⚽ General Football News 2021-22 Season- Open Thread

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Hackney Marshes is the world’s biggest Sunday league venue. It’s massive! :open_mouth:


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Belgium top the men’s FIFA World Rankings for the fourth year in a row :belgium:

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When Cristiano Ronaldo was 12 Years old, his teacher told him football will get you nothing to eat.

In 2020 Cristiano Ronaldo became the first ever footballer to earn 1 billion in his career.

Never give up on your dreams. :clap:

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Canada’s 2021 is one for the history books :chart_with_upwards_trend::fire:

(h/t plattoli)

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Only three teams have failed to win La Liga in the last nine years after leading at Christmas :trophy:

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One year ago today, Thomas Tuchel was sacked by PSG. He was picked up by Chelsea a month later:

:black_small_square: Took a ninth-place Chelsea team and finished fourth
:black_small_square: Led them to an FA Cup final
:black_small_square: Won the Champions League
:black_small_square: Won the UEFA Super Cup

:frog::coffee:

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N’Golo Kante has been winning trophies in blue since day one :blue_heart::muscle:

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MERRY CHRISTMAS! :christmas_tree::camera_flash:

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107 years ago today, English and German soldiers stopped fighting in WWI to have a game of football on ‘No Man’s Land’ on Christmas Day :handshake:

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Trent could never play for Man United :sweat_smile:

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What a year for Thomas Tuchel :clap:

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Philipp Lahm :bar_chart:

:stadium: Career games: 652

:red_square: Red cards: 0 :exploding_head:

Respect. :fist:

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In 2013, Salzburg player Jonathan Soriano missed the first half of the match to attend his daughter’s birth.

He arrived in time for the second half and scored a hat-trick. :soccer:

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Never forget when Sergio Aguero left Manchester City, he purchased a Hublot or Tag Heuer watch for every member of staff, at the club’s first-team building.

Each was engraved with the words “Gracias! Kun Aguero”.

He also gave his Range Rover to a raffle prize winner from the City staff.

What a Legend. :blue_heart:

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧.

Robert Lewandowski - 19 :soccer:

Dusan Vlahovic - 16 :soccer:

Patrik Schick - 16 :soccer:

Mohamed Salah - 15 :soccer:

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Forget the Ballon d’Or.

Robert Lewandowski is named 2021 TikTok Fans Player of the Year :crazy_face:

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Salah misses for Reds from penalty spot for the 1st time in more than 4 years

Deadly Mohamed Salah suffered penalty despair as Leicester held Liverpool in the first half of their Premier League clash on Tuesday – with goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel the hero as the Reds’ long run of perfect penalties abruptly ended.

Inspired Schmeichel stopped Salah’s spot kick after 15 minutes at the King Power Stadium, watched with relief as the runaway top scorer in the top flight headed the rebound against the crossbar and then produced another astonishing save to thwart the striker again just after the half-hour mark.

Former hotshot Alan Shearer felt Salah’s pain as he watched the prolific hitman fail from 12 yards for the first time since 28 October 2017, when he misfired during a 3-0 home win over Huddersfield.

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De Gea issues rallying cry after Man Utd’s disappointing Newcastle draw

David de Gea has issued a rallying cry to his Manchester United team-mates, urging them to do better after Monday night’s disappointing draw at Newcastle United.

The Red Devils were held to a 1-1 affair at St. James’ Park - but in truth were fortunate to leave the north east with a point.

De Gea had to be at his best to deny Newcastle victory - a result that sees United’s hopes of a top-four finish out of their hands.
The Red Devils sit seventh in the Premier League table - seven points behind fourth-placed Arsenal, although they do have two games in hand.
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s statue unveiled in Goa

A statue of Cristiano Ronaldo has been unveiled in Calangute, Goa to promote football and inspire more youth in taking up the sport. The weight of the statue is around 410 kgs.

The Manchester United player is immensely popular in the state as Goa is one of the bastions of Portuguese support in India.

"This is for the first time that the statue of Cristiano Ronaldo has come up in India. This is nothing but to inspire our youth. If you want to take football to another level then this is what young boys and girls will look forward to, taking selfies and looking at the statue and getting inspired to play,” Goa minister Michael Lobo told ANI.

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