⚽ General Football News 2021-22 Season- Open Thread

In 1992, when Marcelo Bielsa was manager of Newell’s, the club lost 6-0 and angry fans turned up outside his house.

He came to the front door in his pyjamas, with a GRENADE in his hand, and threatened to pull the pin if they didn’t leave :joy:

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Dušan Tadić in 2021:

:stadium: 61 games
:a: 35 assists
:soccer: 18 goals
:fire: 53 G/A

Put some respect on his name!

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Man City, PSG, Inter Milan, Bayern and Real Madrid are top of their leagues going into Christmas :confetti_ball:

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In 2021 in the European Top 5 leagues, NO midfielder:

  • has more goals than Bruno Fernandes.
  • has more Non-penalty goals than Bruno Fernandes.
  • has more assists than Bruno Fernandes.
  • has more BIG chances created than Bruno Fernandes.

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33 Serie A goals this year.

21 years old.

Huge 2022 pending for Dusan Vlahovic :hourglass_flowing_sand:

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Kylian Mbappe - Striker by day, Santa by night :christmas_tree:
:joy::joy::joy::joy::joy:

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FIFA 2021 world rankings revealed: Belgium top for the fourth consecutive year.

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Bernardo Silva knew Kylian Mbappe was different when he was just 16 years old at Monaco :eyes:

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Most through balls in Europe’s top five leagues this season:

◉ Bruno Fernandes
◎ Manu Trigueros
◎ Martin Ødegaard
◎ Rúben Neves
◎ Trent Alexander-Arnold
◎ João Cancelo

Plenty of Premier League players. :face_with_monocle:

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Dusan Tadic came so close to matching Lionel Messi’s record for most assists in a calendar year :dart:

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Thomas Müller has provided at least four more assists than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues so far this season.

Assist machine. :robot:

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The Men’s FIFA World Rankings top 10 :point_down:

1 - Belgium :belgium:
2 - Brazil :brazil:
3 - France :fr:
4 - England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
5 - Argentina :argentina:
6 - Italy :it:
7 - Spain :es:
8 - Portugal :portugal:
9 - Denmark :denmark:
10 - Netherlands :netherlands:

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:no_entry: Most clean sheets in 2021 in Europe’s top 5 leagues:

:1st_place_medal: Man City - 30
:2nd_place_medal: Chelsea - 27
:3rd_place_medal: Sevilla - 26

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Hakim Ziyech has been left out of Morocco’s squad for the Africa Cup of Nations :x:

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Ajax have scored 56 and conceded 4 goals in the Eredivisie this season.

Somehow they’re only second at the winter break :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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Four years ago today, Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-0 at the Bernabeu.

It gave us these two iconic El Clásico photos :camera_flash:

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Jonathan David’s mother Rose died in December two years ago.

After scoring an 84th-minute winner for Lille on Wednesday, he received a pink rose from the sidelines and held it up to pay tribute :heart:

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Top of the table at Christmas :christmas_tree:




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Messi’s start this season is not up to typical Messi standards :thinking:

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2021 was a vintage year for Karim Benzema…

:soccer: 46 goals
:a: 14 assists
:top: Real Madrid top of La Liga
:trophy: UEFA Nations League

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