The Calendar Week That Was (In Football Game (Soccer)): Review Of The Pinnacle Leagues Inwards Europe-Part Half-Dozen (Week Of May 15-May 21, 2018)
June 10, 2019
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I. England
On Saturday, Chelsea defeated Manchester United (1-0) to elevator the FA Cup. Despite winning, Antonio Conte’s time to come equally Chelsea Manager is all the same unclear.
Jose Mourinho criticized Chelsea’s defensive tactics.
The focus is at nowadays on the CL Final adjacent Sat when Liverpool convey on Real Madrid.
There receive got been ongoing debates most Gareth Southagte’s World Cup squad as well as whether Wilshere as well as Hart, etc deserved to hold out cutting or not.
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Photo From: L’Equipe, May 20, 2018
(Eden Hazard after scoring) |
Diary:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018:
-Jlloyd Samuel, a one-time Aston Villa defender, was killed inward a auto accident aged 37. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Former Watford Manager Marco Silva was linked amongst the Everton undertaking given Sam Allardyce’s probable difference from the club (Source BBC Football Online)
-Swansea are to laid sign Liverpool’s Yan Dhanda. (Source BBC Football Online)
-West Ham goalkeeper Joe Hart has been informed that he volition non hold out role of the England World Cup squad. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-OGC Nice’s Jean-Michel Seri has been linked to Arsenal. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Everton receive got contacted AS Monaco to sign Kevin N’Doram. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Swansea defender Alfie Mawson’s World Cup hopes are over after he underwent a articulatio genus surgery. England Manager Gareth Southagte had already told him that his chances of pick were low. (Source Sky Sports Online)
- Freiburg defender Caglar Soyuncu has been linked to Arsenal. (Source Daily Telegraph Online)
-Tottenham’s Moussa Dembele has been linked amongst Chinese Club Beijing Guoan. (Source Footnews.be online via Het Nieuwsblad)
-Real Madrid’s Toni Kroos has been linked amongst Manchester City. (Source Calciomercato.com Online via La Gazzetta Dello Sport)
-Napoli’s Algerian defender Faouzi Ghoulam has been linked amongst Manchester United. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-Davidson Sanchez extended his contract amongst Tottenham yesteryear 1 to a greater extent than year. (Source vi.nl online)
-Steve McLaren is laid to hold out appointed equally Manager of Queens Park Rangers. (Source vi.nl online via Sky Sports)
-Brazilian Fred (Shakhtar Donetsk) has been linked to Manchester United. (Source vi.nl online)
Wednesday, May 16, 2018:
-England Manager Gareth Southgate’s 23-man squad for the World Cup. (Source BBC Football Online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Stoke), Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Burnley).
Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Fabian Delph (Manchester City), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Harry Maguire (Leicester), Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Tottenham Hotspur), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Ashley Young (Manchester United).
Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea).
Forwards: Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Jamie Vardy (Leicester), Danny Welbeck (Arsenal).
Standby: Lewis Cook (Bournemouth), Tom Heaton (Burnley), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Jake Livermore (West Brom), James Tarkowski (Burnley).
-David Moyes has left his post equally West Ham United Manager. (Source BBC Football Online)
-1966 World Cup winner Ray Wilson passed away aged 83. he had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Sam Allardyce was dismissed equally Everton Manager. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Manchester City Manager Josip Guardiola was named the League Managers Association’s Manager of the year. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski would similar to piece of work out the club. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Manchester United receive got informally contacted the representatives of Chelsea’s Willian. (Source Sky Sports Online via Manchester Evening News)
-Napoli’s Jorginho has been linked to Manchetser City. (Source Sky Sports Online via Manchester Evening News)
-Borussia Dortmund’s Sokratis Papasthaopoulos has been linked to Arsenal. (Source Sky Sports Online via Manchester Evening News)
-Stoke City’s Kevin Wimmer has been linked to Hannover. Geoff Cameron is also probable to piece of work out the club. (Source Sky Sports Online via The Sentinel)
-Manchester City’s Patrick Roberts has been linked to Leicester City, equally has OGC Nice striker Alassane Plea. (Source Sky Sports Online via Leicester Mercury)
-Nottingham Forest’s 16-year-old Matthew Bondswell has been linked to Liverpool. (Source Sky Sports Online via Nottingham Post)
-AC Milan defender Leonardo Bonucci has been linked to Manchester United. (Source Sky Sports Online via Tuttosport)
-Swansea’s Roque Mesa is most to sign for Sevilla. (Source Sky Sports Online via El Desmarque)
-Patrick Vieira (currently managing MLS’s New York City FC) expressed disappointment next coming together Arsenal representatives most the coaching position. He felt it was precisely a token gesture’ to a one-time player. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Huddersfield’s Terence Kongolo volition probable supply to Monaco from his loan. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Brighton Manager Chris Hughton has extended his contract amongst the lodge until 2021. (Source French Republic Football Online)
-Wolvermapton Wanderers Portuguese Manager Nuno Espirito Santo was named equally the Manager of the twelvemonth for the Championship. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Thursday, May 17, 2018:
-Tottenham ‘s Harry Winks extended his contract yesteryear 5 years. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Arsenal are to grip talks amongst Mikel Arteta most the vacant Manager’s position. The lodge also intends to speak amongst Thierry Henry. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Liverpool released 3 U-23 players: Paulo Alves, Toni Gomes as well as Mich’el Parker. Chelsea’s Isaac Christie-Davies has been linked to Liverpool. (Source Sky Sports Online via Liverpool Echo)
-Newcastle United’s Chancel Mbemba volition piece of work out the lodge as well as he has been linked amongst Celtic. (Source Sky Sports Online via Newcastle Chronicle)
-West Ham United would similar to sign Rafa Benitez equally Manager. (Source Sky Sports Online via Newcastle Chronicle)
-Abel Hernandez has been linked to Aston Villa. (Source Sky Sports Online via Birmingham Mail)
-Porto defender Ricardo Pereira has been linked amongst Leicetser City. (Source Sky Sports Online via Leicester Mercury)
-Arsene Wenger stated that at 1 indicate he was some signing both Cristiano Ronaldo as well as Lionel Messi. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Mohamed Salah’s boots are to hold out on display at the Arab Republic of Egypt Collection at the British Museum. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Bournemouth goalkeeper Artur Boruc extended his contract yesteryear 1 to a greater extent than year. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Everton receive got contacted Marco Silva to hold out their adjacent Manager. (Source Daily Telegraph Online)
-Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp has allegedly inquired most air conditioning Milan goalkeeper Donnarumma . (Source Calciomercato.com Online via Tuttosport)
- Manchester United’s Anthony Martial has been linked to Atletico Madrid. (Source AS.com Online via Le10sport)
-Cameron Carter-Vickers has extended his contract amongst Tottenham. (Source vi.nl Online)
-Telstar goalkeeper rody de Boer has been linked to Bournemouth. (Source vi.nl Online)
-Josip Guardiola extended his contract amongst Manchester City yesteryear 3 to a greater extent than years. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Friday, May 18, 2018:
-Swansea Manager Carlos Carvalhal officially left the club. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Manuel Pellegrini has been linked to the West Ham United Manager position. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Jack Wilshere used twitter to limited his disappointment at missing the World Cup squad. Joe Hart similarly stated that his omission was “hard to take”. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Monaco’s Kevin N’Doram has been linked to Everton (Source Sky Sports Online via L’Equipe)
- Leicetser City has agreed on a fee for Porto defender Ricardo Pereira. (Source Sky Sports Online via Daily Mirror)
-Goalkeeper Robert Green volition piece of work out Huddersfield at the terminate of the season. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Monaco’s Djibril Sidibe has bene linked to Manchester United. (Source Calciomercato.com Online via Le10Sport)
-Stoke City Manager Paul Lambert has left the club. (Source vi.nl Online)
-Atletico Madrid as well as Croatia’s Sime Vrsaljko has been linked to Manchester United. (Source vi.nl Online via Daily Mail)
-Darren Moore has been mamed WBA Manager on permanent basis. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Steve McClaren was confirmed equally QPR Manager. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Manchester City volition non pursue Barcelona’s Sergio Busquets due to the high buy-out clause. (Source Sky Sports Online via Marca)
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
-Jack Wilshere’s representatives receive got ‘offered him’ to PSG. (Source Sky Sports Online via L’Equipe)
-Mick McCarthy has expressed involvement to Manage Stoke City. (Source Daily Telegraph online)
-WBA’s Jony Evans has been linked to Leicester City. (Source vi.nl Online)
-After the FA Cup Final loss, Manchester United Manager Jose Mourinho stated that Chelsea did non deserve to win, since they defended amongst nine men. (Source BBC Football Online)
Sunday, May 20, 2018:
-Liverpool cancelled an August 7th friendly amongst Moenchengladbach after the High German club’s involvement over Liverpool teenager Rhian Brewster. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-West Ham United’s James Collins volition piece of work out the club. (Source BBC Football Online)
Monday, May 21, 2018:
-Manchester United receive got offered a professional person contract to Northern Irish Gaelic teenager Ethan Galbraith. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Arsenal’s Santi Cazorla volition piece of work out the lodge at the terminate of the season. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Unai Emery is laid to teach the novel Arsenal Manager. (Source BBC Football Online)
FA Cup-Final (May 19, 2018):
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
Chelsea 1-Manchester United 0 (Eden Hazard 22 pen)
II. Italy
On Thursday, equally expected Gianluigi Buffon announced that he was leaving Juventus after 17 years. It was all the same unclear whether he would retire or play elsewhere. There has bene some chatter that he mightiness bring together PSG.
Another ongoing ground centered on Lazio’s Dutch defender Stefan De Vrij. He has signed for Inter for adjacent twelvemonth as well as they happened to hold out their terminal opponents for the remaining CL spot. In the end, he played on Sunday, but Inter won inward Rome (3-2) inward dramatic fashion to clinch the CL spot. Had inter non won, some believed that they would receive got had to sell Mauro Icardi amid others.
The 24-hour interval earlier on Saturday, Buffon played his in conclusion correspond for Juventus inward (2-1) win over Verona.
In the end, Crotone were relegated along amongst Verone as well as Benevento.
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Photo From: L’Equipe, May 20, 2018
(Gianluigi Buffon) |
Diary:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018:
-PSG’s Marco Verratti has been linked to Juventus, equally has Lazio’s Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Genk defender Omar Colley has been linked to Sampdoria. (Source Footnews.be online)
-Leonardo Spinazzola volition supply to Juventus from his ii flavor loan at Atalanta. Likewise, defender Mattia Caladra volition also supply to Juventus from his loan at Atalanta. Meanwhile, Manchetser United’s Matteo Darmian is also linked to Juventus. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-AS Roma’s Dutchman Kevin Strootman has been linked amongst Internazionale Milano. (Source Calciomercato.com Online via La Gazzetta Dello Sport)
-Cagliari’s Nicolo Barella has been linked amongst Internazionale Milano. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-Juventus’ Kwadwo Asamoah is laid to sign for Internazionale Milano as well as is undergoing his medical. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-Juventus volition debut their novel kit inward the in conclusion abode correspond of the flavor this weekend vs. Verona. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-Napoli’s Castilian goalkeeper Pepe Reina is due to sign for air conditioning Milan. (Source AS.com)
- Sampdoria receive got been fined 20,000 Euros for crowd problem during their correspond vs. Napoli on Sunday. (Source Corriere dello Sport Online)
-Slovenian goalkeeper Rok Vodisek (Olimpia Ljubljana) has been linked to Napoli. (Source Corriere dello Sport Online)
-New Italy Manager Roberto Mancini hinted that Mario Balotelli was role of his plans. (Source vi.nl online)
Wednesday, May 16, 2018:
-Inter Manager Luciano Spalletti would similar to sign Manchester City’s Ilkay Gundogan if Inter qualifies for the CL. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin has agreed to bring together Juventus. (Source Sky Sports Online via La Gazzetta Dello Sport)
-AS Roma desire to extend the contract of Edin Dzeko yesteryear 1 twelvemonth (he has been linked amongst MLS’s Los Angeles FC). (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Fiorentina’s Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Veretout has been suspended for 3 matches after beingness sent off over the weeknd vs. Cagliari. (Source French Republic Football Online)
-Uruguay as well as Genoa’s Diego Laxalt has been linked to Fiorentina, Roma as well as Torino. (Source Calciomercato.com Online via Tuttosport)
-Domenico Criscito signed for his one-time lodge Genoa after vii years at Zenit St. Petersburg. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-Napoli Manager Maurizio Sarri had a coming together amongst lodge President Aurelio de Laurentis to verbalize over his future. (Source vi.nl online)
Thursday, May 17, 2018:
-Juventus goalkeeper Ginaluigi Buffon announced that he was leaving Juventus after 17 years. (Source BBC Football Online)
- Ginaluigi Buffon took the chance to apologize to English linguistic communication Refere Michael Oliver after verbally attacking him next his sending off inward the CL correspond vs. Real Madrid. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Fabio Borini volition brand his transfer to air conditioning Milan (from Suncdeland) permanent on July 1st. (Source Sky Sports Online via Sunderland Echo)
-Lucien Favre, tipped to hold out the novel Dortmund Manager, has allegedly vetoed the transfer of Juventus’ Stephan Lichsteiner. (Source Sky Sports Online via Sport Bild)
Stephan Lichsteiner revealed that he has non reached an understanding amongst Dortmund as well as ruled out a displace to China. (Source Calciomercato via Sport Bild)
-Lyon’s Kenny Tete has been linked to AS Roma. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
- Due to the growing contestation regarding Lazio’s Dutch defender Stefan De Vrij signing amongst Internazionale Milano precisely earlier their telephone commutation encounter, it has been decided that he volition skip the match. (Source Calciomercato.com via Corriere dello Sport)
-Celta Vigo intend to sign Torino’s on-loan thespian Lucas Boye on permamnent basis. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-Cagliari’s Joa Pedro has been banned for half-dozen months for doping violations. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-Maurizio Sarri appears to remain at Napoli instead of joining Chelsea. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-Juventus receive got signed Barcleona’s teenage star Pablo Moreno. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
Friday, May 18, 2018:
-Juventus’ Kwadwo Asamoah released a argument signaling his difference from the club. He is to bring together Internationale Milano. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Everton’s Davy Klaassen has been linked to Napoli (Source Sky Sports Online via La Gazzetta dello Sport)
-Porto’s Ivan Marcano has been linked to Roma. (Source Calciomercato.com online)
-Arsenal’s Lucas Perez has been linked to Lazio. (Source Calciomercato.com online via Corriere dello Sport)
-Arsenal’s Yunus Musah is most to sign amongst Juventus. (Source Calciomercato.com online via La Gazzetta dello Sport)
- Lazio’s Dutch defender Stefan De Vrij expressed that he does desire to play the telephone commutation correspond vs. Inter. (Source Corriere dello Sport)
-Juventus Manager Massimiliano Allegri criticized Napoli for showing a lack of abide by to Juventus. (Source La Gazzetta Dello Sport)
- Juventus produce non intend to sell Mattia Caldara to PSG. (Source vi.nl via Corriere dello Sport Online)
-Parma were promoted to the Serie Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 after an away win (2-0) at Spezia. (Source BBC Football Online)
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
-Sampdoria’s Dennis Praet is linked to AS Roma. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Juventus unveiled their novel abode jerseys inward their in conclusion correspond of the season. This was also Gianluigi Buffon’s in conclusion correspond amongst Juventus.
-Roberto Mancini’s starting fourth dimension selected Italy squad amongst a remember for Mario Balotelli. (Source L’Equipe online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers : Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Mattia Perin (Genoa), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino).
Defenders: Leonardo Bonucci (Milan), Mattia Caldara (Atalanta), Domenico Criscito (Zenit San Pietroburgo), Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter), Mattia De Sciglio (Juventus), Emerson Palmieri Dos Santos (Chelsea), Alessio Romagnoli (Milan), Daniele Rugani (Juventus), Davide Zappacosta (Chelsea).
Midfielders : Daniele Baselli (Torino), Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan), Bryan Cristante (Atalanta), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Frello Filho Jorge Luiz Jorginho (Napoli), Rolando Mandragora (Crotone), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma).
Strikers: Mario Balotelli (Nizza), Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Matteo Politano (Sassuolo), Simone Verdi (Bologna), Simone Zaza (Valencia).
-Juventus’ Stephan Lichsteiner is at nowadays linked to AS Monaco. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
Sunday, May 20, 2018:
-Manchester United’s Maroune Fellaini has been linked to air conditioning Milan. (Source Calciomercato Online via La Derniere Heure)
-Napoli receive got called out Juventus for a really disrespectful tweet (retweeted yesteryear Douglas Costa) celebrating the championship win yesteryear showing a coffin amongst Napoli’s colors amongst Insigne’s elevate on it. (Source Footnews.be Online)
Monday, May 21, 2018:
-Emerson Palmieri Dos Santos as well as Claudio Marchisio receive got withdrawn from Italy squad due to injuries. (Source Tuttosport Online)
League Matchday (May 19-20, 2018):
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
Juventus 2-Verona 1 (Daniele Rugani 49, Miralem Pjanic 52 / Alessio Cerci 76)
Sunday, May 20, 2018:
Genoa 1-Torino 2 (Goran Pandev fourscore / Iago Falque 30, Daniele Baselli 58)
AC Milan 5-Fiorentina 1 (Hakan Calhanoglu 23, Patrick Cutrone 41, 59, Nikola Kalinic 49, Bonaventura 76 / Giovanni Simeone 20)
Cagliari 1-Atalanta 0 (Luca Ceppitelli 87)
Chievo Verona 1 –Benevento 0 (Roberto Inglese 49)
SPAL 3-Sampdoria 1 (Mirko Antenucci 4 pen, 52, Alberto Grassi 50 / Dawid Kownacki 65)
Napoli 2-Crotone 1 (Arkadiusz Milik 23, Jose Maria Callejon 32 / Marco Tumminello 90)
Udinese 1-Bologna 0 (Seko Fofana 30)
Lazio 2-Internazionale Milano 3 (Ivan Perisic (own goal) 9, Felipe Anderson 41 / Danilo D’Ambrosio 29, Mauro Icardi 78 pen, Matias Vecino 81)
Sassuolo 0-AS Roma 1 (Gianluca Pegolo (own goal) 45)
Top Goalscorer:
Ciro Immobile (Lazio) 29 goals
Mauro Icardi (Internazionale Milano) 29 goals
Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
1 | Juventus | 38 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 86 | 24 | 62 | 95 |
2 | Napoli | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 78 | 29 | 49 | 91 |
3 | AS Roma | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 61 | 28 | 33 | 77 |
4 | Internazionale | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 66 | 30 | 36 | 72 |
5 | Lazio | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 89 | 49 | 40 | 72 |
6 | AC Milan | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 42 | 14 | 64 |
18 | Crotone | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 66 | -26 | 35 |
19 | Verona | 38 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 30 | 78 | -48 | 25 |
20 | Benevento | 38 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 33 | 84 | -51 | 21 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
III. Spain
During the week, Atletico Madrid defeated OM (3-0) to win the Europa League amongst Griezmann scoring twice. Atletico Manager Diego Simeone watched from the stands.
On Saturday, Zinedine Zidane’s boy Luca made his debut equally goalkeeper inward Real Madrid’s in conclusion correspond of the flavor (2-2) amongst Villareal.
On Sunday, Andres Iniesta played his in conclusion e'er correspond for Barcelona vs. Real Sociedad. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 photograph of him circulated equally he remained on the pitch until the forenoon hours at the Camp Nou pitch barefoot.
Fernando Torres likewise played his in conclusion correspond for Atletico Madrid vs. Eibar (2-2) as well as scored twice.
Lionel Messi (34 goals) has at nowadays won the Golden Shoe equally Europe’s top goalscorer for the 5th time, the starting fourth dimension thespian to produce so.
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Photo From: L’Equipe, May 17, 2018
(Antoine Griezmann) |
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Photo From: L’Equipe, May 21, 2018
(Andres Iniesta) |
Diary:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018:
-Sevilla defender Clement Lenglet has been linked to Barcelona. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Andres Iniesta disclosed that he had been approached yesteryear Manchester City. (Source Calciomercato.com Online)
-A stand upwards collapsed during a verbalize present amongst Andres Iniesta equally guest. Eighteen people were injured. (Source AS.com)
-Former Real Madrid thespian Guti has been linked amongst the administration of Leganes (Asier Garitano volition piece of work out the club). (Source AS.com)
Wednesday, May 16, 2018:
-Lionel Messi said it would hold out “terrible” if Neymar were to bring together Real Madrid. (Source Sky Sports Online via TyC Sports)
-Atletico Madrid Diego Simeone’s appeal to rest on the bench for today’s Europa League Final was rejected yesteryear the Court of Arbitration for Sport. (Source Marca.com online)
-Andres Iniesta commented on the reports of Sergio Busquets’ departure. He said it would hold out a ‘huge mistake’ were he to piece of work out the club. (Source Marca.com online)
-Maurico Pellegrino has been listed equally a possibility to hold out the adjacent Leganes Manager . (Source AS.com Online)
-Barcelona are probable to pay the buy-out clause for Sevilla defender Clement Lenglet . (Source AS.com Online)
Friday, May 18, 2018:
-Andres Iniesta has been linked to Japanese side Vissel Kobe. (Source Calciomercato.com online)
-Gerard Pique revealed that when he was 21 he could receive got joind Juventus but decided to piece of work dorsum to Barcelona. (Source Calciomercato.com online)
-AC Milan’s Mateo Musacchio has been linked to Sevilla. (Source Calciomercato.com online)
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
-Inter’s Milan Skriniar has been linked to Barcelona (Source AS. Com online via La Gazzetta dello Sport)
Sunday, May 20, 2018:
-Javi Calleja volition remain equally Villareal Manager as well as was given a 1 twelvemonth extension. (Source AS.com Online)
-Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy has been linked to Atletico Madrid. (Source Calciomercato Online)
Monday, May 21, 2018:
-Villareal President Fernando Roig announced that Rodri would piece of work out the lodge (probably to Atletico Madrid). Roig also stated that he believed the thespian is leaving also presently as well as should receive got stayed longer. (Source AS.com Online)
-Spain Manager Julen Lopetegui’s 23-man World Cup squad. The biggest elevate missing is Alvaro Morata. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: David de Gea (Manchester United), Pepe Reina (Napoli), Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic Bilbao).
Defenders: Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Nacho Monreal (Arsenal), Alvaro Odriozola (Real Sociedad), Nacho Fernandez (Real Madrid), Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea).
Midfielders: Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Isco (Real Madrid), Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich), David Silva (Manchester City), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid), Koke (Atletico Madrid).
Forwards: Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid), Rodrigo Moreno (Valencia), Lucas Vazquez (Real Madrid).
European Matches involving Castilian Teams:
Wednesday, May 16, 2018:
Europa League, Final:
Olympqiue Marseille 0-Atletico Madrid 3 (Antoine Griezmann 21, 49, Gabi 89)
League Matchday (May 19-20, 2018):
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
Celta 4-Levante 2 (Maximilano Gomez 29, 63, Iago Aspas 41, 48 / Ruben Rochina 12, Jose Luis Morales 74)
Leganes 3-Real Betis 2 (Dimitris Siovas 28, Jose Naranjo 64, Nordin Amrabat 79 / Joel Campbell 20, Antonio Sanabria 76)
Las Palmas 1-Girona 2 (Jonathan Calleri fourteen pen / Cristhian Stuani 5, 42 )
Malga 0-Getafe 1 (Loic Remy 73 pen)
Sevilla 1-Alaves 0 (Wissam Ben Yedder 28)
Villareal 2-Real Madrid 2 (Roger Martinez 70, Samuel Castillejo 85 /Gareth Bale 11, Cristiano Ronaldo 32)
Sunday, May 20, 2018:
Valencia 2 –Deportivo La Coruna 1 (Simone Zaza 28, Goncalo Guedes 77 / Lucas Perez 80)
Athletic Bilbao 0-Espanyol 1 (David Lopez 9)
Atletico Madrid 2-Eibar 2 (Fernando Torres 42, lx / Kike 35, Ruben Jimenez Pena 70)
Barcelona 1-Real Sociedad 0 (Phillipe Coutinho 57)
Top Goalscorer:
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 34 goals
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 26 goals
Luis Suarez (Barcelona) 25 goals
Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
1 | Barcelona | 38 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 99 | 29 | 70 | 93 |
2 | Atletico Madrid | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 58 | 22 | 36 | 79 |
3 | Real Madrid | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 94 | 44 | 50 | 76 |
4 | Valencia | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 38 | 27 | 72 |
5 | Villareal | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 50 | 7 | 61 |
6 | Real Betis | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 60 | 61 | -1 | 60 |
18 | Deportivo La Coruna | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 38 | 76 | -38 | 29 |
19 | Las Palmas | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 74 | -50 | 22 |
20 | Malaga | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 61 | -37 | 20 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
IV. Germany
Joachim Low named the World Cup provisional squad. The players who failed to brand the cutting included Mario Gotze (who scored the 2014 winning goal), Emre Can as well as Sandro Wagner. Wagner later retired from the National Team as well as attacked Low. The injured Manuel Neuer surprisingly was included but it remains to hold out seen whether he volition brand the terminal 23.
On Saturday, Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Bayern Munich (3-1) inward an upset inward the Final of the DfB Pokal. Frankfut Manager Nico Kovac is laid to convey over at Bayern. This was Jupp Heynckes’ terminal human activeness equally Bayern Manager inward his 4th as well as terminal stint amongst the club.
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Photo From: French Republic Football, Issue 3758, May 22, 2018
(Nico Kovac) |
Diary:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018:
-Germany coach Joachim Low’s 27-man preliminary squad for the World Cup (Source Sky Sports online)
Goalkeepers: Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona), Kevin Trapp (Paris Saint-Germain)
Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Matthias Ginter (Borussia Monchengladbach), Jonas Hector (FC Cologne), Mats Hummels (Bayern Munich), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin), Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea), Niklas Sule (Bayern Munich), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)
Midfielders: Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Paris Saint-Germain), Leon Goretzka (Schalke 04), Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City), Sami Khedira (Juventus), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Sebastian Rudy (Bayern Munich), Leroy Sane (Manchester City)
Forwards: Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Nils Petersen (SC Freiburg), Timo Werner (RB Leipzig)
-Mario Gotze, who scored the 2014 World Cup winning goal, was left off Joachim Low’s preliminary squad for the World Cup. Low expressed how sorry he was for the conclusion but that Gotze was out of shape for the Tournament. (Source BBC Football Online)
-National Team Manager Joachim Low extended his contract until 2022. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Hoffenheim Manager Julian Nagelsmann volition remain at the club, ending whatever speculation amongst the Arsenal job. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Eintracht Frankfurt’s Marius Wolf has been linked amongst Dortmund. (Source Sky Sports Online via Bild)
-Hoffenheim receive got signed the Algerian striker Ishak Belfodil from Standard Liege (had been on loan to Werder Bremen). (Source Sport Bild online)
-Wolfsburg coach Bruno Labbadia defended his Belgian thespian Divock Origi who inward an interview appeared unaware of their relegation opponent Holstein Kiel. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Koln receive got sigend Lasse Sobiech from St Pauli. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Fortuna Dusseldorf receive got signed Alfredo Morales from Ingolstadt. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Werder Bremen receive got signed Kevin Mohwald from Nuremberg. (Source Kicker.de online)
-SV Hamburg receive got signed Kaiserslautern’s Christoph Moritz. (Source Kicker.de online)
Wednesday, May 16, 2018:
-Ralph Hasenhuttl has left his post equally RB Leipzig Manager. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Bayern Munich’s Sebastian Rudy has been linked amongst Stuttgart. (Source Sky Sports Online via Sport Bild)
-Adolf Hutter volition hold out the novel Eintracht Frankfurt Manager for the adjacent season. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Bayern Munich receive got offered a professional person contract to Thorben Hoffmann. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Koln’s Japanese thespian Yuya Osako has signed amongst Werder Bremen, (Source Kicker.de online)
-Koln receive got signed Louis Schaub from Rapid Vienna. (Source Kicker.de online)
Thursday, May 17, 2018:
-Tottenham’s Keanan Bennetts has been linked to Moenchengladbach. (Source Sky Sports Online via Sport Bild)
-Sandro Wagner has retired from the National Team after beingness overlooked for the World Cup. (Source Sky Sports Online via Sport Bild)
-Jurgen Klinsmann stated that had he non been sacked, USA would receive got qualified for the World Cup. (Source French Republic Football Online)
- Renato Sanches has returned to Bayern Munich from his loan as well as volition non hold out loaned out again. Goalkeeper Michael Netolitzky also returned to Bayern from his loan at Halleschen FC. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Schalke receive got signed Suat Serdar from Mainz . (Source Kicker.de online)
-Augsburg receive got offered a professional person contract to Simon Asta. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Cameroon as well as Angers’ Karl Toko Ekambi has been linked to Hoffenheim. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Japan as well as Stuttgart thespian Takuma Asano has been linked amongst Hannover. (Source Kicker.de online)
Friday, May 18, 2018:
-Tottenham’s Keanan Bennetts has signed amongst Moenchengladbach. (Source Sky Sports)
-Atalanta defender Hans Hateboer has been linked to Dortmund. (Source Calciomercato.com online)
-Sandro Wagner had criticized Joachim Low for discarding him for the World Cup. He believed Low had dropped him because of his rigid character. Joachim Low hitting dorsum yesteryear maxim he has shown disrespect to his teammates. Low stated that he understands Wagner’s disappointment but his reaction has ben excessive. Uli Hoeness as well as Jupp Heynckes also felt that he over-reacted. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Werder Bremen receive got offered a professional person contract to Idrissa Toure. (Source Kicker.de online)
-SV Hamburg receive got offered a professional person contract to Moritz-Broni Kwarteng. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Kaiserslautern receive got signed Theodor Bergmann from Rot-Weiss Erfurt. (Source Kicker.de online)
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
- Bayern Munich’s David Alaba has been linked to Real Madrid according to the player’s father. (Source AS. Com online)
-Markus Babbel has been appointed equally Manager of Austalian side Western Sydney Wanderers. (Source AS. Com online)
-Valencia’s Rodrigo has been linked to Bayern Munich. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Fortuna Dusseldorf receive got signed Kenan Karaman from Hannover. (Source Kicker.de online)
- Bayer Leverkusen’s Leon Bailey has been linked to Bayern Munich. (Source vi.nl online via ESPN)
Promotion Playoff (May 17, 2018):
Thursday, May 17, 2018:
Wolfsburg 3-Holstein Kiel 1 (Divock Origi 13, Josip Brekalo 40, Yunus Malli 56 / Kingsley Schindler 34)
DfB Pokal-Final (May 19, 2018):
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
Bayern Munich 1-Eintracht Frankfurt 3 (Robert Lewandowski 53 / Ante Rebic 11, 82, Mijat Gacinovic 90)
V. France
OM failed inward its endeavour to win Eurpean silverware as well as were defeated yesteryear Atletico Madrid (0-3) inward the Europa League. OM’s Dimitri Payet left the plain injured as well as inward tears equally he knew his World Cup dreams were dashed equally well.
He missed Didier Deschamps World Cup cutting along amongst the likes of Rabiot, Martial, Coman as well as Laczaette.
In the League, Monaco as well as Lyon joined PSG inward the CL, patch OM had to settle for the Europa League after the terminal round. Troyes were relegated along amongst Metz, patch Toulouse had to human face upwards a playoff to rest amongst the elite.
Finally, Thomas Tuchel was officiallity unveiled equally the novel PSG Manager.
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Photo From: L’Equipe, May 21, 2018
(Thomas Tuchel) |
Diary:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018:
-Patrick Vieira has been linked amongst the Management of Nantes if Claudio Ranieri leaves. Jocelyn Gourvennec as well as Ricardo Sa Pinto receive got also been linked amongst the job. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Wednesday, May 16, 2018:
-Lazio’s Sergej Milinkovic-Savic has been linked amongst PSG. (Source Sky Sports Online via L’Equipe)
-Metz Manager Frederic Hantz volition piece of work out at the terminate of the season. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Patrick Vieira has also been linked amongst the administration of OGC Nice. (Source French Republic Football Online)
-OGC Nice receive got offered a professional person contract to Diaby Fadiga. (Source French Republic Football Online)
-St Etienne receive got offered professional person contracts to Mahdi Camara as well as Wesley Fofana. (Source French Republic Football Online)
-Anderlecht’s Adrien Trebel has been linked to Stade Rennais. (Source footnews.be online)
-The World Cup hopes of OM’s Dimitri Payet may receive got been damaged equally he left the plain injured as well as inward tears inward OM’s loss inward the Final of the Europa League. (Source BBC Football online)
Thursday, May 17, 2018:
-Italian Manager Claudio Ranieri left Nantes yesteryear usual consent. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Atleico Madrid’s French striker Kevin Gameiro has teach the starting fourth dimension Frenchman to win 4 European trophies. (Source Sky Sports Online via L’Equipe)
-Bordeaux’s Jaroslav Plasil has extended his contract yesteryear 1 year. (Source French Republic Football Online)
-Stephane Ruffier was voted equally St Etienne’s thespian of the flavor yesteryear the team’s fans. (Source French Republic Football Online)
-France Manager Didier Deschamps’s 23-man squad for the World Cup. (Source BBC Football Online)
The Full List:
Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Alphonse Areola (Paris Saint-Germain)
Defenders: Lucas Hernandez (Atletico Madrid), Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint-Germain), Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City), Benjamin Pavard (Stuttgart), Adil Rami (Marseille), Djibril Sidibe (Monaco), Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)
Midfielders: N'Golo Kante (Chelsea), Blaise Matuidi (Juventus), Steven N'Zonzi (Sevilla), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Corentin Tolisso (Bayern Munich)
Forwards: Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona), Nabil Fekir (Lyon), Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Thomas Lemar (Monaco), Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), Florian Thauvin (Marseille)
Friday, May 18, 2018:
-Deprtaing Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has been linked amongst PSG. (Source L’Equipe online)
-The French League’s Disciplinary Comission rescinded OM goalkeeper Steve Mandanda’s cerise bill of fare vs. Guingamp this yesteryear week. Caen’s Ismael Diomande was suspended for 3 matches after a sending off, patch Moanco’s Rachid Ghezal was suspended for 3 matches (one suspended) for a sending off. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Michel Platini claimed that “a niggling trickery” was used to piece of work on Brazil as well as French Republic carve upwards from 1 some other until the Final during the 1998 World Cup that he helped organize.. (Source Daily Telegraph online)
-Bordeaux receive got offered a professional person contract to Over Mandanda. He is blood brother of OM’s Steve as well as a goalkeeper similar him equally well. (Source French Republic Football Online)
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
-St Etienne would similar to sign Remy Cabella on permanent basis. (Source Sky Sports Online via L’Equipe)
-OGC Nice’s Adrien Tameze has been linked to Porto. (Source French Republic Football Online)
-Caen Manager Patrice Garande left the lodge after ensuring survival on the in conclusion day. (Source L’Equipe online)
Sunday, May 20, 2018:
-OGC Nice announced the difference of Manager Lucien Favre. (Source L’Equipe online)
Monday, May 21, 2018:
-Bayer Leverkusen’s Brazilian defender Wendell has been linked to PSG. (Source L’Equipe online)
European Matches involving French Teams:
Wednesday, May 16, 2018:
Europa League, Final:
Olympqiue Marseille 0-Atletico Madrid 3 (Antoine Griezmann 21, 49, Gabi 89)
League Matchday (May 19, 2018):
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
Caen 0- Paris St. Germain 0
Dijon 2-Angers 1 (Pierrick Capelle (own goal) 22, Julio Tavares 75 / Flavien Tait 53)
Lyon 3-OGC Nice 2 (Memphis Depay 48, 65, 86 / Alassane Plea 18, 89)
Olympique Marseille 2-Amiens 1 (Morgan Sanson 10, Kostas Mitroglou eighteen / Moussa Konate 30)
Metz 0-Bordeaux 4 (Martin Braithwaite 11, Malcolm 17, Francois Kamano 44, Nicolas De Preville 78)
Nantes 1-Strasbourg 0 (Leo Dubois 32)
Rennes 1-Montpellier 1 (Adrien Hunou xiii / Isaac Mbenza 17)
St Etienne 5-Lille 0 (Jonathan Bamba 7, Romain Hamouna 13, 40, 61, Kevin Malcuit (own goal) 65)
Toulouse 2-Guingamp 1 (Max-Alain Gradel 59, Yaya Sanogo 63 / Clement Grenier 66)
Troyes 0-Monaco 3 (Rony Lopes 22, 71, Jordi Mboula 90)
Top Goalscorer:
Edinson Cavani (Paris St. Germain) 28 goals
Florian Thauvin (Olympique Marseille) 22 goals
Neymar (Paris St. Germain) xix goals
Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
1 | Paris St. Germain | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 108 | 29 | 79 | 93 |
2 | AS Monaco | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 85 | 45 | 40 | 80 |
3 | Lyon | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 87 | 43 | 44 | 78 |
4 | Marseille | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 80 | 47 | 33 | 77 |
5 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 44 | 6 | 58 |
6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 55 |
18 | Toulouse | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 54 | -16 | 37 |
19 | Troyes | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 59 | -27 | 33 |
20 | Metz | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 76 | -42 | 26 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
VI. Holland
Diary:
Wednesday, May `6, 2018:
-PSV Eindhoven Technical Director Marcel Brands left his post to convey a similar post at Everton. (Source vi.nl online)
-VVV’s High German goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall has been linked to PSV Eindhoven. (Source vi.nl online)
-Heracles receive got signed Borussia Moenchengladbach goalkeeper Janis Blaswich. (Source vi.nl online)
-Utrecht receive got signed Leon Guwara from Werder Bremen. (Source vi.nl online)
-Willem II receive got signed Dries Saddiki from Fortuna Sittard. (Source vi.nl online)
-AZ receive got extended the contract of Thomas Ouwejan yesteryear ii years. (Source vi.nl online)
-Mitchell van der Gaag is the novel Manager of NAC replacing Stijn Vreven. (Source vi.nl online)
Thursday, May 17, 2018:
-Robin van Persie stated that when inward the English linguistic communication Premier League, away matches at Stoke were the toughest ones. (Source Sky Sports Online via The Sentinel)
-Jan Olde Riekerink has been appointed equally the novel Manager of SC Heeenveen. (Source vi.nl Online)
Friday, May 18, 2018:
- Ajax’s Justin Kluivert is thinking most leaving the club, accusing the lodge of forcing him to sign a novel contract. (Source AS.com online)
- PSV Eindhoven receive got signed VVV’s goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall. He volition rest at VVV on loan for 1 year. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Utrecht receive got signed Simon Gustafson from Feyenoord. (Source vi.nl online)
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
-Ajax receive got offered a professional person contract to Jaymillo Pinas. (Source vi.nl online)
Europa League-Playoff (May 15-19, 2018):
Tuesday, May 15, 2018:
Vitesse 3-Utrecht 2 (Mason Mount 42, Bryan Linssen 78, Guram Kashia ninety / Ramon Leeuwin 62, Zakaria Labyad 86)
Satursday, May 19, 2018:
Utrecht 1- Vitesse 2 (Mark van der Maarel 46 / Ramon Leeuwin (own goal) 18, Matt Miazga 38)
Dutch Eredivisie Playoffs (May 17-20, 2018):
Thursday, May 17, 2018:
Emmen 0-Sparta 0
Almere City 1-De Graafschap 1 (van van der Water 84 / Fabian Serrarens 90)
Sunday, May 20, 2018:
Sparta 1-Emmen 3 (Stijn Spierings 28 / Michael Chacon 38, Anco Jansen 59, Alexander Bannink 66)
De Graafschap 2- Almere City 1 (Tarik Tissoudali 45, Fabian Serrarens 68 / Jerge Hoefdraad 36)
VII. Scotland
On Saturday, Celtic clinched the domestic treble for the minute twelvemonth inward a row after defeating Mother good (2-0) inward SFA Cup Final.
Diary:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018:
-Celtic Manager Brendan Rodgers was named the Scottish Premiership Manager of the twelvemonth as well as Celtic’s Scott Brown was named equally the Player of the Year. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Wednesday, May 16, 2018:
-Celtic’s Kieran Tierney has been linked amongst Atletico Madrid. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Ryan Fraser, Mat Ritchie as well as Barry Douglas receive got withdrawn from the upcoming Scotland squad due to injuries, patch John Souttar may also hold out doubtful. Stephen O’Donnell was called upwards equally a replacement. (Source BBC Football Online)
Revised squad:
Goalkeepers: Jordan Archer (Millwall), Allan McGregor (Hull City) Jon McLaughlin (Hearts)
Defenders: Jack Hendry (Celtic), Scott McKenna (Aberdeen), Charlie Mulgrew (Blackburn Rovers), Stephen O'Donnell (Kilmarnock), Callum Paterson (Cardiff City), John Souttar (Hearts), Lewis Stevenson (Hibernian).
Midfielders: Stuart Armstrong (Celtic), Dylan McGeouch (Hibernian), John McGinn (Hibernian), Kenny McLean (Aberdeen), Scott McTominay (Manchester United), Jamie Murphy (Brighton & Hove Albion, on loan at Rangers), Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen), Ryan Christie (Celtic, on loan at Aberdeen).
Forwards: Oli McBurnie (Swansea City, on loan at Barnsley), Lewis Morgan (Celtic, on loan at St Mirren), Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion), Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City).
-Hearts receive got signed Luton’s Olly Lee to a pre-contract. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Former Scotlsnd Manager Craig Brown expressed regret for non including Ally McCoist for the 1998 World Cup. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Dundee released Kevin Holt, Jon Autenetxe, Julen Etxabeguren, Kostadin Gadhalov as well as Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Piggott. Nicky Low as well as Jeremy Malherbe volition also piece of work out the lodge as well as Simon Murray as well as A-Jay Leitch-Smith volition returm to their clubs from their loans (Hibs as well as Shrewsbury respectively). (Source BBC Football Online)
- Hull City goalkeeper Allan McGregor ahs returned to Rangers Glasgow. (Source BBC Football Online)
Thursday, May 17, 2018:
-Dundee signed Elton Ngwatala from Kidderminster Harriers. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Rangers would similar to sign Nottingham Forest’s Jason Cummings on permanent basis. (Source Sky Sports Online via Nottingham Post)
-Rangers intend to sign Brighton’s Connor Goldson. (Source Sky Sports Online via The Argus)
-Motherwell’s Chris Cadden has been called upwards to the Scotland squad to brand upwards for a seat out of withdrawals. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Steven Gerrard is interested inward signing Jermain Defoe. (Source vi.nl Online via Scottish Daily Record)
Friday, May 18, 2018:
-Rangers receive got signed Jamie Murphy from Brighton. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Celtic’s Australian midfielder Tom Rogic has extended his contarct yesteryear 5 years. (Source BBC Football Online)
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
-Celtic clinched the domestic treble for the minute twelvemonth inward a row after defeating Mother good (2-0) inward SFA Cup Final. (Source BBC Football Online)
Premiership Playoff (May 17-20, 2018):
Thursday, May 17, 2018:
Livingstone 2-Patrick Thistle 1 (Keaghan Jacobs 13, Scott Pittman 74 / Kris Doolan 10)
Sunday, May 20, 2018:
Patrick Thistle 0- Livingstone 1 (Keaghan Jacobs 46)
Scottish FA Cup-Final (May 19, 2018):
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
Celtic 2-Motherwell 0 (Callum McGregor 11, Olivier Ntcham 25)
VIII. Portugal
Sporting Cp ended a misfortunate calendar week that had started amongst their players beingness attacked yesteryear losing the Cup Final vs. Aves.
Diary:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018:
-Sporting CP’s Fabio Coentrao has taken himself out of World Cup contention due to a tiring season. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Colon Santa Fe’s Argentinean striker High German Conti has been linked to Benfica. (Source Maisfutebol online)
-Porto receive got extended the contract of eighteen twelvemonth old goalkeeper Diogo Costa. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Wednesday, May 16, 2018:
-Sporting CP receive got condemned the acts of vandalism as well as aggression against its players carried out yesteryear some “fans”. They had attacked the players as well as damaged the club’s grooming ground. (Source BBC Football online)
-Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas has expressed solidarity amongst the Sporting CP players after the attacks on the players. (Source Maisfutebol online)
-Benfica’s Brazilian thespian Douglas volition supply to Barcelona from his loan. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Thursday, May 17, 2018:
-Benfica receive got signed High German goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos from Panathinaikos. (Source Maisfutebol online)
-Porto receive got extended the contract of Senegal goalkeeper Mouhamed Mbaye. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Friday, May 18, 2018:
-Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas has extended his contract yesteryear 1 year. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-Benfica receive got signed Tyronne Ebuehi from Den Haag. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Sunday, May 21, 2018:
- Yuri Ribeiro has returned to Benfica from his loan at Rio Ave. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Portugal Cup-Final (May twenty 2018):
Sunday, May 20, 2018:
Aves 2-Sporting CP 1 (Alexandre Guedes 16, 72 / Fedy Montero 85)
IX. Belgium
Standard Liege Manager Ricardo Sa Pinto has left the lodge after guiding them to minute house behind Club Brugge.
Radja Nainggolan was left off of Roberto Martinez’s World Cup squad. He directly retired from the National Team.
Diary:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018:
-Igor De Camargo has left APOEL Nicosia as well as volition sign for KV Mechelen. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-Ostend’s Croation defender Antonio Milic is a target for Anderlecht. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-English defender Oscar Threlkeld has signed for Waasland-Beveren.(Source Walfoot.be online)
-Milos Kosanovic volition supply to Standard Liege from his loan at Goztepe. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-Antwerp receive got signed Ivo Rodrigues (on loan from Porto) on permanent basis. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Wednesday, May 16, 2018:
-Lamine Ndao has signed for Beveren from Quevilly-Rouen. (Source French Republic Football Online)
-Anderlecht would similar to sign Newcastle’s on-loan goalkeeper Matz Sels on permanent basis. (Source Walfoot.be online via Het Laatste Nieuws)
Thursday, May 17, 2018:
-Despite the fact that Everton as well as Anderlecht had agreed that the Nigerian Henry Onyekuru would pass an extra flavor at loan at Anderlecht, he may bring together Borussia Moenchengladbach instead. (Source Sky Sports Online via Liverpool Echo)
-Charly Musonda returned to Chelsea from his disappointing loan at Celtic. Kingdom of Belgium U-21 Manager Johann Walem criticized his conduct yesteryear referencing how he had fifty-fifty refused a pick amongst the U-21 squad. (Source Sky Sports Online via Evening Times)
-The Greek Federation approved the cancellation of Guillaume Gillet’s contract from Olympiakos. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-Club Brugge receive got offered a professional person contract to Lois Openda. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-Metz receive got signed Sami Lahassaini. He volition rest amongst Seraing United until Jan earlier joining Metz. (Source Footnews.be online)
- KV Mechelen receive got signed Laurent Lemoine from Club Brugge. (Source Walfoot.be online)
Friday, May 18, 2018:
-Belgium Manager Roberto Martinez has extended his contract yesteryear ii years. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-The Nigerian Henry Onyekuru has defendant Anderlecht Manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck of non playing him to harm his chances of going to the World Cup. In protestation he has refused to train. (Source Footnews.be online)
-Red Star Belgrade’s xix twelvemonth old winger Luka Adzic is on the verge of signing amongst Anderlecht. (Source Footnews.be online)
-Krasnodar has made an offering for Anderlecht’s Uros Spajic. (Source Footnews.be online via Het Laatse Nieuws)
-Anderlecht denied it was ending its 37 twelvemonth old sponsorship amongst BNP Paribas (Generale de Banque, that alter its elevate to Fortis earlier beingness called PNB Paribas. (Source Footnews.be online via Het Laatse Nieuws)
-Ricardo van Rhijn has returned to Club Brugge from his loan at AZ. (Source Footnews.be online)
Monday, May 21, 2018:
- Kingdom of Belgium Manager Roberto Martinez unveiled the World Cup Finals squad. Radja Nainggolan was non selected as well as retired from the National Team afterwards. (Source BBC Football online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg), Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool), Matz Sels (Newcastle United).
Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur), Dedryck Boyata (Celtic), Laurent Ciman (Los Angeles FC), Christian Kabasele (Watford), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Lukaku (Lazio), Thomas Meunier (Paris St-Germain), Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur).
Midfielders: Yannick Carrasco (Dalian Yifang), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Mousa Dembele (Tottenham Hotspur), Leander Dendoncker (Anderlecht), Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Monchengladbach), Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Youri Tielemans (Monaco), Axel Witsel (Tianjin Quanjian).
Forwards: Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea), Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), Nacer Chadli (West Brom), Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United).
-Waasland-Beveren receive got signed Serbian defender Aleksandar Vukotic from FK Krupa. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-Beerschot-Wilrlijk receive got signed Loris Brogno from Sparta Rotterdam. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-Ricardo Sa Pinto announced his difference equally Manager of Standard Liege. (Source MaisFutebol Online)
League Matchday (May 20, 2018):
First Division A
Sunday, May 20, 2018:
Anderlecht 1-Genk 2 (Lukasz Teodorczyk 53 / Dries Wouters 35, Leandro Trossard 37)
Club Brugge 0-Gent 1 (Yuya Kubo 28)
Charleroi 0-Standard Liege 0
Top Goalscorer:
Hamid Harbaoui (Zulte-Waregem) 22 goals
Teddy Chevalier (Kortrijk) 21 goals
Table | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
1 | Club Brugge | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 46 |
2 | Standard Liege | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 43 |
3 | Anderlecht | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 40 |
4 | Gent | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 39 |
5 | Genk | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 38 |
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
Diary (extra):
Tuesday, May 15, 2018:
-Colombia coach Jose Pekerman’s 35-man preliminary squad for the World Cup (Source French Republic Football online)
Goalkeepers:
David Ospina (Arsenal, ENG)
Camilo Vargas (Deportivo Cali)
Ivan Arboleda (Banfield, ARG)
José Fernando Cuadrado (Once Caldas)
Defenders:
Yerri Mina (Barcelone, SP)
Santiago Arias (PSV Eindhoven, HOL)
Davinson Sanchez (Tottenham, ENG)
Farid Diaz (Olimpia, PAR)
Bernardo Espinoza (Gérone, SP)
Frank Fabra (Boca Juniors, ARG)
Stefan Medina (Monterrey, MEX)
Johan Mojica (Gérone, SP)
Oscar Murillo (Pachuca, MEX)
William Tesillo (Leon, MEX)
Cristian Zapata (Milan AC, ITA)
Midfielders:
James Rodriguez (Bayern Munich, GER)
Juan Fernando Quintero (River Plate, ARG)
Abel Aguilar (Deportivo Cali)
Wilmar Barrios (Boca Juniors, ARG)
Edwin Cardona (Boca Juniors, ARG)
Yimmi Charra (Junior)
Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Juventus Turin, ITA)
Gustavo Cuellar (Flamengo, BRA)
Jefferson Lima (Levante, SP)
Giovanni Moreno (Shanghai Shenhua, CHI)
Sebastian Perez (Boca Juniors, ARG)
Carlos Sanchez (Espanyol, SP)
Mateus Uribe (America, MEX)
Forwards:
Radamel Falcao (Monaco, FRA)
Carlos Bacca (Villareal, SP)
Luis Fernando Muriel (FC Sevilla, SP)
Miguel Borja (Palmeiras, BRA)
Teofilo Gutierrez (Junior)
José Heriberto Izquierdo (Brighton, ENG)
Duvan Zapata (Sampdoria, ITA)
Wednesday, May 16, 2018:
-Diego Maradona was appointed equally the Chairman of Republic of Belarus lodge Dinamo Brest. (Source BBC Football online)
-Wales volition non receive got Gareth Bale as well as Joe Allen, equally good equally Aston Villa yoke of James Chester as well as Neil Taylor inward their terminate of the calendar month International vs. Mexico. (Source BBC Football online)
Wales squad:
Goalkeepers: Wayne Hennessey (Crystal Palace), Chris Maxwell (Preston North End), Adam Davies (Barnsley), Luke Pilling (Tranmere Rovers)
Defenders: Ashley Williams (Everton), Ashley Richards (Cardiff City), Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), Chris Gunter (Reading), Declan John (Rangers), Connor Roberts (Swansea City), Christopher Mepham (Brentford), Regan Poole (Manchester United), Joe Rodon (Swansea City), Adam Matthews (Sunderland), Cameron Coxe (Cardiff City), Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers)
Midfielders: Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Joe Ledley (Derby County), Dan James (Swansea City), George Thomas (Leicester City), George Williams (St Johnstone, on loan from Fulham), Matthew Smith (Manchester City), Lee Evans (Sheffield United), Andy King (Leicester City), Ryan Hedges (Barnsley), Marley Watkins (Norwich City)
Forwards: Tom Lawrence (Derby County), Harry Wilson (Liverpool), Sam Vokes (Burnley), Tom Bradshaw (Barnsley), David Brooks (Sheffield United), Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion).
-Shakhtar Donetsk Manager Paul Fonseca has extended his contract yesteryear ii years . (Source French Republic Football Online)
-The Saudi Arabian Federation receive got banned referee Farhad Mirdasi for accepting a bribe for the Final of the King’s Cup. He was due to referee inward the 2018 World Cup. (Source Maisfutebol online)
-Michael O’Neill’s selected Northern Republic of Ireland squad for matches against Panama as well as Costa Rica. (Source BBC Football online)
Full squad:
Northern Republic of Ireland squad
Goalkeepers: Carson (Motherwell), Hazard (Celtic - loan Falkirk), Peacock-Farrell (Leeds).
Defenders: Cathcart (Watford), J. Evans (West Brom), Hodson (Rangers), Hughes (Hearts), McAuley (West Brom), McCullough (Doncaster), McLaughlin (Millwall).
Midfielders: Dallas (Leeds), C. Evans (Blackburn), Ferguson (Millwall), McGeehan (Barnsley - loan Scunthorpe), McNair (Sunderland), Norwood (Brighton - loan Fulham), Saville (Millwall), Whyte (Crusaders).
Forwards: Boyce (Burton), Magennis (Charlton), McCartan (Bradford), Smyth (QPR).
-Sweden’s 23-man World Cup Finals squad. (Source BBC Football online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Robin Olsen (Copenhagen), Karl-Johan Johnsson (Guingamp), Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Swansea).
Defenders: Mikael Lustig (Celtic), Victor Lindelof (Manchester United), Andreas Granqvist (Krasnador), Martin Olsson (Swansea), Ludwig Augustinsson (Werder Bremen), Filip Helander, Emil Krafth (both Bologna), Pontus Jansson (Leeds United).
Midfielders: Sebastian Larsson (Hull), Albin Ekdal (Hamburg), Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), Gustav Svensson (Seattle Sounders), Oscar Hiljemark (Genoa), Viktor Claesson (Krasnador), Marcus Rohden (Crotone), Jimmy Durmaz (Toulouse).
Forwards: Marcus Berg (Al Ain), John Guidetti (Alaves), Ola Toivonen (Toulouse), Isaac Kiese Thelin (Waasland-Beveren).
-Uruguay Manager Oscar Washington Tabarez’s 26-man Provisional squad for the World Cup. (Source French Republic Football Online)
Goalkeepers:
Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray, TUR)
Martin Silva (Vasco de Gama, BRA)
Martin Campana (Independiente, ARG)
Defenders:
Diego Godin (Atlético Madrid, SP)
Diego Godin (Atlético Madrid, SP)
Sebastian Coates (Sporting, POR)
José Maria Gimenez (Atlético Madrid, SP)
Maximiliano Pereira (Porto, POR)
Gaston Silva (Independiente, ARG)
Martin Caceres (Lazio, ITA)
Guillermo Varela (Peñarol)
Midfielders:
Nahitan Nandez (Boca Juniors, ARG)
Midfielders:
Nahitan Nandez (Boca Juniors, ARG)
Lucas Torreira (Sampdoria, ITA)
Matias Vecino (Inter, ITA)
Federico Valverde (Deportivo La Coruna, SP)
Rodrigo Betancur (Juventus, ITA)
Carlos Sanchez (Monterrey, MEX)
Strikers:
Strikers:
Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro, BRA)
Diego Laxalt (Genoa, ITA)
Cirstian Rodriguez (Peñarol)
Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Monterrey, MEX)
Nicolas Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders, USA)
Gaston Ramirez (Sampdoria, ITA)
Christian Stuani (Girona, SP)
Maximiliano Gomez (Celta Vigo, SP)
Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA)
Luis Suarez (Barcelone, SP)
Thursday, May 17, 2018:
-Chile Manager Reinaldo Rueda’s selected squad for matches against Romania (May 31), Poland (June 4), Serbia (June 8)
Goalkeepers: Gabriel Arias (Unión La Calera), Gonzalo Collao (Cobreloa) y Cristopher Toselli (Atlas-MEX). –
Defenders: Miiko Albornoz (Hannover 96-ALE), José Bizama (Huachipato), Paulo Díaz (San Lorenzo-ARG), Benjamín Kuscevic (Universidad Católica), Igor Lichnovsky (Necaxa-MEX), Guillermo Maripán (Alavés-ESP), Gary Medel (Besiktas-TUR), Erick Pulgar (Bolonia-ITA), Enzo Roco (Cruz Azul-MEX), Francisco Sierralta (Parma-ITA), Sebastián Vegas (Monarcas Morelia-MEX). –
Midfielders: Ángelo Araos (Universidad de Chile), Cristián Cuevas (Twente-HOL), Víctor Dávila (Necaxa-MEX), Pablo Galdames (Unión Española), Jimmy Martínez (Huachipato), Lorenzo Reyes (Universidad de Chile), Diego Valdés (Monarcas Morelia-MEX). –
strikers: Nicolás Castillo (Pumas-MEX), Junior Fernandes (Alanyaspor-TUR), Ángelo Henríquez (Atlas-MEX), Felipe Mora (Cruz Azul-MEX), Martín Rodríguez (Cruz Azul-MEX) y Ángelo Sagal (Pachuca-MEX).
Friday, May 18, 2018:
-Senegal Manager Aliou Cisse’s provisional World Cup Finals squad. (Source FIFA.com online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Abdoulaye Diallo (Rennes, France), Alfred Gomis (SPAL, Italy), Khadim Ndiaye (Horoya, Guinea);
Defenders: Lamine Gassama (Alanyaspor, Turkey), Saliou Ciss (Valenciennes, France), Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli, Italy), Kara Mbodii (Anderlecht, Belgium), Youssouf Sabaly (Bordeaux, France), Salif Sane (Hannover, Germany), Moussa Wague (Eupen, Belgium);
Midfielders: Idrissa Gueye (Everton, England), Cheikhou Kouyate (West Ham United, England), Alfred Ndiaye (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), Badou Ndiaye (Stoke City, England), Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City, England), Ismaila Sarr (Rennes, France);
Forwards: Keita Balde (Monaco, France), Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City, England), Moussa Konate (Amiens, France), Sadio Mane (Liverpool, England), Mbaye Niang (Torino, Italy), Diafra Sakho (Rennes, France), Moussa Sow (Bursaspor, Turkey).
-Morocco Manager Herve Renard’s provisional World Cup Finals squad. (Source FIFA.com online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Mounir El Kajoui (Numancia, Spain), Yassine Bounou (Girona, Spain), Ahmad Reda Tagnaouti (Ittihad Tanger);
Defenders: Mehdi Benatia (Juventus, Italy), Romain Saiss (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), Manuel Da Costa (Basaksehir, Turkey), Badr Benoun (Raja Casablanca), Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahce, Turkey), Achraf Hakimi (Real Madrid, Spain), Hamza Mendyl (Lille, France);
Midfielders: M'bark Boussoufa (Al Jazira, UAE), Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord, Netherlands), Youssef Ait Bennasser (Caen, France), Sofyan Amrabat (Feyenoord, Netherlands), Younes Belhanda (Galatasaray, Turkey), Faycal Fajr (Getafe, Spain), Amine Harit (Schalke, Germany);
Forwards: Khalid Boutaib (Malatyaspor, Turkey), Aziz Bouhaddouz (St. Pauli, Germany), Ayoub El Kaabi (Renaissance Berkane), Nordin Amrabat (Leganes, Spain), Mehdi Carcela (Standard de Liege, Belgium), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax, Netherlands).
-Japan Manager Akira Nishino’s 27-man provisional World Cup Finals squad. (Source French Republic Football online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers:
Eiji Kawashima (Metz)
Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka)
Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa)
Defenders:
Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray/TUR)
Gotoku Sakai (Hambourg/GER)
Tomoaki Makino (Urawa)
Gen Shoji (Urawa)
Wataru Endo (Urawa)
Maya Yoshida (Southampton/ENG)
Hiroki Sakai (Marseille)
Naomichi Ueda (Kashima)
Midfielders:
Eiji Kawashima (Metz)
Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka)
Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa)
Defenders:
Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray/TUR)
Gotoku Sakai (Hambourg/GER)
Tomoaki Makino (Urawa)
Gen Shoji (Urawa)
Wataru Endo (Urawa)
Maya Yoshida (Southampton/ENG)
Hiroki Sakai (Marseille)
Naomichi Ueda (Kashima)
Midfielders:
Makoto Hasebe (Francfort/GER)
Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund/GER)
Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe/SP)
Toshihiro Aoyama (Hiroshima)
Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)
Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki)
Keisuke Honda (Pacheco/MEX)
Genki Haraguchi (Düsseldorf/GER)
Yuto Misao (Kashima)
Takashi Inui (Eibar/SP)
Takashi Usami (Düsseldorf/GER)
Yosuke Ideguchi (Cultural Leonesa/SP)
Forwards:
Shinji Okazaki (Leicester/ENG)
Yuya Osako (Brême/GER)
Yoshinori Muto (Mayence/GER)
Takuma Asano (Stuttgart/GER).
Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund/GER)
Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe/SP)
Toshihiro Aoyama (Hiroshima)
Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)
Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki)
Keisuke Honda (Pacheco/MEX)
Genki Haraguchi (Düsseldorf/GER)
Yuto Misao (Kashima)
Takashi Inui (Eibar/SP)
Takashi Usami (Düsseldorf/GER)
Yosuke Ideguchi (Cultural Leonesa/SP)
Forwards:
Shinji Okazaki (Leicester/ENG)
Yuya Osako (Brême/GER)
Yoshinori Muto (Mayence/GER)
Takuma Asano (Stuttgart/GER).
-Saudi Arabia Manager Juan Antonio Pizzi’s 28-man provisional World Cup Finals squad. (Source French Republic Football online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers:
Assaf Al-Qarni (Ittihad FC)
Mohammed Al-Owais (Al Ahli SC)
Yasser Al-Mosailem (Al Ahli SC)
Abdullah Al-Mayouf (Al-Hilal)
Defenders:
Mansoor Al-Harbi (Al Ahli SC)
Yasser Al-Shahrani (Al-Hilal)
Mohammed Al-Breik (Al-Hilal)
Saeed Al-Mowalad (Al Ahli SC)
Motaz Hawsawi (Al Ahli SC)
Osama Hawsawi (Al Ahli SC)
Omar Hawsawi (Al-Nasr)
Mohammed Jahfali (Al-Hilal)
Ali Al-Bulaihi (Al-Fateh SC)
Midfielders:
Abdullah Al-Khaibari (Al-Shabab)
Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri (Al-Hilal)
Abdullah Otayf (Al-Hilal)
Taiseer Al-Jassim (Al Ahli SC)
Houssain Al-Mogahwi (Al Ahli SC)
Salman Al-Faraj (Al-Hilal)
Nawaf Al-Abed (Al-Hilal)
Mohamed Kanno (Al-Hilal)
Hattan Bahebri (Al-Shabab)
Mohammed Al-Kwikbi (Al-Ettifaq)
Salem Al-Dawsari (Villarreal, SP)
Yahya Al-Shehri (Léganes, SP)
Forwards:
Fahad Al-Muwallad (Levante, SP)
Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (Al-Nasr)
Muhannad Assiri (Al Ahli SC).
Assaf Al-Qarni (Ittihad FC)
Mohammed Al-Owais (Al Ahli SC)
Yasser Al-Mosailem (Al Ahli SC)
Abdullah Al-Mayouf (Al-Hilal)
Defenders:
Mansoor Al-Harbi (Al Ahli SC)
Yasser Al-Shahrani (Al-Hilal)
Mohammed Al-Breik (Al-Hilal)
Saeed Al-Mowalad (Al Ahli SC)
Motaz Hawsawi (Al Ahli SC)
Osama Hawsawi (Al Ahli SC)
Omar Hawsawi (Al-Nasr)
Mohammed Jahfali (Al-Hilal)
Ali Al-Bulaihi (Al-Fateh SC)
Midfielders:
Abdullah Al-Khaibari (Al-Shabab)
Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri (Al-Hilal)
Abdullah Otayf (Al-Hilal)
Taiseer Al-Jassim (Al Ahli SC)
Houssain Al-Mogahwi (Al Ahli SC)
Salman Al-Faraj (Al-Hilal)
Nawaf Al-Abed (Al-Hilal)
Mohamed Kanno (Al-Hilal)
Hattan Bahebri (Al-Shabab)
Mohammed Al-Kwikbi (Al-Ettifaq)
Salem Al-Dawsari (Villarreal, SP)
Yahya Al-Shehri (Léganes, SP)
Forwards:
Fahad Al-Muwallad (Levante, SP)
Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (Al-Nasr)
Muhannad Assiri (Al Ahli SC).
-Portugal’s 23 homo World Cup Finals squad. (Source Walfoot.be online)
Full squad:
Goalkepers:
Anthony Lopes (Lyon/FRA), Beto (Goztepe/TUR), Rui Patrício (Sporting/POR)
Defenders: Bruno Alves (Rangers/SCO), Cédric Soares (Southampton/ENG), José Fonte (Dalian Yifang/CHI), Mário Rui (Naples/ITA), Pepe (Besiktas/TUR), Raphael Guerreiro (Dortmund/GER), Ricardo Pereira (FC Porto/POR), Rúben Dias (Benfica/POR)
Midfielders: Adrien Silva (Leicester/ENG), Bruno Fernandes (Sporting/POR), João Mário (West Ham/ENG), João Moutinho (Monaco/FRA), Manuel Fernandes (Lokomotiv/RUS), William Carvalho (Sporting/POR)
Strikers: André Silva (AC Milan/ITA), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City/ENG), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/SP), Gelson Martins (Sporting/POR), Gonçalo Guedes (Valence/SP), Nani (Lazio/ITA), Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas/TUR)
-Holland Manager Ronald Koeman’s revised squad for matches against Slovakia as well as Italy: (Source vi.nl online)
Full squad:
Goal: Jasper Cillessen (Barcelona), Sergio Padt (FC Groningen), Jeroen Zoet (PSV)
Defense: Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), Nathan Aké (AFC Bournemouth), Daley Blind (Manchester United), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Hans Hateboer (Atalanta Bergamo), Daryl Janmaat (Watford), Terence Kongolo (Huddersfield Town) , Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax), Stefan de Vrij (Lazio)
Midfield: Donny van de Beek (Ajax), Davy Pröpper (Brighton & Hove Albion), Marten de Roon (Atalanta Bergamo), Kevin Strootman (AS Roma), Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord), Ruud Vormer (Club Brugge), Georginio Wijnaldum ( Liverpool)
Attack: Ryan Babel (Besiktas), Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord), Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyon), Eljero Elia (Istanbul Basaksehir), Quincy Promes (Moscow Spartak), Wout Weghorst (AZ)
-Revised Scotland squad: (Source BBC Football online)
Allan McGregor has withdrawn, Scott Bain has been called up.
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Jordan Archer (Millwall), Scott Bain (Celtic), Jon McLaughlin (Hearts)
Defenders: Jack Hendry (Celtic), Scott McKenna (Aberdeen), Charlie Mulgrew (Blackburn Rovers), Stephen O'Donnell (Kilmarnock), Callum Paterson (Cardiff City), John Souttar (Hearts), Lewis Stevenson (Hibernian).
Midfielders: Stuart Armstrong (Celtic), Chris Cadden (Motherwell), Dylan McGeouch (Hibernian), John McGinn (Hibernian), Kenny McLean (Aberdeen), Scott McTominay (Manchester United), Jamie Murphy (Brighton & Hove Albion, on loan at Rangers), Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen), Ryan Christie (Celtic, on loan at Aberdeen).
Forwards: Oli McBurnie (Swansea City, on loan at Barnsley), Lewis Morgan (Celtic, on loan at St Mirren), Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion), Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City).
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
-Romania squad selected for friendly vs. Republic of Chile (May 31st) (Source frf.ro online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Ciprian Tătărușanu (FC Nantes, 49/0), Florin Niță (Sparta Praga, 2/0), Silviu Lung (Kayserispor, 3/0), Bogdan Lobonț (AS Roma, 85/0)
Defenders: Cristian Manea (CFR Cluj, 2/0), Romario Benzar (FCSB, 11/0), Cristian Săpunaru (Kayserispor, 25/0), Ionuț Nedelcearu (UFA, 1/0), Mihai Bălașa (FCSB, 2/0), Alin Toșca (Benevento, 11/0), Nicușor Bancu (CS U Craiova, 2/0)
Midfielders: Alexandru Cicâldău (FC Viitorul, 1/0), Tudor Băluță (0/0), Paul Anton (Anji Mahacikala, 2/0), Dragoș Nedelcu (FCSB, 1/0), Constantin Budescu (FCSB, 9/4), Nicolae Stanciu (Sparta Praga, 21/7), Dorin Rotariu (Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz, 5/1), Dennis Man (FCSB, 1/0), Alexandru Chipciu (Anderlecht, 34/4), Alexandru Mitriță (CS U Craiova, 2/0), Ciprian Deac (CFR Cluj, 14/1), Adrian Stoian (Crotone, 1/0), Gheorghe Grozav (Bursaspor, 25/5)
Strikers: George Țucudean (CFR Cluj, 4/1), George Pușcaș (Novara, 0/0), Alexandru Băluță (CS U Craiova, 4/1)
Sunday, May 20, 2018:
-Ryan Giggs’ revised squad trimmed from 32 to 23 (for friendly vs, United Mexican States 0n May 29th):
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Wayne Hennessey (Crystal Palace), Chris Maxwell (Preston North End), Adam Davies (Barnsley).
Defenders: Ashley Williams (Everton), Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), Chris Gunter (Reading), Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers), Declan John (Rangers), Connor Roberts (Swansea City), Christopher Mepham (Brentford), Ashley Richards (Cardiff City).
Midfielders: Lee Evans (Sheffield United), Andy King (Leicester City), Ryan Hedges (Barnsley), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Matthew Smith (Manchester City), Joe Ledley (Derby County), George Thomas (Leicester City),
Forwards: Sam Vokes (Burnley), Tom Bradshaw (Barnsley), Tom Lawrence (Derby County), David Brooks (Sheffield United), Harry Wilson (Liverpool).
Monday, May 21, 2018:
-Croatia Manager Zlatko Dalic’s 24 homo Provisional squad for the World Cup. Ivan Santini, Karlo letica, Borna Sosa, Borna Barisisc, Zoran Nizic, Mario Pasalic, Marko Rog as well as Duje Cop receive got been discarded. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Danijel Subasic (Monaco), Lovre Kalinic (Gent), Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo).
Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow), Domagoj Vida (Besiktas), Ivan Strinic (Sampdoria), Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), Sime Vrsaljko (Atletico Madrid), Josip Pivaric (Dynamo Kiev), Tin Jedvaj (Bayer Leverkusen), Matej Mitrovic (Club Brugge), Duje Caleta-Car (Red Bull Salzburg).
Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid), Milan Badelj (Fiorentina), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter), Filip Bradaric (Rijeka).
Forwards: Mario Mandzukic (Juventus), Ivan Perisic (Inter), Nikola Kalinic (Milan), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim), Marko Pjaca (Schalke), Ante Rebic (Eintracht)
-Iran Manager Carlos Queiroz’s 24 homo Provisional squad for the World Cup. Kaveh Rezaie has been discarded. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis), Seyed Hossein Hosseini (Esteghlal), Rashid Mazaheri (Zob Ahan), Amir Abedzadeh (Maritimo, Portugal);
Defenders: Ramin Rezaeian (Ostende, Belgium), Voria Ghafouri (Esteghlal), Steven Beitashour (Los Angeles FC, USA), Seyed Jalal Hosseini (Persepolis), Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (Padideh), Morteza Pouraliganji (Alsaad, Qatar), Mohammad Ansari (Persepolis), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Seyed Majid Hosseini (Esteghlal), Milad Mohammadi (Akhmat Grozny, Russia), Omid Norafkan (Esteghlal), Saeid AGhaei (Sepahan), Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal);
Midfielders: Saeid Ezatolahi (Amkar Perm, Russia), Masoud Shojaei (AEK Athens, Greece), Ahmad Abdolahzadeh (Foolad), Saman Ghoddos (Ostersunds, Sweden), Mahdi Torabi (Saipa), Ashkan Dejagah (Notthingham Forest, England), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Ehsan Hajsafi (Olympiacos, Greece), Ali Karimi (Sepahan), Soroush Rafiei (Al Khor, Qatar), Ali Gholizadeh (Saipa), Vahid Amiri (Persepolis);
Forwards: Alireza Jahanbakhsh (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands), Karim Ansarifard (Olympiacos, Greece), Mahdi Taremi (Al Gharafa, Qatar), Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Kazan, Russia), Reza Ghoochannejhad (Heerenveen, Netherlands), Kaveh Rezaei (Charleroi, Belgium).
-The players wedding ceremony FifPro has petitioned FIFA to allow Perus suspdended thespian Paolo Guerrero to participate inward the World Cup. (Source French Republic Football Online)
-Iceland’s 23-man World Cup squad. (Source BBC Football online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Hannes Thor Halldorsson (Randers FC), Runar Alex Runarsson (FC Nordsjælland), Frederik Schram (FC Roskilde).
Defenders: Kari Arnason (Aberdeen), Ari Freyr Skulason (K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen), Birkir Mar Saevarsson (Hammarby), Sverrir Ingi Ingason (FC Rostov), Hordur Magnusson (Bristol City), Holmar Orn Eyjolfsson (Maccabi Haifa), Ragnar Sigurdsson (FC Rostov).
Midfielders: Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Burnley), Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa), Arnor Ingvi Traustason (Malmo FF), Emil Hallfredsson (Udinese), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton), Olafur Ingi Skulason (Kardemir Karabukspor), Rurik Gislason (FC Nurnberg), Samuel Fridjonsson (Valerenga), Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City).
Forwards: Alfred Finnbogason (FC Augsburg), Bjorn Bergmann Sigurdarson (FC Rostov), Jon Dadi Bodvarsson (Reading), Albert Gudmundsson (PSV Eindhoven).
-Argentina Manager Jorge Sampaoli’s 23-man squad for the World Cup. Mauro Icardi has bene ommitted from the squad.(Source Sky Sports Online)
The Full List:
Goalkeepers: Sergio Romero (Manchester United), Wilfredo Caballero (Chelsea), Franco Armani (River Plate).
Defenders: Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla), Cristian Ansaldi (Torino), Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City), Federico Fazio (Roma), Marcos Rojo (Manchester United), Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax), Marcos Acuna (Sporting Lisbon).
Midfielders: Javier Mascherano (Hebei mainland People's Republic of China Fortune), Eduardo Salvio (Benfica), Lucas Biglia (AC Milan), Giovani Lo Celso (Paris Saint-Germain), Ever Banega (Sevilla), Manuel Lanzini (West Ham), Maximiliano Meza (Independiente), Angel di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain), Cristian Pavon (Boca Juniors).
Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City).
Brankáři: Tomáš Koubek (Stade Rennes), Jiří Pavlenka (Werder Brémy), Tomáš Vaclík (FC Basilej)
Obránci: Jan Bořil, Jakub Jugas (oba SK Slavia Praha), Vladimír Coufal (FC Slovan Liberec), Václav Jemelka (SK Sigma Olomouc), Tomáš Kalas (Fulham FC), Filip Novák (Trabzonspor), Marek Suchý (FC Basilej)
Záložníci: Antonín Barák, Jakub Jankto (oba Udinese Calcio), Vladimír Darida (Hertha BSC), Tomáš Hořava, Jan Kopic (oba FC Viktoria Plzeň), Tomáš Souček, Jan Sýkora, Josef Hušbauer (všichni SK Slavia Praha), Michal Trávník (FK Jablonec)
Útočníci: Michal Krmenčík (FC Viktoria Plzeň), Patrik Schick (AS Řím), Josef Šural (AC Sparta Praha)
-Czech Republic squad for friendly vs. Auatralia (May 31st)
Obránci: Jan Bořil, Jakub Jugas (oba SK Slavia Praha), Vladimír Coufal (FC Slovan Liberec), Václav Jemelka (SK Sigma Olomouc), Tomáš Kalas (Fulham FC), Filip Novák (Trabzonspor), Marek Suchý (FC Basilej)
Záložníci: Antonín Barák, Jakub Jankto (oba Udinese Calcio), Vladimír Darida (Hertha BSC), Tomáš Hořava, Jan Kopic (oba FC Viktoria Plzeň), Tomáš Souček, Jan Sýkora, Josef Hušbauer (všichni SK Slavia Praha), Michal Trávník (FK Jablonec)
Útočníci: Michal Krmenčík (FC Viktoria Plzeň), Patrik Schick (AS Řím), Josef Šural (AC Sparta Praha)
Monday, May 21, 2018:
-El Salvador Manager Jorge ‘Zarco’ Rodriguez selected squad: (Source es.besoccer.com online)
Full squad:
Goalkeepers: Óscar Arroyo (Alianza) y Benji Villalobos (Águila).
Defenders: Alexander Larín (Alianza), Jonathan Jiménez (Alianza), Iván Mancía (Alianza), Mario Jacobo (Alianza), Rudy Clavel (Alianza), Alexánder Mendoza (Santa Tecla), Bryan Tamacas (Santa Tecla) y Raúl Renderos (FAS).
Midfielders: Narciso Orellana (Alianza), Isaac Portillo (Alianza), Óscar Cerén (Alianza), Juan Portillo (Alianza), Marvin Monterroza (Alianza), Marlon Cornejo (Santa Tecla) y Diego Coca (Limeño).
Strikers: Dennis Pineda (Santa Clara-POR), David Díaz (Alianza), Harold Alas (Santa Tecla) y José Ángel Peña (Limeño)
Club friendlies:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018:
Hallescher SC (Germany) 5-Stuttgart (Germany) 3 (Emiliano Insua (own goal) 10, Stenzel 28, Daniel Bohl 42, 63, Braydon Manu 47 / Daniel Ginczek 5, Caniggia Elva 73, Jan Ferdinand 88)
Wedneday, May 16, 2018:
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) 1-Barcelona (Spain) 3 (Subusiso Vilakazi 76 / Ousmane Dembele 3, Luis Suarez 19, Andre Gomes 66)
FSV Zwickau (Germany) 1-Stuttgart (Germany) 4 (Bentley Bahn ninety pen / Erik Thommy 1, Chadrac Akolo 3, Berkay Ozcan 23, Jacob Bruun Larsen 84)
Hessen Kassel (Germany) 1-Hannover (Germany) 2 (Admir Saric 28 / Ilhas Bebou 65, Kenan Karaman 74)
Thursday, May 17, 2018:
SC Westfalia Herne (Germany) 1-Dortmund (Germany) 0 Sebastian Mutzel 33)
DSC Wanne-Eikel (Germany) 1-Dortmund (Germany) 4 (Dawid Ginczek xxx / Marcel Schmelzer 15, Alexander Isak 22, Gomnzalo Catrso 23, Andriy Yarmolenko 25)
SV Ahlerstedt/Ottendorf (Germany) 3-Werder Bremen (Germany) 9 (Carsten Dammann 28, Heins 52, 74 / Johannes Eggestein 10, 88, Yuning Zhang 20, 45, 62, Robert Bauer 26, Jerome Gondorf 38, Zlatko Junuzovic 54, Mihot Rashica 86)
Monday, May 21, 2018:
Linares Deportivo (Spain) 0-Sevilla (Spain) 6 (Nolito 25, Alejandro Pozo 26, Sebastien Corchia 50, Mariano Konyk 63, Pejino 75, 78)
International friendlies:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018:
Saud Arabia 2-Greece 0 (Salem Al-Dawsari 20, Mohammed Kanoo 79)
Saturday, May 19, 2018:
Iran 1-Uzbekistan 0 (Roozbeh Cheshmi 17)
Sunday, May 20, 2018:
Jordan 3-Cyprus 0 (Anas Bani Yassen 18, Jaime Siaj 37, Yusel Al Rawashdeh 86)