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

Harry Kane and Erling Haaland each have exactly 48 goals and 11 assists in all competitions for club and country this season :handshake:

Kane has played in six fewer matches :eyes:

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:white_check_mark: 15 goals
:white_check_mark: 8 games

Harry Kane has scored in EIGHT straight games across all competitions for club and country for the first time in his career :chart_with_upwards_trend::clap:

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It’s an interesting season, but I miss the unpredictability.

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Warren Zaïre-Emery scores on his debut to become the youngest France scorer in over a century :dizzy:

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Julien Nagelsmann started Kai Havertz at left back vs. Turkey. He scored five minutes into the match :man_shrugging:

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Sporting honored Cristiano Ronaldo with their CR7 third shirt before Portugal’s match at their stadium :portugal::house:

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Romelu Lukaku has FOUR goals in 37 minutes :exploding_head:

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Ferenc Puskas are the only European men to have scored more goals than Romelu Lukaku in senior international football history :exploding_head:

Lukaku’s 14 goals in EURO 2024 qualifiers are also the most in EURO qualifying history :open_mouth:

UNREAL :clap:

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On this day, exactly one year ago, the 2022 World Cup began, one of the best editions in the recent history of the competition. :star_struck:

Enner Valencia’s Ecuador beat Qatar 2-0 in the opening match. :ecuador:

The rest is history. :sparkles:



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Didier Deschamps told his players they “could smash” the 10-0 victory record with his side leading Gibraltar 7-0 at halftime :eyes:

France went on to score seven more goals to break the record with a 14-0 win :flushed:

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:rotating_light: Tottenham and Chelsea hold an ongoing interest in Fulham target Antonio Nusa, the 18-year-old, who is impressing at Club Brugge.

(Source: Football Insider)

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:rotating_light: Barcelona will make a move to sign Martin Zubimendi, who has been linked with Arsenal, from Real Sociedad next summer.

(Source: @Sport)

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:soccer: Most goal contributions in #EURO2024 qualifying:

:1st_place_medal: Romelu Lukaku - 15 (14G 1A)
:2nd_place_medal: Kylian Mbappe - 13 (9G 4A)
:2nd_place_medal: Bruno Fernandes - 13 (6G 7A)
:3rd_place_medal: Cristiano Ronaldo - 12 (10G 2A)
:medal_sports: Harry Kane - 10 (8G 2A)

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:portugal: Bruno Fernandes in #EURO2024 qualifying:

:a: Most assists - 7
:gift: Most big chances created - 11
:closed_lock_with_key: Most key passes - 37
:eyes: Most accurate through balls - 7
:fast_forward: Most penalty area entries - 107
:star: Most Player of the Match awards - 5
:fire: Joint-highest rated player - 8.31

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EURO 2021 :trophy::x:
2022 World Cup :trophy::x:
EURO 2024 :trophy::x:

Erling Haaland has failed to qualify for a major tournament with Norway since his international debut. :norway:

Do you think we’ll ever see him at a World Cup or EUROs? :face_with_monocle:

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10 wins in 10 games.

Portugal finish their Euro qualifying with a perfect record :100:

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CONMEBOL have announced that the opening match of Copa America 2024 will be held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and the final will be held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.

CAN’T WAIT :star_struck:

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Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” jersey from the 1986 World Cup has sold for a world-record price of $9.28 million at an auction at Sotheby’s in London :exploding_head:

The final price surpassed the previous records for a match-worn jersey ($5.64 million for Babe Ruth’s 1928-1930 New York Yankees jersey) and for a sports memorabilia piece ($8.8 million for the original hand-drawn Olympic manifesto) :moneybag:

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:argentina: Lionel Messi holds the record for most assists in the history of football (361).

Incredible! :goat::fire:

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OFFICIAL: 20/24 teams have qualified for #EURO2024

:de: Germany
:belgium: Belgium
:fr: France
:portugal: Portugal
:scotland: Scotland
:es: Spain
:tr: Turkey
:austria: Austria
:england: England
:hungary: Hungary
:slovakia: Slovakia
:albania: Albania
:denmark: Denmark
:netherlands: Netherlands
:romania: Romania
:switzerland: Switzerland
:serbia: Serbia
:czech_republic: Czechia
:it: Italy
:slovenia: Slovenia

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