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Well, it was quite a week in the Premier League. Manchester United was the main topic of discussion among media and fans. After United lost 3-2 to Brighton on Sunday, (Aug. 19), football insiders were quick to criticize the team. Former Liverpool player, Danny Murphy, predicted that Man. U's manager, Jose Mourinho, is not going to last the rest of the season. (read Aug 20 article - "Man. U's Manager's Job Is On The Line"). As the week went on, there was more mud slinging about the team and the players. The latest, the fans plan to fly a banner at this week's game against Burnley, showing their dismay over Ed Woodward and the team's ownership. Now to more positive news. Well, to me that is. My team Chelsea is 2-0 after defeating Arsenal 3-2 on Saturday (Aug 18). I have to say, though, Chelsea was lucky to win the match. The team allowed Arsenal to bounce back from a 2-0 deficit. Chelsea plays Newcastle United this week. Manchester City are on a roll. City hammered newly promoted Huddersfield Town 6-1. Huddersfield are now 0-2 and is dead last in the Premier Division. Good news for France's PSG. Despite not being in the starting line up, Kylian Mbappe scored his first two goals of the new season off the bench against Guingamp. Finally this week, Germany's Bundesliga opens there season this weekend. |
Another Footballer Dies, Ronaldo Scores 750th December 3, 2020 at 3:21pm Hello football fans
Here's your weekly update.
Unfortunately, I start this entry with another sad note.
Former Fulham and Portsmouth player Papa Bouba Diop has passed away at age 42.
Juventus's Cristiano Ronaldo reached another milestone yesterday.
Ronaldo scored his 750th career goal in a 3-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv.
I have a result from last week's Europa League action.
Rangers and Benifica played to a 2-2 draw.
Leeds United upset Everton 1-0 on the weekend.
... [Read more] The Football World Mourns A Legend November 26, 2020 at 6:49pm Hello football fans.
You probably know exactly what I'm going to start off the entry today.
The legendary Diego Maradona passed away yesterday at the age of 60.
In my personal opinion, Maradona was the world's best footballer next to Pele.
R.I.P. Diego! You'll be missed.
Also this week, Pep Guardiola has signed a two-year contract with Manchester City.
Barcelona was plague with two more injuries.
Gerard Pique Flagg has a grade three sprain in the internal latera... [Read more] Liverpool Legend Passes Away November 19, 2020 at 2:24pm Hello football fans.
Here is the weekly headlines.
It was international break time this past weekend.
There was no club football, but I do have results from two Euro qualifying matches.
First, though, I have some sad news.
Liverpool great, Ray Clemence, passed away on Sunday, November 15 at age 72.
Barcelona's Sergio Busquets has suffered a mild collateral ligament sprain in his left knee.
Scotland defeated Serbia 2-1 on penalty kicks last week and has qualified for the ... [Read more] Kane Scores 150th EPL Goal November 12, 2020 at 5:48pm Hello football fans.
Here's this week's football headlines.
Tottenham's Harry Kane scored his 150th English Premier League goal this past weekend in a 1-0 win over West Brom.
Barcelona's Ansu Fati is out for four months after undergoing knee surgery.
Aston Villa upset Arsenal 3-0.
Manchester City and Liverpool played to a 1-1 draw.
Atalanta and Inter Milan played to a 1-1 draw.
Napoli defeated Bologna 1-0.
Finally, A.C. Milan and Verona played to a 2-2 dra... [Read more] Football World Mourns "Nobby" Stiles November 6, 2020 at 2:31pm Hello football fans.
This week, I have English Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga, Champions League, and Europa League action.
First though, I have some really sad news to share.
Former Manchester United player, Norbert "Nobby" Stiles passed away last week at the age of 78.
Atletico Madrid has signed Geoffrey Kondongbia to a four-year contract.
The Match Of The Week goes to Schalke versus Stuttgart.
Both teams played to a 1-1 draw in a really entertaining match.
Dor... [Read more] Davies Out Six To Eight Weeks October 29, 2020 at 4:35pm Hello football fans.
This week, I have some football action for you, but first, I have bad news for Bayern Munich fans.
Bayern's star player, Alphonso Davies is out for six to eight weeks with an ankle injury.
The Match Of The Week goes to Stuttgart versus Koln.
Both teams played to a 1-1 draw.
Chelsea FC and Manchester United played to a 0-0 draw on the weekend.
Lazio defeated Bologna 2-1.
I got a result from last week's Europa League.
A.C. Milan defeated Celtic... [Read more] Bad News For Liverpool And The Dutch National Team. October 26, 2020 at 4:11pm Hello football fans.
UEFA Champions League started up last week.
I have some Champions League results for you, but first, there was a major injury to report.
Bad news for Liverpool fans and possibly for the Dutch national team.
It appears that Virgil Van Dijk is out for eight months after suffering an ACL. injury last week in a game against Everton.
Van Dijk quite possibly is going to miss the European Championship too.
Brighton has signed Danny Welbeck to a one-year contract.
... [Read more] Transfer Window Closes October 9, 2020 at 4:59pm Hello football fans.
This past week, the transfer window closed.
As a result, there were some last minute transfers.
I also have a entry jammed packed with football action.
Barcelona signed Sergino Dest for 21 million euros.
Juventus signed Rolando Mandragora for 10.7 million euros.
Arsenal signed Thomas Partey.
Manchester United signed a few players.
United signed Edinson Cavari and Willy Kambwala.
United also signed Alex Telles for 13.5 million pounds.
Bayern Muni... [Read more] Hoffenheim Upsets Bayern Munich October 1, 2020 at 6:49pm Hello football fans.
This week, I have a blog entry jammed packed with football action, but first, I have a few news items.
Chelsea has signed Edouard Mendy to a five-year, 22 million pound contract.
Atletico Madrid has signed Luis Suarez.
Manchester City has signed Ruben Dias to a six-year, 64 million pound contract.
Let's get to last week's action.
The Match Of The Week goes to West Brom versus Chelsea.
Chelsea battle back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game.
The... [Read more] Rakitic Retires, Schalke Gets Creamed September 25, 2020 at 4:04pm Hello football fans.
Here's your weekly update.
Ivan Rakitic has retired from Croatia's national team.
Liverpool signed two players this week.
Liverpool has signed Thiago Alcantara to a four-year contract.
Liverpool also has signed Diogo Jota to a five-year, 41 million pound contract.
Wolves have signed Nelson Semedo for 30 million euros.
The match of the week goes to Florentina versus Torino.
Florentina won 1-0 in a really entertaining match.
Bayern Munich is ... [Read more] Salah Gets Hat-Trick In EPL's Opening Weekend September 17, 2020 at 5:10pm Hello football fans.
The English Premier League opened their season this past weekend.
I have an action packed blog entry, but first, I have some transfer news to mention.
Aston Villa made two transfers this week.
Villa signed Jack Grealish to a five-year contract and Emiliano Martinez to a four-year contract.
West From recently signed Branislav Ivanovic to a one-year contract.
Everton has signed James Rodriguez.
Arsenal signed Aubameyang to a three-year contract.
Gonzalo... [Read more] Arsenal Wins Community Shield September 3, 2020 at 1:39pm Hello football fans.
Here's your weekly update.
There was a big match this past Saturday.
Arsenal defeated Liverpool on penalty kicks in the Community Shield match.
Speaking of Arsenal, the team has signed Gabriel Magalhaes for 27 million pounds.
There was also a huge transfer this week.
Manchester United signed Donny Van de Beek.
In other transfer news, Chelsea has signed Malany Sarr.
Tottenham has signed Matt Doherty to a contract that run through until 2024.
Zia... [Read more] Bayern Munich Wins Champions League August 27, 2020 at 7:58pm Hello football fans.
Here's your weekly update.
After winning the Bundesliga title earlier this year, Bayern Munich won the Champions League title this past week, defeating PSG 1-0.
I watched the match.
Bayern Munich over powered PSG.
Juventus has terminated the contracts of Gonzalo Higuaain and Sami Khadira.
Thiago Silva has signed a two-year contract with Chelsea.
Arsenal has signed Salah Eddine.
Jamie Vardy has signed a three-year contract with Leicester City.
T... [Read more] Barcelona Sacks Manager August 22, 2020 at 2:01pm Hello football fans
Here's your weekly update.
Well, the big news this week is Barcelona sacking manager, Quique Setien.
Barcelona has named Ronald Koeman as Setien's replacement.
David Silva signed a two-year contract with Real Sociedad.... [Read more] Sarri Gets Sacked August 15, 2020 at 7:37pm Hello football fans.
I have a boatload of news this week.
Here we go.
The big news this week is Juventus sacking manager, Maurizio Sarri, despite the team winning the Series A title.
Andrea Pirio was named as Sarri's replacement.
Dortmund has confirmed this week that Jadon Sancho is staying put.
Sancho signed a three-year contract extension with the team.
Manchester City has signed Nathan Ake for an initial 40 million euros.
Manchester City has also signed Ferran Torr... [Read more] Arsenal Wins F.A. Cup August 6, 2020 at 3:40pm Hello football fans.
Here's your weekly update.
The big news in football this week is Arsenal defeating Chelsea 2-1 in the F.A. Cup final.
In other news, Dean Lovren has signed with the Russian Premier League's Zenit St. Petersburg.
Napoli has signed Victor Osimhen for a reported seven million euros.... [Read more] Chelsea and Arsenal Face Off In The F.A. Cup Final July 23, 2020 at 2:19pm Hello football fans.
Here's your weekly update.
Chelsea meets Arsenal in the F.A. Cup Final after defeating Manchester United in the semi final 3-1.
Barcelona has confirmed that Griezmann has a muscle injury in the quadricips in his right leg.
Dortmund has signed Jude Bellington.
The Match Of The Week goes to Toronto FC versus the Montreal Impact in the MLS Is Back tournament.
Toronto defeated Montreal 4-3.
That's all I have for this week.
Stay safe, stay healthy.... [Read more] Dier Suspended Four Games July 9, 2020 at 10:46am Hello football fans.
Here's your weekly football update.
Tottenham's Eric Dier is suspended for four games for a confrontation with a fan.
Inter Milan has signed Achraf Hakini to a five-year contract that quite possibly going to rise to 45 million euros.
Arsenal has signed Gabriel Martinelli to a long-term contract.
Manchester United has signed Nemanja Matic to a new contract that runs through until June of 2023.
Serie A Top Four
Juventus - 75 points,
Lazio.- 68... [Read more] Liverpool Wins Title, Messi Scores 700 July 2, 2020 at 1:53pm Hello football fans.
Here's your weekly football update.
The big news, of course, this past week was Liverpool winning the English Premier League title for the first time in 30 years.
The other big story this past week is Lionel Messi scoring his 700th career goal.
In other news, Dortmund has signed Thomas Meunier to a four-year contract.
Bayern Munich has signed Mamin Sanyang to a three-year contract.
Bayern also has signed Leroy Sane to a five year contract and Nianzou Ko... [Read more] Aguero Suffers Knee Damage, Luiz Signs With Arsenal June 25, 2020 at 1:09pm Hello football fans.
Here's your weekly football update.
Manchester City's Sergio Aguero suffered damage to his left knee and is probably out for the rest of the season.
Arsenal has signed David Luiz to a one-year contract.
I'm scratching my head.
Luiz is a terrible defender and an undisciplined player.
Why do you think Chelsea got rid of him?
Manchester United has signed Scott McTominay to a contract that runs through until 2025.
Chelsea has signed Tino Werne... [Read more] Bayern Munich Wins Bundesliga Title June 18, 2020 at 12:29pm Hello football fans.
Here's your weekly football update.
Well. It is all over.
Bayern Munich captured their eight Bundesliga title this week, defeating Bremen 1-0.
The match of the week goes to Dusseldorf versus Dortmund.
Erling Haalend scored the winning goal in stoppage time as a substitute to give Dortmund a 1-0 victory.
Here's all the scores from Bundesliga this week:
Matchday 31
Hoffenheim 0-2 Leipzig,
Bayern 2-1 Monchengladbach,
Cologne 1-2 Union Be... [Read more] Bayern Remains On Top June 11, 2020 at 7:11pm Hello football fans.
Here's this week's update.
I have no news to report. Just Bundesliga scores.
Freiburg 1-0 Monchengladbach,
Dortmund 1-0 Hertha,
Leverkusen 2-4 Bayern Munich,
Augsburg 1-1 Cologne,
Union Berlin 1-1 Schalke,
Bremen 0-1 Wolfsburg,
Leipzig 1-1 Paderborn,
Frankfurt 0-2 Mainz,
Dusseldorf 2-2 Hoffenheim.
Top Four
1. Bayern - 70 points,
2. Dortmund - 63,
3. Leipzig - 59,
4. Gladbach - 56.
Paderborn remains last.
That... [Read more] PSG Signs Icardi For A Reported 50 Million Euros June 4, 2020 at 4:29pm Hello football fans.
Here is your weekly football update.
PSG. has signed Mauro Icardi for a reportedly 50 million euros.
Dortmund's Mahmoud Dahoud is going to miss the rest of the season due to injury.
Bundesliga's Bayern Munich continues their hot streak.
Bayern rolled over Dusseldorf this week 5-0.
Here's the rest of the results from Bundesliga:
Freiberg 0-1 Leverkusen,
Hertha 2-0 Augsburg,
Mainz 0-1 Hoffenheim,
Schalke 0-1 Bremen.
Wolfsberg 1-2 Fr... [Read more] Giroud Signs An Extension With Chelsea May 28, 2020 at 3:02pm Hello football fans.
This week, I have a boat load of Bundesliga action, but first, I have a signing to report.
Oliver Giroud has extended his contract with Chelsea that runs through until 2021.
In Bundesliga, Bayern Munich is hot, winning both their matches this week.
Here is this week's Bundesliga results
Matchday 27
Hertha 4-0 Union Berlin,
Bayern Munich 5-2 Frankfurt,
Paderborn 1-1 Hoffenheim.
Monchengladbach 1-3 Leverkusen,
Cologne 2-2 Dusseldorf,
Sc... [Read more] Bundesliga's Back May 21, 2020 at 5:39pm Hello football fans.
I'm really happy to add another entry to this blog after a two month absence.
As you probably know, Germany's Bundesliga league returned this past weekend without spectators in the stadium.
I have all the results from this past weekend, but first, I have a news item to get to.
Spanish striker, Aritz Aduriz, announced his retirement this week.
Here is the results from Bundesliga.
Dortmund 4-0 Schalke,
Leipzig 1-1 Freiburg,
Hoffenheim 0-3 Hertha... [Read more] |