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

Achraf Hakimi and members of the Moroccan national team have donated blood to aid victims of the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco this past Friday.

(via achrafhakimifoundation/IG)

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:serbia: A first half hat-trick for Aleksandar Mitrović (28) vs Lithuania!

:soccer: He also has 5 G+A in 3 league games for Al Hilal.

Underrated! :fire::sparkles:

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:nigeria: Victor Osimhen scores a Hat-trick for Nigeria against Sao Tome and Principe.

One of the best strikers in the World! :eagle::fire:

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:soccer: Argentina national team all-time top scorers:

:argentina: Lionel Messi: 104 goals
:argentina: Gabriel Batistuta: 56 goals
:argentina: Sergio Aguero: 41 goals
:argentina: Hernan Crespo: 35 goals
:argentina: Diego Maradona: 34 goals
:argentina: Gonzalo Higuain: 31 goals
:argentina: Angel Di Maria: 29 goals

:fire::fire::fire:

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:dart: Free kick goals in 2011:

:portugal: Ronaldo: 30
:argentina: Messi: 4

:dart: Free kick goals in 2023:

:portugal: Ronaldo: 60
:argentina: Messi: 65

WHAT. A. COMEBACK! :fire::muscle:t4:

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Victor Osimhen has scored more goals in 2023 AFCON qualifying than any other player (10):

:soccer: vs. Sierra Leone
:soccer::soccer::soccer::soccer: vs. São Tomé e Príncipe
◎ vs. Guinea-Bissau
◎ vs. Guinea-Bissau
:soccer::soccer: vs. Sierra Leone
:soccer::soccer::soccer: vs. São Tomé e Príncipe

Into double digits. :nigeria:

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A Marrakesh hotel owned by Cristiano Ronaldo is offering shelter to victims of the earthquake in Morocco :clap:

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:nigeria: Samuel Chukwueze:

:studio_microphone: “I’d prefer winning 1 World Cup over 3 Champions League’s!”

“Winning the World Cup for Nigeria… I wouldn’t sleep for a month, I would not even pick up my coach’s call!”

:writing_hand: @FansTribeHQ

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Rayan Cherki has completed more take-ons than any other player in Europe’s top seven leagues so far this season. :ballet_shoes:

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Luis Rubiales has announced he’s resigned as the president of RFEF and vice president of UEFA

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:argentina: Lionel Messi has scored more free kicks (5) in 2023 than Kylian Mbappé & Erling Haaland in their whole career combined. (0)

Not human! :alien:

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A hat trick of assists and a goal for Bruno Fernandes as Portugal defeat Luxembourg 9-0 :gift::gift::gift::soccer:

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Portugal score NINE goals for the first time in history to beat Luxembourg :flushed:

Their largest-ever margin of victory :clap:

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Jobe and Jude Bellingham each won the August Player of the Month awards for Sunderland and Real Madrid :trophy:

It’s a Bellingham thing :triumph:

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:dart: Teams with the highest pass success rate in Europe’s top 5 leagues:

:fr: PSG - 92.6%
:es: Barcelona - 90.9%
:england: Man City - 90.3%

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Bruno Fernandes’ last five games for Portugal:

:black_small_square: Four goals
:black_small_square: Five assists

:magic_wand::portugal:

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Only three sides have a 100% winning record in Euro 2024 qualification:

Scotland :scotland:
Portugal :portugal:
France :fr:

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For the first time in 15 years, neither Messi or Ronaldo are the highest rated player in the EA Sports football franchise :video_game:

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Six goals in his last six games for club and country.

Jude Bellingham can’t stop scoring :hotsprings:

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:white_check_mark: Youngest Spain player ever
:white_check_mark: Youngest Spain goalscorer ever
:white_check_mark: Youngest Spain starter ever

16-year-old Lamine Yamal starts vs. Cyprus and sets another record :sparkles:

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