Football Archives: 09/2016

Granit Xhaka has picked up another red card during Switzerland’s 2-0 triumph over Portugal.

Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny both featured during France’s 0-0 draw against Belarus on Tuesday night.

Isaac Hayden revealed during his and Chuba Akpom’s ‘roommates’ video that they did for the FA while away on duty with the England u21s, that Chuba and Alex Iwobi are joined at the hip.

Takuma Asano has scored for Japan yet again – this time during their 2-0 win over Thailand in their World Cup 2018 Qualifier.

Hector Bellerin provided a silky assist during Spain’s u21 match against Sweden, while ex-Arsenal youngster, Kristoffer Olsson, missed a penalty.

Alexis Sanchez has been made captain of Chile for the first time, a move that has left him feeling ‘very motivated’ according to those close to him.

Arsenal will have to do without Mohamed Elneny in January as Egypt head to the Africa Cup of Nations just about when Arsenal’s injury crisis should be in full swing.

Currently on international duty with Switzerland, some of Granit Xhaka’s teammates were asked to complete the following sentence – ‘Granit is a…’

Mesut Ozil started and played a part in two of Germany’s three goals as they beat Norway on Sunday evening 3-0.

Wojciech Szczesny watched on from the bench as Poland drew while Theo Walcott was a second half substitute, brought on by Big Sam in his first match as England manager.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles scored for England’s u20s against Brazil to draw his come country level.

Olivier Giroud played 45 minutes during France’s 3-1 win over Italy on Thursday night and managed to score a beaut’ of a goal.

Hector Bellerin played the full 90 minutes as Spain’s u21s smashed San Marino 6-0.

Takuma Asano had to watch on as a he scored a perfectly good goal for Japan that was not given as the officials did not think it crossed the line.

Mesut Ozil basically scored for Germany in their international friendly v Finland on Wednesday night.

18-year-old Ismaël Bennacer is currently away training with Algeria, something he says he’s immensely proud of.