Another injury blow for Vincent Kompany

According to the Guardians, Manchester City club captain and Belgium international, Vincent Kompany (pict) suffered yet another injury during warm-up for the game between Belgium and Netherlands last night in Amsterdam.

The news will definitely upset Manchester City head coach, Pep Guardiola who is facing numbers of injuries to his players.

Kompany who only features 4 games for Manchester City so far, felt some discomfort and withdrawn as precaution before being replace by Watford's Christian Kabasele.

In the match, Yannick Carrassco deflected goal cancelled out Vincent Janssen penalty which was ended to a 1-1.

Source
The Guardian

Europa League 2016/17: Dzeko double pass Austria Wien

Vienna:- Edin Dzeko scored twice to help AS Roma 4-2 victory over Austrian side, Wien on Thursday.

Dzeko first start of this season in Europa League, find the net twice to help AS Roma top of the Group E with 8 points after 4 games.

In the match, Roma conceededs as early as 2 minutes when Kayode stuck home before Edin Dzeko levelled 2 minutes later. Captain Daniele de Rossi put AS Roma ahead in 18 minutes after Wien's defenders failed to clear the ball following a corner.

Dzeko again cooly finished to put Roma 3-1 leads and Belgium international, Radja Nainggolan makes 4-1 in 78 minutes.

Alexandre Gruenwald reduced the deficit by 2 goals when slot home in final minutes. Final score a comfortable win for Roma with a 4-2 victory.

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Europa League: Injured Totti out, Spalletti bring only 19 players to Austria

AS Roma travel to Austria without Capitano, Francesco Totti due to injury for the clash vs Austria Wien on Thursday. AS Roma also lost Kostas Manolas and Alessandro Florenzi due to injury.

Spalletti bring only 19 players to Austria in a must-win game to secure qualification of Europa League for next round, include few youngsters from Primavera squad.

In the first round in Olympico, AS Roma failed to hold the 3-1 leads vs the same opponents where the Austrian scored 2 goals in dying minutes to held 3-3.

The players who travels are below:-

Goalkeepers:-
    Allison Becker
    Wojciech Szczesny
    Lorenzo Crisanto

Defenders:-
    Riccardo Marchizza
    Eros De Santis
    Bruno Peres
    Juan Jesus
    Antonio Rudiger

Midfielders:-
   Gerson
   Daniele de Rossi
   Kevin Strootman
   Leandro Paredes
   Radja Nainggolan

Strikers/Wingers:-
   Mohamed Salah
   Diego Perotti
   Stephan El Shaarawy
   Edin Dzeko
   Juan Manuel Iturbe

Source:-

http://romapress.us/2016/11/01/spalletti-calls-19-for-austria-vienna-clash/

Edin Dzeko is the top scorer in Europe Elite League (as at Oct 28, 2016)

Let's look on who is the top finisher in Europe best leagues so far.

Hashtag: Edin Dzeko, Edinson Cavani, Anthony Modeste, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Diego Costa

Source:

http://www.topscorersfootball.com/

Malaysia Premier League 2016 - Final Standings

Here is the final standings for Malaysia Premier League 2016

Note:-

1) Malacca United crowned champions of MPL 2016 and promoted to Malaysian Super League 2017

2) PKNS FC also promoted to Malaysian Super League 2017 as runner-up

3) ATM FA and Sime Darby FC relegated to FAM Cup 2017

Source:
Flashscore.com

Malaysia Super League 2016 - Final Standings

Here is the final standings of Malaysian Super League 2016

Note:
a) Johor DT is the champions of MSL and will compete in the playoff of Asian Champions League2017

b) Felda United in the 2nd spot and will play in AFC Cup 2017

c) PDRM and Terengganu relegated to Malaysian Premier League 2017

Source:
Flashscore.com

Euro 2016 Round of 16 Match Preview – Italy vs Spain

Spain had set up a meeting with Italy in the Euro 2016 Round of 16 later on Monday night

The meeting will be a 3rd time in European championship for the last 4 years after a 1-1 draw in the 2012 group stage and Italy lost 4-0 in the finals.

Pior to Euro 2008, Spain had never beaten Italy at any major tournament. However, the situation reverse where Italy never won against Spanish in the last 2 tournament.

Previous encounter:-

1) Euro 2008 R16 Vienna
              Italy lost 2-4 to Spain in penalties (0-0 AET)

2) Euro 2012 Group Stage Gdansk
              Italy drew 1-1 with Spain

3) Euro 2012 Finals Kiev
              Italy lost 4-0 to Spain

Key battle - Andres Iniesta vs Daniele de Rossi 

Both Iniesta and De Rossi were arguably the best players for their respective nations at the Euro 2012 tournament. Four years later, both are now considered veterans of the team at 32-years of age. 

For De Rossi, he is forced to become the midfield leader in a team with injuries to key central figures Claudio Marchisio and Marco Verratti. Italy will need all of his experience and industry as Antonio Conte’s men will look to contain La Roja and allow them to enjoy majority of possession. 

The Azzurri will no doubt be watchful ofAndres Iniesta. The Barcelona man was at the top of his game during Spain’s winning run in 2012, and still remains his side’s most valuable midfielder.

Probable line-up

Prediction

Based on current performance, both team are consistence. But for tonight match, I predict Italy will go through based on their strong in defence and their ability to change the tempo from slow-slow to quick-quick-slow strategy.

Italy 1 Spain 0




Match details

Italy vs Spain
Round of 16 
Stade de France, Saint Denis
Kick-off 5pm (12am Malaysian time)