⚽ General Football News 2021-22 Season- Open Thread

We’ll start - Mario Balotelli is the only Italian player to ever win the Premier League :trophy:

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The Golden Boot races are heating up in Europe :fire:





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A reminder that Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane have never been eliminated from the Champions League together :flushed:

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UEFA released their latest league coefficients for the 21/22 season and here are the top 5 :earth_africa:

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Neymar is the most fouled player in Europe’s top leagues, according to a survey by BeSoccer Pro :eyes:

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11 posts were merged into an existing topic: :earth_africa: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has shook the sporting world

Nobody can keep up with N’Golo Kante :sweat_smile:

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Three players have scored 10+ goals and provided 10+ assists in a top-five European league this season:

◎ Mohamed Salah
◉ 19 goals
◉ 10 assists

◎ Domenico Berardi
◉ 10 goals
◉ 11 assists

◎ Kylian Mbappé
◉ 14 goals
◉ 10 assists

Triple Double-Double.

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Franck Ribery taken to hospital after being involved in car crash

Salernitana winger Franck Ribery suffered a minor head injury after being involved in a car crash, and he will remain sidelined for a few days as a precaution.

The incident took place in the early hours of Sunday morning, when the car crashed into a traffic light in the town of Laura di Capaccio Paestum in the province of Salerno, Italy.

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New year, new Barcelona :eyes:

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Manchester United paid Ole Gunnar Solskjaer £7.5m after sacking him

Manchester United revealed on Tuesday that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his backroom staff were paid £9million in compensation - as the club stepped up its search for a new permanent manager.

United announced that overall revenue for the second financial quarter ending December 31, 2021 was up 7.3 per cent on the same period last year.

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Balotelli believes he has the same quality as Messi and Ronaldo :eyes:

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Man United are exploring short-term managerial options with Carlo Ancelotti identified as a potential candidate, sources have told @RobDawsonESPN :eyes:

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Virgil van Dijk has made a large donation to help fund the travel of the Netherlands’ deaf football team, allowing them to compete at the Deaflympics in May :clap:

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:bell:Lionel Messi in 2010 :

:soccer: Most Goals (60)
:a: 2nd Most Assists (26)
:star2: Most Goals+Assists (86)

:ceuta_and_melilla: Spanish La Liga
:crossed_swords: Spanish Supercup

◉ Ballon d’Or
◉ Golden Boot
◉ UCL Top scorer
◉ Trofeo EFE award
◉ La Liga Best player
◉ La Liga Best forward
◉ La Liga Pichichi trophy
◉ La Liga Best foreign player
◉ EL País Best European player
◉ Argentine player of the year
◉ FourFourTwo Best player
#AnearstBalladUpdates🔷️
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It’s 3/3 :tophat:

:goat:’s historic hat trick numbers:
Most hat tricks in La Liga: Messi (36)
Most hat tricks in men’s international football: Ronaldo (10)
Most hat tricks in the Champions League: Messi and Ronaldo tied with 8
Most hat tricks by an active men’s player: Ronaldo (58)

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Jesse Marsch knows it’s football, not soccer :sweat_smile:

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March is full of blockbuster football :heart_eyes:

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OFFICIAL: Ruben Dias will be out for 4-6 weeks with a hamstring injury

Manchester City have been dealt a title blow with Ruben Dias facing up to six weeks out – starting with Sunday’s derby against Manchester United.

Dias sustained a hamstring injury during Tuesday’s FA Cup victory at Peterborough United and City’s fears were confirmed after tests at the club’s training base.

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When Erling Haaland scored NINE goals in an U20’s World Cup match :exploding_head:

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