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SATURDAY WRAP

by Martin Kruse | 26/01/14 10:05


EUROPE (UEFA)

Club Friendly
Dinamo Moskva v FC Bunyodkor 0-0 (0-0)
Luke Wilkshire played for Dinamo until half-time.

FC Luzern v FC Cham 4-0 (1-0)
Oliver Bozanic played for Luzern until half-time.

FSV Frankfurt v TSV 1860 München 1-0 (0-0)
Mathew Leckie and Nikita Rukavytsya played for Frankfurt until half-time.

ENGLAND
FA Cup (Round 4)
AFC Bournemouth v Liverpool FC 0-2 (0-1)
Brad Jones played a full match for Liverpool and kept a clean sheet.

Sunderland AFC v Kidderminster Harriers 1-0 (1-0)
Josh Riis was not in the squad.

Wigan Athletic v Crystal Palace 2-1 (1-0)
Mile Jedinak was not in the squad.

Championship (Matchday 27 of 46)
Ipswich Town v Reading FC 2-0 (0-0)
Adam Federici was an unused substitute.
6. (6.) Reading FC 27 11-8-8 39-32 41 pts

Leicester City v Middlesbrough FC 2-0 (0-0)
Rhys Williams played a full match.
10. (9.) Middlesbrough FC 27 9-9-9 41-35 36 pts

League One (Matchday 28 of 46)
Swindon Town v Shrewsbury Town 3-1 (1-1)
Massimo Luongo played a full match.
8. ( 9.) Swindon Town 27 12-4-11 45-37 40 pts

Oldham Athletic v Peterborough United 5-4 (0-3)
James Wesolowski played a full match and scored (3-4, 68′).
16. (17.) Oldham Athletic 27 8-6-13 32-38 30 pts

Tranmere Rovers v Crewe Alexandra 1-0 (1-0)
Bradden Inman played a full match.
20. (19.) Crewe Alexandra 28 7-6-15 27-54 27 pts

League Two (Matchday 28 of 46)
Burton Albion v Fleetwood Town 2-4 (0-1)
Shane Cansdell-Sherriff was missing due to a broken cheekbone.
5. ( 3.) Burton Albion 27 13-7- 7 31-27 46 pts

Oxford United v Torquay United 1-0 (1-0)
Ryan Williams played a full match for Oxford while Aaron Downes also played a full match for Torquay.
6. ( 7.) Oxford United 26 12-9- 5 36-21 45 pts
23. (23.) Torquay United 27 6-8-13 27-41 26 pts

League Two (Rearranged Match – Matchday 24 of 46)
Northampton Town v Chesterfield FC 1-3 (1-1)
Ben McNamara was not in the squad.
24. (24.) Northampton Town 26 5-7-14 20-36 22 pts

Conference Premier (Matchday 31 of 46)
Lincoln City v Woking FC 2-2 (2-1)
Mitchell Austin was an unused substitute.
17. (17.) Lincoln City 29 8-9-12 32-40 33 pts

Dartford FC v Cambridge United 3-3 (2-2)
Lee Burns played a full match.
23. (23.) Darford FC 30 6-5-19 29-55 23 pts

Conference North (Matchday 28 of 42)
Brackley Town v Workington AFC 1-1 (0-0)
Brackley is coached by Jon Brady.
4. (4.) Brackley Town 26 12-9-5 41-26 45 pts

Conference South (Matchday 28 of 42)
Eastleigh FC v Ebbsfleet United 3-1 (1-0)
Shane Huke was missing due to metatarsal injury.
3. ( 3.) Ebbsfleet United 24 11-7- 6 39-26 40 pts

Bromley FC v Hayes & Yeading 2-1 (1-0)
Jamie Young played a full match.
14. (14.) Hayes & Yeading 22 9-1-12 31-29 28 pts

GERMANY
Bundesliga (Matchday 18 of 34)
SC Freiburg v Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 (1-2)
Robbie Kruse was missing due to a torn ACL.
2. (2.) Bayer Leverkusen 18 12-1-5 34-19 37 pts

Borussia Dortmund v FC Augsburg 2-2 (1-0)
Mitch Langerak was an unused substitute.
3. (4.) Borussia Dortmund 18 10-3-5 40-22 33 pts

3. Liga (Matchday 22 of 38)
SpVgg. Unterhaching v Borussia Dortmund II 2-1 (1-1)
Mustafa Amini was missing due to a bone bruise.
13. (9.) Borussia Dortmund II 22 8-4-10 30-34 28 pts

ITALY
Serie B (Matchday 22 of 42)
Carpi FC v Ternana Calcio 1-2 (1-1)
Carl Valeri came on in the 85th minute.
16. (17.) Ternana Calcio 22 6-7-9 27-27 25 pts

Campionato Primavera – Girone C (Matchday 14 of 26)
Napoli Youth v Lazio Youth 1-1 (1-1)
Chris Ikonomidis came on in the 63rd minute.
1. (1.) Lazio Youth 14 11-2-1 45-15 35 pts

Catania Youth v AS Bari Youth 0-1 (0-0)
Paul Katsetis was not in the squad.
5. (5.) Catania Youth 14 7-2-5 17-15 23 pts

PORTUGAL
Taça da Liga – Round 3 – Group D (Final Matchday)
SL Benfica v Gil Vicente 1-0 (0-0)
Caleb Patterson-Sewell was an unused substitute.
2. (2.) Gil Vicente 3 0-2-1 2-3 2 pts

NETHERLANDS
Eredivisie (Matchday 20 of 34)
PSV Eindhoven v AZ Alkmaar 1-0 (1-0)
Eli Babalj was missing due to injury.
8. (7.) AZ Alkmaar 20 8-3- 9 32-34 27 pts

Roda Kerkrade v FC Utrecht 1-0 (1-0)
Tommy Oar and Adam Sarota played a full match.
11. (9.) FC Utrecht 20 7-3-10 28-40 24 pts

GREECE
Football League 2 – Group 1 (Matchday 15 of 30)
Panserraikos v Moudania 3-0 (1-0)
Billy Konstantinidis played a full match scored (2-0, 50′).
1. (2.) Panserraikos 15 10-4-1 28-9 34 pts

CYPRUS
First Division (Matchday 18 of 26)
Anorthosis FC v AE Kouklion 2-2 (1-0)
Robert Stambolziev did not play.
12. (12.) AE Kouklion 18 4-2-12 18-46 14 pts

SCOTLAND
Premiership (Matchday 24 of 33)
Kilmarnock FC v Inverness CT 2-0 (1-0)
Jackson Irvine played a full match.
8. ( 9.) Kilmarnock FC 23 7-4-12 28-35 25 pts

Ross County v Hearts FC 1-2 (1-1)
Dylan McGowan played a full match.
12. (12.) Hearts FC 24 4-5-15 20-43 2 pts



ASIA (AFC)

QATAR
Qatar Stars League (Matchday 16 of 26)
Sailiya SC v Al Gharafa 2-1 (0-1)
Mark Bresciano was missing due to FIFA suspension.
8. (7.) Al Gharafa 16 5-6-5 28-27 21 pts

MALAYSIA
Super League (Matchday 2 of 22)
Sarawak FA v Kelantan FA 0-1 (0-0)
Brendan Gan was not in the squad.
1. (4.) Kelantan FA 2 2-0-0 3-1 6 pts

Singapore LIONSXII v Selangor FA 2-1 (1-0)
Steven Pantelidis played a full match. Selangor is coached by Mehmet Duraković .
2. (1.) Selangor FA 2 1-0-1 3-2 3 pts

Perak FA v Terengganu FA 1-0 (0-0)
Mario Karlović was missing due to knee operation.
5. (4.) Terengganu FA 2 1-0-1 2-2 3 pts

INDIA
Federation Cup (Final)
Churchill Brothers v Sporting Goa 3-1 (1-0)
Jerry Karpeh played a full match for Sporting Goa.



OCEANIA (OFC)

NEW ZEALAND
ASB Premiership (Matchday 10 of 14)
Hawke’s Bay United v WaiBOP United 3-2 (3-1)
George Slefendorfas was not in the squad.
6. (6.) WaiBOP United 10 2-1-7 14-23 7 pts

SUNDAY WRAP

by Martin Kruse | 27/01/14 08:35


EUROPE (UEFA)

ENGLAND
FA Cup (Round 4)
Chelsea FC v Stoke City 1-0 (1-0)
Mark Schwarzer played a full match for Chelsea and kept a clean sheet.

ITALY
Lega Pro Prima Divisione – Girone A (Matchday 19 of 30)
Savona 1907 FBC v US Cremonese 1-1 (1-0)
Christian Esposito was not in the squad.
4. (4.) Savona 1907 FBC 19 9-3-7 28-26 30 pts

TURKEY
SüperLig (Matchday 18 of 34)
Elazigspor v Akhisar Belediyespor 2-1 (1-0)
Kerem Bulut was not in the squad.
10. (9.) Akhisar Belediyespor 18 7-4-7 22-23 25 pts

2. Lig Beyaz Grupu (Matchday 18 of 34)
İnegölspor v Kırklarelispor 3-0 (1-0)
Emre Balcı came on in the 78th minute.
5. (5.) İnegölspor 18 8-5-5 26-17 29 pts

3. Lig – Group 3 (Matchday 19 of 34)
1930 Bafraspor v Anadolu Üsküdar 0-2 (0-2)
Savas Özdemir played a full match.
17. (17.) 1930 Bafraspor 19 4-1-14 15-37 13 pts

BELGIUM
Eerste Klasse (Matchday 23 of 30)
RSC Anderlecht v Club Brugge KV 2-0 (1-0)
Mathew Ryan played a full match.
3. (2.) Club Brugge KV 23 13-5-5 37-22 44 pts

GREECE
Superleague (Matchday 21 of 34)
Panthrakikos v Panionios GSS 4-1 (1-1)
Apostolis Giannou came on in the 66th minute.
11. (11.) Panionios GSS 21 6-6-9 19-25 24 pts

Football League 2 – Group 2 (Matchday 15 of 30)
Kambaniakos v Agios Thomas 2-1 (1-0)
Niko Tsattalios played until the 65th minute.
7. (8.) Kambaniakos 15 7-3-5 26-22 24 pts



ASIA (AFC)

IRAN
Iran Pro League (Matchday 24 of 30)
Mes Kerman v Naft Tehran 0-1 (0-1)
Iain Fyfe was in the starting eleven.
16. (16.) Mes Kerman 24 1-13-10 18-34 16 pts

HONG KONG
First Division League (Matchday 11 of 22)
Eastern AA v Southern District 4-1 (0-1)
Dylan Macallister came on in the 71st minute and scored (3-1, 82′).
4. (4.) Eastern AA 11 5-4-2 19-15 19 pts



OCEANIA (OFC)

NEW ZEALAND
ASB Premiership (Matchday 10 of 14)
Wanderers SC v Waitakere United 1-6 (0-2)
Richard Cardozo played a full match and scored (1-5, 67′).
4. (5.) Waitakere United 10 5-1-4 24-15 16 pts

Southern United v Team Wellington 2-2 (1-1)
Jamie de Abreu played until the 70th minute.
5. (3.) Team Wellington 10 5-1-4 19-20 16 pts

BVB Dortmund’s Mustafa Amini says no to Afghanistan

Afghan fans left dejected as BVB Dortmund’s Mustafa Amini says no to Afghanistan according to AFF (Afghanistan Football Federation). The 20 years old Australian-Afghan was picked in the 43 players squad for AFC Challenge Cup preparations camp in Qatar.

“I only want to play for Australia if I get the chance” Amini

According to the AFF, Mustafa Amini is unlikely to play for Afghanistan after he declared his interest in playing for Australia. The 20 years old midfielder, who was born to an Afghan father and Nicaraguan mother in Australia, was picked by Afghanistan in the 43 players squad for camp in Qatar aimed 2014 AFC Challenge Cup preparation.

As the players were announced, some exciting new players playing abroad, including Mustafa Amini, who plays for Borussia Dortmund II, excited the fans. Afghanistan had picked Amini a few weeks ago hoping the Australian-Afghan might opt to play for them. However, that option now looks to be out of the window.

An AFF statement read that the Dortmund midfielder denied Afghanistan national football team coach Yousuf Kargar’s statement (in Dari-Persian, translated as below) saying Amini to attend Afghanistan’s training camps.

“Mustafa Amini has completely denied Mr Kargar’s statement and said that” “I only want to play for Australia if I get the chance” read an AFF statement.

Who is Mustafa Amini?

Mustafa Amini was born in Sydney, Australia to an Afghan father and an Australian (Nicaraguan) mother. He played for the Central Coast Mariners in A-League in 2011 before joining the former German champions, Borussia Dortmund.

“Upon arrival the then 19-year-old met up with Mitch Langerak who tempted him with stories about BVB over dinner one night. Amini had already taken part in a trial in the summer of 2011 and shown the officials his talents which led to him signing a contract until 2015. He was then loaned back to his Australian team for a season before permanently joining the Black Yellows for the 2012-13 season.” Says a description on the BVB website.

Currently, the 20 years old Amini plays for Dortmund II in the German 3rd League to broom his talents for the future.

“Technically gifted midfielder: “We will give him the time and the patience that a young player requires.” said Dortmund’s Sporting director Michael Zorc in a BVB statement.

Can he be persuaded?

Mustafa Amini has not played for Australia for a long while now since he played for their junior teams. In the case of his current club Borussia Dortmund’s first eleven, he hasn’t put on the yellow-black stripped jersey this season yet.

Moreover, Australian national football team has plenty of classy players, particularly in midfield, that are ahead of Mustafa Amini in the pecking order. Most of these players play the first team football across the world’s major leagues such as the EPL (English Premier League), German Bundesliga, Eredivisie (Netherlands) etc and not to forget the Australian league itself.

Judging by the current scenario, Amini has a very little chance of playing for Australia in now. However, being only 20 years old, he has a good chance of representing the Socceroos in the future considering he plays well and for the first team in a major league.

Having said that, Amini can always switch back to Australia, if he wishes, in case of Afghanistan not playing at the highest levels and comply with the FIFA rules.

If he does decide to play for Afghanistan, Amini will cherish the chance for the rest of his life because he will be loved and admired as a national hero by the fanatic Afghan football fans. In contrast to this option, he would be just another Socceroo for Australia.

Practically, it would be sensible too. Amini would be joining the SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) champions (unbeaten by the way) and 2013 Fifa Fair Play Award winners. Afghanistan has a good chance of qualifying for AFC Asia Cup Australia 2015. This would be ideal for Amini as he would, mostly, play regular football which is vital if he is to ever play for Dortmund’s first eleven.

AFF and Mustafa Amini have to hold face to face talks and discuss all the options thoroughly as it would be for the benefit of both parties. Otherwise, Afghanistan is already blessed with plenty of talented players that will do just as good a job, if not better, for their country as Amini.

From the Dortmund midfielder’s point of view, to be fair he has every right to say no to his father’s country of birth in order to try and achieve his ambitions in a quest of playing in a world cup etc. He genuinely sees this as a better option and some Afghans might be, rightly, disappointed not to see his talents on the field for Afghanistan, but many would respect his decision. He might even reconsider Afghanistan. You just never know what the future holds.

Afghanistan 43 men squad for camp in Qatar: Mansur Faqiryar (GK), Hamidullah Yousefzai, Jalaludin Shariathyar, Harun Fakhrudin, Faisal Sakhizada, Ali Ahmad Noor Muhammad, Muqadar Qazizada, Mustafa Hadid, Muhammad Yousef Masriqi, Arash Hatifi, Wadeedullah Nadim, Mustafa Azadzoy, Hameedullah Nisar Ahmad, Sanjar Ahmadi, Bilal Arzo, Amarudin, Farzad Ataee, Muhammad Maruf Jamhuri, Hashmatullah Barakzai, Mujtaba Faiz, Zainudin, Yousef Baharastani, Mustafa Amini, Mustafa Zazai, Mustaq Yaqubi, Faisal Shaesta, Hasan Amin, Zamir Daudi, Milad Salim, Kanishka Tahir, Zuhib Khan Muhammadi, Jani, Mustafa Rezaee, Shareef Muhammad, Masud Hashemi, Yousef Sherzai, Baktash Nekzai, and Iqbal Habibzai.

Club Brugge will be even longer continue Vladan Kujovic. The second goalkeeper Monday extended his contract with Blue-Black to 2015. That the club itself reported on its website.

Kujovic went to Club Brugge in 2011 and was originally brought in as the second goalkeeper. However, due to the disappointing performance of Bojan Jorgacevic in the past, Kujovic came in order to assist. With the advent of Mathew Ryan however, he was again referred to the bank. The 35-year-old goalkeeper made ​​earlier along in interviews that he knows his place in the team and will assist when needed. Kujovic played in the past even for Eendracht Aalst, Lierse, Willem II, Roda JC and Spanish Levante.

Brugge's other keeper has extended his contract, very good for Ryan


Lees verder: http://www.voetbalnieuws.be/news/98749/Club_Brugge_heeft_akkoord_met_Kujovic#ixzz2rgc0GGMt

MONDAY WRAP

by Martin Kruse | 28/01/14 07:24


EUROPE (UEFA)

Club Friendly
Universitatea Cluj v FSV Frankfurt 1-3 (1-2)
Mathew Leckie played until half-time while Nikita Rukavytsya came on for Frankfurt in the 46th minute.

ENGLAND
U21 Premier League (Rearranged Match – Matchday 15 of 21)
Bolton Wanderers U21 v Aston Villa U21 3-2 (2-0)
Thomas Strain was an unused substitute while Jordan Lyden and Ryan Strain were not in the squad.
16. (16.) Aston Villa U21 11 4-2-5 17-19 14 pts

U21 PDL 2 – South Division (Rearranged Match)
Bristol City U21 v Millwall FC U21 4-0 (1-0)
Tom King was not in the squad.
6. (8.) Bristol City U21 8 3-2-3 15-13 11 pts

NETHERLANDS
Beloften Eredivisie – Poule A (Matchday 14 of 22)
Jong Groningen v Jong VVV/Helmond 2-2 (1-1)
Harry Ascroft played a full match.
6. (7.) Jong VVV/Helmond 13 6-4-3 36-28 22 pts

Beloften Eredivisie – Poule B (Matchday 14 of 22)
Jong Willem II v Jong NAC Breda 4-0 (1-0)
Alistair Quinn played a full match.
7. (6.) Jong NAC Breda 13 4-3-6 24-31 15 pts

MALTA
Premier League (Matchday 20 of 22)
Naxxar Lions v Balzan Youths 0-1 (0-1)
Charlie Fuller was not in the squad.
8. (8.) Balzan Youths 20 7-4-9 21-28 25 pts



ASIA (AFC)

MALAYSIA
Premier League (Matchday 2 of 22)
DRB-Hicom v Kedah FA 0-2 (0-1)
Adam Griffiths played while Adriano Pellegrino was not in the squad. Kedah is coached by David Mitchell.
2. ( 1.) Kedah FA 2 2-0-0 6-1 6 pts

Sabah FA v Felda United 1-3 (1-1)
Srećko Mitrović played until the 60th minute.
11. (11.) Sabah FA 2 0-0-2 2-6 0 pts

http://www1.skysports.com/transfer/news/11701/9137198/carlisle-sign-keeper-bouzanis

A lot easier than rejecting a big nation but nice to see an dual national Aussie firmly stating he wants to play for us. Also with his injury I have been feeling that he shouldn't have been in that training session that he got injured. I don't know if it was a collision or a stress injury but I just feel he should have been with the first team or since he was not needed there he should have gone with the U22's (perhaps this happened before the camp started though).



http://sports.af/afghanistan-pick-fc-dortmunds-mustafa-amini-43-players-2014-01-25/

Edited by moofa: 28/1/2014 09:05:16 PM

And with Gavin Gunning injured, Good could feature.

Curtis Good starting for Dundee

Curtis Good starting for Dundee

played a full game straight up, and a draw... how did he play?

Oar and Sarota starting against Ajax. Starts 10:30 AEDT

Awesome they're both starting. Where does Sarota play for Utrecht?