International Soccer - General Discussion
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Del Piero set for Delhi Dynamos.
Alessandro Del Piero has reportedly agreed to join Delhi Dynamos, but could go on to MLS in January. According to Sky Sport Italia, Del Piero has decided to join Delhi Dynamos in the new Indian Super League. However, the stay might be short-lived, as the League ends in January and he’d be in time to make another move to an American club. [hidden image - please register] Xabi Alonso Announces Retirement from Spanish National Team. In a move that can hardly be described a surprise, Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso announced on Wednesday that he will be retiring from the Spanish national football team. [hidden image - please register] Tottenham sign Federico Fazio for £8m on four-year deal. Federico Fazio has agreed a four-year deal to join Tottenham Hotspur and plug the hole left by captain Michael Dawson's move to Hull City. Spurs have clinched the £8 million signing of central defender Fazio from Sevilla, with 30-year-old Dawson heading to Hull in a deal worth £6m [hidden image - please register] Crystal Palace: Neil Warnock named as new manager. Crystal Palace have appointed former boss Neil Warnock as their new manager. The 65-year-old, who was at Palace between 2007 and 2010, has signed a two-year deal after being chosen ahead of ex-West Brom boss Steve Clarke. [hidden image - please register] Faouzi Ghoulam suffered a broken arm in Napoli's defeat to Champions League opponents Athletic Bilbao. Athletic won last night's second-leg 3-1 to reach the group phase. Ghoulam went off during the second half when an awkward fall saw him land on his left arm. [hidden image - please register] Brazilian central defender Cleber Janderson Pereira Reis has signed a three-year deal with Bundesliga club Hamburg from Corinthians, the German club announced on Wednesday. The deal, estimated at 3 million euros ($A4.50 million), was rubber stamped after the 23-year-old passed his medical. [hidden image - please register] 
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS RETURN MATCHES :
Athletic Club 3 - SSC NAPOLI 1 (1-1)  Goals : 47' Hamsik (N), 61', 69' Aritz Aduriz (A), 74' Ibai Gomez (A) Athletic Club wins 4-2 on aggregate and is qualified for Champions League Group Stage NAPOLI is qualified for Europa League Group Stage Arsenal FC 1 - Besiktas JK 0 (0-0) Goal : 45' + 1' Alexis Sanchez Arsenal FC wins 1-0 on aggregate and is qualified for Champions League Group Stage Besiktas JK is qualified for Europa League Group Stage PFC Ludogorets 1945 6 - FC Steaua Bucuresti 5 AFTER PENALTIES 1-0 AFTER EXTRA - TIME (0-1) Goal : 90' Wanderson PFC Ludogorets 1945 is qualified for Champions League Group Stage FC Steaua Bucarest is qualified for Europa League Group Stage Malmo FF 3 - FC Salzburg 0 (1-2) Goals : 11' (pen.), 84' Rosenberg, 19' Eriksson Malmo FF wins 4-2 on aggregate and is qualified for Champions League Group Stage FC Salzburg is qualified for Europa League Group Stage Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4 - F. C. Kobenavhn 0 (3-2) Goals : 2' Son Heung-Min, 7' Calhanoglu, 31' (pen.), 65' Kiessling Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins 7-2 on aggregate and is qualified for Champions League Group Stage F. C. Kobenavhn is qualified for Europa League Group Stage CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE DRAW : Tomorrow h. 18 CET in Montecarlo. |
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Greece international Kostas Manolas has joined Roma on a €13 million ($17 million) transfer from Olympiakos, as coach Rudi Garcia looks to strengthen his worrisome defense before Serie A starts this weekend.
Roma said Tuesday it had signed the center back to a five-year contract. Manolas is an immediate replacement for Morocco defender Mehdi Benatia, whom Roma sold to Bayern Munich in a deal reported at €26 million ($34 million), also on Tuesday. [hidden link - please register] |
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Barcelona: Initial agreement for Douglas Pereira.
The deal will cost Barça four million Euros with performance variables of another one and a half million based on games blocks. Douglas will sign a five year deal. The deal will cost Barça four million Euros with performance variables of another one and a half million based on games blocks. Douglas will travel to Barcelona for a medical at the end of this week, when he will also put pen to paper on a five year deal and be officially presented as the Club’s latest summer signing. The 24-year-old Douglas is a pacey right wing back who after three seasons, 75 appearances and five goals for his home town club of Goiás signed for Sao Paolo in 2012 . Over the last three seasons, Douglas has played 95 matches for Sao Paolo and scored four goals. [hidden image - please register] Olivier Giroud out for 3 months. Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud is out for 3 months with a broken foot which he suffered during the club’s Premier League fixture with Everton last weekend. [hidden image - please register] Andres Guardado joins PSV Eindhoven on loan. Mexican international Andres Guardado has departed Valencia for PSV Eindhoven on a one-year loan. Guardado will wear the number 18 shirt for his new club. [hidden image - please register]
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England - Capital One Cup
Unbelievable. Tragic. Milton Keynes Dons 4 - 0 Manchester United 1 - 0 William Grigg 2 - 0 William Grigg 3 - 0 Benik Afobe 4 - 0 Benik Afobe Louis van Gaal's miserable start to life as Manchester United boss continued with a massive cup shock at the hands of League One MK Dons. After a defeat by Swansea on the opening day of the Premier League season and Saturday's draw at Sunderland, Van Gaal's reign at Old Trafford will come under even further scrutiny after this lifeless display. Will Grigg scored after a Jonny Evans mistake and then chested in a second after the break. Benik Afobe, on loan from Arsenal, added two of his own to complete an embarrassing rout for the Premier League giants. [hidden image - please register] |
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS RETURN MATCHES :
Football Club Zenit 3 - R. Standard de Liege 0 (1-0) Goals : 30' Rondon, 54' (pen.), 58' Hulk Football Club Zenit wins 4-0 on aggregate and is qualified for Champions League Group Stage R. Standard de Liege is qualified for Europa League Group Stage FC Porto 2 - LOSC Lille 0 (1-0) Goals : 49' Brahimi, 69' J. Martinez FC Porto wins 3-0 on aggregate and is qualified for Champions League Group Stage LOSC Lille is qualified for Europa League Group Stage Celtic FC 0 - NK Maribor 1 (1-1) Goal : 75' Tavares NK Maribor wins 2-1 on aggregate and is qualified for Champions League Group Stage Celtic FC is qualified for Europa League Group Stage FC Bate Borisov 3 - SK Slovan Bratislava 0 (1-1) Goals : 41' Gordeychuk, 84' Krivets, 85' Rodionov FC Bate Barisov wins 4-1 on aggregate and is qualified for Champions League Group Stage SK Slovan Bratislava is qualified for Europa League Group Stage Apoel FC 4 - Aalborg BK 0 (1-1) Goals : 28' Oliveira, 43' De Vincenti, 64' Aloneftis, 75' Sheridan Apoel FC wins 5-1 on aggregate and is qualified for Champions League Group Stage Aalborg BK is qualified for Europa League Group Stage |
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NEWS : Mehdi Benatia leaves A. S. Roma and joins Bayern Munich, signing a five-years contract.
The German club will pay 26 mil. € + 4 mil. bonus for the Moroccan defender and Roma will replace him with Greek Kostas Manolas. Javier Mascherano signed a new deal with Barcelona untill June 2018, with an option for 2019. [hidden link - please register]. TURKISH SUPERCUP : Fenerbahce won the Turkish Supercup defeating Galatasaray 3-2 after penalties (0-0 after 120'). |
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LA LIGA DAY 1 COMPLETE RESULTS :
Malaga 1 - Athletic Club 0 Granada 2 - Deportivo La Coruna 1 Sevilla 1 - Valencia 1 Almeria 1 - Espanyol 1 Eibar 1 - Real Sociedad 0 Barcelona 3 - Elche 0 Celta Vigo 3 - Getafe 1 Levante 0 - Villareal 2 Real Madrid 2 - Cordoba 0 Rayo Vallecano 0 - Atletico de Madrid 0 |
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England - Premier League
Gameweek 2 - Monday The big match: Manchester City 3 - 1 Liverpool 1 - 0 Stevan Jovetic 2 - 0 Stevan Jovetic 3 - 0 Sergio Aguero 3 - 1 (o.g.) Pablo Zabaleta Samuel Eto'o: Everton set to sign former Chelsea striker. Everton are close to agreeing a two-year deal for striker Samuel Eto'o after he was released by Chelsea at the end of last season. [hidden image - please register] Atlético Madrid’s coach Diego Simeone banned for eight matches. The Spanish Football Federation has suspended the Atlético Madrid coach, Diego Simeone, for eight matches after he was sent off during the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup. Simeone was suspended for four games for tapping the back of the linesman’s head, two games for protesting, one game for applauding his sending-off and one game for remaining in the stands instead of leaving the stadium after his sending-off. [hidden image - please register]
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Manchester United sign Angel di Maria (Real) /// (69Mill.E)
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BUNDESLIGA - COMPLETE RESULTS DAY 1 :
Bayern Munich 2 - Wolfsburg 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - Freiburg 0 Koln 0 - Hamburg 0 Hannover 2 - Schalke 04 1 Hertha Berlin 2 - Werder Bremen 2 Hoffenheim 2 - Augsburg 0 Borussia Dortmund 0 - Bayer Leverkusen 2 Paderborn 2 - Mainz 2 Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 - Stuttgart 1 LIGUE 1 - COMPLETE RESULTS DAY 3 : Evian 0 - Paris Saint Germain 0 Guingamp 0 - Olympique de Marseille 1 Bastia 1 - Toulose 0 Lille 2 - Lorient 0 Montpellier 2 - Metz 0 Nice 1 - Bordeaux 3 Reims 0 - Caen 2 Olympique Lyonnais 0 - Lens 1 Saint Etienne 0 - Rennes 0 Nantes 0 - Monaco 1 |
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England - Premier League
Gameweek 2 - Sunday Hull City 1 - 1 Stoke City 1 - 0 Nikica Jelavic 1 - 1 Ryan Shawcross Red Card: James Chester Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 0 Queens Park Rangers 1 - 0 Nacer Chadli 2 - 0 Eric Dier 3 - 0 Nacer Chadli 4 - 0 Emmanuel Adebayor Sunderland 1 - 1 Manchester United 0 - 1 Juan Mata 1 - 1 Jack Rodwell
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England - Premier League
Gameweek 2 - Saturday Aston Villa 0 - 0 Newcastle United Chelsea 2 - 0 Leicester City 1 - 0 Diego Costa 2 - 0 Eden Hazard Crystal Palace 1 - 3 West Ham United 0 - 1 Mauro Zarate 0 - 2 Stewart Downing 1 - 2 Marouane Chamakh 1 - 3 Carlton Cole Southampton 0 - 0 West Bromwich Albion Swansea City 1 - 0 Burnley 1 - 0 Nathan Dyer Everton 2 - 2 Arsenal 1 - 0 Seamus Coleman 2 - 0 Steven Naismith 2 - 1 Aaron Ramsey 2 - 2 Olivier Giroud
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karras wrote:Georgios Samaras: West Brom sign striker on a free transfer. Georgios Samaras is a great player with a big heart. He helped Celtic fan Jay Beatty , who has Down's Syndrome ,and this picture did make me cry  and smile. [hidden image - please register] [hidden image - please register] |
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SPANISH SUPERCUP : Return Match at "Vicente Calderon" :
Atletico de Madrid 1 - Real Madrid 0 (First Match : 1-1) Goal : 2' Mandzukic  Atletico de Madrid wins the 2014 Spanish Supercup BUNDESLIGA DAY 1 : Bayern Munich 2 - Wolfsburg 1 Goals : 37' Robben (BM), 47' Robben (BM), 52' Olic (W) LIGUE 1 DAY 3 : Evian 0 - Paris Saint Germain 0 |
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