The
major matches of the week:
In the
central match of the European weekend, Derby d'Italia, Juventus started strong against Inter,
but as it usually happens, they decided to save some energy after the first
goal. For the first time in 50 matches they didn’t succeed. Lichtsteiner’s
aggressiveness, Vucininc’s sloppiness, Bendtners impotency and Pirlo’s
tiredness coincided with Stramaccioni’s attacking mood. A deserved loss for the
champions, who showed their worst second-half performance in quite a long
period of time. Antonio Conte is returning in a month.
Manchester United
was playing against Arsenal. Manchester won easily without showing anything
extraordinary. Business as usual. The overall impression from the match was that
we were watching the next halves of the Chelsea-Manchester United clash a week
before. As in the match against Chelsea, United scored pretty early, but
Arsenal was not able to recover from this shock. And again Antonio Valencia’s
role was crucial, as most of the attacks were developing in the right flank; Wayne
Rooney was carrying some defensive responsibilities, and, of course, Robin van
Persie scored his goal. One of the season’s biggest troublemakers of the
Arsenal defense remained on the bench, so someone had to overtake Koscielny’s responsibilities.
It was Vermaelen who failed to clear the ball in a simple situation in the
episode followed by the former Arsenal captain’s goal. Later in the half Rooney
missed a penalty, which made the visitors hope for a lucky day. These hopes
were destroyed by Evra’s goal on the 67th minute. The referee had to
show nine yellow cards, two of which went to Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere. The
Mancunians won and climbed onto the top of the table for the first time this
season.
Valencia was
meeting Atletico Madrid, one of the teams, along with Barcelona, that hadn’t
lost a match yet. It was a pretty nervous match, where Valencia’s manager Mauricio
Pellegrino was sent off in the first half. The winner was scored by Valencia’s
captain Soldado, who executed a fantastic volley after Rami’s cross. The home
side did not hurry to score the second, but the team managed to avoid the
equalizer. They prevented Atletico from organizing quick counterattacks thanks
to their intense midfield. The only possibility the visitors were left with was
trying long shots, which didn’t bring goals in that particular match. The
Valencia captain armband had to travel a lot, as Soldado was substituted and
the second captain was sent off afterwards.
Highlights
of the week:
- - Ajax
equaled to all other Eredivisie clubs that already had lost at least once. It
was Vitesse, who defeated the champions in their own turf,
- - Anderlecht’s
Tom de Sutter scored a hat-trick, to help his team win over Mechelen and keep
on sharing the first position with Thorgan Hazard’s Zulte-Waregem,
- - Eden
Hazard’s Chelsea lost the first position for the first time since the start of
the season,
- - PSG,
as Ajax and Juventus, was the last team to register a loss in the domestic
league. Zlatan Ibrahimovic got a direct red card for trying some karate tricks
on St. Etienne’s goalkeeper,
- - Before the historic win over Barcelona Celtic
was close to earn three points in the match against Dundee United by two goals
to nil, but managed to concede two in the last two minutes of the match,
- - The
average position of the Champions League participants keeps on improving: 3,44
now.
The upcoming
weekend:
We will
witness Belgium’s biggest rivalry between Anderlecht and Club Brugge this
weekend, Ukraine will be expecting the Donetsk derby, where Shakhtar can set an
incredible record, if they win the last match of the first round. Another big title
is a match between the Greek AEK Athens and Olympiacos, although the teams are
situated in different poles of the table. Bayern will host the German
breakthrough of the season, Eintracht. And the central match of the weekend is
going to take place in France, where the champions Montpellier will host the
league leader PSG.
Club
|
Last
Matches
|
Next
match
|
Position in the
domestic league
|
Ajax
(Netherlands)
|
03.11 Vitesse (H) 0-2
06.11 Man. City (A) 2-2
|
11.11 Zwolle (A)
|
5
|
03.11 Naftan (A) 0-1
07.11 Valencia (A)
|
10.11 FK Minsk (H)
|
1
|
|
Anderlecht
(Belgium)
|
03.11 Mechelen (A) 4-1
06.11 Zenit (H) 1-0
|
11.11 Club Brugge (H)
|
2
|
Dinamo Z. (Croatia)
|
02.11 Istra (H) 3-1
06.11 PSG (A) 0-4
|
10.11 RNK Split (A)
|
1
|
Arsenal
(England)
|
03.11 Man. United(A) 1-2
06.11 Schalke 04 (A) 2-2
|
10.11 Fulham (H)
|
7
|
Man. City
(England)
|
03.11 West Ham (A) 0-0
06.11 Ajax (H) 2-2
|
11.11 Tottenham (H)
|
3
|
Man. Utd. (England)
|
03.11 Arsenal (H) 2-1
07.11 Braga (A) 3-1
|
10.11 Aston Villa (A)
|
1
|
Chelsea
(England)
|
03.11 Swansea (A) 1-1
07.11 Shakhtar (H) 3-2
|
11.11 Liverpool (H)
|
2
|
FC Barcelona
(Spain)
|
03.11 Celta (H) 3-1
07.11 Celtic (A) 1-2
|
11.11 Mallorca (A)
|
1
|
Real Madrid
(Spain)
|
03.11 Zaragoza (H) 5-0
06.11 Borussia (H) 2-2
|
11.11 Levante (A)
|
3
|
Valencia
(Spain)
|
03.11 Atletico (H) 2-0
07.11 BATE (H) 4-2
|
11.11 Valladolid (A)
|
9
|
03.11 Rayo Vallec. (H) 1-2
06.11 Milan (A) 1-1
|
10.11 Real Sociedad (H)
|
5
|
|
Bayern
(Germany)
|
03.11 Hamburger (A) 3-0
07.11 Lille (H) 6-1
|
10.11 Eintracht Fr. (H)
|
1
|
Borussia D.
(Germany)
|
03.11 Stuttgart (H) 0-0
06.11 Real M. (A) 2-2
|
10.11 Augsburg (A)
|
5
|
Schalke 04 (Germany)
|
03.11 Hoffenheim (A) 2-3
06.11 Arsenal (A) 2-2
|
10.11 Werder Br. (H)
|
2
|
Benfica
(Portugal)
|
03.11 Vitoria G. (H) 3-0
07.11 Spartak M. (H) 2-0
|
11.11 Rio Ave (A)
|
2
|
02.11 Maritimo (H) 5-0
06.11 Dynamo K. (A) 0-0
|
11.11 Academica C. (H)
|
1
|
|
Sp. Braga
(Portugal)
|
03.11 Gil Vicente (H) 3-1
07.11 Manch. Utd. (H) 1-3
|
11.11 Sporting L. (A)
|
3
|
03.11 Brasov (H) 5-0
07.11 Galatasaray (H) 1-3
|
11.11 Concordia (A)
|
6
|
|
Galatasaray
(Turkey)
|
02.11 Istanbul BB (A) 3-1
07.11 Cluj (A) 3-1
|
11.11 Mersin (A)
|
1
|
Juventus
(Italy)
|
03.11 Inter (H) 1-3
07.11 Nordsjælland (H) 4-0
|
10.11 Pescara (A)
|
1
|
Milan (Italy)
|
03.11 Chievo (H) 5-1
06.11 Malaga (H) 1-1
|
11.11 Fiorentina (H)
|
10
|
Montpellier
(France)
|
03.11 Troyes (A) 1-1
06.11 Olympiacos (A) 1-3
|
11.11 PSG (H)
|
14
|
PSG (France)
|
03.11 Saint-Etienne (H)1-2
06.11 Dinamo Z. (H) 4-0
|
11.11 Montpellier (A)
|
1
|
Lille (France)
|
03.11 Evian (A) 2-0
07.11 Bayern (A) 1-6
|
10.11 St. Brestois (H)
|
8
|
Nordsjæland
(Denmark)
|
03.11 SønderjyskE (A) 2-1
07.11 Juventus (A) 0-4
|
10.11 Randers (H)
|
2
|
Olympiacos
(Greece)
|
03.11 Creta (H) 2-0
06.11 Montpellier (H) 3-1
|
11.11 AEK (A)
|
1
|
03.11 Metalurg Z. (H) 2-0
07.11 Chelsea (A) 2-3
|
11.11 Metalurg D. (A)
|
1
|
|
Dynamo K.
(Ukraine)
|
03.11 Tavriya (H) 2-0
06.11 Porto (H) 0-0
|
10.11 Metalurg Z. (A)
|
3
|
02.11 Rostov (H) 2-1
06.11 Anderlecht (A) 0-1
|
11.11 Volga (A)
|
3
|
|
Spartak M.
(Russia)
|
03.11 Kr. Sovetov (A) 5-0
07.11 Benfica (A) 0-2
|
11.11 Krasnodar (H)
|
4
|
Celtic
(Scotland)
|
04.11 Dundee Utd. (A) 2-2
07.11 Barcelona (H) 2-1
|
11.11 St. Johnstone (H)
|
1
|
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