Ridiculous punishment imposed on a rich club

Everybody knows how famous Barcelona is to this sport. And being well known like that, you enjoy some privileges in receiving some penalties as well.
Without the knowledge of Atletico Madrid, the Catalan giants have negotiated the transfer of Antoine Griezmann. Obviously talking with the player behind their back and still under agreement, the Madrid team has taken this issue to the Spanish football federation complaining that Barcelona have violated the rules. In the end, last Thursday, their decision was somewhat hilarious: the Catalans had to pay (only) 300 euros fine.

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Unidentified flying object seen above Europa league match

Europa league, group stage, round 2:

Astana - Partizan 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 28 (28.01) Umar Sadiq
              0:2 72 (72.13) Umar Sadiq
              1:2 85 (84.46) Runar mar Sigurjonsson

Wolfsberger - Roma 1:1 

Scorers: 0:1 27 (26.30) Leonardo Spinazzola
              1:1 51 (50.39) Michael Liendl

Olexandriya - Gent 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 06 (05.35) Laurent Depoitre
              1:1 60 (59.55) Artem Sitalo

CSKA Moscow - Espanyol 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 64 (63.36) Lei Wu
              0:2 90+4 (94.13) Victor Campuzano

Basaksehir - Borussia Monchengladbach 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 55 (54.31) Edin Visca

              1:1 90 (90.12) Patrick Hermann

Young boys Bern - Glasgow rangers 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 44 (43.26) Alfredo Morelos
              1:1 50 (49.42) Roger Assale
              2:1 90+3 (92.46) Christian Fassnacht

Braga - Slovan Bratislava 2:2

Scorers: 1:0 30 (30.13) Bruno Viana
              1:1 45+4 (48.37) Andraz Sporar
              2:1 63 (62.51) Wenderson Galeno
              2:2 87-own goal (86.22) Bruno Viana

- Just two seconds before scoring the first goal for his team, a penalty from Andraz Sporar (Slovan Bratislava) was perfectly saved on 45+4 (48.35).

AZ - Manchester united 0:0

Ferencvaros - Ludogorets 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 01 (36 seconds) Jody Lukoki
              0:2 40 (39.24) Rafael Forster
              0:3 64 (63.36) Rafael Forster

- Dragos Grigore (Ludogorets) left the game early on 43 (42.33) due to two yellow cards.

Feyenoord - Porto 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 48 (48.05) Jens Toornstra
              2:0 79 (79.06) Rick Karsdorp

Besiktas - Wolverhampton 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 90+3 (92.45) Willy Boly

Sevilla - APOEL 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 17 (16.34) Javier Hernandez (or just Chicharito)

Lugano - Dynamo Kyiv 0:0

Celtic - Cluj 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 20 (19.48) Odsonne Edouard
              2:0 59 (58.43) Mohamed Elyounoussi

F91 Dudelange - Qarabag 1:4

Scorers: 0:1 11 (10.23) Abdellah Zoubir
              0:2 30 (29.31) Miguel Marcos Madera (also known by Michel)
              0:3 37 (36.32) Richard Almeida
              0:4 69 (68.34) Daniel Quintana
              1:4 89 (89.03) Antoine Bernier

- Immediately after the second goal from the visitors a small drone has appeared above the pitch, thus the game was suspended for 28 minutes.

- At 61 (61.11) Mickael Garos (F91 Dudelange) received his second yellow card.

Krasnodar - Getafe 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 35 (35.00) Angel Rodriguez
              0:2 60 (60.13) Angel Rodriguez
              1:2 68 (68.15) Ariclenes da Silva Ferreira (or just Ari)

- Because of two yellow cards David Timor (Getafe) was sent off on 80 (80.16).

Malmo - Kobenhavn 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 45+4-own goal (49.20) Lasse Nielsen
              1:1 54 (54.20) Markus Rosenberg

Sporting clube de Portugal - LASK 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 16 (15.23) Marko Raguz
              1:1 58 (57.53) Luiz Phellype
              2:1 63 (62.33) Bruno Fernandes

Trabzonspor - Basel 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 20 (19.38) Silvan Widmer
              1:1 25 (25.14) Abdulkadir Parmak
              2:1 78 (77.23) Jose Sosa
              2:2 80 (79.32) Noah Okafor

Rosenborg - PSV 1:4

Scorers: 0:1 13 (13.04) Pablo Rosario
              0:2 37-own goal (36.42) Birger Meling
              0:3 40 (40.03) Donyell Malen
              1:3 69 (69.12) Samuel Adegbenro
              1:4 78 (77.59) Donyell Malen

Arsenal - Standard Liege 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 13 (12.51) Gabriel Martinelli
              2:0 15 (15.02)  Gabriel Martinelli
              3:0 21 (21.02) Joseph Willock
              4:0 57 (56.33) Daniel Ceballos

Vitoria - Eintracht Frankfurt 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 36 (35.38) Obite Evan N'Dicka

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European champions got themselves to sweat for victory

Champions league, group stage, round 2 (part 2):

Slavia Prague - Borussia Dortmund 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 35 (34.53) Achraf Hakimi
              0:2 88 (88.09) Achraf Hakimi

Genk - Napoli 0:0

Liverpool - Red bull Salzburg 4:3

Scorers: 1:0 09 (08.36) Sadio Mane
              2:0 25 (24.22) Andrew Robertson
              3:0 36 (35.37) Mohamed Salah
              3:1 39 (38.49) Hwang Hee-Chan
              3:2 55 (55.02) Takumi Minamino
              3:3 60 (59.55) Erling Braut Haland
              4:3 69 (68.27) Mohamed Salah

Valencia - Ajax 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 07 (07.07) Hakim Ziyech
              0:2 33 (33.09) Quincy Promes
              0:3 66 (66.12) Donny van de Beek

- The Valencia captain Daniel Parejo missed the whole goal from 11 metres on 25 (24.54).

Zenit saint Petersburg - Benfica 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 21 (21.01) Artem Dzyuba
              2:0 70-own goal (69.21) Ruben Dias
              3:0 77 (77.19) Sardar Azmoun
              3:1 84 (84.09) Raul de Tomas

Barcelona - Inter 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 02 (02.00) Lautaro Martinez
              1:1 58 (57.34) Luis Suarez
              2:1 84 (83.57) Luis Suarez

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An only home win with a fantastic turnaround

Champions league, group stage, round 2 (part 1):

Atalanta - Shakhtar Donetsk 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 28 (27.41) Duvan Zapata
              1:1 41 (40.30) Junior Moraes
              1:2 90+4 (94.20) Manor Solomon

- On 15 (15.06) Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk) perfectly saved an 11 metre shot from Josip Ilicic (Atalanta).

Real Madrid - Club Brugge 2:2

Scorers: 0:1 08 (08.10) Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis
              0:2 39 (38.42) Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis
              1:2 55 (54.36) Sergio Ramos
              2:2 85 (84.56) Carlos Henrique Casimiro (known as Casemiro)

- Ruud Vormer (Club Brugge) was not careful enough when he received his second yellow card on 84 (83.41).

Lokomotiv Moscow - Atletico Madrid 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 47 (47.04) Joao Felix
              0:2 57 (57.15) Thomas Partey

Galatasaray - PSG 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 52 (51.37) Mauro Icardi

Crvena zvezda - Olympiacos 3:1

Scorers: 0:1 37 (36.31) Ruben Semedo
              1:1 62 (61.57) Milos Vulic
              2:1 86 (86.15) Nemanja Milunovic
              3:1 90 (89.49) Richmond Boakye

- With two yellow cards Yassine Benzia (Olympiacos) had to leave the game at 57 (57.02).

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Names of three stadia revealed

Eight matches are going to be played with seven teams of whom two of them are (still) unknown on three stadia. In short, this is called the Club World Cup a tournament where we will found out which region has the best team. Today the world football organization has put down the schedule of the tournament on its website and also has revealed the venues and kick off times.
Winner of the national championship Al-Sadd is going to open the competition with Hienghene sport on 11 December at the Jassim bin Hamad stadium, while the next two duels are going to be played in this venue as well. Khalifa international stadium is going to be the host for the classification game plus the game between the South American champions against the better off the Asian or African winners. And the last three matches are going to be played on the new stadium which Qatar is building for the event: Education city stadium, who will close the tournament on 22 December.

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