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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

The Week that was (in Football (Soccer)): Review of the top Leagues in Europe-part 46 (Week of February 19-February 25, 2019)


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, February 19, 2019:

-
Wednesday, February 20, 2019:

-


Thursday, February 21, 2019:

-Nantes and Cardiff have agreed on the extension for the first payment of Emiliano Sala transfer. (Source BBC Football online)

-Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp was fined 51,000 Euros for criticizing the match Referee for their match vs. West Ham. (Source MaisFutebol online)


Friday, February 22, 2019:

-Chelsea have been banned from player transfers in the two next transfer windows due to breach of rules in the transfer of youh players. The club will appeal the decision. (Source BBC Football online)

-Maurizio Sarri has denied reports linking him to Roma. (Source BBC Football online)

-Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenla) will be suspended for three Europa League matches after his sending off vs. BATE. (Source L’Equipe online)

Daniel Crowley (Willem II) has applied to change his allegiance from England to Republic of Ireland. (Source Balls.ie online)

Saturday, February 23, 2019:

-Oasis’ Liam Galaagher could be subject to legal action for copying the Hajduk Split crest on his clothing line. (Source Mirror Football online)

-German Magazine ‘Der Spiegel’ reported that Manchetser City had made a banned payment to Jadon Sancho’s agent when the player was just 14 years old. (Source BBC Football online)

Sunday, February 24, 2019:

-Claude Puel was dismissed as Leicetser City Manager. Mike Stowell and Adam Sadler will act in interim basis. (Source BBC Football online)

-In their scoreless draw with Liverpool, Manchester United were forced to make their three substitutions within the first half. (Source Daily Mail online)

-Manchester City were victorious in the League Cup after a penalty kick shoot-out win over Chelsea. Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa refused to be substituted and this enraged Chelsea Manager Maurizio Sarri. Sarri later downplayed the incident as a “misunderstanding”.(Source BBC Football online)

Monday, February 25, 2019:

-Referee Mike Dean has been removed from officiating duties in the upcoming Chelsea-Tottenham match following his buts-up with Tottenham Manager Mauricio Pocchettino this weekend in the match vs. Burnley. (Source Mirror Football online)

- Tottenham Manager Mauricio Pocchettino was charged with improper conduct by the FA for his altercation with Referee Mike Dean. (Source The Guardian online)

-Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa has apologized and been fined for his refusal to be subbed off in the League Cup Final. (Source BBC Football online)

Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
February 21, 2019 
Tyias Browning
-
Everton
Guangzhou Evergrande (China)
Purchase
Transfer Market Web

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
February 21, 2019
Romain Saiss
Midfielder
Wolves
2021
Sky Sports
February 22, 2019
Martin Kelly
Defender
Crystal Palace
2021
Sky Sports
February 22, 2019
Aymeric Laporte (France)
Defender
Manchester City
2025
L’Equipe

Profesional Contract
Date
Player
Position
Club
Online Source
February 20, 2019 
Paul Glatzel
Striker
Liverpool
LFC Transfer Room

English League Cup Final (February 24, 2019):

Sunday, February 24, 2019:
Manchetser City 0-Chelsea 0 (-) (Maanchester City won 4-3 on penalty kick shoot-out)



English Premier League Matchday (February 22-February 24, 2019):

Saturday, February 22, 2019:
Cardiff 1-Watford 5 (Sol Bamba 82 / Gerard Deulofeu 18, 61, 63, Troy Deeney 73, 90)
West Ham 3-Fulham 1 (Javier Hernandez 29, Issa Diop 40, Michail Antonio 90 / Ryan Babel 3)

Saturday, February 23, 2019:
Burnely 2-Tottenham 1 (Chris Wood 57, Ashley Barnes 83 / Harry Kane 65)
Bournemouth 1-Wolves 1 (Joshua King 14 pen / Raul Jimenez 83 pen)
Newcastle 2-Huddersfield 0 (Solomon Rondon 46, Ayoze Perez 52)
Leicetser 1-Crystal Palace 4  (Jonny Evans 64 / Michy Batshuayi 40, Wilfried Zaha 70, 90, Luka Milivojevic 81 pen)

Sunday, February 24, 2019:
Chelsea -Brighton  (Postponed)
Arsenal 2-Southampton 0 (Alexandre Lacazette 6, Henrikh Mkhitaryan 17)
Manchester United 0-Liverpool 0 (-)

Top Goalscorer:
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) 17 goals
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) 17 goals
Pierre-Erick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 15 goals
Harry Kane (Tottenham) 15 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
27
20
6
1
59
15
44
66
2
Manchester City
27
21
2
4
74
20
55
65
3
Tottenham
27
20
0
7
55
27
28
60
4
Arsenal
27
16
5
6
55
37
18
53
5
Manchester United
27
15
7
5
  52
35
17
52
6
Chelsea
26
15
5
6
45
29
16
50

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

II.  Italy
Diary:
Tuesday, February 19, 2019:
-Reportedly Mauro Icardi has refused to play for Inter until the captaincy is returned to him. (Source Football Italia online)

-Pro Piacenza 1919 has been dismissed from Italy’s Serie C after losing (0-20) to Cueno on Sunday. They played with only seven players and had other irregularities documented. (Source Football Italia online)

-Former Italy defender and 1982 World Cup Champion, Fulvio Collovatti was supended for two months by RAI Televsion for alleged sexist remarks. (Source Football Italia online)
Wednesday, February 20, 2019:

-Sami Khedira (Juventus) will be unavailable for one month due to treatment for an irregular heartbeat. (Source BBC Football online)

-In Juventus’ loss vs. Atletico Mdrid , after continuous jeering from the Madrid fans, Cristiano Ronaldo taunated them by showing a five finger gesture reflecting the number of UCLs that he has won. (Source Calciomercato online)

Thursday, February 21, 2019:

-Roma have approached Maurizio Sarri’s representatives for next season. (Source Sky Sports online)

Friday, February 22, 2019:

-
Saturday, February 23, 2019:

-

Sunday, February 24, 2019:

-Vincenzo Montella is being linked with Iran National Team Manager position. (Source Calciomercato online)

-Alessandro Del Piero has become the owner of Los Angeles-based UPSL side, LA 10 FC. (Source Tuttosport online)

Monday, February 25, 2019:

-Inter Administrator Giuseppe Marotta has criticized the use of VAR after the comtroversy in their match vs. Fiorentina. He called it the worst error of VAR since it has been instituted in Italy. (Source Walfoot.be online)


Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
February 19, 2019 
Alberto Cerri
Striker
Juventus
Cagliari
Permaent signing
Maisfutebol
February 19, 2019 
Brazao (Brazil)
Goalkeeper
Cruzeiro
Parma
Purchase
Serie A News Live


Italian Serie A Matchday (February 22-February 25, 2019):

Friday, February 22, 2019:
AC Milan 3-Empoli 0 (Krzysztof Piatek 49, Franck Kessie 51, Samu Castillejo 62)

Saturday, February 23, 2019:
Torino 2-Atalanta 0 (Armando Izzo 42, Iago Falque 46)
Frosinone 2-Roma 3 (Camillo Ciano 5, Andrea Pianmonti 80 / Edin Dzeko 30, 90, Lorenzo Pellegrini 31)

Sunday, February 24, 2019:
Sampdoria 1-Cagliari 0 (Fabio Quagliarella 66 pen)
Chievo 0-Genoa 0 (-)
Bologna 0-Juventus 1 (Paulo Dybala 67)
Sassuolo 1-SPAL 1 (Federico Peluso 43 / Andrea Petagna 68 pen)
Parma 0-Napoli 4 (Piotr Zielinski 19, Arek Milik 36, 73, Adam Ounas 82)
Fiorentina 3-Inter 3 (Stefan De Vrij (own goal) 1, Luis Muriel 74, Jordan Veretout 90 pen / Matias Vecino 6, Matteo Politano 40, Ivan Perisic 52 pen)

Monday, February 25, 2019:
Lazio-Udinese (-) (postponed)


Top Goalscorer:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 19 goals
Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa and AC Milan) 19 goals
Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) 17 goals
Duvan Zapata (Atalanta) 16 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Juventus
25
22
3
0
53
15
38
69
2
Napoli
25
17
5
3
46
18
28
56
3
Inter
25
14
5
6
37
20
17
47
4
AC Milan
25
12
9
4
38
  22
16
45
5
Roma
25
12
8
5
49
  33
16
44
6
Lazio
24
11
5
8
33
27
6
38


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

III.  Spain

Diary:

Tuesday, February 19, 2019:
-The Spanish Super Cup is set to be revamaped by being expanxed to four teams and to be played abroad. (Source Reuters UK online)


Wednesday, February 20, 2019:

-

Thursday, February 21, 2019:

-Atletico Madrid President Enrique Cerezo answered back at Cristiano Ronaldo’s five finger gesture, by saying he had won only three as the two wins vs. Atletico Madrid, others were responsible. (Source MaisFutebol online)

Friday, February 22, 2019:

-Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) was named as the IFFHS goalkeeper of the year 2018, whiole clubmate Luka Modric was named as the Playmaker of the year. (Source Real Madrid.com online)

-Diego Godin (Atlletico Madrid) was named as the UCL player of the week. (Source L’Equipe online)

 Saturday, February 23, 2019:

-Atletico Madrid Manager Diego Simeone has apologized for his obscene celebration against Juventus during their UCL win. (Source Bleacher Report online)

Sunday, February 24, 2019:

-

Monday, February 25, 2019:

-Atletico Madrid Manager Diego Simeone was charged by UEFA with imprope conduct for his obscene celebration against Juventus during their UCL win. (Source BBC Football online)


Photo From: L'Equipe, February 24, 2019
(Lionel Messi)




Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
February 20, 2019 
Emmanuel Boateng (Ghana)
Striker
Levante
Dalian Yifang
Permanent signing
Football Espana




Spanish La Liga Matchday (February 22-February 25, 2019):

Friday, February 22, 2019:
Espanyol 1-Huesca 1 (Esteban Granero 20 / Xabier Etxeita 47)

Saturday, February 23, 2019:
Getafe 2-Vallecano 1 (Jaime Mata 28, Jorge Molina 68 / Raul De Tomas 58)
Sevilla 2-Barcelona 4 (Jesus Navas 22, Gabriel Mercado 42 / Lionel Messi 26, 67, 85, Luis Suarez 90)
Alaves 0-Celta 0 (-)
Bilbao 1-Eibar 0 (Raul Garcia 1)

Sunday, February 24, 2019:
Leganes 1-Valencia 1 (Martin Braithwaite 89 / Geoffrey Kondogbia 22)
Atletico Madrid 2-Villareal 0 (Alvaro Morata 31, Saul Niguez 88)
Valladolid 0-Betis 2 (Aissa Mandi 45, Joaquin 87)
Levante 1-Real Madrid 2 (Roger Marti 60 / Karim benzema 43 pen, Gareth Bale 78 pen)

Monday, February 25, 2019:
Girona 0-Sociedad 0 (-)

Top Goalscorer:
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 25 goals
Luis Suarez (Barcelona) 16 goals
Cristhian Stuani (Girona) 13 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Barcelona
25
17
6
2
65
25
40
57
2
Atletico Madrid
25
 14
8
3
36
17
19
50
3
Real Madrid
25
15
5
5
43
30
13
48
4
Getafe
25
10
9
6
32
22
10
39
5
Sevilla
25
10
7
8
40
32
8
37
6
Alaves
25
10
7
8
25
28
-3
37

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

IV.  Germany
Diary:


Tuesday, February 19, 2019:
-

Wednesday, February 20, 2019:

-

Thursday, February 21, 2019:

-

Friday, February 22, 2019:

-

Saturday, February 23, 2019:

-
Sunday, February 24, 2019:
-Schalke Sporting Director Christian Heidel will resign at the end of the season. (Source Fox Sports Online)

Monday, February 25, 2019:
-Matheus Pereira (Nuremberg) was suspended for three matches and fined 10,000 Euros for his sending off in the match vs. Dusseldorf. Karim Rekik (Hertha Berlin) was suspended for one match and fined 15,000 Euros after his sending off va. Bayer Munich. (Source Sport Bild Online)



Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
February 21, 2019
Sandro Schwarz
Manager
Mainz
2022
L’Equipe




German Bundesliga Matchday (February 22-February 25, 2019):

Friday, February 22, 2019:
Werder Bremen 1-Stuttgart 1 (Davy Klaassen 45 / Steven Zuber 2)

Saturday, February 23, 2019:
Mainz 3-Schalke 0 (Karim Onisiwo 18, 84,  J.Philippe Mateta 73)
Moenchengladbach 0-Wolfsburg 3 (Yannick Gerhardt 38, Admir Mehmedi 68, 83)
Bayern Munich 1-Hertha Berlin 0 (Javi Martinez 62)
Freiburg 5-Augsburg 1 (Nils Petersen 9, 43, Vincenzo Grifo 30, Luca Waldschmidt 64, F.Niederlechner 85 / Rani Khedira 52)
Dusseldorf 2-Nuremberg 1 (Ewerton (own goal) 62, Kaan Ayhan 83 / Eduard Lowen 41)

Sunday, February 24, 2019:
Hannover 0-Frankfurt 3 (Ante Rebic 54, Luka Jovic 63, Filip Kostic 90)
Dortmund 3-Leverkusen 2 (Dan Axel Zagadou 30, Jadon Sancho 38, Mario Goetze 60 / Kevin Volland 37, Joanathan Tah 75)

Monday, February 25, 2019:
RB Leipzig 1-Hoffenheim 1 (Willi Orban 89 / Andrej Kramaric 22)

Top Goalscorer:
Luka Jovic (Frankfurt) 14 goals
Marco Reus (Dortmund) 13 goals
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) 13 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Dortmund
23
16
6
1
57
25
32
54
2
Bayern Munich
23
16
3
4
51
26
25
51
3
M’Gladbach
23
13
4
6
42
25
17
43
4
RB Leipzig
23
12
6
5
42
20
22
42
5
Wolfsburg
23
11
5
7
38
30
8
38
6
Frankfurt
23
10
7
6
44
28
16
37

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

V.  France

Diary:

Tuesday, February 19, 2019:

-Former French Referee from the 60s and 70s, Robert Helies passed away aged 92. (Source Wikipedia online)

-Nice have imposed disciplinary measure on Allan Saint-Maximin after he pulled out of playing in a League match over the weekend without consulting the team doctor first. (Source Fox Sports online)

Wednesday, February 20, 2019:

-

Thursday, February 21, 2019:

-PSG announced a new sponsorship deal with hotel group Accor. (Source AS.com online)

-Lassana Diarra (PSG) announced his retirement from the game. (Source MaisFutebol online)
Friday, February 22, 2019:

-Oleg Petrov was named as General Director of Monaco replacing Vadim Vasilyev. (Source L’Équipe online)

Saturday, February 23, 2019:

-

Sunday, February 24, 2019:

-
Monday, February 25, 2019:

-In jury plagued French midfielder Abou Diaby announced his retirement from the game at the age of 32. (Source Sky Sports online)



Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
February 21, 2019 
Lassana Diarra
Midfielder
PSG
Free Agent
Contract Rescinded
L’Equipe

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
February 20, 2019
Robert Beric (Slovenia)
Striker
St Etienne
2022
L’Equipe
February 21, 2019
Yoel Armougom
Defender
Caen
2023
L’Equipe

Profesional Contract
Date
Player
Position
Club
Online Source
February 21, 2019 
Metehan Guclu (Turkey)
Striker
PSG
L’Equipe

French Ligue 1 Matchday (Postponed matches) (February 20, 2018):

Wednesday, February 20, 2019:
Bordeaux 0-Guingamp 0 (-)
PSG 5-Montpellier 1 (Layvin Kurzawa 13, Angel Di Maria 45+1, Christopher Nkunku 73, Hilton (own goal) 78, Kylian Mbappe 79)

Top Goalscorer:
Kylian Mbappe (PSG) 20 goals
Edinson Cavani (PSG) 17 goals
Nicolas Pepe (Lille) 15 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSG
24
21
2
1
74
14
60
65
2
Lille
25
14
6
5
41
31
19
50
3
Lyon
25
13
7
5
40
28
12
46
4
OM
25
12
4
9
41
34
6
40
5
St Etienne
25
11
8
7
36
32
4
41
6
Montpellier
24
9
11
5
32
24
8
38


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


French Ligue 1 Matchday (February 22-February 24, 2019):

Friday, February 22, 2019:
Dijon 0-St Etienne 1 (Neven Subotic 64)
Strasbourg 1-Lille 1 (Anthony Goncalves 68 / Jonathan Ikone 42)

Saturday, February 23, 2019:
PSG 3-Nimes 0 (Christopher Nkunku 40, Kylian Mbappe 69, 89)
Guingamp 1-Angers 0 (Lucas Deaux 90)
Amiens 1-Nice 0  (Sehrou Guirassy 11)

Sunday, February 24, 2019:
Nantes 1-Bordeaux 0 (Nicolas Pallois 51)
Toulouse 1-Caen 1 (Max Gradel 90 / Enzo Crivelli 45)
Montpellier 2-Reims 4 (Daniel Congre 6, Gaetan Laborde 55 / Remi Oudin 27, 70, Arber Zeneli 47 pen, Pablo Chavarria 89)
Rennes 1-OM 1  (Benjamin Andre 7 / Valere Germain 56)
Monaco 2-Lyon 0  (Gelson Martins 18, Rony Lopes 27)

Top Goalscorer:
Kylian Mbappe (PSG) 22 goals
Edinson Cavani (PSG) 17 goals
Nicolas Pepe (Lille) 14 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSG
25
22
2
1
73
14
63
68
2
Lille
26
14
7
5
43
23
20
50
3
Lyon
26
13
7
6
40
30
10
46
4
St Etienne
26
12
8
7
37
32
5
44
5
OM
26
12
5
9
42
35
7
41
6
Reims
26
10
11
5
27
24
3
41


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


VI.  Holland
Diary:


Tuesday, February 19, 2019:
-

Wednesday, February 20, 2019:

-
Thursday, February 21, 2019:

-Erwin Koeman was named as the new National Team Manager of Oman. (Source Reuters UK online)
Friday, February 22, 2019:

-PEC have appealed to the Dutch Federation to reverse its decision to postpone their match vs. Ajax from March 2nd to March 13th. The Federation had postponed the match to allow Ajax better preparations in their UCL match vs. Real Madrid. (Source Voetbalzone.nl online)

Saturday, February 23, 2019:
-The Dutch Federation have rejected PEC’s appeal for the postponment of their match vs. Ajax. (Source Voetbalzone.nl online)

Sunday, February 24, 2019:
-

Monday, February 25, 2019:
-


Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
February 20, 2019 
Calvin Mac-Intosch
Defender
Free Agent
Fortuna Sittard
Purchse
vi.nl

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
February 19, 2019
Jordan Teze
Defender
PSV Eindhoven
2021
vi.nl

Profesional Contract
Date
Player
Position
Club
Online Source
February 25, 2019 
Wouter Burger (18 years old)
-
Feyenoord
Voetbalzone.nl


Dutch Eredivisie Matchday (February 22-February 24, 2019):

Friday, February 22, 2019:
VVV 0-Heracles 1 (Mohammed Osman 83 pen)

Saturday, February 23, 2019:
Utrecht 0-Excelsior 0 (-)
Fortuna Sittard 2-Heerenveen 4 (Lazaros Lamprou 7, Mark Diemers 32 / Daniel Hoegh 45, Mitchell Van Bergen 61, Sam Lammers 74 pen, 84)
PEC 0-De Graafschap 3 (Thomas Lam (own goal) 36, Charlison Benschop 64, Delano Burgzorg 80)
NAC 0-Groningen 0  (-)

Sunday, February 24, 2019:
Den Haag 1-Ajax 5 (Nasser El Khayati 37 / Donny Van de Beek 39, Dusan Tadic 45 pen, Hakim Ziyech 74, 83, Kasper Dolberg 78)
Emmen 0-Vitesse 3 (Dauda Mohammed 13, Martin Odegaard 71, Navarone Foor 89)
PSV 1-Feyenoord 1 (Hirving Lozano 72 / Nicolai Jorgensen 70)
Willem II 2-AZ 1  (Marios Vrousai 13, Daniel Crowley 29 / Guus Til 78)

Top Goalscorer:
Luuk De Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 19 goals
Dusan Tadic (Ajax) 16 goals
Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) 15 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSV Eindhoven
23
18
4
1
74
16
58
58
2
Ajax
23
18
3
3
83
21
62
56
3
Feyenoord
23
13
4
6
48
29
19
43
4
AZ
23
12
4
7
47
28
19
40
5
Vitesse
23
10
6
7
40
31
9
36
6
Heracles
23
11
2
10
41
42
-1
35

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


VII.  Scotland
Diary:

Tuesday, February 19, 2019:
-

Wednesday, February 20, 2019:

-Tommie Hoban (Aberdeen, on loan from Watford) will be out injured for the rest of the season. (Source BBC Football online)

-Kilmarnock Manager Steve Clarke claimed he received secterian abuse from the Rangers fans in the Scottish Cup match that day (Rangers 5-Kilmarnock 0). (Source BBC Football online)
Thursday, February 21, 2019:

-

Friday, February 22, 2019:

-

Saturday, February 23, 2019:
-

Sunday, February 24, 2019:

-

Monday, February 25, 2019:
-

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
February 21, 2019
Lewis Ferguson
Midfielder
Aberdeen
2024
BBC Football


Scottish FA Cup (February 19-20, 2019):

Tuesday, February 19, 2019:
Inverness 2-Ross County 2 (Jordan White 56, 81 / Ross Steart 23, Michael Gardyne 67) (Inverness won 5-4 on penalty kick shoot-out)

Wednesday, February 20, 2019:
Rangers 5-Kilmarnock 0 (Alfredo Morelos 7, 45, 78, 83, Andrew Haliday 77)


Scottish Premier League Matchday (February 22-February 24, 2019):
Friday, February 22, 2019:
Dundee 2-Hibernian 4 (Paul McGowan 35, Martin Woods 79 / Florian Kamberi 26, Mark McNulty 39, 63, Stephen Mallan 66)
Saturday, February 23, 2019:
Hearts 1-St Mirren 1 (Clevid Dikamona 56 / Sean Clare (own goal) 66)
Livingston 1-Kilmarnock 0 (Chris Erskine 44)
St Johnstone 0-Aberdeen 2 (Graeme Shinnie 16, 75)

Sunday, February 24, 2019:
Hamilton 0-Rangers 5 (Ryan Jack 16, Jermain Defoe 17, Scott Arfield 24, James Tavernier 44 pen, Kyle Lafferty 88)
Celtic 4-Motherwell 1 (Scott Sinclair 31, Odsonne edouard 37, 88, Oliver Burke 90 / Gboly Ariyibi 51)

Top Goalscorer:
Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) 15 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Celtic
27
20
3
4
64
15
49
63
2
Rangers
27
16
7
4
60
20
40
55
3
Aberdeen
27
15
5
7
45
31
14
50
4
Kilmarnock
27
13
7
7
37
27
10
46
5
Hearts
27
13
5
9
33
32
1
44
6
Hibernian
27
10
8
9
40
30
10
38
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point





VIII.  Portugal

Diary:


Tuesday, February 19, 2019:
-Porto have been fined and warned by FIFA due to breaches in third-party ownership of players. (Source Reuters UK online)

Wednesday, February 20, 2019:
-
Thursday, February 21, 2019:

-


Friday, February 22, 2019:

-

Saturday, February 23, 2019:
-


Sunday, February 24, 2019:

-

Monday, February 25, 2019:
-


Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
February 19, 2019 
Luc Castaignos (Holland)
Striker
Sporting CP
Gyeongnam (South Korea)
Purchase
Masifutebol
February 19, 2019 
Yare Faye (Senegal)
Midfielder
Free Agent
Aves
Purchase
Maisfutebol
February 21, 2019 
Renan Ribeiro (Brazil)
Goalkeeper
Estoril
Sporting CP
Permanent signing
L’Equipe

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
February 19, 2019
Bruno Lage
Manager
Benfica
2023
Kicker.de

Profesional Contract
Date
Player
Position
Club
Online Source
February 23, 2019 
Martim Carvalho Neto(16 years old) 
-
Benfica
MaisFutebol

Portugal Primeira Liga League Matchday (February 22-February 24, 2019):

Friday, February 22, 2019:
Braga 0-Belenenses 2 (Kikas 38, Lica 60)
Tondela 0-Porto 3 (Pepe 11, Oliver Torres 53, Hector Herrera 74)

Saturday, February 23, 2019:
Feirense 1-Moreirense 3 (Antonio Briseno 53 / Chiquinho 1, 46, Arsenio 43)
Portimonense 1-Aves 1 (Jackson Martinez 48 / Rodrigo Soares 21)
Setubal 1-Guimaraes 1 (Jhonder Cadiz 80 pen / Mattheus 45)

Sunday, February 24, 2019:
Santa Clara 2-Nacional 0 (Martin Chrien 64, Guilherme Schettine 90)
Boavista 1-Rio Ave 0 (Rafael Costa 12 pen)
Monday, February 25, 2019:
Maritimo 0-Sporting CP 0 (-)
Benfica 4-Chaves 0 (Rafa Solva 19, Joao Felix 37, Haris Seferovic 43, Jonas 90)

Top Goalscorer:
Dyego Sousa (Braga) 14 goals
Bas Dost (Sporting CP) 14 goals
Haris Seferovic (Benfica) 14 goals



Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Porto
23
18
3
2
47
12
35
57
2
Benfica
23
18
2
3
64
20
44
56
3
Braga
23
15
4
4
40
23
17
49
4
Sporting CP
23
14
4
5
44
25
19
46
5
Moreirense
23
13
2
8
28
26
2
41
6
Guimaraes
23
10
6
7
27
21
6
36

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

IX.  Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday, February 19, 2019:
-Anderlecht released a statement comcerning Agent Mogi Bayat. They confirmed they have not paid concerning certain transfers as they need clarity as part of the continuing ‘Footgate’ scandal. (Source RTBF.be Online)

Wednesday, February 20, 2019:

-
Thursday, February 21, 2019:

-

Friday, February 22, 2019:
-Hein Vanhaezebrouck has opened a lawsuit against Anderlecht as he still has not been paid off since his sacking. (Source Walfoot.be Online)

Saturday, February 23, 2019:

-Genk have denied reports of illegal payments made to former Manager Peter Maes. (Source RTBF.be Online)

Sunday, February 24, 2019:
-

Monday, February 25, 2019:

-Managers Phillipe Clement (Genk) and Michel Preud’homme (Standard Liege) have been fined 5,000 Euros each after being sent off. (Source RTBF.be Online)


Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
February 23, 2019 
Dorin Rortariu (Romania)
Striker
AZ
Club Brugge
Loan Return
vi.nl
February 23, 2019 
Dorin Rortariu (Romania)
Striker
Club Brugge
Astana
Purchase
vi.nl

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
February 20, 2019
Danny Vukovic (Australia)
Goalkeeper
Genk
2021
RTF.be
February 21, 2019
Sieben Dewaele
Midfielder
Anderlecht
2020
RTF.be


Profesional Contract
Date
Player
Position
Club
Online Source
February 19, 2019 
Ismael Salibari (18 years old) 
-
Genk
RTBF.be

First Division A League Matchday (February 22-February 24, 2019):
Friday, February 22, 2019:
Gent 2-Standard Liege 1 (Alexander Sorloth 39, Dylan Bronn 43 / Renaud Emond 90)

Saturday, February 23, 2019:
Eupen 2-Zulte-Waregem 3 (Nils Schouterden 9, Luis Garcia 90 pen / Hamdi Harbaoui 37, 76 pen, Idrissa Sylla 65)
Cercle Brugge 2-Ostend 2 (Kylian Hazard 64, 88 / Sindri Guri 75, Indy Boonen 81)
Waasland-Beveren 2-Kortrijk 6 (Floriano Vanzo 51, Stefan Milosevic 76 / Bennard Kumordzi 22, Elohim Rolland 26, Aboubakary Koita 59, Jovan Stojanovic 67, Julien De Sart 74, Teddy Chevalier 80)
Mouscron 1-Lokeren 0 (Taiwo Awoniyi 52)

Sunday, February 24, 2019:
Anderlecht 2-Club Brugge 2 (Yannick Bolasie 31, 81 / Wesley 5, Thibault Vlietinck 83)
Genk 0-Antwerp 0 (-)
St Truiden 3-Charleroi 1  (Yohan Boli 4, 31, 69 / Victor Osimhen 37)

Top Goalscorer:
Mbwana Samatta (Genk) 20 goals
Hamdi Harbaoui (Zulte-Waregem) 14 goals
Nany Dimata (Anderlecht) 13 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Genk
27
17
7
3
58
27
31
58
2
Club Brugge
27
14
8
5
58
30
28
50
3
Standard Liege
27
13
7
7
42
30
12
46
4
Antwerp
27
13
7
7
36
29
7
46
5
St Truiden
27
12
10
5
46
32
14
46
6
Anderlecht
27
12
6
9
43
33
10
42

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

Diary (extra):

Tuesday, February 19, 2019:

-

Wednesday, February 20, 2019:

-Former Czech Repulic defender Tomas Repka was given a nine-month jail sentence for drunk-driving. (Source BBC Football online)

Thursday, February 21, 2019:

-

Friday, February 22, 2019:

-Alexander Sioukov was named as the new President of the Russian Federation. (Source L’Équipe online)

-AEK Athens will play its next two European matches at home behind closed doors as well as a fine for incidents in their UCL match vs. Ajax from last November. (Source Sport  Bild online)

Saturday, February 23, 2019:

-

Sunday, February 24, 2019:
-

Monday, February 25, 2019:

-Former Brazilian Footballer from the 50s into the 70s, Waldo passed away aged 84. (Source wikipedia online)

-Former Brazilian Footballer from the 40s and 50s, Nelson Zeglio passed away aged 892. (Source wikipedia online)

I. UEFA Champions League:


UEFA Champions League-Round of 16, First Leg:

Tuesday, February 19, 2019:
Liverpool 0-Bayern Munich 0 (-)
Lyon 0-Barcelona 0 (-)

Wednesday, February 20, 2019:
Atletico Madrid 2-Juventus 0 (Jose Gimenez 78, Diego Godin 83)
Schalke 2-Manchester City 3 (Nabil Bentaleb 38 pen, 45 pen / Sergio Aguero 18, Leroy Sane 85, Raheem Sterling 90)


II. Europa League:


Europa League-Round of 32:

Wednesday, February 20, 2019:
Sevilla 2-Lazio 0 (Wissam Ben Yedder 20, Pablo Sarabia 78)

Thursday, February 21, 2019:
Arsenal 3-BATE Borisov 0 (Zkhar Vilkov (own goal) 4, Shkodran Mustafi 39, Sokratis Papastathopoulos 60)
Dinamo Zagreb 3- Viktoria Plzen 0 (Mislav Orsic 15, Emir Dilaver 34, Bruno Petkovic 73)
Frankfurt 4- Shakhtar Donetsk 1 (Luka Jovic 23, Sebastien Haller 27 pen, 80, Ante Rebic 88 / Junior Moraes 64)
Napoli 2- FC Zurich 0 (Simone Verdi 43, Adam Ounas 75)
Salzburg 4-Club Brugge 0 (Xaver Schlager 17, Patson Daka 29, 43, Munas Dabbur 90)
Valencia 1- Celtic 0 (Kevin Gameiro 70)
Villareal 1- Sporting CP 1 (Pablo Fornals 80 / Bruno Fernandes 45)
Zenit St Petersburg 3-Fenerbahce 1 (Magomed Ozdoev 4, Sardar Azmoun 37, 76 / Mehmet Topal 43)
Leverkusen 1-Krasnodar 1 (Charles Aranguiz 87 / M. Suleymanov 84)
Benfica 0- Galatasaray 0 (-)
Chelsea 3- Malmo 0 (Olivier Giroud 55, Ross Barkley 74, Calum Hudson-Odoi 84)
Dinamo Kiev 1- Olympiakos 0 (Fran Sol 32)
Genk 1- Slavia Prague 4 (Leandro Trossard 10 / Vladimir Coufal 23, Ibrahim Traore 54, Mailn Skoda 64, 68)
Inter 4- Rapid Vienna 0 (Matias Vecino 11, Andrea Ranocchia 8, Ivan Perisic 80, Matteo Politano 87)
Betis 1-Rennes 3 (Giovani Lo Celso 41 / Ramy Bensebaini 22, Hatem Ben Arfa 30, M’Baye Niang 90)


III. International Friendlies:

Thursday, February 21, 2019:
Kazakhstan 1-Moldova 0 (Dumitru Celeadnic (own goal) 61)

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