Morning news 11/28: 10 more teams enter the knockout round of Europa League 2014/15
10 more teams have entered the Europa League knockout round, Vermaelen will continue to sit out for the next 4-5 months, Coach Avram Grant leads the Ghana national team... are the highlights of the news until 06:30 on November 28.
Striker Lukaku celebrates the goal that helped Everton advance
Europa League group stage...
Table A:
Villarreal 2-2 M'gladbach
Zurich 3-1 Apollon
Table B:
Torino 0-0 Club Brugge
HJK 2-1 Copenhagen
Table C:
Tottenham 1-0 Partizan
Asteras 2-2 Besiktas
Table D:
Celtic 1-3 Salzburg
Astra 1-0 Dinamo Zagreb
Table E:
Dinamo Moscow 2-1 Panathinaikos
Estoril 3-2 PSV
Group F:
Inter Milan 2-1 Dnipro
Saint-Etienne 1-1 Qarabag
Group G:
Feyenoord 2-0 Sevilla
Rijeka 2-0 Standard Liege
Table H:
Wolfsburg 0-2 Everton
Krasnodar 1-1 Lille
Table I:
Sparta Prague 0-0 Napoli
Slovan Bratislava 1-3 Young Boys
Table J:
Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 Rio Ave
AaB 1-0 Steaua Bucuresti
Table K:
Guingamp 1-2 Fiorentina
Dinamo Minsk 0-2 PAOK
Table L:
Lokeren 1-0 Legia Warsaw
Trabzonspor 3-1 Metalist
Domestic...
- A Japanese couple who are fans of Sapporo FC and friends of coach Toshiya Miura recently visited the training ground of the Vietnam national team. They gave striker Cong Vinh a Vietnamese national flag and also asked for his and other team members' autographs.
Cong Vinh received the gift and signed an autograph for Japanese fans.
International...
- After last night's matches, early this morning in the penultimate round of the Europa League group stage, the next 9 names to be registered in the knockout round have been determined, including: Everton, Tottenham, Inter Milan, Napoli, Trabzonspor, Besiktas, Fiorentina, PAOK, Feyenoord, Celtic and Dynamo Kiev.
- The match between Tottenham and Partizan Belgrade in the Europa League group stage just ended, but there was a long pause in the first half, because 3 overzealous fans broke into the field. Notably, all 3 of them were wearing T-shirts of a company called BassBuds.
- After firing coach Kwesi Appiah in September 2014, the Ghana Football Association decided to appoint coach Avram Grant as head coach of the Ghana national team to prepare for the 2015 CAN finals with a 27-month contract.
Avram Grant will lead the Ghana national team
- Barca have confirmed that their new signing Thomas Vermaelen will need surgery to completely cure his thigh injury, and will continue to be sidelined for the next 4-5 months. It is known that Vermaelen will be operated on by famous Finnish surgeon, Sakari Orava, next Tuesday (December 2).
- Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti predicts that Liverpool will have very little chance of beating Basel in the decisive match of the final round of the Champions League group stage, because the Swiss team has a more balanced squad.
- New Real Sociedad coach David Moyes has recently chosen former Watford coach Billy McKinlay as his official assistant. McKinlay has now arrived in Spain to discuss details and review the facilities at the Basque team.
McKinlay will be Moyes' assistant
- Angolan football club Kabuscorp is said to be making efforts to approach and recruit Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho. Currently, this former PSG, Barca and AC Milan player has only spent 2 months in a 2-year contract with Queretaro Club in the Mexican National Championship.
- MU striker Robin van Persie revealed that before joining Arsenal in 2004, he almost became a member of Glasgow Rangers (Scotland), which was then led by coach Dick Advocaat.
- UEFA said they will punish Basel after the team allowed up to five fans onto the pitch in the final minutes of the Champions League match against Real Madrid. One of them had the opportunity to approach Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo was harassed by overzealous fans
Backstage...
- 18-year-old Zambian talent Charly Musonda, who is currently playing for Chelsea U21 team, recently showed off his ability to juggle the ball skillfully with... a pair of rolled up socks.
- The spokesman of the King of Football Pele said that the Brazilian legend has been transferred to the special treatment area of Albert Einstein Hospital, Sao Paulo to treat urine poisoning.
Featured Video Clip...
Vietnam national football team practices in preparation for the match with the Philippines
Ronaldo's performance against FC Basel
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