Midweek football: Everything You Need To Know

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Doctor Eva Canero leaves Chelsea

Chelsea doctor Eva Canero is clearly not satisfied with a reduced role, Canero was caught up in a spat with the Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho in the game against Swansea. 

It’s not out of place for Canero to feel victimized. She was only doing her job as a medical professional with a duty of care to the players on the pitch. She went onto the pitch to tend to a supposedly injured player, which is what she was paid to do, and she was slated by Mourinho, not just privately but also in public.

Diego Costa Charged With Violent Conduct

 

The FA handed Chelsea’s Diego Costa a three-match ban, following his violent conduct in the London derby against Arsenal.

The match day referee claimed he didn’t see the incident, however, the FA supplied a video footage to a panel of three former referees, who deemed Costa’s action a punishable offence.

The FA decision did not go well with Chelsea FC, as they released a statement to express their disappointment in the verdict.

Robert Lewandowski Scored 5 goals in 9 minutes

Wolfsburg looked like they were on their way to ending Bayern Munich's unbeaten streak on Tuesday night with a 1-0 lead at half time. But that was not to be, as Roberto Lewandowski completely took the shine off them.

Lewandowski came in as a substitute in the second half and scored 5 goals in 9 minutes, thus giving Bayern a win that earned them the maximum 18 points in the Bundesliga.

The last time a player scored 5 goals in the Bundesliga was in 1991.

Arsene Wenger splits from his wife

Arsene Wenger, the man known as "Le Prof" has splitted with his long term lover Annie, according to the Daily Mirror, with the couple reported to have agreed a financial package on how to divide their asset.

Wenger and Annie who have been married since 2010, have not been together since June of this year.

Aren’t you caught up in the suspicion too? Just when Eva Carneiro leaves Chelsea, Wenger splits with his wife, too! Much of a coincidence for me, you too?

Sir Alex Ferguson (SAF) Says He Worked With Only Four World Class Players

Fergie and the class of 82

SAF surprised many football fans when he revealed that he managed only 4 world class players during his 26 years in Manchester United. 

SAF was privileged to have worked with many top class players in his time at Man U. Interestingly, he felt only four of them: Cantona, Giggs, Scholes, and Ronaldo merited the world class status.

Isn’t that disrespectful to players like Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrick Evra, Roy Keane, Yorke, Schmeichel, Edwin Van Der Sar among others who were considered world class in their respective positions at some point in their careers.

Fergie is a fantastic football manager, but it wasn't because he knew everything about football. He's human, he has his biases and he's expressing his own viewpoint and talking from his personal experience.

Barcelona humbled by Celta Vigo thrashing

Celta Vigo put an end to Barca’s perfect start to the 2015-16 Primera Division season in an emphatic style. 

Compared to Celta Vigo, Barca looked slow and 'old'. While it's true that Barça had enough chances to have gotten at least a point out of the game, their finishing was sloppy. On the other hand, Celta's forwards were running fast, their passing was crisp and the finishing incisive.

Barca defence made Iago Aspas and Nolito look like Pele and Maradona.

Mathieu Flamini Launched His 2015/16 Campaign in Style (Carling Cup)

The Arsenal Midfielder hit the back of the net twice in his first appearance of the season. Flamini gave Arsenal the lead in the 26^th minute, the goal was cancelled out in the 56^th minute, when a low cross from Nacer Chadli was deflected into the back of the net by Arsenal’s Calum Chamber.

Surprisingly, Flamini – probably mistaking himself for a striker - gave Arsenal the lead again after volleying the ball straight into the back of the net.

Inter Milan Continues Their Perfect Record in the 2015/16 Serie A Season

Felipe Melo scored the lone goal against Verona to help his team maintain their perfect start to this season’s Seria A campaign. Inter sit at the top the of the Seria A table with 3 points ahead of Florentina who are second on the table.

Meanwhile the defending champion, Juventus find themselves 10 points off the league leader

PSG Extended Their Unbeaten Run As Ibra Grabbed His Fist Goal of the Season

PSG maintained their unbeaten run while maintaining their one point lead at the top of the table. The 3-0 victory over Guingamp last night at the Parc des Princes saw the Swedish Striker Zlatan Ibrhaimovic net his first of the campaign with the two Argentines, Javier Pastore and Angel Di’maria consolidating the 3 goals margin.