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

Michy Batshuayi didn’t have a league start or a league goal for Fenerbahçe all season.

He started against Kayserispor on Wednesday:

:soccer:—40’
:soccer:—50’
:soccer:—79’

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This time last year, Buenos Aires was having a PARTY :partying_face:

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Djordje Petrovic had saved five penalties in 48 matches with the New England Revolution.

No surprise he came up big for Chelsea in the shootout vs. Newcastle :gloves:

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The FIFA Club World Cup final is set :crossed_swords:

Manchester City will face Fluminense this Friday

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The United States Soccer Federation announced it has ruled against allowing Major League Soccer to remove its first teams from the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and replace them with teams from its developmental league, MLS Next Pro.

More: U.S. Soccer rules MLS teams must participate in '24 Open Cup - ESPN

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One year ago today, an estimated 4 MILLION people filled the streets of Buenos Aires for Argentina’s World Cup champions parade :exploding_head::argentina:

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Atletico Madrid and Aston Villa are the only two teams in Europe’s top five leagues with a 100% home record this season :chart_with_upwards_trend::handshake:

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Kylian Mbappé grew up idolizing Cristiano Ronaldo.

He’s played against his idol for club and country, and Ronaldo’s children are now wearing Mbappé’s jersey.

What dreams are made of :heart:

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Never forget when Budweiser sent out 644 personalized beers to the 160 different goalkeepers Lionel Messi had scored against, to celebrate his record 644 goals for Barcelona.

Some had several crates delivered :beers:

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When Argentina won the World Cup last year, Lionel Messi was invited to “eternalize” his mark at Brazil’s famous Maracana by leaving his footprints in the iconic stadium’s Hall of Fame :open_mouth:

Respect :clap:

(via Reuters)

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Man City and Girona, both owned by City Football Group, are at risk of not being able to play in the Champions League at the same time if both teams qualify for next season’s competition under current UEFA rules :open_mouth:

Red Bull-owned clubs FC Salzburg and RB Leipzig found a way around the legal wording of the rule, however, which CFG could take optimism from despite the cases being different.

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:date: On this day, 25 years ago, Zinedine Zidane won the Ballon d’Or. :1st_place_medal:

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On this day in 2018, Real Madrid won their third-straight Club World Cup and became the first club to win four. Last year, they added another :trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy:

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Spanish managers are flying high in Europe’s top leagues this season :top::es:

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It’s 11 years since Messi scored his 91st goal in a calendar year.

For reference Ronaldo and Lewandowski’s most goals in a single year is 69.

Out of this world :goat:

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Christmas day, 2005: Manchester United signed Nemanja Vidić

Premier League: :trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy:
Champions League: :trophy:
League Cup: :trophy::trophy::trophy:
Club World Cup: :trophy:
Community Shield: :trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy:

The gift that kept giving :gift:

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109 years ago today, English and German soldiers stopped fighting in WWI to have a game of football on ‘No Man’s Land’ on Christmas Day :handshake:

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It’s been six years since Lionel Messi registered an assist against Real Madrid without wearing a boot :goat:

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On this day in 2017, Liverpool signed Virgil van Dijk. Since then, he’s won it all:

:black_small_square: Premier League
:black_small_square: Champions League
:black_small_square: FA Cup
:black_small_square: EFL Cup
:black_small_square: Community Shield
:black_small_square: UEFA Super Cup
:black_small_square: Club World Cup
:black_small_square: PFA Players’ POTY
:black_small_square: UEFA Men’s POTY
:black_small_square: Premier League POTS

Worth it :star2:

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Alphonso Davies framed the shirt he got from Lionel Messi after Bayern Munich vs. PSG in the Champions League last season :goat:

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