Thursday, November 29, 2018

The Woes Continue For Man. U.

Manchester United continues to struggle.

The team played to a 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace this past weekend, a team Man. U. ought to beat.

Newcastle United is starting to get things going.

Down at the bottom of the English Premier League's table a few weeks ago, Newcastle has now won three straight.

Newcastle defeated Burnley last weekend 2-1.

(Top) Claudio Ranieri won his first match as manager of Fulham.

Claudio Ranieri got his first win as the new manager of Fulham, defeating Southampton 3-2.

The upset of the week goes to Huddersfield verses Wolves.

Huddersfield defeated Wolves 2-0.

Chelsea is no longer undefeated.  The team lost 3-1 to Tottenham.

As a result, Chelsea drops to fourth place.

Liverpool and Manchester City won their matches.

Manchester City still sits atop the EPL. table.

I had to choose two matches of the week.  Both in Serie A.

AC Milan was on the verge of winning 1-0 when Lazio scored the equalizer in stoppage time.

The other match of the week goes to Genoa verses Samporia.

The Italian league derby was an exciting match with a really loud crowd to go with it.  This match also ended 1-1.



Thursday, November 22, 2018

Drogba Says Goodbye To Football

SWAN SONG: Didier Drogba (above) announced his retirement today.

Legendary Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba announced his retirement from international football earlier today.

Immediately, tributes poured out from former Chelsea teammates, such as Frank Lampard, and various managers in the Premier League.

Drogba is deserving of such praise as he had an amazing career.

Drogba, 40, became the highest scoring African in English Premier League history with 104 goals in 254 appearances.

During his nine seasons with Chelsea, Drogba won three Premier League titles, four F.A. Cup titles and a Champions League title in 2012.

GOODBYE DIDIER!
(Above) Ryan Fredericks is out for the season with a shin injury.


More bad news for West Ham United.

Ryan Fredericks is out for the season with a shin injury he'd suffered on November 10 in a 1-1 draw against Huddersfield.

  (Top) Claudio Ranieri

Finally, Fulham's new manager, Claudio Ranieri, held his first press conference last Friday, (Nov. 16).

Ranieri mentioned at the press conference that he wants the team to focus on defense. 

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Jokanovic Sacked. Chelsea Faces Transfer Ban

Slavisa Jokanovic was sacked by Fulham this week.

The big story in the English Premier League this week is Fulham sacking manager, Slavisa Jokanovic.

No surprise really.  Fulham is at the bottom of the EPL's table.

Fulham is having disastrous season, winning just a single game in 12 matches and conceding 31 goals.

Claudio Ranieri takes over as Fulham's manager.

(Above) Claudio Ranieri

The other big news in the EPL is that Chelsea is in trouble off the field.

News broke this morning that Chelsea FC faces a two year transfer ban for violating transferring policies.

The match of the week goes to Chelsea verses Everton.

Both teams played to a 0-0 draw on the weekend.

Meanwhile, Manchester City is still on top of the EPL's table after defeating Manchester United 3-1 at the Manchester Derby.

The upset of the week happened in Germany's Bundesliga.

Dusseldorf, who is at the bottom of the Bundesliga's table, defeated Berlin 4-1.

Finally this week, no club football this weekend.  It is International Break time again.

Thursday, November 8, 2018

De Bryne Injured Again, Dembele Out For The Season

Mousa Dembele is out for the rest of the season after suffering an ankle injury last weekend.

Again, there has been two more injuries in the Premier League this week.

First, Tottenham's midfielder, Mousa Dembele, suffered a really bad ankle injury just seven minutes into Saturday's 3-2 victory over Wolves and is going to miss the rest of the season.


(Above) Kevin De Bryne

Also this week, Manchester City's Kevin De Bryne, suffered a knee ligament injury and is going to miss four to six weeks.

De Bryne is going to miss this weekend's Manchester Derby.

In other Manchester City news, the team defeated Southampton 6-1.

Raheem Sterling scored two goals and had an assist for Man. City.

Liverpool and Arsenal played to a 1-1 draw.

Chelsea continues their undefeated streak with a 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace.

Alvero Morata scored two goals for Chelsea.

Manchester City sits alone on top of the Premier League table.

Chelsea and Liverpool are tied for second place.




The match of the week goes to Manchester United verses Bournemouth.

Marcus Rashford scored the winning goal for Man. U.  in stoppage time.(see video above).

There was also a huge upset this week in the EPL.

Newcastle United, who has been at the bottom of the table for the last few weeks, defeated Watford 1-0  .