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

May 1st, 2005: Messi scores his first goal for Barcelona :white_check_mark:

May 1st, 2019: Messi scores his 600th goal for Barcelona :white_check_mark:

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May is going to be fun :popcorn::trophy:

:black_small_square: Premier League title race
:black_small_square: Champions League semifinals
:black_small_square: UWCL final
:black_small_square: FA Cup final
:black_small_square: WSL title race
:black_small_square: FA Women’s Cup final
:black_small_square: Europa League final
:black_small_square: Conference League final
:black_small_square: DFB Pokal final
:black_small_square: Coppa Italia final
:black_small_square: Coupe de France final

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It’s been 19 years since Leo Messi scored the first of his 672 Barcelona goals :crown:

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Leo Messi (19) and Luis Suarez (15) currently lead the league with the most goal contributions :chart_with_upwards_trend:

Still shining together :pleading_face:

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Party time in Eindhoven after PSV win their 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 Eredivisie title :trophy:

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15 years ago today, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace at the Emirates to help Manchester United ruin Arsenal’s Champions League hopes in the semifinal :face_exhaling:

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It’s been 15 years since Andrés Iniesta stunned Stamford Bridge in one of the most dramatic UCL semifinals :scream:

His 93rd-minute goal sent Barça to the 2009 final on away goals.

But the match wasn’t without controversy as Chelsea had four penalty appeals waved off.

The infamous night ended with Drogba addressing the camera: “Are you watching this? … It’s a f–king disgrace!”

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It’s been nine years since Leo Messi made Jérôme Boateng touch earth…

and the memes followed :skull:

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Five years ago Liverpool trailed Barcelona 3-0 on aggregate. And then they didn’t :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:

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It’s been 11 years since legendary Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson retired.

Since:

:black_small_square: David Moyes :x:
:black_small_square: Louis van Gaal :x:
:black_small_square: José Mourinho :x:
:black_small_square: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer :x:
:black_small_square: Ralf Rangnick :x:
:black_small_square: Erik ten Hag :grimacing:

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PSG spent $1.2 billion on Mbappé, Neymar and Messi with zero UCLs to show for it :no_entry_sign:

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Five years since Lucas Moura went nuclear and scored a second-half hat trick in Spurs’ comeback against Ajax :scream:

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34-year-old Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has had a season to remember :clap::arrow_down:

—38 G/A
—27 goals
—11 assists
—Europa League top scorer (10)
—Became all-time UEL scorer (34)
—Leads Marseille in goals & assists this season

Incredible.

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Two years ago, Manchester City announced the signing of Erling Haaland :writing_hand:

:white_small_square: 88 goals in 94 games
:white_small_square: Nine hat tricks
:white_small_square: A historic treble
:white_small_square: The Golden Boot
:white_small_square: The Premier League and an FA Cup final still to play for

:robot:

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Neymar was left out of Brazil’s roster announcement for this summer’s Copa America 2024 :sweat:

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48 goals, 20 assists, and one Serie A trophy.

37-year-old Olivier Giroud left his mark in Milan :champagne:

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12 years ago and it’s still unbelievable: 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒…𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖…
𝐀𝐠𝐮̈𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨 :exploding_head:

And it was Balotelli’s only Premier League assist :sweat_smile:

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Bologna will be playing Champions League football, nearly 60 years since they last played in the European Cup. Thiago Motta is making history in Serie A :clap:

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Arsenal’s 2003-04 Premier League ‘Invincibles’ season:

:white_small_square: 38 played, 26 wins, 12 draws, 0 losses
:white_small_square: 68.5% win percentage

Bayer Leverkusen this season in the Bundesliga:

:white_small_square: 33 played, 27 wins, 6 draws, 0 losses
:white_small_square: 82% win percentage

Wild :open_mouth:

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:rotating_light: France Football are considering retrospectively awarding the 2020 Ballon d’Or to Robert Lewandowski.

:writing_hand: @sport

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