Tuesday, May 7, 2019

The Week that was (in Football (Soccer)): Review of the top Leagues in Europe-part 56 (Week of April 30-May 6, 2019)




Photo From: L'Equipe, April 14, 2019
(Kylian Mbappe)



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, April 30, 2019:

-Former Republic of Ireland International John O’Shea (Reading) announced that he would retire at the end of the season. (Source Reuters UK online)

-The English FA have overturned Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa)’s ban after his sending off vs. Leeds. Instead, Leeds’ Patrick Bamford has been charged for ‘successful deception of a match official’ for getting El Ghazi sent off. (Source Onefootball online)

-Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea) will be out injured for the rest of the season. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham) was forced off the field after attempting to play on after a clash of heads in the UCL match vs. Ajax.  (Source Fox Sports online)

-Cardiff Manager Neil Warnock has been fined for his comments on Referee Craig Pawson after Cardiff’s loss at Chelsea. (Source Sky Sports online)
Wednesday, May 1, 2019:

-Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) will be out injured for the rest of the season. (Source BBC Football online)

-Naby Keita (Liverpool) will be out injured for the rest of the season. (Source Liverpool Echo online)

-Patrick Bambford (Leeds) has been banned for two matches due to the controversy in the Aston Villa match. (Source Sky Sports online)

Thursday, May 2, 2019:

-Hamza Choudhury (Leicester) has been charged with misconduct for comments on social media from 2013 and 2014. (Source Sky Sports online)

Friday, May 3, 2019:

-In the Championship, Brentford were awarded (1-0) win over Bolton in a cancelled game. (Source The Guardian online)

-Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) was named as Europa League Player of the Week. (Source Maisfutebol online)

Saturday, May 4, 2019:

-Huddersfield Chairman Dean Hoyle is to sell the club to Phil Hodgkinson. (Source Reuters UK online)    

-Notts County, the world’s oldest professional team, has dropped out of English Football league for the first time in its history and will play in non-League next season. (Source BBC Football online)

-Cardiff have been relegated from the Premier League after their loss at Crystal Palace. (Source BBC Football online)

-Harvey Elliott (Fulham) became the youngest Premier League player at the age of 16 years and 30 days. (Source BBC Football online)

Sunday, May 5, 2019:

-Manchester United have failed to qualify for a Champions League spot for next season after a (1-1) tie at Huddersfield. (Source BBC Football online)

-Gary Cahill (Chelsea) stated it was difficult to have respect for Manager Maurizio Sarri after the manner he was discarded. He is likely to leave the club at the end of the season.  (Source Reuters UK online)

Monday, May 6, 2019:

- Liverpool’s Salah and Firmino are set to miss the UCL match vs. Barcelona due to injuries. (Source BBC Football online)

-Arsene Wenger has reportedly turned down an offer to manage Fulham. (Source Daily Mail online)

-Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) was named as PFA fans’ Player of the month of April. (Source Liverpool FC online)

-Danny Wellbeck (Arsenal) is set to leave the club at the end of the season. (Source Kicker.de online)

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
April 30, 2019
Tom Davies
Midfielder
Everton
2023
Sky Sports
May 1, 2019
Gatan Bong (Cameroon)
Defender
Brighton
2020
BBC Football
May 1, 2019
Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina)
Defender
West Ham
2020
Sky Sports
May 4, 2019
Tpm Cairney
Midfielder
Fulham
2024
L’Equipe

Professional Contract
Date
Player
Position
Club
Online Source
 May 4, 2019
Maximus Tainio (17 years old)
Midfielder
Tottenham
L’Equipe

English Premier League Matchday (May 3-May 6, 2019):

Friday, May 3, 2019:
Everton 2-Burnley 0 (Ben Mee (own goal) q17, Seasmus Coleman 20)

Saturday, May 4, 2019:
Bournemouth 1-Tottenham 0 (Nathan Ake 90)
West Ham 3-Southampton 0 (Marko Arnautovic 16, 69, Ryan Fredericks 73)
Wolves 1-Fulham 0 (Leander Dendoncker 75)
Cardiff 2-Crystal Palace 3 (Martin Kelly (own goal) 31, Bobby Reid 90 / Wilfried Zaha 28, Michy Batshuayi 39, Andros Townsend 70)
Newcastle 2-Liverpool 3 (Christian Atsu 20, Salomon Rondon 54 / Virgil Van Dijk 13, Mohamed Salah 28, Divock Origi 86)

Sunday, May 5, 2019:
Chelsea 3-Watford 0 (Ruben Loftus-Cheek 48, David Luiz 51, Gonzalo Higuain 75)
Huddersfield 1-Manchetser United 1 (Isaac Mbenza 60 / Scott McTominay 8)
Arsenal 1-Brighton 1 (Pierre-Erick Aubameyang 9 pen / Glenn Murray 61 pen)

Monday, May 6, 2019:
Manchester City 1-Leicester 0 (Vincent Kompany 70)


Top Goalscorer:
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) 22 goals
Sadio Mane (Liverpool) 20 goals
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) 20 goals
Pierre-Erick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 20 goals
Harry Kane (Tottenham) 17 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Manchester City
37
31
2
4
91
22
69
95
2
Liverpool
37
29
7
1
87
22
65
94
3
Chelsea
37
21
8
8
63
39
24
71
4
Tottenham
37
23
1
13
65
37
28
70
5
Arsenal
37
20
7
10
70
50
20
67
6
Manchester United
37
19
9
9
  65
52
13
66

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

II.  Italy
Diary:
Tuesday, April 30, 2019:
-Nigerian defender Nura Abdullahi (Roma) has been forced to retire due to medical advice (Source BBC Football online)

-Former Italian Player (from 50s) Luciano Comaschi passed away aged 87. (Source Rainews online)

-Parma and Sampdoria released their own mash-up kits to be worn on Sunday celebrating ‘historic bond’ between the clubs. (Source Football Italia online)
Wednesday, May 1, 2019:

-Lorenzo Insigne held a meeting with Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentis and his agent Mino Raiola and Cristiano Giuntoli. He is likely to remain with the club. (Source La Gazzetta dello Sport online)

-Cristiano Ronaldo is the owner of the most expensive car in the world (18 Million Dollars), a Bugatti La Voiture Noire. (Source SPORTbible online)

-Brescia have been promoted to the Serie A fo the fisrt time since 2010-11 season after a (1-0) win over Ascoli.  (Source Football Italia online)

Thursday, May 2, 2019:

-

Friday, May 3, 2019:

-Stefano Sturaro (Genoa) will be out injured for the rest of the season. (Source Football Italia online)

-Vlad Chiriches (Napoli) will be out injured for the rest of the season. (Source Football Italia online)

-Mattia Caldara (AC Milan) will be out injured for 5-6 months after surgery for ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. (Source Football Italia online)

-Tieumoue Bakayoko (AC Milan) has been fined 90,000 Euros for coming late to training. (Source Football Italia online)

-The FIGC is to investigate Roma Manager Claudio Ranieri’s comments concerning Lazio. Ranieri suggested that Lazio could lose to Atalanta on purpose to derail Roma’s plans for UCL qualification. He also suggested that backing 2010 when he was also managing Roma, Lazio had similarly lost to Inter to hurt Roma’s Scudetto chances. (Source Football Italia online)


Saturday, May 4, 2019:

-


Sunday, May 5, 2019:

-Frosinone have been relegated from the Serie A. (Source Onefootball online)

-Dries Mertens has overtaken Diego Maradona as Napoli’s best goalscorer in the Serie A with his 82nd goal. (Source RTBF.be online)

Monday, May 6, 2019:

-Napoli President Auelio De Laurentiis has called for the abolition of the UCL citing the weakening of local Championships. (Source Goal.com online)    

-In AC Milan’s match vs. Bologna, Milan Manager Gennaro Gattuso appeared to want to substitute in Tieumoue Bakayoko, but the player took too much to get ready and in anger Gattuso sent on Jose Mauri instead. Afterwards on the bench, Bakayoko appeared to say “F^&* off man” to Gattuso. (Source Footnews.be online)    

-Juventus have lost their appeal to revoke the 2005-06 title attributed to Inter following the Calciopoli scandal. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) rejected this latest appeal.  (Source Football Italia online)

-Ecuador Referee Byron Moreno (notorious referee of 2002 WC South Korea-Italy match) has stood by his handling of the match and defended his decisions that were detrimental to Italy. He also stated that Italy Manager Giovanni Trapattoni had been a coward for not sending on a striker during the match.  (Source Football Italia online)

Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
May 3, 2019 
Bobby Adekanye (Holland)
Winger
Liverpool
Lazio
Next Season
Football Italia


Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
April 30, 2019
Alessandro Plizarri
Goalkeeper
AC Milan
2023
Football Italia
May 2, 2019
Rolando Maran
Manager
Cagliari
2022
Corriere dello Sport
May 4, 2019
Lucas Leiva (Brazil)
Midfielder
Lazio
2022
L’Equipe
May 4, 2019
Lorenzo Insigne
Striker
Napoli
2024
Football Italia



Italian Serie A Matchday (May 3-6, 2019):

Friday, May 3, 2019:
Juventus 1-Torino 1 (Cristiano Ronaldo 84 / Sasa Lukic 18)

Saturday, May 4, 2019:
Chievo 0-SPAL 4 (Felipe 8, 55, Sergio Floccari 47, Jasmin Kurtic 81)
Udinese 0-Inter 0 (-)

Sunday, May 5, 2019:
Empoli 1-Fiorentina 0 (Diego Farias 54)
Parma 3-Sampdoria 3 (Marcello Gazzola 2, Juraj Kucka 67 pen, Alessandro Bastoni 71 / Fabio Quagliarella 28 pen, 61, Gregoire Defrel 38 )
Lazio 1-Atalanta 3 (Marco Parolo 3 / Duvan Zapata 22, Timothy Castagne 58, Wallace (own goal) 76)
Sassuolo 2-Frosinone 2 (Gian Marco Ferrari 66, Jeremie Boga 77 / Paolo Sammarco 8, Luca Paganini 36)
Genoa 1-Roma 1 (Cristian Romero 90 / Stephan El Shaarway 82)
Napoli 2-Cagliari 1 (Dries Mertens 85, Lorenzo Insigne 90 pen / Leonardo Pavoletti 63)

Monday, May 6, 2019:
AC Milan 2-Bologna 1  (Suso 37, Fabio Borini 67 / Mattia Destro 72)

Top Goalscorer:
Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) 25 goals
Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa and AC Milan) 22 goals
Duvan Zapata (Atalanta) 22 goals
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 21 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Juventus
35
28
5
2
69
25
44
89
2
Napoli
35
22
7
6
66
31
35
73
3
Inter
35
18
9
8
52
28
24
63
4
Atalanta
35
18
8
9
71
43
28
62
5
AC Milan
35
16
11
8
49
  34
15
59
6
Roma
35
16
11
8
62
47
15
59

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

Diary:

Tuesday, April 30, 2019:
-Bilbao confirmed that Ander Iturraspe and Mikel Rico will not have their contracts renewed. (Source Onefootball online)

-Lionel Messi was awarded, the creu de Sant Jordi (cross of St. George) by the Catalonia’s regional government. (Source AS.com online)

Wednesday, May 1, 2019:

-Betis will reportedly not renew the contract Jese (on loan from PSG) fro next season.  (Source Football Espana online)

-Christian Eriksen (Tottenham) has reportedly a verbal agreement to join Real Madrid.  (Source Football Espana online)

-Lionel Messi has now scored 600 goals for Barcelona following his double vs. Liverpool in the UCL. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Lionel Messi condemned the jeering of Philippe Coutinho by Barcelona fans during the match vs. Liverpool.  (Source Marca online)


Thursday, May 2, 2019:

-Getafe Manager Jose Bordalas has been handed a two-match touchline ban.  (Source Football Espana online)

-Xavi (currently at Al-Sadd in Qatar) has announced that he would retire at the end of the season.  (Source AS.com online)


Friday, May 3, 2019:

-
 Saturday, May 4, 2019:

-Rayo Vallecano were relegated from La Liga after a loss (1-4) at Levante.  (Source Onefootball online)

Sunday, May 5, 2019:

-Huesca were relegated from La Liga after a loss (2-6) vs. Valencia  (Source BBC Football online)

Monday, May 6, 2019:

-Former Spanish and Real Madrid goalkeeper from the 60s and 70s, Junquera passed away aged 73 (Source Real Madrid Official online)    

-According to reports, Zinedine Zidane has already told Gareth Bale that he is planning next season without him. (Source Marca online)



Spanish La Liga Matchday (May 3-May 5, 2019):

Friday, May 3, 2019:
Sevilla 0-Leganes 3 (Youssef En-Nesyri 8, Martin Braithwaite 20, Oscar 82)

Saturday, May 4, 2019:
Levante 4-Vallecano 1 (Jose Campana 14, Ruben Vezo 43, Jason 85, Enis Bardhi 90 / Alvaro Garcia 71)
Espanyol 3-Atletico Madrid 0 (Diego Godin (own goal) 45, Borja Iglesias 52, 89 pen)
Alaves 0-Sociedad 1 (Manu Garcia (own goal) 24)
Celta 2-Barcelona 0 (Maxi Gomez 67, Iago Aspas 88 pen)

Sunday, May 5, 2019:
Getafe 2-Girona 0 (Jorge Molina 16, Angel Rodriguez 77)
Eibar 1-Betis 0 (Jose Angel 45)
Real Madrid 3-Villareal 2 (Mariano Diaz 2, 49, Jesus Vallejo 40 / Gerard Moreno 11, Jaume Costa 90)
Valladolid 1-Bilbao 0 (Waldo Rubio 21)
Huesca 2-Valencia 6 (Gonzalo Melero 66, Alex Gallar 90 pen / Daniel Wass 2, Rodrigo Moreno 16, 51, Santi Mina 20, 33, Xabier Etxeita (own goal) 40)


Top Goalscorer:
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 34 goals
Luis Suarez (Barcelona) 21 goals
Cristhian Stuani (Girona) 18 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Barcelona
36
25
8
3
86
34
52
83
2
Atletico Madrid
36
 22
8
6
52
26
26
74
3
Real Madrid
36
21
7
8
62
40
21
68
4
Getafe
36
15
13
8
46
31
15
58
5
Valencia
36
13
16
7
46
34
12
55
6
Sevilla
36
16
7
12
59
43
16
55

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


Tuesday, April 30, 2019:
- David Wagner is set to become the new Schalke coach in the summer. (Source BBC Football Online)

-Paul Verhaegh will no longer play for Wolfsburg due to an ‘internal incident’. (Source voetbalzone.nl online)

Wednesday, May 1, 2019:

-Goalkeeper Rene Adler (Mainz) is set to retire at the end of the season. (Source Bulinews online)

-Uli Hoeness celebrated 40 years as a Bayern Munich Administrator. (Source Kicker.de online)

Thursday, May 2, 2019:

-Dortmund have confirmed that Lucian Favre would remain as Manager for next season. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Stefan Effenberg has advised James Rodriguez to leave Bayern Munich to earn more playing time.  (Source Bulinews online)

-David Wagner hs agreed to be the next Schalke Manager.  (Source Sky Sports online)

Friday, May 3, 2019:

-Christian Woerns has been appointed as the U-18 National Team Manager of Germany. (Source Sport Bild online)

Saturday, May 4, 2019:

-

Sunday, May 5, 2019:
 -Bayern Munich announced that Franck Ribery would leave the club at the end of the season.  (Source BBC Football online)


Monday, May 6, 2019:
-Felipe (Hannover) will be out injured for the rest of the season. (Source Sport Bild online)

-Koln have been promoted back to the Bundesliga. (Source L’Equipe online)


Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
May 2, 2019 
David Wagner (USA)
Manager
Free Agent (formerly Huddersfield)
Schalke
Next Season
Sky Sports
May 3, 2019 
Andersson Ordonez
Defender
Frankfurt
LDU Quito
Permanent signing (previously on loan)
Kicker.de
May 5, 2019 
Nils Blumberg
-
Hertha Berlin
Chemnitzer
Next Season
Kicker.de
May 6, 2019 
Dong-won Ji (South Korea)
Striker
Augsburg
Mainz
Next Season
L’Equipe

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
April 30, 2019
Adam Bodzek
-
Dusseldorf
2020
Kicker.de
May 2, 2019
Patrick Herrmann
-
Moenchengladbach
2022
Bulinews
May 3, 2019
Aymen Barkok
-
Dusseldorf
2020
Kicker.de
May 4, 2019
Martin Schmidt
Manager
Augsburg
2021
Kicker.de
May 6, 2019
Elvis Rexhbecaj
Midfielder
Wolfsburg
2023
Sport Bild

Professional Contract
Date
Player
Position
Club
Online Source
 May 5, 2019
Ardy Mfundu (16 years old)
Midfielder
Schalke
Footnews.be

German Bundesliga Matchday (May 3-May 5, 2019):

Friday, May 3, 2019:
Mainz 3-RB Leipzig 3 (Karimm Onisiwo 43, Moussa Miakhate 67, J.Philippe Mateta 83 / Lukas Kolstermann 20, 32, Timo Werner 49)

Saturday, May 4, 2019:
Moenchengladbach 2-Hoffenheim 2 (Matthias Ginter 72, Josip Drmic 84 / Pavel Kaderabek 32, Nadiem Amiri 79)
Bayern Munich 3-Hannover 1 (Robert Lewandowski 27, Leon Goretzka 40, Franck Ribery 84 / Jonathas 51 pen)
Hertha Berlin 3-Stuttgart 1 (Vedad Ibisevic 40, Ondrej Duda 45, Salomon Kalou 67 / Mario Gomez 70)
Wolfsburg 2-Nuremberg 0 (Felix Klaus 38, Marcel Tisserand 78)
Werder Bremen 2-Dortmund 2 (Kevin Mohwald 70, Claudio Pizarro 75 / Christian Pulisic 6, Paco Alcacer 41)

Sunday, May 5, 2019:
Schalke 0-Augsburg 0 (-)
Freiburg 1-Dusseldorf 1 (Vincenzo Grifo 9 pen / Dawid Kownacki 31)
Leverkusen 6-Frankfurt 1 (Kai Havertz 2, Julian Brandt 13, Lucas Alario 23, 34, Charles Aranguiz 28, Martin Hinteregger (own goal) 36 / Jonathan Tah (own goal) 14)

Top Goalscorer:
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) 22 goals
Paco Alcacer (Dortmund) 18 goals
Luka Jovic (Frankfurt) 17 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Bayern Munich
32
23
5
4
83
31
52
74
2
Dortmund
32
21
7
4
76
42
34
70
3
RB Leipzig
32
19
8
5
62
26
36
65
4
Frankfurt
32
15
9
8
59
41
18
54
5
Leverkusen
32
17
3
12
63
50
13
54
6
M’Gladbach
32
15
7
10
51
40
11
52

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


V.  France
Diary:
Tuesday, April 30, 2019:

-
Wednesday, May 1, 2019:

-Dani Alves stated that despite their friendship he did not approve of Neymar striking a fan (Source Marca.com online)

-Thiago Silva (PSG) will be out injured for the rest of the season. (Source L’Equipe online)

Thursday, May 2, 2019:

-Wahbi Khazri (St Etienne, former Bastia Player) has called for no matches to be played on May 5th as respect for the victims of the Furiani Stadium disaster (May 5, 1992). (Source L’Equipe online)
Friday, May 3, 2019:

- Kylian Mbappe (PSG) has been suspended for three matches (one already served) for his sending off vs. Rennes in the French Cup Final. (Source L’Equipe online)

Saturday, May 4, 2019:

-

Sunday, May 5, 2019:

-
Monday, May 6, 2019:

-Goalkeeper Danijel Subasic (Monaco) will be out injured for the rest of the season. (Source L’Equipe online)

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
May 6, 2019
Souleymane Camara
Striker
Montpellier
2020
L’Equipe
May 6, 2019
Rafael (Brazil)
Defender
Lyon
2021
L’Equipe
May 6, 2019
Dante (Brazil)
Defender
Nice
2021
L’Equipe

French Ligue 1 Matchday (April 30-May 1, 2019):

Tuesday, April 30, 2019:
Montpellier 3-PSG 2 (Presnel Kimpembe (own goal) 21, Andy Delort 80, Souleymane Camara 85 / Ambroise Oyongo (own goal) 12, Angel Di Maria 62)

Wednesday, May 1, 2019:
Rennes 2-Monaco 2 (Adrien Hunou 3, 9 / Radamel Falcao 69, 75)

Top Goalscorer:
Kylian Mbappe (PSG) 30 goals
Edinson Cavani (PSG) 17 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSG
34
27
3
4
97
30
67
84
2
Lille
34
20
8
6
59
28
31
68
3
Lyon
34
18
8
9
58
43
15
62
4
St Etienne
34
17
8
9
53
38
15
59
5
Montpellier
34
14
12
8
50
39
11
54
6
OM
34
16
6
12
54
46
8
54


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


French Ligue 1 Matchday (May 3-May 5, 2019):

Friday, May 3, 2019:
Strasbourg 1-OM 1 (Kenny Lala 65 / Valere Germain 47)

Saturday, May 4, 2019:
PSG 1-Nice 1 (Neymar 60 pen / I.Kpene Ganago 46)
Guingamp 0-Caen 0 (-)
Bordeaux 0-Angers 1 (Stephane Bahoken 40)
Reims 0-Nimes 3 (Jordan Ferri 26, Renaud Ripart 43, Denis Bouanga 46)

Sunday, May 5, 2019:
Nantes 3-Dijon 0 (Abdoulaye Toure 51, Kalifa Coulibaly 74 pen, Valentin Rongier 80)
Toulouse 2-Rennes 2 (Jimmy Durmaz 40 pen, Matthieu Dossevi 51 / Mbaye Niang 35, Ismaila Sarr 58 pen)
Montpellier 1-Amiens 1 (Florent Mollet 81 / Stiven Mendoza 66)
Monaco 2-St Etienne 3 (Gelson Martins 18, Carlos Vinicius 90 / Fode Ballo-Toure (own goal) 59, Remy Cabella 71, Arnaud Nordin 80)
Lyon 2-Lille 2 (Martin Terrier 11, Leo Dunois 74 / Loic Remy 50, Boubakary Soumare 68)

Top Goalscorer:
Kylian Mbappe (PSG) 30 goals
Edinson Cavani (PSG) 17 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSG
35
27
4
4
98
31
67
85
2
Lille
35
20
9
6
61
30
31
69
3
Lyon
35
18
9
9
60
45
15
63
4
St Etienne
35
18
8
9
56
40
16
62
5
Montpellier
35
14
13
8
51
40
11
55
6
OM
35
16
7
12
55
47
8
55


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



VI.  Holland
Diary:


Tuesday, April 30, 2019:
-Groningen will not lift the buy-option on Iliass Bel Hassani. (Source vi.nl online)

Wednesday, May 1, 2019:

-
Thursday, May 2, 2019:

-
Friday, May 3, 2019:

-Former Dutch defender from the 60s, Frits Soetekouw passed away aged 80. (Source vi.nl online)

Saturday, May 4, 2019:
-

Sunday, May 5, 2019:

-Ajax are Champions of the Dutch Cup after defeating Wille II (4-0).

Monday, May 6, 2019:
-

Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
April 30, 2019 
Justin de Haas
Defender
AZ
PSV
Next Season
vi.nl
May 1, 2019 
Robin Lauwers (Belgium)
Midfielder
Willem II
PSV
Next Season
Footnews.be
May 6, 2019 
Noah Lewis
Defender
Feyenoord
Dordrecht
Next Season
Footnews.be

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
May 2, 2019
Jordy Bruijn
Midfielder
SC Heerenveen
2021
vi.nl
May 2, 2019
Achraf El Bouchataoui
-
Feyenoord
2021
vi.nl
May 2, 2019
Nicolas Tagliafico (Argentina)
Defender
Ajax
2020
vi.nl


KNVB Beker (May 5, 2019):

Sunday, May 5, 2019:
Willen II 0-Ajax 4 (Daley Blind 38, Klaas Jan Huntelaar 39, 67, Ramus Kristensen 76)





VII.  Scotland
Diary:

Tuesday, April 30, 2019:
-

Wednesday, May 1, 2019:

-

Thursday, May 2, 2019:

-Kieran Tierney (Celtic) is to have an operation on double hernia at the end of the season and is set to miss Scotland’s Euro 2020 qualifiers in June. (Source BBC Football online)

Friday, May 3, 2019:

-Aberdeen Manager Derek McInnes has been banned for one match for gesturing at Celtic fans that were chanting a sectarian song at him (Source BBC Football online)

-Both Celtic and Rangers have been fined as a result of their brawl in their match back in March. (Source BBC Football online)

Saturday, May 4, 2019:
-Celtic are champions for the eighth straight season after a win (3-0) at Aberdeen. (Source BBC Football online)

-Dundee have been relegated from the Scottish Premier League. (Source BBC Football online)

Sunday, May 5, 2019:

-James Forrest (Celtic) and Kilmarnock Manager Steve Clarke were named as Scotland’s Player and Manager of the year. Ryan Kent (Rangers) was named as Young Player of the Year. (Source BBC Football online)
  
Monday, May 6, 2019:
-


Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
April 30, 2019 
Jake Carroll
Defender
Cambridge United
Motherwell
Next Season
BBC Football
May 1, 2019 
Jake Hastie
Winger
Motherwell
Rangers
Next Season
BBC Football
May 2, 2019 
Steven Davis
Midfielder
Southampton
Rangers
Permanent signing (previously on loan)
BBC Football

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
May 1, 2019
Joe Lewis
Goalkeeper
Aberdeen
2024
Aberdeen FC official Twitter
May 2, 2019
Scott Sinclair
Winger
Celtic
2020
BBC Football
May 3, 2019
Peter Haring (Austria)
Defender
Hearts
2022
Sky Sports


Scottish Premier League Matchday (May 4-May 5, 2019):
Saturday, May 4, 2019:
Aberdeen 0-Celtic 3 (Mikael Lustig 40, Jozo Simunovic 53, Odsoenne Edouard 88)
Dundee 0-Hamilton 1 (Anthony Andreu 83 pen)
Hearts 0-Kilmarnock 1 (Stuart Findlay 86)
Motherwell 1-St Mirren 1 (David Turnbull 74 / Kyle Magennis 90)
St Johnstone 1-Livingston 1 (Michael O’Halloran 4 / Craig Halkett 84)

Sunday, May 5, 2019:
Ramgers 1-Hibernian 0 (Jermain Defoe 41)

Top Goalscorer:
Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) 17 goals
Sam Cosgrove (Aberdeen) 16 goals



Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Celtic
36
26
6
4
75
17
58
84
2
Rangers
36
22
9
5
79
25
54
75
3
Kilmarnock
36
17
10
9
47
30
17
61
4
Aberdeen
36
18
7
11
53
42
11
61
5
Hibernian
36
14
12
10
50
36
14
54
6
Hearts
36
15
6
15
40
46
-6
51
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point


VIII.  Portugal

Diary:


Tuesday, April 30, 2019:
-Benfica President Luis Filipe Vieira was sentenced to 90 days of suspension for his criticism of referee Fabio Verissimo in January in the League Cup match vs. Porto. (Source A Bola online)

Wednesday, May 1, 2019:
-Iker Casillas (Porto) was rushed to a Hospital after suffering a heart attack during training. (Source The Guardian online)

Thursday, May 2, 2019:

-

Friday, May 3, 2019:

-IkUEFA dismissed Portugal and Luxembourg’s protests about the eligibility of Ukraine’a Brazilian-born player Junior Moraes. (Source Fox Sports online)

Saturday, May 4, 2019:
-

Sunday, May 5, 2019:

-

Monday, May 6, 2019:
-Iker Casillas was released from Hospital but does not know whether he will play again. (Source Daily Mail online)

Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
April 30, 2019 
Kelvin (Brazil)
-
Free Agent (formerly Porto)
Fluminense
Purchase
Maisfutebol


Portugal Primeira Liga League Matchday (May 3-May 6, 2019):

Friday, May 3, 2019:
Moreirense 1-Rio Ave 2 (Pedro Nuno 36 / Nuno Santos 19, Gelson Dala 66)

Saturday, May 4, 2019:
Feirense 4-Chaves 4 (Djavan (own goal) 13, Vitor Bruno 37, Babanco 70, Luis Machado 76 / William Oliveira 10, Nikola Maras 59, Higor Platiny 73, 90)
Maritimo 1-Braga 0 (Rodrigo Pinho 82)
Benfica 5-Portimonense 1 (Rafa Silva 62, 66, Haris Seferovic 84, 88, Jonas 90 / Bruno Tabata 53)
Porto 4-Aves 0 (Jesus Corona 18, Soares 30 pen, 71, Wilson Manafa 68)

Sunday, May 5, 2019:
Tondela 1-Santa Clara 3 (Tomane 51 pen / Osama Rashid 21 pen, 76, Guilherme Schettine 66)
Belenenses 0-Sporting CP 8 (Lica 61 / Raphinha 11, Luiz Phellype 45< nermanja Gudelj 65, Bruno Fernandes 70 pen, 75, 84, Bas Dost 77, Idrissa Doumbia 90)
Guimares 2-Nacional 2 (Toze 11 pen, Florent Hanin 78 / Diogo Coelho 82, A.Ibrahim Alhassan 90)

Monday, May 6, 2019:
Setubal 0-Boavista 3 (Yusupha Njie 70, Perdigao 90, Guatvo Sauer 90+)

Top Goalscorer:
Haris Seferovic (Benfica) 21 goals
Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP) 19 goals
Bas Dost (Sporting CP) 15 goals
Dyego Sousa (Braga) 14 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Benfica
32
26
3
3
96
28
68
81
2
Porto
32
25
4
3
68
19
49
79
3
Sporting CP
32
23
4
5
70
30
40
73
4
Braga
32
20
4
8
52
33
19
64
5
Moreirense
32
15
4
13
37
41
-4
49
6
Guimaraes
32
13
7
12
38
32
6
46

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

IX.  Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday, April 30, 2019:
-Mehdi Carcela (Standard Liege) was named as ‘Lion Belge’, as the best Maghrebain or Berbere playing in Belgium. Marouane Fallaini was named as best Belgin player of Arab or Berbere origin to play in a Foreign League. This was Fellaini’s fourth consecutive win. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Anderlecht received their punishment sentence for the abandoned match vs, Standard on April 12th, The punishment includes a 5,000 Euros fine, (0-5) score in favor of Standard, as well as a match behind closed stands. Anderlecht intend to appeal. (Source Walfoot.be online)

-Georgi Chakvetadze (Gent) will be out injured for perhaps until December. (Source Jupiler League App online)

-The Tunisian Federation have been ordered to pay former Manager Henryk Kasperczak 554,000 Euros for his dismissal back in 2017. (Source L’Equipe online)

Wednesday, May 1, 2019:

-Second Division side Mechelen are winners of the Belgian Cup after defeating Gent. (Source L’Equipe online)

Thursday,  May 2, 2019:

-Former Belgian International Stijn De Smet (Roulers) is set to retire at the end of the season. (Source Footnews.be online)

-Laurent Guyot was dismissed as Cercle Brugge Manager. (Source RTBF.be online)

Friday, May 3, 2019:
-Olivier Deschacht (Lokeren) has described his discarding and transfer out at Anderlecht at the end of last season as a scar for life. (Source Footnews.be online)

Saturday, May 4, 2019:

-

Sunday, May 5, 2019:
-Mouscron Manager Bernd Storck has denied reports linking him to Hertha Berlin. (Source RTBF.be online)    

Monday, May 6, 2019:


-Zinho Vanheusden (Standard) will be out injured for the rest of the season. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Standard Liege have been fined 7,000 Euros for the vulgar chants of its fans in their matches vs. Anderlecht and Genk. (Source Jupiler League App online)

-Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge) ws named as Footballeur Pro of the year. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Genk Manager Philippe Clement was named as Manager of the year at the Pro League awards and Yari Verschaeren (Anderlecht) was named as the best young player. Erik Lambrechts was named as the referee of the year and Percy Tau (Union St Gilloise) was named as (D1B) player of the year. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Tanzanian Mbwana Ally Samatta (Genk) was named as the winner of ‘Soulier d’Ebene’, the price for the best African player in Belgium. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Norwegian Kare Ingebrigtsen was named as Ostend Manager for next season. (Source RTBF.be online)


Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
May 5, 2019 
Kylian Hazard
-
Chelsea
Cercle Brugge
Permanent signing (previously in loan)
Walfoot.be
May 6, 2019 
Victor Osimhen (Nigeria)
-
Wolfsburg
Charleroi
Permanent signing (previously in loan)
Walfoot.be
May 6, 2019 
Obbi Oulare (Nigeria)
-
Watford
Standard Liege
Permanent signing (previously in loan)
RTBF.be
May 6, 2019 
Kare Ingebrigtsen (Norway)
Manager
-
Ostend
Next Season
RTBF.be


Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
May 4, 2019
Beobank
-
Genk
2022
Jupiler League App

Professional Contract
Date
Player
Position
Club
Online Source
 May 3, 2019
Brian De Keersmaecker
-
Beerschot-Wilrijk
Jupiler League App
 May 3, 2019
Malick Keita (Guinea) (18 years old)
-
Charleroi
Jupiler League App

Beker Van Belgie (May 1, 2019):

Wednesday, May 1, 2019:
Gent 1-Mechelen 2 (Jean-Luc Dompe 32 / Nikola Storm 38, German Mera 62)




First Division A- Championship Play-offs-League Matchday (May 3-May 5, 2019):
Friday, May 3, 2019:
Genk 4-Antwerp 0 (Ruslan Malinkovskyi 25 pen, Mbwana Samatta 55, Junya Ito 57, Byan Heynen 90 pen) 

Sunday, May 5, 2019:
Anderlecht 2-Standard 1 (Yari Verschaeren 37, Ivan Santini 57 / M.Carcela Gonzalez 49)
Gent 0-Club Brugge 1 (Mats Rits 33)


Top Goalscorer:
Mbwana Samatta (Genk) 20 goals / 3 goal playoffs
Hamdi Harbaoui (Zulte-Waregem) 18 goals / 5 goals playoffs


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Genk
7
6
0
1
16
4
12
50
2
Club Brugge
7
5
1
1
13
5
6
44
3
Antwerp
7
4
1
2
8
10
-2
38
4
Standard Liege
6
2
0
4
8
13
-5
33
5
Anderlecht
6
1
1
4
5
10
-6
30
6
Gent
7
0
1
6
3
11
-8
26

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


Diary (extra):

Tuesday, April 30, 2019:

-Former Czech Republic International Tomas Repka has been sentenced to two years in prison for fraud following his appeal. (Source L’Equipe online)

-VAR is to be used in the African Nations Cup this summer. (Source vi.nl online)

Wednesday, May 1, 2019:

-Former Bulgarian forward from the 60s and 70s, Dinko Dermendzhiev passed away aged 77. (Source Wikipedia online)

Thursday, May 2, 2019:

-

Friday, May 3, 2019:

-

Saturday, May 4, 2019:

-In a TV interview, Ronaldo called Luc Nilis (his teammate) as his best teammate ever. (Source L’Equipe online)

Sunday, May 5, 2019:
-PAOK have become the second team in history of Greek soccer to go undefeated an entire season (Panathinaikos achieved this feat in 1963/64 season). (Source Fox Sports online)

-Mexican Second Division side Sinaloa Doardos managed by Diego Maradona have missed out on promotion play-off for the second year in a row. (Source Reuters UK online)

Monday, May 6, 2019:

-Russian Prosecutors have asked for one-year prison sentences for the Russian duo Pavel Mamaev and Alexander Kokorin for their violent acts back in October. (Source L’Equipe online)


I. UEFA Champions League:


UEFA Champions League-Semifinals, First Leg:

Tuesday, April 30, 2019:
Tottenham 0- Ajax 1 (Donny van de Beek 15)

Wednesday, May 1, 2019:
Barcelona 3-Liverpool 0 (Luis Suarez 26, Lionel Messi 75, 82)

II. Europa League:


Europa League- Quarterfinals, Second Leg:

Thursday, May 2, 2019:
Arsenal 3-Valencia 1 (Alexandre Lacazette 18, 26, Pierre-Erick Aubaemayng 90 / Mouctar Diakhaby 11)
Frankfurt 1-Cheslea 1 (Luka Jovic 23 /  Pedro 45) 




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