World Football Thread 19/20

[Wymsey]

Liverpool have the most 'valuable squad'.

Most valuable squads
All figures from CIES Football Observatory
Club	Country	Value (m/euros)
Liverpool	England	1,405
Manchester City	England	1,361
Barcelona	Spain	1,170
Real Madrid	Spain	1,100
Chelsea	England	1,008
Manchester United	England	1,007
Paris St-Germain	France	979
Atletico Madrid	Spain	836
Tottenham	England	787
Juventus	Italy	783

[SemperEadem]

 

[StanSP]

Great news 

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[deejdeej]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Great news 

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Wow! 3 years in a coma, incredible news.

[Super_horns]

No Euro 2020 but you can relieve Euro 96.

 

https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/footballs-coming-home-itv-hub-unearths-euro-96

[StanSP]

Hope he recovers fully 

 

[Super_horns]

BBC are streaming a South Korean game tomorrow morning !

[Nalis]

On 04/05/2020 at 11:25, StanSP said:

Hope he recovers fully 

 

Wow, its the first I've heard of it which is strange as he's a famous ex player, used to manage in the premier league and manages one of the best national sides in Europe.

 

Good to hear he's recovering.

[SemperEadem]

 

[StanSP]

Edit: wrong thread

Edited 8 May 2020 by StanSP

[Tielemans63]

Dynamo Dresden have quarantined their whole squad just a week before their season reason restarts.

 

 

In other news their Sports Manager's name is Ralf Minge.

[Super_horns]

Not great but they will probably try to play on and tell DD to catch up when they return.

Edited 9 May 2020 by Super_horns

[StanSP]

Only 19

 

 

 

[MC Prussian]

On a sidenote, Tomas "Trinche" Carlovich, one of Argentina's most famous footballers has died at age 74 due to a fall sustained after an attack:

https://www.croatiaweek.com/argentine-croatian-football-icon-tomas-carlovich-passes-away-after-attack/

Edited 11 May 2020 by MC Prussian

[RumbleFox]

Just reading the Athletic article about Sven’s title winning Lazio side. Some team........

[StanSP]

 

 

[StanSP]

 

 

[StanSP]

Polish League returning on 29 May and some matches will be on TV. 

 

[StanSP]

Anyone watching Juve vs AC Milan?

 

If anyone remembers De Jong's karate-kick on Xabi Alonso against Spain all those years ago, Ante Rebic just did his best impression of that. Literally seconds after Ronaldo missed a penalty as well.

[Nalis]

On 18/05/2020 at 07:06, RumbleFox said:

Just reading the Athletic article about Sven’s title winning Lazio side. Some team........

Was always surprised the Lazio team of that era didnt get to at least a championship league final.

[Finnegan]

54 minutes ago, Nalis said:

Was always surprised the Lazio team of that era didnt get to at least a championship league final.

 

Yeah but how long did it last? About another year tops. All of those players are more famous for their time elsewhere. 

 

Nedved and Salas snapped up by Juve a year later, Veron to United at the same time, Mancini to Leicester, Nesta to Milan the year after, not to mention Sven to England. 

 

Plus, guys like Simeone, Mancini etc were on the way out. 

 

Even their replacements were never around for long and were often there late in their career, Poborsky did a year or so, Crespo likewise. 

 

They had an eye for talent but just never the resources to keep them from moving on. Bit like Dortmund really. 

[StanSP]

Alaves' keeper runs out his area and catches the ball . He knew he misjudged straight away.

[spacemunky]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Alaves' keeper runs out his area and catches the ball . He knew he misjudged straight away.

Just saw that. Oops! 

[moore_94]

Dries Mertens now the all time record goalscorer for Napoli with 122 goals

[Finnegan]

Love the difference between the Italian and German behind closed doors games.

 

German you can barely hear anything, the odd shout for a pass or whatever but nothing much else. 

 

Italian it's just like thirty odd voices all dramatically yelling at each other constantly