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Inter Milan’s back-up goalkeeper, Tommaso Berni, has two unique distinctions.

  1. He has been sent off twice despite not setting foot on a pitch in a match.

  2. He is a back-up goalkeeper at Inter Milan but hasn’t played even a minute for them since signing from Torino in 2014.

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Manchester United have set a new record for the most FA Cup semi-final appearances (30), one ahead of Arsenal (29) after Saturday’s win against Norwich City. Everton, Liverpool and Chelsea round up top 5 with 26, 24 and 23 appearances each.

Both ManU and Arsenal have 20 of their SF. Arsenal have emerged winner of FA cup record 13 times. ManU are one step behind with 12 Cup wins.

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Romelu Lukaku is the first Inter player to score 20+ goals in their first 30 Serie A games since Ronaldo in 1998!

It’s baffling how he can look so incapable and out of place stumbling around the pitch, yet he is one of the most consistent goal scorers out there.

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Best Defences in Europe’s Top 10 Leagues (Goals Per Game)

1 Atlético Madrid (Spain) - 0.2
2 Real Sociedad (Spain) - 0.42
3 Sturm Graz (Austria) - 0.55
4 LASK (Austria) - 0.6
5 Ajax (Netherlands) - 0.64
6 Belenenses (Portugal) - 0.66
7 PSG (France) - 0.69
7 Lille (France) - 0.69
8 PSV (Netherlands) - 0.72
9 Vitesse (Netherlands) - 0.72

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Cristiano Ronaldo in LaLiga under Mourinho:
⬢ 106 games
⬢ 120 goals
⬢ 33 assists

Karim Benzema in LaLiga under Mourinho:
⬡ 97 games
⬡ 47 goals
⬡ 23 assists

Has José found his new counter-attacking kings? :crown:

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Most shots without scoring in Europe’s top five leagues this season:

◉ Hakan Calhanoglu (23)
◎ Trezeguet (22)
◎ Dani Olmo (21)
◎ Paulo Dybala (20)
◎ Enis Bardhi (20)

A hit and a miss.

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Most red cards in Premier League history:

8 Duncan Ferguson
8 Patrick Vieira
8 Richard Dunne

It’s s going to be tough to beat. :warning:

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Here is a list of most goals scored by a top 5 league team after 90 minutes! :flushed:

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Here is a list of most goals scored by a player of a top 5 league team after 90 minutes! :flushed: Messi is on top obviously!

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The most fouled players in 2020! Top 5 European leagues.

The stats are till 21.12.2020.

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:arrow_right: Porto’s first time ever won the Champions League since 1987 was with Mourinho⠀
:arrow_right: Chelsea’s first time ever won the Premier League since 1955 was with Mourinho⠀
:arrow_right: The first time Inter won the Champions League since 1964 was with Mourinho⠀
:arrow_right: United’s first ever won a European title since 2008 was with Mourinho⠀
:arrow_right: The first time Tottenham has qualified for the League Cup final since 2015 is with Mourinho⠀

The Special One. :crown:

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Throwback to 2001, when a Manchester United fan invaded the pitch in a full kit and pretended to be one of the players in their pre-match photo against Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

Just look at Roy Keane. :rofl:

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:exploding_head: Reminder that Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea conceded only 15 goals in the 2004/05 Premier League campaign

:hushed: For Mourinho’s current Tottenham side to replicate the feat they would have to now finish the season with 22 clean sheets in a row.

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Ezri Konsa is the only defender in Europe’s top five leagues to have made more than 10 appearances without having been dribbled past once this season.

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Harry Kane has become the 18th different player to score 20 PL goals from outside the box, with his goal against Sheffield United equaling the number of such goals that Cristiano Ronaldo and Gianfranco Zola scored in the PL.

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2018: Liverpool sell Coutinho to Barcelona and use that money to strengthen and knock them out of the UCL semifinal 16 months later.

2019: Chelsea sell Hazard to Real Madrid and use that money to strengthen and knock them out of the UCL semifinal 23 months later.

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Kingsley Coman has won the league title in every season of his senior career:

:fr: 2012/13 :trophy:
:fr: 2013/14 :trophy:
:it: 2014/15 :trophy:
:it: 2015/16 :trophy:
:de: 2015/16 :trophy:
:de: 2016/17 :trophy:
:de: 2017/18 :trophy:
:de: 2018/19 :trophy:
:de: 2019/20 :trophy:
:de: 2020/21 :trophy:

He’s just 24 years old.

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