Last Tuesday UEFA has lost a legal battle against a French club at the sporting tribunal of justice. At the second attempt, the European football organization has opened investigation at PSG because of transfers, payments and sponsorship deals. After closing it UEFA has opened a new investigation to look into the matter, however the Court of Arbitration for Sport has accepted the appeal filed by the club. The statement said that the organization took too much time to reconsider its decision from 2017 and that the team is not violating the financial fair play rule.
31 March 2019
30 March 2019
Avoided suspension
On 12 March, at the second 90 minutes of last 16 duel in the Champions league Juventus managed to score 3 goals against Atletico Madrid and qualify for quarterfinal phase. That hat-trick was scored by Cristiano Ronaldo where in one of them were celebrated making a 'cojones' gesture towards the fans. Due to this obscene body movement last Thursday the European football organization has penalized the striker. Everyone thought that the Portuguese player would get at least a suspension form the following match / es in the competition, but at the end the 34-year-old received 'only' 20.000 euros punishment.
29 March 2019
Divided teams in three leagues
Unlike the European model, the North, Central America and Caribbean region have its own Nations league event. So far 34 teams were engaged in an overall tournament (played unfortunately only 4 rounds), but from now on these teams are going to be divided into three leagues.
Going further from this point, each one of these trio of leagues are going to have 4 groups. According to the final classification which ended this Monday morning, the strongest 12 teams are placed into league A, the middle league B has 16 teams, while representatives with lowest performance are in league C with 13 teams. Rules are clear: winners of each groups will go one league higher, whilst those teams who are fourth in their groups are going one league lower. Thus yesterday night at the ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America (USA) the draw was performed only to find out who is playing who in the following 12 groups starting from this fall:
Nations league A:
Group A: USA, Canada, Cuba.
Group B: Mexico, Panama, Bermuda.
Group C: Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique.
Group D: Costa Rica, Haiti, Curacao.
Nations league B:
Group A: French Guiana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Grenada.
Group B: El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, Montserrat.
Group C: Jamaica, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba.
Group D: Nicaragua, Suriname, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica.
Nations league C:
Group A: Barbados, Cayman Islands, Saint Martin, United States Virgin Islands.
Group B: Bonaire, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands.
Group C: Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Anguilla.
Group D: Guadeloupe, Turks and Caicos Islands, Sint Maarten.
Going further from this point, each one of these trio of leagues are going to have 4 groups. According to the final classification which ended this Monday morning, the strongest 12 teams are placed into league A, the middle league B has 16 teams, while representatives with lowest performance are in league C with 13 teams. Rules are clear: winners of each groups will go one league higher, whilst those teams who are fourth in their groups are going one league lower. Thus yesterday night at the ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America (USA) the draw was performed only to find out who is playing who in the following 12 groups starting from this fall:
Nations league A:
Group A: USA, Canada, Cuba.
Group B: Mexico, Panama, Bermuda.
Group C: Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique.
Group D: Costa Rica, Haiti, Curacao.
Nations league B:
Group A: French Guiana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Grenada.
Group B: El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, Montserrat.
Group C: Jamaica, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba.
Group D: Nicaragua, Suriname, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica.
Nations league C:
Group A: Barbados, Cayman Islands, Saint Martin, United States Virgin Islands.
Group B: Bonaire, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands.
Group C: Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Anguilla.
Group D: Guadeloupe, Turks and Caicos Islands, Sint Maarten.
28 March 2019
Regretful news of a survived journalist
In 2016 the football world was in shock where nearly all members of Brazilian club Chapecoense lost their lives while travelling to the Copa Sudamericana final. At that terrible airplane tragedy 71 people were lost, while there were six survivors. One of them was the faithful supporter of the team, a journalist who had to cover that last game. Sadly, that duel was not played, and this hero stayed forever by the team until...
After winning this terrible disastrous life battle, three years later Rafael Henzel has died from a natural cause. Yesterday, the 45-year-old reporter from the television station Rio Sul, collapsed on a football pitch where he was quickly transferred to hospital. Shortly thereafter he died from heart attack.
After winning this terrible disastrous life battle, three years later Rafael Henzel has died from a natural cause. Yesterday, the 45-year-old reporter from the television station Rio Sul, collapsed on a football pitch where he was quickly transferred to hospital. Shortly thereafter he died from heart attack.
27 March 2019
Memorable second halves from three Scandinavian teams
Armenia - Finland 0:2
Scorers: 0:1 13 (13.06) Fredrik Jensen
0:2 77 (77.19) Pyry Soiri
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Greece 2:2
Scorers: 1:0 09 (09.02) Edin Visca
2:0 15 (14.50) Miralem Pjanic
2:1 64-pen (63.39) Kostas Fortouinis
2:2 84 (84.09) Dimitrios Kolovos
- Nasty foul for a direct red card received Miralem Pjanic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) at 64 (64.19).
Malta - Spain 0:2
Scorer: 0:1 30 (30.11) Alvaro Morata
0:2 73 (72.32) Alvaro Morata
Italy - Liechtenstein 6:0
Scorers: 1:0 17 (16.33) Stefano Sensi
2:0 31 (31.08) Marco Verratti
3:0 35-pen (34.37) Fabio Quagliarealla
4:0 45+2-pen (47.13) Fabio Quagliarealla
5:0 69 (68.55) Moise Kean
6:0 76 (75.45) Leonardo Pavoletti
- For posing as goalkeeper on 45+1 (46.12), the defender Daniel Kaufmann (Liechtenstein) was send to the dressing room with a direct red card.
Romania - Faroe Islands 4:1
Scorers: 1:0 26 Ciprian Deac
2:0 29 Claudiu Keseru
3:0 32 Claudiu Keseru
3:1 40-pen Viljormur Davidsen
4:1 63 Geroge Puscas
Norway - Sweden 3:3
Scorers: 1:0 41 (40.31) Bjorn Johnsen
2:0 59 (58.37) Joshua King
2:1 69 (69.07) Viktor Claesson
2:2 86-own goal (85.37) Havard Nordtveit
2:3 90 (90.10) Robin Quaison
3:3 90+6 (95.45) Ola Kamara
- Sweden had a penalty at 69 (69.05). A shot from Andreas Granqvist was superbly saved, but Viktor Claesson was able to score from the rebound two seconds later.
Republic of Ireland - Georgia 1:0
Scorer: 1:0 35 (35.01) Conor Hourihane
Switzerland - Denmark 3:3
Scorers: 1:0 19 (18.27) Remo Freuler
2:0 66 (65.31) Granit Xhaka
3:0 76 (75.36) Breel Embolo
3:1 84 (83.22) Mathias Jorgensen (also known as Zanka)
3:2 87 (87.06) Christian Gytkjaer
3:3 90+3 (92.44) Henrik Dalsgaard
Additional information: On a very last night of European qualifiers from round two Norway, Sweden and Denmark tonight just showed why this sport is so exciting.
Scorers: 0:1 13 (13.06) Fredrik Jensen
0:2 77 (77.19) Pyry Soiri
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Greece 2:2
Scorers: 1:0 09 (09.02) Edin Visca
2:0 15 (14.50) Miralem Pjanic
2:1 64-pen (63.39) Kostas Fortouinis
2:2 84 (84.09) Dimitrios Kolovos
- Nasty foul for a direct red card received Miralem Pjanic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) at 64 (64.19).
Malta - Spain 0:2
Scorer: 0:1 30 (30.11) Alvaro Morata
0:2 73 (72.32) Alvaro Morata
Italy - Liechtenstein 6:0
Scorers: 1:0 17 (16.33) Stefano Sensi
2:0 31 (31.08) Marco Verratti
3:0 35-pen (34.37) Fabio Quagliarealla
4:0 45+2-pen (47.13) Fabio Quagliarealla
5:0 69 (68.55) Moise Kean
6:0 76 (75.45) Leonardo Pavoletti
- For posing as goalkeeper on 45+1 (46.12), the defender Daniel Kaufmann (Liechtenstein) was send to the dressing room with a direct red card.
Romania - Faroe Islands 4:1
Scorers: 1:0 26 Ciprian Deac
2:0 29 Claudiu Keseru
3:0 32 Claudiu Keseru
3:1 40-pen Viljormur Davidsen
4:1 63 Geroge Puscas
Norway - Sweden 3:3
Scorers: 1:0 41 (40.31) Bjorn Johnsen
2:0 59 (58.37) Joshua King
2:1 69 (69.07) Viktor Claesson
2:2 86-own goal (85.37) Havard Nordtveit
2:3 90 (90.10) Robin Quaison
3:3 90+6 (95.45) Ola Kamara
- Sweden had a penalty at 69 (69.05). A shot from Andreas Granqvist was superbly saved, but Viktor Claesson was able to score from the rebound two seconds later.
Republic of Ireland - Georgia 1:0
Scorer: 1:0 35 (35.01) Conor Hourihane
Switzerland - Denmark 3:3
Scorers: 1:0 19 (18.27) Remo Freuler
2:0 66 (65.31) Granit Xhaka
3:0 76 (75.36) Breel Embolo
3:1 84 (83.22) Mathias Jorgensen (also known as Zanka)
3:2 87 (87.06) Christian Gytkjaer
3:3 90+3 (92.44) Henrik Dalsgaard
Additional information: On a very last night of European qualifiers from round two Norway, Sweden and Denmark tonight just showed why this sport is so exciting.
26 March 2019
One saved punishment
Turkey - Moldova 4:0
Scorers: 1:0 24 (23.21) Hasan Ali Kaldirim
2:0 26 (25.22) Cenk Tosun
3:0 53 (52.55) Cenk Tosun
4:0 70 (69.24) Ayhan Kaan
- With a beautiful save at 53 (52.23), Alexei Koselev (Moldova) denied Burak Yilmaz to score from 11 metres.
Andorra - Albania 0:3
Scorers: 0:1 21 (20.33) Armando Sadiku
0:2 87 (86.48) Bekim Balaj
0:3 90+6 (95.33) Amir Abrashi
France - Iceland 4:0
Scorers: 1:0 11 (11.08) Samuel Umtiti
2:0 67 (67.13) Olivier Giroud
3:0 78 (77.33) Kylian Mbappe
4:0 84 (83.38) Antoine Griezmann
Montenegro - England 1:5
Scorers: 1:0 17 (16.57) Marko Vesovic
1:1 30 (29.52) Michael Keane
1:2 38 (38.00) Ross Barkley
1:3 59 (58.35) Ross Barkley
1:4 71 (70.26) Harry Kane
1:5 80 (80.02) Rahem Sterling
Kosovo - Bulgaria 1:1
Scorers: 0:1 38 (38.14) Vasil Bozhikov
1:1 61 (60.52) Arber Zeneli
Portugal - Serbia 1:1
Scorers: 0:1 07-pen (06.51) Dusan Tadic
1:1 41 (41.07) Danilo Pereira
Luxembourg - Ukraine 1:2
Scorers: 0:1 33 (33.15) David Turpel
1:1 39 (39.07) Viktor Tsyhankov
1:2 90+3-own goal (92.36) Gerson Rodrigues
Scorers: 1:0 24 (23.21) Hasan Ali Kaldirim
2:0 26 (25.22) Cenk Tosun
3:0 53 (52.55) Cenk Tosun
4:0 70 (69.24) Ayhan Kaan
- With a beautiful save at 53 (52.23), Alexei Koselev (Moldova) denied Burak Yilmaz to score from 11 metres.
Andorra - Albania 0:3
Scorers: 0:1 21 (20.33) Armando Sadiku
0:2 87 (86.48) Bekim Balaj
0:3 90+6 (95.33) Amir Abrashi
France - Iceland 4:0
Scorers: 1:0 11 (11.08) Samuel Umtiti
2:0 67 (67.13) Olivier Giroud
3:0 78 (77.33) Kylian Mbappe
4:0 84 (83.38) Antoine Griezmann
Montenegro - England 1:5
Scorers: 1:0 17 (16.57) Marko Vesovic
1:1 30 (29.52) Michael Keane
1:2 38 (38.00) Ross Barkley
1:3 59 (58.35) Ross Barkley
1:4 71 (70.26) Harry Kane
1:5 80 (80.02) Rahem Sterling
Kosovo - Bulgaria 1:1
Scorers: 0:1 38 (38.14) Vasil Bozhikov
1:1 61 (60.52) Arber Zeneli
Portugal - Serbia 1:1
Scorers: 0:1 07-pen (06.51) Dusan Tadic
1:1 41 (41.07) Danilo Pereira
Luxembourg - Ukraine 1:2
Scorers: 0:1 33 (33.15) David Turpel
1:1 39 (39.07) Viktor Tsyhankov
1:2 90+3-own goal (92.36) Gerson Rodrigues
25 March 2019
Summer of extraordinary football events
In three months time we will watch watch two regional football championships which are going to be played on two separate continents. And yesterday finished all qualifiers for the following events:
Edition number 32 of the African Nations Cup is going to start from 21 June until 19 July. Only the new host was guaranteed the place at the tournament, while the rest 23 teams played a long eliminatory duels where, at the end, we are going to see 3 debutants: Madagascar, Mauritania and Burundi, who will be joined together with Senegal, Morocco, Cameroon, Mali, Algeria, Benin, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Angola, Tunisia, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Namibia, Uganda and Tanzania.
Switching continents now to North, Central America and Caribbean. Forty one teams from the region tortured themselves to get to the top 10 of the joint Nations league with only one main price in mind: participation at another exciting competition of the confederation - the Gold Cup. The fifteenth edition which is starting from 15 June, will coincide with the above mentioned tournament, however the duels would not overlap themselves (due to the big time difference between the two continents). The 2019 event is going to have even 3 hosts, couple of them are known, and these teams will participate: Haiti, Canada, Martinique, Curacao, Cuba, Jamaica, Nicaragua, El Salvador. To this list are added two newcomers: Bermuda and Guyana. And to complete the line-up, six teams who qualified directly for the championship are: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, United States of America together with Trinidad and Tobago.
Edition number 32 of the African Nations Cup is going to start from 21 June until 19 July. Only the new host was guaranteed the place at the tournament, while the rest 23 teams played a long eliminatory duels where, at the end, we are going to see 3 debutants: Madagascar, Mauritania and Burundi, who will be joined together with Senegal, Morocco, Cameroon, Mali, Algeria, Benin, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Angola, Tunisia, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Namibia, Uganda and Tanzania.
Switching continents now to North, Central America and Caribbean. Forty one teams from the region tortured themselves to get to the top 10 of the joint Nations league with only one main price in mind: participation at another exciting competition of the confederation - the Gold Cup. The fifteenth edition which is starting from 15 June, will coincide with the above mentioned tournament, however the duels would not overlap themselves (due to the big time difference between the two continents). The 2019 event is going to have even 3 hosts, couple of them are known, and these teams will participate: Haiti, Canada, Martinique, Curacao, Cuba, Jamaica, Nicaragua, El Salvador. To this list are added two newcomers: Bermuda and Guyana. And to complete the line-up, six teams who qualified directly for the championship are: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, United States of America together with Trinidad and Tobago.
Joint Nations league finished without a stalemate
British Virgin Islands - Bonaire 1:2
Scorers: 0:1 07 Jermaine Windster
1:1 76-pen Jamie Wilson
1:2 88 Jermaine Windster
- Bonaire finished the match with 10 players because Rudolph Kastaneer received his second yellow at 83.
Puerto Rico - Grenada 0:2
Scorer: 0:1 27 Antonio German
0:2 74 Antonio German
Dominican Republic - Bermuda 1:3
Scorers: 1:0 03 Enmy Pena
1:1 14 Zeiko Lewis
1:2 64 Nahki Wells
1:3 74 Jonte Smith
Canada - French Guiana 4:1
Scorers: 1:0 11 Junior Hoilett
1:1 26 Kevin Rimane
2:1 39 Lucas Cavallini
3:1 40 Jonathan David
4:1 49 Lucas Cavallini
Haiti - Cuba 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 26 Duckens Nazon
1:1 61 Luis Paradela
2:1 87 Kevin Lafrance
Barbados - Nicaragua 0:1
Scorer: 0:1 64 Juan Barrera
Scorers: 0:1 07 Jermaine Windster
1:1 76-pen Jamie Wilson
1:2 88 Jermaine Windster
- Bonaire finished the match with 10 players because Rudolph Kastaneer received his second yellow at 83.
Puerto Rico - Grenada 0:2
Scorer: 0:1 27 Antonio German
0:2 74 Antonio German
Dominican Republic - Bermuda 1:3
Scorers: 1:0 03 Enmy Pena
1:1 14 Zeiko Lewis
1:2 64 Nahki Wells
1:3 74 Jonte Smith
Canada - French Guiana 4:1
Scorers: 1:0 11 Junior Hoilett
1:1 26 Kevin Rimane
2:1 39 Lucas Cavallini
3:1 40 Jonathan David
4:1 49 Lucas Cavallini
Haiti - Cuba 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 26 Duckens Nazon
1:1 61 Luis Paradela
2:1 87 Kevin Lafrance
Barbados - Nicaragua 0:1
Scorer: 0:1 64 Juan Barrera
Hat trick name among many scorers
Kazakhstan - Russia 0:4
Scorers: 0:1 19 (1838) Denis Cheryshev
0:2 45+2 (46.27) Denis Cheryshev
0:3 52 (51.45) Artem Dzyuba
0:4 61-own goal (61.01) Abzal Beisebekov
Wales - Slovakia 1:0
Scorer: 1:0 05 (04.38) Daniel James
San Marino - Scotland 0:2
Scorers: 0:1 04 (03.37) Kenny McLean
0:2 73 (73.05) Johnny Russell
Hungary - Croatia 2:1
Scorers: 0:1 13 (12.25) Ante Rebic
1:1 34 (33.43) Adam Szalai
2:1 75 (75.19) Mate Patkai
Israel - Austria 4:2
Scorers: 0:1 08 (07.35) Marko Arnautovic
1:1 34 (33.29) Eran Zahavi
2:1 44 (44.01) Eran Zahavi
3:1 54 (54.05) Eran Zahavi
4:1 65 (65.03) Moanes Dabour
4:2 74 (74.12) Marko Arnautovic
Northern Ireland - Belarus 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 29 (29.14) Jonny Evans
1:1 33 (32.40) Ihar Stasevich
2:1 87 (86.28) Josh Magennis
Cyprus - Belgium 0:2
Scorers: 0:1 10 (09.42) Eden Hazard
0:2 17 (17.14) Michhy Batshuayi
Poland - Latvia 2:0
Scorers: 1:0 76 Robert Lewandowski
2:0 84 Kamil Glik
Netherlands - Germany 2:3
Scorers: 0:1 15 Leroy Sane
0:2 34 Serge Gnabry
1:2 48 Matthijs de Ligt
2:2 63 Memphis Depay
2:3 90 Nico Schulz
Scorers: 0:1 19 (1838) Denis Cheryshev
0:2 45+2 (46.27) Denis Cheryshev
0:3 52 (51.45) Artem Dzyuba
0:4 61-own goal (61.01) Abzal Beisebekov
Wales - Slovakia 1:0
Scorer: 1:0 05 (04.38) Daniel James
San Marino - Scotland 0:2
Scorers: 0:1 04 (03.37) Kenny McLean
0:2 73 (73.05) Johnny Russell
Hungary - Croatia 2:1
Scorers: 0:1 13 (12.25) Ante Rebic
1:1 34 (33.43) Adam Szalai
2:1 75 (75.19) Mate Patkai
Israel - Austria 4:2
Scorers: 0:1 08 (07.35) Marko Arnautovic
1:1 34 (33.29) Eran Zahavi
2:1 44 (44.01) Eran Zahavi
3:1 54 (54.05) Eran Zahavi
4:1 65 (65.03) Moanes Dabour
4:2 74 (74.12) Marko Arnautovic
Northern Ireland - Belarus 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 29 (29.14) Jonny Evans
1:1 33 (32.40) Ihar Stasevich
2:1 87 (86.28) Josh Magennis
Scorers: 0:1 10 (09.42) Eden Hazard
0:2 17 (17.14) Michhy Batshuayi
Poland - Latvia 2:0
Scorers: 1:0 76 Robert Lewandowski
2:0 84 Kamil Glik
Netherlands - Germany 2:3
Scorers: 0:1 15 Leroy Sane
0:2 34 Serge Gnabry
1:2 48 Matthijs de Ligt
2:2 63 Memphis Depay
2:3 90 Nico Schulz
Visiting win in one single match
Democratic Republic of Congo - Liberia 1:0
Scorer: 1:0 51 (51.15) Cedric Bakambu
Scorer: 1:0 51 (51.15) Cedric Bakambu
Zimbabwe - Congo 2:0
Scorers: 1:0 20 (19.26) Khama Billiat
2:0 35 (35.10) Knowledge Musona
Central African Republic - Guinea 0:0Scorers: 1:0 20 (19.26) Khama Billiat
2:0 35 (35.10) Knowledge Musona
Cape Verde - Lesotho 0:0
Benin - Togo 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 12 (11.31) David Djigla
1:1 71 (70.45) Emmanuel Adebayor
2:1 83 (82.41) Steve Mounie
Tanzania - Uganda 3:0
Scorers: 1:0 21 (20.38) Simon Msuva
2:0 51-pen (50.27) Rasto Nyoni
3:0 57 (56.38) Aggrey Morris
Libya - South Africa 1:2
Scorers: 0:1 49 (48.55) Percy Tau
1:1 65-pen (64.58) Ahmad ben Ali
1:2 68 (67.56) Percy Tau
24 March 2019
Tiny nations continue to impress
Dominica - Bahamas 4:0
Scorers: 1:0 24 Julian Wade
2:0 30 Travist Joseph
3:0 34 Julian Wade
4:0 84 Briel Thomas
Sint Maarten - Saint Martin 4:3
Scorers: 1:0 10-own goal Danilo Cocks
1:1 11 Akim Arrondell
2:1 22 Smally Lake
3:1 29-pen Remsley Boelijn
3:2 52 Danilo Cocks
4:2 59 Smally Lake
4:3 80-pen Wrubens Dupalus
Antigua and Barbuda - Curacao 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 01 Carl Osbourne
1:1 37 Gervane Kastaneer
2:1 49 Junior Benjamin
Guyana - Belize 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 16-pen Neil Danns
1:1 25 Elroy Kuylen
2:1 43 Emery Welshman
- Woodrow West (Belize) has had a brilliant save of the penalty from Neil Danns (Guyana) on 36.
Guadeloupe - Martinique 0:1
Scorer: 0:1 63 Wesley Jobello
El Salvador - Jamaica 2:0
Scorers: 1:0 48 Nelson Bonilla
2:0 87-own goal Damion Lowe
- Darren Mattocks was quicker than the final whistle when the Jamaican striker received a direct red card at 90.
Scorers: 1:0 24 Julian Wade
2:0 30 Travist Joseph
3:0 34 Julian Wade
4:0 84 Briel Thomas
Sint Maarten - Saint Martin 4:3
Scorers: 1:0 10-own goal Danilo Cocks
1:1 11 Akim Arrondell
2:1 22 Smally Lake
3:1 29-pen Remsley Boelijn
3:2 52 Danilo Cocks
4:2 59 Smally Lake
4:3 80-pen Wrubens Dupalus
Antigua and Barbuda - Curacao 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 01 Carl Osbourne
1:1 37 Gervane Kastaneer
2:1 49 Junior Benjamin
Suriname - Saint Kitts and Nevis 2:0
Scorers: 1:0 38 Stefano Rijssel
2:0 71 Ivenzo Comvalius
Scorers: 1:0 38 Stefano Rijssel
2:0 71 Ivenzo Comvalius
Scorers: 1:0 16-pen Neil Danns
1:1 25 Elroy Kuylen
2:1 43 Emery Welshman
- Woodrow West (Belize) has had a brilliant save of the penalty from Neil Danns (Guyana) on 36.
Guadeloupe - Martinique 0:1
Scorer: 0:1 63 Wesley Jobello
El Salvador - Jamaica 2:0
Scorers: 1:0 48 Nelson Bonilla
2:0 87-own goal Damion Lowe
- Darren Mattocks was quicker than the final whistle when the Jamaican striker received a direct red card at 90.
Last duels from phase one
Georgia - Switzerland 0:2
Scorers: 0:1 56 (55.58) Steven Zuber
0:2 80 (79.45) Denis Zakaria
Malta - Faroe Islands 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 12 (12.15) Kyrian Nwoko
2:0 77-pen (76.40) Steve Borg
2:1 90+7 (97.05) Jakup Ludvig Thomsen
- At 61 (61.05) Andrei Agius (Malta) committed a nasty foul in the penalty box for which he received a direct red card, but a fantastic save from Henry Bonello (Malta) denied Brandur Hendriksson (Faroe Islands) to score from 11 meters on 63 (63.12).
Gibraltar - Republic of Ireland 0:1
Scorer: 0:1 48 (48.08) Jeff Hendrick
Sweden - Romania 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 33 (32.28) Robin Quaison
2:0 40 (39.30) Viktor Claesson
2:1 58 (57.53) Claudiu Keseru
Liechtenstein - Greece 0:2
Scorers: 0:1 45+1 (45.46) Kostas Fortounis
0:2 80 (79.30) Anastasios Donis
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Armenia 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 33 (32.46) Rade Krunic
2:0 80 (79.28) Deni Milosevic
2:1 90+3-pen (92.45) Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Spain - Norway 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 16 (15.47) Rodrigo Moreno
1:1 65-pen (64.33) Joshua King
2:1 71-pen (70.28) Sergio Ramos
Italy - Finland 2:0
Scorers: 1:0 07 Nicolo Barella
2:0 74 Moise Kean
Scorers: 0:1 56 (55.58) Steven Zuber
0:2 80 (79.45) Denis Zakaria
Malta - Faroe Islands 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 12 (12.15) Kyrian Nwoko
2:0 77-pen (76.40) Steve Borg
2:1 90+7 (97.05) Jakup Ludvig Thomsen
- At 61 (61.05) Andrei Agius (Malta) committed a nasty foul in the penalty box for which he received a direct red card, but a fantastic save from Henry Bonello (Malta) denied Brandur Hendriksson (Faroe Islands) to score from 11 meters on 63 (63.12).
Gibraltar - Republic of Ireland 0:1
Scorer: 0:1 48 (48.08) Jeff Hendrick
Scorers: 1:0 33 (32.28) Robin Quaison
2:0 40 (39.30) Viktor Claesson
2:1 58 (57.53) Claudiu Keseru
Liechtenstein - Greece 0:2
Scorers: 0:1 45+1 (45.46) Kostas Fortounis
0:2 80 (79.30) Anastasios Donis
Scorers: 1:0 33 (32.46) Rade Krunic
2:0 80 (79.28) Deni Milosevic
2:1 90+3-pen (92.45) Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Spain - Norway 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 16 (15.47) Rodrigo Moreno
1:1 65-pen (64.33) Joshua King
2:1 71-pen (70.28) Sergio Ramos
Italy - Finland 2:0
Scorers: 1:0 07 Nicolo Barella
2:0 74 Moise Kean
Nets were shaken at every game
Burundi - Gabon 1:1
Scorers: 1:0 75 (74.52) Cedric Amissi
1:1 81-own goal (80.56) Omar Ngando
Scorers: 1:0 75 (74.52) Cedric Amissi
1:1 81-own goal (80.56) Omar Ngando
Cameroon - Comoros 3:0
Scorers: 1:0 37 (36.44) Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
2:0 53 (52.28) Christian Bassogog
3:0 88 (88.16) Clinton N'Jie
Niger - Egypt 1:1
Scorers: 0:1 47 (46.43) Mahmoud Trezeguet
1:1 81 (81.03) Amadou Moutari
- Egyptian goalkeeper Ahmed el-Shennawi fantastically saved a penalty from the captain of Niger Souleymane Sacko on 55 (54.35).
Zambia - Namibia 4:1
Scorers: 1:0 12 (11.56) Augustine Mulenga
2:0 54 (54.14) Donashano Malama
3:0 82 (81.32) Augustine Mulenga
3:1 89 (89.07) Peter Shalulile
4:1 90+1 (90.39) Lazarus Kambole
Scorers: 0:1 47 (46.43) Mahmoud Trezeguet
1:1 81 (81.03) Amadou Moutari
- Egyptian goalkeeper Ahmed el-Shennawi fantastically saved a penalty from the captain of Niger Souleymane Sacko on 55 (54.35).
Zambia - Namibia 4:1
Scorers: 1:0 12 (11.56) Augustine Mulenga
2:0 54 (54.14) Donashano Malama
3:0 82 (81.32) Augustine Mulenga
3:1 89 (89.07) Peter Shalulile
4:1 90+1 (90.39) Lazarus Kambole
Guinea-Bissau - Mozambique 2:2
Scorers: 1:0 12 (11.36) Piqueti Djassi
1:1 48 (47.52) Stanley Ratifo
1:2 88 (88.01) Nelson Divarassone
2:2 90+4 (93.57) Frederic Mendy
Scorers: 1:0 12 (11.36) Piqueti Djassi
1:1 48 (47.52) Stanley Ratifo
1:2 88 (88.01) Nelson Divarassone
2:2 90+4 (93.57) Frederic Mendy
Ivory Coast - Rwanda 3:0
Scorers: 1:0 06 (06.01) Nicolas Pepe
2:0 66 (65.37) Eric Bailly
3:0 72 (71.35) Maxwel Cornet
Ghana - Kenya 1:0
Scorer: 1:0 82 (81.55) Caleb Ekuban
Senegal - Madagascar 2:0
Scorer: 1:0 27 (26.38) M'Baye Niang
2:0 55 (55.17) M'Baye Niang
Scorer: 1:0 82 (81.55) Caleb Ekuban
Senegal - Madagascar 2:0
Scorer: 1:0 27 (26.38) M'Baye Niang
2:0 55 (55.17) M'Baye Niang
Mali - South Sudan 3:0
Scorers: 1:0 18 Salif Coulibaly
2:0 28 Moussa Djenepo
3:0 89 Adama Traore
Scorers: 1:0 18 Salif Coulibaly
2:0 28 Moussa Djenepo
3:0 89 Adama Traore
23 March 2019
Goals continue to pour
Anguilla - United States Virgin Islands 0:3
Scorers: 0:1 15 James Mack III
0:2 26 Bryce Pierre
0:3 86 Aaron Dennis
Saint Lucia - Aruba 3:2
Scorers: 1:0 38 Jevick McFarlane
1:1 53 Josua John
2:1 63 Jevick McFarlane
3:1 66 Lester Joseph
3:2 90+2 Ricky Marte
- Aruba finished the game with 10 man, as Annuar Kock (90+2) was quicker to left the field than the final whistle, receiving two yellow cards.
Cayman Islands - Montserrat 1:2
Scorers: 0:1 39-pen Adrian Clifton
1:1 49 Marks Ebanks
1:2 66 Bradley Woods
Scorers: 0:1 15 James Mack III
0:2 26 Bryce Pierre
0:3 86 Aaron Dennis
Saint Lucia - Aruba 3:2
Scorers: 1:0 38 Jevick McFarlane
1:1 53 Josua John
2:1 63 Jevick McFarlane
3:1 66 Lester Joseph
3:2 90+2 Ricky Marte
- Aruba finished the game with 10 man, as Annuar Kock (90+2) was quicker to left the field than the final whistle, receiving two yellow cards.
Cayman Islands - Montserrat 1:2
Scorers: 0:1 39-pen Adrian Clifton
1:1 49 Marks Ebanks
1:2 66 Bradley Woods
Referee from first match indeed needs binoculars after giving such a shameful punishment
Bulgaria - Montenegro 1:1
Scorers: 0:1 50 (49.28) Stefan Mugosa
1:1 82-pen (81.56) Todor Nedelev
- Something definitely quickly needs to be changed in this sport, so that referees are not giving such an easy and funny penalties which are not committed.
Moldova - France 1:4
Scorers: 0:1 24 Antoine Griezmann
0:2 27 Raphael Varane
0:3 36 Olivier Giroud
0:4 87 Kylian Mbappe
1:4 89 Vladimir Ambros
Portugal - Ukraine 0:0
Albania - Turkey 0:2
Scorers: 0:1 21 (20.49) Burak Yilmaz
0:2 54 (54.03) Hakan Calhanoglu
Luxembourg - Lithuania 2:1
Scorers: 0:1 14 (13.20) Fedor Cernych
1:1 44 (44.13) Leandro Barreiro
2:1 55 (54.30) Gerson Rodrigues
Andorra - Iceland 0:2
Scorers: 0:1 22 (21.26) Birkir Bjarnason
0:2 80 (79.24) Vidar Orn Kjartansson
England - Czech Republic 5:0
Scorers: 1:0 24 Raheem Sterling
2:0 45+2-pen Harry Kane
3:0 62 Raheem Sterling
4:0 68 Raheem Sterling
5:0 84-own goal Tomas Kalas
Scorers: 0:1 50 (49.28) Stefan Mugosa
1:1 82-pen (81.56) Todor Nedelev
- Something definitely quickly needs to be changed in this sport, so that referees are not giving such an easy and funny penalties which are not committed.
Moldova - France 1:4
Scorers: 0:1 24 Antoine Griezmann
0:2 27 Raphael Varane
0:3 36 Olivier Giroud
0:4 87 Kylian Mbappe
1:4 89 Vladimir Ambros
Albania - Turkey 0:2
Scorers: 0:1 21 (20.49) Burak Yilmaz
0:2 54 (54.03) Hakan Calhanoglu
Luxembourg - Lithuania 2:1
Scorers: 0:1 14 (13.20) Fedor Cernych
1:1 44 (44.13) Leandro Barreiro
2:1 55 (54.30) Gerson Rodrigues
Scorers: 0:1 22 (21.26) Birkir Bjarnason
0:2 80 (79.24) Vidar Orn Kjartansson
England - Czech Republic 5:0
Scorers: 1:0 24 Raheem Sterling
2:0 45+2-pen Harry Kane
3:0 62 Raheem Sterling
4:0 68 Raheem Sterling
5:0 84-own goal Tomas Kalas
Unpopular start
Malawi - Morocco 0:0
Sudan - Equatorial Guinea 1:4
Scorers: 1:0 14 Mohamed Mokhtar
1:1 18-pen Emilio Nsue
1:2 36-pen Emilio Nsue
1:3 48 Pablo Ganet
1:4 85 Pedro Obiang
Nigeria - Seychelles 3:1
Scorers: 1:0 35-pen (34.24) Odion Ighalo
1:1 41 (40.53) Rody Melanie
2:1 50 (49.54) Henry Onyekuru
3:1 90 (89.57) Moses Simon
Burkina Faso - Mauritania 1:0
Scorer: 1:0 19 (18.26) Bertrand Traore
Botswana - Angola 0:1
Scorer: 0:1 20 (20.16) Wilson Eduardo
Scorers: 1:0 21 (20.24) Syam ben Youssef
2:0 33 (32.48) Anice Badri
3:0 53 (52.27) Naim Sliti
4:0 61 (60.53) Yassine Meriah
Sudan - Equatorial Guinea 1:4
Scorers: 1:0 14 Mohamed Mokhtar
1:1 18-pen Emilio Nsue
1:2 36-pen Emilio Nsue
1:3 48 Pablo Ganet
1:4 85 Pedro Obiang
Scorers: 1:0 35-pen (34.24) Odion Ighalo
1:1 41 (40.53) Rody Melanie
2:1 50 (49.54) Henry Onyekuru
3:1 90 (89.57) Moses Simon
Burkina Faso - Mauritania 1:0
Scorer: 1:0 19 (18.26) Bertrand Traore
Scorer: 0:1 20 (20.16) Wilson Eduardo
Tunisia - Eswatini 4:0
Scorers: 1:0 21 (20.24) Syam ben Youssef
2:0 33 (32.48) Anice Badri
3:0 53 (52.27) Naim Sliti
4:0 61 (60.53) Yassine Meriah
Algeria - Gambia 1:1
Scorers: 1:0 42 (41.48) Mehdi Abeid
1:1 90+1 (91.01) Mamadou Danso (or simply Futty Danso)
Scorers: 1:0 42 (41.48) Mehdi Abeid
1:1 90+1 (91.01) Mamadou Danso (or simply Futty Danso)
22 March 2019
Wonderful opening fourth round games with full of excitements
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Bonaire 2:1
Scorers: 0:1 37 Jurven Koffy
1:1 77 Cornelius Stewart
2:1 79 Chevel Cunningham
- Yannick Beckman (Bonaire) received two yellow cards at 90.
British Virgin Islands - Turks and Caicos Islands 2:2
Scorers: 1:0 64 Troy Caesar
2:0 83 Jerry Wiltshire
2:1 86 Billy Forbes
2:2 87 Fred Dorvil
Scorers: 0:1 37 Jurven Koffy
1:1 77 Cornelius Stewart
2:1 79 Chevel Cunningham
- Yannick Beckman (Bonaire) received two yellow cards at 90.
British Virgin Islands - Turks and Caicos Islands 2:2
Scorers: 1:0 64 Troy Caesar
2:0 83 Jerry Wiltshire
2:1 86 Billy Forbes
2:2 87 Fred Dorvil
Quickest goal scored
Kazakhstan - Scotland 3:0
Scorers: 1:0 06 (05.29) Yuriy Pertsukh
2:0 09 (09.11) Yan Vorogovskiy
3:0 51 (50.22) Baktiyar Zainutdinov
Cyprus - San Marino 5:0
Scorers: 1:0 19-pen (18.25) Pieros Sotiriou
2:0 23-pen (22.48) Pieros Sotiriou
3:0 26 (25.40) Ioannis Kousoulos
4:0 31 (30.54) Georgios Efrem
5:0 55 (55.15) Konstantinos Laifis
Slovakia - Hungary 2:0
Scorers: 1:0 42 (41.56) Ondrej Duda
2:0 84 (83.59) Albert Rusnak
Northern Ireland - Estonia 2:0
Scorers: 1:0 55 (55.15) Niall McGinn
2:0 74-pen (74.05) Steven Davies
Scorers: 0:1 47 (47.19) Andraz Sporar
1:1 55 (54.21) Eran Zahavi
Scorers: 1:0 14 (13.45) Youri Tielemans
1:1 16 (15.36) Denis Cheryshev
2:1 45-pen (44.38) Eden Hazard
3:1 87 (87.14) Eden Hazard
- The first red card of these qualifiers was for Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) who received two yellow at 90 (89.23).
Scorer: 0:1 68 (67.53) Krzysztof Piatek
Netherlands - Belarus 4:0
Scorers: 1:0 01 (50 seconds) Memphis Depay
2:0 21 (20.27) Georginio Wijnaldum
3:0 55-pen (54.40) Memphis Depay
4:0 85 (85.04) Virgil van Dijk
Scorers: 1:0 06 (05.29) Yuriy Pertsukh
2:0 09 (09.11) Yan Vorogovskiy
3:0 51 (50.22) Baktiyar Zainutdinov
Cyprus - San Marino 5:0
Scorers: 1:0 19-pen (18.25) Pieros Sotiriou
2:0 23-pen (22.48) Pieros Sotiriou
3:0 26 (25.40) Ioannis Kousoulos
4:0 31 (30.54) Georgios Efrem
5:0 55 (55.15) Konstantinos Laifis
Slovakia - Hungary 2:0
Scorers: 1:0 42 (41.56) Ondrej Duda
2:0 84 (83.59) Albert Rusnak
Northern Ireland - Estonia 2:0
Scorers: 1:0 55 (55.15) Niall McGinn
2:0 74-pen (74.05) Steven Davies
Croatia - Azerbaijan 2:1
Scorers: 0:1 19 Ramil Sheydaev
1:1 44 Borna Barisic
2:1 79 Andrej Kramaric
Scorers: 0:1 19 Ramil Sheydaev
1:1 44 Borna Barisic
2:1 79 Andrej Kramaric
Israel - Slovenia 1:1
Scorers: 0:1 47 (47.19) Andraz Sporar
1:1 55 (54.21) Eran Zahavi
Belgium - Russia 3:1
Scorers: 1:0 14 (13.45) Youri Tielemans
1:1 16 (15.36) Denis Cheryshev
2:1 45-pen (44.38) Eden Hazard
3:1 87 (87.14) Eden Hazard
- The first red card of these qualifiers was for Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) who received two yellow at 90 (89.23).
Austria - Poland 0:1
Scorer: 0:1 68 (67.53) Krzysztof Piatek
Netherlands - Belarus 4:0
Scorers: 1:0 01 (50 seconds) Memphis Depay
2:0 21 (20.27) Georginio Wijnaldum
3:0 55-pen (54.40) Memphis Depay
4:0 85 (85.04) Virgil van Dijk
21 March 2019
New record was set in women football
Last Sunday 60.739 spectators have watched Atletico Madrid - Barcelona in the Primera division de la Liga Femenino (Primera division for women). In terms of fans, Wanda Metropolitano stadium have set a European record on any women league. The game from past weekend broke the record of 48.121 spectators when Athletic Bilbao played Atletico Madrid at San Mames this January.
20 March 2019
Three announced draw dates
CONCACAF and UEFA confederations have announced dates of the draw on 3 important competitions taking place at their own continent.
At the second part of this week, the North, Central America and Caribbean region are concluding the overall qualifiers of the Nations league out of which all teams have been fighting to be placed mainly in the top 10 positions. Also, the final table will be significant to determine which teams are going to be at the divided Nations league groups. As from now on, the Nations league will be split into A, B or C groups (exactly like the European model), on 06 March the confederation has set the date: all 41 member nations are going to learn their fate at Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America on 27 March. Matches of all 3 divided groups will begin from this fall, while the final is going to be in March 2020.
Those teams which are placed in the top 10 of the above mentioned Nations league, will participate at the main tournament which is going to start this summer: the Gold Cup where 6 qualified teams already awaits them. When all 16 are known, the draw for this championship which starts in June, is going to be held on 10 April in Los Angeles, United States of America. On this date we are going to find out the full schedule with the 4 groups of the fifteenth edition of Gold Cup.
Switching continents now, and for the last date we have to arrive in Europe. Four days ago the European football organization has revealed that the draw for its own regional competition is set for this fall: 30 of November in Bucharest. The Romanian capital will give the answer which 6 groups are going to be formed for the complicated EURO 2020 event.
At the second part of this week, the North, Central America and Caribbean region are concluding the overall qualifiers of the Nations league out of which all teams have been fighting to be placed mainly in the top 10 positions. Also, the final table will be significant to determine which teams are going to be at the divided Nations league groups. As from now on, the Nations league will be split into A, B or C groups (exactly like the European model), on 06 March the confederation has set the date: all 41 member nations are going to learn their fate at Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America on 27 March. Matches of all 3 divided groups will begin from this fall, while the final is going to be in March 2020.
Those teams which are placed in the top 10 of the above mentioned Nations league, will participate at the main tournament which is going to start this summer: the Gold Cup where 6 qualified teams already awaits them. When all 16 are known, the draw for this championship which starts in June, is going to be held on 10 April in Los Angeles, United States of America. On this date we are going to find out the full schedule with the 4 groups of the fifteenth edition of Gold Cup.
Switching continents now, and for the last date we have to arrive in Europe. Four days ago the European football organization has revealed that the draw for its own regional competition is set for this fall: 30 of November in Bucharest. The Romanian capital will give the answer which 6 groups are going to be formed for the complicated EURO 2020 event.
19 March 2019
Destroying a really great event
Six regional club champions plus the host: in short this is the line-up for the Club World Cup. However, from now on money comes first instead of good football and all for the reason of why this tournament is (slowly) going to be completely wiped out.
From the beginning of the year the FIFA advisor Zvonimir Boban has announced that from 2021 this competition will be played every four years and with 24 clubs. Last Friday the president just confirmed what was said two months ago: that the Club World Cup is 'only' going to change its format. The expansion of this tournament is very 'original' explained by the adviser in January: an idea is to have 12 clubs from Europe, while the rest will be from other continents. But even if this whole thing is (somehow) Europeanized, the clubs from the old continent (European Club Association) are not satisfied and annunciate a boycott to the event.
From the beginning of the year the FIFA advisor Zvonimir Boban has announced that from 2021 this competition will be played every four years and with 24 clubs. Last Friday the president just confirmed what was said two months ago: that the Club World Cup is 'only' going to change its format. The expansion of this tournament is very 'original' explained by the adviser in January: an idea is to have 12 clubs from Europe, while the rest will be from other continents. But even if this whole thing is (somehow) Europeanized, the clubs from the old continent (European Club Association) are not satisfied and annunciate a boycott to the event.
18 March 2019
Last eliminatory games from Africa
Apart from CONCACAF region, one other continent is going to have its own official championship this summer: the African Cup of Nations. To get to the finals 23 last duels need to be played (one match is cancelled) in order to know which 24 teams are going to entertain us in Egypt from this June. Some teams are already qualified for the finals, but some needs to sweat good and next weekend play 'the game of their lives'. As always, there is little information about the exact kickoff times, but the schedule have to look like this:
22 March, Friday at 14.00 CET: Malawi - Morocco.
22 March, Friday at 16.00 CET: Nigeria - Seychelles.
22 March, Friday at 18.00 CET: Botswana - Angola.
22 March, Friday at 18.00 CET: Burkina Faso - Mauritania.
24 March, Sunday at 16.00 CET: Benin - Togo.
24 March, Sunday at 16.00 CET: Cape Verde - Lesotho.
24 March, Sunday at 16.00 CET: Tanzania - Uganda.
24 March, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Libya - South Africa.
22 March, Friday at 14.00 CET: Malawi - Morocco.
22 March, Friday at 16.00 CET: Nigeria - Seychelles.
22 March, Friday at 18.00 CET: Botswana - Angola.
22 March, Friday at 18.00 CET: Burkina Faso - Mauritania.
22 March, Friday at 18.00 CET: Sudan - Equatorial Guinea.
22 March, Friday at 19.15 CET: Tunisia - Eswatini.
22 March, Friday at 20.45 CET: Algeria - Gambia.
23 March, Saturday at 14.00 CET: Burundi - Gabon.
23 March, Saturday at 15.00 CET: Senegal - Madagascar.
23 March, Saturday at 16.00 CET: Cameroon - Comoros.
23 March, Saturday at 16.30 CET: Niger - Egypt.
23 March, Saturday at 17.30 CET: Guinea-Bissau - Mozambique.
23 March, Saturday at 17.30 CET: Zambia - Namibia.
23 March, Saturday at 18.00 CET: Ivory Coast - Rwanda.
23 March, Saturday at 19.00 CET: Ghana - Kenya.
23 March, Saturday at 20.00 CET: Mali - South Sudan.
24 March, Sunday at 14.00 CET: Democratic Republic of Congo - Liberia.
24 March, Sunday at 14.00 CET: Zimbabwe - Congo.
24 March, Sunday at 15.00 CET: Central African Republic - Guinea.24 March, Sunday at 16.00 CET: Benin - Togo.
24 March, Sunday at 16.00 CET: Cape Verde - Lesotho.
24 March, Sunday at 16.00 CET: Tanzania - Uganda.
24 March, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Libya - South Africa.
Final round in the overall CONCACAF Nations league
Last matchday at the Nations league event from CONCACAF region. After completing phase 4 we will have the answer of which teams are going to play in A, B or C league. However, the first 10 teams are still catching the main prize: going to the main event this summer - CONCACAF Gold Cup. All the following matches are from the final, fourth stage, except one duel which was suspended last year.
21 March, Thursday at 20.00 CET: British Virgin Islands - Turks and Caicos Islands.
21 March, Thursday at 20.00 CET: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Bonaire.
22 March, Friday at 20.00 CET: Anguilla - United States Virgin Islands.
22 March, Friday at 23.00 CET: Saint Lucia - Aruba.
22 March, Friday at 23.30 CET: Cayman Islands - Montserrat.
23 March, Saturday at 19.30 CET: Dominica - Bahamas.
23 March, Saturday at 20.00 CET: Sint Maarten - Saint Martin.
23 March, Saturday at 23.00 CET: Antigua and Barbuda - Curacao.
23 March, Saturday at 23.30 CET: Guyana - Belize.
23 March, Saturday at 23.30 CET: Suriname - Saint Kitts and Nevis.
24 March, Sunday at 01.00 CET: Guadeloupe - Martinique.
24 March, Sunday at 03.00 CET: El Salvador - Jamaica.
24 March, Sunday at 20.00 CET: British Virgin Islands - Bonaire (play from round 3).
24 March, Sunday at 21.00 CET: Puerto Rico - Grenada.
24 March, Sunday at 22.00 CET: Dominican Republic - Bermuda.
24 March, Sunday at 23.00 CET: Canada - French Guiana.
24 March, Sunday at 23.30 CET: Haiti - Cuba.
21 March, Thursday at 20.00 CET: British Virgin Islands - Turks and Caicos Islands.
21 March, Thursday at 20.00 CET: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Bonaire.
22 March, Friday at 20.00 CET: Anguilla - United States Virgin Islands.
22 March, Friday at 23.00 CET: Saint Lucia - Aruba.
22 March, Friday at 23.30 CET: Cayman Islands - Montserrat.
23 March, Saturday at 19.30 CET: Dominica - Bahamas.
23 March, Saturday at 20.00 CET: Sint Maarten - Saint Martin.
23 March, Saturday at 23.00 CET: Antigua and Barbuda - Curacao.
23 March, Saturday at 23.30 CET: Guyana - Belize.
23 March, Saturday at 23.30 CET: Suriname - Saint Kitts and Nevis.
24 March, Sunday at 01.00 CET: Guadeloupe - Martinique.
24 March, Sunday at 03.00 CET: El Salvador - Jamaica.
24 March, Sunday at 20.00 CET: British Virgin Islands - Bonaire (play from round 3).
24 March, Sunday at 21.00 CET: Puerto Rico - Grenada.
24 March, Sunday at 22.00 CET: Dominican Republic - Bermuda.
24 March, Sunday at 23.00 CET: Canada - French Guiana.
24 March, Sunday at 23.30 CET: Haiti - Cuba.
New cycle of qualifiers
The old continent is going to start a new set of qualifiers: for the complicated EURO 2020 event. As there is / are no privileged country / countries who can qualify directly for the ending competition every member nation is going to have a good sweat, just to get to the finals. For next week are scheduled to start these (a year long) qualifiers, plus on the weekend only 10 duels are going to open from round 2.
21 March, Thursday at 16.00 CET: Kazakhstan - Scotland.
21 March, Thursday at 18.00 CET: Cyprus - San Marino.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Austria - Poland.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Belgium - Russia.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Croatia - Azerbaijan.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Israel - Slovenia.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Netherlands - Belarus.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: North Macedonia (previously known as FYRoM) - Latvia.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Northern Ireland - Estonia.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Slovakia - Hungary.
22 March, Friday at 18.00 CET: Bulgaria - Montenegro.
22 March, Friday at 20.45 CET: Albania - Turkey.
22 March, Friday at 20.45 CET: Andorra - Iceland.
22 March, Friday at 20.45 CET: England - Czech Republic.
22 March, Friday at 20.45 CET: Luxembourg - Lithuania.
22 March, Friday at 20.45 CET: Moldova - France.
22 March, Friday at 20.45 CET: Portugal - Ukraine.
23 March, Saturday at 15.00 CET: Georgia - Switzerland.
23 March, Saturday at 18.00 CET: Gibraltar - Republic of Ireland.
23 March, Saturday at 18.00 CET: Malta - Faroe Islands.
23 March, Saturday at 18.00 CET: Sweden - Romania.
23 March, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Bosnia and Herzegovina - Armenia.
23 March, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Italy - Finland.
23 March, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Liechtenstein - Greece.
23 March, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Spain - Norway.
24 March, Sunday at 15.00 CET: Kazakhstan - Russia.
24 March, Sunday at 15.00 CET: Wales - Slovakia.
24 March, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Hungary - Croatia.
24 March, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Israel - Austria.
24 March, Sunday at 18.00 CET: San Marino - Scotland.
24 March, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Cyprus - Belgium.
24 March, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Netherlands - Germany.
24 March, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Northern Ireland - Belarus.
24 March, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Poland - Latvia.
24 March, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Slovenia - North Macedonia.
21 March, Thursday at 16.00 CET: Kazakhstan - Scotland.
21 March, Thursday at 18.00 CET: Cyprus - San Marino.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Austria - Poland.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Belgium - Russia.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Croatia - Azerbaijan.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Israel - Slovenia.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Netherlands - Belarus.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: North Macedonia (previously known as FYRoM) - Latvia.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Northern Ireland - Estonia.
21 March, Thursday at 20.45 CET: Slovakia - Hungary.
22 March, Friday at 18.00 CET: Bulgaria - Montenegro.
22 March, Friday at 20.45 CET: Albania - Turkey.
22 March, Friday at 20.45 CET: Andorra - Iceland.
22 March, Friday at 20.45 CET: England - Czech Republic.
22 March, Friday at 20.45 CET: Luxembourg - Lithuania.
22 March, Friday at 20.45 CET: Moldova - France.
22 March, Friday at 20.45 CET: Portugal - Ukraine.
23 March, Saturday at 15.00 CET: Georgia - Switzerland.
23 March, Saturday at 18.00 CET: Gibraltar - Republic of Ireland.
23 March, Saturday at 18.00 CET: Malta - Faroe Islands.
23 March, Saturday at 18.00 CET: Sweden - Romania.
23 March, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Bosnia and Herzegovina - Armenia.
23 March, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Italy - Finland.
23 March, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Liechtenstein - Greece.
23 March, Saturday at 20.45 CET: Spain - Norway.
24 March, Sunday at 15.00 CET: Kazakhstan - Russia.
24 March, Sunday at 15.00 CET: Wales - Slovakia.
24 March, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Hungary - Croatia.
24 March, Sunday at 18.00 CET: Israel - Austria.
24 March, Sunday at 18.00 CET: San Marino - Scotland.
24 March, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Cyprus - Belgium.
24 March, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Netherlands - Germany.
24 March, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Northern Ireland - Belarus.
24 March, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Poland - Latvia.
24 March, Sunday at 20.45 CET: Slovenia - North Macedonia.
17 March 2019
Whistleblowing means nothing anymore
A hacker, who so far have revealed plenty of irregularities and corruption in football, is going to be extradited to his native country: Portugal. Living in Budapest from 2015, Rui Pinto has hacked millions of documents revealing dirty businesses in the sport. The main source of 'Football leaks' was arrested on 16 January in Hungary, while last Tuesday the court confirmed that is going to be returned to Portugal who is accusing him for 'theft of data from some institutions, including the state itself, and attempt of blackmail of investment fund Maltese Doyen'. After an rejected appeal this Thursday, his lawyer said that the 30-year-old is going to be delivered to his native country within 10 days.
16 March 2019
Last eight pairs
In total we have 8 duels which are equally divided on two competitions or in other words we have reached the quarter final stage. And to find out who is playing who, the European football organization today conducted the draw whose games are going to be played next month. Starting from quarterfinal phase all games will kick-off at the same time, and with this UEFA concludes the draws for 2018-19 season for these two events.
For the first time at the knockout phase all duels for the Champions league are going to be played on the same month. Quarterfinal matches for the first 90 minutes are 09 and 10 April, whilst 7 nights later are the return legs. The schedule for last 8 looks like this:
1. Ajax - Juventus.
2. Liverpool - Porto.
3. Tottenham - Manchester City.
4. Barcelona - Manchester United (later in the day, this duel was inverted).
30 April and 01 May are first the dates for the first semifinal games, while 07 and 08 May are the second duels. The line-up is the following:
Winner of quarterfinal 3 is going to play against the winner of quarterfinal 1.
Victory team from quarterfinal 4 will play against the victory team from quarterfinal 2.
On Saturday, 01 June the Spanish capital will stage the last game of this event. The 'home' club in Madrid is going to be the first semifinal pair who is going to play against the second semifinal pair on Wanda Metropolitano stadium.
After the really exciting drama until late last night, on Friday afternoon we had to learn who are the quarterfinal pairs for the second and most enjoyable event to watch. Unlike the previous tournament, only two nights are reserved for Europa league games: quarterfinals are going to be played on 11 and 18 April with the following schedule:
1. Napoli - Arsenal (later in the day, this pair was reversed).
2. Villarreal - Valencia.
3. Benfica - Eintracht Frankfurt.
4. Slavia Prague - Chelsea.
On 02 and 09 May are the dates for semifinals, and the line up looks like this:
Victory club of quarterfinal 1 will play against victory team of quarterfinal 2.
Quarterfinal winner 3 is going to play against quarterfinal winner 4.
On the last Wednesday in May this competition will have a new winner. Semifinal duel number 2 is going to be written as 'hosts' who is going to play against the winning club of semifinal 1 match in Baku (Azerbaijan).
For the first time at the knockout phase all duels for the Champions league are going to be played on the same month. Quarterfinal matches for the first 90 minutes are 09 and 10 April, whilst 7 nights later are the return legs. The schedule for last 8 looks like this:
1. Ajax - Juventus.
2. Liverpool - Porto.
3. Tottenham - Manchester City.
4. Barcelona - Manchester United (later in the day, this duel was inverted).
30 April and 01 May are first the dates for the first semifinal games, while 07 and 08 May are the second duels. The line-up is the following:
Winner of quarterfinal 3 is going to play against the winner of quarterfinal 1.
Victory team from quarterfinal 4 will play against the victory team from quarterfinal 2.
On Saturday, 01 June the Spanish capital will stage the last game of this event. The 'home' club in Madrid is going to be the first semifinal pair who is going to play against the second semifinal pair on Wanda Metropolitano stadium.
After the really exciting drama until late last night, on Friday afternoon we had to learn who are the quarterfinal pairs for the second and most enjoyable event to watch. Unlike the previous tournament, only two nights are reserved for Europa league games: quarterfinals are going to be played on 11 and 18 April with the following schedule:
1. Napoli - Arsenal (later in the day, this pair was reversed).
2. Villarreal - Valencia.
3. Benfica - Eintracht Frankfurt.
4. Slavia Prague - Chelsea.
On 02 and 09 May are the dates for semifinals, and the line up looks like this:
Victory club of quarterfinal 1 will play against victory team of quarterfinal 2.
Quarterfinal winner 3 is going to play against quarterfinal winner 4.
On the last Wednesday in May this competition will have a new winner. Semifinal duel number 2 is going to be written as 'hosts' who is going to play against the winning club of semifinal 1 match in Baku (Azerbaijan).
15 March 2019
Unbelievable show at the capital of Czech Republic
Krasnodar - Valencia 1:1
Scorers: 1:0 85 (84.38) Magomed Shapi-Suleymanov
1:1 90+3 (92.28) Goncalo Guedes
Red Bull Salzburg - Napoli 3:1
Scorers: 0:1 14 (13.23) Arkadiusz Milik
1:1 24 (24.15) Moanes Dabour
2:1 65 (64.23) Fredrik Gulbrandsen
3:1 90+1 (90.59) Christoph Leitgeb
Dynamo Kyiv - Chelsea 0:5
Scorers: 0:1 05 (04.33) Olivier Giroud
0:2 32 (32.17) Olivier Giroud
0:3 45+1 (45.42) Marcos Alonso
0:4 59 (58.45) Olivier Giroud
0:5 78 (77.23) Callum Hudson-Odoi
Scorers: 1:0 29 (28.24) Gerard Moreno
2:0 47 (46.38) Carlos Bacca
2:1 90 (90.13) Branislav Ivanovic
Slavia Prague - Sevilla 2:2, after extra time 4:3
Scorers: 1:0 14 (13.55) Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
1:1 44-pen (43.22) Wissam ben Yedder
2:1 46-pen Tomas Soucek
2:2 53 (53.10) Munir el Haddadi
2:3 97 (97.11) Franco Vazquez
3:3 102 (101.20) Mick van Buren
4:3 119 (118.54) Ibrahim Benjamin Traore
Additional information: Valencia, Napoli, Chelsea, Villarreal, Slavia Prague, Benfica qualified for the third knockout phase.
Scorers: 1:0 85 (84.38) Magomed Shapi-Suleymanov
1:1 90+3 (92.28) Goncalo Guedes
Red Bull Salzburg - Napoli 3:1
Scorers: 0:1 14 (13.23) Arkadiusz Milik
1:1 24 (24.15) Moanes Dabour
2:1 65 (64.23) Fredrik Gulbrandsen
3:1 90+1 (90.59) Christoph Leitgeb
Dynamo Kyiv - Chelsea 0:5
Scorers: 0:1 05 (04.33) Olivier Giroud
0:2 32 (32.17) Olivier Giroud
0:3 45+1 (45.42) Marcos Alonso
0:4 59 (58.45) Olivier Giroud
0:5 78 (77.23) Callum Hudson-Odoi
Villarreal - Zenit Saint Petersburg 2:1
Scorers: 1:0 29 (28.24) Gerard Moreno
2:0 47 (46.38) Carlos Bacca
2:1 90 (90.13) Branislav Ivanovic
Scorers: 1:0 14 (13.55) Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
1:1 44-pen (43.22) Wissam ben Yedder
2:1 46-pen Tomas Soucek
2:2 53 (53.10) Munir el Haddadi
2:3 97 (97.11) Franco Vazquez
3:3 102 (101.20) Mick van Buren
4:3 119 (118.54) Ibrahim Benjamin Traore
Benfica - Dinamo Zagreb 1:0, after extra time 3:0
Scorers: 1:0 70 (70.12) Jonas Goncalves Oliveira (simply known as Jonas)
2:0 94 (93.32) Francisco Ferreira (simply known as Ferro)
3:0 105 (104.38) Alejandro Grimaldo
- Bad boy was Petar Stojanovic (Dinamo Zagreb) who received his second yellow card at 103 (103.00).
2:0 94 (93.32) Francisco Ferreira (simply known as Ferro)
3:0 105 (104.38) Alejandro Grimaldo
- Bad boy was Petar Stojanovic (Dinamo Zagreb) who received his second yellow card at 103 (103.00).
