Romania), Axel Méyé (Qadsia, Kuwait), Alian Miyogho (AS Mangasport), Louis Ameka (Chamois Niortais, France), Denis Bouanga (Nimes, France).
Standby: Guélor Kanga (AC Sparta Praha, Czech Republic) Ulysse Ndong (Al-Khor, Qatar), Johan Didier Lengoualama (Al-Faisaly Amman, Jordan)


Saturday, November 10, 2018:

-Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig) has announced his retirement from the Slovenian National Team. (Source Sport Bild online)

-Mali Manager Mohammed Magassouba has named his updated squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source BBC Footall online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Mamadou Samassa (Troyes, France), Djigui Diarra (Stade Malien), Adama Keita (Djoliba, Mali)
Defenders: Hamari Traoré (Stade Rennes, France), Falaye Sacko (Victoria de Guimarães, Portugal), Mamadou Fofana (Metz, France), Salif Coulibaly (Al Ahly, Egypt), Bakaye Dibassy (Amiens, France), Cheick Keita (Eupen, Belgium)
Midfielders: Amadou Haidara and Diadié Samassekou (Red Bull Salzburg, Austria); Souleymane Diarra and Cheick Oumar Doucouré (Lens, France); Lassana Coulibaly (Rangers, Scotland)
Forwards: Moussa Doumbia (Stade Reims, France), Moussa Marega (Porto, Portugal), Abdoulay Diaby (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal), Adama Traoré (Metz, France), Hadi Sacko (Las Palmas, Spain), Kalifa Coulibaly (FC Nantes, France), Moussa Djenepo (Standard Liège, Belgium), Adama Niane (Sporting Charleroi, Belgium)


-Ivory Coast Manager Kamara Ibrahim has named his updated squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source Walfoot.be online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers : El Hadj Danté (Lys de Sassandra), Badra Ali (FS Stars), Gbohouo Sylvain (TP Mazembe)
Defenders: Eric Bailly (Manchester United, ANG), Aurier Serge (Tottenham, ANG), Mamadou Bagayoko (KV Malines, BEL), Konan Ghislain (Stade de Reims, FRA), Souleymane Doumbia (Grasshopers Zurich, SUI), Comara Cheick (WAC Casablanca, MAR), Kanon Wilfried (Ado La Haye, HOL)
Midfieders : Seri Michael (Fulham FC, ANG), Serey Dié (FC Bale, SUI), Victorien Angban (FC Metz, FRA), Jean Philippe Gbamin (Mayence, ALL), Kessié Franck (AC Milan, ITA), Doukouré Cheick (Levante UD, ESP)
Strikers: Kodjia Jonathan (Aston Villa, ANG), Assalé Roger (Young Boys Berne, SUI), Pépé Nicolas (Lille, FRA), Max Gradel (Toulouse FC, FRA), Bayo Vakoun (Dunajska Streda, SLO), Yacou Meité (Reading, ANG), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace, ANG)

-Shane Long is to miss Republic of Ireland’s upcoming matches due to injury. (Source RTE online)

-Diego Godin has withdrawn from Uruguay squad due to injury. Bruno Mendez (Montevideo Wanderers) has been called up as a replacement.. (Source UruFootballEN on twitter online)

Sunday, November 11, 2018:
-

Monday, November 12, 2018:

- Northern Ireland Manager Michael O’Neill has named his updated squad for upcoming matches vs. Republic of Ireland and Austria. Bobby Burns has been called up. (Source BBC Footall online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Michael McGovern (Norwich City), Trevor Carson (Motherwell), Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Leeds United), Conor Hazard (Celtic).
Defenders: Aaron Hughes (Hearts), Gareth McAuley (Glasgow Rangers), Jonathan Evans (Leicester City), Craig Cathcart (Watford), Conor McLaughlin (Millwall), Patrick McNair (Middlesbrough), Jamal Lewis (Norwich City), Michael Smith (Hearts), Tom Flanagan (Sunderland), Bobby Burns (Livingston, loan).
Midfielders: Steven Davis (Southampton), Niall McGinn (Aberdeen), Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers), Shane Ferguson (Millwall), Stuart Dallas (Leeds United), George Saville (Middlesbrough, loan), Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock), Gavin Whyte (Oxford United), Jordan Thompson (Blackpool).
Forwards: Kyle Lafferty (Rangers), Josh Magennis (Bolton Wanderers), Jamie Ward (Charlton Athletic, loan), Liam Boyce (Burton Albion), Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers), Kyle Vassell (Rotherham United).


-Algeria Manager Djamel Belmadi has named his updated squad for upcoming matches for the African Nations Cup qualifiers. (Source BBC Football online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Raïs M'bolhi (Al-Ettifaq, Saudi Arabia), Azzedine Doukha (Al-Raed, Saudi Arabia), Mustapha Zeghba (ES Sétif), Alexandre Oukidja (Metz, France)
Defenders: Ilyes Hsaaani (Cherno More Vama, Bulgaria), Rafik Halliche (Moreirense, Portugal), Mehdi Tahrat (Lens, France), Djamel Benlamri (Al-Shabab, Saudi Arabia), Ramy Bensebaini (Rennes, France), Mohamed Fares (SPAL, Italy) Ayoub Abdellaoui (USM Algers), Youcef Atal (Nice, France), Mehdi Zeffane (Rennes, France)
Midfielders: Oussama Chita (USM, Algers), Sapphire Taider (Montreal Impact, Canada), Ismael Bennacer (Empoli, Italy), Sofiane Feghouli (Galatasaray, Turkey), Yacine Brahimi (FC Porto, Portugal), Ryad Mahrez (Manchester City, England), Adam Ounas (Napoli, Italy)
Forwards: Yacine Benzia (Fenerbahçe, Turkey), Bentahar Meziane (USM Alger, Algeria), Youcef Belaili (Espérance, Tunisia), Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd SC, Qatar), Islam Slimani (Fenerbahçe, Turkey)

-The Confederation of African Fotball has confirmed that the Kenya and Sierra Leone match will be called off as Sierra Leone Federation is till suspended. (Source BBC Football online)

-Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton) has withdrawn from Iceland squad due to injury. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Zlatan Ibrahimovic (LA Galaxy) was named as MLS’ Newcomer of the year. (Source Walfoot.be online)

-Shane Long and Derrick Williams have withdrawn from the Republic of Ireland squad due to injury. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Cedric Bakambu (Beijing Guoan) has withdrawn from RD Congo squad due to injury. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Izat Akhmetov and Artem Dzyuba have withdrawn from the Russian squad due to injury. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Russian goalkeeprer Vladimir Gabulov has announced his retirement from the game. (Source L’Equipe online)

-In new Footyleaks articles, FIFA had investigated Qatari Academies and Belgian side Eupen for transfer irregularities regarding minors. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Alex Sandro (Juventus) and Renato Augusto (Beijing Guoan) have been called up by Brazil Manager Tite to cover the absences of Marcelo, Coutinho and Casemiro. Rafinha (Barcelona) was also called up.  (Source L’Equipe online)

-Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City) has withdrawn from the Argentina squad due to injury. Eduardo Salvio (Benfica), Mataias Zaracho (Racing Club) had also withdrawn from the squad. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Darlingotn Nagbe and Zack Steffen have withdrawn from USA squad due to injuries. Jonathan Klinsmann (son of Jurgen) has been called up, Dave Sarachan’s updated squad:. (Source USSoccer online)
GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Atlanta United FC; 59/0), Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge/BEL; 2/0), Jonathan Klinsmann (Hertha Berlin/GER; 0/0)
DEFENDERS (10): John Brooks (Wolfsburg/GER; 35/3), Reggie Cannon (FC Dallas; 1/0), Cameron Carter-Vickers (Swansea City/WAL; 6/0), Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls; 1/0), Matt Miazga (Nantes/FRA; 10/1), Shaq Moore (Reus Deportiu/ESP; 3/0), Antonee Robinson (Wigan Athletic/ENG; 6/0), Jorge Villafaña (Portland Timbers; 19/0), DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United/ENG; 56/0), Walker Zimmerman (LAFC; 3/1)
MIDFIELDERS (12): Kellyn Acosta (Colorado Rapids; 21/2), Tyler Adams (New York Red Bulls; 7/1), Luca de la Torre (Fulham/ENG; 1/0), Marky Delgado (Toronto FC/CAN; 5/0), Romain Gall (Malmö/SWE; 0/0), Julian Green (Greuther Fürth/GER; 14/4), Sebastian Lletget (LA Galaxy; 3/1), Weston McKennie (Schalke/GER; 6/1), Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund/GER; 21/9), Kenny Saief (Anderlecht/BEL; 3/0), Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew SC; 9/0), Tim Weah (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA; 7/1)
FORWARDS (2): Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen/GER; 5/2), Bobby Wood (Hannover 96/GER; 43/13)

- Venezuela Manager Rafael Dudamel’s squad for upcoming friendlies vs.  Japan and Iran. (Source El Bocon online)
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Wuilker Faríñez (Millonarios F.C. / Colombia) y Rafael Romo (Apoel Nicosia / Chipre)
Defenders: Luis Mago (Carabobo F.C.), Bernardo Añor (Caracas F.C.), Wilker Ángel (Akhmat Grozny / Rusia), Nahuel Ferraresi (Peralada / España), Jhon Chancellor (Anzhi / Rusia), Yordan Osorio (Vitoria Guimaraes / Portugal), Roberto Rosales (Espanyol / España) y Ronald Hernández (Stabaek / Noruega)
Midfielders: Yangel Herrera (New York City F.C. / Estados Unidos), Júnior Moreno (D.C. United / Estados Unidos), Tomás Rincón (Torino / Italia), Aristóteles Romero (Crotone / Italia), Darwin Machís (Udinese / Italia), Luis González (Deportes Tolima / Colombia), Yeferson Soteldo (Universidad de Chile / Chile), Jefferson Savarino (Real Salt Lake / Estados Unidos), Sergio Córdova (Augsburgo / Alemania) y Jhon Murillo (C.D. Tondela / Portugal).
Striekrs: Salomón Rondón (Newcastle United / Inglaterra), Andrés Ponce (Anzhi / Rusia) y Josef Martínez (Atlanta United / Estados Unidos)


I. UEFA Champions League:


UEFA Champions League-Group A:

Tuesday, November 6, 2018:
Monaco 0 -Club Brugge 4 (Hans Vanaken 12, 17 pen, Wesley 24, Ruud Vormer 85)
Atletico Madrid 2 -Dortmund 0 (Saul Niguez 33, Antoine Griezmann 80)

Table           Team           P           W           D           L           GF           GA           GD           Pts
1           Dortmund           4           3           0           1           8           2           6           9
2           Atletico Madrid           4           3           0           1           7           6           1           9
3           Club Brugge           4           1           1           2           6           5           1           4
4           Monaco           4           0           1           3           2           10           -8           1

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


UEFA Champions League-Group B:

Tuesday, November 6, 2018:
Inter 1 -Barcelona 1 (Mauro Icardi 87 / Malcolm 83)
Tottenham 2- PSV Eindhoven 1 (Hary Kane 78, 89 / Luuk de Jong 2)

Table           Team           P           W           D           L           GF           GA           GD           Pts
1           Barcelona           4           3           1           0           11           3           8           10
2           Inter           4           2           1           1           5           5           0           7
3           Tottenham           4           1           1           2           7           9           -2           4
4           PSV Eindhoven           4           0           1           3           4           10           -6           1

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


UEFA Champions League-Group C:

Tuesday, November 6, 2018:
Red Star Belgrade 2 -Liverpool 0 (Milan Pavkov 22, 29)
Napoli 1 -PSG 1 (Lorenzo Insigne 63 pen / Juan Bernat 45)

Table           Team           P           W           D           L           GF           GA           GD           Pts
1           Liverpool           4           2           0           2           7           5           2           6
2           Napoli           4           1           3           0           4           3           1           6
3           PSG           4           1           2           1           11           7           4           5
4           Red Star Belgrade           4           1           1           2           3           10           -7           4

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


UEFA Champions League-Group D:

Tuesday, November 6, 2018:
Porto 4 -Lokomotiv Moscow 1 (Hector Herrera 2, Moussa Marega 42, Jesus Corona 67, Otavio 90 / Jefferson Farfan 59)
Schalke 2 -Galatasaray 0 (Guido Burgstaller 4, Mark Uth 57)

Table           Team           P           W           D           L           GF           GA           GD           Pts
1           Porto           4           3           1           0           9           3           6           10
2           Schalke           4           2           2           0           4           1           3           8
4           Galatasaray           4           1           1           2           3           3           0           4
4           Lokomotiv Moscow           4           0           0           4           2           11           -9           0

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


UEFA Champions League-Group E:

Wednesday, November 7, 2018:
Bayern Munich 2- AEK Athens 0 (Robert Lewandowski 31 pen, 71)
Benfica 1- Ajax 1 (Jonas 29 / Dusan Tadic 61)


Table           Team           P           W           D           L           GF           GA           GD           Pts
1           Bayern Munich           4           3           1           0           7           1           6           10
1           Ajax           4           2           2           0           6           2           4           8
3           Benfica           4           1           1           2           4           6           -2           4
4           AEK Athens           4           0           0           4           2           10           -8           0

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


UEFA Champions League-Group F:

Wednesday, November 7, 2018:
Lyon 2- Hoffenheim 2 (Nabil Fekir 19, T.Ndombele Alvaro 28 / Andrej Kramaric 65, Pavel Kaderabek 90)
Manchester City 6- Shakhtar Donestk 0 (David Silva 13, Gabriel Jesus 24 pen, 72 pen, 90, Raheem Sterling 49, Riyad Mahrez 84)

Table           Team           P           W           D           L           GF           GA           GD           Pts
1           Manchester City           4           3           0           1           12           3           9           9
2           Lyon           4           1           3           0           9           8           1           5
3           Hoffenheim           4           0           3           1           8           9           -1           3
4           Shakhtar Donetsk           4           0           2           2           4           13           -9           2

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


UEFA Champions League-Group G:

Wednesday, November 7, 2018:
CSKA Moscow 1-Roma 2 (Arnor Sigurdsson 50 / Kostas Manolas 4, Lorenzo Pellegrini 59)
Viktoria Plzen 0- Real Madrid 5 (Karim Benzema 21, 37, Casemiro 23, Gareth Bale 40, Toni Kros 67)

Table           Team           P           W           D           L           GF           GA           GD           Pts
1           Real Madrid           4           3           0           1           10           2           8           6
2           Roma           4           3           0           1           10           4           6           9
3           CSKA Moscow           4           1           1           2           4           7           -3           4
4           Viktoria Plzen           4           0           1           3           3           14           -11           1

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


UEFA Champions League-Group H:

Wednesday, November 7, 2018:
Valencia 3- Young Boys 1 (Santi Mina 14, 42, Carlos Soler 56 / Roger Assale 37)
Juventus 1- Manchester United 2 (Cristiano Ronaldo 65 / Juan Mata 86, Leonardo Bonucci (own goal) 90)

Table           Team           P           W           D           L           GF           GA           GD           Pts
1           Juventus           4           3           0           1           7           2           5           9
2           Manchester United           4           1           1           1           5           2           3           7
3           Valencia           4           1           2           1           4           4           0           5
4           Young Boys           4           0           1           3           2           10           -8           1


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



II. Europa League:


Europa League-Group A:

Thursday, November 8, 2018:
Leverkusen 1- FC Zurich 0 (Tin Jedvaj 60)
Ludogorets 0-AEK Larnaca 0 (-)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Leverkusen
4
3
0
1
10
7
3
9
2
FC Zurich
4
3
0
1
5
3
2
9
3
Ludogorets
4
0
2
2
3
5
-2
2
4
AEK Larnaca
4
0
2
2
3
6
-3
2

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

Europa League-Group B:

Thursday, November 8, 2018:
Celtic 2-RB Leipzig 1 (Kieran Tierney 11, Odsonne Edouard 79 / Jean-Kevin Augustin 78)
Rosenborg 2-Salzburg 5 (Samuel Adegbenro 52, Mike Jensen 61 / Takumi Minamino 5, 19, 45, Fredrik Gulbrandsen 37, Even Hovland (own goal) 57)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Salzburg
4
4
0
0
14
5
9
12
2
RB Leipzig
4
2
0
2
8
6
2
6
3
Celtic
4
2
0
2
4
6
-2
6
4
Rosenborg
4
0
0
4
3
12
-9
0

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


Europa League-Group C:

Thursday, November 8, 2018:
Bordeaux 1- Zenit St Petersburg 1 (Folotny 72rancois Kamano 35 pen / Anton Zab)
Slavia Prague 0-  FC Copenhagen 0 (-)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Zenit St Petersburg
4
2
2
0
5
3
2
8
2
FC Copenhagen
4
2
2
0
4
2
2
8
3
Slavia Prague
4
1
1
2
1
2
-1
4
4
Bordeaux
4
0
1
3
3
6
-3
1

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


Europa League-Group D:

Thursday, November 8, 2018:
Fenerbahce 2- Anderlecht 0 (Mathieu Valbuena 71, Michael Frey 74)
Dinamo Zagreb 3- Spartak Trnava 1 (Amer Gojak 22, Andrej Kadlec (own goal) 36, Mislav Orsic 80 / V. Tchanturishvili 63)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Dinamo Zagreb
4
4
0
0
11
3
8
12
2
Fenerbahce
4
2
1
1
7
6
1
7
3
Spartak Trnava
4
1
0
3
3
7
-4
3
4
Anderlecht
4
0
1
3
2
7
-5
1

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

Europa League-Group E:

Thursday, November 8, 2018:
Arsenal 0- Sporting CP 0 (-)
Vorskla 0- Qarabag 1 (Araz Abdullayev 13 pen)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Arsenal
4
3
1
0
8
2
6
10
2
Sporting CP
4
2
1
1
4
2
2
7
3
Vorskla
4
1
0
3
4
7
-3
3
4
Qarabag
4
1
0
3
1
6
-5
3

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


Europa League-Group F:

Thursday, November 8, 2018:
Olympiakos 5-Dudelange 1 (Vasilios Torosidis 6, K. Fortounis 15, 36, Christodoulopoulos 26, Ahmed Hassan Koka 70 / Danel Sinani 69)
Betis 1 -AC Milan 1 (Giovani Lo Celso 12 / Suso 62)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Betis
4
2
2
0
6
3
4
8
2
Olympiakos
4
2
1
1
8
4
4
7
3
AC Milan
4
2
1
1
6
4
2
7
4
Dudelange
4
0
0
4
1
11
-10
0

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

Europa League-Group G:

Thursday, November 8, 2018:
Rapid Vienna 0 -Villareal 0 (-)
Spartak 4 -Rangers 3 (Lorenzo Melgarejo 22, Connor Goldson (own goal) 35, Luiz Adriano 58, Sofiane Hanni 59 / Roman Eremenko (own goal) 5, Daniel Candeias 27, Glenn Middleton 41)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Villareal
4
1
3
0
10
5
5
6
2
Rangers
4
1
2
1
8
7
1
5
3
Spartak
4
1
2
1
7
8
-1
5
4
Rapid Vienna
4
1
1
2
3
8
-5
4

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

Europa League-Group H:

Thursday, November 8, 2018:
Apollon Limassol 2 -Frankfurt 3 (Emilio Jose Zelaya 71, 90 pen / Luka Jovic 17, Sebastien Haller 55, Mijat Gacinovic 58)
Lazio 2- Marseille 1 (Marco Parolo 45, Joaquin Correa 55 / Florian Thauvin 60)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Frankfurt
4
4
0
0
11
4
7
12
2
Lazio
4
3
0
1
8
7
1
9
3
Marseille
4
0
1
3
5
9
-4
1
4
Apollon Limassol
4
0
1
3
5
9
-4
1

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


Europa League-Group I:

Thursday, November 8, 2018:
Genk 1-Besiktas 1 (Sander Berge 87 / Ricardo Quaresma 16)
Malmo 1- Sarpsborg 1 (Marcus Antonsson 67 / Patrick Mortensen 63)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Genk
4
2
1
1
8
6
2
7
2
Sarpsborg
4
1
2
1
6
6
0
5
3
Malmo
4
1
2
1
4
4
0
5
4
Besiktas
4
1
1
2
6
8
-2
4

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


Europa League-Group J:

Thursday, November 8, 2018:
Akhisarspor 2 -Sevilla 3 (Elvia Manu 52, Onur Ayik 78 / Nolito 12, Luis Muriel 38, Ever Banega 87 pen)
Krasnodar 2- Standard Liege 1 (M.Suleymanov 79, Wanderson 82 / Carcela-Gonzalez 19)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Sevilla
4
3
0
1
15
5
10
9
2
Krasnodar
4
3
0
0
5
2
3
9
3
Standard Liege
4
2
0
2
6
9
-3
6
4
Akhisarspor
4
0
0
4
3
12
-9
0

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

Europa League-Group K:

Thursday, November 8, 2018:
Astana 2- Jablonec 1 (Pedro Henrique 18, Evgeniy Postnikov 88 / Ivan Maewski (own goal))
Dynamo Kiev 3- Rennes 1 (Benjamin Verbic 13, Vitali Mykolenko 68, Mykola Sharapenko 72 / T.J. Siebatcheu 89)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Astana
4
2
2
0
7
4
3
8
2
Dynamo Kiev
4
2
2
0
9
6
3
8
3
Rennes
4
1
0
3
4
8
-4
3
4
Jablonec
4
0
2
2
5
7
-2
2

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


Europa League-Group L:

Thursday, November 8, 2018:
BATE Borisov 0- Chelsea 1 (Olivier Giroud 52)
Vidi 1- PAOK 0 (Georgi Milanov 50)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Chelsea
4
4
0
0
6
1
5
12
2
Vidi
4
2
0
2
3
3
0
6
3
PAOK
4
1
0
3
4
5
-1
3
4
BATE Borisov
4
1
0
3
4
8
-4
3


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



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