⚽ General Football News 2022-23 Season- Open Thread

OFFICIAL: André Onana retires from International football. “My story with Cameroon has come to an end” :arrow_heading_down::cameroon: #Onana

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:argentina: Angel Di Maria stats for Argentina national team:

:tshirt: 129 games
:soccer: 28 goals
:dart: 27 assists
:handshake: 55 goal contributions
:trophy: 1 Copa America
:trophy: 1 Finalissima
:trophy: 1 World Cup
:medal_sports: 1 Olympic Gold Medal

Angel Di Maria has decided to continue playing for Argentina as a world champion. :heart_hands:

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:dart:Players with the most assists this season in all competitions:

:argentina: Messi - 18 assists
:netherlands: Gakpo - 18 assists
:belgium: De Bruyne - 15 assists
:brazil: Neymar - 14 assists
:serbia: Tadic - 14 assists
:hungary: Szoboszlai - 13 assists
:croatia: Perisic - 11 assists
:fr: Kolo Muani - 10 assists
:fr: Pléa - 10 assists
:de: Musiala - 10 assists

:fire::fire::fire:

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Former England international and Fulham legend George Cohen has passed away at the age of 83.

Cohen was the vice-captain of the England squad that managed to win the World Cup in 1966 and he was considered as one of the best right-backs in English football at the time.

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The defender spent his club career at Fulham, racking up over 450 appearances. Back in 2016, the Premier League club unveiled a statue of Cohen outside Craven Cottage and he was awarded MBE for services in 2000 as well.

The news will come as a disappointing blow to the London club and its fans.

The Premier League side took to social media to share their reaction to the news and former Premier League players like Gary Lineker have also expressed their sadness on social media.

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Angel Di Maria’s tattoo of the World Cup :cold_face: (IG/angeldimariajm)

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Lionel Messi just kept breaking records at the World Cup :exploding_head:

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Enzo Fernández’s stock is on the rise after the World Cup :chart_with_upwards_trend:

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:brazil: Neymar jr is one of the greatest players of all time:

:tshirt: 697 games
:soccer: 434 goals
:dart: 238 assists
:handshake: 672 goal contributions
:trophy: 26 trophies

  • Most goals in Brazil history
  • He’s one of the best dribblers ever
  • Has one of the best prime ever
  • Would have won 2-3 ballon d’Ors if he didn’t play in prime Messi & Ronaldo era.

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108 years ago today, English and German soldiers stopped fighting in WWI to have a game of football on ‘No Man’s Land’ on Christmas Day :handshake:

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Lionel Messi finished with the highest overall player rating in the World Cup, and is currently leading in the Champions League and Ligue 1.

He’s 35 years old :exploding_head:

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Polish referee Szymon Marciniak rose to the occasion, with his performance in Argentina’s win over France regarded as one of the best the World Cup finals have ever seen, with his decision to penalise Marcus Thuram for a dive in the box with just a few minutes left of normal time widely praised by journalists and former referees.

Despite the praise he received for his handling of the match, Marciniak has since come out to admit that he feels that he made one mistake during the final.

“I interrupted the French counter-attack after a bad tackle by Marcos Acuna.

“I was afraid that the fouled player wanted to unwind, and I read it wrong because nothing happened, and you could give an advantage and then come back with a card. It’s hard. In a game like this, I take such a mistake in the dark. The important thing is that there were no big mistakes.”

A superb refereeing performance from the Pole to go along with arguably the best World Cup final the game has ever seen rounded off a memorable World Cup, as attention now turns to 2026 when the USA, Mexico and Canada will host the 23rd edition of the tournament.

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Karim Benzema’s agent has claimed he would have been available to play for France from the World Cup round-of-16 stage, but was sent home prematurely by coach Didier Deschamps and the team’s medical staff.

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A reminder that no one has had more goal contributions in Europe’s top 5 leagues than Cody Gakpo this season :triumph::fire:

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Hajime Moriyasu will continue as Japan’s national team manager going into the 2026 World Cup.

This is the first time a Japan manager has remained in the position following a World Cup in it’s history :jp::clap:

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Qatar University will turn the room Leo Messi stayed at during the World Cup into a mini museum :argentina:

The university campus was Argentina’s home base for their entire stay in Doha.

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:brazil: Ronaldo Nazario won his 1st Ballon d’Or in 1997 at the age of 21.

:tshirt: 70 games
:soccer: 59 goals
:dart: 15 assists
:handshake: 74 goal contributions
:trophy: 2 trophies

The Best striker in the history of Football. :raised_hands:t4::clap:t4:

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A post was merged into an existing topic: :soccer: Pele - The King Of Football!

A post was merged into an existing topic: :soccer: Pele - The King Of Football!

Earlier this season, Enock Mwepu was forced to retire at the age of 24 due to a hereditary heart condition.

Now, he’s rejoined the club as an academy coach, helping to develop the next generation.

Things you love to see :clap::blue_heart:

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