The Calendar Week That Was (In Football Game (Soccer)): Review Of The Peak Leagues Inwards Europe-Part 35 (Week Of December 4-December 10, 2018)
April 02, 2019
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I. England
Diary:
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
-Jose Mourinho attacked MUTV for asking intrusive questios nearly Manchester United’s injury crisis. Mourinho told them that Arsenal TV would non have got asked such type of questions from its Manager. (Source Extra.ie online)
-Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp has accepted the FA misconduct accuse for running into the pitch vs. Everton every bit the £8,000 fine. (Source Daily Mail Online)
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
-Ralph Hasenhuttl was officially named every bit the novel Southampton Manager. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Former England Captain David Platt is utilisation of the take-over grouping of Italian monastic say Palermo. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
-Liverpool defender Joe Gomez volition live on out injured for a discover of weeks. (Source voetbalzone online)
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
-Arsenal’s Rob Holding volition live on out injurd for nine months after an anterior cruciate ligament injury. (Source Sky Sports online)
-Manchester United Jose Mourinho stated that his Brazilian signing Fred volition play to a greater extent than only after the team’s defense forcefulness improves. (Source Reuters United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland online)
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
-Mohamed Salah refused the human of the stand upwardly for accolade for his display vs. Bournemouth as well as instead offered it to teammate James Milner who was making his 500th appearance inwards the Premier League. (Source Voetbalzone online)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
-Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling, dependent area of racial abuse from fans inwards their stand upwardly for vs. Chelsea on Saturday, stated that Newspapers are “fueling racism” inwards the agency that they study on immature dark footballers. (Source BBC Football Online)
Monday, Dec 10, 2018:
-Chelsea have got suspended the 4 fans who racially abused Manchester city’s Raheem Sterling. (Source Sky Sports online)
| Contract Extensions | |||||
| Date | Player | Position | Club | Expiration Year | Online Source |
| December 4, 2018 | Cesar Azpilicueta (Spain) | Defender | Chelsea | 2022 | BBC Football |
| December 10, 2018 | Joe Gomez | Defender | Liverpool | 2024 | BBC Football |
| December 10, 2018 | Kyle Walker-Peters | Defender | Tottenham | 2024 | Sky Sports |
| December 10, 2018 | Phil Foden | Midfielder | Manchester City | 2024 | L’Equipe |
English Premier League Matchday (December 4-December 5, 2018):
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
Bournemouth 2-Huddersfield 1 (Callum Wilsob 5, Ryan Fraser 22 / Terence Kongolo 38)
Brighton 3-Crystal Palace 1 (Glenn Murray 24 pen, Leon Balogun 31, Florin Andone 45 / Luka Milivojevic 81 pen)
West Ham 3-Cardiff 1 (Lucas Perez 49, 54, Michail Antonio 61 / Josh Murphy 90)
Watford 1-Manchester City 2 (Abdoulaye Doucoure 85 / Leroy Sane 40, Riyad Mahrez 51)
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
Burnley 1-Liverpool 3 (Jack Cork 54 / James Milner 62, Roberto Firmino 69, Xherdan Shaqiri 90)
Everton 1-Newcastle 1 (Richarlison 38 / Salomon Rondon 19)
Fulham 1-Leicester 1 (Aboubakar Kamara 42 / James Maddison 74)
Wolves 2-Chelsea 1 (Raul Jimenez 59, Diogo Jota 63 / Ruben Loftus-Cheek 18)
Manchester United 2-Arsenal 2 (Anthony Martial 30, Jesse Lingard 69 / Shkodran Mustafi 26, Alexandre Lacazette 68)
Tottenham 3-Southampton 1 (Harry Kane 9, Lucas Moura 51, Son Heung-min 55 / Charlie Austin 90)
Top Goalscorer:
Pierre-Erick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 10 goals
| Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Manchester City | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 38 | 41 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 39 |
| 3 | Tottenham | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 31 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 31 |
| 6 | Everton | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 23 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
English Premier League Matchday (December 8-December 10, 2018):
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
Bournemouth 0-Liverpool 4 (Mohamed Salah 25, 48, 77, Steve Cook (own goal) 68)
Arsenal 1-Huddersfield 0 (Lucas Torreira 83)
Burnley 1-Brighton 0 (James Tarkowski 40)
Cardiff 1-Southampton 0 (Callum Paterson 74)
Manchester United 4-Fulham 1 (Ashley Young 13, Juan Mata 28, Romelu Lukaku 42,Marcus Rashford 82 / Aboubakar Kamara 67 pen)
West Ham 3-Crystal Palace 2 (Robert Snodgrass 48, Javier Hernandez 62, Felipe Anderson 65 / James McArthur 6, Jeffrey Schlupp 76)
Chelsea 2-Manchester City 0 (N’Golo Kante 45, David Luiz 78)
Leicester 0-Tottenham 2 (Son Heung-min 45, Dele Alli 58)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
Newcastle 1-Wolves 2 (Ayoze Perez 23 / Diogo Jota 17, Matt Doherty 90)
Monday, Dec 10, 2018:
Everton 2-Watford 2 (Richarlison 15, Lucas Digne xc / Seamus Coleman (own goal) 63, Abdoulaye Doucoure 65)
Top Goalscorer:
Pierre-Erick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 10 goals
| Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Liverpool | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 42 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 9 | 36 | 41 |
| 3 | Tottenham | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 36 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 20 | 34 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 15 | 34 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 26 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
II. Italy
Diary:
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
-Brazilian striker Gaigol confirmed that he volition furnish to Inter inwards Jan as well as and hence his time to come amongst the monastic say afterwards. (Source Football Italia online)
-Juventsu defender Andrea Barzagli volition live on out injured for 2 months. (Source Football Italia online)
-Former air conditioning Milan Sports Director Massimiliano Mirabelli revealed that air conditioning Milan were unopen inwards signing Cristiano Ronaldo inwards the summer. (Source Calciomercato online)
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
-Former Arsenal Official Ivan Gazidis was appointed every bit air conditioning Milan CEO. (Source Calciomercato online)
-Emil Hallfredsson (Frosinone) volition live on out injured for at to the lowest degree 3 months. (Source Football Italia online)
-Italian Referee Piero Ceccarini discussed the controversial 1998 Juventus-Inter stand upwardly for where he did non accolade a punishment kicking fir a foul past times Mark Iuliano on Ronaldo. He stated that fifty-fifty amongst the create goodness of VAR he would non have got awarded a punishment kick. (Source La Gazzetta dello Sport online)
-The Italian Super Cup betwixt Juventus as well as air conditioning Milan is to bring house on Jan 16th, 2019 at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Source Tuttosport online)
Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
-Mario Balotelli ruled out a possible furnish to air conditioning Milan past times citing the disrespectful nature of merely about of the fans. (Source Goal.com online)
-Ivan Juric was sacked every bit Genoa Manager next their Coppa Italia loss vs. Virtus Entella. He is to live on replaced amongst Cesare Prandelli. (Source Football Italia online)
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
-Gigi Radice, old air conditioning Milan player, from the 1950s as well as 60s passed awaya aged 83. He earned 5 caps for Italy inwards 1962 as well as most famously managed Torino to the Scudetto inwards 1976. (Source La Gazzetta dello Sport online)
-Juventus have got similar a shot equaled the best e'er outset to a flavour inwards a top 5 league amongst 43 points after xv matches (tying amongst PSG). (Source Football Italia online)
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
-The old Barzilian striker Ronaldo was asked to compare his play to Cristiano Ronaldo. One of his replies was that piece he trained because he had to, CR seven does does because he loves it.. (Source La Gazzetta dello Sport online)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
-Brazilian Lucas Paquet has arrived inwards iytaly to consummate his transfer to air conditioning Milan. (Source Calciomercato online)
-Cristiano Ronaldo has urged Lionel Messi to sign for an Italian cliub similar he has. He also stated that he deserved the Ballon d’Or. (Source BBC Football online)
-AC Milan Technical Director, Leonardo, stated that Zlatan Ibrahimovic woild non bring together the club. (Source RTBF.be online)
Monday, Dec 10, 2018:
-An investigation has opened charging 2 doctors of involuntary homicide for providing certificates that declared the late Davide Astori was fit to play. (Source L’Équipe online)
-Cristiano Ronaldo took a subtle jab at Real Madrid past times maxim that Juventus are to a greater extent than of a family.. (Source Football Italia online)
| Contract Extensions | |||||
| Date | Player | Position | Club | Expiration Year | Online Source |
| December 7, 2018 | Alex Sandro (Brazil) | Defender | Juventus | 2023 | Calciomercato.com |
Coppa Italia (December 4-December 13, 2018):
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
Benevento 1-Cittadella 0 (Filippo Bandinelli 77)
Bologna 3-Crotone 0 (Riccardo Orsolini 40, 67, Diego Falcinelli 56)
Sampdoria 2-SPAL 1 (Gregoire Defrel 45, Dawid Kownacki 82 / Sergio Floccari 34)
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
Novara 3-Pisa 2 (Diego Perlata 22, Davide Bove 53, Jacopo Manconi xc / Michele Marconi 16, Francesco Lisi 72)
Sassuolo 2-Catania 1 (Alessandro Matri 14, Manuel Locatelli lxxx / Fran Brodic 41)
Chievo 1-Cagliari 2 (Mehdi Leris eighteen / Alberto Cerri 8, Fabio Pisacane 68)
Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
Genoa 3-Virtus Entella 3 (Krzysztof Piatek 27 pen, 86 pen, Gianluca Lapdula 110 pen / Simone Icardi 20, 83, Krisztian Adorjan 120) (Virtus Entella won on apenalty kicking shoot-out)
Torino 2-Sudtirol 0 (Roberto Soriano 24, Simone Edera 81)
Italian Serie Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Matchday (December 7-December 9, 2018):
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
Juventus 1-Inter 0 (Mario Mandzukic 66)
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
Napoli 4-Frosinone 0 (Piotr Zielinski 7, Adam Ounas 40, Arek Milik 68, 84)
Cagliari 2-Roma 2 (Artur Ionita 84, Marco Sau xc / Bryan Cristante 14, Aleksandar Kolarov 41)
Lazio 2-Sampdoria 2 (Frabcesco Acerbi 79, Ciro Immobile xc pen / Faio Quagliarella 21, Riccardo Saponara 90+)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
Sassuolo 3-Fiorentina 3 (Alfred Duncan 62, Khouma Babacar 67, Stefano Sensi lxxx / Giovanni Simeone 70, Marco Benassi 89, Kevin Mirallas 90)
Empoli 2-Bologna 1 (Francesco Caputo 10, Antonio La Gumina lxxx / Andrea Poli 41)
Parma 1-Chievo 1 (Bruno Alves 53 / Mariusz Stepinski 46)
Udinese 1-Atalanta 3 (Kevin Lasagna 12 / Duvan Zapata 2, 62, 80)
Genoa 1-SPAL 1 (Krzysztof Piatek 38 pen / Andrea Petagna 15)
AC Milan 0-Torino 0 (-)
Top Goalscorer:
Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa) xi goals
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 10 goals
| Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Juventus | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 43 |
| 2 | Napoli | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Inter | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | AC Milan | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Lazio | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Torino | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 22 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
III. Spain
Diary:
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
-Eduardo Berizzo has been sacked every bit Athletic Bilbao Manager. Youth Team Manager Gaizka Garitano volition human action inwards the interim. (Source BBC Football online)
-Gerard Pique denied reports that he is to buy lower League monastic say Reus. (Source Football Espana online)
-Adidas have got opened a lawsuit against Rafinha (Barcelona) for breach of contract. They are demanding 90,000 GBP for every solar daytime that he decline to article of apparel their boots. (Source mirror.co.uk online)
-Garett Bale stated that he he should have got won the Puskas Award for the destination of the twelvemonth instead of Mohamed Salah. (Source La Gazzetta dello Sport online)
-Former Atletico Madrid star, the Portuguese Paulo Futre sent a message of back upwardly to Antoine Griezmann next the Ballon d’Or vote. In the message, Furtre hinted of bias due to the monastic say colors (hinting Modric as well as CR seven played for Real Madrid). He stated that sometimes fifty-fifty winning the UCL is non plenty (referencing his 1987 triumph as well as secod house inwards the 1987 voting). (Source As.com online)
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
-Rafinha (Barcelona) volition live on out injured half dozen months. (Source BBC Football online)
-Barcelona Manager Ernesto Valverde stated that Lionel Messi’s 5th house complete inwards the Ballon d’Or was ‘absurd’. (Source BBC Football online)
Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
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Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
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Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
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Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
-Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele was in ane lawsuit once again belatedly to grooming (by 2 hours) as well as asked to develop alone. (Source AS.com Online)
Monday, Dec 10, 2018:
-Zlatan Ibrahimovic was asked to comment on Luka Modric’s Ballon d’Or He hinted that Real Madrid President swayed influence past times maxim Messi was competing againt Florentino Perez as well as non Cristiano Ronaldo. (Source AS.com online)
-Villareal have got appointed Luis Garcia Plaza every bit their novel Manager. (Source Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Bola online)
-Barcelona as well as the Castilian League announced that they have got given upwardly inwards the plans to phase a league stand upwardly for inwards Miami. (Source L’Équipe online)
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Photo From: L’Equipe, Dec 9, 2018
| (Lionel Messi, Dec 8, 2018, Espanyol 0-Barcelona 4) |
Cop Del Rey (December 4-December 13, 2018):
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
Getafe 5-Cordoba 1 (Francisco Portillo 18, Angel Rodriguez 42 pen, 78, 80, Robert Ibanez 49 / Aythami Artiles 70)
Valencia 1-Ebro 0 (Michy Batshuayi 59)
Rayo Vallecano 0-Leganes 1 (Emiliano Velazquez (own goal) 17)
Espanyol 1-Cadiz 0 (Hernan Perez 76)
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
Atletico Madrid 4-Sant Andreu 0 (Thomas Lemar 48, Nikola Kalinic 53, Angel Correa 55, Vitolo 81)
Girona 2-Alaves 1 (Alex Granell 74, Cristian Portu 79 / Pedro Alcala (own goal) 62)
Sociedad 2-Celta 0 (Mikel Oyarzabal 10, Adnan Januzaj 27)
Sevilla 1-Villanovense 0 (Andre Silva 49)
Villareal 8-Almeria 0 (Karl Toko Ekambi 23, 30, 36,47, Carlos Bacca 45, 83 pen, Gerard Moreno 67, Daniel Raba 89)
Barcelona 4-Leonesa 1 (Munir El Haddadi 18, Denis Suarez 26, 70, Malcolm 44 / Josep Sene 54)
Valladolid 2-Mallorca 1 (Oscar Plano 49, Daniele Verde 88 / Abdon Prats 48)
Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
Levante 2-Lugo 0 (Coke 80, Raphael Dwamena 90)
Real Madrid 6-Melilla 1 (Marco Asensio 33, 35, Javier Sanchez 39, Isco 48, 83, Vinicius Junior 75 / Yacine Qasmi lxxx pen)
Eibar 2-Gijon 2 (Marc Cucurella 53, Charles 87 / Alvaro Jimenez 13, Pablo Perez 39)
Huesca 0-Bilbao 4 (Aritz Aduriz 37, 58, Inaki Williams 80,90)
Betis 4-Santander 0 (Antonio Barragan 32, Antonio Sanabria 58 pen, Sergio Leon 69, Giovani Lo Celso 89)
Spanish La Liga Matchday (December 7-December 10, 2018):
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
Leganes 1-Getafe 1 (Allan Nyom 64 / Leandro Cabrera 39)
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
Atletico Madrid 3-Alaves 0 (Nikola Kalinic 25, Antoine Griezmann 82, Rodri 87)
Valencia 1-Sevilla 1 (Mouctar Diakhaby xc / Pablo Sarabia 55)
Villareal 2-Celta 3 (Carlos Bacca 83, 87 / Brais Mendez 44, Okay Yokuslu 49, Maxi Gomez 51)
Espanyol 0-Barcelona 4 (Lionel Messi 17, 65, Ousmane Dembele 26, Luis Suarez 45)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
Eibar 4-Levante 4 (Sergi Enrich 8, Gomzalo Escalante 57, Charles 61 pen, 65 / Jose Luis Morlaes 10, Roberto Pier 26, Tono 75, Borja Mayoral 90)
Huesca 0-Real Madrid 1 (Gareth Bale 8)
Sociedad 1-Valladolid 2 (Mikel Oyarzabal 62 / Toni Villa 16, Antonito 54)
Betis 2-Vallecano 0 (Giovani Lo Celso 59 pen, Sidnei 76)
Monday, Dec 10, 2018:
Bilbao 1-Girona 0 (Aritz Aduriz xc pen)
Top Goalscorer:
Cristhian Stuani (Girona) xi goals
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) xi goals
| Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Barcelona | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 22 | 31 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 26 |
| 5 | Alaves | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Levante | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 22 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
IV. Germany
Diary:
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
-National Team Manager Joachim Low stated that he has currently no plans to accomplish out as well as retrieve Mesut Ozil. (Source Bulinews online)
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
-Bayern Munich Presidnet Uli Hoeness stated that his monastic say would never spent 112 Million Euros on a ‘senior’ histrion similar Cristiano Ronaldo. (Source Football Italia online)
Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
-Former Leverkusen histrion Stefan Kiessling revelaed that his married adult woman used to transcend merely about of the fitness tets assigned to him past times the club. (Source AS.com online)
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
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Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
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Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
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Monday, Dec 10, 2018:
-Benjamin Pavard (Stuttgart) has been injured as well as volition non play until the novel twelvemonth 2019. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Lutz Pfannenstiel has left Hoffenheim to piece of job the Sports Director at Fortuna Dusseldorf. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Bayern Munich’s French histrion Kingsley Conan states that he mightiness live on forced to retire if he needs to create merely about other talocrural articulation surgery.(Source Football Italia online)
| Contract Extensions | |||||
| Date | Player | Position | Club | Expiration Year | Online Source |
| December 4, 2018 | Stefan Posch (Austria) | - | Hoffenheim | 2022 | Kicker.de |
German Bundesliga Matchday (December 7-December 9, 2018):
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
Werder Bremen 3-Dusseldorf 1 (Kevin Mohwald 20, Martin Harnik 71, Josh Sargent 78 / Dodi Lukebakio 43 pen)
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
Leverkusen 1-Augsburg 0 (Lucas Alario 75)
Bayern Munich 3-Nuremberg 0 (Robert Lewandowski 9, 27, Franck Ribery 56)
Schalke 1-Dortmund 2 (Daniel Caligiuri 61 pen / Thomas Delaney 7, Jadon Sancho 74)
Freiburg 3-RB Leipzig 0 (Nils Petersen 12, Luca Waldschmidt 45 pen, Mike Frantz 52)
Wolfsburg 2-Hoffenheim 2 (Ermin Bicakcic (own goal) 28, Daniel Ginczek 31 / Ishak Belfodil 4, Andrej Kramaric 71)
Hertha Berlin 1-Frankfurt 0 (Marko Grujic 40)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
Mainz 1-Hannover 1 (Daniel Brosinski 89 pen / Hendrik Weydandt 12)
Moenchengladbach 3 –Stuttgart 0 (Raffael 69, Florian Neuhaus 77, Benjamin Pavard (own goal) 84)
Top Goalscorer:
Luka Jovic (Frankfurt) 10 goals
Paco Alcacer (Dortmund) 10 goals
| Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dortmund | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 25 | 36 |
| 2 | M’Gladbach | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Frankfurt | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 23 |
| 6 | Hoertha Berlin | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 23 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
V. France
Diary:
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
-PSG’s abode stand upwardly for vs. Montpellier this Sat has been postponed after a asking past times the Police due to safety concerns related to the recent Political demonstrations. (Source AFP online)
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
-France Manager Didier Deschamps, in ane lawsuit once again dismissed the Belgian criticism over the semifinal WC win, to disappointment over losing an of import match. He said French Republic were efficient every bit Kingdom of Belgium were against Brazil. (Source RTBF.be online)
Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
-Monaco-Nice, St Etienne-OM as well as Toulouse-Lyon matches this Friday-Saturday have got also been postponed due to safety concerns related to the recent Political demonstrations. (Source RTBF.be online)
-Mario Balotelli is to larn out OGC Nice at the terminate of the season. (Source L’Équipe online)
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
-Some doubts are beingness raised nearly the validity of the 2018 Ballon d’Or. Apparently ane journalist listed does non exist, piece merely about other claimed his monastic say of voting was reversed. Abdou Boina is beingness listed every bit voted for Comoros, however, local intelligence sources claim that he does non be as well as the website he is linked to was closed inwards 2012. (Source Walfoot.be/Marca.com online)
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
-France Manager Didier Deschamps comented on the Adrien Rabiot situation. He said he does non unopen the door on him but hinted that the histrion had non performed good for French Republic inwards his matches. (Source RTBF.be online)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
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Monday, Dec 10, 2018:
-Yoan Gourcuff (Dijon) has been injured as well as volition non play until the novel twelvemonth 2019. (Source L’Equipe online)
French Ligue 1 Matchday (December 4-December 5, 2018):
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
Nice 0-Angers 0 (-)
Amiens 0-Monaco 2 (Radamel Falcao 43 pen, xc pen)
Montpellier 0-Lille 1 (Nicolas Pepe 6)
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
Dijon 2-Guingamp 1 (Benjamin Jeannot 14, Oussama Haddadi 86 / Marcus Coco 79)
Bordeaux 3-St Etienne 2 (Jimmy Briand 22, Francois Kamano 57 pen, Pablo Castro xc / Lois Diony 16, Wahbi Khazri 67)
Nantes 3-OM 2 (Emiliano Sala 30, Abdoulaye Toure 45, Gabriel Boschilia 63 / Morgan Sanson 28, Florian Thuavin 36 pen)
Lyon 0-Rennes 2 (Hatem Ben Arfa 41, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Siebatecheu 43)
Caen 1-Nimes 2 (Prince Oniangue xc / Unut Bozok 18, Loick Landre 90)
Reims 0-Toulouse 1 (Issiaga Sylla 45)
Strasbourg 1-PSG 1 (Kenney Lala 41 pen / edinson Cavani 71 pen)
Top Goalscorer:
Kylian Mbappe (PSG) 12 goals
Emiliano Sala (Nantes) 12 goals
Neymar (PSG) xi goals
Florian Thauvin (OM) xi goals
| Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | PSG | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 10 | 39 | 44 |
| 2 | Lille | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Montpellier | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Lyon | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Marseille | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | St Etienne | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 26 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
French Ligue 1 Matchday (December 7-December 9, 2018):
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
Monaco -Nice (Postponed)
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
PSG -Montpellier (Postponed)
Angers-Bordeaux (Postponed)
Guingamp 1-Amiens 2 (Etienne Didot seventy / Eddy Gnahore 63, Stiven Mendoza 81)
Rennes 2-Dijon 0 (B.Bourigeaud 69, Hatem Ben Arfa 90)
Toulouse -Lyon (Postponed)
Nimes-Nantes (Postponed)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
Strasbourg 2-Caen 2 (Pablo Martinez 5, Lebo Mothiba 23 / Faycal Fajr 22, Saif-Eddine Khaoui 80)
Lille 1-Reims 1 (Nicolas Pepe xc pen / Remi Oudin 46 )
St Etienne -OM (Postponed)
Top Goalscorer:
Kylian Mbappe (PSG) 12 goals
Emiliano Sala (Nantes) 12 goals
Neymar (PSG) xi goals
Florian Thauvin (OM) xi goals
| Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | PSG | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 10 | 39 | 44 |
| 2 | Lille | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Montpellier | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Lyon | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Marseille | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | St Etienne | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 26 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
VI. Holland
Diary:
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
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Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
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Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
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Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
-Ajax’s Frenkie De Jong has been linked amongst a transfer to PSG for adjacent season. (Source vi.nl online)
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
-Ajax’s Frenkie De Jong has denied that he is for certain to larn out fpor PSG adjacent seaosn. (Source vi.nl online)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
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Monday, Dec 10, 2018:
-AZ Alkmaar have got confirmed that Manager John van den Brom volition larn out at the terminate of the flavour as well as replaced amongst assistant Arne Slot. (Source vi.nl online)
| Profesional Contract | ||||
| Date | Player | Position | Club | Online Source |
| December 10, 2018 | Sergino Denst | - | Ajax | vi.nl |
Dutch Eredivisie Matchday (December 13, 2018):
Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
Feyenoord 4-VVV 1 (Tonny Vilhena 28, Robin van Persie 33, Sam Larsson 55, 75 / Tino-Sven Susic 58)
Top Goalscorer:
Fran Sol (Willem II) thirteen goals
Luuk De Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 12 goals
| Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 7 | 40 | 39 |
| 2 | Ajax | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 7 | 39 | 37 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Heracles | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Utrecht | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
Dutch Eredivisie Matchday (December 7-December 9, 2018):
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
Fortuna Sittard 0-AZ 3 (Mats Seuntjens 12, Oussama Idrissi 63, Guss Til 80)
PSV Eindhoven 6-Excelsior 0 (Luuk De Jong 17, 90, Robin van der Meer (own goal) 34, Jurgen Mattheij (own goal) 62, Donyell Malen 80, Steven Bergwijn 89)
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
Willem II 1-Heerenveen 5 (Atakan Akkaynak 17 / Nemanja Mihajlovic 15, Ben Rienstar 41 pen, Michel Vlap 53, Mitchell van Bergen 58, 65 )
PEC 1-Ajax 4 (Lase Schone (own goal) 44 / Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 22, Frenkie De Jong 32, Lasse Schone 69, Dusan Tadic 89)
Den Haag 0-De Graafschap 0 (-)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
Utrecht 3-Heracles 1 (Simon Gustafson 4 pen, Gyrano Kerk 19, Urby Emanuelson xx / M.Rossmann 75)
Emmen 1-Feyenoord 4 (Anco Jansen 71 / J. Van der Heijden 62, Steven Berghuis 70, Orkun Kokcu 77, Tonny Vilhena 89 pen)
VVV 0-Groningen 0 (-)
NAC 2-Vitesse 1 (Mitchell Te Vrede 45, Arno Verschueren 84 / Bryan Linssen 72)
Top Goalscorer:
Luuk De Jong (PSV Eindhoven) xiv goals
Fran Sol (Willem II) thirteen goals
| Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 7 | 46 | 42 |
| 2 | Ajax | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 8 | 42 | 40 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | Utrecht | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | Heracles | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 31 | -1 | 23 |
| 6 | AZ | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 22 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
VII. Scotland
Diary:
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
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Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
- St Johnstone Manager Tommy Wright was named every bit the Manager of the calendar month for November. (Source BBC Football online)
Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
-Ryan Christie (Celtic) was named every bit the Player of the Month of November. (Source BBC Football online)
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
-
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
-
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
-
Monday, Dec 10, 2018:
-
Scottish Premier League Matchday (December 5, 2018):
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
Dundee 4-Hamilton 0 (Kenny Miller 27, 51, 81, Jesse Curran 69)
Hibernian 2-St Mirren 2 (Oliver Shaw 56, Ryan Porteous 73 / Adam Hammill 7, Paul McGinn 67)
Kilmarnock 2-Livingston 0 (Greg Stewart 3, 20)
Motherwell 1-Celtic 1 (Danny Johnson 88 / Ryan Christie 13)
Ramgers 0-Aberdeen 1 (Scott McKenna 7)
St Johnstone 2-Hearts 2 (Blair Alston 20, Matthew Kennedy 69 pen / A. Sutchuin Djoum 6, Oliver Bozanic 41)
Top Goalscorer:
Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) nine goals
Steven Naismith (Hearts) seven goals
Odsonne Edourad (Celtic) seven goals
| Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | Rangers | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 24 | 30 |
| 3 | Celtic | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 24 | 30 |
| 4 | Hearts | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | St Johnstone | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 25 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 24 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
Scottish Premier League Matchday (December 8, 2018):
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
Aberdeen 0-St Johnstone 2 (Joe Shaughnessy 71, Blair Alston 74)
Celtic 5-Kilmarnock 1 (James Forrest 5, 67, Odsonne Edouard 25, Mikael Lustig 35, Ryan Christie 45 / Eamonn Brophy 52 pen)
Hamilton 0-Hibernian 1 (Oliver Shaw 65)
Hearts 1-Motherwell 0 (Peter Haring 14)
Livingston 3-St Mirren 1 (Scott Pittman 50, Ryan Hardie 64, Craig Sibbald 88/ Alfie Jones 36)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
Dundee 1-Rangers 1 (Kenny Miller nine / Andrew Halliday 21)
Top Goalscorer:
Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) nine goals
James Forrest (Celtic) 8 goals
| Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Celtic | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 8 | 28 | 33 |
| 2 | Rangers | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 24 | 31 |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 31 |
| 4 | Hearts | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | St Johnstone | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| 6 | Livingston | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
VIII. Portugal
Diary:
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
-Petit has been appointed every bit the novel Manager of Maritimo. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
-
Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
-
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
-
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
-
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
-
Monday, Dec 10, 2018:
-Chaves have got dismissed Manager Daniel Ramos. (Source Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Bola online)
Portugal League Cup-Group Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 (December 5, 2018):
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
Benfica 2-Pacos Ferreira 0 (Haris Seferovic 12, Joao Felix 45)
Portugal Primeira Liga League Matchday (December 7-December 9, 2018):
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
Porto 4-Portimonense 1 (Moussa Marega 23, 65, Soares 57, Yacine Brahimi 59 / Vitor Tormena 9)
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
Belenensses 1-Chaves 0 (Lica 40)
Tondela 0-Braga 1 (Wilson Eduardo 31)
Setubal 0-Benfica 1 (Jomas 17)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
Nacional 0-Boavista 0 (-)
Moreirense 0-Santa Clara 1 (Ze Manuel 52)
Guimaraes 3-Rio Ave 2 (Andre Andre 17 pen, 43 pen, Pedrao 87 / Vinicius 22 pen, Gabrielzinho 53)
Sporting CP 4-Aves 1 (Bas Dost twoscore pen, 48, Nani 45, Abdoulaye Diaby 59 / Rodrigo Defendi 17)
Monday, Dec 10, 2018:
Feirense 1-Maritimo 1 (Tiago Silva seventy pen / Ricardo Valente 90)
Top Goalscorer:
Dyego Sousa (Braga) seven goals
| Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Porto | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 30 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Braga | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | Benfica | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | Guimaraes | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 18 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
IX. Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
- As utilisation of ‘Footgate’ aftermath, The Belgian Federation of Football Agents (BFFA) has been established to grouping all the agents inwards Belgium. (Source RTBF.be online)
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
-
Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
-
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
-Dries Mertens was awarded the ‘Big Belgian’ accolade for the calendar month of Nov past times Play Sports. (Source RTBF.be online)
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
-Benjamin Lambot (Cercle Brugge) volition live on out injured for 4 months. (Source Jupiler League App online)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
-
Monday, Dec 10, 2018:
-
| Profesional Contract | ||||
| Date | Player | Position | Club | Online Source |
| December 7, 2018 | Amine El Taibi | Defender/Midfielder | Genk | Jupiler League App |
Beker Van Belgie (December 4-December 13, 2018):
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
Kortrijk 1-Zulte-Waregem 0 (-)
Gent 3-Beerschot-Wilrijk 0 (-)
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
Mouscron 3-Ostend 3 (-) (Ostend won on a punishment kicking shoot-out)
Deinze 1-Eupen 3 (-)
St Truiden 3-Mandel United 2 (-)
Mechelen 2-Lokeren 0 (-)
Charleroi 1-Genk 3 (-)
Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
Union St Gilloise 3- Knokke 2 (-)
First Division Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 League Matchday (December 7-December 9, 2018):
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
Waaland-Beveren 2-Club Brugge 1 (Franceco Forte 78 pen, Saulo Decarli (own goal) 85 / Ruud Vormer 48)
Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
Genk 1-Kortrijk 1 (Mbwana Samatta xx / Julien De Sart 45)
Ostend 1-Lokeren 0 (Fernando Canesin 72)
Mouscron 0-Zulte-Waregem 0 (-)
St Truiden 1-Standard Liege 1 (Diachi Kamada 45 / Obbi Oulare 59)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
Cercle Brugge 0-Antwerp 3 (Lior Refaelov 12 pen, 53, Willaim Owusu 40)
Anderlecht 1-Charleroi 1 (-Francis Amuzu 47 / Cristian Benavente 89 pen)
Gent 2-Eupen 0 (Sigurd Rosted 12, Dylan Bronn 79)
Top Goalscorer:
Ivan Santini (Anderlecht) xi goals
Ally Samatta (Genk) 10 goals
Nany Dimata (Anderlecht) 10 goals
| Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Genk | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 21 | 21 | 34 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | St Truiden | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Gent | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 28 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
Diary (extra):
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018:
-Brazilian Manager Luiz Felipe Scolari revealed that he had received an offering to create create the Colombian National Team. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Razvan Marin (Standard Liege) was named every bit Romania’s histrion of the year. (Source Walfoot.be online)
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018:
-Former FIFA executive, Rafael Salguero of Guatemala, stated that he was offered a bribe for 2018 World Cup vote. (Source The Guardian online)
-Russian players Pavel Mamaev as well as Aleksandr Kokorin are to rest inwards jail until at to the lowest degree Feb 8th, 2019 every bit the investigation is silent ongoing . (Source Russian Football News online)
Thursday, Dec 13, 2018:
-Former Soviet International Aleksandr Minayev from the 1970s passed away aged 64. (Source Wikipedia online)
-Pele dismissed suggestions that Lionel Messi was the greatest histrion inwards History. He said that Maradona was much ameliorate than Messi as well as had to a greater extent than skills such every bit inwards heading ability. (Source Daily Mail online)
-The charitable Organization United States of America Soccer Foundation is suing the United States of America soccer Federation to live on able to ain its bring upwardly as well as related trademarks. According to the Foundation, the US Soccer Federation seeks to sever ties as well as has asked the Foundation to abandon its bring upwardly as well as logo. (Source Sports Illustrated online)
Friday, Dec 7, 2018:
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Saturday, Dec 8, 2018:
-The CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) has rejected Boca Juniors’ appeal to suspend the Copa Libertadores Final as well as accolade trophy to them due to the misbevaior of River Plate fans. (Source Reuters United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland / Sky Sports Online)
-The Peruvian Federation President Edwin Oviedo has been been remanded for eighteen months for the suspected murder of 2 syndicatsts. He was already arrested the solar daytime earlier for fiscal corruption charges. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-In only their instant flavour of existence, Atlanta United were the victors of the MLS Cup defeating Portland Timbers (2-0). (Source BBC FootballOnline)
Sunday, Dec 9, 2018:
-FIFA President Gianni Infantino stated that a determination on having 48 teams at the 2022 World Cup volition live on made inwards March 2019. (Source RTBF.be online)
-River Plate defeated Boca Juniors (3-1) inwards Madrid to win the Copa Libertadores.
-The Australian authorities has asked for the release of Hakeem Al-Araibi. He is Bahraini amongst refugee condition inwards Melboune as well as was detained 2 weeks agone inwards Bangkok. (Source AS.com online)
Monday, Dec 10, 2018:
-Former Republic of Iceland Manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has been appointed every bit Manager of Qatari side Al-Arabi. (Source voetbalzone.nl online)