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Photo From: L'Equipe, April 14, 2019
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(Kylian Mbappe)
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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)
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Contract Extensions
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Date
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Player
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Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
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Online Source
|
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April 30, 2019
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Tom Davies
|
Midfielder
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Everton
|
2023
|
Sky Sports
|
|
May 1, 2019
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Gatan Bong (Cameroon)
|
Defender
|
Brighton
|
2020
|
BBC Football
|
|
May 1, 2019
|
Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina)
|
Defender
|
West Ham
|
2020
|
Sky Sports
|
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May 4, 2019
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Tpm Cairney
|
Midfielder
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Fulham
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2024
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L’Equipe
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|
Professional Contract
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Date
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Player
|
Position
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Club
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Online Source
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May 4, 2019
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Maximus Tainio (17 years old)
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Midfielder
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Tottenham
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L’Equipe
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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
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Table
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Team
|
P
|
W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
|
Pts
|
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1
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Manchester City
|
37
|
31
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2
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4
|
91
|
22
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69
|
95
|
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2
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Liverpool
|
37
|
29
|
7
|
1
|
87
|
22
|
65
|
94
|
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3
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Chelsea
|
37
|
21
|
8
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8
|
63
|
39
|
24
|
71
|
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4
|
Tottenham
|
37
|
23
|
1
|
13
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65
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37
|
28
|
70
|
|
5
|
Arsenal
|
37
|
20
|
7
|
10
|
70
|
50
|
20
|
67
|
|
6
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Manchester United
|
37
|
19
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9
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9
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65
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52
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13
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66
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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)
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Transfers
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Date
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Player
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Position
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From
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To
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Type
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Online Source
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May 3, 2019
|
Bobby Adekanye (Holland)
|
Winger
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Liverpool
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Lazio
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Next Season
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Football Italia
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|
Contract Extensions
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Date
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Player
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Position
|
Club
|
Expiration Year
|
Online Source
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April 30, 2019
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Alessandro Plizarri
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Goalkeeper
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AC Milan
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2023
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Football Italia
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May 2, 2019
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Rolando Maran
|
Manager
|
Cagliari
|
2022
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Corriere dello Sport
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|
May 4, 2019
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Lucas Leiva (Brazil)
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Midfielder
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Lazio
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2022
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L’Equipe
|
|
May 4, 2019
|
Lorenzo Insigne
|
Striker
|
Napoli
|
2024
|
Football Italia
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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
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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
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Table
|
Team
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
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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)
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Transfers
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||||||
|
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
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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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