Wednesday October 23
GERMANY: Borussia Dortmund’s
14-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko
becomes the youngest player – by
over a year – to score in the UEFA
Youth League as his side lose 4-1
away to Internazionale.
SPAIN: Lionel Messi is the first
player to score in 15 consecutive
Champions League campaigns as
Barcelona beat Slavia Prague 2-1,
but he remains one short of Ryan
Giggs’ record of finding the net in
16 different Champions League
seasons. Slavia are the 33rd side
he has scored against in the
competition – a record he shares
with Cristiano Ronaldo and Raul.
Thursday October 24
GAMBIA: Bakery Jatta, who arrived
in Germany as a refugee and has
played for Hamburg since 2016, is
named in the provisional squad for
November’s Africa Cup of Nationsqualifiers. “I couldn’t select him
earlier because he was not yet
cleared,” says Gambia coach Tom
Saintfiet of the 21-year-old striker
who was investigated earlier this
year over his identity following
queries from three second-tier
German sides. The authorities
found no reason to take action
under immigration law and the
clubs withdrew their objections.
Friday October 25
ENGLAND: Leyton Orient postpone
their home EFL Trophy game on
November 5 against Brighton &
Hove Albion under-21s by 24 hours
following suggestions that it might
be attended by thousands of Ajax
fans. The Dutch club are playing
Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the
Champions League that night but
are banned from selling tickets.
However, with up to 2,000 Ajax
supporters having already booked
travel and accommodation,supporters’ groups had looked into
the possibility of attending Orient’s
match instead.
FAROE ISLANDS: Level on points
with opponents B36 on the last
day of the season, KI win their first
league title for 20 years with a 3-0
victory away from home.
Saturday October 26
GERMANY: Robert Lewandowski
becomes the first Bundesliga player
to score in his club’s first nine
games of the season as Bayern
Munich go top of the table with
a 2-1 win over Union Berlin. The
31-year-old Pole has now scored
in each of his last 13 games for
Bayern and has 19 goals in 14
appearances in all competitions
for the club this term.
ITALY: Thiago Motta gets off to a
winning start as Genoa coach as
his side come from behind to win
3-1 against Brescia, with all of his
team’s goals coming from his threesubs – which is a first for Serie A.
THAILAND: An 87th-minute
equaliser on the last day of the
season denies Buriram United the
championship and hands a first
league title to Chiangrai United,
who beat Suphanburi 5-2 and
finish above the holders thanks
to a better head-to-head record.
Starting the day two points clear,
Buriram drew 1-1 at Chiangmai,
whose goal was scored by Caique- who is on loan from Chiangrai.
UZBEKISTAN: Serb striker Dragan
Ceran, who has scored 22 goals in
21 games for Pakhtakor on their
way to the league title, gets all
three as they complete the double
with a 3-0 victory over AGMK in
the Uzbekistan Cup Final.
Sunday October 27
MONGOLIA: Going into the final
game of the season level on points
with Erchim, Ulaanbaatar City claim
their first league title after beating
Khangarid 3-0 by virtue of a better
head-to-head record. Champions
for the past four successive years
and six times in seven seasons,
Erchim had been top of the table
but their advantage slipped away
as they lost 2-1 to their capital-city
rivals nine days earlier.
SPAIN: With a 1-0 win at home
to Real Betis, newly promoted
Granada go top of La Liga for
the first time in 46 years.
Tuesday October 29
BULGARIA: UEFA order Bulgaria
to play two games behind closed
doors and they are fined €75,000
for fans’ racist abuse of England
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