Football Archives: 10/2018

Fans didn’t let Mo Salah’s injury absence get to them when the Egyptian team landed at Matsapha International airport, swamping Mohamed Elneny instead

Granit Xhaka admits that Chelsea star Eden Hazard might be the best player in the world right now, but he still thinks Switzerland need to do better against the top teams.

Gernot Rohr is impressed with Alex Iwobi’s performances playing in the centre of the park after the Arsenal man moved there over the weekend.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is on a ‘mission’ for Gabon when they face South Sudan on Tuesday in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.

Nigeria star Leon Balogun took to Twitter to sing the praises of his international teammate Alex Iwobi on Saturday, after a big win for the country.

Two referees and the coach of Club Brugge were among 19 people charged by prosecutors in Belgium investigating match-fixing and allegations of corruption.

Reports emerged late last week that former Arsenal wide-man, Samir Nasri, could join Everton when his doping ban ends at the end of the month but the club have moved to distance themselves from reports.

Lucas Torreira assisted his first ever goal for Uruguay on Friday and had a very solid match, despite his country going on to lose.

Granit Xhaka, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang all captained their countries on Saturday, to varying degrees of success on the pitch.

It’s incredibly quiet out there in terms of Arsenal news so here is a round-up of a few bits and pieces I found on my travels through the papers this morning that I thought you might find interesting.

Amazon could introduce all-female commentary teams for their Premier League coverage after the same proved popular for NFL shows.

Now that the last few countries have completed their squad announcements, let’s take a look at the final list of Arsenal players called up and when they’ll play their matches.

Alex Iwobi is feeling the love from the Nigeria fans over the international break, particularly after his impressive recent form for Arsenal.

England drew 1-1 with Australia on Tuesday in a game they should have won 4-0 or 4-1, according to Phil Neville. Here are a few things we can take away from the game.

Switzerland manager Vladimir Petkovic has confirmed Granit Xhaka as captain of the national side, in the absence of Arsenal teammate Stephan Lichtsteiner.

France football have created the Women’s Ballon d’Or and, for the first Edition, there are 15 nominees.

Danny Welbeck was forced to sit out of England training along with Alex McCarthy and Danny Rose as a ‘precaution’.

Alexandre Lacazette is on fire for Arsenal yet he has, once again, been left out of the France side by Didier Deschamps who says it’s down to ‘competition’ for places amid ongoing reports its more to do with personality politics.

With the FIFA 2019 WWC draw barely two months away in Paris, let’s have a look at the current state of play in the different confederations.

10 Arsenal players have been called up for their countries for the upcoming international break so far, let’s take a look at who they are and when they’ll play their matches.