The Week that was (in Football (Soccer)): Review of the top Leagues in Europe-part 41 (Week of January 15-January 21, 2019)-part 2

VII.  Scotland

Diary:

Tuesday, January 15, 2019:

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Wednesday, January 16, 2019:

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Thursday, January 17, 2019:

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Friday, January 18, 2019:

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Saturday, January 19, 2019:

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Sunday, January 20, 2019:

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Monday, January 21, 2019:

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Transfers
Date	Player	Position	From	To	Type	Online Source
January 15, 2019	Brad Lyons	Midfielder	Blackburn	St Mirren	Loan	BBC Football
January 15, 2019	Andy Dales	Winger	Scunthorpe	Dundee	Loan	BBC Football
January 15, 2019	Chris Erskine	Midfielder	Patrick Thistle	Livingston	Purchase	BBC Football
January 16, 2019	Malaury Martin	Midfielder	Dunfermline	Hearts	Loan Return	BBC Football
January 16, 2019	Aidan Keena	Striker	Dunfermline	Hearts	Loan Return	BBC Football
January 16, 2019	Ian Harkes (USA)	-	DC United	Dundee United	Purchase	Fox Sports
January 17, 2019	Scott Allan	Midfielder	Celtic	Hibernian	Next Season	Sky Sports
January 17, 2019	Max Lowe	-	Derby	Aberdeen	Loan	BBC Football
January 17, 2019	Andrew Nelson	-	Sunderland	Dundee	Puchase	BBC Football
January 18, 2019	Tony Andreu (France)	Striker	Coventry	Hamilton	Loan	BBC Football
January 18, 2019	Kyle McAllister	Winger	Derby	St Mirren	Loan	Sky Sports
January 18, 2019	Greg Stewart	Striker	Birmingham	Aberdeen	Loan	BBC Football
January 19, 2019	Jack Aichison	Striker	Celtic	Alloa Athletic	Loan	BBC Football
January 19, 2019	Michael O’Halloran	Winger	Free Agent (formerly Melbourne City)	St Johnstone	Purchase	BBC Football
January 21, 2019	Stephane Omeonga (Belgium)	Midfielder	Genoa	Hibernian	Loan	Sky Sports

Contract Extensions
Date	Player	Position	Club	Expiration Year	Online Source
January 17, 2019	Scott Tanser	Defender	St Johnstone	2021	BBC Football
January 18, 2019	Ryan Hardie	-	Rangers	2020	BBC Football
January 18, 2019	Anton Ferdinand (England)	Defender	St Mirren	2019	BBC Football

Scottish FA CupCup (January 19-20, 2018):

Saturday, January 19, 2019:

Auchinleck Talbot 1-Ayr 0 (Craig McCracken 78)

Aberdeen 1-Stenhousemuir 1 (Max Lowe 21 / Mark McGuigan 70)

Dundee 1-Queen of the South 1 (Jesse Curran 45 / Stephen Dobbie 28)

East Fife 2-Greenock Morton 1 (Anton Dowds 10, Craig Watson 75 / Robert McHugh 7)

Hibernian 4-Elgin City 0 (Florian Kamberi 21, Daryl Horgan 25, 53, Stephen Maltan 45 pen)

Inverness 4-East Kilbride 0 (Jordan White 6, Aarron Doran 21, Liam Polworth 27, Craig Reid (own goal) 72)

Kilmarnock 2-Forfar 0 (Stuart Findlay 19, Chris Burke 78)

Montrose 0-Dundee United 4 (Pavol Safranko 8, Callum Booth 43, Billy King 81, Ian Harkes 90)

Motherwell 1-Ross County 2 (Jake Hastie 90 / Brian Graham 52, 60)

Patrick Thistle 4-Stranraer 1 (Aidan Fitzpatrick 17, Joe Cardle 50. Steven Saunders 74, Blair Spittal 81 / P.Crossan 52)

Raith 3-Dumfernline 0 (Lewis Vaughan 70 pen, 79, 81)

St Mirren 3-Alloa 2 (Cody Cooke 68, Ethan Erhahon 85, Kyle McAllister 87 / Alan Trouten 26, Kevin Cawley 34)

St Johnstone 2-Hamilton 0 (Jason Kerr 1, Anthony Watt 26)

Celtic 3-Airdrieonians 0 (Scott Sinclair 37, 56, Timothy Weah 83)

Sunday, January 20, 2019:

Hearts 1-Livingston 0 (Sean Clare 48)

VIII.  Portugal

Diary:

Tuesday, January 15, 2019:

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Wednesday, January 16, 2019:

-Jose Mota has left his post as Aves Manager. He is replaced by Augusto Inacio. (Source MaisFutebol online)

Thursday, January 17, 2019:

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Friday, January 18, 2019:

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Saturday, January 19, 2019:

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Sunday, January 20, 2019:

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Monday, January 21, 2019:

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Transfers
Date	Player	Position	From	To	Type	Online Source
January 15, 2019	Carlos Jatocha (Brazil)	Midfielder	Sporting CP	Goianiense (Brazil)	Loan	Maisfutebol
January 15, 2019	Costinha	Midfielder	Setubal	Chaves	Purchase	A Bola
January 15, 2019	Silvio	-	Free Agent	Setubal	Purchase	Maisfutebol
January 15, 2019	Idrissa Doumbia (Ivory Coast)	Midfielder	Grozny (Poland)	Sporting CP	Purchase	L’Equipe
January 16, 2019	Joao Paredes	Midfielder	Chaves	Mafra	Loan	Maisfutebol
January 16, 2019	Helder Tavares (Cape Verde)	-	Tondela	Altay	Purchase	Maisfutebol
January 16, 2019	Everton (Brazil)	Striker	Maritimo	Free Agent	Contract Rescinded	A Bola
January 16, 2019	Tomislav Strkalj (Croatia)*	Striker	Osijek	Rio Ave	Purchase	A Bola
January 16, 2019	Stephen Eustaquio	-	Chaves	Cruz Azul	Purchase	A Bola
January 17, 2019	Alan Ruiz	Striker	Sporting CP	Aldosivi (Argentina)	Loan	Maisfutebol
January 17, 2019	Sardor Rashidov (Uzbekistan)	Striker	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Nacional	Purchase	Maisfutebol
January 17, 2019	Pedro Paul	-	Guimaraes	Atl. Goianiense	Loan	Maisfutebol
January 17, 2019	Kgaegelo Sekgota (South Africa)	Striker	Stumbras	Setubal	Purchase	Maisfutebol
January 17, 2019	Rodrigo Antunes	-	Alentejano do Moura	Setubal	Purchase	A Bola
January 17, 2019	Pablo Lima (Brazil)	-	-	Santa Clara	Purchase	Maisfutebol
January 19, 2019	Keaton Parks	-	Benfica	New York City FC 9USA)	Loan	Maisfutebol
January 19, 2019	Mohamed Abarhoun (Morocco)	-	Moreirense	Rizespor (Turkey)	Purchase	Maisfutebol
January 20, 2019	Wilson Manafa	-	Portimonense	Porto	Purchase	A Bola
January 20, 2019	Getterson (Brazil)	-	Fortaleza	Maritimo	Purchase	Maisfutebol
January 21, 2019	Victor Garcia	Defender	Guimaraes	Famalicao	Loan	Maisfutebol
January 21, 2019	Gaston Campi (Argentina)	Defender	Estudiantes	Chaves	Loan	Maisfutebol
January 21, 2019	Everton (Brazil)	Striker	Free Agent (foemerly Maritimo)	Al-Muharraq (Bahrain)	Purchase	Maisfutebol

*Tomislav Strkalj was immediately loaned to Rudes.

Contract Extensions
Date	Player	Position	Club	Expiration Year	Online Source
January 18, 2019	Joao Henriques	Manager	Santa Clara	2020	Maisfutebol

Profesional Contract
Date	Player	Position	Club	Online Source
January 17, 2019	Ruben Ferreira (16 years old)	-	Porto	Maisfutebol

Portugal Cup (January 15-16, 2018):

Tuesday, January 15, 2019:

Aves 1-Braga 2 (Claudio Falcao 70 / Wilson Eduardo 11, 41)

Leixoes 1-Porto 2 (Ze Paulo 78 / Hector Herrera 11, Hernani 118)

Guimaraes 0-Benfica 1 (Joao Felix 15)

Wednesday, January 16, 2019:

Feirense 0-Sporting CP 2 (Wendel 64, Bruno Fernandes 66)

Portugal Primeira Liga League Matchday (January 18-20, 2019):

Friday, January 18, 2019:

Nacional 0-Braga 3 (Ricardo Horta 61, Murilo 73, Paulinho 86)

Chaves 1-Porto 4 (Bruno Gallo 76 pen / Soares 24, 42, 68, Nuno Andre Coelho (own goal) 87)

Guimaraes 0-Benfica 1 (Haris Seferovic 81)

Saturday, January 19, 2019:

Belenenses 2-Tondela 2 (Henrique Almeida 2, 48 / Bruno Monteiro 33, Tomane 45)

Sporting CP 2-Moreirense 1 (Nani 3, Bruno Fernnades 26 / Heriberto Tavares 34)

Santa Clara 0-Maritimo 1  (Joel Tagueu 23)

Sunday, January 20, 2019:

Aves 2-Setubal 1 (Derley 16, Mama Balde 72 / Jhonder Cadiz 56)

Boavista 0-Portimonense 2 (Wellington Carvalho 20, 78)

Rio Ave 0-Feirense 0 (-)

Top Goalscorer:

Dyego Sousa (Braga) 12 goals

Table	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Porto	18	15	1	2	38	11	27	46
2	Benfica	18	13	2	3	38	17	21	41
3	Braga	18	12	4	2	35	17	18	40
4	Sporting CP	18	12	2	4	35	19	16	38
5	Belenenses	18	7	8	3	23	18	5	29
6	Guimaraes	18	8	4	6	22	18	4	28

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

IX.  Belgium

Diary:

Tuesday, January 15, 2019:

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Wednesday, January 16, 2019:

-Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge) was named as the Belgian Player of the year and was awarded the ‘Soulier d’Or’. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) was named as the best Belgian Player in a Foreign League. Croatian Ivan Leko (Club Brugge) was named as the Manager of the year. Wesley Moraes (Club Brugge) was named a sthe young player of the year. Lovre Kalinic was named as the goalkeeper f the year.  Siebe Schrijvers (Club Brugge)’s goal vs. Antwerp was named as the goal of the year.  (Source RTBF.be online)

-Luc Devroe has left his post as Sporting Director at Anderelcht . (Source Jupiler League App online)

Thursday, January 17, 2019:

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Friday, January 18, 2019:

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Saturday, January 19, 2019:

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Sunday, January 20, 2019:

- Tromd Sollied has been dismissed as Lokeren Manager after little over two months in charge. He has been replaced with Glen De Boeck  . (Source RTBF.be online)

- Anderlecht were defeated in Manager Fred Rutten’s first match in charge  . (Source RTBF.be online)

Monday, January 21, 2019:

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Transfers
Date	Player	Position	From	To	Type	Online Source
January 15, 2019	Leandro Pereira (Brazil)	Striker	Club Brugge	Matsumoto Yamaga (Japan)	Purchase	RTBF.be
January 15, 2019	Antoine Bernier	Winger	Antwerp	Lierse	Loan	Walfoot.be
January 15, 2019	Daan Heymans	Midfielder	Waasland-Beveren	Lommel	Loan	Jupiler League App
January 15, 2019	Stefano Milosevic (Montenegro)	Striker	Iskra Danilovgrad	Waasland-Beveren	Purchse	Walfoot.be
January 16, 2019	Petr Zulj (Austria)	Midfielder	Sturm Graz	Anderlecht	Purchase	Footnews.be
January 17, 2019	Sidney Friede (Germany)	Midfielder	Hertha Berlin	Mouscron	Loan	RTBF.be
January 17, 2019	Kosuke Kinoshita (Japan)	Striker	Halmstad	St Truiden	Purchase	RTBF.be
January 17, 2019	Erik Gliha (Slovenia)	Defender	Almuniji Kidricevo	St Truiden	Purchase	RTBF.be
January 17	Kanu (Brazil)	-	Kortrijk	Al-Raed (Saudi Arabia)	Purchase	Walfoot.be
January 18, 2019	Lior Refaelov (Israel)	-	Club Brugge	Antwerp	Permanent signing (was on loan)	RTBF.be
January 18, 2019	David Simao	-	Boavsita	Antwerp	Purchase	Jupiler League App

Profesional Contract
Date	Player	Position	Club	Online Source
January 17, 2019	Wout Coomans (17 years old)	Defender	Genk	Footnews.be

First Division A League Matchday (January 18-20, 2019):

Friday, January 18, 2019:

St Truiden 2-Genk 3 (Jordan Botaka 2, Yohan Boli 71 / Mbwana Samatta 29, Leandro Trossard 75, Dieumerci Ndongala 81)

Saturday, January 19, 2019:

Standard 2-Kortrijk 1 (Renaud Emond 66 pen, Christian Luyindama 90 / Teddy Chevalier 36)

Eupen 4-Lokeren 1 (Mamadou Fall 5, Yuta Toyokawa 40, Siebe Blondelle 59, 62 / Jakub Reznicek 65)

Waasland-Beveren 1-Cercle Brugge 1  (Johanna Omolo (own goal) 51 / Irvin Cardona 72 pen)

Zulte-Waregem 1-Antwerp 2  (Theo Bongonda 90 / Dieumerci Mbokani 41, Lior Refaelov 49)

Sunday, January 20, 2019:

Club Brugge 0-Charleroi 1 (Gabriele Angella 17)

Gent 1-Anderlecht 0 (Alexander Sorloth 75)

Mouscron 2-Ostend 1  (Manuel Benson 13, Taiwo Awoniyi 68 / Tom De Sutter 9)

Top Goalscorer:

Ally Samatta (Genk) 15 goals

Nany Dimata (Anderlecht) 13 goals

Table	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Genk	22	15	6	1	52	21	31	51
2	Club Brugge	22	12	5	5	48	23	25	41
3	Antwerp	22	12	5	5	32	25	7	41
4	Standard Liege	22	11	6	5	35	23	12	39
5	Anderlecht	22	10	4	8	37	28	9	34
6	Gent	22	10	4	8	40	37	3	34

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

Diary (extra):

Tuesday, January 15, 2019:

-The South Korean Federation has given gold medals to the families of four deceased players who had received fake medals after their 1960 Asian Cup Victory. (Source BBC Football online)

-Former Israeli goalkeeper from the 40s and 50s, Avraham Bendori passed away aged 90. (Source Wikipedia online)

-Former Czechoslovakia footballer from the 60s and 70s, Antonin Kramerius passed away aged 79. (Source Wikipedia online)

-Austin FC will be the new MLS Franchise team. They are set to make theor debut in 2021. (Source Walfoot.be online)

Wednesday, January 16, 2019:

-Slovenian Manager Slavisa Stojanovic is set to become the new Latvia National Team Manager. (Source Reuters UK online)

-Josh Wolff has joined the USA coaching staff as Assistant Manager. (Source Fox Sports online)

Thursday, January 17, 2019:

-Kazakshtan National Team Manager Stanimir Stoilov has left his post by mutual consent . (Source Reuters UK online)

-Greg Garza (Cincinnati) has withdrawn from USA training camp due to injury. (Source Fox Sports online)

-Former Brazil star Rivaldo is set to manage Moroccan Third Division side Chabab Mohammedia. (Source Maisfutebol online)

Friday, January 18, 2019:

-Former Bulgarian defender from the 50s into the 70s, Ivan Vutsov passed away aged 79. He later Managed the National team in two separate spells. (Source Wikipedia online)

-Brazil will play a friendly vs. Czech repunlic in Prague on March 26, 2019 at Eden Arena. (Source Fox Sports online)

-Rivaldo has denied reports stating he had managed the coaching staff of Moroccan Third Division side Chabab Mohammedia.  (Source BBC Football online)

Saturday, January 19, 2019:

-Czech Manager Michal Bilek was named as the new National Team Manager of Kazakhstan. (Source L’Equipe Online)

Sunday, January 20, 2019:

-The Preident of the Indonesian Federation has resigned due to a fixed-matches scandal. (Source L’Equipe online)

Monday, January 21, 2019:

-Former Argentina striker Pedro Mandredini passed away aged 83. (Source Corriere dello Sport online)

-Juan Antonio Pizzi has ended his time as Saudi Arabia National Team Manager following their elimination in the Asian Nations Cup (Source L’Equipe online)

International Friendlies

Tuesday, January 15, 2019:

Estonia 0-Iceland 0 (-)

Asian Nations Cup:

Asian Nations Cup-Group B:

Tuesday, January 15, 2019:

Australia 3-Syria 2 (Awer Mabil 41, C.Ikonomidis 54, Tom Rogic 90 / Omar Khribin 43, Omar Al Somah 80 pen)

Palestine 0-Jordan 0 (-)

Asian Nations Cup-Group C:

Wednesday, January 16, 2019:

Kyrgyzstan 3-Phillipnes 1 (Vitalij Lux 24, 51, 77 / Stephan Schrock 80)

South Korea 2-China 0 (Ui-Jo Hwang 14 pen, Min-Jae Kim 51)

Asian Nations Cup-Group D:

Wednesday, January 16, 2019:

Iran 0-Iraq 0 (-)

Vietnam 2-Yemen 0 (Quang Hai Nguyen 38, Ngoc Hai Que 64 pen)

Asian Nations Cup-Group E:

Thursday, January 17, 2019:

Lebanon 4-North Korea 1 (Felix Michel 27, Hilal El-Helwe 65, 909, Hassan Maatouk 80 pen / Kwang-Ryong Pak 9)

Saudi Arabia 0-Qatar 2 (Almoez Ali 45, 80)

Asian Nations Cup-Group F:

Thursday, January 17, 2019:

Japan 2-Uzbekistan 1 (Yoshinori Muto 43, Tsukasa Shiotani 58 / Eldor Shomurodov 40)

Oman 3-Turkmenistan 1 (Ahmed Al Mahajiri 20, Mohsin Al Ghassani 84, M.Al Musalami 90 / A.Annadurdjyev 41)

Asian Nations Cup-Round of 16:

Sunday, January 20, 2019:

Jordan 1-Vietnam 1 (Bahaa Abdulrahman 39 / C.Phuong Nguyen 51) (Vietnam won 4-2 on penalty kick shoot-out)

Thailand 1-China 2 (Supachai Jaided 31 / Zhi Xiao 67, Lin Gao 71 pen)

Iran 2-Oman 0 (Alireza Jahanbakhsh 32, Ashkan Dejagah 41 pen)

Monday, January 21, 2019:

Japan 1-Saud Arabia 0 (Takehiro Tomiyasu 20)

Australia 0-Uzbekistan 0 (-) (Australia won 4-2 on penalty kick shoot-out)

United Arab Emirates 3-Kyrgysztan 2 (Khamis Esmail 14, Ali Ahmed Mabkhout 64, Ahmed Khalil 103 pn / Mirlan Murzaev 26, Tursunali Rustamov 90)