Biggest group phase score and win simultaneously this season

Lokomotiv Moscow - Schalke 04 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 88 Weston McKennie

PSG - Crvena Zvezda 6:1

Scorers: 1:0 19 (19.08) Neymar
              2:0 22 (21.42) Neymar
              3:0 36 (36.16) Edinson Cavani
              4:0 41 (40.56) Angel di Maria
              5:0 70 (69.51) Kylian Mbappe
              5:1 73 (73.14) Marko Marin
              6:1 81 (80.30) Neymar

Porto - Galatasaray 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 49 (48.20) Moussa Marega

Tottenham - Barcelona 2:4

Scorers: 0:1 02 (01.33) Philippe Coutinho
              0:2 28 (27.30) Ivan Rakitic
              1:2 51 (51.17) Harry Kane
              1:3 56 (55.21) Lionel Messi
              2:3 65 (65.09) Erik Lamela
              2:4 89 (89.11) Lionel Messi

Atletico Madrid - Club Brugge 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 27 (27.06) Antoine Griezmann
              1:1 39 (38.57) Arnaut Groeneveld
              2:1 66 (66.18) Antoine Griezmann
              3:1 90+3 (93.01) Koke

PSV Eindhoven - Inter 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 27 (26.50) Pablo Rosario
              1:1 43 (43.08) Radja Nainggolan
              1:2 59 (59.07) Mauro Icardi

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Quickest goal and surprise of the night happened on the same game

Juventus - Young Boys Bern 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 05 Paulo Dybala
              2:0 33 Paulo Dybala
              3:0 69 Paulo Dybala

- Due to two yellow cards, Mohamed Aly Camara (Young Boys Bern) was sent off at 78.

Bayern Munich - Ajax 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 04 (03.40) Mats Hummels
              1:1 22 (21.55) Noussait Mazraoui

Roma - Viktoria Plzen 5:0

Scorers: 1:0 03 (02.49) Edin Dzeko
              2:0 39 (39.14) Edin Dzeko
              3:0 63 (63.10) Cengiz Under
              4:0 72 (72.31) Justin Kluivert
              5:0 90+2 (91.36) Edin Dzeko

CSKA Moscow - Real Madrid 1:0 

Scorer: 1:0 01 (01.05) Nikola Vlasic

- An unnecessary second yellow received the goalkeeper of the home team Igor Akinfeev at 90+4 (94.09). This red card was shown off-screen.

Olympique Lyon - Shakhtar Donetsk 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 44 (43.54) Junior Moraes
              0:2 55 (54.42) Junior Moraes
              1:2 70 (69.38) Moussa Dembele
              2:2 72 (71.37) Leo Dubois

AEK Athens - Benfica 2:3

Scorers: 0:1 06 (05.27) Haris Seferovic
              0:2 15 (14.26) Alex Grimaldo
              1:2 52 (52.04) Viktor Klonaridis
              2:2 63 (62.52) Viktor Klonaridis
              2:3 73 (72.51) Alfa Semedo

- Ruben Dias (Benfica) left his colleagues right before the half time ends 45+3 (48.09) due to two yellow cards.

Manchester United - Valencia 0:0

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If only politics would disappear forever...

This week European club football is in action with its second round of matches. In the most interesting competition one of the best player can not help his team due to a single stupid thing (which he is not to blame).
Probably the best Arsenal footballer Henrikh Mkhitaryan definitely is going to miss its play with Qarabag because of...politics. The Armenian midfielder can not travel to Azerbaijan due to the bad relations of the two countries. Dispute over a region, which is still ongoing, is the main problem between these neighbors. There is a special rule where can be applied for a specific permit, but the 29-year-old has decided not to do that (application, wasting time...).
Now, nor UEFA nor FIFA can not (or do not want to) intervene in this 'case' in such a short time. But, the biggest problem could arrive much later if the English club will come to the last game in Europa league where the Azerbaijani capital (Baku) is hosting the final duel. If that scenario really happens who knows how things will run at the end of May.

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Revenue expectations of Spanish champions

In the last Friday of September the current champions of Spain have released some staggering assumptions.
This season the leaders of Barcelona are expecting to have a record of 960 million euros income, while in three years time (2021) the club is hoping to surpass the number of one billion. Expenses would be 929 million euros and, after all taxes will be paid, in the cash box should remain 11 million euros of pure earnings. In comparison with 2017-18 the club had income of 914 million euros, expenditures were 882 million, 32 million euros was operating profit, and 13 million are left as revenue after taxes.
It is also suggested that the crest will be changed due to 'adaptation of modern times'. For the second time, after 1899, the acronym 'FCB' (or 'CFB' earlier) will be wiped out. Other modifications are that the ball is a little bit bigger in the middle, and the red-blue lines are less and expanded. If this re-design is accepted by the board members on 20 October, than the blazon is going to be the eleventh change in history. It is also expected that it will pass without any problems, and if that indeed happens, the new crest will be applied in media from next (2019-20) season.

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Second month in matchday two at European Cups

Immediately in the first week of the new month European Cups are back with its second round. Forty duels have to finish in a space of 3 nights.

Like in the first stage, the organization (UEFA) is continuing to place some very strange ideas, which in short is called: unfair time distribution of games at Champions league. Thus at 2 consecutive nights are going to open only 2 matches, while all others are reserved for the late edition.

Tuesday, 02 October at 18.55 CET: Hoffenheim - Manchester City.
Tuesday, 02 October at 18.55 CET: Juventus - Young Boys Bern.

Tuesday, 02 October at 21.00 CET: AEK Athens - Benfica.
Tuesday, 02 October at 21.00 CET: Bayern Munich - Ajax.
Tuesday, 02 October at 21.00 CET: CSKA Moscow - Real Madrid.
Tuesday, 02 October at 21.00 CET: Manchester United - Valencia.
Tuesday, 02 October at 21.00 CET: Olympique Lyon - Shakhtar Donetsk.
Tuesday, 02 October at 21.00 CET: Roma - Viktoria Plzen.

Wednesday, 03 October at 18.55 CET: Lokomotiv Moscow - Schalke 04.
Wednesday, 03 October at 18.55 CET: PSG - Crvena Zvezda.

Wednesday, 03 October at 21.00 CET: Atletico Madrid - Club Brugge.
Wednesday, 03 October at 21.00 CET: Borussia Dortmund - Monaco.
Wednesday, 03 October at 21.00 CET: Napoli - Liverpool.
Wednesday, 03 October at 21.00 CET: Porto - Galatasaray.
Wednesday, 03 October at 21.00 CET: PSV Eindhoven - Inter.
Wednesday, 03 October at 21.00 CET: Tottenham - Barcelona.

Six hours of football non-stop in this tournament. For the first time at the Europa league group stages we will have three kickoffs. Due to the big time difference with the rest of the continent, the duel in the capital of Kazakhstan is going to open this phase.

Thursday, 04 October at 16.50 CET: Astana - Stade Rennes.

Thursday, 04 October at 18.55 CET: Anderlecht - Dinamo Zagreb.
Thursday, 04 October at 18.55 CET: Bayer 04 Leverkusen - AEK Larnaca.
Thursday, 04 October at 18.55 CET: Bordeaux - FC Copenhagen.
Thursday, 04 October at 18.55 CET: Fenerbahce - Spartak Trnava.
Thursday, 04 October at 18.55 CET: Milan - Olympiacos.
Thursday, 04 October at 18.55 CET: Qarabag - Arsenal.
Thursday, 04 October at 18.55 CET: Real Betis - Dudelange.
Thursday, 04 October at 18.55 CET: Red Bull Salzburg - Celtic.
Thursday, 04 October at 18.55 CET: Rosenborg - RasenBallsport Leipzig.
Thursday, 04 October at 18.55 CET: Vorskla Poltava - Sporting Clube de Portugal.
Thursday, 04 October at 18.55 CET: Zenit Saint Petersburg - Slavia Prague.
Thursday, 04 October at 18.55 CET: Zurich - Ludogorets.

Thursday, 04 October at 21.00 CET: Apollon Limassol - Olympique Marseille.
Thursday, 04 October at 21.00 CET: BATE Borisov - PAOK.

Thursday, 04 October at 21.00 CET: Chelsea - Videoton.

Thursday, 04 October at 21.00 CET: Eintracht Frankfurt - Lazio.

Thursday, 04 October at 21.00 CET: Glasgow Rangers - Rapid Vienna.

Thursday, 04 October at 21.00 CET: Jablonec - Dynamo Kyiv.

Thursday, 04 October at 21.00 CET: Krasnodar - Sevilla.

Thursday, 04 October at 21.00 CET: Malmo - Besiktas.

Thursday, 04 October at 21.00 CET: Sarpsborg 08 - Genk.

Thursday, 04 October at 21.00 CET: Spartak Moscow - Villarreal.

Thursday, 04 October at 21.00 CET: Standard Liege - Akhisarspor.

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