It's Friday and time for our weekly look back at what have happened the last seven days.

Friday 21st March - Champions League draw

We can look forward to some killer games in this years Champions League Quarter-finals. Manchester United will get their hands full against Bayern Munich while Chelsea will meet PSG in a battle between two giants. Furthermore, Dortmund, once again, meets Real Madrid in a replay of last season. In the last match we can look forward to a Spanish battle between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. The Champions League is treating us well this year!

Tuesday 25th March - The Manchester Derby

Manchester City took the third win of three at Old Trafford with a 3-0 win in the Derby. Edin Dzeko brought his total goals for City to 40 when he scored in the first minute and again in the 56th before Touré finished the humiliation with a goal in the last minute. The Manchester City win was not even close to the result from the last match at Etihad, but the Sky Blues dominated the Red Devils throughout the match.


Wednesday 26th March - #Moyesout

The morning after Manchester United's derby defeat saw #Moyesout trending on Twitter for the second time. The manager came under fire already during the match where stewards were sent to guard the famous banner supporting David Moyes at Old Trafford. However, Wednesday morning hundreds of tweets from furios fans and comical memes were tweeted under the hashtag #moyesout. Whether Manchester United will listen to their fans only time can show.


Wednesday 26th March - Kasper Schmeichel scores! or did he?

Did Kasper Schmeichel scorer his first goal for Leicester or was it Chris Wood? We will let you decide:


Thursday 27th March - UEFA launches new European league

The Nations League is as the name implies a new international tournament with the European national teams playing against each other instead of the friendlies. The concept of the tournament hasn't been confirmed yet, but the leagues (four levels) will start in autumn 2018, and four Euro places will be in play. The 54 member associations will be divided into four groups after their world ranking, and the nations will play either four or six matches during autumn 2018. During 2019, the nations will play for promotion or relegation depending on their position in the league. The Nations League is thought to run along with the Euro- and World Cup-qualifications.













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We are ready with the new Friday Five where we take a look back on five things we find worth remembering each week.

Sunday March 2nd - Manchester City winning the Capital One Cup

Manchester City battled last year's FA Cup final defeat after trailing by one at the break, winning 3-1 in the Capital One Cup. A well organised Sunderland side was brought in front by Fabio Borini, and Manchester City were deservedly trailing behind at the break. However, Pellegrini must have spoken with big words in the break as Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri put City in front with two goals less than a minute apart, before Jesus Navas ended the match with a goal in the 90th minute. Manchester City takes the first trophy of the season still being in play for the Premier League win. It is worth mentioning that none of the 14 Manchester City players in the final were English.

    Tuesday March 4th - Luis Suarez contract

When it emerged Tuesday that Arsenal had, in fact, triggered Luis Suarez release clause with their January bid, an Arsenal fan started an optimistic petition for Liverpool to hand over the Uruguayan. Arsenal made a bid of £40,000,001 in the January window, but the offer was declined as Liverpool owner John W. Henry denied any release clause. However, on Tuesday he told that there, in fact, had been a release clause but that in today's football,  such things never work anyway. This made the optimistic Arsenal fan demand Liverpool hand over Suarez to the club, apologies to Arsenal and pay a £4,5m compensation. Sign up here!

Wednesday March 5th - The new Schmeichel

A new Schmeichel entered the scene of international football when Kasper, son of Peter Schmeichel was the best man for Denmark against England on Wednesday. The 27-year old goalkeeper stole the show from the English national team, and kept them away from the goal until the last part of the match where he was without a chance when Sturridge headed the ball in the net. The Leicester-keeper has been praised for his performance in the British papers on Thursday and with his performance on Wednesday he is putting pressure on Stephan Andersen to become the first choice for the Danish national team. A transfer to the Premier League could help him on the way.

Wednesday March 5th - Neymar

Neymar showed that he is more than a well paid footballer when a 7-year old South African boy ran into the pitch during the match between South Africa and Brazil.


Thursday March 6th - The new Nike boot

Nike revealed their new knitted boots ahead of the summers World Cup. The boot is called Magista and will, according to Nike, be a game-changer. The knitted boot will fit around your foot like a glove, and is designed to bring your foot closer to the ball for enhanced control. In fact, Nike claims that "no other boot will get your foot this close to the ball". How many England players will be wearing this boot this summer?














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Once upon a time there was a Great Dane guarding a goal in England - his name was Peter Schmeichel; the Great Dane. Today, a new Schmeichel is on his way to a great breakthrough. Great Dane Football Blog celebrates with 5 great Schmeichel moments!

Peter was also dangerous in the opponent's box...



So is Kasper...


Peter did a Gorden Banks...


So did Kasper...


But... Kasper is still to do a Danepak commercial (PRICELESS!)





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A very unlikely transfer has been rumoured by the Daily Star today.

According to the tabloid, Leicester's Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is a target for Real Madrid. José Mourinho has instructed his goalkeeping coach to find alternatives to the Spanish keeper Iker Casillas.

However, the Spanish club is also keeping an eye on Real Zaragoza's Roberto, 26, and Osasuna's Andres Fernandez,25.


Even though, Schmeichel has a past in Manchester City, Notts County and Leeds United, as well as a number of Danish youth national matches he has not achieved the same success as his father.

Peter Schmeichel was the safety man in Manchester United for eight years playing 292 matches and scoring three goals. Furthermore, he won the Premier League five times, the League Cup once, the FA Cup three times and the Champions League once. His Denmark career gave him 129 matches and one goal.

His son, Kasper, has been called up for the Danish national team but is still missing his debut. He was voted Leicester's player of the season last campaign, but still hasn't won any trophies.

Rumours also sends Iker Casillas to English football, should Mourinho bring in a new goalkeeper.
 



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