International Soccer - General Discussion

Javier Hernandez Joins Real Madrid on a One Year Loan Deal.
22 Million Euros Option to Buy in Chicharito Loan.
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Loic Remy: Chelsea compete £10.5m signing of QPR striker.
Chelsea have announced the signing of Queens Park Rangers striker Loic Remy on a four-year deal.
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Napoli complete €5m Lopez signing.
Napoli have completed the €5 million signing of Espanyol midfielder David Lopez on a five-year deal.
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Salomon Kalou: Ex-Chelsea striker joins Hertha Berlin.
Former Chelsea forward Salomon Kalou has joined Hertha Berlin from Lille for an undisclosed fee.
The 29-year-old Ivorian, who scored 60 goals during a six-year stint at Stamford Bridge, has signed a three-year deal with the German club.
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Atlético Madrid reach agreement for Torino’s Alessio Cerci.
Atlético Madrid have reached an agreement with Italian Serie A side, Torino for the transfer of Italian international striker, Alessio Cerci, with the player set to sign a three-year contract following his medical before the close of the transfer window on Monday.
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Sinan Kurt Transfers to Bayern Munich, Signs 4-year Deal.
Bayern Munich have completed the transfer of 18-year-old Sinan Kurt from Borussia Mönchengladbach, the club announced Sunday.
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Marco Van Ginkel moving to AC Milan on loan.
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England - Premier League
Gameweek 3 Sunday

Aston Villa 2 - 1 Hull City
1 - 0 Gabriel Agbonlahor
2 - 0 Andreas Weimann
2 - 1 Nikica Jelavic

Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 3 Liverpool
0 - 1 Raheem Sterling
0 - 2 Steven Gerrard (pen.)
0 - 3 Alberto Moreno

Leicester City 1 - 1 Arsenal
0 - 1 Alexis Sanchez
1 - 1 Jose Leonardo Ulloa

SERIE A MATCHDAY 1 COMPLETE RESULTS :

Chievo Verona 0 - Juventus 1 PLAYED SATURDAY
Roma 2 - Fiorentina 0 PLAYED SATURDAY

Milan 3 - Lazio 1
Goals : 7' Honda (M), 56' Muntari (M), 64' Menez (M pen.), 67' Alex (M o.g.)
Penalty Failed : 94' Candreva (L), (saved by Diego Lopez)

Atalanta 0 - Hellas Verona 0

Cesena 1 - Parma 0
Goal : 38' Rodriguez

Genoa 1 - Napoli 2
Goals : 3' Callejon (N), 39' Pinilla (G), 95' De Guzman (N)

Palermo 1 - Sampdoria 1
Goals : 7' Dybala (P), 91' Gastaldello (S)
Red Card : 41' Regini (S)

Sassuolo 1 - Cagliari 1
Goals : 42' Zaza (S), 43' Sau (CA)

Torino 0 - Internazionale 0
Penalty Failed : 20' Larrondo (T), (saved by Handanovic) - Red Card : 93' Vidic (I)

Udinese 2 - Empoli 0
Goals : 58', 62' Di Natale

BUNDESLIGA : Matchday 2 Complete Results :

Augsburg 2 - Borussia Dortmund 3
Bayer Leverkusen 4 - Hertha Berlin 2
Hamburg 0 - Paderborn 3
Stuttgart 0 - Koln 2
Werder Bremen 1 - Hoffenheim 1
Wolfsburg 2 - Eintracht Frankfurt 2
Schalke 04 1 - Bayern Munchen 1
Mainz 0 - Hannover 0
Freiburg 0 - Borussia Moenchengladbach 0

LIGUE 1 : Matchday 4 Complete Results :

Olympique de Marseille 4 - Nice 0
Monaco 1 - Lille 1
Caen 0 - Rennes 1
Lens 4 - Reims 2
Lorient 4 - Guingamp 0
Nantes 1 - Montpellier 0
Toulose 1 - Evian 0
Bordeaux 1 - Bastia 1
Metz 2 - Olympique Lyonnais 1
Paris Saint-Germain 5 - Saint-Étienne 0

serie a
matchday 1 full time
milan-lazio 3-1

Roma sign Holebas.
Roma raided Olympiacos for the second time in the space of a week, this time securing the services of Greek left-back Jose Holebas.
After signing centre-back Kostas Manolas earlier in the week, Roma confirmed the capture of Greece international team-mate Holebas - capped 26 times at international level - for a €1million fee following Saturday's opening Serie A win over Fiorentina.
Holebas has penned a three-year deal with last season's Serie A runners-up after playing an integral role in Greece's run to the last-16 at the World Cup in Brazil.
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Rodolfo Arruabarrena replaces Carlos Bianchi as coach of Boca Juniors.
Boca Juniors has named Rodolfo Arruabarrena as its new coach after firing Carlos Bianchi on Thursday.
Arruabarrena was recently in charge at Uruguayan club Nacional and Argentina's Tigre.
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Alex Song joins West Ham United on loan from Barcelona.
West Ham have signed former Arsenal midfielder Alex Song on a season-long loan deal from Barcelona.
The 26-year-old Cameroon international, wearing a Hammers shirt, was introduced to home fans before Saturday's Premier League game against Southampton.
"I think the club has very good ambition and I hope we can maybe catch the European positions," he said.
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England - Premier League
Gameweek 3 Saturday

Burnley 0 - 0 Manchester United

Manchester City 0 - 1 Stoke City
0 - 1 Mame Biram Diouf

Newcastle United 3 - 3 Crystal Palace
0 - 1 Dwight Gayle
1 - 1 Daryl Janmaat
1 - 2 Jason Puncheon
2 - 2 Rolando Aarons
3 - 2 Mike Williamson
3 - 3 Wilfried Zaha

Queens Park Rangers 1 - 0 Sunderland
1 - 0 Charlie Austin

Swansea City 3 - 0 West Bromwich Albion
1 - 0 Nathan Dyer
2 - 0 Wayne Routledge
3 - 0 Nathan Dyer

West Ham United 1 - 3 Southampton
1 - 0 Mark Noble
1 - 1 Morgan Schneiderlin
1 - 2 Morgan Schneiderlin
1 - 3 Graziano Pelle

Everton 3 - 6 Chelsea
0 - 1 Diego Costa
0 - 2 Branislav Ivanovic
1 - 2 Kevin Mirallas
1 - 3 Seamus Coleman (o.g.)
2 - 3 Steven Naismith
2 - 4 Nemanja Matic
3 - 4 Samuel Eto'o
3 - 5 Ramires
3 - 6 Diego Costa

SERIE A MATCHDAY 1 :
Saturday Night Match :

Roma 2 - Fiorentina 0
Goals : 28' Nainggolan, 93' Gervinho

SERIE A MATCHDAY 1 :
Saturday Late Afternoon Match :

Chievo Verona 0 - Juventus 1
Goal : 6' Biraghi C o.g.)

Congratulations to SC Paderborn to your first victory in the first german league,the Bundesliga!
Welcome to the league!

Chelsea has agreed terms with AC Milan for striker Fernando Torres to join the Serie A club in a two-year loan deal.
The Premier League club and Milan announced the agreement on their websites Friday, adding that ''the move is now subject to Fernando agreeing personal terms with AC Milan and passing a medical examination.''
The deal was announced a few hours after Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho had raised the prospect of Torres leaving before the transfer window closes, saying that the 30-year-old Spain striker may be ready to ''try a new life, a new club, probably a new league.''

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Manchester United sign Ajax’s Daley Blind for $18m. [hidden image - please register]

It´s every season the same for Ajax. Good players leaving,and they become some money to survive.
The club is sound, but the results in Champions league will not be the best again.

Midfielder Andrea Pirlo has been the driving force behind Juventus' success in recent years, but the Bianconeri will have to begin the Serie A season without the Italian star.
According to Tancredi Palmeri of beIN Sports, the 35-year-old veteran is expected to be out for a month:
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Goalkeeper Manuel Almunia to retire after medical reveals heart problem.
Manuel Almunia is expected to announce his retirement after a heart condition that can cause sudden death was detected at a routine medical. The former Arsenal goalkeeper was close to joining Cagliari earlier this month as a free agent having played the past two years at Watford. However, The Serie A club abandoned the signing of the 37-year-old after an examination revealed a heart problem.
“I can confirm that Manuel Almunia failed a medical due to a heart condition,” said Cagliari’s spokesman Alessandro Steri. “Further tests done have revealed he is suffering from an apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy [HCM].”
The Professional Footballers’ Association confirmed Almunia will not play again. The PFA stated on Twitter: “Manuel Almunia has had to retire after being diagnosed with a heart condition. All at the PFA wish him well for the future.
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Bayern Munich complete two-year deal for Xabi Alonso.
German champions Bayern Munich have completed the transfer of former World Cup winner Xabi Alonso from Real Madrid on a two-year deal as they seek to boost their midfield options following a string of injuries.
Spain’s two-time European champion Alonso, who also won last season’s Champions League with Real, will hold a final news conference in Madrid later on Friday to bid farewell to the club and fans.
It is now done,” Bayern said in a statement. “On Friday, Bayern and Real Madrid agreed on the transfer and signed the contracts.”
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Esteban Cambiasso completes move to Leicester as manager Nigel Pearson snaps up former Inter Milan star.
The midfielder had been without a club since being released by the Italian giants over the summer, ending a decade-long spell at the club in which he helped Inter win several trophies.
But the Foxes announced in a statement on Thursday evening: 'Leicester City Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Esteban Cambiasso on a one-year deal.'
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Boca Juniors fire coach Carlos Bianchi.
Carlos Bianchi was fired as Boca Juniors coach a day after the team lost for the third time in four games in the Argentine league.
Boca president Daniel Angelici made the announcement Thursday, saying it was "painful to rescind the contract" of the most successful coach in the club's history.
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Juventus defender Frederik Sorensen set to join Hellas Verona on loan.
Hellas Verona have closed the deal for Sorensen. The meeting with Juventus just ended: the defender joins on loan with €4M option to buy. Sorensen will stay in Italy, he'll play in Verona.
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Juventus’ Rosseti officially joins Atalanta on a two-year loan.
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2014 / 2015 MATCHDAY 1 SCHEDULE :

Group A : Olympiakos FC vs Club Atletico de Madrid
JUVENTUS vs Malmo FF

Group B : Liverpool FC vs PFC Ludogorets 1945
Real Madrid CF vs FC Basel 1893

Group C : AS Monaco FC vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen
SL Benfica vs Football Club Zenit

Group D : Galatasaray A.S. vs RSC Anderlecht
Borussia Dortmund vs Arsenal FC

Group E : AS ROMA vs PFC CSKA Moskva
FC Bayern München vs Manchester City FC

Group F : FC Barcelona vs Apoel FC
AFC Ajax vs Paris Saint-Germain

Group G : Chelsea FC vs FC Schalke 04
NK Maribor vs Sporting Clube de Portugal

Group H : FC Porto vs FC Bate Borisov
Athletic Club vs FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Groups A, B, C & D will play on Tuesday, September 16th
Groups E, F, G & H will play on Wednesday, September 17th

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2014 / 2015 DRAW :

Group A : Villarreal CF - VfL Borussia Moenchengladbach - FC Zurich - Apollon Limassol FC
Matchday 1 : VfL Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Villarreal CF & Apollon Limassol FC vs FC Zurich

Group B : FC Kobenhavn - Club Brugge KV - TORINO FC - HJK Helsinki
Matchday 1 : Club Brugge KV vs TORINO FC & FC Kobenhavn vs HJK Helsinki

Group C : Tottenham Hotspur FC - Besiktas JK - FK Partizan - Asteras Tripolis FC
Matchday 1 : FK Partizan vs Tottenham Hotspur FC & Besiktas JK vs Asteras Tripolis FC

Group D : FC Salzburg - Celtic FC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb - FC Astra Giurgiu
Matchday 1 : FC Salzburg vs Celtic FC & GNK Dinamo Zagreb vs FC Astra Giurgiu

Group E : PSV Eindhoven - Panathinaikos FC - Estoril Praia - FC Dinamo Moskva
Matchday 1 : PSV Eindhoven vs Estoril Praia & Panathinaikos FC vs FC Dinamo Moskva

Group F : FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO - FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - AS Saint-Etienne - Qarabag FK
Matchday 1 : FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk vs FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO & Qarabag vs AS Saint-Etienne

Group G : Sevilla FC - R. Standard de Liege - Feyenoord - HNK Rijeka
Matchday 1 : R. Standard de Liege vs HNK Rijeka & Sevilla FC vs Feyenoord

Group H : LOSC Lille - VfL Wolfsburg - Everton FC - FC Krasnodar
Matchday 1 : LOSC Lille vs FC Krasnodar & Everton FC vs VfL Wolfsburg

Group I : SSC NAPOLI - AC Sparta Praha - BSC Young Boys - SK Slovan Bratislava
Matchday 1 : BSC Young Boys vs SK Slovan Bratislava & SSC NAPOLI vs AC Sparta Praha

Group J : FC Dinamo Kyiv - FC Steaua Bucuresti - Rio Ave FC - Aalborg BK
Matchday 1 : FC Steaua Bucuresti vs Aalborg BK & Rio Ave FC vs FC Dinamo Kyiv

Group K : ACF FIORENTINA - PAOK FC - EA Guingamp - FC Dinamo Minsk
Matchday 1 : PAOK FC vs FC Dinamo Minsk & ACF FIORENTINA vs EA Guingamp

Group L : FC Metalist Kharkiv - Trabzonspor AS - Legia Warszawa - KSC Lokeren EV
Matchday 1 : FC Metalist Kharkiv vs Trabzonspor AS & Legia Warszawa vs KSC Lokeren EV

MATCHDAY 1 : September 18th
MATCHDAY 6 : December 11th
FINAL : May 27th 2015 in Warszawa