31 October 2022

Bad news for us, good for them

The following games had to be played at the second week of December, but because there is another (important) team event at 2022 it is on schedule one month earlier. Hence a (very) good news for all running footballers is that it will not be a minus temperatures (which means that the additional challenge would be missing) so the weather would be a little bit warmer (in some parts of the continent). While the bad news concerns the spectators for which the round will be the last for this year thus there will be no more club international football action for this year.
Group matches from the European Cups are going to complete with the last, sixth stage. Actually, the next 48 pairs are being known from the first round with the only difference is that these are the return legs. We had to wait until the end of the group phase when one completely new kick off time is introduced.

Champions league...
Tuesday, 01 November at 18.45 CET: Bayer - Club Brugge.
Tuesday, 01 November at 18.45 CET: Porto - Atletico Madrid.

Tuesday, 01 November at 21.00 CET: Bayern - Inter.
Tuesday, 01 November at 21.00 CET: Glasgow rangers - Ajax.
Tuesday, 01 November at 21.00 CET: Liverpool - Napoli.
Tuesday, 01 November at 21.00 CETOlympique de Marseille - Tottenham.
Tuesday, 01 November at 21.00 CET: Sporting - Eintracht Frankfurt.
Tuesday, 01 November at 21.00 CET: Viktoria - Barcelona.

Wednesday, 02 November at 18.45 CET: Real Madrid - Celtic.
Wednesday, 02 November at 18.45 CETShakhtar Donetsk - Rasenballsport Leipzig (playing in Warsaw, Poland).

Wednesday, 02 November at 21.00 CET: Chelsea - Dinamo Zagreb.
Wednesday, 02 November at 21.00 CET: Juventus - PSG.
Wednesday, 02 November at 21.00 CET: Kobenhavn - Borussia Dortmund.
Wednesday, 02 November at 21.00 CET: Maccabi Haifa - Benfica.
Wednesday, 02 November at 21.00 CET: Manchester city - Sevilla.
Wednesday, 02 November at 21.00 CET: Milan - Red bull Salzburg.

... Conference league...
Thursday, 03 November at 16.30 CET: Bashakshehir - Hearts.
Thursday, 03 November at 16.30 CET: Rigas futbola shkola - Fioentina.

Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Apollon - Vaduz.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: AZ - Dnipro-1.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Cluj - Ballkani.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Djurgarden - Shamrock rovers.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Gent - Molde.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Pyunik - Basel.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Slavia Praha - Sivasspor.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Zhalgiris - Slovan.

Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CET: FcsB - West ham.
Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CETHapoel Be’er Sheva - Austria Wien.
Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CET: Koln - Nice.
Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CET: Lech - Villarreal.
Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CET: Partizan - Slovacko.
Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CET: Silkeborg - Anderlecht.

... and Europa league.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Feyenoord - Lazio.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Midtjylland - Sturm.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Monaco - Crvena zvezda.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Olympiacos - Nantes.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Qarabag - Freiburg.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Real Sociedad - Manchester united.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Sheriff - Omonia.
Thursday, 03 November at 18.45 CET: Trabzonspor - Ferencvarosh.

Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CET: Arsenal - Zurich.
Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CET: Betis - HJK.
Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CET: Bodo/Glimt - PSV.
Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CET: Braga - Malmo.
Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CET: Dynamo Kyiv - Fenerbahche (playing in Krakow, Poland).
Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CET: Roma - Ludogorets.
Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CETStade Rennais - AEK.
Thursday, 03 November at 21.00 CETUnion Saint-Gilloise - Union Berlin.

30 October 2022

Without a luck in finals

When two teams knows each other really well are playing, one has to be a winner while the other a loser. 
Victory team of the Copa Libertadores final is the Brazilian club Flamengo who tonight lifted the trophy for the third time. On the other hand, their opponents Athletico Paranaense twice have lost the last international important game of the season after 2005.
Hence the South American continent gave the first club champion out of six, and those all have to participate at the Club World Cup event that no one mentions when or where it will be staged.

29 October 2022

Abandoned game had couple of punishments with different fates

Conference league 2022-23 season, group stage, round 5 (extra day):

Slovacko - Koln 0:1 (started from minute 07.03)

Scorer: 1:0 82-pen (81.22) Ondrej Duda

- Koln midfielder Florian Kainz did not convert a penalty at 51 (50.48) as it was beautifully saved.

28 October 2022

Fog guilty for an abandoned duel

Europa league 2022-23 season, group phase, round 5:

PSV - Arsenal 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 55 (54.56) Joey Veerman
               2:0 62 (62.12) Luuk de Jong

Malmo - Union Saint-Gilloise 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 10 (09.39) Teddy Teuma
               0:2 41 (40.58) Jean Lazare Amani

AEK - Dynamo Kyiv 3:3

Scorers: 1:0 26 (25.39) Omri Altman
               1:1 45 (44.30) Vladyslav Vanat
               2:1 53 (52.29) Rafael Lopes
               3:1 72 (71.26) Omri Altman
               3:2 81 (81.02) Denys Garmash
               3:3 90+1 (90.54) Denys Garmash

Ludogorets - Betis 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 56 (55.32) Nabil Fekir

Lazio - Midtjylland 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 08 (07.32) Gustav Isaksen
               1:1 35 (35.04) Sergej Milinkovich-Savic
               2:1 57 (57.14) Pedro Ledesma

Fenerbahche - Stade Rennais 3:3

Scorers: 0:1 04 (04.05) Amine Gouiri
               0:2 16 (15.45) Martin Terrier
               0:3 30 (29.49) Amine Gouiri
               1:3 41 (41.10) Enner Valencia
               2:3 82 (81.45) Miha Zajc
               3:3 87 (87.08) Emre Mor

Zurich - Bodo/Glimt 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 45 (45.14) Amahl Pellegrino
               1:1 66 (66.12) Nikola Boranijashevic
               2:1 90+3 (93.07) Antonio Marchesano

Union Berlin - Braga 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 68-pen (67.39) Robin Knoche

Omonia - Real Sociedad 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 45+2 (46.33) Robert Navarro
               0:2 60 (59.28) Brais Mendez

HJK - Roma 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 41 (40.50) Kevin Abraham
               1:1 53 (53.03) Perparim Hetemaj
               2:1 61-own goal (61.17) Arttu Hoskonen

Nantes - Qarabag 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 16 (15.57) Ludovic Blas
               1:1 56-pen (55.24) Filip Ozobic
               2:1 90+4 (93.55) Ignatius Ganago

Crvena zvezda - Trabzonspor 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 36 (36.06) Aleksandar Katai
               1:1 39 (38.48) Anastasios Bakasetas
               2:1 63 (63.16) Aleksandar Peshic

Ferencvarosh - Monaco 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 31 (30.40) Wissam ben Yedder
               1:1 81 (81.53) Kristoffer Zachariassen

Sturm - Feyenoord 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 90+3 (92.36) Otar Kiteishvili

Manchester united - Sheriff 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 43 (43.13) Diogo Dalot
               2:0 64 (64.14) Marcus Rashford
               3:0 81 (80.37) Cristiano Ronaldo

Conference league 2022-23 season, group stage, round 5:

Anderlecht - FcsB 2:2

Scorers: 1:0 38 (37.45) Yari Verschaeren
               1:1 59 (59.13) Andrea Compagno
               2:1 75 (74.21) Jan Vertonghen
               2:2 82 (81.48) Joyskim Dawa

- Michael Murillo (Anderlecht) saw his second yellow card at 90+4 (93.43).

Nice - Partizan 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 28 (28.10) Nicolas Pepe
               1:1 74 (73.31) Ricardo Gomes
               2:1 77 (76.29) Mario Lemina

Austria Wien - Lech 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 48 (47.39) Mikael Ishak
               1:1 69 (68.59) Can Keles

Villarreal - Hapoel Be’er Sheva 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 47-pen (47.08) Tomer Hemed
               1:1 56 (56.01) Samuel Chukwueze
               2:1 70 (69.29) Arnaut Danjuma
               2:2 79 (78.51) Sagiv Shalom Yehezkel

Vaduz - AZ 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 49 (49.07) Milos Kerkez
               0:2 74 (74.14) Myron van Brederode
               1:2 76 (75.59) Nicolas Hasler

Fiorentina - Bashakshehir 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 14 (13.59) Danijel Aleksic
               1:1 25 (25.17) Luka Jovic
               2:1 61 (60.57) Luka Jovic

Slovacko - Koln POSTPONED

- After just six minutes a natural phenomenon has forcefully called-off this game. Heavy fog have postponed it until Friday, 28 October. The new start is from 13.00 CET.

Sivasspor - Cluj 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 22 (21.23) Mustapha Yatabare
               2:0 64 (63.55) Max-Alain Gradel
               3:0 73 (72.24) Mustapha Yatabare

Basel - Zhalgiris 2:2

Scorers: 1:0 01 (56 seconds) Andy Diouf
               2:0 17 (16.57) Andi Zeqiri
               2:1 42 (41.54) Mathias Oyewusi Kehinde
               2:2 62 (61.46) Mathias Oyewusi Kehinde

Slovan - Pyunik 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 64-pen (63.24) Eugeniu Cociuc 
               1:1 83 (83.20) Guram Kashia
               2:1 84 (84.11) Eric Ramirez

Dnipro-1 - Apollon 1:0 (neutral place)

Scorer: 1:0 39 (38.22) Oleksandr Pikhalyonok

- The visiting club has remained with 10 players because at 88 (87.39) Bassel Zakaria Jradi received a direct red card.

Ballkani - Slavia Praha 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 75 (74.38) Ondrej Lingr

Shamrock rovers - Gent 1:0

Scorers: 1:0 03 (02.26) Rory Gaffney
               1:1 74 (73.45) Hong Hyun-Seok

- On 73 Justin Ferizaj left Shamrock rovers due to two yellow cards.

Molde - Djurgarden 2:3

Scorers: 1:0 05 (05.00) Ola Brynhildsen
               2:0 21 (20.24) Markus Andre Kaasa
               2:1 44 (43.22) Victor Edvardsen
               2:2 69 (68.44) Joel Asoro
               2:3 76 (75.59) Haris Radetinac

Hearts - Rigas futbola shkola 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 03 (02.53) Lawrence Shankland
               2:0 11 (11.07) Andrew Halliday
               2:1 39 (38.24) Kevin Friesenbichler

- Visiting defender Vitalijs Jagodinskis got a direct red card at 90+2 (92.08).

West ham - Silkeborg 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 24-pen (23.39) Manuel Lanzini

27 October 2022

Goalkeeper has saved two penalties in a space of 89 seconds

Champions league 2022-23 season, group stage, phase 5 (night 2 of 2):

Club Brugge - Porto 0:4

Scorers: 0:1 32 (32.18) Mehdi Taremi
               0:2 56 (56.11) Evanilson Barbosa
               0:3 59 (59.18) Stephen Eustaquio
               0:4 70 (69.32) Mehdi Taremi

- In a really strange, but entertaining game, the home team did not convert two 11 metre shots as the opposing number one incredibly saved them: the first one was by Hans Vanaken at 50 (49.21) on the left side. The same punishment had to be re-taken because one Porto player run too soon at the penalty box and everyone thought the score would be equal on 51 (50.50). Neither the right side was a lucky one this time for Noa Lang, thus Diogo Costa remained unbeaten.

Inter - Viktoria 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 35 (34.40) Henrikh Mkhitaryan
               2:0 42 (41.47) Edin Dzeko
               3:0 66 (65.38) Edin Dzeko
               4:0 86 (86.10) Romelu Lukaku

Tottenham - Sporting

Scorers: 0:1 22 (21.44) Marcus Edwards
               1:1 80 (79.41) Rodrigo Bentancur

Atletico Madrid - Bayer 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 09 (08.43) Moussa Diaby
               1:1 21 (21.11) Yannick Carrasco
               1:2 29 (28.22) Callum Hudson-Odoi
               2:2 50 (49.31) Rodrigo de Paul

- After the 'man in blue' has ended the match, very soon he pointed to the penalty spot for Atletico Madrid. Three points just had to come for the home side at 90+9 (98.47), however the 11 metre shot from Yannick Carrasco was perfectly saved.

Barcelona - Bayern 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 09 (09.04) Sadio Mane
               0:2 31 (30.47) Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
               0:3 90+4 (94.12) Benjamin Pavard

Ajax - Liverpool 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 41 (41.10) Mohamed Salah
               0:2 49 (48.50) Darwin Nunez
               0:3 51 (51.02) Harvey Elliott

Napoli - Glasgow rangers 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 11 (10.29) Giovanni Simeone
               2:0 15 (15.07) Giovanni Simeone
               3:0 80 (79.42) Leo Skiri Ostigard

26 October 2022

Nine, seven, five, three and...two

Champions league 2022-23 season, group stage, phase 5 (night 1 of 2):

Sevilla - Kobenhavn 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 61 (60.56) Youssef en-Nesyri
               2:0 88 (87.28) Francisco Suarez
               3:0 90+1 (91.20) Gonzalo Montiel

- On 90+4 (93.51) a deserved direct red card was for the visiting defender Davit Khocholava.

Red bull Salzburg - Chelsea 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 23 (22.40) Mateo Kovachic
               1:1 48 (48.02) Chukwubuike Adamu
               1:2 64 (63.22) Kai Havertz

Benfica - Juventus 4:3

Scorers: 1:0 17 (16.54) Antonio Silva
               1:1 21 (21.00) Moise Kean
               2:1 28-pen (27.33) Joao Mario
               3:1 34 (34.12) Rafael Silva
               4:1 50 (49.58) Rafael Silva
               4:2 76 (76.05) Arkadiusz Milik
               4:3 78 (78.12) Weston McKennie

Celtic - Shakhtar Donetsk 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 34 (33.29) Georgios Giakoumakis
               1:1 57 (57.10) Mykhaylo Mudryk

PSG - Maccabi Haifa 7:2

Scorers: 1:0 19 (18.44) Lionel Messi
               2:0 31 (31.14) Kylian Mbappe
               3:0 35 (34.25) Neymar Santos
               3:1 38 (37.33) Abdoulaye Seck
               4:1 44 (44.00) Lionel Messi
               4:2 50 (49.49) Abdoulaye Seck
               5:2 64 (63.39) Kylian Mbappe
               6:2 67-own goal (66.25) Sean Goldberg
               7:2 83 (83.15) Carlos Soler

Rasenballsport Leipzig - Real Madrid 3:2

Scorers: 1:0 12 (12.06) Joshko Gvardiol
               2:0 18 (17.45) Christopher Nkunku
               2:1 44 (43.44) Vinivius de Oliveira
               3:1 80 (80.19) Timo Werner
               3:2 90+3-pen (93.20) Rodrygo de Goes

25 October 2022

European trio of countries will enjoy watching foreign top competition

From 2022 until 2024 Sportdigital has purchased all club international / futsal / youth tournaments from Asia, and recently this channel is rich for one more.
On 20 October the agreement was signed to show the main championship of the continent - Asian Cup 2023. With this deal the network became a partner to broadcast the major to their audience through television and its digital outlets. These rights have been bought for three territories: Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

24 October 2022

Penultimate phase

At the last full week of this month clubs will have to play round number five of the group stage or in other words the following pairs are in fact the returning duels from phase two. Out of 48 duels one club is forced to welcome its opponent on neutral soil. The layout for the penultimate round of the European Cups (leagues) would have to to look like this:

Champions league...
Tuesday, 25 October at 18.45 CET: Red bull Salzburg - Chelsea.
Tuesday, 25 October at 18.45 CET: Sevilla - Kobenhavn.

Tuesday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Benfica - Juventus.
Tuesday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Borussia Dortmund - Manchester city.
Tuesday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Celtic - Shakhtar Donetsk.
Tuesday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Dinamo Zagreb - Milan.
Tuesday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: PSG - Maccabi Haifa.
Tuesday, 25 October at 21.00 CETRasenballsport Leipzig - Real Madrid.

Wednesday, 26 October at 18.45 CET: Club Brugge - Porto.
Wednesday, 26 October at 18.45 CET: Inter - Viktoria.

Wednesday, 26 October at 21.00 CET: Ajax - Liverpool.
Wednesday, 26 October at 21.00 CET: Atletico Madrid - Bayer.
Wednesday, 26 October at 21.00 CET: Barcelona - Bayern.
Wednesday, 26 October at 21.00 CETEintracht Frankfurt - Olympique de Marseille.
Wednesday, 26 October at 21.00 CET: Napoli - Glasgow rangers.
Wednesday, 26 October at 21.00 CET: Tottenham - Sporting.

... Europa league...
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: AEK - Dynamo Kyiv.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: Fenerbahche - Stade Rennais.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: Lazio - Midtjylland.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: Ludogorets - Betis.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: Malmo - Union Saint-Gilloise.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: PSV - Arsenal.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: Union Berlin - Braga.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: Zurich - Bodo/Glimt.

Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Crvena zvezda - Trabzonspor.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Ferencvarosh - Monaco.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Freiburg - Olympiacos.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: HJK - Roma.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Manchester united - Sheriff.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Nantes - Qarabag.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Omonia - Real Sociedad.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Sturm - Feyenoord.

... and Conference league.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: Anderlecht - FcsB.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: Austria Wien - Lech.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: Fiorentina - Bashakshehir.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: Nice - Partizan.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: Slovacko - Koln.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: Vaduz - AZ.
Thursday, 27 October at 18.45 CET: Villarreal - Hapoel Be’er Sheva.

Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Ballkani - Slavia Praha.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Basel - Zhalgiris.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Dnipro-1 - Apollon (playing in Koshice, Slovakia).
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Hearts - Rigas futbola shkola.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Molde - Djurgarden.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Shamrock rovers - Gent.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Sivasspor - Cluj.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: Slovan - Pyunik.
Thursday, 27 October at 21.00 CET: West ham - Silkeborg.

23 October 2022

Tournament club champion number one to be known

The first club continental winner of 2022 will emerge next weekend that has to go on a competition that once was staged as last of every current year, where nowadays no one talks about it nor it has a definite schedule.
Brazilian teams Flamengo and Athletico Paranaense are going to entertain each other and the whole public at the Copa Libertadores final. Estadio Monumental in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil was chosen to welcome these two clubs on Saturday, 29 October, that can gather 59.283 people. Entry tickets for this exciting duel begins from 142 up until 245 dollars (144 - 248 euros) where stands are divided in three categories and four sectors within the stadium. The first club is hungry to lift the fourth title while potential win for the 'visitors' is going to be the first time. In the end, besides the trophy the South American champion will also be rich by 16 million dollars (16.2 million euros), and the losing club would get 10 million less.
After this single match the winner should qualify for the Club World Cup competition who do not have a date yet (the real question is will it be on or not).

22 October 2022

Working from home

Less than one month away starts the most watchable event on earth and from now the host is adjusting working hours for the public sector, as millions of fans are expecting to storm through their country.
Without a doubt in November / December period the most wanting destination on the globe will be Qatar, thus from the beginning of October local residents are adjusting their working hours only to avoid big (foreign) crowds that would be singing and cheering on the streets. During the World Cup event at the last two months of 2022 employees in the public sector are going to work between 07.00 and 11.00 while it is already believed that 80 percent of them are doing their job remotely - from home. One hour longer would work public and private schools from 01 as far as 17 November, but children will be the most happiest here, because of the grown up games, their holiday would be extended until 22 December.

21 October 2022

Minimal win

Europa league 2022-23 season, group phase, (extra night of) round 2:

Arsenal - PSV 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 70 (70.00) Granit Xhaka

20 October 2022

Problems after the draw

On 09 October the draw was conducted for the qualifiers of the European championship 2024, and after it one nation is facing (serious) problems of where to welcome their opponent.
In the ninth group there are six teams in which immediately arise a dilemma: Romania has been paired with Kosovo. This probably means nothing, however the first state does not recognize the second as independent one. Last Tuesday it was confirmed that the federation are in talks with the government to solve this situation. A solution must be found as there are (only) three options: permitting footballers from Kosovo to play on Romanian soil, moving this duel to neutral place or losing all three points (which is not advisable).

19 October 2022

Lying to the public might mean jail time

In 2013 Santos have released their player Neymar da Siva Santos to join Barcelona. Nine years later this transfer is still causing plenty of dust (and mysteries).
Back then the cost for the striker was 57.1 million euros, out of which 40 million went to his family, while the rest of the sum belong to the Brazilian club. From that remainder the investment house DIS received 40 percent (that owned their rights of the player), and since then they are still saying that the value was way way higher.
Due to corruption charges this Monday in the Catalan capital began the trial of the 30-year-old and his alleged accomplices that counts three former presidents - Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell (from the European club) and Odilio Rodrigues (of the South American counterparts), together with his family who is also on the list. Spanish prosecutors and the fund want prison term for all of up to six years and a fine of 195 million euros, except for the footballer who (under their opinion) deserves to spend 365 days less or to be locked five years behind bars.

18 October 2022

Destination has been revealed

Indonesia and South Korea today have lost to Qatar which will host the Asian Cup 2023. This tournament would have to entertain us at June - July period, but due to the extreme heat in the country it could be delayed for kick off near the end of next year. Originally People's Republic of China has been picked to welcome the 24 teams on its soil, but in May they gave up the rights because of the strict virus measures.
Qatar was one of the three candidates for hosting the next competition at 2027 (where immediately withdrawn the bid because they will welcome the best teams of the continent four years earlier), while from now on only two nations has remained shortlisted for the edition number 19: India and Saudi Arabia.

17 October 2022

Completion of round two

At the moment as it stands, the last two rounds have to be played from Europa league to finish the group stage part, but for one game we are going to return in the past.
The following two clubs had to meet each other on 15 September, and due to a funny reason for postponement this was put forward one month (plus five nights) later. Security shortage was to blame so the date that was found was the only available for this match to be played, and after it phase two is going to be concluded. For the first time at the group phase unusual kick off is introduced.

Thursday, 20 October at 19.00 CET: Arsenal - PSV.

16 October 2022

Network has bought long term exclusivity agreement for 14 territories

Nine days ago it was announced that one famous network has purchased exclusive rights for 14 countries until 2032.
For the next 10 years beIN media group bought the exclusivity to show the two most popular Asian club football tournaments for Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen and those might be shared with other broadcasters (non-exclusive deal) with Chad, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia and Sudan. This new agreement that beIN sport channels have signed secured the broadcaster to transmit these interesting events to its viewers throughout Middle East and North Africa region for the three following television cycles: 2022 - 2024, 2025 - 2028 together with 2029 - 2032.

15 October 2022

Qualifying groups for main tournament revealed

Group A: Spain, Scotland, Norway, Georgia, Cyprus.
Group B: Netherlands, France, Republic of Ireland, Greece, Gibraltar.
Group C: Italy, England, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Malta.
Group D: Croatia, Wales, Armenia, Turkiye, Latvia.
Group E: Poland, Czech Republic, Albania, Faroe islands, Moldova.
Group F: Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Estonia.
Group G: Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Lithuania.
Group H: Denmark, Finland, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland, San Marino.
Group I: Switzerland, Israel, Romania, Kosovo, Belarus, Andorra.
Group J: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Liechtenstein.

The above information was known last Sunday in Frankfurt for the new elimination cycle of the next European championship. From much earlier we knew that Russia would not going be included at the draw, there was an unsuccessful attempt for Belarus to be thrown out as well, and together with the host which were resting from the upcoming qualifiers, at the end 53 countries had been in the bowls who created 10 groups.
Just 24 hours after the ceremony the schedule for all teams was revealed. Everything will start on 23 March and finish 21 November 2023. Mixing it with other tournament, here we also have a backdoor passage to get in to the final competition: play-off games are to be staged on 21 and 26 March 2024. Like that, we are reached with the number of 24 teams who is going to participate in the final event scheduled from 14 June until 14 July 2024 at Germany.

14 October 2022

Victory for three points achieved on first minute of stoppage time

Europa league 2022-23 season, group phase, round 4:

AEK - Fenerbahche 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 16 (15.44) Joao Pedro
               1:1 52-pen (51.33) Ivan Trichkovski
               1:2 79-pen (79.10) Michy Batshuayi

- On 84 (83.55) Angel Garcia (AEK) saw his second yellow card.
- Fenerbahche could have increased the lead at 86 (85.39), however the penalty from Enner Valencia was perfectly saved.

Union Saint-Gilloise - Braga 3:3

Scorers: 0:1 15 (14.46) Vitor Oliveira
               1:1 20 (19.51) Victor Boniface
               1:2 36 (35.23) Vitor Oliveira
               1:3 40 (40.02) Vitor Oliveira
               2:3 49 (48.35) Dante Vanzeir
               3:3 62 (61.59) Victor Boniface

Qarabag - Olympiacos 0:0

Betis - Roma 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 34 (33.23) Sergio Canales
               1:1 53 (52.47) Andrea Belotti

Feyenoord - Midtjylland 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 16 (15.36) Emiliano Martinez
               1:1 32 (31.59) Quinten Timber
               2:1 48 (47.58) David Hancko
               2:2 58 (57.59) Erik Sviatchenko

Dynamo Kyiv - Stade Rennais (neutral place) 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 48 (47.33) Christopher Wooh

Bodo/Glimt - Arsenal 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 24 (23.34) Bukayo Saka

Ludogorets - HJK 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 38 (38.01) Denny Gropper
               2:0 64 (63.51) Rick Morais

- Jukka Raitala has weakened the guests on 90+3 (92.30).

Real Sociedad - Sheriff 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 45+1 (45.40) Alexander Sorloth
               2:0 65 (65.05) Diego Rico
               3:0 81 (80.54) Robert Navarro

- Visiting defender Armel Zohouri saw his second yellow card at 33 (33.05).

PSV - Zurich 5:0

Scorers: 1:0 09 (08.48) Erick Gutierrez
               2:0 15 (14.53) Joey Veerman
               3:0 34 (33.54) Ibrahim Sangare
               4:0 54 (54.19) Joey Veerman
               5:0 84 (83.37) Anwar el-Ghazi

Lazio - Sturm 2:2

Scorers: 1:0 44-pen (44.04) Ciro Immobile
               1:1 56 (55.40) William Boving
               2:1 71 (70.21) Pedro Ledesma
               2:2 83 (82.22) William Boving

- On 45+1 (46.16) Manuel Lazzari (Lazio) received his second yellow card.

Ferencvarosh - Crvena zvezda 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 23 (22.57) Kristoffer Zachariassen
               1:1 54 (54.17) Stefan Mitrovic
               2:1 60 (60.03) Samy Mmaee

Trabzonspor - Monaco 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 44-own goal (43.22) Malang Sarr
               2:0 48 (47.25) Vitor Hugo
               3:0 56 (56.16) Enis Bardhi
               4:0 69 (68.24) Mahmoud Hassan

Manchester united - Omonia 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 90+3 (92.28) Scott McTominay

Union Berlin - Malmo 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 88-pen (88.03) Robin Knoche

- Emmanuel Lomotey (Malmo) got a direct red card at 90 (89.35).

Conference league 2022-23 season, group stage, round 4:

Bashakshehir - Rigas futbola shkola 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 10 (10.12) Deniz Turuc
               2:0 44 (44.15) Stefano Okaka
               3:0 72 (71.33) Stefano Okaka

Partizan - Koln 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 14 (14.08) Fousseni Diabate
               2:0 52 (51.22) Ricardo Gomes

- This match was interrupted for 10 minutes in the first half due to pyrotechnics show from spectators.

Slovan - Basel 3:3

Scorers: 0:1 29-pen (28.40) Darian Males
               1:1 45+2-pen (46.36) Vladimir Weiss
               2:1 48 (48.13) Juraj Kucka
               3:1 52 (52.20) Aleksandar Chavric
               3:2 65 (64.48) Andy Diouf
               3:3 71 (71.18) Andi Zeqiri

Apollon - AZ 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 32 (31.39) Valentin Roberge

Djurgarden - Gent 4:2

Scorers: 1:0 21 (20.44) Kalle Holmberg
               2:0 41 (41.10) Gustav Wikheim
               3:0 45+4 (48.59) Emmanuel Banda
               4:0 45 (45.12) Gustav Wikheim
               4:1 61 (60.37) Laurent Depoitre
               4:2 73 (72.42) Hugo Cuypers

Austria Wien - Villarreal 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 86 (86.14) Nicolas Jackson

Fiorentina - Hearts 5:1

Scorers: 1:0 05 (05.00) Luka Jovic
               2:0 22 (21.34) Cristiano Biraghi
               3:0 31 (30.57) Nicolas Gonzalez
               4:0 38 (37.46) Antonin Barak
               4:1 46 (46.09) Stephen Humphrys
               5:1 79-pen (78.23) Nicolas Gonzalez

Cluj - Slavia Praha 2:0

Scorer: 1:0 11-pen (10.52) Ciprian Deac
             2:0 84 (83.50) Yuri Matias

FcsB - Silkeborg 0:5

Scorers: 0:1 12 (11.44) Kasper Kusk
               0:2 16 (15.48) Anders Klynge
               0:3 62 (62.14) Soren Tengstedt
               0:4 68 (67.46) Sebastian Jorgensen
               0:5 70 (69.39) Sebastian Jorgensen

Vaduz - Dnipro-1 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 25 (24.50) Yanis Hamache
               1:1 29 (29.05) Elmin Rastoder
               1:2 90+1 (90.39) Artem Dovbyk

Zhalgiris - Pyunik 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 22 (22.10) Fabien Ourega
               2:0 42 (41.35) Renan Oliveira
               2:1 78-pen (77.32) Aras Ozbiliz

Hapoel Be’er Sheva - Lech 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 09-pen (09.51) Tomer Hemed
               1:1 44 (43.51) Filip Szymczak

Ballkani - Sivasspor 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 36 (35.45) Armend Thaqi
               1:1 72 (71.21) Hakan Arslan
               1:2 81 (80.23) Karol Angielski

Nice - Slovacko 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 13 (13.06) Sofiane Diop
               1:1 74 (74.13) Michal Tomich
               1:2 86 (85.59) Petr Reinberk

- Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice) got a direct red card for a nasty foul on 84 (83.57).

Shamrock rovers - Molde 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 33 (32.26) David Datro Fofana
               0:2 69 (68.25) Kristian Eriksen

West ham - Anderlecht 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 13 (13.15) Said Benrahma
               2:0 30 (29.28) Jarrod Bowen
               2:1 89-pen (88.25) Sebastiano Esposito

13 October 2022

Heavy defeat has suffered the club after they gave the leading goal

Champions league 2022-23 season, group stage, phase 4 (night 2 of 2):

Napoli - Ajax 4:2

Scorers: 1:0 04 (03.26) Hirving Lozano
               2:0 16 (15.48) Giacomo Raspadori
               2:1 48 (48.10) Davy Klaassen
               3:1 62-pen (61.32) Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
               3:2 82-pen (82.18) Steven Bergwijn
               4:2 89 (88.56) Victor Osimhen

Atletico Madrid - Club Brugge 0:0

- Kamal Sowah has left Club Brugge because of two yellow cards at 82 (81.33).

Barcelona - Inter 3:3

Scorers: 1:0 40 (39.43) Ousmane Dembele
               1:1 50 (49.40) Nicolo Barella
               1:2 63 (62.31) Lautaro Martinez
               2:2 81 (81.07) Robert Lewandowski
               2:3 88 (88.08) Robin Gosens
               3:3 90+1 (91.03) Robert Lewandowski

Bayer - Porto 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 06 (05.48) Wenderson Galeno
               0:2 53-pen (52.45) Mehdi Taremi
               0:3 64-pen (63.27) Mehdi Taremi

- The home team could have equalized on 16 (15.39), however the 11 metre shot from Kerem Demirbay was beautifully saved.

Glasgow rangers - Liverpool 1:7

Scorers: 1:0 17 (16.44) Scott Arfield
               1:1 24 (23.34) Roberto Firmino
               1:2 54 (54.06) Roberto Firmino
               1:3 66 (65.33) Darwin Nunez
               1:4 75 (74.45) Mohamed Salah
               1:5 79 (79.20) Mohamed Salah
               1:6 81 (80.57) Mohamed Salah
               1:7 86 (86.20) Harvey Elliott

Viktoria - Bayern 2:4

Scorers: 0:1 10 (09.36) Sadio Mane
               0:2 13 (13.06) Thomas Muller
               0:3 24 (24.06) Leon Goretzka
               0:4 34 (34.06) Leon Goretzka
               1:4 61 (61.02) Adam Vlkanova
               2:4 75 (74.25) Jan Kliment

Sporting - Olympique de Marseille 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 20-pen (19.25) Matteo Guendouzi
               0:2 30 (29.30) Alexis Sanchez

- Sporting has ended the game with nine men where the two were sent off for two yellow cards: first to depart was Ricardo Esgaio on 18 (18.00), followed at 59 (59.04) by Pedro Goncalves.

12 October 2022

Four duels have finished with identical results

Champions league 2022-23 season, group stage, phase 4 (night 1 of 2):

Kobenhavn - Manchester city 0:0

- The 11 metre shot from Riyad Mahrez (Manchester city) was beautifully saved at 24 (24.11).
- On 29 (29.17) visiting midfielder Sergio Gomez received a totally deserved red card for a nasty foul.

Maccabi Haifa - Juventus 2:0

Scorer: 1:0 06 (06.12) Omer Atzili
             2:0 42 (41.51) Omer Atzili

Shakhtar Donetsk - Real Madrid 1:1 (neutral venue)

Scorers: 1:0 46 (45.33) Oleksandr Zubkov
               1:1 90+5 (94.31) Antonio Rudiger

Borussia Dortmund - Sevilla 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 17 (17.02) Tanguy Nianzou
               1:1 34 (34.04) Jude Bellingham

Dinamo Zagreb - Red bull Salzburg 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 11 (11.11) Nicolas Seiwald
               1:1 40 (39.23) Robert Ljubichic

PSG - Benfica 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 39-pen (39.00) Kylian Mbappe
               1:1 61-pen (61.20) Joao Mario

Celtic - Rasenballsport Leipzig 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 75 (74.25) Timo Werner
               0:2 84 (83.29) Emil Forsberg