⚽ General Football News 2022-23 Season- Open Thread

Will STILL unbeaten. :lock:

The longest active unbeaten league runs in Europe’s top five divisions:

◉ 19 - Stade de Reims
◎ 10 - OGC Nice
◎ 9 - Dortmund

Will Still has overseen 17 out of those 19 games, becoming the youngest manager in Europe when he took charge on 15th October 2022. Since then, here are some Reims rankings compared to the other 97 teams in Europe’s top five leagues:

◉ No team has conceded fewer goals
◉ No other team has avoided defeat
◉ Only Barcelona have kept more clean sheets
◉ Only seven teams have won more points

In that time, only three players have scored more Ligue 1 goals than Folarin Balogun. When compared to U23 players, Erling Haaland is the only player in Europe’s top five divisions with more goals in this period

In the 21st century, the only other manager to avoid defeat in his first 17 games a top-five European league was Tito Vilanova. He did not lose any of his first 18 games in charge of Barcelona after succeeding Pep Guardiola in the 2012/13 season.

That is some serious company to be keeping.





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No player in Europe’s top five leagues created more chances this weekend than Lionel Messi.

Including a match-winning assist for Mbappé. :people_hugging:


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:soccer: Players to hit 50+ goals in both the Premier League and Serie A:

:white_check_mark: Gianfranco Zola
:white_check_mark: Edin Džeko
:white_check_mark: Cristiano Ronaldo
:new: Romelu Lukaku

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:rotating_light: FIFA have approved a new 32-team Club World Cup format from June/July 2025:

→ 12 teams from Europe involved
→ UCL winners from 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
→ Other 8 teams will be filled by coefficient rankings

(Source: @TimesSport)

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The USMNT will face Mexico in the ‘inaugural Allstate Continental Clásico’ in Glendale on April 19.

They’ve announced a new event where USMNT will host a ‘top-tier opponent from North, Central or South America’ every year :calendar:

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A post was merged into an existing topic: Why has FIFA changed the format for the 2026 World Cup?

Morocco will join Spain and Portugal’s bid to host the 2030 World Cup.

Ukraine was part of the initial bid and it’s unclear whether it has been replaced or will still be included in some way.

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:rotating_light: 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚! UEFA are considering allowing clubs with the same owner to participate simultaneously in the Champions League!

The new rule is under consideration by Aleksander Čeferin, who has been in contact with owners who wish to buy other clubs.

(Source: @TimesSport)

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41-year-old Zlatan Ibrahimović is called up for Sweden’s Euro 2024 qualifiers against Belgium and Azerbaijan :sweden:

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31’ - Gift Orban :soccer:
32’ - Gift Orban :soccer:
34’ - Gift Orban :soccer:

UNBELIEVABLE THREE-MINUTE HAT TRICK FROM THE 20-YEAR-OLD :nigeria: :eagle:

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In 1998, Lilian Thuram won the World Cup with France.

Now, both of his sons have been called up to the national team.

Magnifique :fr:

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Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as FIFA president until 2027 after running unopposed :ballot_box:

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Marc Guehi, Ivan Toney into the England squad for upcoming games :green_circle:

Ben White, Raheem Sterling and Trent Alexander-Arnold, not in the squad :red_circle:

Full team announced by Southgate :england:

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Only two English players have created 15+ big chances in the Premier League this season:

◉ 18 - Kieran Trippier
◎ 16- Trent Alexander-Arnold

But there’s only room for one of them in Gareth Southgate’s England squad. :lion::lion::lion:

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FIFA announces the total prize money for the 2023 Women’s World Cup will be $110M, more than triple what is was in 2019 ($30M) :trophy:

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:trophy: Wesley Sneijder in 2010:
:trophy: Serie A champion
:trophy: Champions League winner
:trophy: Coppa Italia champion
:trophy: Supercoppa Italiana champion
:trophy: Club World Cup winner
:medal_military: UEFA Midfielder of the Year
:2nd_place_medal: World Cup runner-up
:medal_sports: 4th place at the 2010 Ballon d’Or award

Streets won’t forget this LEGEND! :soccer::clap:

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The 2022 Concacaf Player of the Year nominees :star2:

Men’s:
:black_small_square: Tyler Adams
:black_small_square: Andre Blake
:black_small_square: Jonathan David
:black_small_square: Alphonso Davies
:black_small_square: Guillermo Ochoa
:black_small_square: Christian Pulisic

Women’s:
:black_small_square: Alicia Cervantes
:black_small_square: Melchie Dumornay
:black_small_square: Jessie Fleming
:black_small_square: Alex Morgan
:black_small_square: Khadija Shaw
:black_small_square: Sophia Smith


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None of these players have been included in Germany’s latest international squad :de::x:

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38-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo is part of Roberto Martinez’s first Portugal squad.

He’s not done yet :muscle:

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CRISTIANO RONALDO FREE KICK GOAL FROM DEEP FOR AL NASSR :fire:

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