Innholdsfortegnelse for 21-Jan-2020 i MATCH!

STRAIGHTEN UP! Verona’s league clash with Sampdoria was delayed by 15 minutes because the penalty area lines weren’t straight! The groundsman had to redraw them. Fail! BARÇA’S BILLIONS! Barça’s new boss should have loads of cash to splash – they’ve just been named the richest club in Europe, ahead of Real Madrid, Man. United and Bayern Munich! DANNY’S BOGEY TEAM! Danny Drinkwater had a mare on his Villa debut! His previous two PL starts had been v Man. City for Burnley and Chelsea, and he completed a hat-trick of losses...…

ARSENAL The Gunners have young centre-back William Saliba out on loan, but they could do with getting him back with Calum Chambers out for the season! Mikel Arteta has made defender Dayot Upamecano his No.1 target, while moves for Jerome Boateng, Edinson Cavani and a loan for John Stones have also been mentioned! ON THEIR WAY OUT? ASTON VILLA Villa have some top defenders and midfielders, but it’s goals that keep you in the Prem! With Wesley out until the end of the season, they need to strengthen their front line, and Rangers ace Alfredo Morelos has been linked with the club! Said Benrahma and ex-Villa goal machine Christian Benteke are other options! ON THEIR WAY OUT? BLOURNEMOUTH It’s always hard to do business in January, but The Cherries may…

THE SCENE... In October 2011, Chelsea were looking to recover from ashock defeat to QPR by beating mega rivals Arsenal! The Gunners meanwhile were on a quality run of seven wins in their last eight matches in all comps, and travelled to Stamford Bridge full of confidence! THE TEAMS... WHAT HAPPENED? The Blues were in control after going 2-1 up on the stroke of half-time, but a whirlwind second half saw the teams drawing 3-3 with just ten minutes left to play! Robin van Persie was the hero for The Gunners, bagging a sick hat-trick to make it 5-3 at full-time! WHAT CAME NEXT? The reverse match at the Emirates was less exciting – they played out a 0-0 draw! Van Persie finished as the PL’s top scorer with 30…

CUP UPSET ALERT? MATCH reckons this has the potential to be one of the FA Cup fourth round’s biggest upsets! Chelsea might be big favourites, but this trip is sandwiched between two huge Premier League games against Arsenal and Leicester, so Frank Lampard might have to rest some of his big names. Can The Tigers capitalise and overcome The Blues MATCH VERDICT With one of the EFL’s best goalscorers in Jarrod Bowen, Hull can bag a replay! CUP UPSET ALERT? Brendan Rodgers says he wants to win the FA Cup this year but, with the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg just around the corner, The Foxes might have one eye on that! Brentford have got one of the best home records in the Championship, plus a proper deadly strikeforce in…

THE LOWDOWN WHO? Roma and Lazio are fierce rivals and neighbours in Rome, the Italian capital! WHERE? The two rivals share the famous Stadio Olimpico! WHAT’S THE BEEF? This is a classic rivalry, with the teams battling to be top dogs not just in the city, but the whole of southern Italy! Roma’s fans sit in the south end of the Olimpico and Lazio’s in the north, so the stadium is split in two on derby days for an amazing atmosphere! HEROES & VILLAINS England legend Paul Gascoigne is still a Lazio hero for the late equaliser he scored against their rivals back in 1992, while Roma’s all-time top scorer Francesco Totti is also the top scorer in this fixture – he broke the record at the age of 40,…

PEPE REINA AC Milan to Aston Villa Loan LUKAS RUPP Hoffenheim to Norwich £425,000 ASMIR BEGOVIC Bournemouth to AC Milan Loan ONDREJ DUDA Hertha Berlin to Norwich Loan RYAN BABEL Galatasaray to Ajax Loan CENK TOSUN Everton to Crystal Palace Loan KYLE LAFFERTY Sarpsborg to Sunderland Free PATRYK KLIMALA Jagiellonia Bialystok to Celtic £3.5 million RICHARD STEARMAN Sheffield United to Huddersfield Free EMILE SMITH ROWE Arsenal to Huddersfield Loan SCOTT SINCLAIR Celtic to Preston Undisclosed PATRICK CUTRONE Wolves to Fiorentina Loan RHIAN BREWSTER Liverpool to Swansea Loan DIEGO DEMME RB Leipzig to Napoli £10.8 million…

ARSENAL IN WHITE? Kit spies reckon adidas could spring a major surprise and make The Gunners’ 2020-21 away kit a cloud-white colour! We’re not sure the fans will like that! BANGIN’ BILLBOARD! New Balance organised for a massive billboard to be put up to celebrate Sadio Mane’s African king status in Liverpool and home nation Senegal! SCOTTISH STRIPES? MATCH has caught a glimpse of Scotland’s leaked away kit for 2020, and it looks a bit like Argentina’s home strip! Is this a tactic to play like Lionel Messi…

WHO ARE YA? Team: Everton Age: 18 Position: Goalkeeper Top Skill: Shot stopping HARRY TYRER Tell us about your story before joining Everton! HARRY SAYS: “When I was three, my mum took me to my first coaching session and also bought me some Everton goalkeeper gloves, which I wore everywhere! After starting primary school I joined a team and, as I was the tallest and already had the goalie gloves, I found myself in goal!” How did you get scouted? HARRY SAYS: “I was playing in a tournament when I was scouted by Joel Waldron, who is now Everton’s academy manager. Everton didn’t normally take goalkeepers so young, however he said they would love to work with me and he invited me to the Finch Farm academy!” What’s your best…

LEGO Hidden Sets LEGO have announced there’s gonna be six new Hidden Sets in 2020! The new sets have a new multiplayer game mode, so you can take part in thrilling challenges with players online... if you dare! The spook-tacular sets include two modes – Play As A Hunter, where you catch ghosts, or Play As A Ghost, where you can haunt the LEGO sets and hide from the player-controlled hunters! shop.lego.com adidas Shadow Beast Pack adidas’ first boot pack of 2020 launched this month and it’s back to black! Just like the Dark Script Pack from 2019, the Nemezi X and Copa cleats are hiding in the shadows, while the Predator was too busy getting ready for its next-gen upgrade! Watch this space… lovellsoccer.co.uk Xbox Series X It’s not…

26 Alisson kept 26 clean sheets in his first 50 Prem matches. Boss! Vandals used saws to cut the ankles off Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s statue. Ouch! 9 Newcastle suffered nine injuries over the festive period – more than any other Prem team! 1 Mario Balotelli scored the first Serie A goal of the 2010 decade for Inter – and then did the same in 2020 for Brescia. Legend! 31 It took Cherries striker Dominic Solanke 31 games in all competitions to score his first goal for Bournemouth! Phew... 11 Under gaffer Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool have won all 11 of their games v newly-promoted sides. Wow! 2  Nowich’s Adam Idah scored his first senior hat-trick on his second start. Hero! 1,138  Connor Wickham’s goal v Norwich was his first in the Prem in…

SPAIN’S TOP DOGS! After winning eight of the last 11 league trophies, Barça have closed the gap on Real Madrid’s all-time record of 33 titles, but they can’t afford to slip up! The two clubs are locked in a super tight race this season, and Setien has to finish top! BARÇA STYLE OF PLAY! Valverde won two league titles and was top of La Liga when he was fired, so winning the league isn’t enough at Barça – you have to do it with style! The board and fans want to see the slick passing footy that the club played under Pep Guardiola! NO MORE CL MELTDOWNS! Barça have suffered some proper Champions League meltdowns in the last few years! They threw away a 3-0 lead against Liverpool last season…

STADIUM FACTS TEAM: Ipswich BUILT: 1884 CAPACITY: 30,311 RECORD ATTENDANCE: 38,010 v Leeds, March 1975 NEAREST NEIGHBOUR: Colchester LONGEST JOURNEY: Stadium of Light, Sunderland, 223 miles DID YOU KNOW? Two of England’s greatest ever managers, Sir Alf Ramsey and Sir Bobby Robson, both managed Ipswich, and both have stands and statues named after them at Portman Road!…

STAR SIGNING LOURI BERETTA ATLETICO MINEIRO Beretta isn’t actually a real player, and you can only sign him on Career Mode! He’s worth it, though – the Brazil striker is tall, powerful and quick with good movement and deadly finishing stats, so he’s the perfect No.9! WONDERKID LUKA JOVIC REAL MADRID Serbia hitman Jovic has been forgotten by Real since he joined them last summer, but he’s still an ace all-round forward with huge potential. His best attribute is his finishing, and he can bury chances with either foot! FUT BARGAIN PACO ALCACER B. DORTMUND Alcacer comes alive in the penalty area with top-class reactions, positioning and acceleration, while only one Spanish player has better finishing stats than the Dortmund man. For just 2,000 coins, we reckon he’s an absolute…

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