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,
December 4, 2018:
-Jose
Mourinho attacked MUTV for asking intrusive questios about Manchester United’s
injury crisis. Mourinho told them that Arsenal TV would not have asked such
type of questions from its Manager. (Source Extra.ie online)
-Liverpool
Manager Jurgen Klopp has accepted the FA misconduct charge for running into the
pitch vs. Everton as the £8,000 fine.
(Source Daily Mail Online)
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
-Ralph
Hasenhuttl was officially named as the new Southampton Manager. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Former
England Captain David Platt is part of the take-over group of Italian club
Palermo. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
-Liverpool defender Joe Gomez will be out injured
for a number of weeks. (Source voetbalzone online)
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
-Arsenal’s Rob Holding will be out injurd for nine months
after an anterior cruciate ligament injury. (Source Sky Sports online)
-Manchester
United Jose Mourinho stated that his Brazilian signing Fred will play more only
after the team’s defense improves. (Source Reuters UK online)
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
-Mohamed
Salah refused the man of the match award for his display vs. Bournemouth and
instead offered it to teammate James Milner who was making his 500th
appearance in the Premier League. (Source Voetbalzone online)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
-Manchester
City’s Raheem Sterling, subject of racial abuse from fans in their match vs.
Chelsea on Saturday, stated that Newspapers are “fueling racism” in the manner
that they report on young black footballers.
(Source BBC Football Online)
Monday,
December 10, 2018:
-Chelsea
have suspended the four fans who racially abused Manchester city’s Raheem
Sterling. (Source Sky Sports online)
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Contract Extensions
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Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
December 4, 2018
|
Cesar Azpilicueta (Spain)
|
Defender
|
Chelsea
|
2022
|
BBC Football
|
|
December 10, 2018
|
Joe Gomez
|
Defender
|
Liverpool
|
2024
|
BBC Football
|
|
December 10, 2018
|
Kyle Walker-Peters
|
Defender
|
Tottenham
|
2024
|
Sky Sports
|
|
December 10, 2018
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Phil Foden
|
Midfielder
|
Manchester City
|
2024
|
L’Equipe
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English
Premier League Matchday (December 4-December 5, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
Bournemouth
2-Huddersfield 1 (Callum Wilsob 5, Ryan Fraser 22 / Terence Kongolo 38)
Brighton
3-Crystal Palace 1 (Glenn Murray 24 pen, Leon Balogun 31, Florin Andone 45 / Luka
Milivojevic 81 pen)
West
Ham 3-Cardiff 1 (Lucas Perez 49, 54, Michail Antonio 61 / Josh Murphy 90)
Watford
1-Manchester City 2 (Abdoulaye Doucoure 85 / Leroy Sane 40, Riyad Mahrez 51)
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
Burnley
1-Liverpool 3
(Jack Cork 54 / James Milner 62, Roberto Firmino 69, Xherdan Shaqiri 90)
Everton
1-Newcastle 1
(Richarlison 38 / Salomon Rondon 19)
Fulham
1-Leicester 1
(Aboubakar Kamara 42 / James Maddison 74)
Wolves
2-Chelsea 1
(Raul Jimenez 59, Diogo Jota 63 / Ruben Loftus-Cheek 18)
Manchester
United 2-Arsenal 2 (Anthony Martial 30, Jesse Lingard 69 / Shkodran Mustafi 26, Alexandre
Lacazette 68)
Tottenham
3-Southampton 1 (Harry Kane 9, Lucas Moura 51, Son Heung-min 55 / Charlie Austin 90)
Top
Goalscorer:
Pierre-Erick
Aubameyang (Arsenal) 10 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Manchester City
|
15
|
13
|
2
|
0
|
45
|
7
|
38
|
41
|
|
2
|
Liverpool
|
15
|
12
|
3
|
0
|
30
|
6
|
24
|
39
|
|
3
|
Tottenham
|
15
|
11
|
0
|
4
|
28
|
16
|
12
|
33
|
|
4
|
Chelsea
|
15
|
9
|
4
|
2
|
31
|
13
|
18
|
31
|
|
5
|
Arsenal
|
15
|
9
|
4
|
2
|
34
|
20
|
14
|
31
|
|
6
|
Everton
|
15
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
21
|
17
|
4
|
23
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
English
Premier League Matchday (December 8-December 10, 2018):
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
Bournemouth
0-Liverpool 4
(Mohamed Salah 25, 48, 77, Steve Cook (own goal) 68)
Arsenal
1-Huddersfield 0 (Lucas Torreira 83)
Burnley
1-Brighton 0
(James Tarkowski 40)
Cardiff
1-Southampton 0 (Callum Paterson 74)
Manchester
United 4-Fulham 1 (Ashley Young 13, Juan Mata 28, Romelu Lukaku 42,Marcus Rashford 82 /
Aboubakar Kamara 67 pen)
West
Ham 3-Crystal Palace 2 (Robert Snodgrass 48, Javier Hernandez 62, Felipe Anderson 65 / James
McArthur 6, Jeffrey Schlupp 76)
Chelsea 2-Manchester City 0 (N’Golo Kante 45, David
Luiz 78)
Leicester 0-Tottenham 2 (Son Heung-min 45, Dele
Alli 58)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
Newcastle
1-Wolves 2
(Ayoze Perez 23 / Diogo Jota 17, Matt Doherty 90)
Monday,
December 10, 2018:
Everton 2-Watford 2
(Richarlison
15, Lucas Digne 90 / Seamus Coleman (own goal) 63, Abdoulaye Doucoure 65)
Top
Goalscorer:
Pierre-Erick
Aubameyang (Arsenal) 10 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Liverpool
|
16
|
13
|
3
|
0
|
34
|
6
|
28
|
42
|
|
2
|
Manchester City
|
16
|
13
|
2
|
1
|
45
|
9
|
36
|
41
|
|
3
|
Tottenham
|
16
|
12
|
0
|
4
|
30
|
16
|
14
|
36
|
|
4
|
Chelsea
|
16
|
10
|
4
|
2
|
33
|
13
|
20
|
34
|
|
5
|
Arsenal
|
16
|
10
|
4
|
2
|
35
|
20
|
15
|
34
|
|
6
|
Manchester United
|
16
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
28
|
26
|
2
|
26
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
II. Italy
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
-Brazilian
striker Gaigol confirmed that he will return to Inter in January and then his
future with the club afterwards. (Source Football Italia online)
-Juventsu
defender Andrea Barzagli will be out injured for two months. (Source Football
Italia online)
-Former
AC Milan Sports Director Massimiliano Mirabelli revealed that AC Milan were
close in signing Cristiano Ronaldo in the summer. (Source Calciomercato online)
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
-Former
Arsenal Official Ivan Gazidis was appointed as AC Milan CEO. (Source
Calciomercato online)
-Emil
Hallfredsson (Frosinone) will be out injured for at least three months. (Source
Football Italia online)
-Italian Referee Piero Ceccarini discussed the controversial
1998 Juventus-Inter match where he did not award a penalty kick fir a foul by
Mark Iuliano on Ronaldo. He stated that even with the benefit of VAR he would
not have awarded a penalty kick. (Source La Gazzetta dello Sport online)
-The
Italian Super Cup between Juventus and AC Milan is to take place on January
16th, 2019 at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Source Tuttosport online)
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
-Mario Balotelli ruled out a possible return to AC Milan
by citing the disrespectful nature of some of the fans. (Source Goal.com
online)
-Ivan Juric was sacked as Genoa Manager following their Coppa
Italia loss vs. Virtus Entella. He is to be replaced with Cesare Prandelli.
(Source Football Italia online)
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
-Gigi Radice, former AC Milan player, from the 1950s and
60s passed awaya aged 83. He earned 5 caps for Italy in 1962 and most famously
managed Torino to the Scudetto in 1976. (Source La Gazzetta dello Sport online)
-Juventus have now equaled the best ever start to a
season in a top five league with 43 points after 15 matches (tying with PSG).
(Source Football Italia online)
Saturday, December 8, 2018:
-The former Barzilian striker Ronaldo was asked to
compare his play to Cristiano Ronaldo. One of his replies was that while he
trained because he had to, CR 7 does does because he loves it.. (Source La
Gazzetta dello Sport online)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
-Brazilian
Lucas Paquet has arrived in iytaly to complete his transfer to AC Milan. (Source Calciomercato online)
-Cristiano Ronaldo has urged Lionel Messi to sign for an
Italian cliub like he has. He also stated that he deserved the Ballon d’Or. (Source BBC Football online)
-AC Milan Technical Director, Leonardo, stated that Zlatan
Ibrahimovic woild not join the club. (Source RTBF.be online)
Monday,
December 10, 2018:
-An investigation has opened charging two doctors of
involuntary homicide for providing certificates that declared the
late Davide Astori was fit to play. (Source L’Équipe online)
-Cristiano Ronaldo took a subtle jab at Real Madrid by
saying that Juventus are more of a family.. (Source Football Italia online)
|
Contract Extensions
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|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
December 7, 2018
|
Alex Sandro (Brazil)
|
Defender
|
Juventus
|
2023
|
Calciomercato.com
|
Coppa
Italia (December 4-December 13, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
Benevento
1-Cittadella 0
(Filippo Bandinelli 77)
Bologna
3-Crotone 0
(Riccardo Orsolini 40, 67, Diego Falcinelli 56)
Sampdoria
2-SPAL 1
(Gregoire Defrel 45, Dawid Kownacki 82 / Sergio Floccari 34)
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
Novara
3-Pisa 2
(Diego Perlata 22, Davide Bove 53, Jacopo Manconi 90 / Michele Marconi 16,
Francesco Lisi 72)
Sassuolo
2-Catania 1
(Alessandro Matri 14, Manuel Locatelli 80 / Fran Brodic 41)
Chievo
1-Cagliari 2
(Mehdi Leris 18 / Alberto Cerri 8, Fabio Pisacane 68)
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
Genoa
3-Virtus Entella 3 (Krzysztof Piatek 27 pen, 86 pen, Gianluca Lapdula 110 pen / Simone
Icardi 20, 83, Krisztian Adorjan 120) (Virtus Entella won on apenalty kick
shoot-out)
Torino
2-Sudtirol 0
(Roberto Soriano 24, Simone Edera 81)
Italian
Serie A Matchday (December 7-December 9, 2018):
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
Juventus
1-Inter 0
(Mario Mandzukic 66)
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
Napoli
4-Frosinone 0
(Piotr Zielinski 7, Adam Ounas 40, Arek Milik 68, 84)
Cagliari
2-Roma 2 (Artur
Ionita 84, Marco Sau 90 / Bryan Cristante 14, Aleksandar Kolarov 41)
Lazio
2-Sampdoria 2 (Frabcesco
Acerbi 79, Ciro Immobile 90 pen / Faio Quagliarella 21, Riccardo Saponara 90+)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
Sassuolo
3-Fiorentina 3
(Alfred Duncan 62, Khouma Babacar 67, Stefano Sensi 80 / Giovanni Simeone 70,
Marco Benassi 89, Kevin Mirallas 90)
Empoli
2-Bologna 1
(Francesco Caputo 10, Antonio La Gumina 80 / Andrea Poli 41)
Parma
1-Chievo 1
(Bruno Alves 53 / Mariusz Stepinski 46)
Udinese
1-Atalanta 3 (Kevin
Lasagna 12 / Duvan Zapata 2, 62, 80)
Genoa
1-SPAL 1
(Krzysztof Piatek 38 pen / Andrea Petagna 15)
AC
Milan 0-Torino 0 (-)
Top
Goalscorer:
Krzysztof
Piatek (Genoa) 11 goals
Cristiano
Ronaldo (Juventus) 10 goals
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Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Juventus
|
15
|
14
|
1
|
0
|
32
|
8
|
24
|
43
|
|
2
|
Napoli
|
15
|
11
|
2
|
2
|
32
|
14
|
18
|
35
|
|
3
|
Inter
|
15
|
9
|
2
|
4
|
27
|
13
|
14
|
29
|
|
4
|
AC Milan
|
15
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
24
|
18
|
6
|
26
|
|
5
|
Lazio
|
15
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
22
|
18
|
4
|
25
|
|
6
|
Torino
|
15
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
19
|
16
|
3
|
22
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
III. Spain
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
-Eduardo Berizzo has been sacked as Athletic Bilbao
Manager. Youth Team Manager Gaizka Garitano will act in the interim. (Source
BBC Football online)
-Gerard Pique denied reports that he is to purchase lower
League club Reus. (Source Football Espana online)
-Adidas have opened a lawsuit against Rafinha (Barcelona)
for breach of contract. They are demanding 90,000 GBP for every day that he
refuse to wear their boots. (Source mirror.co.uk online)
-Garett
Bale stated that he he should have won the Puskas Award for the goal of the
year instead of Mohamed Salah. (Source La Gazzetta dello Sport online)
-Former Atletico Madrid star, the Portuguese Paulo Futre
sent a message of support to Antoine Griezmann following the Ballon d’Or vote.
In the message, Furtre hinted of bias due to the club colors (hinting Modric
and CR 7 played for Real Madrid). He stated that sometimes even winning the UCL
is not enough (referencing his 1987 triumph and secod place in the 1987
voting). (Source As.com online)
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
-Rafinha (Barcelona) will be out injured six months.
(Source BBC Football online)
-Barcelona Manager Ernesto Valverde stated that Lionel
Messi’s fifth place finish in the Ballon d’Or was ‘absurd’. (Source BBC
Football online)
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
-
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
-
Saturday, December 8, 2018:
-
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
-Barcelona’s
Ousmane Dembele was once again late to training (by two hours) and asked to
train alone. (Source AS.com Online)
Monday,
December 10, 2018:
-Zlatan Ibrahimovic was asked to comment on Luka Modric’s
Ballon d’Or He hinted that Real Madrid President swayed influence by saying
Messi was competing againt Florentino Perez and not Cristiano Ronaldo. (Source AS.com online)
-Villareal
have appointed Luis Garcia Plaza as their new Manager. (Source A Bola online)
-Barcelona
and the Spanish League announced that they have given up in the plans to stage
a league match in Miami. (Source L’Équipe online)
 |
Photo From: L’Equipe, December 9, 2018
|
(Lionel Messi, December 8, 2018, Espanyol 0-Barcelona 4)
|
Cop
Del Rey (December 4-December 13, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
Getafe
5-Cordoba 1
(Francisco Portillo 18, Angel Rodriguez 42 pen, 78, 80, Robert Ibanez 49 /
Aythami Artiles 70)
Valencia
1-Ebro 0
(Michy Batshuayi 59)
Rayo
Vallecano 0-Leganes 1 (Emiliano Velazquez (own goal) 17)
Espanyol
1-Cadiz 0
(Hernan Perez 76)
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
Atletico
Madrid 4-Sant Andreu 0 (Thomas Lemar 48, Nikola Kalinic 53, Angel Correa 55, Vitolo 81)
Girona
2-Alaves 1
(Alex Granell 74, Cristian Portu 79 / Pedro Alcala (own goal) 62)
Sociedad
2-Celta 0
(Mikel Oyarzabal 10, Adnan Januzaj 27)
Sevilla
1-Villanovense 0 (Andre Silva 49)
Villareal
8-Almeria 0
(Karl Toko Ekambi 23, 30, 36,47, Carlos Bacca 45, 83 pen, Gerard Moreno 67,
Daniel Raba 89)
Barcelona
4-Leonesa 1
(Munir El Haddadi 18, Denis Suarez 26, 70, Malcolm 44 / Josep Sene 54)
Valladolid
2-Mallorca 1
(Oscar Plano 49, Daniele Verde 88 / Abdon Prats 48)
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
Levante
2-Lugo 0
(Coke 80, Raphael Dwamena 90)
Real
Madrid 6-Melilla 1 (Marco Asensio 33, 35, Javier Sanchez 39, Isco 48, 83, Vinicius Junior
75 / Yacine Qasmi 80 pen)
Eibar
2-Gijon 2
(Marc Cucurella 53, Charles 87 / Alvaro Jimenez 13, Pablo Perez 39)
Huesca
0-Bilbao 4
(Aritz Aduriz 37, 58, Inaki Williams 80,90)
Betis
4-Santander 0
(Antonio Barragan 32, Antonio Sanabria 58 pen, Sergio Leon 69, Giovani Lo Celso
89)
Spanish
La Liga Matchday (December 7-December 10, 2018):
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
Leganes
1-Getafe 1
(Allan Nyom 64 / Leandro Cabrera 39)
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
Atletico
Madrid 3-Alaves 0 (Nikola Kalinic 25, Antoine Griezmann 82, Rodri 87)
Valencia
1-Sevilla 1 (Mouctar
Diakhaby 90 / Pablo Sarabia 55)
Villareal
2-Celta 3
(Carlos Bacca 83, 87 / Brais Mendez 44, Okay Yokuslu 49, Maxi Gomez 51)
Espanyol
0-Barcelona 4
(Lionel Messi 17, 65, Ousmane Dembele 26, Luis Suarez 45)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
Eibar
4-Levante 4
(Sergi Enrich 8, Gomzalo Escalante 57, Charles 61 pen, 65 / Jose Luis Morlaes
10, Roberto Pier 26, Tono 75, Borja Mayoral 90)
Huesca
0-Real Madrid 1 (Gareth Bale 8)
Sociedad
1-Valladolid 2 (Mikel Oyarzabal 62 / Toni Villa 16, Antonito 54)
Betis
2-Vallecano 0 (Giovani
Lo Celso 59 pen, Sidnei 76)
Monday,
December 10, 2018:
Bilbao
1-Girona 0 (Aritz
Aduriz 90 pen)
Top
Goalscorer:
Cristhian
Stuani (Girona) 11 goals
Lionel
Messi (Barcelona) 11 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Barcelona
|
15
|
9
|
4
|
2
|
41
|
19
|
22
|
31
|
|
2
|
Sevilla
|
15
|
8
|
4
|
3
|
27
|
16
|
11
|
28
|
|
3
|
Atletico Madrid
|
15
|
7
|
7
|
1
|
21
|
10
|
11
|
28
|
|
4
|
Real Madrid
|
15
|
8
|
4
|
3
|
23
|
19
|
4
|
26
|
|
5
|
Alaves
|
15
|
7
|
3
|
5
|
18
|
17
|
1
|
24
|
|
6
|
Levante
|
15
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
27
|
25
|
2
|
22
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
IV. Germany
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
-National
Team Manager Joachim Low stated that he has currently no plans to reach out and
recall Mesut Ozil. (Source Bulinews online)
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
-Bayern Munich Presidnet Uli Hoeness stated that his club
would never spent 112 Million Euros on a ‘senior’ player like Cristiano
Ronaldo. (Source Football Italia online)
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
-Former Leverkusen player Stefan Kiessling revelaed that
his wife used to pass some of the fitness tets assigned to him by the club.
(Source AS.com online)
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
-
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
-
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
-
Monday,
December 10, 2018:
-Benjamin Pavard (Stuttgart) has been injured and will
not play until the new year 2019.
(Source L’Equipe online)
-Lutz
Pfannenstiel has left Hoffenheim to become the Sports Director at Fortuna
Dusseldorf. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Bayern Munich’s French player Kingsley Conan states that he
might be forced to retire if he needs to do another ankle surgery.(Source
Football Italia online)
|
Contract Extensions
|
|||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
|
|
December 4, 2018
|
Stefan Posch (Austria)
|
-
|
Hoffenheim
|
2022
|
Kicker.de
|
German
Bundesliga Matchday (December 7-December 9, 2018):
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
Werder
Bremen 3-Dusseldorf 1 (Kevin Mohwald 20, Martin Harnik 71, Josh Sargent 78 / Dodi Lukebakio
43 pen)
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
Leverkusen
1-Augsburg 0 (Lucas
Alario 75)
Bayern
Munich 3-Nuremberg 0 (Robert Lewandowski 9, 27, Franck Ribery 56)
Schalke
1-Dortmund 2
(Daniel Caligiuri 61 pen / Thomas Delaney 7, Jadon Sancho 74)
Freiburg
3-RB Leipzig 0
(Nils Petersen 12, Luca Waldschmidt 45 pen, Mike Frantz 52)
Wolfsburg
2-Hoffenheim 2 (Ermin Bicakcic (own goal) 28, Daniel Ginczek 31 / Ishak Belfodil 4,
Andrej Kramaric 71)
Hertha
Berlin 1-Frankfurt 0 (Marko Grujic 40)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
Mainz
1-Hannover 1 (Daniel
Brosinski 89 pen / Hendrik Weydandt 12)
Moenchengladbach
3 –Stuttgart 0 (Raffael 69, Florian Neuhaus 77, Benjamin Pavard (own goal) 84)
Top
Goalscorer:
Luka
Jovic (Frankfurt) 10 goals
Paco
Alcacer (Dortmund) 10 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Dortmund
|
14
|
11
|
3
|
0
|
39
|
14
|
25
|
36
|
|
2
|
M’Gladbach
|
14
|
9
|
2
|
3
|
33
|
16
|
17
|
29
|
|
3
|
Bayern Munich
|
14
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
28
|
18
|
10
|
27
|
|
3
|
RB Leipzig
|
14
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
24
|
13
|
11
|
25
|
|
5
|
Frankfurt
|
14
|
7
|
2
|
5
|
30
|
17
|
13
|
23
|
|
6
|
Hoertha Berlin
|
14
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
22
|
20
|
2
|
23
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
V. France
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
-PSG’s home match vs. Montpellier this Saturday has been
postponed after a request by the Police due to security concerns related to the
recent Political demonstrations. (Source AFP online)
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
-France
Manager Didier Deschamps, once again dismissed the Belgian criticism over the
semifinal WC win, to disappointment over losing an important match. He said
France were efficient as Belgium were against Brazil. (Source RTBF.be online)
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
-Monaco-Nice,
St Etienne-OM and Toulouse-Lyon matches
this Friday-Saturday have also been postponed
due to security concerns related to the recent Political demonstrations.
(Source RTBF.be online)
-Mario Balotelli is to leave OGC Nice at the end of the
season. (Source L’Équipe online)
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
-Some doubts are being raised about the validity of the 2018
Ballon d’Or. Apparently one journalist listed does not exist, while another
claimed his order of voting was reversed. Abdou Boina is being listed as voted
for Comoros, however, local news sources claim that he does not exist and the
website he is linked to was closed in 2012. (Source Walfoot.be/Marca.com
online)
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
-France Manager Didier Deschamps comented on the Adrien
Rabiot situation. He said he does not close the door on him but hinted that the
player had not performed well for France in his matches. (Source RTBF.be
online)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
-
Monday,
December 10, 2018:
-Yoan Gourcuff (Dijon) has been injured and will not play
until the new year 2019. (Source
L’Equipe online)
French
Ligue 1 Matchday (December 4-December 5, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
Nice
0-Angers 0
(-)
Amiens
0-Monaco 2
(Radamel Falcao 43 pen, 90 pen)
Montpellier
0-Lille 1 (Nicolas
Pepe 6)
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
Dijon
2-Guingamp 1
(Benjamin Jeannot 14, Oussama Haddadi 86 / Marcus Coco 79)
Bordeaux
3-St Etienne 2
(Jimmy Briand 22, Francois Kamano 57 pen, Pablo Castro 90 / Lois Diony 16,
Wahbi Khazri 67)
Nantes
3-OM 2
(Emiliano Sala 30, Abdoulaye Toure 45, Gabriel Boschilia 63 / Morgan Sanson 28,
Florian Thuavin 36 pen)
Lyon
0-Rennes 2 (Hatem
Ben Arfa 41, Jordan Siebatecheu 43)
Caen
1-Nimes 2
(Prince Oniangue 90 / Unut Bozok 18, Loick Landre 90)
Reims
0-Toulouse 1
(Issiaga Sylla 45)
Strasbourg
1-PSG 1
(Kenney Lala 41 pen / edinson Cavani 71 pen)
Top
Goalscorer:
Kylian
Mbappe (PSG) 12 goals
Emiliano
Sala (Nantes) 12 goals
Neymar
(PSG) 11 goals
Florian
Thauvin (OM) 11 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
PSG
|
16
|
14
|
2
|
0
|
49
|
10
|
39
|
44
|
|
2
|
Lille
|
16
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
23
|
14
|
9
|
30
|
|
3
|
Montpellier
|
16
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
24
|
12
|
12
|
29
|
|
3
|
Lyon
|
16
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
26
|
20
|
6
|
28
|
|
5
|
Marseille
|
16
|
8
|
2
|
6
|
29
|
25
|
4
|
26
|
|
6
|
St Etienne
|
16
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
24
|
21
|
3
|
26
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
French
Ligue 1 Matchday (December 7-December 9, 2018):
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
Monaco
-Nice (Postponed)
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
PSG
-Montpellier (Postponed)
Angers-Bordeaux (Postponed)
Guingamp
1-Amiens 2 (Etienne
Didot 70 / Eddy Gnahore 63, Stiven Mendoza 81)
Rennes
2-Dijon 0
(B.Bourigeaud 69, Hatem Ben Arfa 90)
Toulouse
-Lyon (Postponed)
Nimes-Nantes (Postponed)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
Strasbourg
2-Caen 2
(Pablo Martinez 5, Lebo Mothiba 23 / Faycal Fajr 22, Saif-Eddine Khaoui 80)
Lille
1-Reims 1 (Nicolas
Pepe 90 pen / Remi Oudin 46 )
St
Etienne -OM (Postponed)
Top
Goalscorer:
Kylian
Mbappe (PSG) 12 goals
Emiliano
Sala (Nantes) 12 goals
Neymar
(PSG) 11 goals
Florian
Thauvin (OM) 11 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
PSG
|
16
|
14
|
2
|
0
|
49
|
10
|
39
|
44
|
|
2
|
Lille
|
17
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
24
|
15
|
9
|
31
|
|
3
|
Montpellier
|
16
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
24
|
12
|
12
|
29
|
|
3
|
Lyon
|
16
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
26
|
20
|
6
|
28
|
|
5
|
Marseille
|
16
|
8
|
2
|
6
|
29
|
25
|
4
|
26
|
|
6
|
St Etienne
|
16
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
24
|
21
|
3
|
26
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VI. Holland
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
-
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
-
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
-
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
-Ajax’s
Frenkie De Jong has been linked with a transfer to PSG for next season. (Source
vi.nl online)
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
-Ajax’s
Frenkie De Jong has denied that he is certain to leave fpor PSG next seaosn.
(Source vi.nl online)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
-
Monday,
December 10, 2018:
-AZ
Alkmaar have confirmed that Manager John van den Brom will leave at the end of
the season and replaced with assistant Arne Slot. (Source vi.nl online)
|
Profesional Contract
|
||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Online Source
|
|
December 10, 2018
|
Sergino Denst
|
-
|
Ajax
|
vi.nl
|
Dutch
Eredivisie Matchday (December 13, 2018):
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
Feyenoord
4-VVV 1
(Tonny Vilhena 28, Robin van Persie 33, Sam Larsson 55, 75 / Tino-Sven Susic
58)
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
|
14
|
10
|
2
|
2
|
29
|
15
|
14
|
32
|
|
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
Dutch
Eredivisie Matchday (December 7-December 9, 2018):
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
Fortuna
Sittard 0-AZ 3
(Mats Seuntjens 12, Oussama Idrissi 63, Guss Til 80)
PSV
Eindhoven 6-Excelsior 0 (Luuk De Jong 17, 90, Robin van der Meer (own goal) 34, Jurgen
Mattheij (own goal) 62, Donyell Malen 80, Steven Bergwijn 89)
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
Willem
II 1-Heerenveen 5 (Atakan Akkaynak 17 / Nemanja Mihajlovic 15, Ben Rienstar 41 pen,
Michel Vlap 53, Mitchell van Bergen 58, 65 )
PEC
1-Ajax 4 (Lase Schone (own goal) 44 / Klaas-Jan
Huntelaar 22, Frenkie De Jong 32, Lasse Schone 69, Dusan Tadic 89)
Den
Haag 0-De Graafschap 0 (-)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
Utrecht
3-Heracles 1
(Simon Gustafson 4 pen, Gyrano Kerk 19, Urby Emanuelson 20 / M.Rossmann 75)
Emmen
1-Feyenoord 4
(Anco Jansen 71 / J. Van der Heijden
62, Steven Berghuis 70, Orkun Kokcu 77, Tonny Vilhena 89 pen)
VVV
0-Groningen 0 (-)
NAC
2-Vitesse 1
(Mitchell Te Vrede 45, Arno Verschueren 84 / Bryan Linssen 72)
Top
Goalscorer:
Luuk
De Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 14 goals
Fran
Sol (Willem II) 13 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
PSV Eindhoven
|
15
|
14
|
0
|
1
|
53
|
7
|
46
|
42
|
|
2
|
Ajax
|
15
|
13
|
1
|
1
|
50
|
8
|
42
|
40
|
|
3
|
Feyenoord
|
15
|
11
|
2
|
2
|
33
|
16
|
17
|
35
|
|
4
|
Utrecht
|
15
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
26
|
18
|
8
|
25
|
|
5
|
Heracles
|
15
|
7
|
2
|
6
|
30
|
31
|
-1
|
23
|
|
6
|
AZ
|
15
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
27
|
22
|
5
|
22
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VII. Scotland
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
-
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
- St Johnstone Manager Tommy Wright was named as the
Manager of the month for November. (Source BBC Football online)
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
-Ryan Christie (Celtic) was named as the Player of the
Month of November. (Source BBC Football online)
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
-
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
-
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
-
Monday,
December 10, 2018:
-
Scottish
Premier League Matchday (December 5, 2018):
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
Dundee
4-Hamilton 0 (Kenny
Miller 27, 51, 81, Jesse Curran 69)
Hibernian
2-St Mirren 2 (Oliver
Shaw 56, Ryan Porteous 73 / Adam Hammill 7, Paul McGinn 67)
Kilmarnock
2-Livingston 0 (Greg Stewart 3, 20)
Motherwell
1-Celtic 1 (Danny
Johnson 88 / Ryan Christie 13)
Ramgers
0-Aberdeen 1 (Scott
McKenna 7)
St
Johnstone 2-Hearts 2 (Blair Alston 20, Matthew Kennedy 69 pen / A. Sutchuin Djoum 6, Oliver
Bozanic 41)
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
|
Kilmarnock
|
16
|
9
|
4
|
3
|
24
|
12
|
12
|
31
|
|
2
|
Rangers
|
15
|
9
|
3
|
3
|
37
|
13
|
24
|
30
|
|
3
|
Celtic
|
14
|
9
|
3
|
2
|
31
|
7
|
24
|
30
|
|
4
|
Hearts
|
16
|
8
|
3
|
5
|
22
|
19
|
3
|
27
|
|
5
|
St Johnstone
|
15
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
18
|
20
|
-2
|
25
|
|
6
|
Aberdeen
|
14
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
17
|
13
|
4
|
24
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
Scottish
Premier League Matchday (December 8, 2018):
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
Aberdeen
0-St Johnstone 2 (Joe Shaughnessy 71, Blair Alston 74)
Celtic
5-Kilmarnock 1 (James Forrest 5, 67, Odsonne Edouard 25, Mikael Lustig 35, Ryan
Christie 45 / Eamonn Brophy 52 pen)
Hamilton
0-Hibernian 1
(Oliver Shaw 65)
Hearts
1-Motherwell 0 (Peter Haring 14)
Livingston
3-St Mirren 1 (Scott
Pittman 50, Ryan Hardie 64, Craig Sibbald 88/ Alfie Jones 36)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
Dundee
1-Rangers 1 (Kenny
Miller 9 / Andrew Halliday 21)
Top Goalscorer:
Alfredo
Morelos (Rangers) 9 goals
James
Forrest (Celtic) 8 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Celtic
|
15
|
10
|
3
|
2
|
36
|
8
|
28
|
33
|
|
2
|
Rangers
|
16
|
9
|
4
|
3
|
38
|
14
|
24
|
31
|
|
3
|
Kilmarnock
|
17
|
9
|
4
|
4
|
25
|
16
|
8
|
31
|
|
4
|
Hearts
|
17
|
9
|
3
|
5
|
23
|
19
|
4
|
30
|
|
5
|
St Johnstone
|
16
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
20
|
20
|
0
|
28
|
|
6
|
Livingston
|
16
|
7
|
4
|
5
|
17
|
13
|
2
|
25
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
VIII. Portugal
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
-Petit
has been appointed as the new Manager of Maritimo. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
-
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
-
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
-
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
-
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
-
Monday,
December 10, 2018:
-Chaves
have dismissed Manager Daniel Ramos. (Source A Bola online)
Portugal
League Cup-Group A (December 5, 2018):
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
Benfica
2-Pacos Ferreira 0 (Haris Seferovic 12, Joao Felix 45)
Portugal
Primeira Liga League Matchday (December 7-December 9, 2018):
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
Porto
4-Portimonense 1 (Moussa Marega 23, 65, Soares 57, Yacine Brahimi 59 / Vitor Tormena 9)
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
Belenensses
1-Chaves 0 (Lica
40)
Tondela
0-Braga 1 (Wilson
Eduardo 31)
Setubal
0-Benfica 1
(Jomas 17)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
Nacional
0-Boavista 0
(-)
Moreirense
0-Santa Clara 1 (Ze Manuel 52)
Guimaraes
3-Rio Ave 2
(Andre Andre 17 pen, 43 pen, Pedrao 87 / Vinicius 22 pen, Gabrielzinho 53)
Sporting
CP 4-Aves 1
(Bas Dost 40 pen, 48, Nani 45, Abdoulaye Diaby 59 / Rodrigo Defendi 17)
Monday,
December 10, 2018:
Feirense
1-Maritimo 1 (Tiago
Silva 70 pen / Ricardo Valente 90)
Top
Goalscorer:
Dyego
Sousa (Braga) 7 goals
|
Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Porto
|
12
|
10
|
0
|
2
|
26
|
7
|
19
|
30
|
|
2
|
Sporting CP
|
12
|
9
|
1
|
2
|
25
|
12
|
13
|
28
|
|
3
|
Braga
|
12
|
8
|
3
|
1
|
22
|
10
|
12
|
27
|
|
4
|
Benfica
|
12
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
24
|
11
|
13
|
26
|
|
5
|
Guimaraes
|
12
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
19
|
14
|
5
|
21
|
|
6
|
Rio Ave
|
12
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
20
|
19
|
1
|
18
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
IX. Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
- As part of ‘Footgate’ aftermath, The Belgian Federation
of Football Agents (BFFA) has been established to group all the agents in
Belgium. (Source RTBF.be online)
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
-
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
-
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
-Dries Mertens was awarded the ‘Big Belgian’ award for
the month of November by Play Sports. (Source RTBF.be online)
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
-Benjamin Lambot (Cercle Brugge) will be out injured for four
months. (Source Jupiler League App online)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
-
Monday,
December 10, 2018:
-
|
Profesional Contract
|
||||
|
Date
|
Player
|
Position
|
Club
|
Online Source
|
|
December 7, 2018
|
Amine El Taibi
|
Defender/Midfielder
|
Genk
|
Jupiler League App
|
Beker
Van Belgie (December 4-December 13, 2018):
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
Kortrijk
1-Zulte-Waregem 0 (-)
Gent
3-Beerschot-Wilrijk 0 (-)
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
Mouscron
3-Ostend 3
(-) (Ostend won on a penalty kick shoot-out)
Deinze
1-Eupen 3
(-)
St
Truiden 3-Mandel United 2 (-)
Mechelen
2-Lokeren 0
(-)
Charleroi
1-Genk 3
(-)
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
Union
St Gilloise 3-
Knokke 2 (-)
First
Division A League Matchday (December 7-December 9, 2018):
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
Waaland-Beveren
2-Club Brugge 1 (Franceco Forte 78 pen, Saulo Decarli (own goal) 85 / Ruud Vormer 48)
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
Genk
1-Kortrijk 1
(Mbwana Samatta 20 / Julien De Sart 45)
Ostend
1-Lokeren 0
(Fernando Canesin 72)
Mouscron
0-Zulte-Waregem 0 (-)
St
Truiden 1-Standard Liege 1 (Diachi Kamada 45 / Obbi Oulare 59)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
Cercle
Brugge 0-Antwerp 3 (Lior Refaelov 12 pen, 53, Willaim Owusu 40)
Anderlecht
1-Charleroi 1
(-Francis Amuzu 47 / Cristian Benavente 89 pen)
Gent
2-Eupen 0 (Sigurd
Rosted 12, Dylan Bronn 79)
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
|
18
|
11
|
6
|
1
|
42
|
18
|
24
|
39
|
|
2
|
Antwerp
|
18
|
10
|
5
|
3
|
27
|
16
|
11
|
35
|
|
3
|
Club Brugge
|
18
|
10
|
4
|
4
|
42
|
21
|
21
|
34
|
|
4
|
Anderlecht
|
18
|
9
|
4
|
5
|
32
|
22
|
10
|
31
|
|
5
|
St Truiden
|
18
|
8
|
7
|
3
|
31
|
21
|
10
|
31
|
|
6
|
Gent
|
18
|
8
|
4
|
6
|
33
|
30
|
3
|
28
|
P-Played,
W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference,
Pts-Point
Diary
(extra):
Tuesday,
December 4, 2018:
-Brazilian Manager Luiz Felipe Scolari revealed that he
had received an offer to manage the Colombian National Team. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-Razvan Marin (Standard Liege) was named as Romania’s
player of the year. (Source Walfoot.be online)
Wednesday,
December 5, 2018:
-Former FIFA executive, Rafael Salguero of Guatemala,
stated that he was offered a bribe for 2018 World Cup vote. (Source The Guardian
online)
-Russian players Pavel Mamaev and Aleksandr Kokorin are
to remain in jail until at least February 8th, 2019 as the
investigation is still ongoing . (Source Russian Football News online)
Thursday,
December 13, 2018:
-Former
Soviet International Aleksandr Minayev from the 1970s passed away aged 64.
(Source Wikipedia online)
-Pele dismissed suggestions that Lionel Messi was the
greatest player in History. He said that Maradona was much better than Messi
and had more skills such as in heading ability. (Source Daily Mail online)
-The charitable Organization US Soccer Foundation is suing
the US soccer Federation to be able to own its name and related trademarks.
According to the Foundation, the US Soccer Federation seeks to sever ties
and has asked the Foundation to abandon its name and logo. (Source Sports
Illustrated online)
Friday,
December 7, 2018:
-
Saturday,
December 8, 2018:
-The
CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) has rejected Boca Juniors’ appeal to
suspend the Copa Libertadores Final and award trophy to them due to the
misbevaior of River Plate fans. (Source
Reuters UK / Sky Sports Online)
-The
Peruvian Federation President Edwin Oviedo has been been remanded for 18 months
for the suspected murder of two syndicatsts. He was already arrested the day
before for financial corruption charges.
(Source L’Equipe Online)
-In
only their second season of existence, Atlanta United were the victors of the
MLS Cup defeating Portland Timbers (2-0).
(Source BBC FootballOnline)
Sunday,
December 9, 2018:
-FIFA President Gianni Infantino stated that a decision
on having 48 teams at the 2022 World Cup will be made in March 2019. (Source
RTBF.be online)
-River Plate defeated Boca Juniors (3-1) in Madrid to win
the Copa Libertadores.
-The Australian government has asked for the release of
Hakeem Al-Araibi. He is Bahraini with refugee status in Melboune and was
detained two weeks ago in Bangkok. (Source AS.com online)
Monday,
December 10, 2018:
-Former
Iceland Manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has been appointed as Manager of Qatari
side Al-Arabi. (Source voetbalzone.nl online)
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