Tuesday, October 23, 2018

The Week that was (in Football (Soccer)): Review of the top Leagues in Europe-part 28 (Week of October 16-October 22, 2018)


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, October 16, 2018:

-Jose Mourinho has been charged by the FA for allegedly using abusive language after Manchester United’s win over Newcastle last week. He appeared to mouth the words “F%^^& off sons of b&*^%$s” (Source Sky Sports / Daily Mail Online)

-Holland Manager Ronald Koeman stated that Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk needed constant injections as he has broken ribs for two weeks.  (Source Daily Mail Online)

-Liverpool’s Sadio Mane has broken his hand while on International duty with Senegal.  (Source Daily Mail Online)

-Manchester City’s Danilo was injured in Brazil’s win over Argentina (1-0).  (Source Sky Sports online)

-Liverpool’s Naby Keita was injured in Guinea’s match vs. Rwanda (1-1).  (Source Reuters UK online)
Wednesday, October 17, 2018:

-Sam Allardyce went back on his statement that Eric Dier is “as good as Sergio Busquets”. Allardyce stated that in career terms Dier is not better but on the night he was better, and he was just defending an under-fire player that many feel is not good enough. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas has entered the Guinness of Records by becoming the fastest player to have 100 Premier League Assists. He achieved this landmark on December 31, 2016 (Chelsea 4-Stoke 2). It took him 293 matches to achieve this feat. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Former Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger hinted that he might return to management in January.  (Source Sky Sports online)

-Arsenal’s Pierre-Erick Aubameyang has refused to play for Gabon National team. He refused to travel to Sudan, as he believed the plane carrying the players did not have enough quality players in it and returned to London.  (Source L’Equipe online)

-The English FA have confirmed that Shahid Khan has pulled out of a deal to purchase Wembley Stadium. (Source Sport Bible online)

-Former Manchester United star Paul Scholes stated that he is uncertain if Manchester United can win a title with a striker like Romelu Lukaku, adding that his game outside of the box is insufficient. (Source RTBF.be online)

Thursday, October 18, 2018:

-Tottenham Manager Mauricio Pochettino stated that he was ‘proud’ of his player Eric Dier’s slide tackle on Sergio Ramos in the (Spain 2-England 3 match). (Source AS.com online)

-Paul Scholes stated that Paul Pogba was successful at Juventus because he was surrounded by great experienced players (Buffon, Pirlo, etc). (Source Football Italia online)

-Zlatan Ibrahimovic has defended Jose Mourinho by saying the players are to blame and that no coach can work with miracles. (Source AS.com online)
Friday, October 19, 2018:

-Tottenham Manager Mauricio Pochettino expressed that he had no regret about the lack of Tottenham’s lack of transfers this summer. (Source Transfer Market Web online)

-Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen will demand to leave the club if he is not in the team by the end of the year. (Source Daily Express online)

-Jose Mourinho stated that he would not gloat over the weekend if Manchester United wins at his former club Chelsea over the weekend. (Source The Guardian online)

-Manchester United have been fined 15,000 Euros by UEFA for the late kick-off of their UCL match vs. Valencia. Jose Mourinho was also warned as the team bus got stuck in Traffic delaying the kick-off. (Source BBC Football online)

- According to some reports, Alexis Sanchez would like to leave Manchester United. (Source Calciomercato online)


Saturday, October 20, 2018:

- Manchester United Manager Jose Mourinho. Mourinho stated that he would love to sign Eden Hazard for the club. (Source Sky Sports online)

-At the end of the Chelsea-Manchester United (2-2) match, after Ross Barkley scored Chelsea’s equalizer in injury time, Chelsea Assistant Manager Marco Ianni goaded Jose Mourinho. Mourinho got up his bench to try to confront him but was held back by security. Afterwards both Maurizio Sarri and Marco Ianni apologized to him and Mourinho played down the incident. (Source Sky Sports online)

-After the Chelsea-Manchester United (2-2) match, Chelsea fans chanted “F*&^ Off Mourinho”, he responded by a three finger gesture reminding them of the three titles won there. (Source Sportbible online)

- Maurizio Sarri accused his players of disobeying his tactical orders by playing a long ball game against Manchester United after an hour. (Source Vivaro News online)


Sunday, October 21, 2018:

-

Monday, October 22, 2018:

-West Ham’s Andriy Yarmolenko has suffered an Achilles injury and will be out for six months. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Jose Mourinho is to launch a ‘mole-hunt’ for an insider that has been leaking Manchester United lineups prior to the start of matches. (Source A Bola online)

-Jose Mourinho has ruled himself out of a potential Real Madrid Manager to replace Julen Lopetegui, stating that he was happy and wished to continue at Manchester United. (Source AS.com online)

-The FA has charged Chelsea Assistant Manager Marco Ianni with alleged improper conduct following his incident vs. Jose Mourinho. Mourinho himself was not charged. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Chelsea have authorized Derby to field their two on-loan players (Mason Mount and Fiyako Tomori) when the two sides meet in the League Cup at the end of the month. (Source Daily Mail online)

-Josep Guardiola stated that Manchester City are not yet ready to win the UCL. (Source vi.nl online)

-Mesut Ozil has overtaken Jurgen Klinsmann as the highest scoring German player in the Premier League. (Source Sky Spotrts online)



Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
October 18, 2018
Luke Shaw
Defender
Manchester United
2023
BBC Football
October 20, 2018
Ben Chilwell
Defender
Leicetser
2024
Sky Sports


English Premier League Matchday (October 20-October 22, 2018):

Saturday, October 20, 2018:
Chelsea 2-Manchester United 2 (Antonio Rudiger 21, Ross Barkley 90_6 / Anthony Martial 55, 73)
Bournemouth 0-Southampton 0 (-)
Cardiff 4-Fulham 2 (Josh Murphy 15, Bobby Reid 20, Callum Paterson 65, Kadeem Harris 87 / Andre Schurrle 11, Ryan Sessegnon 34)
Manchester City 5-Burnley 0 (Sergio Aguero 17, Bernardo Silva 54, Fernandinho 56, Riyad Mahrez 83, Leroy Sane 90)
Newcastle 0-Brighton 1 (Beram Kayal 29)
West Ham 0-Tottenham 1 (Erik Lamela 44)
Wolves 0-Watford 2 (Etienne Capoue 20, Roberto Pereyra 21)
Huddersfield 0-Liverpool 1 (Mohamed Salah 24)

Sunday, October 21, 2018:
Everton 2-Crystal Palace 0 (D. Calvert-Lewin 87, Cenk Tosun 89)

Monday, October 22, 2018:
Arsenal 3-Leicetser 1 (Mesut Ozil 45, Pierre-Erick Aubameyang 63, 66 / Hector Bellerin (own goal) 31)

Top Goalscorer:
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 7 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Manchester City
9
7
2
0
26
3
23
23
2
Liverpool
9
7
2
0
16
3
13
23
3
Chelsea
9
6
3
0
20
7
13
21
4
Arsenal
9
7
0
2
22
11
11
21
5
Tottenham
9
7
0
2
16
7
9
21
6
Bournemouth
9
5
2
2
16
12
4
17

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

II.  Italy
Diary:
Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
-

Wednesday, October 17, 2018:

-Inter’s Radja Nainggolan stated that Roma had disrespected him and tried to cash in on him by trying (behind his back) to sell him to foreign clubs that he would never accept. He also criticized Roma President James Pallotta, by saying that he was rarely present.  (Source Football Italia online)

-Roma President responded to Nainggolan by saying that he works everyday for Roma. (Source La Gazzetta Dello Sport online)

-Gabriele Gravina has resigned as Lega Pro President as he is about to become President of FIGC. (Source Football Italia online)

-Flamengo have confirmed that Lucas Paqueta will join AC Milan in January. (Source La Gazzetta Dello Sport online)

-Juventus’ Girgio Chiellini promoted ‘Mind the Gap’ campaign in order to promote players in earning University degrees (he has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration). (Source Football Italia online)

Thursday, October 18, 2018:

-Gonzalo Higuain stated that Juventus forced him out to make way for Cristiano Ronaldo. (Source Reuters UK online)

-Santos have proposed players such as Bruno Henrique and Eduardo Sasha in order to hold onto to Gabigol. (Source Football Italia online)

-There are reports that Ravel Morrison and Lazio could mutually end their contract. (Source Daily Mail online)

-Former Juventus goalkeeper Stefano Tacconi believes that goalkeeper Mattia Perin has made a mistake in joining Juventus. Tacconi believes he will not get much playing time and only play in Coppa Italia matches. (Source Calciomercato online)

-Gianluigi Buffon stated that Kylian Mbappe deserves to win the Ballon d’Or. (Source Football Italia online)

Friday, October 19, 2018:

-
Saturday, October 20, 2018:

-By scoring against Genoa, Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first player to score 400 goals in the Europe’s top five Leagues. (Source Fox Soccer online)

Sunday, October 21, 2018:

-For his first match as Chievo Manager, Giampiero Ventura’s side suffered (1-5) defeat at home to Atalanta. (Source Football Italia online)

Monday, October 22, 2018:

-Garbiele Gravina has been elected as the new FIGC President. (Source Football Italia online)

-Inter’s Radja Nainggolan will be out for some time after suffering an injury. (Source Corriere Dello Sport online)

-New Monza President has sacked Manager Marco Zaffaroni and appointed Christian Brocchi. (Source Corriere Dello Sport online)


Italian Serie A Matchday (October 20-October 22, 2018):

Saturday, October 20, 2018:
Roma 0-SPAL 2 (Andrea Petagna 38 pen, Kevin Bonifazi 56)
Juventus 1-Genoa 1 (Cristiano Ronaldo 18 / Daniel Bessa 67)
Udinese 0-Napoli 3 (Fabian Ruiz 14, Dries Mertens 82 pen, Marko Rog 85)

Sunday, October 21, 2018:
Frosinone 3-Empoli 3 (Matias Silvestre (own goal) 8, Daniel Ciofani 54 prn, 63 / Miha Zajc 32, Matias Silvestre 48, Salih Ucan 79)
Chievo 1-Atalanta 5 (Valter Birsa 84 prn / Marten De Roon 25, Josip Ilicic 28, 50, 52, Robin Gosens 72)
Bologna 2-Torino 2 (Federico Santander 59, Arturo Calabresi 77 / Iago Falque 13, Daniele Baselli 54)
Parma 0-Lazio 2 (Ciro Immobile 81 pen, Joaquin Correa 90)
Fiorentina 1-Cagliari 1 (Jordan Veretout 60 pen / Leonardo Pavoletti 69)
Inter 1-AC Milan 0 (Maurom Icardi 90+2)

Monday, October 22, 2018:
Sampdoria 0-Sassuolo 0 (-)

Top Goalscorer:
Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa) 9 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Juventus
9
8
1
0
19
6
13
25
2
Napoli
9
7
0
2
18
10
8
21
3
Inter
9
6
1
2
13
6
7
19
4
Lazio
9
6
0
3
13
9
4
18
5
Sampdoria
9
4
3
2
12
   4
8
15
6
Fiorentina
9
4
2
3
15
   7
8
14


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


III.  Spain

Diary:

Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
-La Liga President Javier Tebas has apologized for the Spanish fans booing ‘God Save the Queen’ ahead of their match vs. England. (Source AS.com online)
Wednesday, October 17, 2018:

-Lionel Messi has been elected as La Liga’s player of the month for September. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Real Madrid have written to the Spanish Federation to express their opposition to stage La Liga matches in USA. (Source Reuters UK online)

-Sergio Ramos accused of stamping on England’s Raheem Sterling on the previous day, released a video on twitter showing the incident from a different angle that vindicated him. . (Source extra.ie online)

-According to ‘Mundo Deportivo’, Neymar would be open to the possibility of a return to Barcelona. (Source Corriere dello Sport online)


Thursday, October 18, 2018:

-Barcelona’s Arturo Vidal has been fined 80,000 Euros from a Munich tribunal following an altercation at a club last season. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Real Madrid have reportedly approached Antonio Conte in case Julen Lopetegui is sacked (who many believe has three matches to save his job). (Source Daily Mail online)

-Danish Manager Michael Laudrup has apparently been in contact with Real Madrid and offered himself as Manager. (Source AS.com online)

Friday, October 19, 2018:

-Senegal’s Moussa Wague and Uruguayan Ronald Araujo have received their work permit and can play for Barcelona. (Source Walfoot.be online)

-Barcelona Vice-President Jordi Cardoner has denied reports of the club re-signing Neymar. (Source Transfer Market Web online)

-Danish Manager Michael Laudrup has denied reports that he had offered himself to be Real Madrid Manager, stating that he would never do this to a colleague. (Source AS.com online)
 Saturday, October 20, 2018:

-Lionel Messi was injured with an arm fracture in Barcelona’s match vs. Sevilla. He has been ruled out of the UCL match vs. Inter as well as the match vs. Real Madrid. The first Clasico that he will miss since 2007. This will be the first Clasico without CR 7 and Messi since 2009. (Source Bleacher Report / Fox Soccer online)

Sunday, October 21, 2018:

-


Monday, October 22, 2018:

-Real Madrid defender Marcelo has reportedly asked for a transfer to join Juventus in January. (Source AS.com online)

-Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been linked to Real Madrid as a potential new signing. (Source vi.nl online)

-Julen Lopetegui insisted that he is focused at his job and not feeling down. (Source Corriere dello Sport online)

-Real Madrid’s Isco defended Lopetegui as well as commented on Cristiano Ronaldo by stating, “We can not cry for someone who did not want to stay here”. Cristiano Ronaldo later agreed with Isco, stating “Very good, very good, you can’t cry.” (Source Corriere dello Sport / Marca.com online)

-There was tension during Real Madrid training session when Sergio Ramos angrily lashed out twice at youth team player Sergio Reguilon after he had apparently elbowed Ramos. Afterwards, Ramos apologized for the incident on twitter. (Source AS.com / Sky Sports online)




Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
October 18, 2018
Anaitz Arbilla
Defender
Eibar
2021
Maisfutebol



Photo From: L’Equipe, October 21, 2018
(Thierry Henry)



Spanish La Liga Matchday (October 20-October 22, 2018):

Friday, October 19, 2018:
Celta 0-Alaves 1 (Tomas Pina 58)

Saturday, October 20, 2018:
Real Madrid 1-Levante 2 (Marcelo 72 / Jose Luis Morales 7, Roger Marti 13 pen)
Valencia 1-Leganes 1 (Jose Luis Gaya 85 / Gerard Gumbau 63 pen)
Villareal 1-Atletico Madrid 1 (Mario Gaspar 65 / Filipe Luis 51)
Barcelona 4-Sevilla 2 (Phillipe Coutinho 2, Lionel Messi 12, Luis Suarez 63 pen, Ivan Rakitic 88 / Pablo Sarabia 79, Luis Muriel 90)

Sunday, October 21, 2018:
Rayo Vallecano 1-Getafe 2 (Raul De Tomas 74 / Dimitri Foulquier 63, S. Akieme Rodriguez (own goal) 67)
Eibar 1-Bilbao 1 (Charles 17 pen / Inaki Williams 21)
Huesca 0-Espanyol 2 (Borja Iglesias 41, 64)
Betis 0-Valladolid 1 (Antonito 35)

Monday, October 22, 2018:
Sociedad 0-Girona 0 (-)

Top Goalscorer:
Cristhian Stuani (Girona) 8 goals
Andre Silva (Sevilla) 7 goals
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 7 goals
Iago Aspas (Celta) 5 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Barcelona
9
5
3
1
23
11
12
18
2
Espanyol
9
5
2
2
13
7
6
17
3
Alaves
9
5
2
2
12
8
4
17
4
Sevilla
9
5
1
3
20
12
8
16
5
Atletico Madrid
9
4
4
1
10
5
5
16
6
Valladolid
9
4
3
2
8
6
2
15
7
Real Madrid
9
4
2
3
13
9
4
14

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


IV.  Germany
Diary:


Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
-This year is officially the worst year in Germany’s Football History after their 6th loss in the calendar year yesterday. (Source Fox Soccer online)

-General Manager Stefan Reuter and his club Augsburg have both been fined for un-sportsmanlike behavior. (Source Sport Bild online)

Wednesday, October 17, 2018:

-

Thursday, October 18, 2018:

-Phillip Lahm revealed he had an offer to join Barcelona but for family reasons decided to stay with Bayern Munich. (Source voetbalzone.nl online)

Friday, October 19, 2018:

-Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness and CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge accused the German Sports Media of “outrageous, disrespectful and polemical” reporting and threatened legal action. They also expressed their support for under-fire Manager Nico Kovac. (Source The Guardian online)

-Bayern Munich have both been fined 10,000 Euros for the un-sportsmanlike behavior. (Source Sport Bild online)

-Bayer Leverkusen have demanded clarification from Leon Bailey and his stepfather/agent Craig Butler about his absence from the Jamaican National Team. (Source vi.nl online)

-Frankfurt’s Luka Jovic became the youngest player (20 years and 300 days) to score 5 goals in a match in Frankfurt’s (7-1) win over Dusseldorf. (Source L’Equipe / Opta Jean online)

-Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness lashed out at former defender Juan Bernat for nearly costing them elimination vs., Sevilla in the UCL last season and that was the moment they decided to sell him for his ‘Sh*&’ play’’ (Source Bleacher Report online)

Saturday, October 20, 2018:

-


Sunday, October 21, 2018:
- Juan Bernat (now at PSG) played down Uli Hoeness’ recent remarks and stated that he was ‘taught to be grateful as a child’ and will always be grateful to Bayern and its fans. (Source Sport Bild online)


Monday, October 22, 2018:
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge acknowledged that Uli Hoeness had used wrong language in description of Juan Bernat. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Frankfurt Sports Director Bruno Hubner indicated that Frankfurt would exercise the buy option on Luka Jovic, who scored 5 goals in a match on Friday. (Source A Bola online)




Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
October 17, 2018
Tin Jedvaj (Croatia)
Defender
Leverkusen
2023
L’Equipe
October 18, 2018
Naldo (Brazil)
Defender
Schalke
2020
L’Equipe


German Bundesliga Matchday (October 19-October 21, 2018):

Friday, October 19, 2018:
Frankfurt 7-Dusseldorf 1 (Sebastian Haller 20 pen, 50, Luka Jovic 26, 34, 55, 69, 72 / Dodi Lukebakio 53)

Saturday, October 20, 2018:
Nuremberg 1-Hoffenheim 3 (Hanno Behrens 18 pen / Reiss Nelson 50, 57)
Leverkusen 2-Hannover 2 (Lars Bender 34, Karim Bellarabi 90 / Florent Muslija 25, Felipe 54)
Augsburg 0-RB Leipzig 0 (-)
Stuttgart 0-Dortmund 4  (Jadon Sancho 3, Marco Reus 23, Paco Alcacer 25, Maximilian Philipp 85)
Wolfsburg 1-Bayern Munich 3 (Wout Weghorst 63 / Robert Lewandowski 30, 48, James Rodriguez 72)
Schalke 0-Werder Bremen 2 (M.Eggestein 43, 66)

Sunday, October 21, 2018:
Hertha Berlin 1-Freiburg 1 (Ondrej Duda 7 / Robin Koch 36)
Moenchengladbach 4-Mainz 0 (Jonas Hofmann 21, 53, 63, Thorgan Hazard 58)


Top Goalscorer:
Luka Jovic (Frankfurt) 7 goals
Paco Alcacer (Dortmund) 7 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Dortmund
8
6
2
0
27
8
19
20
2
M’Gladbach
8
5
2
1
19
9
10
17
3
Werder Bremen
8
5
2
1
15
8
7
17
4
Bayern Munich
8
5
1
2
15
9
6
16
5
RB Leipzig
8
4
3
1
16
9
7
15
6
Hertha Berlin
8
4
3
1
13
8
5
15

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

V.  France
Diary:
Tuesday, October 16, 2018:

-

Wednesday, October 17, 2018:

-Bosnian Manager Faruk Hadzibegic is suing for 410,000 Euros from Valenciennes from his firing in September 2017. (Source L’Equipe online)

Thursday, October 18, 2018:

-Lyon’s Lucas Toussart (sent off vs. PSG) will be suspended for one match. (Source L’Equipe online)
Friday, October 19, 2018:

-Karim Benzema has denied accusation his involvement in the alleged attempted kidnapping of his former agent. Leo D’Souza filed a lawsuit on October 22nd claiming to be the victim of the crime. (Source Sky Sports online)

Saturday, October 20, 2018:

- Thierry Henry lost in his first match as Manager as Strasbourg defeated Monaco (2-1). (Source Walfoot.com online)

Sunday, October 21, 2018:

-
Monday, October 22, 2018:

-



Photo From: L’Equipe, October 21, 2018
(Thierry Henry)



French Ligue 1 Matchday (October 19-October 21, 2018):

Friday, October 19, 2018:
Lyon 2-Nimes 0 (Moussa Dembele 24, Memphis Depay 90)

Saturday, October 20, 2018:
PSG 5-Amiens 0 (Marquinhos 12, Adrien Rabiot 42, Julian Draxler 80, Kylian Mbappe 82, Moussa Diaby 87)
Dijon 1-Lille 2 (Mehdi Abeid 81 pen / Nicolas Pepe 21 pen, Luiz Araujo 43)
Nantes 4-Toulouse 0 (Emiliano Sala 25, 71, 77, Gabriel Boschilla 38)
Strasbourg 2-Monaco 1 (Adrien Thomasson 17, Lebo Mothiba 84 / Youri Tielemans 90 pen)
Caen 0-Guingamp 0 (-)
Reims 1-Angers 1 (-Pablo Chavarria 73 / Ismael Traore 36)

Sunday, October 21, 2018:
Montpellier 2-Bordeaux 0 (Gaetan Laborde 17, Andy Delort 53 pen)
St Etienne 1-Rennes 1 (Wahbi Khazri 4 pen / Ismaila Sarr 34)
Nice 0-OM 1  (Morgan Sanson 42)

Top Goalscorer:
Kylian Mbappe (PSG) 9 goals
Neymar (PSG) 8 goals



Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSG
10
10
0
0
37
6
31
30
2
Lille
10
6
2
2
18
8
10
22
3
Montpellier
10
5
4
1
14
7
7
19
4
Marseille
10
6
1
3
22
16
6
19
5
Lyon
10
5
2
3
16
12
4
17
6
St Etienne
10
4
4
2
12
13
-1
16


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

VI.  Holland
Diary:


Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
-

Wednesday, October 17, 2018:

-
Thursday, October 18, 2018:

-

Friday, October 19, 2018:

-

Saturday, October 20, 2018:
-

Sunday, October 21, 2018:
-


Monday, October 22, 2018:
-


Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
October 18, 2018
Ramon ten Hove
Goalkeeper
Feyenoord
2020
vi.nl
October 22, 2018
Kasper Dolberg (Denmark)
Striker
Ajax
2022
L’Equipe



Dutch Eredivisie Matchday (October 20-October 21, 2018):

Saturday, October 20, 2018:
PSV Eindhoven 6-Emmen 0 (Gaston Ppereiro 12, 42, Luuk De Jong 29, 36, Erick Gutierrez 79, Hirving Lozano 88)
Excelsior 2-Vitesse 0  (Max Clark (own goal) 40, Jurgen Mattheij 70)
Utrecht 2-AZ 1 (Urby Emanuelson 58, Ricardo van Rhijn (own goal) 88 / Bjorn Johnsen 3)
Heerenveen 0-Ajax 4  (Lasse Schone 3, Hakim Ziyech 42, Dusan Tadic 52 pen, Kasper Dollberg 56)

Sunday, October 21, 2018:
NAC 2-Willem II 2 (Mitchell Te Vrede 28, Mikhail Rosheuvel 74 pen / Thomas Meissner 35, Donis Avdijaj 42)
Feyenoord 3-PEC 0 (Jordy Clasie 18, Nicolai Jorgensen 44, Steven Berghuis 73)
Heracles 4-Groningen 1 (Adrian Dalmau 25, 46, Brandley Kuwas 78, 90 / Mimoun Mahi 14)
VVV 2-Den Haag 0 (Peniel Mlapa 2 pen, Jay-Roy Jornell Grot 85)
Fortuna Sittard 3-De Graafschap 1 (Lazaros Lamprou 38, 83, Branislav Ninaj 88 / Youssef El Jebli 50)

Top Goalscorer:
Kristofefer Petersen (Heracles) 8 goals
Fran Sol (Willem II) 8 goals
Luuk De Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 8 goals
Hirving Lozano (PSV Eindhoven) 8 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSV Eindhoven
9
9
0
0
36
3
33
27
2
Ajax
9
7
1
1
26
5
21
22
3
Feyenoord
9
6
2
1
20
10
10
20
4
Heracles
9
6
1
2
23
19
4
19
6
VVV
9
4
2
3
10
9
1
14
5
AZ
9
3
3
3
18
15
3
12

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


VII.  Scotland
Diary:

Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
-Neil McCann has been dismissed as Dundee Manager, along with his assistant Graham Gartland. (Source BBC Football online)


Wednesday, October 17, 2018:

-Jim McIntyre has been appointed as the new Manager of Dundee. (Source Dundee FC Official twitter online)

-Northern Ireland have blocked Kyle Lafferty from playing for Rangers after the player pulled out the night before their trip form International duty. The player had said he was unfit, but Rangers later said that was not the case. (Source Daily Mail online)
Thursday, October 18, 2018:

-Steven Naismith (Hearts) has been named as the Scottish Premiership Player of the month for September. (Source Sky Sports online)

Friday, October 19, 2018:

-

Saturday, October 20, 2018:
-

Sunday, October 21, 2018:

-

Monday, October 22, 2018:
-



Scottish Premier League Matchday (October 19-October 20, 2018):
Saturday, October 20, 2018:
Celtic 4-Hibernian 2  (Tom Rogic 8, Olivier Ntcham 19, Odsonne Edouard 70, 88 / Florian Kamberi 63, Martin Boyle 73)
Hearts 2-Aberdeen 1  (A. Sutchuin Djoum 36, Steven Naismith 43 pen / Gary Mackay-Steven 55 pen)
Livingston 4-Dundee 0 (Declan Gallagher 18, Craig Halkett 43, Steven Lawless 76, Alan Lithgow 89)
Motherwell 0-St Johnstone 1 (Jason Kerr 90)
St Mirren 1-Kilmarnock 2 (Adam Hammill 14 / Alan Power 56, Aaron Tshibola 68)

Sunday, October 21, 2018:
Hamilton 1-Rangers 4 (Steven Boyd 80 / Ryan Kent 40, James Tavernier 84 pen, 87 pen, Alfredo Morelos 90)
Top Goalscorer:
Steven Naismith (Hearts) 6 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Hearts
9
7
1
1
16
7
9
22
2
Celtic
9
6
1
2
17
6
11
19
3
Kilmarnock
9
6
1
2
15
8
7
19
4
Livingston
9
5
3
1
12
5
7
18
5
Rangers
9
5
2
2
22
9
13
17
6
Hibernian
9
5
2
2
21
10
11
17
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

VIII.  Portugal

Diary:


Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
-

Wednesday, October 17, 2018:
-

Thursday, October 18, 2018:

-

Friday, October 19, 2018:

-


Saturday, October 20, 2018:
-

Sunday, October 21, 2018:

-

Monday, October 22, 2018:
-


Portugal Cup (October 19, 2018):
Friday, October 19, 2018:
Vila Real 0-Porto 6 (-)

Saturday, October 20, 2018:
Amora 3-Belenensses 4 (-)
Cova Piedade 2-Portimonense 1 (-)
Espinho 3-Academico de Viseu 3 (-) (penalty kick shoot-out won by Espinho)
Sportivo de Loures 1-Sporting CP 2 (-)

Sunday, October 21, 2018:
Fatima 1-Boavista 4 (-)
Armacenenses 0-Setubal 0 (-)
Estoril Praia 1-Tondela 1 (-) (Tondela won a pnelaty-kick shoot-out)
Leixoes 0-Amarante 0 (-)
Luisit. Vildemoinhos 4-Nacional 3 (-)
Maria Da Fonte 1-Santa Clara 2 (-)
Mirandela 1-Feirense 2 (-)
Sao Martinho 0-Moreirense 1 (-)
Sacavenense 1-Aves 3 (-)

IX.  Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
-It was reported that Players Agent Thomas Troch was interrogated as part of the Investigation on Belgian Football the day before. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Simon Tahamata has discussed in his book ‘Le Petit dribbleur’, the Standard-Waterschei scandal of 1982-84. According to Tahamta, Standard Manager Raymond Goethals told the players that if they did not bribe the Waterschei players with their bonuses, Anderlecht would have offered an inducement bonus to the Waterschei players. According to Tahamata all the players agreed with Goethals.  (Source Walfoot.be online)

-Olivier Myny, a former Waasland-Beveren player, confirmed to investigators that he had been approached about throwing matches involving Mechelen. (Source walfoot.be online)

Wednesday, October 17, 2018:

-Belgium’s Professional League announced that it would be willing to regulate the system of agents in its Football. (Source RTBF.be online)
Thursday, October 18, 2018:

-The Belgian Federation confirmed that implicated referees: Bart Vertenten and Sebastien Delferiere will not officiate again. (Source RTBF.be online)

Friday, October 19, 2018:
-Peter Verbeke has been appointed as the Sports Director of Gent. (Source Jupiter League App online)

Saturday, October 20, 2018:

-Waasland-Beveren President Dirk Huyck has apparently admitted to investigators that Agent Dejan Veljkovic had proposed 200,000 Euros for a match on March 11, 2018 vs. Mechelen, however, he had declined the offer. (Source RTBF.be online)

-The appeals commission has decided that Wesly Moraes (Club Brugge), Mehdi Carcela (Standard), Eric Ocansey (Eupen) and Loris Brogno (Beerschot Wilrijk) will not be suspended after all. This was a case stemming from last August. (Source Jupiter League App online)


Sunday, October 21, 2018:
-

Monday, October 22, 2018:

-Peter Maes, Manager of Lokeren, has been arrested as part of ‘Footgate’, the investigation on Belgian Football. (Source RTFB.be online)

Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
 October 19, 2018
Jari De Vriendt
Defender
Anderlecht
Alost 
Purchase
Footnews.de


Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
October 17, 2018
Aleksandar Vukotic (Serbia)
Defender
Waasland-Beveren
2023
Jupiter League App


First Division A League Matchday (October 19-October 21, 2018):

Friday, October 19, 2018:
Club Brugge 1-Waasland-Beveren 1 (Hans Vanaken 56 / Apostolos Velios 60)

Saturday, October 20, 2018:
Mouscron 0-Standard Liege 0 (-)
Kortrijk 3-St Truiden 1 (Jovan Stojanovic 25, 45, Kanu 83 / Daichi Kamada 7)
Antwerp 2-Lokeren 1 (Faris Haroun 40, Lior Refaelov 83 / Steve De Ridder 74)
Genk 2-Eupen 1 (Leandro Trossard 19, 66 / Cheick Keita 81)
Sunday, October 21, 2018:
Anderlecht 4-Cercle Brugge 2 (Nany Dimata 8 pen, 32, 52, Pieter Gerkens 54 / Irvin Cardona 56, 59)
Ostend 0-Gent 4  (Stallone Limbombe 17, 87, Roman Yaremchuk 43, Girgi Chakvetadze 59)
Charleroi 3-Zulte-Waregem 2 (Christian Benavente 44, Victor Osimhen 86, 90 / Hamdi Harbaoui 73 pen, 83)
Top Goalscorer:
Ivan Santini (Anderlecht) 8 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Genk
11
9
2
0
33
11
22
29
2
Club Brugge
11
8
2
1
29
11
18
26
3
Anderlecht
11
7
2
2
23
12
11
23
4
Antwerp
11
6
4
1
16
9
7
22
5
Standard Liege
11
5
4
2
17
10
7
19
6
Gent
11
5
2
4
23
21
2
17
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point



Diary (extra):

Tuesday, October 16, 2018:

-Guinea Manager Paul Put has accepted the apology of his player Ibrahima Cisse who angrily celebrated his goal on Friday vs. Rwanda. (Source BBC Football online)

-Olympic Sprinter Usain Bolt has received an offer from Malta club FC Valletta. (Source Reuters UK online)

-Madagascar have qualified to the Finals of the African Nations Cup for the first time after defeating Equatorial Guinea (1-0).  (Source Bleacher Report online)

-Legendary Ukrainian Manager Oleg Bazilevich passed away aged 80 after a long illness. (Source Wikipedia online)

-Neymar, with his 94th cap, has now passed Pele and tied with Gilmar to enter the top ten players with most caps for Brazil. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Republic of Ireland International Shane Duffy (Brighton) stated that the blame for problems of the team is due to the players and not Martin O’Neill. (Source extra.ie online)


Wednesday, October 17, 2018:

-Usain Bolt’s Manager stated that the offer from FC Valletta has been rejected. (Source Sport Bild online)

-Basaksehir has fined Arda Turan (on loan from Barcelona) 370,000 Euros record fine for his fight in a nightclub last week; He also faces prosecution and imprisonment. (Source Kicker.de online)

-Fernando Signorini (physical trainer of Argentina in 2009 and 2010) has defended Lionel Messi from his recent criticisms. He stated had he taken Spanish Citizenship he would already be a World Cup winner. (Source Maisfutebol online)

-Tomaz Kavic has been dismissed as Slovenia National team Manager. The day before he had stated that Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak had ‘lied’ to be excused from National Duty until 2019. (Source A Bola online)

Thursday, October 18, 2018:

-Russian club Rubin Kazan have been banned from playing in the Champions League and the Europa League for the following two seasons due to breach of Financial fair Play rules. (Source BBC Football online)

-Former Welsh International David Cotterill has announced his retirement from the game at the age of 30. (Source BBC Football online)

-The Gambian Federation has made a formal complaint to the Confederation of African Football about the eligibility of Togo’s Adewale Olufade. It is believed that the player is actually Nigerian and ineligible. (Source BBC Football online)

-Jan Kozak stated he had resigned as Slovenia Manager because players (including Martin Dubravka, Michal Sull, Lubomir Staka, Norbert Gyomber, Milan Skriniar, Stanislav Lobotka and Vladimir Weiss) had gone out after the loss vs. Czech Republic. (Source Football Italia online)

Friday, October 19, 2018:

-Russian players Aleksandr Kokorin and Pavel Mamaev have been charged with assault and hooliganism. They could face seven years in jail. (Source BBC Football online)

-Rigobert Song has been appointed as the new U-23 Manager of Cameroon. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Red Star Belgrade will file a lawsuit in Paris over the allegations that their match vs. PSG was fixed. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Pele has urged Neymar to break his goals record for the National Team. (Source Footnews.be online)

-Former German defender Markus Babbel (manager of Western Sydney Wanderers) stated that Usain Bolt’s potential playing career is good publicity but will never be a Football player even in 100 years. He did (Source Walfoot.be online)

-Former Australia Manager Ange Postecoglou has also cast doubt on Usain Bolt’s hopes for a playing career. (Source Reuters UK online)

-Diego Maradona’s surgeon, German Ochoa, has stated that Maradona has no cartilage left in both of his knees and will therefore need two prostheses. (Source Marca.com online)


Saturday, October 20, 2018:

-Togo’s Football Federation have denied using an ineligible player (Adewale Olufade) in their recent match vs. Gambia. (Source BBC Football online)

-Malyasia’s Peter Velappan, the former General Secretary of the Asian Confederation, passed away aged 83. (Source Reuters UK online)

-Guinean Ismael Bangoura (now at Al-Raed, Saudi Arabia) has been sentenced to six months prison (suspended) and a fine of 131, 487 Euros for committing unemployment fraud while in France. (Source m.afrik-foot online)

-Usain Bolt has been offered a contract by Central Coast Mariners. (Source BBC Football online)

- Tunisia have sacked Manager Faouzi Benzarti despite qualifying for next year’s Finals of African Cup of Nations. He complained that the decision and the manner of the sacking had been disappointing and humiliating. (Source BBC Football online)

Sunday, October 21, 2018:
-Spanish Manager Luis Milla has left his post as National Team Manager of Indonesia. (Source L’Equipe online)


Monday, October 22, 2018:

-Pavel Hapal has been named as the new National Team Manager of Slovakia. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Spartak Moscow have dismissed Italian Manager Massimo Carrera. (Source Reuters UK online)


Friendlies:

Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
United Arab Emirates 0-Venezuela 2 (Luis Mago 1, Andres Ponce 47)
Japan 4-Uruguay 3 (Takumi Minamino 10, 66, Yuya Osako 36, Ritsu Doan 59 / Gaston Pereiro 28, Edinson Cavani 57, Cristian Rodriguez 75)
South Korea 2-Panama 2 (Joo-Ho Park 5, Hwang In-beom 32 / Abdiel Arroyo 45, Rolando Blackburn 49)
Oman 0-Ecuador 0 (-)
Iran 2-Bolivia 1 (Alireza Jahanbakhsh 17, Mehdi Torabi 63 / Rudy Cardozo 51)
Brazil 1-Argentina 0 (Miranda 90)
Belgium 1-Holland 1 (Dries Mertens 5 / Arnaut Groeneveld 27)
Denmark 2-Austria 0 (Lukas Lerager 29, Martin Braithwaite 90)
Sweden 1-Slovakia 1 (John Guidetti 52 / Albert Rusnak 84)
USA 1-Peru 1 (Joshua Sargent 49 / Edison Flores 87)
Colombia 3-Costa Rica 1 (Carlos Bacca 30, Juan Hernandez 72, 90 / Kendall Watson 44)
Mexico 0-Chile 1 (Nicolas Castillo90)



UEFA Nations League-League A-Group 1:

Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
France 2-Germany 1 (Antoine Griezmann 62, 80 pen  / Toni Kross 14 pen)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
France
3
2
1
0
4
2
2
7
2
Holand
2
1
0
1
4
2
2
3
3
Germany
3
0
1
2
1
5
-4
1

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

UEFA Nations League-League B-Group 1:

Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
Ukraine 1-Czech Republic 0 (Ruslan Malinovsky 43)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Ukraine
3
3
0
0
4
1
3
9
2
Czech Republic
3
1
0
2
3
4
-1
3
3
Slovakia
2
0
0
2
1
3
-2
0

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



UEFA Nations League-League B-Group 4:

Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
Republic of Ireland 0-Wales 1 (Harry Wilson 58)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Wales
3
2
0
1
5
3
2
6
2
Denmark
2
0
1
0
2
0
2
4
3
Republic of Ireland
3
0
1
2
1
5
-4
1

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


UEFA Nations League-League C-Group 3:

Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
Norway 1-Bulgaria 0 (M.Elyounoussi 31)
Slovenia 1-Cyprus 1 (Nejc Skubic 83 / Fotis Papoulis 37)


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Norway
4
3
0
1
4
1
3
9
2
Bulgaria
4
3
0
1
5
3
2
9
3
Cyprus
4
1
2
2
4
6
-2
4
4
Slovenia
4
0
2
3
3
6
-3
1

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

UEFA Nations League-League D-Group 1:

Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
Kazakhstan 4-Andorra 0 (Y.Seidakhmet 21, Baurzhan Turysbek 39, Josep Gomes (own goal) 61, Roman Murtazayev 74)
Latvia 0-Georgia 3 (Jaba Kankava 8, Valeriane Gvilia 29, Georgi Chakvetadze 61)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Georgia
4
4
0
0
9
0
9
12
2
Kazakhstan
4
1
2
1
6
4
2
5
3
Latvia
4
0
2
2
1
5
-4
2
4
Andorra
4
0
2
2
1
8
-7
2

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


UEFA Nations League-League D-Group 4:

Tuesday, October 16, 2018:
Armenia 4- FYR Macedonia 0 (M.Pinheiro Pizzelli 12, Yura Movsisyan 67, Gevorg Ghazaryan 81, Henrikh Mkhytaryan 90)
Gibraltar 2-Liechtenstein 1 (George Cabrera 61, Jospeh Luis Chipolina 66 / Dennis Salanovic 15)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
FYR Macedonia
4
3
0
1
8
5
3
9
2
Gibraltar
4
2
0
2
3
5
-2
6
3
Armenia
4
2
0
2
6
4
2
5
4
Liechtenstein
4
1
0
3
5
8
-3
3

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

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