November 28, 20213 yr Author Belenenses' Portuguese top-flight match against Benfica was abandoned early in the second half because the home side had just six players on the pitch - having played the entire first half with nine men, including two goalkeepers. A Covid outbreak left Belenenses with 17 players unavailable and they were 7-0 down at half-time. And, after a delayed break, the team third from bottom emerged with just seven players before an injury immediately after the restart left them with just six - resulting in an immediate abandonment. It's farcical that the match was even started.
November 29, 20213 yr Author Belenenses' Portuguese top-flight match against Benfica was abandoned early in the second half because the home side had just six players on the pitch - having played the entire first half with nine men, including two goalkeepers. A Covid outbreak left Belenenses with 17 players unavailable and they were 7-0 down at half-time. And, after a delayed break, the team third from bottom emerged with just seven players before an injury immediately after the restart left them with just six - resulting in an immediate abandonment. The 13 Belenenses players who tested positive for Covid all have the omicron variant. So far, they are the only omicron cases in Portugal.
December 5, 20213 yr Jesse Marsch has been sacked as RB Leipzig manager after just four months in charge. The American, 48, was appointed in April but started in the role in the summer, succeeding Julian Nagelsmann. Leipzig are 11th in the Bundesliga table, having won just five games out of 14 this season. Assistant coach Achim Beierlorzer will take charge of the team for Tuesday's Champions League final group game against Manchester City.
December 10, 20213 yr kinda like jude speaking up about a ref taking bribes but the ref was a linesman that took 300 bucks back in the day. not really sure he has to be guilty his whole career but is a little strange.
March 1, 20223 yr Former Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has extended his contract with Parma until 2024, meaning he will be 46 when it expires. The World Cup winner, 44, rejoined the Serie B club on a two-year deal last summer. Buffon won 10 Serie A titles with Juventus and has played a record 657 games in the Italian top flight.
March 2, 20223 yr Former Norwich City manager Daniel Farke has left Russian Premier League side Krasnodar without taking charge of a match. The German joined the club in January and had signed a deal until the summer of 2024. He was set to manage his first game last weekend against Lokomotiv Moscow.
March 2, 20223 yr Former Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has extended his contract with Parma until 2024, meaning he will be 46 when it expires. The World Cup winner, 44, rejoined the Serie B club on a two-year deal last summer. Buffon won 10 Serie A titles with Juventus and has played a record 657 games in the Italian top flight. Very much fair play to him for keeping going for so long! I'm sure the club will be very grateful to him (and you'd imagine they'd get quite a bit from merchandise as well)
March 6, 20223 yr Tammy Abraham hit Roma's winner against Atalanta to become the first English player in a European top flight to score 20 goals in all competitions this season.
May 1, 20223 yr Author Ligue 1 today served up the French equivalent of East Fife 5 Forfar 4 with Troyes 3 Lille 0 (as long as you use nil instead of zero).
May 2, 20223 yr That's certainly an interesting one (although I did need to get my head around the fact I've been pronouncing 'Troyes' wrong in my head all my life)
May 23, 20223 yr Author After losing the first leg 2-1 at home, Hertha Berlin won the second leg of the promotion / relegation play-off to stay in the Bundesliga :cheer: . That means that Hamburg are still stuck in Bundesliga II.
May 23, 20223 yr 2-1 is the aggregate! I was at the First leg in a sold out Olympic stadium with some friends. Bundesliga atmosphere just Hits different
May 23, 20223 yr Author Oops, yes. They lost the first leg 1-0. Still a good comeback after losing the home leg!" I've seen Hertha at the Olympic Stadium a few times and it is indeed a great atmosphere.
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