30 November 2018

High results at couple of duels

Astana - Dynamo Kyiv 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 28 (28.13) Benjamin Verbic

Spartak Moscow - Rapid Vienna 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 20 (19.24) Ze Luis
              1:1 79 (79.05) Mert Muldur
              1:2 90+1 (90.35) Philipp Schobesberger

Anderlecht - Spartak Trnava 0:0

Bayer Leverkusen - Ludogorets Razgrad 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 68 (68.14) Marcelo Nascimento da Costa (known as Marcelinho)
              1:1 84 (84.10) Mitchell Weiser

Milan - F91 Dudelange 5:2

Scorers: 1:0 21 Patrick Cutrone
              1:1 39 Dominik Stolz
              1:2 49 David Turpel
              2:2 66-own goal Stelvio Cruz
              3:2 69 Hakan Calhanoglu
              4:2 77-own goal Tom Schnell
              5:2 80 Fabio Borini

BATE Borisov - Videoton 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 22 Mikalay Signevich
              2:0 84 Mirko Ivanic

Qarabag - Sporting Clube de Portugal 1:6

Scorers: 0:1 05-pen Bas Dost
              1:1 14 Abdellah Zoubir
              1:2 20 Bruno Fernandes
              1:3 33 Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha (known as Nani)
              1:4 65 Abdoulay Diaby
              1:5 75 Bruno Fernandes
              1:6 81 Abdoulay Diaby

Zenit Saint Petersburg - FC Copenhagen 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 59 Robert Mak

Red Bull Salzburg - RasenBallsport Leipzig 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 74 Fredrik Gulbrandesn

Zurich - AEK Larnaca 1:2


Scorers: 0:1 38 Apostolos Giannou

              1:1 74 Salim Khelifi
              1:2 85 Ivan Trickovski


Bordeaux - Slavia Prague 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 49 Nicolas de Preville
              2:0 90+4 Jules Kounde

Fenerbahce - Dinamo Zagreb 0:0

Krasnodar - Akhisarspor 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 24 Sergio Borges Junior (known as Serginho)
              1:1 48 Yury Gazinsky
              2:1 57 Ariclences da Silva Ferreira (known as Ari)

Real Betis - Olympiacos 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 38 (38.04) Sergio Canales

- On 18 (17.52) a penalty from Sergio Leon (Real Betis) was perfectly saved.

Vorskla Poltava - Arsenal 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 09 Emile Smith Rowe
              0:2 27 Aaron Ramsey
              0:3 41 Joseph Willock

Rosenborg - Celtic 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 42 (41.26) Scott Sinclair

Apollon Limassol - Lazio 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 31 David Faupala
              2:0 81 Sasa Markovic

Glasgow Rangers - Villarreal 0:0

- Second yellow card received Daniel Candeias (Glasgow Rangers) on 45 (44.33).

Jablonec - Rennes 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 55 (54.21) Clement Grenier

Malmo - Genk 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 42 (41.31) Alejandro Pozuelo
              0:2 52 (52.17) Joseph Paintsil
              1:2 64 (64.07) Oscar Lewicki
              2:2 67 (66.34) Marcus Antonsson

Standard Liege - Sevilla 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 61 (61.11) Moussa Djenepo

- For dangerous play Pablo Sarabia (Sevilla) got his second yellow card at 68.

Sarpsborg 08 - Besiktas 2:3

Scorers: 1:0 01 Rashad Muhammed
              2:0 06 Tobias Heintz
              2:1 62 Jeremain Lens
              2:2 66 Vagner Love
              2:3 89 Jeremain Lens

29 November 2018

Either in difference or goals scored, two is the main digit except in one match

Atletico Madrid - Monaco 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 02 (01.29) Jorge Merodio (simply known as Koke)
              2:0 24 (23.50) Antoine Griezmann

- In 81 (81.15) Stefan Savic (Atletico Madrid) received his second yellow card for playing with an arm in the penalty area, but the penalty from Radamel Falcao (Monaco) 58 seconds later was missed.

Lokomotiv Moscow - Galatasaray 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 43-own goal (42.41) Ryan Donk
              2:0 54 (53.37) Vladislav Ignatyev

Napoli - Crvena Zvezda 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 11 (10.30) Marek Hamsik
              2:0 33 (32.55) Dries Mertens
              3:0 51 (51.03) Dries Mertens
              3:1 57 (56.25) El Fardou ben Nabouhane

Porto - Schalke 04 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 52 (51.25) Eder Militao
              2:0 55 (54.28) Jesus Corona
              2:1 88-pen (88.03) Nabil Bentaleb
              3:1 90+3 (93.10) Moussa Marega

PSV Eindhoven - Barcelona 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 60 (60.07) Lionel Messi
              0:2 70 (69.29) Gerard Pique
              1:2 82 (82.01) Luuk de Jong

Borussia Dortmund - Club Brugge 0:0

27 November 2018

After corruption comes...corruption

Probably nothing has been learned by FIFA all these years. We knew that the organization was going through a tough period, lots of changes inside have been made, vowed to do things for the better of this sport, but after couple of (those) years everything stayed the same.
Professor Doctor Sundra Rajoo was arrested in Malaysia last Tuesday night on corruption charges. This name may be not familiar to all, except that he is working at FIFA ethics committee judge, who was detained into his own country after arriving from Zurich. The official is investigated due to his director role at the International arbitration centre in Asia (which resigned the next day), and not for the FIFA position. Just staying overnight in detention. he was immediately released past Wednesday, because the court has accepted the documents that the official has 'diplomatic immunity and high privileges'.

26 November 2018

Important: name change!

Starting from Wednesday, 28 November 2018 this blog is going to have a new name: ftblnews, while the old one (soccerbetadvisor) will stop to exist!

Presenting phase five of European Cups

For the last incomplete week of this month is scheduled the European Cups. Penultimate round is going to start, and some teams are already in the knockout phase in both competitions. Those clubs who were fooling around in the previous four stages need to work hard not to slip up in the next two (if they want to be in the final part of these tournaments), but besides their opponents there is one more serious obstacle which they will be facing: cold days and even chilliest nights throughout the continent.

Equally distributed duels at the Champions league over two nights. However, those who are playing early may be even thankful at UEFA, than those who are playing very late.

Tuesday, 27 November at 18.55 CET: AEK Athens - Ajax.
Tuesday, 27 November at 18.55 CET: CSKA Moscow - Viktoria Plzen.

Tuesday, 27 November at 21.00 CET: Bayern Munich - Benfica.
Tuesday, 27 November at 21.00 CET: Hoffenheim - Shakhtar Donetsk.
Tuesday, 27 November at 21.00 CET: Juventus - Valencia.
Tuesday, 27 November at 21.00 CET: Manchester United - Young Boys Bern.
Tuesday, 27 November at 21.00 CET: Olympique Lyon - Manchester City.
Tuesday, 27 November at 21.00 CET: Roma - Real Madrid.

Wednesday, 28 November at 18.55 CET: Atletico Madrid - Monaco.
Wednesday, 28 November at 18.55 CET: Lokomotiv Moscow - Galatasaray.

Wednesday, 28 November at 21.00 CET: Borussia Dortmund - Club Brugge.
Wednesday, 28 November at 21.00 CET: Napoli - Crvena Zvezda.
Wednesday, 28 November at 21.00 CET: Porto - Schalke 04.
Wednesday, 28 November at 21.00 CET: PSG - Liverpool.
Wednesday, 28 November at 21.00 CET: PSV Eindhoven - Barcelona.
Wednesday, 28 November at 21.00 CET: Tottenham - Inter.

For the first consecutive time three kick off starts are awaiting for us at the Europa league. Using translation, there is going to be six hours of non-stop football: basically from the afternoon until deep into the night.

Thursday, 29 November at 16.50 CET: Astana - Dynamo Kyiv.
Thursday, 29 November at 16.50 CET: Spartak Moscow - Rapid Vienna.

Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: Anderlecht - Spartak Trnava.
Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: BATE Borisov - Videoton.
Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: Bayer Leverkusen - Ludogorets Razgrad.
Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: Bordeaux - Slavia Prague.
Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: Fenerbahce - Dinamo Zagreb.
Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: Krasnodar - Akhisarspor.
Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: Milan - F91 Dudelange.
Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: Qarabag - Sporting Clube de Portugal.
Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: Real Betis - Olympiacos.
Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: Red Bull Salzburg - RasenBallsport Leipzig.
Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: Rosenborg - Celtic.
Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: Vorskla Poltava - Arsenal.
Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: Zenit Saint Petersburg - FC Copenhagen.
Thursday, 29 November at 18.55 CET: Zurich - AEK Larnaca.

Thursday, 29 November at 21.00 CET: Apollon Limassol - Lazio.
Thursday, 29 November at 21.00 CET: Chelsea - PAOK.
Thursday, 29 November at 21.00 CET: Eintracht Frankfurt - Olympique Marseille.
Thursday, 29 November at 21.00 CET: Glasgow Rangers - Villarreal.
Thursday, 29 November at 21.00 CET: Jablonec - Rennes.
Thursday, 29 November at 21.00 CET: Malmo - Genk.
Thursday, 29 November at 21.00 CET: Sarpsborg 08 - Besiktas.
Thursday, 29 November at 21.00 CET: Standard Liege - Sevilla.

25 November 2018

Forbidden symbol

During Greece - Estonia game which was played last weekend at the UEFA Nations league, home fans are accused of displaying banned symbol. This Tuesday, the Greek prosecutor, after the complaint filed by the sports minister Giorgos Vassiliadis, is examining a Nazi sign on the stands. Beside racist violence together with the symbol, a small group of spectators (hooligans) at the Olympic stadium also burned a Turkish flag.

24 November 2018

'The video technology is not so bad after all'

In England the video assistant referee technology was in doubt installing on its games. But seeing how this works plus its accuracy quickly changed the minds of all Premier league clubs, who last Thursday unanimously vote in favor of the video system. Hence from next season we are going to see television near the pitch who is going to help referees in the decision making, after the whole thing was called 'comical and shameful' in early 2018.

23 November 2018

Nominees for Asian best player

On 10 November Kashima Antlers have won an first ever title of the Asian Champions league. And to celebrate even further two of its players from the Japanese victory team, are candidates for the best footballer in Asia.
Midfielder Kento Misao and his teammate, striker Yuma Suzuki are on the shortlist of three players competing for the prize. Apart from these two, this Monday the confederation has also named the defender Abdelkarim Hassan, who plays for Qatar club Al Sadd, for the race. Over to the female side Samantha Kerr from Australia is searching for the second consecutive award. Her opponents are Saki Kumagai (Japan) and Wang Shuang (PR China) who will try to prevent that.
There are 3 same categories for men and women (coach, youth and best player of 2018), and in all 6 only 3 names are written. The winners are going to be known next Wednesday at the grand ceremony in Oman convention and exhibition centre in Muscat, Oman starting from 16.00 CET.

22 November 2018

World Cup countdown

Exactly today, the football world is setting the countdown clock for the biggest sporting event on earth: the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. For the first time this event will not be held in the summer period, plus also for the first time one Arab nation will host the best 32 teams in 4 years time. The first winter competition is going to start on 21 November while the final will be played 18 December, on the National day of the country. For 28 days (and nights), the twenty second edition is going to be played on 8 stadiums, which most of them are under construction and have to end by 2020. However, there is one interesting fact: these venues are going to be so close to each other (around 50 kilometers), so that spectators can attend more matches in one day. The qualifying draw have to take place in July 2019.

21 November 2018

Couple of hat-tricks for the group phase finish

Malta - Faroe Islands 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 03 (02.22) Rene Joensen
              1:1 04 (03.27) Juan Corbalan

Scotland - Israel 3:2

Scorers: 0:1 09 (08.44) Beram Kayal
              1:1 34 (33.53) James Forrest
              2:1 43 (42.23) James Forrest
              3:1 63 (63.17) James Forrest
              3:2 75 (74.40) Eran Zahavi

Portugal - Poland 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 33 (32.59) Andre Silva
              1:1 65-pen (65.04) Arkadiusz Milik

- On 62 (62.07) Danilo Pereira (Portugal) did a nasty foul in the penalty area for a direct red card.

Serbia - Lithuania 4:1

Scorers: 1:0 50-own goal (50.08) Arturas Zulpa
              2:0 57 (57.13) Aleksandar Mitrovic
              2:1 63 (63.18) Deimantas Petravicius
              3:1 71 (70.31) Aleksandar Prijovic
              4:1 73 (73.03) Adem Ljaljic

Montenegro - Romania 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 44 George Tucudean

- A chance to equalize had Marko Jankovic (Montenegro) from 11 metres, but his shot at 72 (71.35) was fantastically saved.

Sweden - Russia 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 40 (40.18) Victor Lindelof
              2:0 72 (71.26) Marcus Berg

Kosovo - Azerbaijan 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 01 (01.03) Arber Zeneli
              2:0 49 (49.16) Arber Zeneli
              3:0 60 (60.14) Amir Rrahmani
              4:0 76 (75.29) Arber Zeneli

Victories are ending round three

Sint Maarten - Dominica 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 06 Julian Wade
              0:2 52 Randolph Peltier

French Guiana - Guyana 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 18 Jules Haabo
              2:0 46 Jules Haabo
              2:1 59 Neil Danns

20 November 2018

Equal number of goals from two matches

Curacao - Guadeloupe 6:0

Scorers: 1:0 39 Gevaro Nepomuceno
              2:0 58 Elson Hooi
              3:0 61 Gevaro Nepomuceno
              4:0 77 Rangelo Janga
              5:0 79 Elson Hooi
              6:0 90 Rangelo Janga

Martinique - Antigua and Barbuda 4:2

Scorers: 1:0 12 Stephane Abaul
              1:1 17 Myles Weston
              2:1 23 Sebastien Cretinoir
              3:1 24 Christof Jougon
              4:1 43 Kevin Parsemain
              4:2 89 Quinton Griffith

Qualified for final-four at the last 2 seconds of normal time

Georgia - Kazakhstan 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 59 (58.24) Giorgi Merebashvili
              2:0 83 (82.55) Giorgi Chakvetadze
              2:1 90 (89.37) Oralkhan Omirtayev

Andorra - Latvia 0:0

- For too much talking and protesting, Valerijs Sabala (Latvia) received a direct red card on 37 (37.14).

Cyprus - Norway 0:2

Scorer: 0:1 36 (35.37) Ola Kamara
            0:2 48 (47.32) Ola Kamara

- At 79 (79.02) Valentinos Sielis (Cyprus) earned a direct red card, while Mohamed Elyounoussi (Norway) got his second yellow at 90 (89.28).

Germany - Netherlands 2:2

Scorers: 1:0 09 (08.35) Timo Werner
              2:0 19 (18.56) Leroy Sane
              2:1 84 (84.16) Quincy Promes
              2:2 90 (89.58) Virgil van Dijk

Liechtenstein - Armenia 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 09 (08.44) Sargis Adamyan
              1:1 44 (43.33) Marcel Buchel
              2:1 47 (46.51) Nicolas Hasler
              2:2 85 (84.25) Alexander Karapetyan

Czech Republic - Slovakia 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 31 (31.08) Patrik Schick

Bulgaria - Slovenia 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 68 (67.45) Galin Ivanov
              1:1 74 (74.12) Miha Zajc

Denmark - Republic of Ireland 0:0

- Additional information: Portugal, England, Switzerland and Netherlands are making the last four teams for the final tournament, which will be played 05 - 09 June 2019 in Portugal.

19 November 2018

Goal scoring mood is back

Turks and Caicos Islands - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3:2

Scorers: 1:0 07 Billy Forbes
              2:0 43 Billy Forbes
              2:1 86 Jahvin Sutherland
              2:2 88 Nazir McBurnette
              3:2 89 Jepthe Francois

Barbados - United States Virgin Islands 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 24 Hadan Holligan
              2:0 80 Raheim Sargeant
              3:0 89 Mario Harte

Bahamas - Anguilla 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 29 Glenville Rogers
              1:1 62 Nesly Jean

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Canada 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 44 Atiba Hutchinson

Leading early in the match and having solid advantage does not mean winning all points

Moldova - Luxembourg 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 58-pen Radu Ginsari
              1:1 69 Stefano Bensi

Northern Ireland - Austria 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 49 Xaver Schlager
              1:1 57 Corry Evans
              1:2 90+2 Valentino Lazaro

San Marino - Belarus 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 08 Stanislaw Drahun
              0:2 53 Anton Saroka

Greece - Estonia 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 44-own goal Vasilis Lampropoulos

Hungary - Finland 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 29 (28.30) Adam Szalai
              2:0 37 (36.39) Adam Nagy

Switzerland - Belgium 5:2

Scorers: 0:1 01 (01.06) Thorgan Hazard
              0:2 17 (16.21) Thorgan Hazard
              1:2 26-pen (25.55) Ricardo Rodriguez
              2:2 31 (30.36) Haris Seferovic
              3:2 43 (43.07) Haris Seferovic
              4:2 61 (61.00) Nico Elvedi
              5:2 84 (83.51) Haris Seferovic

Unpopular results are not on the agenda

Madagascar - Sudan 1:3

Scorers: 0:1 01 Muhanad Musa
              0:2 61 Abduaagla Ahmed
              1:2 77 Carolus Andriamatsinoro
              1:3 84 Yasir Mozamil

Ethiopia - Ghana 0:2

Scorer: 0:1 03 (02.53) Jordan Ayew 
            0:2 23-pen (23.07) Jordan Ayew

Mozambique - Zambia 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 63 (62.29) Reginaldo Faife

Rwanda - Central African Republic 2:2

Scorers: 1:0 09 Jacques Tuyisenge
              1:1 27 Habib Habibou
              2:1 44 Jacques Tuyisenge
              2:2 90+5 Geoffrey Kondogbia

Eswatini - Niger 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 19 Sifiso Nkambule
              1:1 54 Victorien Adebayor
              1:2 77 Victorien Adebayor

Lesotho - Tanzania 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 76 (75.46) Nkau Lerotholi

Congo - Democratic Republic of Congo 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 24 Kabongo Kasongo
              1:1 38 Thievy Bifouma

Angola - Burkina Faso 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 45+1 (46.12) Mateus Galiano da Costa (simply known as Mateus)
              2:0 56 (56.12) Mateus Galiano da Costa (simply known as Mateus)
              2:1 69 (68.21) Dayo Issofou

Togo - Algeria 1:4

Scorers: 0:1 13 (12.44) Riyad Mahrez
              0:2 28 (27.29) Youcef Attal
              0:3 29 (29.06) Riyad Mahrez
              1:3 54 (53.56)  Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
              1:4 90+2 (92.16) Badhdad Bounedjah

Liberia - Zimbabwe 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 71 (71.11) William Jebor

Mauritania - Botswana 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 03 (03.11) Keeagile Kobe
              1:1 20 (19.45) Moctar Sidi el Hacen
              2:1 84 (83.47) Ismael Diakite

Guinea - Ivory Coast 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 11 (10.58) Mohamed Yattara
              1:1 21 (20.24) Jean-Michael Seri

18 November 2018

Scoreless duel have sneaked through among six names on the scoreboard

Cuba - Dominican Republic 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 83 Yordan Santa Cruz

Jamaica - Suriname 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 06 Cory Burke
              2:0 16-pen Darren Mattocks
              2:1 36 Donnegy Fer

Cayman Islands - Saint Lucia 0:0

Nicaragua - Haiti 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 12 Mikael Cantave
              0:2 31 Derrick Etienne Junior

- Bad boy at 16 was Wilde-Donald Guerrier (Haiti) who saw a direct red card.

Penultimate group stage finishes with two high away victories

Serbia - Montenegro 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 29 (29.13) Adem Ljaljic
              2:0 31 (31.01) Aleksandar Mitrovic
              2:1 70 (69.24) Stefan Mugosa

- A missed 11-metre penalty was from Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia) at 38 (37.42).

Azerbaijan - Faroe Islands 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 17-own goal (17.05) Sonni Nattestad
              2:0 28 (27.25) Mahir Madatov

Malta - Kosovo 0:5

Scorers: 0:1 15 (14.47) Vedat Muriqi
              0:2 69 (69.17) Benjamin Kololli
              0:3 78 (77.35) Donis Avdijaj
              0:4 80 (79.27) Donis Avdijaj
              0:5 86 (85.54) Milot Rashica

Turkey - Sweden 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 71-pen (70.25) Andreas Granqvist

Italy - Portugal 0:0

Albania - Scotland 0:4

Scorers: 0:1 14 (13.20) Ryan Fraser
              0:2 45+2-pen (46.46) Steven Fletcher
              0:3 55 (54.31) James Forrest
              0:4 67 (66.37) James Forrest

- For doing way too much unnecessary hand moves (in front of the referee), Mergim Mavraj (Albania) received a direct red card on 21 (20.57).

Romania - Lithuania 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 07 George Puskas
              2:0 47 Claudiu Keseru
              3:0 64 Nicolae Stanciu

- At 88 (87.52) Arvydas Novikovas (Lithuania) received his second yellow card.

Nine entertaining goals in one game

Comoros - Malawi 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 02 (01.27) El Fardou Ben Nabouhane
              1:1 64 (64.16) Patrick Phiri
              2:1 66 (65.35) Nasser Chamed

Seychelles - Libya 1:8

Scorers: 0:1 02 (02.13) Motasem Sabbou
              0:2 20 (19.58) Mohamed Anis Saltou
              0:3 31 (31.03) Mohamed Anis Saltou
              0:4 55 (55.16) Khalid al Maryami
              0:5 59 (58.25) Salem Baleid
              0:6 62 (61.42) Mohamed Anis Saltou
              1:6 71 (71.02) Perry Monnaie
              1:7 85 (84.42) Rabia al Shadi
              1:8 90+2 (91.53) Hamdou el Houni

South Africa - Nigeria 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 09-own goal (08.58) Buhle Mkhwanazi
              1:1 26 (25.22) Lebo Mothiba

Uganda - Cape Verde 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 77 (77.12) Patrick Kaddu

Namibia - Guinea-Bissau 0:0

Gabon - Mali 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 11 (10.30) Moussa Doumbia

Equatorial Guinea - Senegal 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 52-own goal (51.25) Luis Meseguer

Gambia - Benin 3:1

Scorers: 0:1 34 (33.38) Steve Mounie
              1:1 69 (69.16) Lamin Jallow
              2:1 77 (77.15) Modou Jobe
              3:1 90+4 (93.49) Ablie Jallow

17 November 2018

Incomplete phase

British Virgin Islands - Bonaire SUSPENDED

Grenada - Saint Martin 5:2

Scorers: 1:0 15 Jamal Ray Charles
              2:0 21 Jamal Ray Charles
              3:0 39 Kennedy Hinkson
              3:1 45 Ylaire Joichim
              4:1 49 Arthur Paterson
              4:2 62 Danilo Cocks
              5:2 84 Arthur Paterson

Bermuda - El Salvador 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 71 Nahki Wells

Aruba - Montserrat 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 36 Spencer Weir-Daley
              0:2 51 Bradley Woods

- Captain Eric Abdul (Aruba) has perfectly saved an 11-metre shot from Lyle Taylor (Montserrat) on 15.

Belize - Puerto Rico 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 31 Denmark Casey

World champions thrown on its knees

Cyprus - Bulgaria 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 24 (23.21) Panagiotis Zachariou
              1:1 89-pen (88.38) Nikolay Dimitrov


Netherlands - France 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 44 (43.20) Georginio Wijnaldum
              2:0 90+5-pen (95.04) Memphis Depay

Gibraltar - Armenia 2:6


Scorers: 1:0 09 (09.01) Thay de Barr
              1:1 26 (26.06) Yura Movsisyan
              1:2 48 (47.52) Yura Movsisyan
              1:3 52 (51.23) Yura Movsisyan
              1:4 54 (53.23) Yura Movsisyan
              1:5 66 (65.29) Artur Kartashyan
              2:5 78 (77.23) Adam Priestley
              2:6 90+4 (93.22) Alexander Karapetyan


Slovakia - Ukraine 4:1


Scorers: 1:0 05 (05.19) Albert Rusnak
              2:0 26 (25.47) Juraj Kucka
              2:1 47 (46.32) Yevhen Konoplyanka
              3:1 52 (51.23) Adam Zrelak
              4:1 60 (60.16) Robert Mak

Slovenia - Norway 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 09 (08.28) Benjamin Verbic
              1:1 85 (84.51) Bjorn Johnsen

Wales - Denmark 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 42 (41.39) Nicolai Jorgensen
              0:2 88 (87.23) Martin Braithwaite
              1:2 89 (88.48) Gareth Bale

16 November 2018

Three interesting duels, two turnarounds and plenty of nets shaking

South Sudan - Burundi 2:5

Scorers: 1:0 14 Atak Lual
              1:1 17 Cedric Amissi
              1:2 40 Fiston Abdul Razak
              2:2 71 Dominic Aboy
              2:3 76 Fiston Abdul Razak
              2:4 85 Fiston Abdul Razak
              2:5 86 Fiston Abdul Razak

Egypt - Tunisia 3:2

Scorers: 0:1 13 (12.53) Naim Sliti
              1:1 32 (31.42) Mahmoud Trezeguet
              2:1 60 (59.37) Baher el Mohamady
              2:2 71 (71.16) Naim Sliti
              3:2 89 (89.12) Mohamed Salah

Morocco - Cameroon 2:0

Scorer: 1:0 54-pen (53.24) Hakim Ziyech
            2:0 65 (65.15) Hakim Ziyech

- Karl Toko Ekambi gave a 'good' example how to earn a penalty by simulating a foul. Hence, the Cameroon captain got a deserved second yellow card on 78 (78.14).

From 8 awful European games, the ninth was a real crazy in just 40 minutes of play

Kazakhstan - Latvia 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 36 (36.00) Gafurzhan Suyumbayev
              1:1 48 (47.55) Deniss Rakels

Greece - Finland 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 24-own goal Albin Granlund

Andorra - Georgia 1:1


Scorers: 0:1 08 (08.00) Giorgi Chakvetadze

              1:1 62 (62.15) Cristian Martinez

Austria - Bosnia and Herzegovina 0:0



Croatia - Spain 3:2



Scorers: 1:0 54 (53.31) Andrej Kramaric
              1:1 56 (55.41) Daniel 'Dani' Ceballos
              2:1 68 (68.03) Tin Jedvaj
              2:2 77-pen (77.04) Sergio Ramos
              3:2 90+3 (92.23) Tin Jedvaj

San Marino - Moldova 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 77 (76.48) Vitalie Damascan

Hungary - Estonia 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 07 (07.15) Vilmos 'Willi' Orban
              2:0 68 (68.09) Adam Szalai

Luxembourg - Belarus 0:2

Scorer: 0:1 36 (36.04) Stanislaw Drahun
            0:2 54 (53.38) Stanislaw Drahun

Belgium - Iceland 2:0

Scorer: 1:0 64 (64.19) Michy Batshuayi
            2:0 80 (80.02) Michy Batshuayi

15 November 2018

UEFA is going mobile for a long period of time

At the last working day of last week one confederation is rich with one more sponsor. The mobile and online payment platform, Alipay has signed a 8 year deal (until 2026) with the European football organization. Hence, the Chinese giants will be global payment partner and cover competitions like, EURO 2020 and 2024, Nations league finals, as the contract says they are becoming only national team sponsor (not valid for club competitions).

13 November 2018

'Who would dare try to oppose me?'

There are not many nominees for the presidency of the European football organization which the deadline is expiring this Wednesday. UEFA has announced there are not many nominees, just the current leader, 51-year-old Slovenian lawyer Aleksander Ceferin who is the only candidate. His reign will definitely be confirmed at the meeting in Rome 07 February 2019.

12 November 2018

Africa has its own, separate, Nation event

As we had too many Nations league competitions, this article is about the Africa Nations Cup. Throughout the continent, it will be played all 24 qualifying duels from the penultimate, fifth round. Schedule of games should be the following, although some can vary.

16 November, Friday at 14.00 CET: South Sudan - Burundi.
16 November, Friday at 17.00 CET: Egypt - Tunisia.
16 November, Friday at 20.00 CET: Morocco - Cameroon.

17 November, Saturday at 13.00 CET: Comoros - Malawi.
17 November, Saturday at 13.30 CET: Seychelles - Libya.
17 November, Saturday at 14.00 CET: South Africa - Nigeria.
17 November, Saturday at 14.00 CET: Uganda - Cape Verde.
17 November, Saturday at 15.00 CET: Namibia - Guinea-Bissau.
17 November, Saturday at 16.00 CET: Equatorial Guinea - Senegal.
17 November, Saturday at 16.00 CET: Gabon - Mali.
17 November, Saturday at 17.30 CET: Gambia - Benin.

18 November, Sunday at 12.30 CET: Madagascar - Sudan.
18 November, Sunday at 14.00 CET: Ethiopia - Ghana.
18 November, Sunday at 14.00 CET: Kenya - Sierra Leone.
18 November, Sunday at 14.30 CET: Eswatini - Niger.
18 November, Sunday at 14.30 CET: Mozambique - Zambia.
18 November, Sunday at 14.30 CET: Rwanda - Central African Republic.
18 November, Sunday at 15.00 CET: Lesotho - Tanzania.
18 November, Sunday at 15.30 CET: Congo - Democratic Republic of Congo.
18 November, Sunday at 16.00 CET: Angola - Burkina Faso.
18 November, Sunday at 17.00 CET: Liberia - Zimbabwe.
18 November, Sunday at 17.00 CET: Togo - Algeria.
18 November, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Guinea - Ivory Coast.
18 November, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Mauritania - Botswana.

CONCACAF counterpart is starting with 10 duels

Next weekend an other Nations league tournament is starting and this time it is at the Caribbean and Central America. With phase number 3 in focus all these countries are giving their best to be in the desirable top 10 position. Also, high scores are always expected here, and with the way better performance from the European same-name event.

16 November, Friday at 19.45 CET: British Virgin Islands - Bonaire.

17 November, Saturday at 00.00 CET: Grenada - Saint Martin.
17 November, Saturday at 01.00 CET: Bermuda - El Salvador.
17 November, Saturday at 02.00 CET: Aruba - Montserrat.
17 November, Saturday at 03.00 CET: Belize - Puerto Rico.
17 November, Saturday at 21.30 CET: Cuba - Dominican Republic.

18 November, Sunday at 01.00 CET: Jamaica - Suriname.
18 November, Sunday at 02.00 CET: Cayman Islands - Saint Lucia.
18 November, Sunday at 02.00 CET: Nicaragua - Haiti.
18 November, Sunday at 21.00 CET: Turks and Caicos Islands - Saint Vincent and the                                                               Grenadines.

One whole round of European Nations league

This month, have to be played the last two group stages of the Nations league from the European part. From the second part of the next working week is going to start stage number 5, and only 7 duels will begin phase number 6 on the weekend. Most games are, of course, playing at the late kick-off time.

15 November, Thursday at 16.00 CET: Kazakhstan - Latvia.

15 November, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Andorra - Georgia.
15 November, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Austria - Bosnia and Herzegovina.
15 November, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Belgium - Iceland.
15 November, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Croatia - Spain.
15 November, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Greece - Finland.
15 November, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Hungary - Estonia.
15 November, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Luxembourg - Belarus.
15 November, Thursday at 20.45 CET: San Marino - Moldova.

16 November, Friday at 20.45 CET: Cyprus - Bulgaria.
16 November, Friday at 20.45 CET: Gibraltar - Armenia.
16 November, Friday at 20.45 CET: Liechtenstein - FYR Macedonia.
16 November, Friday at 20.45 CET: Netherlands - France.
16 November, Friday at 20.45 CET: Slovakia - Ukraine.
16 November, Friday at 20.45 CET: Slovenia - Norway.
16 November, Friday at 20.45 CET: Wales - Denmark.

17 November, Saturday at 15.00 CET: Serbia - Montenegro.

17 November, Saturday at 18.00 CET: Azerbaijan - Faroe Islands.
17 November, Saturday at 18.00 CET: Malta - Kosovo.
17 November, Saturday at 18.00 CET: Turkey - Sweden.

17 November, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Albania - Scotland.
17 November, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Italy - Portugal.
17 November, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Romania - Lithuania.

18 November, Sunday at 15.00 CET: England - Croatia.

18 November, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Moldova - Luxembourg.
18 November, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Northern Ireland - Austria.
18 November, Sunday at 18.00 CET: San Marino - Belarus.

18 November, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Greece - Estonia.
18 November, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Hungary - Finland.
18 November, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Switzerland - Belgium.