⚽ General Football News 2022-23 Season- Open Thread

:brazil: Neymar Jr is having an incredible season:

:tshirt: 22 games
:soccer: 17 goals
:dart: 13 assists
:handshake: 30 goal contributions

The Magician. :fire::fire:

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:dart: Most assists this season so far (Club):

:argentina: Lionel Messi (14)
:belgium: Kevin Se Bruyne (13)
:brazil: Neymar JR. (12)
:fr: Kolo Muani (10)
:fr: Ousmane Dembele (7)

:fire::fire::fire:

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Fernando Santos is out as Portugal head coach, per multiple reports.

After taking over in 2014, he led them to the Euros in 2016 and the UEFA Nations League in 2019 :portugal:

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After 143 caps, one World Cup and one European Championship, Sergio Busquets has announced his retirement from international football :es:

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has announced a new Club World Cup competition that will start in 2025 with 32 teams :trophy::earth_americas:

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A post was merged into an existing topic: :qatar: FIFA World Cup 2022 - 3rd place Match and Final: Preview, Result, Stats, Live Updates and More

The men’s and women’s World Cup trophies at Lusail Stadium :camera_flash:

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Karim Benzema has rejected an invitation from French president Emmanuel Macron to attend the World Cup final, sources have told ESPN.

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Karim Benzema announces that he’s retiring from international football on his 35th birthday.

The Frenchman scored 37 goals in 97 games since making his debut in 2007 :fr:

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Argentina have declared today a national holiday to celebrate their World Cup triumph in Buenos Aires :trophy::tada:

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:rotating_light: FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants to hold the World Cup every THREE years in a bid to transform international football.

(Source: @MailSport)

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:rotating_light: Antoine Griezmann and Hugo Lloris were ‘happy’ when Karim Benzema left the France squad due to injury.

They never accepted his return in the first place because of their leadership status within the group.

(Source: @Romain_Molina)

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:rotating_light: Benjamin Pavard made several remarks from the bench or in training to his teammates, which the staff considered very inappropriate.

There were very tense words between the player and Didier Deschamps.

His attitude caused a negative atmosphere. :fr:

(Source: @Romain_Molina )

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Ibrahima Konaté and Dejan Lovren are the last two players to lose BOTH the World Cup final and Champions League final in the same year.

They both played for Liverpool at the time.

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Lionel Messi joined the club of the players who won : the World cup, the Champions League and the Ballon d’or :trophy::star:

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men’s soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. This tournament is also known as Canada :canada:/Mexico :mexico:/USA :us_outlying_islands:2026. The tournament will be jointly hosted by 16 cities in three North American countries: Canada :canada:, Mexico :mexico:, and the United States :us_outlying_islands:. Sixty matches, including every match from the quarterfinals onward, will be hosted by the United States while neighboring Canada and Mexico will each host 10 matches. The tournament will be the first hosted by three nations. This tournament will be the first to include 48 teams, expanded from 32.

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Brazil are still kings of the all-time World Cup table :brazil:

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After winning the World Cup, Lionel Messi has been invited to leave his footprints in the Hall of Fame of Brazil’s famed Maracana.

President of the superintendence Adriano Santos: ‘nothing could be more fitting than for the Maracana to also pay tribute to him’

:brazil::handshake::argentina:

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In 2016, Lionel Messi said he’d trade five Ballon d’Or trophies to have just one World Cup for Argentina.

Six years later, at 35 years old, he won his first World Cup and could be headed for his EIGHTH Ballon d’Or win :exploding_head:

Incredible longevity :chart_with_upwards_trend:

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Lionel Messi has been invited to “eternalize” his mark at Brazil’s famous Maracana by leaving his footprints in the iconic stadium’s Hall of Fame :open_mouth:

Respect :clap:

(via Reuters)

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