Unusual reason of delaying a match

Europa league 2024-25 season, main phase, game 4, night 1 of 2:

Beshiktash - Malmo 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 75 (75.20) Ernest Muchi

               2:0 84 (84.16) Semih Kilichsoy

               2:1 90+3 (92.33) Soren Rieks

Champions league 2024-25 season, main phase, duel 4, night 2 out of 2:

Shakhtar - Young boys Bern 2:1 (neutral location)

Scorers: 0:1 27 (26.55) Kastriot Imeri

               1:1 31 (30.34) Oleksandr Zubkov

               2:1 41 (40.29) Heorhiy Sudakov

Club Brugge - Aston villa 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 52-pen Hans Vanaken

Feyenoord - Red bull Salzburg 1:3

Scorers: 0:1 45+1 (46.14) Karim Konate

               0:2 57 (57.10) Karim Konate

               1:2 80 (80.02) Anis Hadj-Moussa

               1:3 85 (85.14) Daouda Guindo

- Karim Konate (Red bull Salzburg) could have scored hat trick at 85 (84.54), but his penalty shot hit the crossbar.

Sparta Praha - Stade Brestois 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 37 Edimilson Fernandes

               0:2 79-own goal Kaan Kairinen

               1:2 90+2 Victor Olatunji

Crvena zvezda - Barcelona 2:5

Scorers: 0:1 12 (12.10) Inigo Martinez

               1:1 26 (26.04) Silas Katompa Mvumpa

               1:2 42 (42.13) Robert Lewandowski

               1:3 52 (52.04) Robert Lewandowski

               1:4 55 (54.32) Raphael Belloli

               1:5 76 (75.50) Fermin Lopez

               2:5 83 (83.05) Felicio Milson

Psg - Atletico Madrid 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 14 Warren Zaire-Emery

               1:1 18 Nahuel Molina

               1:2 90+2 Angel Correa

Bayern - Benfica 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 67 Jamal Musiala

- Benfica supporters have caused fire in metro station prior to this match. In a rather bizarre incident the visiting fans were given more time and asked to find another way of transportation towards the arena, thus this game was delayed by 17 minutes from the original schedule.

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Player was written 3 times with the help of 2 punishments

Champions league 2024-25 season, main phase, duel 4, night 1 out of 2:

Slovan - Dinamo Zagreb 1:4

Scorers: 1:0 05 David Strelec

               1:1 09 Dario Shpikic

               1:2 29 Petar Suchic

               1:3 54 Sandro Kulenovic

               1:4 72 Sandro Kulenovic

Psv - Girona 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 15 (15.05) Ryan Flamingo

               2:0 33 (32.26) Malik Tillman

               3:0 83 (82.47) Johan Bakayoko

               4:0 88-own goal (88.00) Ladislav Krejchi

- On 54 (54.02) Arnau Martinez had to leave from Girona because of his second yellow card.

Sporting - Manchester city 4:1

Scorers: 0:1 04 Philip Foden

               1:1 38 Viktor Gyokeres

               2:1 46 Maximiliano Araujo

               3:1 49-pen Viktor Gyokeres

               4:1 79-pen Viktor Gyokeres

- Visiting striker Erling Haaland could have scored on 69, but his 11 metre shot hit the bar.

Celtic - Rasenballsport Leipzig 3:1

Scorers: 0:1 23 Christoph Baumgartner

               1:1 34 Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn

               2:1 45 Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn

               3:1 72 Reo Hatate

Real Madrid - Milan 1:3

Scorers: 0:1 12 Malick Thiaw

               1:1 22-pen Vinicius de Oliveira junior

               1:2 39 Alvaro Morata

               1:3 73 Tijjani Reijnders

Borussia Dortmund - Sturm 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 64 Donyell Malen

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Debut time is appearing

For the first time this month the European international league club competitions are going to be played. In 3 consecutive nights of action there are 2 standard kick offs of play together with 1 who we used to see in earlier rounds. However, there is 1 more who is revealed as completely new in the third tournament in significance. Schedule for the next 54 pairs looks like this:

Champions league (match 4)

Tuesday, 05 November at 18.45 CEt: Psv - Girona.

Tuesday, 05 November at 18.45 CEt: Slovan - Dinamo Zagreb.

Tuesday, 05 November at 21.00 CEt: Bologna - Monaco.

Tuesday, 05 November at 21.00 CEt: Borussia Dortmund - Sturm.

Tuesday, 05 November at 21.00 CEt: Celtic - Rasenballsport Leipzig.

Tuesday, 05 November at 21.00 CEt: Lille - Juventus.

Tuesday, 05 November at 21.00 CEt: Liverpool - Bayer.

Tuesday, 05 November at 21.00 CEt: Real Madrid - Milan.

Tuesday, 05 November at 21.00 CEt: Sporting - Manchester city.

Wednesday, 06 November at 18.45 CEt: Club Brugge - Aston villa.

Wednesday, 06 November at 18.45 CEt: Shakhtar - Young boys Bern (playing in Gelsenkirchen, Germany).

Wednesday, 06 November at 21.00 CEt: Bayern - Benfica.

Wednesday, 06 November at 21.00 CEt: Crvena zvezda - Barcelona.

Wednesday, 06 November at 21.00 CEt: Feyenoord - Red bull Salzburg.

Wednesday, 06 November at 21.00 CEt: Inter - Arsenal.

Wednesday, 06 November at 21.00 CEt: Psg - Atletico Madrid.

Wednesday, 06 November at 21.00 CEt: Sparta Praha - Stade Brestois.

Wednesday, 06 November at 21.00 CEt: Stuttgart - Atalanta.

Europa league (game 4)

Wednesday, 06 November at 16.30 CEt: Beshiktash - Malmo.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Bodo/Glimt - Qarabag.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Eintracht - Slavia Praha.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Elfsborg - Braga.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: FcsB - Midtjylland.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Galatasaray - Tottenham.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Ludogorets - Athletic club.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Nice - Twente.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Olympiacos - Glasgow rangers.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Union Saint-Gilloise - Roma.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Ajax - Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Az - Fenerbahche.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Dynamo Kyiv - Ferencvarosh (playing in Hamburg, Germany).

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Hoffenheim - Olympique Lyonnais.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Lazio - Porto.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Manchester united - PaoK.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Rigas futbola shkola - Anderlecht.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Viktoria - Real Sociedad.

Conference league (duel 3)

Thursday, 07 November at 15.30 CEt: Vikingur Reykjavik - Borac Banja Luka.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Gent - Omonia.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Hjk - Olimpija.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Legia - Dinamo Minsk.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Pafos - Astana.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Petrocub - Rapid Wien.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Shamrock rovers - The new saints.

Thursday, 07 November at 18.45 CEt: Tsc - Lugano.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: ApoeL - Fiorentina.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Betis - Celje.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Chelsea - Noah.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Djurgarden - Panathinaikos.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Hearts - Heidenheim.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Jagiellonia - Molde.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Kobenhavn - Bashakshehir.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Lask - Cercle Brugge.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Larne - Sankt Gallen.

Thursday, 07 November at 21.00 CEt: Vitoria - Mlada Boleslav.

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Forbidden to enter stadium

On 29 September the Madrid rivals have entertained each other from the LaLiga championship, and in that game one major incident has happened. Two days later the home club has identified 1 supporter who threw objects towards the Real goalkeeper and banned him for life of entering into their stadium. Yesterday, exactly that has happened with 9 other fans, who from cameras and face recognition have been spotted, so they as well got the same verdict from their favourite club.

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Biggest fine of the continent issued

On 27 September the African Super Cup was played between 2 Egyptian clubs, and 6 days ago the winner was handed with the biggest financial penalty of the confederation.

Two players from Zamalek have received punishments of three matches: one of them (or the scorer in normal time) have celebrated improperly before the opposing fans, while the other was signaling to his teammates to leave the terrain. During the match the club has threatened to leave the pitch after a controversial penalty was awarded in the first half for their rivals. Because of this incident the club is punished with a huge fine of 300,000 dollars (277,340 euros). Knowing that winning of the entire Super Cup competition costs 500,000 dollars (462,234 euros), the above sum is considered as one of the greatest penalty ever issued at the confederation. If this is repeated in the current international competitions, another 100,000 dollars (92,447 euros) will be activated and must be delivered to the organization.

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Natural disaster has forced matches to be suspended

In an unpredicted and disastrous floods in the region of Valencia so far 158 people have lost their lives, but this number may rise knowing that many are still missing. The torrential rain that was falling all previous days caused many roads to be closed, building and cars were carried away from the landslides, and also there are disruption at the rail and air traffic throughout south and east of Spain.

Because no one is thinking of football at the moment around this area, national Cup games together with duels from the championship are officially being postponed.

On a related news today, Real Madrid has donated 1 million euros as help from those who are affected of these catastrophic floods.

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Crowned footballers

Yesterday night in Seoul were awarded the annual prizes for best players of the Asian continent.

For the first time in South Korea were crowned the greatest footballers of 2023 where at the end of the ceremony we found out which are the 23 winners for men and women category. Each of their names can be seen on the website of the confederation.

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Lost an official elimination game

On 15 October Libya and Nigeria were supposed to play its group D qualifying match for the Africa Cup of nations 2025/26. But prior of their arrival the visiting players were mistreated at the airport by the local people and after a long wait they decided to return back home.

Therefore, the organizers of the event brought a verdict that this game will never be replayed, Libya automatically looses this duel 3:0, and also its football association have to pay a financial fine of 50,000 dollars (46,223 euros).

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Exclusive packages are already available

On the last night in November is the big final of the Copa Libertadores 2024 competition which will be played in Argentina, and specially for this match the official travel agency of the South American organization is offering a unique experience.

From last Thursday Absolut sport has presented exclusive and licensed packages with flights, hotels from 3 of up to 5 stars accommodation and tickets for the mentioned duel. Additionally, this service includes exclusive transportation from the hotel to the stadium, travel insurance and on-site assistance. Various prices for this unforgettable night can be found on their website.

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Wants to be reelected

On Thursday Patrice Motsepe has revealed that he will seek another term for the president of the African football organization. The 62-year-old from South Africa wants to stay on the job for the second successive time after he won it in 2021.

Who would be chosen to be the eighth president of the confederation is going to be known in March of next year.

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Applications have been received

At the end of September the hosting city of the final match for the Champions league 2027 tournament got suddenly empty while four days ago the European football organization has received couple of requests from member associations of welcoming the last two clubs on its soil.

Officially, the capitals of Azerbaijan and Spain have shown interest to organize the last duel in 2 years time. The first country have suggested the Olympic stadium where Baku is aiming to be the debut host, whilst Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid wants to win the bid for the second time (after the 2018-19 edition). An ending decision of who will it be would be known in the summer period of 2025.

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Revealed candidates

Yesterday the African football organization have announced which players and clubs are candidates for the upcoming best awards for this year. Up to 10 of them have been chosen, prizes for the men category will be given 7 times, and all names can be seen on their website. Playing performance which is covered just to be on the list ranges from January until October 2024.

Which footballers would be the best from this continent is going to be known on 16 December in Marrakesh, Morocco.

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Perfect turnaround has occurred in second half

Conference league 2024-25 season, match 2, single night:

Vikingur Reykjavik - Cercle Brugge 3:1

Scorers: 0:1 16 (15.41) Kazeem Olaigbe

               1:1 17 (16.55) Ari Sigurpalsson

               2:1 76 (75.30) Danijel Djuric

               3:1 82 (82.18) Gunnar Vatnhamar

- The 11 metre shot from Danijel Djuric (Vikingur Reykjavik) was beautifully saved on 45+1 (45.38).

ApoeL - Borac Banja Luka 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 63 (62.37) Stefan Savic

Celje - Bashakshehir 5:1

Scorers: 1:0 04 (04.16) Tamar Svetlin

               2:0 29 (29.01) Ivan Brnic

               3:0 34 (33.59) Svit Seshlar

               4:0 50 (50.05) Armandas Kuchys

               4:1 75 (74.26) Dimitrios Pelkas

               5:1 77 (76.44) Armandas Kuchys

Gent - Molde 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 24 (23.29) Noah Fadiga

               1:1 77 (77.16) Mats Moller Daehli

               2:1 90+5 (94.44) Archie Brown

Larne - Shamrock rovers 1:4

Scorers: 0:1 02 (02.18) Joshua Honohan

               0:2 23 (23.03) Johnny Kenny

               0:3 30-own goal (29.42) Tomas Cosgrove

               1:3 48 (47.24) Christopher Gallagher

               1:4 53 (52.59) Graham Burke

Sankt Gallen - Fiorentina 2:4

Scorers: 1:0 23 Felix Mambimbi

               1:1 49 Lucas Martinez Quarta

               1:2 54 Jonathan Ikone

               2:2 61 Lukas Gortler

               2:3 69 Jonathan Ikone

               2:4 90+3 Robin Gosens

Hearts - Omonia 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 16 (15.57) Alan Forrest

               2:0 23 (22.51) Blair Spittal

Djurgarden - Vitoria 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 58 (57.36) Manuel Silva

               1:1 62 (61.33) Daniel Stensson

               1:2 78 (78.11) Nuno Valente Santos

Rapid Wien - Noah 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 31 (30.33) Dion Drena Beljo

Jagiellonia - Petrocub 2:0

Scorer: 1:0 69 Afimico Pululu

             2:0 72 Afimico Pululu

The new saints - Astana 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 40 (39.26) Rory Holden

               2:0 78-pen (77.22) Declan McManus

Hjk - Dinamo Minsk 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 46 (45.21) Liam Moller

- From 80 Dinamo Minsk had to play with 10 players because Trofim Melnichenko was awarded with a direct red card.

- On 82 (81.59) the penalty from Luke Plange (Hjk) was perfectly saved.

Olimpija - Lask 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 14 (13.21) Alejandro Blanko

               2:0 80 (79.50) Pedro Lucas Schwaizer

Betis - Kobenhavn 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 07 (07.03) Abdessamad Ezzalzouli

               1:1 77-pen (76.21) Kevin Diks

Mlada Boleslav - Lugano 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 38 (37.36) Renato Steffen

- Mlada Boleslav could have equalized at 81 (80.59), however the weak 11 metre strike from Patrik Vydra was easily saved.

Pafos - Heidenheim 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 25 Patrick Mainka

Tsc - Legia 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 10 Bartosz Kapustka

               0:2 47 Lucas Linhares

               0:3 62 Kacper Chodyna

Europa league 2024-25 season, game 3, night 2 of 2:

PaoK - Viktoria 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 30 Milan Havel

               0:2 38 Matej Vydra

               1:2 84 Tarik Tissoudali

               2:2 90+3 Abdul Rahman Baba

- Sampson Dweh (Viktoria) saw his second yellow card on 69.

Ferencvarosh - Nice 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 15-own goal Moise Bombito

- Visiting midfielder Pablo Rosario saw a direct red card on 84 (83.33).

Qarabag - Ajax 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 36 (35.26) Kenneth Taylor

               0:2 74-pen (73.31) Wout Weghorst

               0:3 76 (76.16) Chuba Akpom

- Qarabag has finished this match with 9 men: first to leave was Julio Romao on 15 (14.21) who received a direct red card, followed by Elvin Cafarguliyev that was awarded with his second yellow card at 79 (78.48). 

Maccabi Tel Aviv - Real Sociedad 1:2 (neutral place)

Scorers: 0:1 18 (18.03) Jon Pacheco

               0:2 64 (63.46) Sergio Gomez

               1:2 81 (80.55) Dor Turgeman

- Osher Davida had to leave Maccabi Tel Aviv due to 2 yellow cards on 87 (87.19).

Midtjylland - Union Saint-Gilloise 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 18 (17.38) Ousmane Diao

Roma - Dynamo Kyiv 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 23-pen Artem Dovbyk

Eintracht - Rigas futbola shkola 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 79 Hugo Larsson

Anderlecht - Ludogorets 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 67 (66.52) Samuel Edozie

               2:0 90+4 (93.57) Ander Dreyer

- Bad boy in this game was Caio Vidal (Ludogorets) who on 29 (29.13) received a direct red card.

Athletic club - Slavia Praha 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 33 (32.48) Nicholas Williams

Porto - Hoffenheim 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 45+1 (46.10) Tiago Djalo

               2:0 74 (74.12) Samuel Omorodion

Olympique Lyonnais - Beshiktash 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 71 (70.58) Gedson Fernandes

Fenerbahche - Manchester united 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 14 Christian Eriksen

               1:1 49 Youssef en Nesyri

Glasgow rangers - FcsB 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 10 (09.25) Thomas Lawrence

               2:0 30 (30.15) Vaclav Cherny

               3:0 54 (54.16) Vaclav Cherny

               4:0 71 (71.01) Hamza Igamane

Malmo - Olympiacos 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 29 Ayoub el Kaabi

Twente - Lazio 0:2

Scorer: 0:1 34 Pedro Ledesma

             0:2 67 Gustav Isaksen

- On 10 the home goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall had to depart because of a direct red card.

Tottenham - Az 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 53-pen Richarlison de Andrade

- David Moller Wolfe (Az) on 65 received a direct red card. 

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Hattrick has started from 55 seconds

Europa league 2024-25 season, game 3, night 1 of 2:

Braga - Bodo/Glimt 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 52 (52.06) Hakon Evjen

               1:1 63 (63.20) Sikou Niakate

               1:2 90+3 (93.20) Villads Nielsen

- On 67 (66.21) the only goal scorer of the home club had to leave because of 2 yellow cards.

Galatasaray - Elfsborg 4:3

Scorers: 1:0 28 (27.46) Mauro Icardi

               2:0 39-own goal (38.30) Isak Pettersson

               3:0 43 (43.19) Barish Alper Yilmaz

               3:1 52 (51.51) Niklas Hult

               3:2 65-pen (64.24) Michael Baidoo

               4:2 83 (82.43) Yunus Akgun

               4:3 90+1 (91.02) Johan Larsson

Champions league 2024-25 season, duel 3, night 2 out of 2:

Atalanta - Celtic 0:0

Benfica - Feyenoord 1:3

Scorers: 0:1 12 (11.33) Ayase Ueda

               0:2 33 (32.38) Antoni Milambo

               1:2 66 (65.52) Kerem Akturkoglu

               1:3 90+1 (91.17) Antoni Milambo

Barcelona - Bayern 4:1

Scorers: 1:0 01 (55 seconds) Raphael Belloli

               1:1 18 (17.33) Harry Kane

               2:1 36 (35.47) Robert Lewndowski

               3:1 45 (44.43) Raphael Belloli

               4:1 56 (55.39) Raphael Belloli

Atletico Madrid - Lille 1:3

Scorers: 1:0 08 Julian Alvarez

               1:1 60 Edon Zhegrova

               1:2 74-pen Jonathan David

               1:3 89 Jonathan David

Red bull Salzburg - Dinamo Zagreb 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 49 Sandro Kulenovic

               0:2 84 Bruno Petkovic

- Direct red card on this game was for the home goalkeeper Alexander Schlager at 65.

Young boys Bern - Inter 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 90+3 Marcus Thuram

- At 48 Marko Arnautovic could have taken Inter into the lead, but his weak 11 metre shot was perfectly saved.

Manchester city - Sparta Praha 5:0

Scorers: 1:0 03 Philip Foden

               2:0 58 Erling Haaland

               3:0 64 John Stones

               4:0 68 Erling Haaland

               5:0 88-pen Matheus Nunes

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Catastrophe followed after the club was comfortably leading with two goals

Champions league 2024-25 season, duel 3, night 1 out of 2:

Milan - Club Brugge 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 34 Christian Pulishic

               1:1 50 Kyriani Sabbe

               2:1 60 Tijjani Reijnders

               3:1 70 Tijjani Reijnders

- From 40 Raphael Onyedika has left the visitors because he saw a direct red card.

Monaco - Crvena zvezda 5:1

Scorers: 1:0 19 Takumi Minamino

               1:1 26-pen Cherif Ndiaye

               2:1 45+4 Breel Embolo

               3:1 54 Wilfried Singo

               4:1 70 Takumi Minamino

               5:1 90+6 Maghnes Akliouche

Girona - Slovan 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 42 (42.18) Miguel Gutierrez

               2:0 72 (72.06) Juan Pedro Lopez

- Christian Stuani could have made 3:0 for Girona at 87 (87.20), but his 11 metre strike was perfectly saved.

Sturm - Sporting 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 22 (22.15) Nuno Santos

               0:2 53 (52.27) Viktor Gyokeres

Psg - Psv 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 34 Noa Lang

               1:1 55 Achraf Hakimi

Real Madrid - Borussia Dortmund 5:2

Scorers: 0:1 30 (29.21) Donyell Malen

               0:2 34 (33.33) Jamie Gittens

               1:2 59 (59.17) Antonio Rudiger

               2:2 61 (61.05) Vinicius de Oliveira junior

               3:2 83 (82.37) Lucas Vasquez

               4:2 86 (85.37) Vinicius de Oliveira junior

               5:2 90+3 (92.36) Vinicius de Oliveira junior

Arsenal - Shakhtar 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 29-own goal Dmytro Riznyk

- On 77 the penalty from Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) was beautifully saved.

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Two same and one different number

For the last time this month the three European international club league events are going to entertain us. Two of them are going to play the same round, while the third would be behind by only one digit. In the expectation of 3 kick offs the whole schedule for next week looks like this:

Champions league (match 3)

Tuesday, 22 October at 18.45 CEt: Milan - Club Brugge.

Tuesday, 22 October at 18.45 CEt: Monaco - Crvena zvezda.

Tuesday, 22 October at 21.00 CEt: Arsenal - Shakhtar.

Tuesday, 22 October at 21.00 CEt: Aston villa - Bologna.

Tuesday, 22 October at 21.00 CEt: Girona - Slovan.

Tuesday, 22 October at 21.00 CEt: Juventus - Stuttgart.

Tuesday, 22 October at 21.00 CEt: Psg - Psv.

Tuesday, 22 October at 21.00 CEt: Real Madrid - Borussia Dortmund.

Tuesday, 22 October at 21.00 CEt: Sturm - Sporting.

Wednesday, 23 October at 18.45 CEt: Atalanta - Celtic.

Wednesday, 23 October at 18.45 CEt: Stade Brestois - Bayer.

Wednesday, 23 October at 21.00 CEt: Atletico Madrid - Lille.

Wednesday, 23 October at 21.00 CEt: Barcelona - Bayern.

Wednesday, 23 October at 21.00 CEt: Benfica - Feyenoord.

Wednesday, 23 October at 21.00 CEt: Manchester city - Sparta Praha.

Wednesday, 23 October at 21.00 CEt: Rasenballsport Leipzig - Liverpool.

Wednesday, 23 October at 21.00 CEt: Red bull Salzburg - Dinamo Zagreb.

Wednesday, 23 October at 21.00 CEt: Young boys Bern - Inter.

Europa league (game 3)

Wednesday, 23 October at 16.30 CEt: Braga - Bodo/Glimt.

Wednesday, 23 October at 16.30 CEt: Galatasaray - Elfsborg.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Eintracht - Rigas futbola shkola.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Ferencvarosh - Nice.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Maccabi Tel Aviv - Real Sociedad (playing in Belgrade, Serbia).

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Midtjylland - Union Saint-Gilloise.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: PaoK - Viktoria.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Porto - Hoffenheim.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Qarabag - Ajax.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Roma - Dynamo Kyiv.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Anderlecht - Ludogorets.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Athletic club - Slavia Praha.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Fenerbahche - Manchester united.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Glasgow rangers - FcsB.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Malmo - Olympiacos.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Olympique Lyonnais - Beshiktash.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Tottenham - Az.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Twente - Lazio.

Conference league (duel 2)

Thursday, 24 October at 16.30 CEt: Vikingur Reykjavik - Cercle Brugge.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: ApoeL - Borac Banja Luka.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Celje - Bashakshehir.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Djurgarden - Vitoria.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Gent - Molde.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Hearts - Omonia.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Jagiellonia - Petrocub.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Larne - Shamrock rovers.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Panathianikos - Chelsea.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Rapid Wien - Noah.

Thursday, 24 October at 18.45 CEt: Sankt Gallen - Fiorentina.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Betis - Kobenhavn.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Hjk - Dinamo Minsk.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Mlada Boleslav - Lugano.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Olimpija - Lask.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Pafos - Heidenheim.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: The new saints - Astana.

Thursday, 24 October at 21.00 CEt: Tsc - Legia.

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Lawsuit filed

One of the biggest football name of the Iberian Peninsula is being blamed for dishonesty, of whom simultaneously, with one other (their opponents from that time) are also mentioned in a negative way.

Accused of tax fraud, match fixing and corruption, this Tuesday the Portuguese court has officially filed a lawsuit against Benfica and its former officials (boss and advisor) together with ex directors from Vitoria futebol clube. Happening on the period between 2016 and 2019, the club from Setubal would deliberate lost 2 of its championship games, while in exchange the former Benfica director (Luis Felipe Vieira) has agreed player transfers to financially benefit their rivals and for these businesses has paid 1,3 million euros. For giving / receiving unreasonable advantages and tax deception with criminal activities Benfica is indicted with active corruption, whilst their opponents were charged with a passive one (with the same scheme).

Hence, prosecutors wants Luis Felipe Vieira to stop perform any job in football for 5 years, and his former club to be expelled from all sport tournaments.

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Awaiting for the decision

On Tuesday Libya and Nigeria had to entertain each other from qualifiers of the Africa Cup of nations 2025/26, however prior to that, this duel was cancelled because of an unusual incident.

This game got postponed because the visitors have complained of poor treatment and reception of its players and staff from locals that was stuck at Baninah airport for more than 12 hours without any food, communications, and transport for someone to collect and took them to the hotel. Angrily and exhausted the footballers have decided to return back, although they were aware that the game might be lost. Immediately the Disciplinary committee of the African football organization is reviewing the whole case, and the final outcome of who is to blame and who is not will be announced in Ethiopia when the Executive committee meeting is scheduled for 22 October.

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Punished for bad behaviour

Yesterday the European football organization has penalized one Balkan country thus their association had to deliver 34.500 euros. The disciplinary action for Croatia was for the duel that was played last month against Poland at the European version of the Nations league event.

For throwing various objects from the home fans onto the terrain the fine was 15,000 euros together with 8,000 because they ran inside after the final whistle. Additionally, 7,000 was also included that was for reprimands of the players and officials from the team while the financial penalty of 4,500 euros was for the pyrotechnics that was prepared by their own spectators.

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Date for draw is known

So far 5 confederations are playing elimination games for the World Cup 2026, while today the last one have announced when the whole layout is going to be familiar and dates of when it will start and end their journey.

At the European zone the group games would have to be played from March until November of 2025, and between 26 and 31 March of the following year are scheduled the play off duels. When this will be completed, 16 teams would travel from this continent to the 2026 final event.

But before we all jump into the future, first the 12 qualifying groups have to familiar. The ceremony of the draw is expected to be on Friday, 13 December in Zurich (Switzerland).

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Joy for the home crowd was brought by one player only

Elimination duels for World Cup 2026 - South American region, game 10 of 18:

Colombia - Chile 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 34 Davinson Sanchez

               2:0 52 Luis Diaz

               3:0 82 Jhon Duran

               4:0 90+2 Luis Sinisterra

Paraguay - Venezuela 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 24 Jon Aramburu

               1:1 59 Antonio Sanabria

               2:1 74 Antonio Sanabria

- At 41 (40.39) Paraguay had a penalty, however the shot from Julio Enciso was beautifully saved.

Uruguay - Ecuador 0:0

Argentina - Bolivia 6:0

Scorers: 1:0 19 Lionel Messi

               2:0 43 Lautaro Martinez

               3:0 45+2 Julian Alvarez

               4:0 69 Thiago Almada

               5:0 84 Lionel Messi

               6:0 85 Lionel Messi

Brazil - Peru 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 38-pen Raphael Belloli

               2:0 54-pen Raphael Belloli

               3:0 70 Andreas Pereira

               4:0 74 Luiz Henrique

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Second halves were decisive

Nations league 2024-25 - European version, play 4, night 3 out of 3:

Northern Ireland - Bulgaria 5:0

Scorers: 1:0 15 (14.42) Isaac Price

               2:0 29 (28.49) Isaac Price

               3:0 32-own goal (31.39) Dimitar Mitov

               4:0 81 (80.25) Isaac Price

               5:0 88 (88.15) Joshua Magennis

- Kiril Despodov (Bulgaria) has slightly hit the crossbar from 11 metres on  44 (43.23).

Scotland - Portugal 0:0

Spain - Serbia 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 04 (04.07) Aymeric Laporte

               2:0 65 (64.37) Alvaro Morata

               3:0 77 (76.43) Alejandro Baena

- Spain had a penalty on 54 (53.58), however the strike from Alvaro Morata missed the whole goal.

- From 76 (75.49) Serbia had to play with 10 players because Strahinja Pavlovic was awarded with a direct red card.

Switzerland - Denmark 2:2

Scorers: 1:0 25 (25.09) Remo Freuler

               1:1 27 (26.33) Gustav Isaksen

               2:1 45-pen (45.17) Zeki Amdouni

               2:2 69 (68.22) Christian Eriksen

Kosovo - Cyprus 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 30 (29.41) Amir Rrahmani

               2:0 51 (51.13) Ermal Krasniqi

               3:0 70 (69.59) Emir Sahiti

Belarus - Luxembourg 1:1 (neutral place)

Scorers: 1:0 54 (53.50) Sergey Politevich

               1:1 78-pen (77.30) Gerson Rodrigues

- Valery Gromyko could have taken Belarus to a 1:0 lead, but his weak 11 metre shot at 11 (10.43) was beautifully saved.

Lithuania - Romania 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 07-pen Armandas Kuchys

               1:1 18-pen Razvan Marin

               1:2 64 Denis Dragush

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