⚽ General Football News - 2020-21 Season Open Thread

Iñaki Williams has now played in 184 consecutive LaLiga games, last missing a game in April 2016.

𝐎𝐍𝐄-𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐃-𝐀𝐍𝐃-𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐘-𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑. :exploding_head:

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Athletic’s Iñaki Williams has equaled Andoni Zubizarreta as the third player with the most consecutive LaLiga games (184).

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The all-time record is 202 games. :battery:

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Europe’s top scorers as it stands :medal_sports:

:poland: Robert Lewandowski (32)
:portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo (23)
:argentina: Lionel Messi (19)
:portugal: Andre Silva (19)
:norway: Erling Haaland (19)
:belgium: Romelu Lukaku (19)
:fr: Kylian Mbappe (18)

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OFFICIAL: 16-year old Youssoufa Moukoko has been called up to Germany’s U21 squad for their upcoming international games.

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:rotating_light: Zlatan Ibrahimovic is named in Sweden’s international squad.

The 39-year-old had retired from international football in 2016 :rotating_light:

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:bar_chart: Longest current unbeaten streaks by league

:portugal: Sporting CP - 23
:es: Barcelona - 17
:netherlands: Ajax - 14
:belgium: Club Bruges - 12
:it: Inter - 11
:fr: Lille - 11
:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea - 10
:ru: Khimki - 9
:de: RB Leipzig - 7
:tr: Besiktas / Sivasspor - 7

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Active footballers with 500 or more career goals:

:portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo: 770
:argentina: Lionel Messi: 732
:sweden: Zlatan Ibrahimovic: 546
:poland: Robert Lewandowski: 516
:uruguay: Luis Suarez: 500

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𝐌ost goals
𝐌ost assists
𝐌ost trophies
𝐌ost appearances

Lionel 𝐌essi has now played more games for Barcelona than any other player in the club’s history, breaking Xavi’s record.

768 not out.

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𝟒𝟔𝟕 𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐋𝐒

Lionel Messi breaks the record for most goals in a single European leagu :ox:

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This weekend :drooling_face:

Lewandowski :soccer::soccer::soccer:
Messi :soccer::soccer:
Mbappe :soccer::soccer:
Haaland :soccer::soccer:
Benzema :soccer::soccer:
Iheanacho :soccer::soccer:
Dest :soccer::soccer:
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RUMOUR: Xabi Alonso looks set to become the new Borussia Mönchengladbach manager at the end of the season, according to various sources :handshake::de:

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:fire:The most in-form players in Europe’s top 5 leagues heading into the international break

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Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting was ready for Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers :cameroon:

One problem: Cameroon sent the call-up email to themselves instead of the player 🤦

Now he’ll miss the entire international break :cry: [Bild]

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The men’s FIFA World Rankings top 10 going into the international break :earth_africa:

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Barcelona have been named best club of the decade, according to IFFHS :trophy:

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:bar_chart: Highest conversion rates in Europe’s top five leagues

:de: Bayern - 17.7%
:fr: Monaco - 15.7%
:it: Inter - 15.3%
:es: Atletico - 15.1%
:fr: PSG - 15%
:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham - 15%
:es: Barcelona - 14.7%
:de: Frankfurt - 14.5%
:it: Atalanta - 14.3%
:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Everton - 14.3%

:clap: Bayern = streaks ahead

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:chart_with_upwards_trend: Top rated players aged 21 and under in 2021 (Europe’s top five leagues)

:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 J. Sancho - 8.15
:fr: A. Tchouameni - 7.75
:sweden: A. Isak - 7.64
:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 P. Foden - 7.53
:norway: E. Haaland - 7.47
:fr: M. Lacroix - 7.25
:congo_kinshasa: S. Wamangituka - 7.21
:fr: A. Gouiri - 7.19
:brazil: M. Cunha - 7.13
:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 B. Saka - 7.12

(Whoscored)

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:sunglasses: Teams yet to commit an error leading to an opposition goal in Europe’s top 5 leagues this season

:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West Ham
:es: Getafe
:it: Cagliari
:de: RB Leipzig
:fr: Lille

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