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Updates from Bundesliga, BundesligaII, Ligue 1, Scotish Premier League and Scottish Division II

October 5th, 2009

The remaining matches of matchday 8 in Bundesliga saw Stuttgart losing 0-2 at home against Werder Bremen. As told in earlier posts, Hamburg failed to defeat Hertha BSC by a margin of 3 goals which cost them the top spot in the table. Bayer Leverkusen sit pretty on top with goal difference.

Ahlen were defeated 0 – 2 at home against Hansa Rostock whereas St. Pauli defeated Munich 1860 3-1 in front of home fans. FSV Frankfurt drew 1 – 1 at home against Kaiserslautern in Bundesliga II action on Sunday.

Sunday action in Ligue 1 saw the away teams winning all the matches played. Lille, Lorient and Monaco defeated Boulogne, Toulouse and Marseille respectively. Lille came from behind to register their away win whereas Lorient needed a last minute goal from Monterubbio to register their away win of the day.

Sunday football in Sctottish Premier League saw Hamilton facing 0-2 home defeat against St. Johnstone whereas Heberian and Kilmarnock drew 1-1 at home against Dundee United and Aberdeen respectively. Motherwell, St. Mirren and Rangers registered home wins against Falkirk, Hearts and Celtic respectively. Though Celtic lost, it was their first defeat this season in the league and their position at the top of the table was not affected by the loss against Rangers.

Weekend fixtures in Scottich Division II had Alloa Athletic involved in a goalless home draw against East Fife whereas Stirling Albion and Cowdenbeath registered away wins against Dumbarton and Stenhousemuir respectively. The matches; Arbroath vs. Clyde and Peterhead vs. Brechin City were postponed due to high winds.

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Bundesliga and Ligue 1 updates

October 3rd, 2009

Bayer Leverkusen went 3 points clear of now second placed Hamburg with a home win over Nurnberg. The 4-0 defeat, left Nurnberg with only 5 points from 9 league games this season. Hamburg will have a chance to get their pole position back by defeating bottom placed Hertha BSC by a margin of 3 goals tomorrow.

Bayern Munich continued their dismal performance this season with a 0-0 home draw against FC Cologne. Wolfsburg was playing their second away game this week against Bochum. The match ended in a 1-1 draw which saw Wolfsburg scoring a late equalizer in the 75th minute. Hannover thrashed Freiburg 5-2 to the delight of the home fans. After last week’s away loss to Bremen, Mainz won 2-1 at home against Hoffenheim. Monchengladbach was defeated 0-1 at home by Borussia Dortmund.

Ligue 1 too had a new team at the top of the table after Saint-Etienne shocked Bordeaux by defeating the leaders 3-1 at home. Olympique Lyon registered a 0-2 away win against Lens which sent them 1 point clear at the top with 20 points. Grenoble again failed to score any points as they lost 2-3 at home against Montpellier. Grenoble remains at the bottom of the table with 0 points after 8 Ligue 1 games.

Nice registered a 3-2 home win against Valenciennes. Nice was trailing Valenciennes by two goals in the 50th minute but a spectacular display of football saw Nice scoring 3 goals in a matter of 10 minutes. Auxerre and Sochaux registered home and away victories respectively against Rennes and Le Mans.  Paris S.G. drew 1 – 1 against Nancy in front of home fans.

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Chelsea face big trouble

September 3rd, 2009

Today FIFA, governing body of football has punished the London based club Chelsea with a punishment which will not allow them to sign new players for the next two transfer windows. This means Chelsea will not be able to make any new signings during the entire 2010 year.

The transfer window in which Chelsea will not be able to get any players to North London will be the winter transfer window and the summer transfer window. The winter transfer window which remains open from 1st January 2010 to 31st January 2010 and the summer transfer window from 1st August 2010 to 31st August 2010.

This ruling can prove fatal for Chelsea’s dream of winning trophies this season as well as the next season. FIFA has reasons to believe that Chelsea encouraged 18 year old Gael Kakuta to leave his old club and sign a contract with the blues.

In 2001 at the age of 9 years, Gael started playing for RC Lens, a French League 1 club. Chelsea scouts saw the potential this young kid had and tried according to FIFA it was at this time Gael betrayed his club RC Lens and joined Chelsea.

According to FIFA, Chelsea will have to pay a fine of €130,000 to RC Lens and Gael will be banned for four months from playing any competitive matches. Along with that Gael will also have to pay a fine of €780,000 to his old club RC Lens for breaching contract.

Chelsea has denied the accusations by FIFA and are preparing to appear to the Court of Arbitration of Sports for justice. Chelsea feels the punishment will simply ruin their chances of winning any trophies this season and next season as well.

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