โšฝ General Football News 2021-22 Season- Open Thread

Salima Mukansanga is an inspiration :clap:

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This stat about Cristiano Ronaldo is mind-blowing :exploding_head:

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When Maldini and Cannavaro came up against Ronaldo Nazario.

One of the finest football photos ever taken :star_struck:

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James Rodriguez helped save the life of Ousmane Coulibaly after he suffered a cardiac arrest during a league game in Qatar.

The Colombian international ran over to adjust Ousmaneโ€™s head, allowing him to be able to breathe before medics rushed onto the scene to continue treatment.

Coulibaly is now in a stable condition in hospital :heart::raised_hands:

(via ousmanecoulibaly23/IG)

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Leo Messi says heโ€™s almost recovered from COVID-19.

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Name a better duo in world football right nowโ€ฆ weโ€™ll wait :earth_africa:

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Alphonso Davies has temporarily stopped training after being diagnosed with mild myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle.

Come back stronger, Phonzie! :pray::heart:

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๐†๐ž๐ง๐ค ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ž.

#GOALNews #GOALAfrica

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New Aston Villa signing Coutinho still wears a bracelet given to him by Messi

New Aston Villa signing Philippe Coutinhoโ€™s bid to return to his sensational best in the Premier League will be boosted by a distinctive red band that was given to him by Lionel Messi in 2019.

Ballon dโ€™Or winner Messi and former Liverpool Player of the Season Coutinho were friends during their time together at Barcelona, and the Paris Saint-Germain magician gave the Brazil playmaker the bracelet when the Premier Leagueโ€™s most expensive ever export struggled for form in 2019.

Messi had been handed the keepsake by journalist Rama Pantarotto after the deadly striker suffered an uncharacteristic penalty miss in a 2018 World Cup group stage game against Iceland.

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Arsenal have officially requested that their match against Tottenham on Sunday be postponed due to the lack of available first-team players.

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Cristiano Ronaldo could carry on playing until heโ€™s 42 :star_struck:

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:speaking_head:Heung-min Son : โ€œI want to meet Cristiano Ronaldo, I want to have a real conversation with him, I want to know how he works and some things about football.โ€

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Coutinho still wears the lucky red bracelet Lionel Messi gave him 3 years ago ๐Ÿฅฒ

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Leo Messi is the ONLY footballer in Major International Tournament HISTORY to be the:

โ€ข Player of the Tournament
โ€ข Top goalscorer
โ€ข Top assister
โ€ข Winning captain

In a single tournament (Copa America 2021) :goat:

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There is no fearโ€ โ€“ Benzema makes bold Madrid claim ahead of UCL clash with PSG

Real Madrid star Karim Benzema has made a bold claim ahead of Los Blancosโ€™ Champions League clash with Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).

La Liga leaders Real Madrid will face Ligue 1 table-toppers PSG in the Champions League Round of 16. The two clubs will lock horns with each other twice, once each in February and March.

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OFFICIAL: Everton confirm the departure of Rafael Benitez as first team manager

Everton have sacked Rafa Benitez after the Toffeesโ€™ embarrassing 2-1 defeat at Norwich City proved the final nail in the coffin for the Liverpool legend.

The Canaries - who had previously failed to score in six league matches - consigned Benitezโ€™s side to a ninth defeat in 13 matches on Saturday, leading to a furious reaction from the travelling masses.

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No more tickets are available for the UWCL clash between Barcelona vs. Real Madrid at the Camp Nou in March.

85,000 tickets were snapped up in three days :exploding_head::clap:

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GรผndoฤŸan still goes with Leo Messi :handshake:

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Philippe Coutinho has already scored the same amount of Premier League goals as Jadon Sancho this season.

Heโ€™s played 22 minutes :eyes:

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Nadia Nadim fled Afghanistan when she was 11 after her father was killed. She has scored 200 goals. Played for PSG and Man City. Represented Denmark 99 times. Speaks 11 languages.

This week she qualified as a doctor after 5 years of studying whilst playing football.

Wow :clap:

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