⚽ General Football News 2021-22 Season- Open Thread

Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku were among players inducted into a Walk of Fame outside of Belgium’s basecamp :star2:


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UEFA name their Champions League team of the season… with no Salah or Mane

UEFA have named their Champions League team of the season days after Liverpool’s defeat to Real Madrid in the final of the competition in Paris.

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OFFICIAL: RedBird reach agreement with Elliott Advisors to acquire AC Milan

RedBird to build upon Elliott’s success with Serie A Champions

RedBird Capital Partners (“RedBird”) and Elliott Advisors UK Limited (“Elliott”) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for RedBird to acquire Associazione Calcio Milan (“AC Milan”, “Milan” or the “Club”), newly crowned Champions of Serie A. The transition to new ownership will take place over the summer, with an expected closing no later than September 2022.

The deal, which values the club at €1.2B, will see Elliott retain a minority financial interest in the club and seats on the Board of Directors, solidifying a partnership between RedBird and Elliott that continues the progress made under Elliott’s stewardship over the last four years.

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Andres Iniesta’s Vissel Kobe is currently in last place fighting relegation in the Japanese J League :flushed:

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Toni Kroos says the final result is what matters :speaking_head:

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Argentina wins the finalissima :trophy:

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Messi and Argentina:

Copa America :white_check_mark:
Finalissima :white_check_mark:
World Cup :hourglass_flowing_sand:

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Messi and Ronaldo now have the same number of major trophies :eyes::trophy:

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Messi and Argentina are FLYING :fire:

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Argentina have now gone 32 games UNBEATEN!

They’re only five games away from reaching Italy’s record streak :astonished:

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The last two Finalissima holders:

Maradona’s 1993 Argentina :trophy:
Messi’s 2022 Argentina :trophy:

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Ukraine are one game from the World Cup :ukraine:

After beating Scotland, they’ll play Wales in the final qualifying play-off :trophy:

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Messi has played two finals at Wembley :trophy::trophy:

He’s scored, assisted twice, lifted two trophies and been Man of the Match both times :goat:

He loves a trip to London :england:

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Lionel Scaloni tweeted this image when Messi retired from international football after losing to Chile in the Copa America final.

Almost six years on, Scaloni became Argentina coach and helped Messi to win two international trophies :trophy: :argentina:

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Brazil are the favorites to win the 2022 World Cup :eyes::trophy:

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Neymar after Argentina’s Finalissima win :zipper_mouth_face:

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Ronaldo dropped the mic :studio_microphone:

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Lionel Messi in the Finalissima:

∙ Most chances - 4
∙ Most assists - 2
∙ Most shots - 8

:goat:

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Son Heung-min was awarded South Korea’s highest sporting honour, the Cheongnyong Medal, for his football achievements :clap::medal_sports:

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The players with the most completed dribbles in Europe’s top five leagues this season :running_man:

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