Friendly: BK Häcken - Shandong Luneng 3-0
1-0, 55 min, Mervan Celik
2-0, 84 min, Adam Andersson
3-0, 90 min, Karl Bohm
Shakhtar - AIK 2-0
1-0, 47 min, Marlos
2-0, 90 min, Facundo Ferreyra
See the lineups and match report here
Friendly: BK Häcken - FC Astana 2-0
1-0, 6 min, Viktor Lundberg
2-0, 73 min, Gustav Berggren
See the lineups and match report here
Spectacular goal when Shakhtar beat Slavia 3-2
In 2012 the former Chelsea player scored FIFA Goal of the year. See Goal Of The Year 2012 - Miroslav Stoch - FIFA Puskas Award here. Today he scored another fantastic goal from 60 meter for Slavia Praha against Shakhtar Donetsk. He saw that Ukraine international goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov, with nearly 80 caps, was off his line and placed the ball perfect at the back of the net.
0-1, 17 min, Miroslav Stoch
1-1, 30 min, Ismaily
2-1, 39 min, Facundo Ferreyra
2-2, 52 min, Milan Skoda
3-2, 59 min, Facundo Ferreyra
Friendly: FC Midtjylland - AIK 3-1
0-1, 35 min, Anton Salétros
1-1, 74 min, Gustav Wikheim
2-1, 78 min, Erik Sviatchenko
3-1, 90 min, Mikkel Duelund
Hacken has seteled in
Last night, BK Hacken arrived in Dubai, and in the middle of the day they was ready for the first training session on the perfect grass at the JA Center of Excellence. In the usual style, Andreas Alm set up the pitch before he led the training. There was great enthusiasm among the players who clearly appreciated both the warm weather and the perfect conditions. The Gothenburg clubs first match is against Astana from Kazakhstan on Sunday.
Slavia Praha - Guangzhou Evergrande 5-1
1-0, 2 min, Jan Boril
2-0, 43 min, Jaromir Zmrhal
3-0, 45 min, Jan Boril
4-0, 51 min, Tomas Necid
5-0, 60 min, Tomas Soucek
5-1, 84 min, Alan Carvalho (Pen.)
FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC København 1-2
0-1, 45 min, Robert Skov
0-2, 49 min, Peter Ankersen
1-2, 57 min, Taison
Friendly: Brøndby - Slavia Praha 2-2
0-1, 27.min (o.g.) Hjörtur Hermansson
1-1, 45.min, Hany Mukhtar
2-1, 46 min, Teemu Pukki
2-2, 89 min, Jaromír Zmrhal
FC Zenit - Guangzhou Evergrande 4-1
1-0, 28 min, Sebastian Driussi.
2-0, 29 min, Alexander Kokorin.
3-0, 57 min, Anton Zabolotny.
4-0, 84 min, Denis Terentyev.
4-1, 86 min, Gao Lin.
Italian giants to meet at Al Shabab tonight
In 2006 Fabio Cannavaro was named FIFFA World Player of the Year, an he is the last defensive player to do so. The same year he won The World Cup with Italy. As a player he represented his country 136 times, scoring twice. He won domestic trophies in Italy and Spain playing for clubs like Napoli, Parma,Inter Juventus and Real Madrid. At Parma he also won the UEFA Cup.
Tonight he will face another Italian giant, Roberto Mancini, a man with 25 trophies under his belt, 13 as a player in Sampdoria and Lazio, the other 12 as a manger in Fiorentina, Lazio, Inter, Manchester City, and Galatasaray. He scored more than 200 goals in more than 700 games in Italy. For the national team he netted four times in 36 appearances, winning the bronze medal on home soil in The World Cup in 1990. As a manger he won three league tittels in a row with Inter, before he became the first manager to win the league with Manchester City in 44 years back in 2011.
Fabio Cannavaro`s Chines side have managed two draws so far here in Dubai, 3-3 against Brøndby and a scoreless draw against FC Copenhagen, while Mancini`s Russian side have been very impressive, winning 5-0 against FCK and 5-1 against Slavia Praha.
The match tonight is all about prestige for the two Italians.
Kick off 19:00 at Al Shabab Club
Spectacular firework over Jumeirah Beach marks the end of Dubai Shoping Festival
Omega Dubai Desert Classic 2018
It is always something going on in Dubai. This weekend The Europa Tour takes to The Emirates, and some of the worlds best golfers stay at same hotels as many of the teams in The Dubai International Cup. JA Resorts&Hotels are one of the main sponsors for Omega Dubai Desert Classic and the same company has been a partner for The Dubai International Cups since 2016.
Zenit beats Slavia 5-1
Kokorin, Zabolotny, Yerokhin, Bogayev and Terentyev scored for Zenit, and Slavia’s goal was scored by Skoda.
No goals between Guangzhou and FC København
Here you can see the matchreport
Three training sessions a day for Brøndby
Impressiv 5-0 victory by Roberto Mancini’s side
Zenit was by fare the better side and looked very dangerous from the start. Kirill Kaplenko scored after 17.minutes. The ball first hit the crossbar, then Robin Olsen saved it before Kaplenko found the back of the net. Ten minutes later Anton Zabolotny made it 2-0, and after 35 minutes Zenit scored number three thanks to Dmitri Bogaev. At half time Roberto Mancini changed the whole team and sendt out what are more likely a first team! After 62 minutes Matias Kranevitter made it 4-0, and 3 minutes from the end Alexander Kokkorin scored Zenit’s fifth. After the match manger Roberto Mancini was very pleased with his players.
Goal bonanza when the Chinese champions drew with Brøndby
Fabio Cannavaros side where 2-0 up after just ten minutes, after goals from Alan Carvalho and Hanchao Yu. Brøndby then managed to equalize through Kamil Wilczek and Simon Tibling. Carvalho scored again before the brake, and six minutes in to the second half Kevin Mensah made it 3-3. The match at Rashid Stadium was played in 4x30 minutes.
The lineups are ready for tonights match
The Dubai International Cup kicks off tonight at Al Shabab Club at 19.00. Click here to see the teams selected by Roberto Mancini and Ståle Solbakken.
Brøndby have settled in at Jebel Ali Beach Hotel
Even though they arrived late at night, Alexander Zornigers team entered the fantastic pitch at Jebel Ali at ten this morning for the first training session of the day. Tomorrow evening the team that are second in The Danish Superliga, only one point behind FC Midtjylland, will play the Chinese team Guangzhou Evergrande FC at 19.00 Dubai time, that is 16:00 danish time.
This is the squad that has arrived in Dubai
FCK with a great training session in fantastic surroundings at Nad Al Sheba
Sporting Events are delighted to announce the return of The Dubai International Cup 2018!
in Portugal, in 2016 Sporting Events expanded the winter pre-season tournament concept to the UAE. Sporting Events took six teams to Dubai to compete in the inaugural edition of the Dubai International Cup, a winter pre-season tournament designed to give European and Scandinavian teams the best possible preparation for their upcoming domestic season. The tournament returned for a second year in 2017 and Sporting Events are delighted to announce The Dubai International Cup 2018. Five teams will take part - FC Shakhtar, FC Zenit, FC Copenhagen, Slavia Prague and Guangzhou Evergrande FC, playing in a round-robin style tournament. Please check the http://www.dubai-internationalcup.com/fixtures/2018 page for the full schedule.
