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

Never forget that Luis Suárez won TWO career European Golden Boots during Ronaldo and Messi’s dominance :flushed:

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:rotating_light: Scotland are hoping to persuade Anthony Gordon to switch international allegiances from England after his latest snub from the senior squad. :england:👉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

(Source: Daily Record)
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Scott McTominay Scotland goals from 2018-2022: 1

Scott McTominay Scotland goals in 2023: 7

:man_shrugging:

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𝟏𝟕’, 𝟐𝟐’, 𝟒𝟖’, 𝟔𝟗’

FOUR goals for Mo Salah against Djibouti :rocket:

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Lamine Yamal scored his second goal in three games since joining Spain’s senior squad.

𝟏𝟔 years old :star2:

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For the first time since 09 October 2015 and just the second time in history, Argentina and Brazil have both lost a World Cup qualifier on the same day.

Darwin: :soccer:
Luis Díaz: :soccer::soccer:

The Liverpool lads handing out the Ls.


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Uruguay have beaten Brazil and Argentina in the same calendar year for the first time since 1960.

◉ 2-0 vs. :brazil:
◉ 0-2 vs. :argentina:

Marcelo Bielsa masterclasses. :bucket:

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Uruguay ends Argentina’s longest unbeaten run in FIFA World Cup Qualifying history (25 games) :x:

It’s also the first game that Lionel Messi started for Argentina in which he did not score since last November :open_mouth:

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Lionel Messi is presented with a plaque in honor of winning his eighth Ballon d’Or ahead of Argentina vs. Uruguay :goat::trophy:

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:rotating_light: Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco is set to become a major FIFA sponsor! :saudi_arabia::money_mouth_face:

The deal could be worth around £84m-a-year, making it FIFA’s biggest sponsor. :dollar:

(Source: @martynziegler)

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For the first time since 2015 and just the second time ever, Brazil and Argentina have lost World Cup qualifiers on the same day :astonished:

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Pelé: 16 years and 257 days
Edu: 16 years and 303 days
Coutinho: 17 years and 28 days
𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤: 𝟏𝟕 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟏𝟖 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬

Endrick became the fourth-youngest player to debut for Brazil men’s national team :brazil:

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Scott McTominay has stepped up :fire:

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Uruguay ends Argentina’s longest unbeaten run in FIFA World Cup Qualifying history (25 games) :x:

It’s also the first game that Lionel Messi started for Argentina in which he did not score since last November :open_mouth:.

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:rotating_light::star: Erling Haaland wins Golden Player Man Award at Golden Boy 2023.

Voted by Board of Legends including Matthäus, Stoichkov, Shevchenko, Verón, Nedved, Fabregas.

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:rotating_light::star: Brighton president Tony Bloom wins the Best European President Award at Golden Boy 2023 voted by Board of Legends.
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:rotating_light::star: Arsenal director Edu Gaspar wins the Best European Director Award at the Golden Boy 2023 — voted by Board of Legends.

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:rotating_light: 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: The final nominees for the African Player of the Year award:

:nigeria: Victor Osimhen
:senegal: Sadio Mané
:algeria: Riyad Mahrez
:cameroon: Vincent Aboubakar
:cameroon: Zambo Anguissa
:egypt: Mohamed Salah
:morocco: Achraf Hakimi
:morocco: Sofyan Amrabat
:morocco: Yassine Bounou
:morocco: Youssef En-Nesyri

Who should win?

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:rotating_light: 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Qualified for EURO 2024 (13/24):

:de: Germany (hosts)
:portugal: Portugal
:fr: France
:belgium: Belgium
:tr: Turkey
:es: Spain
:scotland: Scotland
:austria: Austria
:england: England
:hungary: Hungary
:slovakia: Slovakia
:albania: Albania
:denmark: Denmark :new:

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17 years, 8 months, 10 days

Warren Zaïre-Emery starts vs. Gibraltar and becomes the youngest men’s player to debut for France in the last century :fr:

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