International Soccer - General Discussion

Tonight's game between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium has been postponed "as a precautionary measure" due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Premier League has said. The move came after a positive test for Covid-19 was returned by Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis, whose side played at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on February 27. Arsenal confirmed that some players were put into quarantine. "We are strictly following the government guidelines which recommend that anyone coming into close contact with someone with the virus should self-isolate at home for 14 days from the last time they had contact," an Arsenal statement said. The Premier League said in a statement : "Following medical advice, Arsenal FC and Manchester City FC consider it is necessary to postpone their fixture due to be played this evening to give time to fully assess the situation. "The Premier League has therefore agreed that tonight's game will be rearranged. "We understand this will cause inconvenience and cost to fans planning to attend the game but Arsenal, Manchester City and the Premier League have agreed that the short notice of Mr Marinakis' infection means there is no alternative but to take the time to complete a proper assessment of risk". The League said the postponement was linked directly to Marinakis's infection, and there were currently no plans to postpone other matches. Wolves, meanwhile, are angry that UEFA has decided not to postpone their scheduled Europa League tie away to Olympiacos after Marinakis, who is also Nottingham Forest's majority owner, announced on Tuesday he had contracted the virus. Wolves' appeal to have Thursday's last-16 first leg called off was rejected by UEFA and the game will go ahead behind closed doors as the spread of coronavirus continues to affect sporting events. Despite Marinakis' diagnosis and his position at Forest, the English Football League insists there are no immediate plans to postpone any fixtures. A Forest statement said Marinakis had shown no symptoms when in Nottingham last week, during which time he attended the club's home game against Millwall on Friday night and reportedly met with the first-team squad. Confirming matches across its three divisions would continue as normal for the time being, an EFL statement said: "The League is in dialogue to fully ascertain the set of circumstances that existed when Mr Marinakis visited [Forest] last week and in conjunction with the club will make a determination on what measures are to be taken, if any, when full details are known".

UEFA have officially suspended the Europa League Round of 16 first leg games between Sevilla-Roma and Inter-Getafe due to the Coronavirus. The games looked in serious doubt as the Spanish government cancelled all flights to and from Italy in an effort to contain the Coronavirus in Spain. The Seville authoritises refused to permit Roma’s plane entry into the country in order to play the first leg of their Europa League Round of 16 match, whilst Getafe refused to leave Spain to play Inter, with the first leg at San Siro. UEFA have now announced that both games have been officially suspended. These are the first two games suspended by UEFA in the midst of the Coronavirus. Atalanta played in Valencia in last night’s Champions League Round of 16 second leg, however the travel restrictions between the two countries only came into effect from midnight, thus allowing the game to go ahead.

2019-20 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - ROUND OF 16 :
Second Legs - Tuesday Matches Results :

Valencia CF 3 - ATALANTA BC 4 PLAYED WITHOUT SPECTATORS, DUE TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY - First Leg : (1-4)
Goals : 3' (pen.), 43' (pen.), 71', 82' Ilicic (A), 21', 51' Gameiro (V), 67' Ferran Torres (V)

ATALANTA BC win 8-4 on aggregate and advance to Quarter-finals

RB Leipzig 3 - Tottenham Hotspur FC 0 - First Leg : (1-0)
Goals : 10', 21' Sabitzer, 87' Forsberg

RB LEIPZIG win 4-0 on aggregate and advance to Quarter-finals

2019-20 La Liga - Week 24 Recovery, Played Without Spectators, due to COVID-19 Emergency : Eibar 1 - Real Sociedad 2

RESULTS MONDAY NIGHT MATCHES :

2019-20 Serie A - Week 26 : Sassuolo 3 - Brescia 0 PLAYED WITHOUT SPECTATORS, DUE TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY
Goals : 45', 61' Caputo, 74' Boga

2019-20 Premier League - Week 29 : Leicester 4 - Aston Villa 0

According to FC Basel, the Eintracht Frankfurt Europa League game originally scheduled for March 19 cannot take place in Basel due to the new type of Coronavirus. The cantonal police in Basel-Stadt decided this after consulting the crisis team. It was initially unclear whether the game would take place and where. The second round of the second leg should have taken place in the St. Jakob-Park in Basel on Thursday of the following week (9:00 p.m.). The managing director of the club, Roland Heri, said in a video : “It hurts the football heart, we stand behind the decision of the authority. It is about social responsibility in this situation. We will discuss what that means now with the authorities and Frankfurt. UEFA also plays a role in this. ”The European Football Union has already pledged to find a solution. “Even with a so-called ghost game, experience has shown that several hundred fans of the visiting club would travel to Basel and gather in front of the stadium during the game,” the club announcement said. This would “undermine the ban of the Federal Council in this case,” the club said.

2019-20 SERIE A - WEEK 26 : Results Sunday Night Matches :

MATCHES PLAYED WITHOUT SPECTATORS, DUE TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY :

Udinese 0 - Fiorentina 0

Juventus 2 - Internazionale 0
Goals : 55' Ramsey, 67' Dybala

2019-20 PREMIER LEAGUE : Week 29 Complete Results :

Liverpool 2 - Bournemouth 1
Arsenal 1 - West Ham United 0
Crystal Palace 1 - Watford 0
Sheffield United 1 - Norwich 0
Southampton 0 - Newcastle 1
Wolverhampton 0 - Brighton 0
Burnley 1 - Tottenham 1
Chelsea 4 - Everton 0
Manchester United 2 - Manchester City 0
Leicester vs Aston Villa TOMORROW

2019-20 BUNDESLIGA : Week 25 Complete Results :

Paderborn 1 - Koln 2
Freiburg 3 - Union Berlin 1
Hertha Berlin 2 - Werder Bremen 2
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4 - Eintracht Frankfurt 0
Schalke 04 1 - Hoffenheim 1
Wolfsburg 0 - RB Leibzig 0
Borussia Monchengladbach 1 - Borussia Dortmund 2
Bayern Munchen 2 - Augsburg 0
Mainz 1 - Dusseldorf 1

2019-20 LIGUE 1 : Week 28 Complete Results :

Olympique de Marseille 2 - Amiens 2
Angers 2 - Nantes 0
Dijon 2 - Toulouse 1
Metz 2 - Nimes 1
Nice 2 - Monaco 1
Reims 1 - Brest 0
Saint-Etienne 1 - Bordeaux 1
Rennes 5 - Montpellier 0
Lille 1 - Olympique Lyonnais 0
Strasbourg vs Paris Saint-Germain MATCH POSTPONED TO DATE DUE TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY

2019-20 LA LIGA : Week 27 Complete Results :

Alavès 1 - Valencia 1
Eibar 1 - Mallorca 2
Atletico de Madrid 2 - Sevilla 2
Barcelona 1 - Real Sociedad 0
Getafe 0 - Celta de Vigo 0
Osasuna 1 - Espanyol 0
Valladolid 1 - Athletic Club 4
Levante 1 - Granada 1
Villarreal 1 - Leganès 2
Real Betis 2 - Real Madrid 1

2019-20 SERIE A :
Week 26 Complete Results :

Lazio 2 - Bologna 0 PLAYED SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH
Napoli 2 - Torino 1 PLAYED SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH
Lecce 2 - Atalanta 7 PLAYED SUNDAY, MARCH 1ST
Cagliari 3 - Roma 4 PLAYED SUNDAY, MARCH 1ST

MATCHES PLAYED WITHOUT SPECTATORS, DUE TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY :

Parma 0 - SPAL 1
Goal : 70' Petagna (pen.)

Milan 1 - Genoa 2
Goals : 7' Pandev (G), 41' Cassata (G), 77' Ibrahimovic (M)

Sampdoria 2 - Hellas Verona 1
Goals : 32' Zaccagni (HV), 77', 86' (pen.) Quagliarella (S)

Udinese vs Fiorentina H. 18
Juventus vs Internazionale H. 20,45
Sassuolo vs Brescia TOMORROW

2020-21 UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE DRAW :

LEAGUE A : Group 1 : Netherlands - ITALY - Bosnia-Herzegovina - Poland
Group 2 : England - Belgium - Denmark - Iceland
Group 3 : Portugal - France - Sweden - Croatia
Group 4 : Switzerland - Spain - Ukraine - Germany

LEAGUE B : Group 1 : Romania - Northern Ireland - Norway - Austria
Group 2 : Israel - Slovakia - Scotland - Czech Republic
Group 3 : Hungary - Turkey - Serbia - Russia
Group 4 : Bulgaria - Republic of Ireland - Finland - Wales

LEAGUE C : Group 1 : Azerbaijan - Luxembourg - Cyprus - Montenegro
Group 2 : Armenia - Estonia - North Macedonia - Georgia
Group 3 : Moldova - Slovenia - Kosovo - Greece
Group 4 : Kazakhstan - Lithuania - Belarus - Albania

LEAGUE D : Group 1 : Malta - Andorra - Latvia - Faroe Islands
Group 2 : San Marino - Liechtenstein - Gibraltar

SCHEDULE : Matchday 1 : 3-5 September 2020
Matchday 2 : 6-8 September 2020
Matchday 3 : 8-10 October 2020
Matchday 4 : 11-13 October 2020
Matchday 5 : 12-14 November 2020
Matchday 6 : 15-17 November 2020
Semi-finals : 2-3 June 2021
Third Place Play-off & Final : 6 June 2021

2019-20 SERIE A - WEEK 26 : Result Sunday Night Match :

Cagliari 3 - Roma 4
Goals : 28', 90' Joao Pedro ( C ), 29', 41' Kalinic ( R ), 64' J. Kluivert ( R ), 76' Pereiro ( C ), 81' Mkhitaryan ( R ), '
Penalty Failed : 89' Joao Pedro ( C )

2019-20 PREMIER LEAGUE : Week 28 Complete Results :

Norwich 1 - Leicester 0
Brighton 0 - Crystal Palace 1
Bournemouth 2 - Chelsea 2
Newcastle 0 - Burnley 0
West Ham United 3 - Southampton 1
Watford 3 - Liverpool 0
Everton 1 - Manchester United 1
Tottenham 2 - Wolverhampton 3
Aston Villa vs Sheffield United MATCH POSTPONED TO DATE DUE TO EFL CUP FINAL
Manchester City vs Arsenal MATCH POSTPONED TO DATE DUE TO EFL CUP FINAL

2019-20 BUNDESLIGA : Week 24 Complete Results :

Fortuna Dusseldorf 3 - Hertha Berlin 3
Augsburg 2 - Borussia Monchengladbach 3
Borussia Dortmund 1 - Freiburg 0
Hoffenheim 0 - Bayern Munchen 6
Mainz 2 - Paderborn 0
Koln 3 - Schalke 04 0
Union Berlin 2 - Wolfsburg 2
RB Leipzig 1 - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1
Werder Bremen vs Eintracht Frankfurt MATCH POSTPONED TO DATE DUE TO EUROPA LEAGUE POSTPONED MATCH LAST FRIDAY

2019-20 LIGUE 1 : Week 27 Complete Results :

Nimes 2 - Olympique de Marseille 3
Paris Saint-Germain 4 - Dijon 0
Amiens 0 - Metz 1
Brest 0 - Angers 1
Monaco 1 - Reims 1
Montpellier 3 - Strasbourg 0
Toulouse 0 - Rennes 2
Nantes 0 - Lille 1
Bordeaux 1 - Nice 1
Olympique Lyonnais 2 - Saint-Etienne 0

2019-20 LA LIGA : Week 26 Complete Results :

Real Sociedad 1 - Valladolid 0
Eibar 3 - Levante 0
Valencia 2 - Real Betis 1
Leganès 1 - Alavès 1
Granada 0 - Celta de Vigo 0
Sevilla 3 - Osasuna 2
Athletic Club 1 - Villarreal 0
Espanyol 1 - Atletico de Madrid 1
Mallorca 0 - Getafe 1
Real Madrid 2 - Barcelona 0

2019-20 EFL CUP FINAL :
Wembley Stadium, London :

Aston Villa FC 1 - Manchester City FC 2
Goals : 20' Aguero (MC), 30' Rodri (MC), 41' Samata (AV)

MANCHESTER CITY FC win the 2019-20 EFL Cup, the 7th (third consecutive) in the history of the club

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2019-20 SERIE A :
Week 26 Complete Results :

Lazio 2 - Bologna 0 PLAYED SATURDAY
Napoli 2 - Torino 1 PLAYED SATURDAY

Lecce 2 - Atalanta 7
Goals : 17' Donati (L o.g.), 22', 54', 62' D. Zapata (A), 29' Saponara (L), 40' Donati (L), 47' Ilicic (A), 89' Muriel (A), 90' + 2' Malinovskyi (A)

Cagliari vs Roma H. 18

Udinese vs Fiorentina MATCH POSTPONED TO MAY 13TH DUE TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY
Milan vs Genoa MATCH POSTPONED TO MAY 13TH DUE TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY
Parma vs SPAL MATCH POSTPONED TO MAY 13TH DUE TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY
Sassuolo vs Brescia MATCH POSTPONED TO MAY 13TH DUE TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY
Juventus vs Internazionale MATCH POSTPONED TO MAY 13TH DUE TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY
Sampdoria vs Hellas Verona MATCH POSTPONED TO MAY 13TH DUE TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY

2019-20 SERIE A - WEEK 26 :
Results Saturday Matches :

Lazio 2 - Bologna 0
Goals : 18' Luis Alberto, 21' J. Correa

Udinese vs Fiorentina MATCH POSTPONED TO MAY 13TH DUE TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY

Napoli 2 - Torino 1
Goals : 19' Manolas (N), 82' Di Lorenzo (N), 90' + 1' Edera (T)

2019-20 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE :
Round of 16 Draw :

Istanbul Basaksehir FK vs FC København
Olympiacos FC vs Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
Rangers FC vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen
VfL Wolfsburg vs FC Shakthar Donetsk
FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO vs Getafe CF
Sevilla FC vs AS ROMA
Eintracht Frankfurt vs FC Basel 1893
Lask vs Manchester United FC

First Legs : Thursday, March 12th
Second Legs : Thursday, March 19th

2019-20 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE :
Round of 32 Second Legs Complete Results :

SC Braga 0 - Rangers FC 1 PLAYED YESTERDAY - First Leg : (2-3) - RANGERS FC win 4-2 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

Istanbul Basaksehir FK 4 - Sporting Clube de Portugal 1 After Extra-Time, 3-1 After 90' - First Leg : (1-3) -
ISTANBUL BASAKSEHIR FK win 5-4 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

FC Basel 1893 1 - APOEL FC 0 - First Leg : (3-0) - FC BASEL 1893 win 4-0 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

RCD Espanyol 3 - Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 2 - First Leg : (0-4) - WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS FC win 6-3 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

FC Porto 1 - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 - First Leg : (1-2) - BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN win 5-2 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

KAA Gent 1 - AS ROMA 1 - First Leg : (0-1) - AS ROMA win 2-1 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

Lask 2 - AZ Alkmaar 0 - First Leg : (1-1) - LASK win 3-1 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

Malmö FF 0 - VfL Wolfsburg 3 - First Leg : (1-2) - VfL WOLFSBURG win 5-1 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

AFC Ajax 2 - Getafe CF 1 - First Leg : (0-2) - GETAFE CF win 3-2 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

Arsenal FC 1 - Olympiacos FC 2 After Extra-Time, 0-1 After 90' - First Leg : (1-0) -
OLYMPIACOS FC win on away goals (2-2 on aggregate) and advance to Round of 16

SL Benfica 3 - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 3 - First Leg : (1-2) - FC SHAKTHAR DONETSK win 5-4 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

Celtic FC 1 - FC København 3 - First Leg : (1-1) - FC KØBENHAVN win 4-2 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO 2 - PFC Ludogorets 1945 1 - First Leg : (2-0) - FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO win 4-1 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

Manchester United FC 5 - Club Brugge 0 - First Leg : (1-1) - MANCHESTER UNITED FC win 6-1 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

Sevilla FC 0 - CFR 1907 Cluj 0 - First Leg : (1-1) - SEVILLA FC win on away goal (1-1 on aggregate) and advance to Round of 16

FC Salzburg 2 - Eintracht Frankfurt 2 - First Leg : (1-4) - EINTRACHT FRANKFURT win 6-3 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16

Round of 16 Draw : Tomorrow in Nyon

Well done Man City in beating Los Blancos tonight, but Ramos should not have been sent off. I think it was a harsh decision by the referee. Sad to see Juve losing, but I am confident they will overturn tonight's result in Lyon and win the tie over in beautiful Turin in 3 weeks time to progress to the last eight.

2019-20 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - ROUND OF 16 :
First Legs - Wednesday Matches Results :

Real Madrid CF 1 - Manchester City FC 2
Goals : 60' Isco (RM), 78' Gabriel Jesus (MC), 83' De Bruyne (MC pen.)
Red Card : 86' Sergio Ramos (RM)

Olympique Lyonnais 1 - JUVENTUS FOOTBALL CLUB 0
Goal : 31' Tousart

Second Legs : Tuesday, March 17th

2019-20 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE :
Round of 32 Second Leg Result :

SC Braga 0 - Rangers FC 1 - First Leg : (2-3) - RANGERS FC win 4-2 on aggregate and advance to Round of 16