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

THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE DRAW :star2:







12 Likes

Two-time World Cup winner and two-time U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year Julie Ertz announces she’s retiring from football :us:

11 Likes

OFFICIAL: Lamine Yamal has been called up to Spain’s senior national team at the age of 16 years and 50 days old.

If he plays against Georgia, he will break Gavi’s record as Spain’s youngest player by over a year. :exploding_head:

15 Likes

André Onana confirms he has come out of international retirement to rejoin Cameroon’s squad for their upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Burundi :cameroon:

13 Likes

Just 𝙨𝙞𝙭 teams from Europe’s top five leagues still have a perfect record in 2023-24:

Man City (4/4 wins)
Madrid (4/4 wins)
Inter (3/3 wins)
Milan (3/3 wins)
Bayern (3/3 wins)
Leverkusen (3/3 wins)

:100:

13 Likes

:soccer::dart: Two of the most beautiful assists in the World Cup history:

:white_check_mark: Lionel Messi’s assist to Molina against the Netherlands.

:white_check_mark: Lionel Messi’s assist to Alvarez against Croatia.

GOAT. :goat:

13 Likes

Adidas drop Leo Messi’s new World Cup-inspired boots ‘Las Estrellas’ :star::star::star:


13 Likes

According to the Daily Mail, Manchester United did not have permission to go public with Sancho‘s fight against mental health difficulties last season as Ten Hag went public with the winger’s condition.

In December 2022, the Man United boss revealed in a press conference that the 23-year-old would be unavailable for a period of time due to ‘physical and mental’ factors as the attacker battled injury.

Sources close to United insist Ten Hag, who did not specifically use the term ‘mental health’, believed he was being supportive of Sancho in the aforementioned comments and continued to speak supportively of the player during his absence.

Sancho and Ten Hag’s relationship has been thrust into the limelight again this week following the Dutchman’s comments after their clash with Arsenal. The United head coach stated that the player had been left out of the match-day squad because he had not trained well in the lead-up to the clash – a claim Sancho denied.

13 Likes

Monaco left-wing-back Caio Henrique has provided more league assists than any other player in Europe’s top seven divisions so far this season. :sparkles:

14 Likes

A post was merged into an existing topic: Who deserves to win the next Ballon d’Or? :trophy: Who are you sighting?

Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the only player to win the men’s PFA Player of the Year award and Ballon d’Or in the same year :trophy::trophy:

Will Erling Haaland become the second? :eyes:

13 Likes

Andre Onana, Aaron Ramsdale, Ederson and Emi Martinez have all been nominated for the Yachine Trophy :trophy::gloves:

12 Likes

For the first time since 2003, Cristiano Ronaldo has not been nominated for the Ballon d’Or :astonished:

13 Likes

Puma drop Neymar’s new signature boot ‘Instituto,’ inspired by a community center in his neighborhood where ‘underprivileged youth are supported through sports, education and healthcare’ :brazil:


13 Likes

Some of the best players to never win the Ballon d’Or :eyes::trophy:

13 Likes

Only three players in Europe’s top seven leagues have had 500+ touches so far this season:

◉ Milan Škriniar
◉ Frenkie de Jong
◉ Rodri

Metronomic. :control_knobs:

12 Likes

:star: No player has won more POTM awards in Euro 2024 qualifying than Scott McTominay (3)

image

13 Likes

:triangular_flag_on_post: Cristiano Ronaldo has been caught offside more times (8) than any other player in Euro 2024 qualifying

14 Likes

:foot: Kylian Mbappe has had at least eight more touches in the opposition box (43) than any other player in Euro 2024 qualifying

13 Likes

Alisson really was left off the 10-man shortlist for the Yashin trophy for best goalkeeper :open_mouth:

14 Likes