⚽ General Football News - 2020-21 Season Open Thread

The Footballing World paid tribute to Allison Becker’s Father, Jose who died Wednesday at age 57 :pray:

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Most goals in Europe’s top five leagues this year:

Lionel Messi - 13
Robert Lewandowski - 12
Erling Haaland - 10

Not bad for somebody who is ‘not at his best’ :frog::coffee:

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Pepe was still sleeping the same bed as him mom at the age of 17 :sweat_smile:

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Messi and Ronaldo each have 19 league goals this season.

These two greats continue to match each other week in and week out :muscle:

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A post was split to a new topic: :rotating_light: Josep Maria Bartomeu has been arrested by Catalan police

On this day in 2006, Lionel Messi scored his first-ever goal for Argentina :argentina:

15 years later he’s their record goalscorer with 71 goals in 142 games :crown:

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Nelson Semedo says he never saw Messi practice a free kick :exploding_head:

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Only one player from Europe’s top-five leagues has scored 20 or more goals in each of the last 12 seasons: Cristiano Ronaldo

09-10: :two::six:
10-11: :four::zero:
11-12: :four::six:
12-13: :three::four:
13-14: :three::one:
14-15: :four::eight:
15-16: :three::five:
16-17: :two::five:
17-18: :two::six:
18-19: :two::one:
19-20: :three::one:
20-21: :two::zero:

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Real Madrid are doing everything they can to sign Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund this summer, according to Cadena SER :eyes:

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:one::eight: Barcelona 2005-06
:two::one: Man City 2020-21*
:two::two: Real Madrid 2014-15
:two::three: Bayern Munich 2019-20

The longest winning runs in Europe’s top five leagues :fire:

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OFFICIAL: The second leg of Liverpool vs. RB Leipzig in the UCL will be played in Budapest

The tie will continue with the away goals rule despite both games being played in the same stadium :thinking:

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:trophy: Celtic (11/12)
:trophy: Celtic (12/13)
:trophy: Celtic (13/14)
:trophy: Celtic (14/15)
:trophy: Celtic (15/16)
:trophy: Celtic (16/17)
:trophy: Celtic (17/18)
:trophy: Celtic (18/19)
:trophy: Celtic (19/20)
:question: Rangers (20/21)

Rangers are on the verge of ending Celtic’s nine-year hold on the SPL title. :scream:

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Most chances created in Europe’s top five leagues in 2021 so far:

◎ Jadon Sancho
◎ Filip Kostić
◉ Luke Shaw

The Premier League’s top creator is Man Utd’s left-back.

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Erling Haaland’s stats for club & country since the start of the 2019-20 season:

◎ 74 games
◉ 77 goals (!!!)
◉ 8 hat-tricks

The poster boy for Norway’s Golden Generation. :norway:

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:bar_chart: Following Man City’s defeat in the derby yesterday, the longest current unbeaten streaks in Europe’s top five leagues…

:1st_place_medal: Barcelona - 16
:2nd_place_medal: Lille - 10
:3rd_place_medal: Inter - 9

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OFFICIAL: Germany have confirmed Joachim Löw will step down as national team head coach after the Euros.

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Joachim Löw’s record as Germany manager:

◎ 189 games
◎ 120 wins
◎ 38 draws
◎ 31 defeats
◎ 63% win rate

And a World Cup winner in 2014.

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Mark Noble has confirmed that the 2021/22 season will be his last…

:date: 17 seasons
:tshirt: 520 appearances
:soccer: 60 goals

Mr West Ham :hammer_and_pick:

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:black_small_square: 2014 World Cup winner

:black_small_square: 2017 Confederations Cup winner

:black_small_square: 120-37-31 record

:black_small_square: Record 188 games managed for Germany

:black_small_square: 3 finals and 6 semifinals in 7 international tournaments

:black_small_square: That 7-1 win vs. Brazil

Joachim Low has had an incredible 15 years as Germany manager :clap:

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Yup- What a remarkable journey! :clap: :clap:

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