⚽️ 2023/24 Season - General Football News - Open Thread

Romelu Lukaku leads the way in Euro 2024 qualifying :hotsprings:

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:portugal: Ronaldo’s Portugal in Euro 2024 qualifying: 8W 0D 0L

:argentina: Messi’s Argentina in World Cup qualifying: 4W 0D 0L

38 and 36 and 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 bringing it on the international stage :handshake:

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Antoine Griezmann during his 82-game stretch of playing 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 France game since August 2017:

:white_small_square: 28 goals
:white_small_square: 29 assists
:white_small_square: Lifted the World Cup
:white_small_square: Lifted the UEFA Nations League
:white_small_square: Two World Cup finals

:man_running:

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:argentina: Cristian Romero is the only defender in the world who was NOT dribbled or has conceded any goal in the last 5 games with his national team.

Rolls-Royce defender! :crossed_swords::muscle:t4:

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Canadian legend Christine Sinclair announces she’ll retire from international duty at the end of 2023 :canada::saluting_face:

‘I can sit here and and know that I’ve literally done everything I can and given all of me to this national team since I was 16 years old’

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2 posts were merged into an existing topic: Who deserves to win the 2023 Ballon d’Or? :trophy: Who are you sighting?

:rotating_light: Papu Gómez will retire from football if his doping ban is ratified. :argentina:

(Source: @gastonedul)

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Manchester United and England legend, Sir Bobby Charlton, was one of the greatest to ever play the game.

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:x: Ajax have already lost 4 league matches this season after today’s 4-3 defeat to FC Utrecht to leave them 17th in the Eredivisie

:exploding_head: They haven’t lost more than 5 league games in a single campaign since the 2008/09 season…

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◎ 12:27 - FC Utrecht 2-0 Ajax
◉ 12:44 - FC Utrecht 2-3 Ajax
◎ 12:49 - FC Utrecht 3-3 Ajax
◉ 13:09 - Game suspended
◉ 13:20 - Game resumes
◎ 13:21 - FC Utrecht 4-3 Ajax
◉ 13:25 - Full-time

Ajax remain 17th in the Eredivisie with five points from seven games. :flushed:

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Man City and Barcelona have won the most points across Europe’s big-five leagues in 2023. :handshake:

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𝐁𝐢𝐠 week in Europe:

:black_small_square: Champions League
:black_small_square: Europa League
:black_small_square: Conference League
:black_small_square: El Clásico
:black_small_square: Manchester derby
:black_small_square: PSV vs. Ajax
:black_small_square: Lukaku returns to Inter as a Roma player

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Ajax have had three managers come and go since Erik ten Hag joined Man United in May 2022.

They haven’t won a trophy since he left the club and are currently in 17th place in the Eredivisie :flushed:

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Rasmus Højlund is set to face boyhood club FC Copenhagen in the UCL.

His two younger twin brothers, Oscar and Emil, play for Copenhagen :eyes:

We could see the Højlund brothers play against each other :star_struck:

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:man_office_worker: Maurice Steijn’s record as Ajax manager (all competitions):

:white_check_mark: Wins - 2
:handshake: Draws - 4
:x: Losses - 5

:soccer: Goals scored - 19
:goal_net: Goals conceded - 22

:door:The 49-year-old has been sacked and leaves the Dutch side second from bottom in the Eredivisie

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Fenerbahce have a perfect record to start the season:

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲:
9 games, 9 wins

𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹. 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀):
8 games, 8 wins

:100:

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Unbeaten teams left in Europe’s top 10 leagues :partying_face:

:white_small_square: Tottenham
:white_small_square: Arsenal
:white_small_square: Barcelona
:white_small_square: Leverkusen
:white_small_square: Bayern
:white_small_square: Dortmund
:white_small_square: Fenerbahçe
:white_small_square: Galatasaray
:white_small_square: PSV
:white_small_square: AZ Alkmaar
:white_small_square: Feyenoord
:white_small_square: Celtic
:white_small_square: Nice
:white_small_square: Sporting

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1-10 - Which players have been involved in the most open play shot-ending sequences per 90 minutes across Europe’s big five leagues this season? Production.

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Four players in Europe’s big-five divisions have registered 10+ shots on target, created 10+ chances, made 10+ tackles and completed 10+ take-ons in the league this season:

◉ Jude Bellingham
◉ James Maddison
◉ Abdoulaye Doucouré
◉ Isco

Complete packages. :package:

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:memo: 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘: Sadio Mané is the new owner of French National 2 (fourth-tier) side Bourges Foot 18.

He has bought a majority stake in the club and it was officially announced by the local council today.

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