⚽ General Football News - 2020-21 Season Open Thread

Yeah! I think that’s bound to happen!

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:bar_chart: Most touches in the opposition box per game - Europe’s top five leagues

1 K. Mbappe - 11.75
2 Z. Ibrahimovic - 10.5
3 M. Salah - 9.6
4 C. Ronaldo - 9.2
5 J. Grealish - 8.9
6 R. Sterling - 7.6
7 S. Gnabry - 7.4
8 S. Mane - 7.3
9 Richarlison - 7.3
10 K. Benzema - 7.3

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No goalkeeper in Europe’s top five leagues has kept more clean sheets than Jan Oblak so far this season:

⬡ 9 games
⬢ 7 clean sheets
⬡ 2 goals conceded (!!!)

The 93.6% save percentage is pretty good, too. :octopus:

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Zlatan Ibrahimović is the only player in Champions League history to score for 6 different clubs in the competition:

:netherlands: Ajax (6 goals)
:it: Juventus (3 goals)
:it: Inter (6 goals)
:es: Barcelona (4 goals)
:it: Milan (9 goals)
:fr: PSG (20 goals)

But he’s never won it. :grimacing:

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:rotating_light: BREAKING: Quincy Promes has been arrested by the police due to a stabbing incident! He would have stabbed a family member which injured the victim heavily. This morning they brought Promes to jail where he will remain for 3 days. [via MikeVerweij]

F*cking hell… :flushed:

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League leaders in Europe’s top five leagues:

:es: Real Sociedad
:de: Bayer Leverkusen
:it: AC Milan
:fr: Lille
:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham

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CristianoRonaldo become the first player to reach 400 wins in the top-5 European League in 2000s. Lionel Messi is second in this ranking with 366 wins (Buffon third, 350).

A born Winner.

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None of the Defending Champions on the top! Good to see this shot! :star_struck: :muscle: :muscle:

Will be interesting to see how far these clubs can safeguard their top position! :sunglasses:

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I genuinely don’t see Bayern Leverkusen topping the bundesliga for long though, we all know Bayern Munich literally owns that league :sweat_smile:

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Patrice Evra to Sky Sports: “Thierry Henry, one day he invited me to his house to watch Arsenal. He turned on the TV, the first image he saw on the screen was Xhaka leading Arsenal. Thierry Henry turned off the TV. He said ‘I can’t watch my team & Xhaka being the captain.’”

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OFFICIAL: Europa League Draw in Full

:austria: Wolfsberger vs. Spurs :black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
:ukraine: Dynamo Kyiv vs. Club Brugge :belgium:
:es: Real Sociedad vs. Man Utd :black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
:portugal: Benfica vs. Arsenal :black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
:serbia: Crvena zvezda vs. AC Milan :it:
:belgium: Royal Antwerp vs. Rangers :black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
:czech_republic: Slavia Praha vs. Leicester :black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
:austria: Salzburg vs. Villarreal :es:
:portugal: Braga vs. Roma :it:
:ru: Krasnodar vs. Dinamo Zagreb :croatia:
:norway: Molde FK vs. Hoffenheim :de:
:es: Granada vs. Napoli :it:
:israel: Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Shakhtar Donetsk :ukraine:
:fr: Lille vs. Ajax :netherlands:
:greece: Olympiacos vs. PSV :netherlands:

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La Liga leader : Real Sociedad

Premier league leader : Tottenham

Bundesliga leader : Leverkusen

Serie A leader: Milan

Ligue 1 leader : Lille

The leaders of Europe’s top 5 leagues are all in the Europa league :flushed:

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Real Sociedad are currently top of La Liga and have scored more goals (23) than any other side in the division.

Could be tricky opponents for Manchester United :es:

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:white_check_mark: Granada
:white_check_mark: Real Sociedad
:white_check_mark: Villarreal
:white_check_mark: Atletico Madrid
:white_check_mark: Real Madrid
:white_check_mark: Sevilla
:white_check_mark: Barcelona

Spain is the only nation with every club who entered this season’s UEL and UCL still standing in the knockout stage :es:

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Best Defences in Europe’s Top 10 Leagues (Goals Per Game)

1⃣ Atlético Madrid :es: - 0.2
2⃣ Real Sociedad :es: - 0.42
3⃣ Sturm Graz :austria: - 0.55
4⃣ LASK :austria: - 0.6
5⃣ Ajax :netherlands: - 0.64
6⃣ Belenenses :portugal: - 0.66
=7⃣ PSG :fr: - 0.69
=7⃣ Lille :fr: - 0.69
=9⃣ PSV :netherlands: - 0.72
= 9 Vitesse :netherlands: - 0.72

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Ronaldo, Messi, and Maradona lead Ballon d’Or Dream Team XI]

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Paulo Dybala has been offered a new contract by Juventus, chairman Andrea Agnelli has confirmed :memo:

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France Football asked 140 journalists from around the world to vote for their all-time best XI…

The results are in.

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BREAKING: Former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier has died aged 73.


Former Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier has passed away at the age of 73. The French coach also enjoyed spells with PSG, Lyon and Aston Villa.

Houllier spent six years at Anfield, initially coming in as joint manager with Roy Evans. The former Les Bleus manager won six major honours with the Merseyside. club, including the treble of the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup during the 2000-01 season.

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Robert Lewandowski received the “Golden Player Award” by Tuttosport at the Golden Boy Awards ceremony.
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Lewandowski: “I"m very happy to have received the ‘Golden Player Award’. We had a fantastic and successful year with FC Bayern, and this award is now the reward for all the work we have put in”

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