30 September 2023

Starting times are known

Next month, over six days and nights at the North, Central America and Caribbean confederation the youngest team tournament is going to resume its plays on the group phase. From 12 until 17 October 34 matches in total awaits us to be staged in the third and fourth round of the Nations league event. The complete schedule is confirmed on 22 September and can be observed at the website of the organization.

29 September 2023

Increased prize money for the annual event

This year at the African team and club events the money was on the rise for the final two participants. Knowing this, last Monday it was announced that the Super Cup event have experienced this increasing as well.
Playing on a neutral place at 15 September between the Champions league and Confederations Cup winners from the 2022-23 season, Union sportive de la Medina d'Alger has lifted the trophy for the first time. Besides the title, the Confederations Cup champion has also received 500.000 dollars (467.420 euros), while the previous winner got 200.000 (193.829 euros). Al Ahly, who was the loosing side of the Super Cup competition, have collected 250.000 dollars (233.710 euros). In comparison, the runner-up for 2022 picked up 125.000 dollars (121.143 euros).

28 September 2023

Officials have been selected

A record number of referees have been picked for the next Asian Cup 2023 (2024) competition that is going to kick off in January. From 18 member associations within the continent, 33 are main ones together with 37 assistants. If we add 4 more (2 for each role) standby officials we are getting the number of 74 names.
The full list of the men / women in blue can be download from the website of the Asian confederation.
One of the two debut things that are happening on the eighteenth edition is the following: a total of 5 women will appear at the event for the first time (2 main plus 3 assistants). While the other is that history is going to be made for the little monitors from above or we would observe them (video assistant referees) in all 50 games. Just for comparison, this digital system was also first introduced in United Arab Emirates four years ago, but from the quarter-final phase.

27 September 2023

Just the remainder will have to be played

Twenty four hours after it was interrupted by its own fans, the Dutch football association has decided that Ajax and Feyenoord have to finish the match. However on Wednesday, 27 September from 14.00 local time the two clubs would play only 35 minutes, or it is going to be continued from that point in which this derby got suspended. Despite that this will be a shorter one, neither club is going to be cheered on by any spectator because they were ordered to play behind closed doors.
It was announced that the championship must be regular and fair, thus the winner have to be decided on the green terrain.

26 September 2023

Confirmed pots

One of the two team tournament championships that is kicking off almost simultaneously in January next year is the African Cup of nations. And for the edition number 34, from three days ago the four pots have been released and those can be seen on the website of the organization. Based on the latest world rankings the 24 African teams in Abidjan on 12 October from 19.00 local time would find out in which six groups are going to reside, so that the hunt for the trophy can finally begin in less than four months time.

25 September 2023

Klassieker suspended

The following lines tells a true story about a klassieker (classic) match that was played on Sunday, 24 September at one Northwestern European state where at the end it turned really ugly.
Nothing ever suggested that in the Dutch derby between Ajax and Feyenoord anything could go wrong. It was a peaceful start, the guests were well prepared, fought, gave three goals and then (suddenly) everything went awry in a matter of seconds.
The festivity of this duel was totally interrupted by the Ajax supporters where in their own stadium have made a real mess in the fifty fifth minute. A group of idiotic and dumb fans threw objects and flares on the terrain and like that has put the home club in difficult position where surely now awaits a punishment. During the first half this duel was already suspended twice because of pyrotechnics and a cup that was thrown on the pitch. However, the third time it was not that lucky that this would complete until the end as 10 minutes into the continuation flares were just poured onto the green field from the south F-side stand where home hooligans are situated. With no other option, the referee has definitely called off this duel. The chaos and violence were then transferred outside the arena.

24 September 2023

Resigned from his post

After the inability to perform his work duties for the Spanish football federation, on 11 September Luis Rubiales has resigned as president. Being suspended and removed from this sport for three months, the 46-year-old official also has stepped down as vice president of the European football organization. Pedro Rocha is replacing him now as the new boss and the 68-year-old will perform this position until September 2024 when elections are going to be held for the next four year term.
The whole dust was raised when the ex-boss have kissed Jennifer Hermoso on her lips after the women team have become world champions last month, and some this was treating it as a sexist scandal and use of authority.

23 September 2023

Best candidates revealed for awards

From 14 September it was announced all nominees that pretend to take 'The best' reward from the 2022-23 calendar season. Voting process of each one favourite player can be picked on the website of the world football confederation in various categories for both men and women. All winners on a world level are going to be crowned at the ceremony until the end of the year without a specific date given on when and where it might happen.

22 September 2023

Miraculous comeback of a club who trailed a big margin of three goals from first half

Europa league 2023-24 season, group phase, round 1 (single night):

Qarabag - Molde 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 55 (54.58) Leandro Andrade

LASK - Liverpool 1:3

Scorers: 1:0 14 Florian Flecker
               1:1 55-pen Darwin Nunez
               1:2 63 Luis Diaz
               1:3 88 Mohamed Salah

Sheriff - Roma 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 45+4-own goal (48.23) Gaby Kiki
               1:1 57 (56.49) Cristian Tovar
               1:2 64 (64.02) Romelu Lukaku

- On 90+7 (96.44) Joao Paulo Fernandes received a direct red card leaving Sheriff to complete this game with 10 players.

Servette - Slavia Praha 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 32 (31.27) Lukash Masopust
               0:2 58 (58.00) Igoh Ogbu

Union Saint-Gilloise - Toulouse 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 45+3-pen (47.58) Thijs Dallinga
               1:1 69 (68.58) Mohamed Amoura

- Visiting defender Logan Costa received his second yellow card at 90+4.

Bayer - Hacken 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 09 (09.07) Florian Wirtz
               2:0 15 (15.04) Amine Adli
               3:0 65 (65.13) Victor Boniface
               4:0 69 (69.18) Jonas Hofmann

Panathinaikos - Villarreal 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 38 (37.35) Fotis Ioannidis
               2:0 78 (77.40) Andrazh Shporar

Stade Rennais - Maccabi Haifa 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 01 Ludovic Blas
               2:0 30 Adrien Truffert
               3:0 55 Bertug Yildirim

Sturm - Sporting 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 57 (57.20) William Boving
               1:1 75 (74.59) Viktor Gyokeres
               1:2 84 (83.46) Ousmane Diomande

Sparta Praha - Aris (Limassol) 3:2

Scorers: 0:1 10-pen (10.15) Aleksandr Kokorin
               1:1 20 (19.34) Ladislav Krejchi
               2:1 25 (24.54) Ladislav Krejchi
               2:2 67 (66.22) Martin Vitik
               3:2 90 (89.46) Shavy Babicka

West ham - Tsc 3:1

Scorers: 0:1 47 (46.51) Petar Stanic
               1:1 66-own goal (65.39) Nemanja Petrovic
               2:1 70 (69.40) Mohamed Kudus
               3:1 82 (81.49) Tomash Souchek

Ajax - Olympique de Marseille 3:3

Scorers: 1:0 08 (08.18) Carlos Forbs Borges
               2:0 20 (19.53) Steven Berghuis
               2:1 22 (22.14) Jonathan Clauss
               2:2 38 (37.29) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
               3:2 52 (51.30) Kenneth Taylor
               3:3 77 (77.18) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

- Silvano Robbie Vos (Ajax) saw his second yellow card at 90+1 (90.48).

Glasgow rangers - Real Betis 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 67 (66.58) Abdallah Sima

Conference league 2023-24 season, group stage, round 1 (night 2 out of 2):

HJK - PAOK 2:3

Scorers: 1:0 34 Hassane Bande
               1:1 54 Konstantinos Koulierakis
               1:2 81 Kiril Despodov
               1:3 90+3 Brandon Thomas
               2:3 90+9-pen Bojan Radulovic

Fenerbahche - Nordsjaelland 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 24 (23.21) Miguel Crespo
               2:0 30 (29.31) Michy Batshuayi
               3:0 46 (46.15) Serdar Aziz
               3:1 55 (54.30) Oliver Villadsen

Eintracht Frankfurt - Aberdeen 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 10-pen (10.10) Omar Marmoush
               1:1 21 (21.04) Dante Polvara
               2:1 61 (60.31) Robin Koch

Zrinjski - AZ 4:3

Scorers: 0:1 09 Myron van Brederode
               0:2 32 Sven Mijnans
               0:3 43 Dani de Wit
               1:3 48 Zvonimir Kozhulj
               2:3 68 Josip Corluka
               3:3 71 Aldin Hrvanovic
               4:3 81 Zvonimir Kozhulj

Genk - Fiorentina 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 07 Luca Ranieri
               1:1 12 Andi Zeqiri
               1:2 22 Luca Ranieri
               2:2 84 Mark McKenzie

Ludogorets - Spartak Trnava 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 46 (45.50) Ivan Yordanov
               2:0 50 (49.58) Jakub Piotrowski
               3:0 62 (62.13) Jakub Piotrowski
               4:0 90+3 (93.06) Rwan Cruz

Ferencvarosh - Chukarichki 3:1

Scorers: 0:1 26 Djordje Ivanovic
               1:1 44-pen Barnabas Varga
               2:1 45+7 Owusu Kwabena
               3:1 79 Aleksandar Peshic

Viktoria - Ballkani 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 73 (72.48) Lukash Kalvach

Slovan - KI 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 48 (47.57) Deni Pavlovic
               1:1 53 (53.20) Vladimir Weiss junior
               2:1 73 (73.12) Aleksandar Chavric

Club Brugge - Beshiktash 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 77 (76.28) Hans Vanaken
               1:1 88 (87.51) Cenk Tosun

Lugano - Bodo/Glimt 0:0

Maccabi Tel Aviv - Breidablik 3:2

Scorers: 1:0 11 (10.54) Yvann Macon
               2:0 24 (23.58) Eran Zahavi
               3:0 32 (31.53) Dan Biton
               3:1 43 (43.14) Klaemint Olsen
               3:2 54-pen (54.08) Klaemint Olsen

Dinamo Zagreb - Astana 5:1

Scorers: 1:0 43-pen (42.49) Bruno Petkovic
               2:0 53-pen (52.24) Bruno Petkovic
               3:0 58 (57.30) Marko Bulat
               3:1 78 (77.38) Kamo Hovhannisyan
               4:1 85 (84.56) Antonio Marin
               5:1 90+2 (92.06) Tibor Halilovic

Zorya - Gent 1:1 (neutral place)

Scorers: 0:1 67 Hugo Cuypers
               1:1 69 Eduardo Guerrero

21 September 2023

Equalized the score in a space of 106 seconds after red card was shown

Conference league 2023-24 season, group stage, round 1 (night 1 out of 2):

Lille - Olimpija 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 43-pen (42.21) Jonathan David
               2:0 90+3 (93.10) Yusuf Yazici

Champions league 2023-24 season, group stage, phase 1 (night 2 of 2):

Galatasaray - Kobenhavn 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 34 (34.19) Mohamed Elyounoussi
               0:2 58 (57.29) Diogo Goncalves
               1:2 85 (85.20) Sacha Boey
               2:2 87 (87.06) Mateus Lemos Martins

- Because of two yellow cards on 72 (72.20) Elias Jelert (Kobenhavn) has left the terrain.

Real Madrid - Union Berlin 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 90+4 (93.21) Jude Bellingham

Braga - Napoli 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 45+1 (45.31) Giovanni di Lorenzo
               1:1 83 (83.03) Armindo tue na Bangna
               1:2 87-own goal (87.10) Sikou Niakate

Real Sociedad - Inter 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 04 (03.45) Brais Mendez
               1:1 86 (86.04) Lautaro Martinez

Sevilla - Lens 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 09 Lucas Ocampos
               1:1 24 Angelo Fulgini

Benfica - Red bull Salzburg 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 14-pen Roko Shimic
               0:2 51 Oscar Gloukh

- The guests could have taken the lead at 03 (02.59), but the 11 metre shot from Karim Konate has slightly touched the crossbar before the ball going out.
- For playing with his hand in the penalty box Antonio Silva (Benfica) received a direct red card at 13 (12.30).

Arsenal - PSV 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 08 Bukayo Saka
               2:0 19 Leandro Trossard
               3:0 38 Gabriel Jesus
               4:0 69 Martin Odegaard

20 September 2023

Goalkeeper has defeated his colleague at the other end literally at last attack on match

Champions league 2023-24 season, group stage, phase 1 (night 1 of 2):

Young boys Bern - Rasenballsport Leipzig 1:3

Scorers: 0:1 03 Mohamed Simakan
               1:1 32 Meschack Elia
               1:2 73 Xaver Schlager
               1:3 90+2 Benjamin Sheshko

Feyenoord - Celtic 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 45+2 (46.25) Calvin Stengs
               2:0 76 (75.31) Alireza Jahanbakhsh

- The guests have completed this game with nine footballers: on 63 (62.58) Gustaf Lagerbielke had to go because he received his second yellow card, while his teammate Odin Thiago Holm has joined him in the dressing room as he saw a direct red at 68 (67.47).
- Home striker Igor Paixao had an opportunity to raise to 2:0 on 65 (64.50), but his 11 metre punishment was perfectly saved. 

Shakhtar Donetsk - Porto 1:3 (neutral spot)

Scorers: 0:1 08 (07.30) Wenderson Galeno
               1:1 12 (12.14) Kevin Kelsy
               1:2 14 (14.18) Wenderson Galeno
               1:3 28 (28.14) Mehdi Taremi

Manchester city - Crvena zvezda 3:1

Scorers: 0:1 45 (44.43) Osman Bukari
               1:1 46 (46.12) Julian Alvarez
               2:1 60 (59.27) Julian Alvarez
               3:1 72 (72.03) Rodrigo Cascante

Barcelona - Antwerp 5:0

Scorers: 1:0 11 (10.37) Joao Felix
               2:0 19 (18.30) Robert Lewandowski
               3:0 22-own goal (21.54) Jelle Bataille
               4:0 53 (53.06) Pablo Gavira
               5:0 66 (65.49) Joao Felix

Lazio - Atletico Madrid 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 29 (28.40) Pablo Barrios
               1:1 90+4 (94.20) Ivan Provedel

19 September 2023

Searching for a slogan

Those who like to try its luck can participate in a quiz where at the end one lucky winner will wave us from Qatar.
At the beginning of next year the Asian Cup 2023 is going to kick-off, and the organizers from now are preparing themselves and are asking from the fans to circle a favourite motto which will be spoken for almost one month at the eighteenth edition of the competition. From 11 given options with taking part in a little quiz about the tournament everyone is going to hope to get the main prize: that phrase who will gather most votes with the help of answering all the questions correctly can win tickets for two of the opening match between Qatar and Lebanon on 12 January.
The whole process is going close on the tenth day (22 September) at the website of the confederation where all the votes would be summarized, while everything will be revealed on 04 October or in other words 100 nights before the main football fiesta kicks off on the continent.

18 September 2023

Official start of the 2023-24 season

Part number one (elimination games) is over, and now we are moving to the next step: the group phase. We are awaiting six rounds to be played until December and the first is approaching dangerously fast for the following three club international tournaments:

Champions league...
Tuesday, 19 September at 18.45 CEt: Milan - Newcastle.
Tuesday, 19 September at 18.45 CEt: Young boys Bern - Rasenballsport Leipzig.
Tuesday, 19 September at 21.00 CEt: Barcelona - Antwerp.
Tuesday, 19 September at 21.00 CEt: Feyenoord - Celtic.
Tuesday, 19 September at 21.00 CEt: Lazio - Atletico Madrid.
Tuesday, 19 September at 21.00 CEt: Manchester city - Crvena zvezda.
Tuesday, 19 September at 21.00 CEt: PSG - Borussia Dortmund.
Tuesday, 19 September at 21.00 CEt: Shakhtar Donetsk - Porto (playing in Hamburg, Germany).

Wednesday, 20 September at 18.45 CEt: Galatasaray - Kobenhavn.
Wednesday, 20 September at 18.45 CEt: Real Madrid - Union Berlin.
Wednesday, 20 September at 21.00 CEt: Arsenal - PSV.
Wednesday, 20 September at 21.00 CEt: Bayern - Manchester united.
Wednesday, 20 September at 21.00 CEt: Benfica - Red bull Salzburg.
Wednesday, 20 September at 21.00 CEt: Braga - Napoli.
Wednesday, 20 September at 21.00 CEt: Real Sociedad - Inter.
Wednesday, 20 September at 21.00 CEt: Sevilla - Lens.

... Conference league...
Wednesday, 20 September at 16.30 CEt: Lille - Olimpija.

Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEtEintracht Frankfurt - Aberdeen.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: Fenerbahche - Nordsjaelland.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: Ferencvarosh - Chukarichki.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: Genk - Fiorentina.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: HJK - PAOK.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: Legia - Aston villa.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: Ludogorets - Spartak Trnava.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: Zrinjski - AZ.
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Club Brugge - Beshiktash.
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Dinamo Zagreb - Astana.
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Lugano - Bodo/Glimt.
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Maccabi Tel Aviv - Breidablik.
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Slovan - KI.
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Viktoria - Ballkani.
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Zorya - Gent (playing in Lublin, Poland).

...and Europa league.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: Bayer - Hacken.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: LASK - Liverpool.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: Panathinaikos - Villarreal.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: Qarabag - Molde.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: Servette - Slavia Praha.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: Sheriff - Roma.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: Stade Rennais - Maccabi Haifa.
Thursday, 21 September at 18.45 CEt: Union Saint-Gilloise - Toulouse.
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Ajax - Olympique de Marseille.
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Atalanta - Rakow.
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Brighton - AEK (Athens).
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Glasgow rangers - Real Betis.
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Olympiacos - Freiburg.
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Sparta Praha - Aris (Limassol).
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: Sturm - Sporting.
Thursday, 21 September at 21.00 CEt: West ham - Tsc.

17 September 2023

Player with longest appearances in team

After he was being picked 137 times and giving 11 goals for his country Ildefons Lima unfortunately have said goodbye to the national team. Starting in 1997 with only 17 years of age he began to play at the 1:4 defeat against Estonia where at the same time it was the second official international game for the state. His career had lasted for 26 years and ended on Tuesday versus Switzerland when the 43-year-old defender was in the starting line-up who was substituted in the twenty third minute, and like that became the footballer that had the longest status in this sport on senior level.
Playing in the same match the captain of Andorra also became the oldest ever footballer to participate at qualifiers for the European championship.

16 September 2023

Addiction from gambling has resulted a ban

Harry Toffolo is not some famous name in this sport, and lately this 28-year-old have send a message to his colleagues of what not to do.
Knowing that the English football association have strict rules about betting among footballers, it was determined that between January 2014 and March 2017 the Nottingham forest defender has gambled 375 times. Because of this greed from this Wednesday he got suspended until 17 January 2024 plus at the end had to say goodbye of 20.956 pounds (24.384 euros).

15 September 2023

Incidents from the just finished qualifiers

In the just finished elimination games for the European championship 2024 in a space of five nights has happened 3 incidents.
With shouting and spreading banner "Kosovo je Srbija / (is Serbia)" a group of Romanian fans have caused disruption of their team playing against Kosovo that took place on 12 September. Because of this 'incident' the guests have walked away from the pitch in revolt while the referee had no other option but to suspend the game at minute 22. Without any success during the forced break all the home footballers and the announcer were begging with that group to remove the (controversial) banner, and that was done after the police has intervened. After the delay of 45 minutes this match has continued without any problems.
One night earlier 20 visiting spectators, which have bought their tickets on the black market, started a fight on the south stand against their Armenian counterparts in Yerevan during Armenia and Croatia game. Up to now there is no information for those (mysterious) persons nor they have been identified.
And when these plays began (in the fifth round, 07 September) in the sector where there were fans of Croatia was spotted a Ustasha flag when their team played against Latvia at home. Police have arrested three local citizens who now may face a fine from 260 to 1990 euros or face jail term of up to 30 days.
For all three above cases the European football organization has opened an investigation.

14 September 2023

Draw made for last tournament of the year

On the first Tuesday of this month the 2022-23 winners from five confederations from their version of Champions league have find out their fate of who will play who at the last club football event of 2023. Together with the sixth representative (who is yet to be determined in November) plus the host would gather at Saudi Arabia to play the Club World Cup from 12 until 22 December. Complete schedule of the event can be looked up on the website of the world football organization.

13 September 2023

Unpopular result has appeared

Elimination duels for World Cup 2026, South American region, round 02 of 18, single night:

Bolivia - Argentina 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 30 Enzo Fernandez
               0:2 42 Nicolas Tagliafico
               0:3 83 Nicolas Gonzalez

- On 39 Roberto Fernandez (Bolivia) saw a direct red card.

Ecuador - Uruguay 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 38 Agustin Canobbio
               1:1 45+5 Felix Torres
               2:1 60 Felix Torres

- Enner Valencia (Ecuador) missed the whole goal from 11 metres on 49.

Venezuela - Paraguay 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 90+3-pen (92.50) Salomon Rondon

Chile - Colombia 0:0

Peru - Brazil 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 90 Marcos Correa

Heavy defeat suffered a team after finishing with nine players

North, Central America and Caribbean edition of Nations league 2023-24, phase 2, night 3 of 3:

French Guiana - Belize 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 64 Jordy Polanco
               0:2 68 Angelo Capello

- Home midfielder Zedan Charlec received his second yellow card on 70.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Bermuda 4:3

Scorers: 0:1 20 Jai Bean
               1:1 39 Oalex Anderson
               2:1 42 Oalex Anderson
               3:1 45+2 Oalex Anderson
               4:1 63 Jahvin Sutherland
               4:2 69 Remy Coddington
               4:3 74 Lejuan Simmons

Cuba - Suriname 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 20 Willian Pozo-Venta Angell

Turks and Caicos islands - Dominica 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 18 Troy Jules Mone
               0:2 64 Troy Jules Mone
               0:3 90+2 Briel Thomas

Guyana - Bahamas 3:2

Scorers: 0:1 39-pen Wood Peter Julmis
               1:1 44 Omari Glasgow
               2:1 54 Stephen Duke-McKenna
               3:1 58 Kelsey Benjamin
               3:2 85-pen Wood Peter Julmis

Puerto Rico - Antigua and Barbuda 5:0 (neutral stadium)

Scorers: 1:0 14 Gerald Diaz
               2:0 39-pen Ricardo Rivera
               3:0 43 Ricardo Rivera
               4:0 46 Gerald Diaz
               5:0 89 Gerald Diaz

- Antigua and Barbuda finished this game with nine footballers: at 40 direct red saw Roneba Cordice, while his teammate D'Andre Bishop has also left after the midfielder saw his second yellow card at 58.

Jamaica - Haiti 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 12 Louicius Deedson
               0:2 14 Louicius Deedson
               1:2 50-own goal Ricardo Ade
               2:2 83 Bobby de Cordova-Reid

- Djimy Alexis (Haiti) was sent off on 89 because of two yellow card.

Honduras - Grenada 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 45+2 Edwin Rodriguez
               2:0 50 Anthony Lozano
               3:0 59-pen Luis Palma
               4:0 64 Edwin Rodriguez

Losing side is out, while winning one has gone through as group leaders

Elimination matches for Africa Cup of nations - Ivory coast 2023 (2024), stage 6, night 7 of 7:

Cameroon - Burundi 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 46 Bryan Mbeumo
               2:0 59 Cristopher Wooh
               3:0 90+3 Vincent Abubakar

Supplemental information: saved the best for last: this match has been the direct decider in group C for that of which team will be seen at the final tournament, and the answer has been explained in the title above.

Game interrupted, but resumed later

Qualifying duels for European championship - Germany 2024, phase 06, night 3 out of 3:

Spain - Cyprus 6:0

Scorers: 1:0 18 (17.23) Pablo Gavira
               2:0 32 (32.06) Mikel Merino
               3:0 70 (69.30) Jose Luis Sanmartin
               4:0 72 (72.12) Ferran Torres
               5:0 77 (76.53) Alejandro Baena
               6:0 83 (82.47) Ferran Torres

Norway - Georgia 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 25 (24.50) Erling Haaland
               2:0 33 (32.50) Martin Odegaard
               2:1 90 (90.20) Budu Zivzivadze

Switzerland - Andorra 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 49 (48.32) Cedric Itten
               2:0 83 (83.14) Granit Xhaka
               3:0 90+2-pen (92.04) Xherdan Shaqiri

Sweden - Austria 1:3

Scorers: 0:1 53 (52.34) Michael Gregoritsch
               0:2 55 (55.15) Marko Arnautovic
               0:3 69-pen (68.39) Marko Arnautovic
               1:3 90 (89.57) Emil Holm

Israel - Belarus 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 90+3 (92.34) Gavriel Kanichowski

Italy - Ukraine 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 12 (11.48) Davide Frattesi
               2:0 28 (28.11) Davide Frattesi
               2:1 41 (40.25) Andriy Yarmolenko

Belgium - Estonia 5:0

Scorers: 1:0 04 (03.24) Jan Vertonghen
               2:0 18 (17.22) Leandro Trossard
               3:0 56 (55.40) Romelu Lukaku
               4:0 58 (57.45) Romelu Lukaku
               5:0 87 (87.13) Charles de Ketelaere

Romania - Kosovo 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 83 Nicolae Stanciu
               2:0 90+3 Valentin Mihaila

- From 22 this match got suspended because there was trouble with the home supporters which refused to remove a banner.
- On 42 Vedat Muriqi (Kosovo) received his second yellow card.
- Nicolae Stanciu (Romania) missed the whole goal from 11 metres at 60 (60.14).

12 September 2023

Scored and then was forced to leave seven minutes later

North, Central America and Caribbean edition of Nations league 2023-24, phase 2, night 2 of 3:

Cayman islands - Aruba 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 02 (01.23) Rovien Ostiana
               1:1 06-own goal (05.29) Matthew Lentink
               1:2 78 (78.11) Darryl Baly

- The goalscoring winner for Aruba has received his second yellow card on 85 (84.40).

Saint Martin - Bonaire 2:1 (neutral stadium)

Scorers: 0:1 67 (66.32) Sheehander Martinus
               1:1 75 (74.35) Axel Raga Rigobert
               2:1 87-own goal (86.55) Adrian Serberie

Dominican Republic - Montserrat 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 02-own goal (02.12) Jeriel Dorsett
               2:0 25 (24.47) Dorny Romero
               3:0 64 (63.58) Dorny Romero

Nicaragua - Barbados 5:1

Scorers: 1:0 10 (09.55) Ariagner Smith
               2:0 40 (39.28) Juan Perez
               3:0 45 (45.17) Jaime Jose Moreno Ciorciari
               4:0 68 (67.21) Jacob Montes
               5:0 76 (75.21) Jaime Jose Moreno Ciorciari
               5:1 88 (88.14) Thierry Gale

- A penalty from Jaime Jose Moreno Ciorciari was beautifully saved at 45 (45.15) where two seconds later the striker has scored for Nicaragua.
- Home goalkeeper Miguel Rodriguez waved goodbye to his teammates receiving a direct red card on 84 (84.17).

Quickest opening happened on the night where opponents were too shy to score

Qualifying duels for European championship - Germany 2024, phase 06, night 2 out of 3:

Armenia - Croatia 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 12 (12.17) Andrej Kramaric

Slovakia - Liechtenstein 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 09 seconds David Hancko
               2:0 03 (02.32) Ondrej Duda
               3:0 06 (05.51) Robert Mak

Iceland - Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 90+1 Alfred Finnbogason

Latvia - Wales 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 28-pen (28.07) Aaron Ramsey
               0:2 90+6 (95.34) David Brooks

Portugal - Luxembourg 9:0

Scorers: 1:0 12 (11.51) Goncalo Inacio
               2:0 17 (17.01) Goncalo Ramos
               3:0 33 (33.00) Goncalo Ramos
               4:0 45+3 (48.04) Goncalo Inacio
               5:0 57 (56.53) Diogo Teixeira da Silva
               6:0 66 (66.15) Ricardo Horta
               7:0 77 (76.51) Diogo Teixeira da Silva
               8:0 83 (82.51) Bruno Fernandes
               9:0 88 (87.23) Joao Felix

Booked three points for final

Elimination matches for Africa Cup of nations - Ivory coast 2023 (2024), stage 6, night 6 of 7:

Guinea-Bissau - Sierra leone 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 05 Amadou Bakayoko
               1:1 34 Fernando de Lacerda Gomes
               2:1 48 Franculino Gluda Dju

Supplemental information: Guinea-Bissau is traveling to the finals from second place of group A.

11 September 2023

Exciting duels

North, Central America and Caribbean edition of Nations league 2023-24, phase 2, night 1 of 3:

Guadeloupe - Sint Maarten 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 23-pen Matthias Phaeton
               2:0 25-pen Ange-Freddy Plumain
               3:0 39 Luther Archimede
               4:0 58 Ange-Freddy Plumain

Saint Lucia - Saint Kitts and Nevis 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 49 Gregson President
               2:0 74 Ridel Stanislas

Guatemala - Panama 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 07-pen (06.25) Eric Davis
               1:1 71 (70.21) Oscar Santis

Martinique - Curacao 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 48 Brighton Labeau

- Mickael Biron (Martinique) did not convert an 11 metre punishment at 63.
- On 67 Leandro Bacuna (Curacao) and Daniel Herelle (Martinique) has waved to their teammates and had to leave this match due to direct red cards.

El Salvador - Trinidad and Tobago 2:3

Scorers: 1:0 16 (16.06) Eriq Zavaleta
               1:1 21 (21.15) Ryan Telfer
               1:2 50-pen (50.09) Malcolm Shaw
               2:2 53 (52.45) Brayan Gil Hurtado
               2:3 71 (70.58) Justin Garcia

After dreadful first half in continuation was much much better

Elimination matches for Africa Cup of nations - Ivory coast 2023 (2024), stage 6, night 5 of 7:

Togo - Cape verde 3:2

Scorers: 0:1 04 Kevin Lenini Pina
               0:2 19 Gilson Tavares
               1:2 39-pen Steeve Denkey
               2:2 77 Steeve Denkey
               3:2 88 Abdou Ouattara

Nigeria - Sao Tome e principe 6:0

Scorers: 1:0 13 Victor Osimhen
               2:0 27 Ademola Lookman
               3:0 50 Taiwo Awoniyi
               4:0 69 Victor Osimhen
               5:0 79 Victor Osimhen
               6:0 84 Samuel Chukwueze

Gambia - Congo 2:2 (neutral place)

Scorers: 0:1 29 Gaius Makouta
               0:2 45-pen Silvere Ganvoula
               1:2 79 Yankuba Minteh
               2:2 90 Mohamed Badamosi

Supplemental information: the group A winner Nigeria we are going to see at the final competition next year together with second placed teams from group B Cape verde and Gambia of group G.

Have took the lead, remained with ten men, saved a punishment, and...they won

Qualifying duels for European championship - Germany 2024, phase 06, night 1 out of 3:

Kazakhstan - Northern Ireland 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 27 (26.39) Maksim Samorodov

Faroe islands - Moldova 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 53 (52.37) Vadim Rata

Montenegro - Bulgaria 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 45+1 (45.23) Stefan Savic
               1:1 78 (78.05) Preslav Borukov
               2:1 90+6 (95.59) Stevan Jovetic

- On 59 the home defender Igor Vujachic saw his second yellow card.
- Bulgaria could have equalized at 60 (59.52), but the 11 metre shot from Spas Delev was beautifully saved.

Finland - Denmark 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 86 (85.36) Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg

Republic of Ireland - Netherlands 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 03-pen (03.09) Adam Idah
               1:1 19-pen (18.45) Cody Gakpo
               1:2 55 (55.17) Wout Weghorst

San Marino - Slovenia 0:4

Scorers: 0:1 03 (03.19) Zhan Vipotnik
               0:2 16 (15.38) Jan Mlakar
               0:3 60 (60.13) Sandi Lovric
               0:4 66 (66.11) Zhan Karnichnik

Albania - Poland 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 37 (36.46) Jasir Asani
               2:0 62 (61.43) Mirlind Daku

Lithuania - Serbia 1:3

Scorers: 0:1 21 (20.36) Aleksandar Mitrovic
               0:2 31 (31.05) Aleksandar Mitrovic
               0:3 43 (42.22) Aleksandar Mitrovic
               1:3 45 (44.53) Gytis Paulauskas

Greece - Gibraltar 5:0

Scorers: 1:0 08 (08.04) Dimitrios Pelkas
               2:0 22 (22.19) Konstantinos Mavropanos
               3:0 70 (69.25) Giorgos Masouras
               4:0 82 (81.51) Konstantinos Mavropanos
               5:0 90+1 (90.30) Giorgos Masouras

10 September 2023

Race was on of how many goals will be scored from the merciless visitors

North, Central America and Caribbean edition of Nations league 2023-24, phase 1, night 3 of 3:

Antigua and Barbuda - Guyana 1:5

Scorers: 0:1 14 (13.21) Omari Glasgow
               0:2 28-pen (28.07) Omari Glasgow
               0:3 33 (32.44) Kelsey Benjamin
               1:3 44 (44.12) Raheem Detereville
               1:4 62 (61.25) Kelsey Benjamin
               1:5 87 (86.31) Omari Glasgow

Bahamas - Puerto Rico 1:6

Scorers: 1:0 02 (01.52) Wood Peter Julmis
               1:1 06 (05.45) Gerald Diaz
               1:2 14 (13.34) Ricardo Rivera
               1:3 35 (34.37) Joel Burgos
               1:4 41 (41.15) Rodolfo Sulia
               1:5 85 (85.04) Joel Burgos
               1:6 89 (88.42) Gerald Diaz

Natural catastrophe spoiled everything

Elimination matches for Africa Cup of nations - Ivory coast 2023 (2024), stage 6, night 4 of 7:

Malawi - Guinea 2:2

Scorers: 1:0 23 Robert Saizi
               1:1 55 Aguibou Camara
               1:2 58 Sadou Sow
               2:2 88 Lawrence Chaziya

Mozambique - Benin 3:2

Scorers: 0:1 19-pen Steve Mounie
               1:1 27 Witiness Quembo
               2:1 30 Ricardo Guimaraes
               2:2 49 Jodel Dossou
               3:2 90+5 Clesio Bauque

Ivory coast - Lesotho 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 15 Ibrahim Sangare

Mauritania - Gabon 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 29 Hemeya Tanjy
               2:0 42 Aboubakar Kamara
               2:1 90 Didier Ndong

- On 04 the visiting goalkeeper Jean-Noel Amonome has said goodbye to the game by receiving a direct red card, while El Hassan Houbeib has left Mauritania because of two yellow cards at 84.

Democratic Republic of Congo - Sudan 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 08 Theo Bongonda
               2:0 87 Fiston Mayele

Senegal - Rwanda 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 65 Lamine Camara
               1:1 90+6 Olivier Niyonzima

Morocco - Liberia POSTPONED

- Because of a devastating earthquake this game was not played. When or if this duel will kick off remains to be seen.

Comoros - Zambia 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 44 Benjaloud Youssouf
               1:1 70 Patson Daka

Supplemental information: from tonight confirmed teams that have qualified for the continental championship next year are: second placed Guinea from group D, from group H are going Zambia and Ivory coast, Democratic Republic of Congo and Mauritania of group I, plus from group L are travelling Senegal and Mozambique.