⚽ General Football News 2022-23 Season- Open Thread

20-year-old Xavi Simons scored a brace, including a 90+8th minute winner, against AZ Alkmaar to finish as joint top scorer in the Eredivisie this season (19 goals).

He has 28 goal contributions in 34 league matches :open_mouth:

Special talent :fire:

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With Barcelona and Bayern Munich both winning their respective leagues, they will now be unable to be placed in the same UCL group :x:

Rejoice for Barcelona :sweat_smile:

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Al Nassr were in first place when they announced the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo on December 30th.

They just finished the season in 2nd place, losing the title to Al Ittihad with one matchweek remaining.

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The teams qualified for the 2023-24 Champions League :star2:

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Karim Benzema has been named Best French Player Abroad for the fourth time in a row :fr:

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:rotating_light: BREAKING: Ajax CEO Edwin van der Sar has left the club.

(Source: @MikeVerweij)

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Only two players have completed 100 dribbles in Europe’s top five leagues this season:

Vinicius Jr. (108)
Leo Messi (100)

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:moneybag: World’s most valuable football teams:

:es: Real Madrid — $6.07 Bn.
:england: Manchester United — €6 Bn.
:es: Barcelona — $5.51 Bn.
:england: Liverpool — $5.29 Bn.
:england: Manchester City — $4.99 Bn.
:de: Bayern Munich — $4.86 Bn.
:fr: PSG — $4.21 Bn.
:england: Chelsea — $3.1 Bn.
:england: Tottenham — $2.8 Bn.
:england: Arsenal — $2.26 Bn.

(Source: Forbes)

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Emma Hayes has won the WSL Manager of the Year for the past four seasons :trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy:

Unmatched :clap:

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A post was merged into an existing topic: :soccer: Who Are The Managers Who Have Been Sacked This 2022-2023 Season?

:black_small_square: Champions League final
:black_small_square: Women’s Champions League final
:black_small_square: FA Cup final
:black_small_square: Europa Conference League final
:black_small_square: Concacaf Champions League final
:black_small_square: Final day in Spain, Italy, France
:black_small_square: DFB-Pokal final
:black_small_square: International football galore

Bring on June :popcorn:

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José Mourinho has been charged by UEFA for insulting and abusive language toward referee Anthony Taylor in the Europa League final

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:nigeria: Victor Osimhen has been named as the Serie A Striker of the Season.

:nigeria: Kelechi Iheanacho has been named as Leicester’s Player of the Season.

:nigeria: Alex Iwobi has been named as Everton’s Player of the Season.

Superstars! :fire::clap:t4:

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:slovakia: Former Napoli superstar Marek Hamšík (35) has announced he will be retiring from football at the end of the season.

:tshirt: 845 games
:soccer: 170 goals
:dart: 132 assists
:trophy: 5 trophies

:gem: Serie A Young Footballer of the Year (2008)
:star2: 3x Serie A Team of the Year
:sparkles: 2x Most assists in Serie A
:crown: 8x Slovak Footballer of the Year
:star2: 1x UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season
:sparkles: Süper Lig Foreign Player the Year (2021/22)

:white_check_mark: Napoli all-time appearance holder (520)
:white_check_mark: Slovakia all-time appearance holder (126)
:white_check_mark: Slovakia all-time top scorer (26)

Incredible player! :clap:t4::clap:t4::sparkles:

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:soccer: Best conversion rate in Europe’s Top 5 Leagues this season (60+ shots):

:one: Erling Haaland - 29.3%
:two: 𝗘𝗹𝘆𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗵𝗶 - 𝟮𝟴.𝟯%
:three: Wissam Ben Yedder - 26.5%
:four: Callum Wilson - 24.7%
:five: Alexandre Lacazette - 24.3%

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Jose Mourinho has been charged with using abusive language against a match official, UEFA said on Friday, after he was filmed shouting at officials following Roma’s loss to Sevilla in the Europa League final.

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:bar_chart: Xavi Simmons rankings in Eredivisie last season:

:bow_and_arrow: Shots - 93 :2nd_place_medal:
:soccer: Goals - 19 :1st_place_medal:
:closed_lock_with_key: Key passes - 59 :nine:
:a: Assists - 8 :five:
:drooling_face: Dribbles - 74 :2nd_place_medal:
:foot: Touches in opposition box - 162 :seven:
:muscle: Possession won in attacking third - 30 :3rd_place_medal:
:thermometer: WS Rating - 7.70 :2nd_place_medal:

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:argentina: Lionel Scaloni is the first coach to beat three different World Champions in the finals; Italy, Brazil, France. (3) :trophy:

:brazil: Brazil — Copa America
:it: Italy — Finalissima
:fr: France — World Cup

Incredible! :clap:t4::fire:

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:trophy: 2022 Women’s Euro
:trophy: 2023 Arnold Clark Cup
:trophy: 2023 Women’s Finalissima
:trophy: 2023 Liga F
:trophy: 2023 Women’s Champions League

Lucy Bronze and Keira Walsh are winning together for both club and country :clap::star_struck:

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Barça Femení really won the league and the Champions League with Alexia Putellas recovering from a torn ACL…

She played her first UCL minutes of the season at the end of the final and got to lift the trophy after her team’s win :heart:

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