⚽ General Football News 2021-22 Season- Open Thread

Julian Alvarez thinks football owes Lionel Messi a World Cup trophy :trophy:

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Football ‘owes’ Lionel Messi a World Cup :trophy:

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Alphonso Davies always shows up for Canada :raised_hands::canada:

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Son Heung-min scored his second free-kick of the week for South Korea :exploding_head:.

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Netherlands players trained in the shirts of their first amateur sides to mark Dutch National Football Day :yellow_heart:

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Jesus Ferreira scores his first hat trick for the USMNT :tophat:

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A U.S. judge dismissed Kathryn Mayorga’s lawsuit against Cristiano Ronaldo accusing him of sexual assault.

The judge said Mayorga’s lawyer, Leslie Mark Stovall, acted in “bad faith” by using stolen and leaked documents as part of the lawsuit. Full story: bit.ly/3mKtLFH

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U.S. judge dismisses Cristiano Ronaldo rape lawsuit in Las Vegas and punishes woman’s attorney with sanction for ‘bad faith’ conduct

The rape lawsuit filed by Kathryn Mayorga in Las Vegas against Cristiano Ronaldo has been dismissed by a U.S. district court. The court cited “bad-faith conduct” by her attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall, as per the Associated Press (via ESPN) and sanctioned them.

Nevada-based Mayorga took the Manchester United star to court to pay millions of dollars more than the $375,000 she received after alleging he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009.

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International football isn’t meant to be this easy :exploding_head:

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VfB Stuttgart have confirmed that midfielder Atakan Karazor has been jailed on holiday in Ibiza and denies any criminal behaviour.

An 18-year-old woman accuses the 25-year-old of raping her, according to @BILD_VfB. Karazor will be in custody in Spain until at least Monday.

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A mural of Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona :kissing_heart:

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Premier League Twitter account accidentally LEAKS Man City’s first game of the Premier League season

The Premier League appears to have accidentally leaked Manchester City’s first game of the new season - and Erling Haaland’s potential debut opponents.

The English top-flight’s Twitter account revealed City’s title defence will begin against Bournemouth - three days before the fixtures are officially released on Thursday.

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Son Heung-min’s father believes his son needs to be at world-class club in order to be the best :speaking_head:

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Forget everything you think you know about Gareth Bale :scream:

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Cristiano sends Marcelo a message following his departure from Real Madrid :pleading_face:

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La Liga president launches complaints over Man City & PSG

La Liga president Javier Tebas has acknowledged that he has submitted a complaint in relation to Manchester City’s signing of Erling Haaland and that he intends to do so in relation to Kylian Mbappe’s contract extension at Paris Saint-Germain.

The two players were among the top summer objectives of La Liga’s biggest clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona, but both were unable to compete with the financial resources that allowed Haaland to move to Manchester and Mbappe to remain in Paris.

Tebas threatened to denounce PSG to UEFA, the French government, and the European Union shortly after Mbappe’s contract extension, voicing his concerns over the Ligue 1 club’s financial transactions.

That official complaint has yet to emerge, and it appears that this is due to Tebas’ initial focus on protesting about Haaland.

He addressed a press conference, “I’m not standing up for Madrid over the Mbappe issue; I’m standing up for European football.” “It’s more risky than the Super League to consent to these operations outside the market when those clubs are.”

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4 posts were merged into an existing topic: :qatar: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Which teams have qualified?

Scaloni makes the rules :triumph:

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Ronaldinho revealed Zidane is the one coach he would’ve wanted to play for :eyes:

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Kevin de Bruyne and Phil Foden running behind this duo :dizzy_face::dizzy_face:

(h/t Wean32/TW)

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