Tuesday, December 4, 2018

The Week that was (in Football (Soccer)): Review of the top Leagues in Europe-part 34 (Week of November 27-December 3, 2018)-part 1


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 27, 2018:

-Sol Campbell was appointed as the new Manager of Macclesfield Town. (Source Sky Sports Online)

-After Manchester United’s qualification in the UCL, Mourinho stated that he has qualified from the UCL Group stages in the 14 times that he has taken part and the one time he didn’t, he won the Europa League. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Jose Mourinho indicated that David De Gea wants to extend his stay at Manchester United (Source Maisfuteol online)
Wednesday, November 28, 2018:

-Arsenal’s match in the Europa League on Thursday has been switched from Kiev to Poltava due to security concerns.  (Source The Guardian Online)

-Former Liverpool player and cuurent pundit Jamie Carragher was highly critical of PSG’s gamesmanship in their UCL match vs. Liverpool. He said the PSG players should be embarrassed to face their families. Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp also criticized Neymar for his play acting. (Source AS.com Online)

Thursday, November 29, 2018:

-Manchester United’s have triggered David De Gea’s one-year option. (Source BBC Football online)

-According to a report, Jose Mourinho dropped Paul Pogba from the UCL match vs. Young Boys, because Pogba had his personal hairdresser come to the team hotel to work on his hair, the day before league match vs. Crystal Palace. (Source Corriere dello sport online)
Friday, November 30, 2018:

-Manchester United Jose Mourinho stated that Alexis Sanchez may be out for ‘a long time’ after a hamstring injury. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola stated that the club will do everything to keep Brahim Diaz, but the player wants to go he has to leave. (Source BBC Football online)

Saturday, December 1, 2018:

-Jim Leighton stated that he still holds a grudge against Sir Alex Ferguson for dropping him form the 1990 FA Cup Final replay. (Source BBC Football online)

-According to reports, Jose Mourinho branded Paul Pogba as a ‘virus’ in the locker room in front of his teammates after the match vs. Southampton. (Source extra.ie online)

Sunday, December 2, 2018:

-

Monday, December 3, 2018:

-Mark Hughes has been dismissed as Southampton Manager. Assistant Manager Kelvin Davis will act as interim. (Source BBC Football online)

-Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp has apologized to Everton Manager Marco Silva for running and celebrating into the field after Liverpool’s injury time winner. He has been charged by the FA with misconduct. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has been named as the Premier League’s Player of the month for November. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Huddersfield’s Steve Mounie has been suspended for three matches after his sending off vs. Brighton. His appeal was rejected. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Austrian Manager Ralph Hasenhuttl has agrred in principle to manage Southampton.  (Source Sky Sports online)




Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 28, 2018
Javi Gracia (Spain)
Manager
Watford
2023
L’Equipe
November 29, 2018
Isaas Success
Striker
Watford
2023
vi.nl

Profesional Contract
Date
Player
Position
Club
Online Source
November 29, 2018 
Faustino Anjorin  
Midfielder
Chelsea
L’Equipe
November 29, 2018 
George Nunn  
Striker
Chelsea
L’Equipe

English League Cup  (November 27, 2018):

Tuesday, November 27, 2018:
Leicester 0-Southampton 0 (Leicester won on a penalty kick shoot-out)


English Premier League Matchday (November 30-December 3, 2018):

Friday, November 30, 2018:
Cardiff 2-Wolves 1 (Aron Gunnarsson 65, Junior Hoilett 77 / Matt Doherty 18)

Saturday, December 1, 2018:
Crystal Palace 2-Burnley 0 (James McArthur 16, Andros Townsend 77)
Huddersfield 1-Brighton 2 (Mathias Jorgensen 1 / Shane Duffy 45, Florin Andone 69)
Leicester 2-Watford 0 (Jamie Vardy 12 pen, James Maddison 23)
Manchester City 3-Bournemouth 1 (Bernardo Silva 16, Raheem Sterling 57, Ilkay Gundogan 79 / Callum Wilson 44)
Newacstel 0-West Ham 3 (Javier Hernandez 11, 63, Felipe Anderson 90)
Southampton 2-Manchester United 2 (Stuart Armstrong 13, Cedric Soares 20 / Romelu Lukaku 33, Ander Herrera 39)

Sunday, December 2, 2018:
Chelsea 2-Fulham 0 (Pedro 4, Ruben Loftus-Cheek 82)
Arsenal 4-Tottenham 2 (Pierre-Erick Aubameyang 10 pen, 56, Alexandre Lacazette 75, Lucas Torreira 77 / Eric Dier 30, Harry Kane 34 pen)
Liverpool 1-Everton 0 (Divock Origi 90)

Top Goalscorer:
Pierre-Erick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 10 goals
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 7 goals
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 7 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Manchester City
14
12
2
0
43
6
37
38
2
Liverpool
14
11
3
0
27
5
22
36
3
Chelsea
14
9
4
1
30
11
19
31
4
Arsenal
14
9
3
2
32
18
14
30
5
Tottenham
14
10
0
4
25
15
10
30
6
Everton
14
6
4
4
  20
16
4
22

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

II.  Italy
Diary:
Tuesday, November 27, 2018:
-Francesco Totti will be honored for his entry into the Roma Hall of Fame, prior to their UCL match vs. Real Madrid. (Source Corriere dello sport online)

-Cristiano Ronaldo won his 100th personal UCL match in Juventus’ win over Valencia. (Source Calciomercato online)

-The Italian Police have seized some of the assets of Sampdoria Preisdent Massimo Ferrero for alleged Financial Fraud. The Italian Federation has also started an investigation into Ferrero. (Source Calciomercato online)
Wednesday, November 28, 2018:

-AC Milan Manager Gennaro Gattuso stated that he has cleared up his differences with Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini. (Source La Gazatta dello Sport online)

Thursday, November 29, 2018:

-Paolo Rossi has joined Vicenza as an ambassador and Independent Director. (Source Football Italia online)

-Lautaro Martinez’s father sent a tweet that appeared to attack Inter Manager Luciano Spaletti after his son was benched in the UCL match vs. Tottenham. The tweet read “Keep going like this and your luck will run out”. (Source Football Italia online)

-Atalanta are to appeal Josip Ilicic’s two-match ban for his red card vs. Empoli. (Source Football Italia online)

Friday, November 30, 2018:

-Torino Manager Walter Mazzari has been passed fir to return to Managing. (Source Reuters UK online)

-According to reports, Mafia Groups in the past exerted pressure on Foggia’s club Management to sign at least two players. (Source Calciomercato online)
Saturday, December 1, 2018:

-Palermo has been sold to a Cpompany based in London by Maurizio Zamaprini for the symbolic price of 10 Euros. (Source BBC Football online)

-Napoli have turned down Manchetser United’s 103 Milllion Euros bid for Kalidou Koulibaly. (Source Daily Mail online)

-By scoring against Fiorentina, Cristiano Ronaldo became the first Juventus player to socre at elast 10 goals in his fisrt 14 matches sicne John Charles in 1957/58. (Source Italian Football TV online)

Sunday, December 2, 2018:

-Serie A flops of the year (Bidone d’Oro) were announced. The list included the anmes of Nikola Kalinic, Patrik Schick, Andre Silva, Marko Pjaca and M’Baye Niang among others. (Source Football Italia online)

-Juventus Director Pavel Nedved condemned offensive Graffitis made by Fiorentina fans  referencing the Heysel Tragdy and the death of former Juventus Great Gaetano Scirea. (Source Football Italia online)


Monday, December 3, 2018:

-Mauro Icardi has been named as the Serie A player of the year by the Italian Players’ Association.
Juventus Manager Massilimiano Allegri was named as the Italian Manager of the year in the Gran Gala’ del Calcio Ceremony.  
The team of the year is as follows: Alisson (Roma); Cancelo (Inter), Koulibaly (Napoli), Chiellini (Juventus), Alex Sandro (Juventus); Pjanic (Juventus), Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), Nainggolan (Roma); Dybala (Juventus); Icardi (Inter), Immobile (Lazio) (Source Football Italia online)

Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
November 30, 2018 
 Kevin Robert Ackerman (Sweden)
Midfielder
Hacken
Fiorentina
Permanent signing
Football Italia


Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 27, 2018
Joao Pedro (Brazil)
Striker
Cagliari
2022
Football Italia
November 29, 2018
Dennis Praet
Midfielder
Sampdoria
2021
vi.nl


Italian Serie A Matchday (December 1-December 3, 2018):

Saturday, December 1, 2018:
SPAL 2-Empoli 2 (Jasmin Kurtic 5, 67 / Francesco Caputo 24, Rade Krunic 43)
Fiorentina 0-Juventus 3 (Rodrigo Bentancur 31, Girgio Chiellini 69, Cristiano Ronaldo 79 pen)
Sampdoria 4-Bologna 1 (Dennis Praet 10, Fabio Quagliarella 25, 68, Gaston Ramirez 41 / Andrea Poli 17)

Sunday, December 2, 2018:
AC Milan 2-Parma 1 (Patrick Cutrone 55, Franck Kessie 71 pen / Roberto Inglese 49)
Torino 2-Genoa 1 (Cristian Ansaldi 45, Andrea Belotti 45 pen / Christian Kouame 36)
Frosinone 1-Cagliari 1 (Francesco Cassata 14 / Diego Farias 77)
Sassuolo 0-Udinese 0 (-)
Chievo 1-Lazio 1 (Sergio Pellissier 25 / Ciro Immobile 66)
Roma 2-Inter 2 (Cengiz Under 51, Aleksandar Kolarov 74 pen / Keita Balde 37, Mauro Icardi 66)

Monday, December 3, 2018:
Atalanta 1-Napoli 2 (Duvan Zapata 56 / Fabian Ruiz 2, Arek Milik 85)

Top Goalscorer:
Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa) 10 goals
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 10 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Juventus
14
13
1
0
31
8
23
40
2
Napoli
14
10
2
2
28
14
14
32
3
Inter
14
9
2
3
27
12
15
29
4
AC Milan
14
7
4
3
24
  18
6
25
5
Lazio
14
7
3
4
20
16
4
24
6
Torino
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

III.  Spain

Diary:

Tuesday, November 27, 2018:
-

Wednesday, November 28, 2018:

-According to reports, Isco was dropped for yesterday’s UCL match vs, Roma over an incident where the player had shown disrespect to Manager Santiago Solari over the weekend. (Source AS.com online)

-The Spanish League are attempting to obtain a court order to have the Girona-Barcelona match to take place in Miami. (Source AS.com online)

-Lionel Messi scored his 106th UCL goal, a new record. (Source Fox Soccer online)

Thursday, November 29, 2018:

-It was revealed that Isco had refused to shake Santiago Solari’s hand over the weekend at their match at Eibar and this has contributed to him missing out on the UCL match vs. Roma. (Source Marca.com online)

-David Villa is to leave New York City FC after four years in December. (Source Sport Bild online)

-The Copa Libertadores Final will now take place at Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu on December 9th.  (Source Bleacher Report Online)

-IFFHS has voted for Real Madrid’s Luka Modric as the player of the year. Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was voted as Goalkeeper of the year.  (Source Corriere dello Sport / RTBF.be Online)

Friday, November 30, 2018:

-Lionel Messi was selected as the UCL player of the week. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Real Madrid Manager Santiago Solari refused and deflected questions on Isco. (Source Marca.com online)
 Saturday, December 1, 2018:

-David Villa is set to join Japanese side Vissel Kobe and rejoin his Spain teammate Andres Iniesta. (Source BBC Football online)

Sunday, December 2, 2018:

-

Monday, December 3, 2018:

-Atletico Madrid’s Diego Costa is to have surgery in Brazil and will be out of action for some time.  (Source AS.com online)

- Former Barcelona President José Luis Núñez Clemente (from 1978 to 2000) passed away aged 87  .  (Source Marca.com online)



Photo From: France Football, Issue 3786, December 3, 2018
(Luks Modric)




Cop Del Rey  (November 28, 2018):

Wednesday, November 28, 2018:
Bilbao 4-Huesca 0 (Aritz Aduriz 10, 32, Pablo Insua (own goal) 27, Benat Etxebarria 55)


Spanish La Liga Matchday (November 30-December 3, 2018):

Friday, November 30, 2018:
Rayo Vallecano 1-Eibar 0 (Adri Embarba 53)

Saturday, December 1, 2018:
Celta 2-Huesca 0 (Iago Aspas 38, 77)
Valladolid 2-Leganes 4 (Toni Villa 50, Enes Unal 90 / Dimitrios Siovas 11, Oscar 42, Guido Carrillo 66, 75)
Getafe 3-Espanyol 0 (Jorge Molina 55, Jaime Mata 65, Vitorino Antunes 80)
Real Madrid 2-Valencia 0 (Daniel Wass (own goal) 8, Lucas Vazquez 83)

Sunday, December 2, 2018:
Betis 1-Sociedad 0 (Junior Firpo 33)
Girona 1-Atletico Madrid 1 (Cristhian Stuani 45 pen / Jonas Ramalho (own goal) 82)
Barcelona 2-Villareal 0 (Gerard Pique 35, Carles Alena 87)
Alaves 1-Sevilla 1 (Jony 37 / Wissam ben Yedder 78)

Monday, December 3, 2018:
Levante 3-Bilbao 0 (Chema 45, Jose Campana 59, Roger Marti 69)

Top Goalscorer:
Cristhian Stuani (Girona) 11 goals
Iago Aspas (Celta) 10 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Barcelona
14
8
4
2
37
19
18
28
2
Sevilla
14
8
3
3
26
15
11
27
3
Atletico Madrid
14
6
7
1
18
10
8
25
4
Alaves
14
7
3
4
18
14
4
24
5
Real Madrid
14
7
4
3
22
19
3
23
6
Levante
14
6
3
5
23
21
2
21

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


IV.  Germany
Diary:


Tuesday, November 27, 2018:
-The man who staged a bomb attack on Dortmund bus back in April 2017 before a UCL match vs, Monaco has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Marc Batra was injured in the attack. (Source Reuters UK online)

-Stefan Effenberg has criticized the Bayern Munich management structure. He stated that having Hoeness and Rummenigge as ‘sole rulers’ is a problem. (Source Bulinews online)

-Dortmund’s Shinji Kagawa stated that he might leave due to lack of playing opportunities. (Source vi.nl online)

-Stuttgart have been fined 40,000 Euros for the misbehavior of its fans. (Source Sport Bild online)


Wednesday, November 28, 2018:

-Franz Beckenbauer is to mediate between the feud between Uli Hoeness and Paul Breitner. (Source Bulinews online)

-Hoffenheim Manager Julian Nagelsmann criticized the standards of UCL officiating after his side’s loss and elimination vs. Shakhtar Donetsk. (Source Bulinews online)

Thursday, November 29, 2018:

-Mats Hummels, Sandro Wagner and James Rodriguez are believed to be opposed to Manager Niko Kovac at Bayern Munich. (Source Bulinewsonline)

-Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is backing Manager Niko Kovac but stated that changes need to be made. (Source Bulinews online)


Friday, November 30, 2018:

-

Saturday, December 1, 2018:

-

Sunday, December 2, 2018:
-Arjen Robben has confirmed that this is last season at Bayern Munich. (Source Bulinews online)


Monday, December 3, 2018:
-Eintracht Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp has been fined 8,00 Euros for unsportmanlike conduct for criticizing Referee Sascha Stegemann after their loss vs. Wolfsburg.  (Source Sport Bild online)

-Fortuna Dusseldorf have been fined 23,000 Euros for the misconduct of its fans . (Source Sport Bild online)

-James Rodriguez stated that he may have to leave the club at the end of the season due to lack of playing time. (Source Bulinews online)


Profesional Contract
Date
Player
Position
Club
Online Source
November 29, 2018 
Simon Rhein 
Midfielder
Nuremberg
Kicker.de

German Bundesliga Matchday (November 30-December 2, 2018):

Friday, November 30, 2018:
Dusseldorf 0-Mainz 1 (J.Philippe Mateta 67)

Saturday, December 1, 2018:
Dortmund 2-Freiburg 0 (Marco Reus 40 pen, Paco Alcacer 90)
Hannover 0-Hertha Berlin 2 (Jordan Torunarigha 44, Vedad Ibisevic 73)
Stuttgart 1-Augsburg 0 (Anastasios Donis 39)
Werder Bremen 1-Bayern Munich 2 (Yuya Osako 33 / Serge Gnabry 20, 50)
Hoffenheim 1-Schalke 1 (Andrej Kramaric 59 pen / Nabil Bentaleb 73 pen)

Sunday, December 2, 2018:
RB Leipzig 2- Moenchengladbach 0 (Timo Werner 3, 45)
Frankfurt 1-Wolfsburg 2 (Luka Jovic 87 / Amir Mehmedi 31, Daniel Ginczek 68)

Monday, December 3, 2018:
Nuremberg 1-Leverkusen 1 (Georg Margreitter 56 / Kai Havertz 29)


Top Goalscorer:
Luka Jovic (Frankfurt) 10 goals
Paco Alcacer (Dortmund) 10 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Dortmund
13
10
3
0
37
13
24
33
2
M’Gladbach
13
8
2
3
30
16
14
26
3
RB Leipzig
13
7
4
2
24
10
14
25
4
Bayern Munich
13
7
3
3
25
18
7
24
5
Frankfurt
13
7
2
4
30
16
14
23
6
Hoffenheim
13
6
3
4
28
19
9
21

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
V.  France
Diary:
Tuesday, November 27, 2018:

-Fabinho (Liverpool) has been linked as a possible transfer fro PSG (Source L’Equipe online)

Wednesday, November 28, 2018:

-PSG’s Adrien Rabiot was dropped from today’s match vs. Liverpool after an altercation with Manager Thomas Tuchel (according to some rumors). (Source Balls.ie online)

-Rafel (Lyon) has been suspended for four matches (one suspended) for his sending off vs. St Etienne last week. (Source L’Equipe online)

Thursday, November 29, 2018:

-Last Sunday, Lyon’s Memphis Depay had released an instragram video to celebrate 5 million followers on instagram with him smoking. Lyon Manager Bruno Genesio jokes that he would share a Cigare with Depay because it would mean they have won a title at the end of the season. (Source L’Equipe online)

-IFFHS have chosen Didier Deschamps as International Manager of the year and Zinedine Zidane as club Manager of the year. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Nantes’ Diego Carlos, claimed that match referee Jerome Brisard (for their match vs, St Etienne) verbally mocked him after the second goal they had conceded . (Source L’Equipe online)
Friday, November 30, 2018:

-

Saturday, December 1, 2018:

-

Sunday, December 2, 2018:

- PSG dropped its first points of the season after 13 succesive wins in their tie with Bordeaux. (Source L’Equipe online)
Monday, December 3, 2018:

- Sabri Lamouchi has been dismissed as Rennes Manager. Julien Stephan, reserve team Manager, will act as interim. (Source L’Equipe online)


Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
December 2, 2018
Ronny Lopes (Portugal)
Midfielder
Monaco
2022
L’Equipe


Profesional Contract
Date
Player
Position
Club
Online Source
November 30, 2018 
Tidjany Chabrol 
Midfielder
PSG
L’Equipe
November 30, 2018 
Evans Joseph 
Striker
Caen
L’Equipe


French League Cup  (November 27, 2018):

Tuesday, November 27, 2018:
Nimes 1-St Etienne 1 (Dennis Bouanga 90 / Robert Beric 81, Nimes won 4-2 on penalty kick shoot-out)

French Ligue 1 Matchday (November 30-December 2, 2018):

Friday, November 30, 2018:
St Etienne 3-Nantes 0 (Robert Beric 72, Wahbi Khazri 84, Kolo 90)

Saturday, December 1, 2018:
Lille 2-Lyon 2 (Loic Remy 17, Nicolas Pepe 28 / Betrand Traore 63, Moussa Dembele 86)
Monaco 1-Montpellier 2 (Youri Tielemans 42 / Gaetan Laborde 81, Petar Skuletic 86)
Angers 1-Caen 1 (Pierrick Capelle 50 / Claudio Beauvue 62)
Guingamp 0-Nice 0 (-)
Nimes 3-Amiens 0 (Denis Boutanga 45, Rachid Alioui 76, 87)

Sunday, December 2, 2018:
Toulouse 2-Dijon 2 (Max Gradel 72, Aaron Leya Iseka 77 / Nayef Aguerd 23, Mehdi Abeid 68)
Rennes 1-Strasbourg 4 (Ismaila Sarr 9 / Adrien Thomasson 20, Jonas Martin 32 pen, 50 pen, Pablo Martinez 77)
OM 0-Reims 0 (-)
Bordeaux 2-PSG 2 (Jimmy Briand 53, Andreas Cornelius 84 / Neymar 34, Kylian Mbappe 66)

Top Goalscorer:
Kylian Mbappe (PSG) 12 goals
Emiliano Sala (Nantes) 11 goals
Neymar (PSG) 11 goals
Florian Thauvin (OM) 10 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSG
15
14
1
0
48
9
39
43
2
Montpellier
15
8
5
2
24
11
13
29
3
Lyon
15
8
4
3
26
18
8
28
4
Lille
15
7
4
4
22
14
8
27
5
Marseille
15
8
2
5
27
22
5
26
6
St Etienne
15
7
5
3
22
18
4
26


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

VI.  Holland
Diary:


Tuesday, November 27, 2018:
-Six Ajax fans and Thre Police Officers were hospitalized after clashes with AEK Athens fans in their UCL match. (Source Sky SPorts online)

Wednesday, November 28, 2018:

-Ajax have set a combined price of 140 Million Euros for its sought-after duo: Matthujs De Ligt and Frenkie De KJong. (Source AS.com online)
Thursday, November 29, 2018:

-
Friday, November 30, 2018:

-Norway defender Nicolai Naess (Heerenveen) will return to his former club Sarpsborg in January. (Source vi.nl online)

Saturday, December 1, 2018:
-

Sunday, December 2, 2018:
- PSV Eindhoven dropped its first points of the season after 13 succesive wins in their loss vs. Feyenoord.

Monday, December 3, 2018:
-

Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
November 29, 2018 
Kyvon Leidsman 
Striker
De Graaschap
Almere City
Contract rescinded  and joined new club
vi.nl


Dutch Eredivisie Matchday (November 30-December 2, 2018):

Friday, November 30, 2018:
Excelsior 3-Utrecht 3 (Elias Mar Omarsson 6, Ryan Koolwijk 8, Luigi Bruins 26 pen / Gyrano Kerk 55, Nick Venema 61, Simon Gustafson 65 pen)

Saturday, December 1, 2018:
Vitesse 1-Emmen 1 (Bryan Linssen 31/ Caner Cavlan 51)
AZ 0-Willem II 2  (Fran Sol 4, 30)
De Graafschap 0-PEC 2 (Clint Leemans 14, Younes Namli 75)
Heerenveen 3-Fortuna Sittard 1 (Daniel Hoegh 43, Arber Zeneli 47 pen, P. Van Amersfoort 79 / Lazaros Lamprou 48)

Sunday, December 2, 2018:
Ajax 5-Den Haag 1 (David Neres 15, Nicolas Tagliafico 21, Matthijs De Ligt 43, Donny Van de Beek 48, Kasper Dollberg 83 / Aaron Meijers 39)
Feyenoord 2-PSV Eindhoven 1 (Nicolai Jorgensen 28, Sam Larsson 33 / Steven Bergwijn 72)
Heracles 4-VVV 1 (Adrian Dalmau 3, Lerin Duarte 49, 69, Kristoffer Peterson 55 pen / Nils Roseler 65)
Groningen 5-NAC 2 (Mimoun Mahi 6, 85, Ritsu Doan 58, Deyovaisio Zeefuik 76, Samir Memisevic 90 / Mikhail Rosheuvel 16, Mitchell Te Vrede 56)

Top Goalscorer:
Fran Sol (Willem II) 13 goals
Luuk De Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 12 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSV Eindhoven
14
13
0
1
47
7
40
39
2
Ajax
14
12
1
1
46
7
39
37
3
Feyenoord
13
9
2
2
25
14
11
29
4
Heracles
14
7
2
5
29
28
1
23
5
Utrecht
14
6
4
4
23
17
6
22
6
Vitesse
14
6
4
4
22
16
6
22

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

VII.  Scotland
Diary:

Tuesday, November 27, 2018:
-

Wednesday, November 28, 2018:

-Drey Wright (St Johnstone) will be out injured for the rest of the season as he is to have a knee surgery. (Source BBC Football online)
Thursday, November 29, 2018:

-The Scottish FA have charged Rangers with bringing the game in disrepute after their criticism of referee Willie Collum. (Source BBC Football online)
Friday, November 30, 2018:

-

Saturday, December 1, 2018:
-


Sunday, December 2, 2018:

-


Monday, December 3, 2018:
-


Scottish Premier League Matchday (December 1, 2018):
Saturday, December 1, 2018:
Kilmarnock 3-Hibernian 0 (Eamonn Brophy 6, 34 pen, Greg Stewart 90)
Livingston 2-Motherwell 0 (Steven Lawless 22, Craig Halkett 83)
St Mirren 1-Hamilton 3 (Stephen McGinn 45 / Dougie Imrie 21, Ziggy Gordon 42, James Keatings 55)

Sunday, December 2, 2018:
Hearts 1-Rangers 2 (Gareth McAuley (own goal) 27 / Connor Goldson 35, Alfredo Morelos 41)

Scottish League Cup-Final (December 2, 2018):
Sunday, December 2, 2018:
Celtic 1-Aberdeen 0 (Ryan Christie 45)

Top Goalscorer:
Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) 9 goals
Steven Naismith (Hearts) 7 goals
Odsonne Edourad (Celtic) 7 goals
Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Rangers
14
9
3
2
37
12
25
30
2
Celtic
13
9
2
2
30
6
24
29
3
Kilmarnock
15
8
4
3
22
12
10
28
4
Hearts
15
8
2
5
20
17
3
26
5
St Johnstone
14
7
3
4
16
18
-2
24
6
Livingston
14
6
4
4
14
10
4
22
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
VIII.  Portugal

Diary:


Tuesday, November 27, 2018:
-Petit has been appointed as the new Manager of Maritimo. (Source Maisfutebol online)

Wednesday, November 28, 2018:
-

Thursday, November 29, 2018:

-

Friday, November 30, 2018:

-Porto’s Dutch player Riechedly Bazoer has been banned from the first team after returning late to the club from his break. (Source vi.nl online)

Saturday, December 1, 2018:
-

Sunday, December 2, 2018:

-

Monday, December 3, 2018:
-


Portugal Primeira Liga League Matchday (November 30-December 2, 2018):
Friday, November 30, 2018:
Santa Clara 2-Belenensses 3 (Osama Rashid 6 pen, Andre Santos (own goal) 80 / Vincent Sasso 12, Fredy 57 pen, 77)
Saturday, December 1, 2018:
Maritimo 0-Setubal 1 (Frederic Mendy 86)
Benfica 4-Feirense 0 (Jonas 49, Bruno Nascimento (own goal) 57, Rafa Silva 68, Haris Seferovic 89)
Braga 2-Moreirense 0 (Wilson Eduardo 12 pen, Paulinho 25)

Sunday, December 2, 2018:
Aves 2-Nacional 3 (Carlos Ponck 32, Mama Balde 88 / Vitor Goncalves 21, Joao Camacho 65 pen, Bryan Rochez 84)
Portimonense 3-Tondela 2 (Paulinho 13 pen, Jackson Martinez 29, Shoya Nakajima 45 / Xavier 1, Tomane 62)
Chaves 0-Guimaraes 1 (Davidson 36)
Boavista 0-Porto 1 (Hernani 90)

Monday, December 3, 2018:
Rio Ave 1-Sporting CP 3 (Joao Schmidt 12 / Bruno Fernandes 8, Bas Dost 23, Jovane Cabral 72)

Top Goalscorer:
Dyego Sousa (Braga) 7 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Porto
11
9
0
2
22
6
16
27
2
Sporting CP
11
8
1
2
21
11
10
25
3
Braga
11
7
3
1
21
10
12
24
4
Benfica
11
7
2
2
23
11
12
23
5
Guimaraes
11
5
3
3
16
12
4
18
6
Rio Ave
11
5
3
3
18
16
2
18

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

IX.  Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday, November 27, 2018:
- As part of ‘Footgate’, Agent Mogi Bayat has been released on a 150,000 Euros bail. Lawyer Laurent Denis will be released with a 10,000 Euros bail. (Source RTBF.be online)

Wednesday, November 28, 2018:

-Anderlecht Management are to speak with their defender Ognjens Vranjes who sent out an instagram message supporting AEK Hooligans who attacked Ajax fans in the UCL yesterday .  (Source Walfoot.be online)
Thursday, November 29, 2018:

-The Bosnian Federation has condemned Ognjen Vranjes (Anderlecht)’s instagram post supporting AEK Hooligans. (Source RTBF.be online)

Friday, November 30, 2018:
-Anderlecht are to fine Ognjen Vranjes for his offensive instagram post. (Source RTBF.be online)

Saturday, December 1, 2018:

-

Sunday, December 2, 2018:
-


Monday, December 3, 2018:

- Phillipe Clement (Genk) has been named as the Manager of year, winning the ‘Trophee Raymond Goethals’.  (Source Walfoot.be online)


Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
November 30, 2018 
Mario Jelavic (Croatia) 
 -
Mouscron 
Free Agent
Contract Rescinded
Walfoot.be


First Division A League Matchday (November 30-December 2, 2018):

Friday, November 30, 2018:
Lokeren 2-Gent 2 (Lukas Marecek 45, Mehdi Terki 65 / Sigurd Rosted 87, Dylan Bronn 89)

Saturday, December 1, 2018:
Charleroi 1-Cercle Brugge 3 (Cristian Benavente 16, Victor Osimhen 53, Marco Ilaimaharita 60 / Adrien Bongiovanni 85)
Kortrijk 1-Mouscron 0 (Julien De Sart 2)
Zulte-Waregem 1-Ostend 1 (Hamdi Harbaoui 8 / Indy Boonen 86)
Antwerp 1-St Truiden 3 (Takehiro Tomiyasu (own goal) 17 / Jordan Botaka 9 pen, Roman Bezus 37, Pol Garcia 74)
Sunday, December 2, 2018:
Club Brugge 3-Standard Liege 0 (Stefano Denswill 7, Emmanuel Dennis 17, Sofyan Amrabat 36)
Anderlecht 0-Genk 1 (Alejandro Pozuelo 71)
Eupen 1-Waasland-Beveren 0 (Yuta Toyokawa 32)
Top Goalscorer:
Ivan Santini (Anderlecht) 11 goals
Ally Samatta (Genk) 10 goals
Nany Dimata (Anderlecht) 10 goals
Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Genk
17
11
5
1
41
17
24
38
2
Club Brugge
17
10
4
3
41
19
22
34
3
Antwerp
17
9
5
3
24
16
8
32
4
Anderlecht
17
9
3
5
31
21
10
30
5
St Truiden
17
8
6
3
30
20
10
30
6
Charleroi
17
8
2
7
28
24
4
26

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



Diary (extra):

Tuesday, November 27, 2018:

-CONMEBOL announced the Copa Libertadores second leg Final is to be played on December 8th or 9th outside of Argentina. Boca Juniors have also requested to be declared winners. (Source BBC Footall online)


Wednesday, November 28, 2018:

-Former Republic of Ireland striker Robbie Keane has announced his retirement from the game. (Source BBC Football online)

-It was revealed that Irish club Ballybrack FC (in the Leinster Senior League) had lied about the death of its former Spanish player Fernando LaFuente (allegedly in a traffic accident) to postpone a match. The other matches had preceded with a minute’s silence . The club has apologized. (Source BBC Football online)

-Former Republic of Ireland Manager Brian Kerr labeled the decision to appoint Mick McCarthy and Stephen Kenny as successive Managers as a ‘bizarre arrangement’. (Source balls.ie online)

-Brazilian Manager Nicanor de Carvalho Junior, passed away aged 71. (Source Wikipedia online)

Thursday, November 29, 2018:

-Former Soviet International Viktor Matviyenko passed away aged 70. (Source Wikipedia online)

-CONMENOL have fined River Plate 350,000 Euros and the club will have to play their next two home South American cup matches with no fans. (Source L’ÉQUIPE online)

-Lionel Scaloni has been confirmed as Argentina Manager until the 2019 Copa America. (Source L’Équipe online)


Friday, November 30, 2018:

-Europa League team of the week: Koubek (Rennes), Ulmer (Salzburg), Kounde (Bordeaux), Volkov (BATE Borisov), Weiser (Leverkusen), Lens (Besiktas), Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP), Hakan Calhanoglu (AC Milan), Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea), Diaby (Sporting CP).  (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Boca Juniors have appealed CONMEBOl’s decision to stage the Copa Libertadores Final at Madrid.   (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Diego Maradona attacked CONMEBOl’s decision to change the Copa Libertadores venue to Madrid and verbally attacked CONMEBOL President Alejandro Dominguez. Maradona suggested the game should have been played at Velez Sarsfield’s stadium.   (Source AS.com Online)

-River Playe are appealing CONMEBOL’s punishments against them. (Source AS.com online)

-Qatar defender Abdelkarim Hassan was selected as Asia’s Player of the year. (Source AS.com online)

-Former Chile midfielder David Pizarro announced his retirement from the game. His last match will be on Sunday. (Source Corriere dello Sport online)

-In am interview with Eamon Dunphy, Mick McCarthy shot back at suggestions that with Roy Keane, Republic of Ireland would have advanced further in the 2002 World Cup. McCarthy believes in Keane’s state of mind at the time, they would have been eliminated in the first round. (Source extra.ie online)

-Starting the 2020/21 season, FIFA are to mandate clubs to limit the number of on-loan players to six to eight. (Source balls.ie online)

-Cameroon have been stripped of hosting the 2019 African Cup of Nations due to delays in preparation. (Source BBC Football online)

Saturday, December 1, 2018:

-River Plate have reportedly refused to play in the re-arranged Copa Libertadores Final in Madrid. (Source AS.com online)

Sunday, December 2, 2018:
-Gregg Berhalter was named as the new National Team Manager of USA. (Source USSoccer.com online)

-The draws for the 2020 Euros were made, here are the Groups: . (Source AS.com online)
Group A
England, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Kosovo.
Group B
Portugal, Ukraine, Serbia, Lithuania, Luxembourg.
Group C
Netherlands, Germany, Northern Ireland, Estonia, Belarus.
Group D
Switzerland, Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Georgia, Gibraltar.
Group E
Croatia, Wales, Slovakia, Hungary, Azerbaijan.
Group F
Spain, Sweden, Norway, Romania, Faroe Islands, Malta.
Group G
Poland, Austria, Israel, Slovenia, Macedonia, Latvia.
Group H
France, Iceland, Turkey, Albania, Moldova, Andorra.
Group I
Belgium, Russia, Scotland, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, San Marino.
Group J
Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Finland, Greece, Armenia, Lichtenstein.

-A new 32-team European club competition is set to start in 2021.  (Source Sky Sports online)

-Diego Maradona’s managed side, Dorados de Sinaloa, lost to Atletico San Luis (2-4) and faield in their promotion bid. After being insulted by some fans, Maradona tried to hit them as well as some cameramen.  (Source Calciomercato online)

Monday, December 3, 2018:

-VAR is to be used in the UCL and Europa League this season. It will be used in the UCL starting the round of 16 and also in the Europa League Final. (Source BBC Football online)

-Sierra Leone has been disqualified from the African Cup of Nations due to Government interference in its Federation.  (Source BBC Football online)

-Portugal is to host the Nations League Finals. The hosts are paired with Switzerland, while England are paired with Holland.  (Source Football Italia online)

-River Plate Manager Marcelo Gallardo has called the decision to hold the Copa Libertadores Final in Spain as ‘absurd’.  (Source AS.com online)

-Luka Modric was awarded the Ballon d’or ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Antoine Griezmann Kylian Mbappe was elected as the winner of the inaugural ‘Kopa Trophy’. (Source L’Equipe online)

-A Croatian appeals court rejected a request to re-instate charge Luka Modric for perjury charges in the trial of his former Dinamo Zagreb Boss. (Source Sky Sports online)


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