Innholdsfortegnelse for 16 July 2024 i MATCH!

MEN’S TOURNAMENT THE HOLDERS A Brazil side, which featured the likes of Bruno Guimaraes, Diego Carlos, Douglas Luiz, Antony and Richarlison, beat a Spain side with Pau Torres, Pedri and Dani Olmo 2-1 after extra-time! Former Barcelona winger Malcom scored the winner, giving the Samba Stars a second consecutive gold medal in football! THE FAVOURITES Defending champions Brazil failed to qualify for the first time since 2004, meaning there will definitely be a new champion this time around! Hosts France, coached by Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, are one of the big favourites, alongside Spain, who always take the Olympics seriously and have named a really talented squad, and Argentina! STARS TO WATCH There will be tons of wonderkids on show, including France’s Rayan Cherki, Bradley Locko and Michael Olise, and…

MARIONA CALDENTEY BARCELONA TO ARSENAL Arsenal Women have added firepower to their frontline for next season after landing Spain’s World Cup winner Caldentey on a free transfer from Barcelona! The 28-year-old joined Barca in 2014 and won six Liga F titles, three Champions Leagues and six Spanish Cups during her spell there, leaving as their fifth all-time top scorer! MARY EARPS MAN. UNITED TO PSG England goalkeeper Earps has signed a two-year contract with French giants PSG on a free transfer! She leaves the WSL with the all-time record for most clean sheets (56) and most clean sheets in a single season (14, in 2022-23). It’ll be the second time she’s played abroad in her career, following a spell with Wolfsburg in 2018-19! VIVIANNE MIEDEMA ARSENAL TO MAN. CITY Netherlands…

ALBANIA We hope that washes off! ITALY What’s Wario up to, guys? BELGIUM We thought someone smelled of vinegar… GERMANY That doesn’t look comfortable! PORTUGAL At least that kept his head warm! SWITZERLAND These Swiss fans really “milked” the attention! ROMANIA What a joker! NETHERLANDS Winner of the best wig goes to… DENMARK The Danes celebrated their Viking roots… FRANCE “Give us a peck!” SPAIN Spain fans with the reverse Rudolph!…

NAME THE TEAM! Can you remember the Germany XI that started v Switzerland at Euro 2024? 1. BAYERN MUNICH ★ GOALKEEPER 2. REAL MADRID ★ MIDFIELDER 3. REAL MADRID ★ CENTRE-BACK 4. ARSENAL ★ FORWARD 5. B. LEVERKUSEN ★ MIDFIELDER 6. B. LEVERKUSEN ★ CENTRE-BACK STUTTGART ★ LEFT-BACK MAXIMILIAN MITTELSTADT 7. BARCELONA ★ MIDFIELDER 8. BAYERN MUNICH ★ RIGHT-BACK 9. BAYERN MUNICH ★ FORWARD 10. B. LEVERKUSEN ★ FORWARD STAT ATTACK! Which player does this stat refer to? AT EURO 2024, HE SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PASSES IN A EUROS GROUP STAGE! A. Rodri B. Toni Kroos C. Declan Rice MATCH! WINNER! Who scored Netherlands’ winner in their dramatic group-stage victory over Poland? CLOSE-UP! Can you name the Euro 2024 stars whose faces we’ve zoomed in…

LEAVINGLEEDS! It’s safe to say it wasn’t an easy decision for the 18-year-old to leave boyhood club Leeds! He joined their academy when he was just seven years old, and had made a strong connection with their fans. Gossips say he almost joined Brentford but had a last-minute change of heart! WICKED WONDERKID! As well as racking up more league minute over 2023-24 than any other outfield teenager across England’s top four leagues, he also made more tackles than any other player aged 21 or under in the second tier. It was no big shock to see him named the Championship’s Young Player of the Season! MR.VERSATILE! The England Under-21 international is a really technical player, which means he’s able to play a few different roles. His strongest position is…

GOALKEEPERS! Who are you going to pick between the sticks for your team? GIORGI MAMARDASHVILI GEORGIA No keeper made more saves than the Georgia goalie in the whole tournament, despite his country getting eliminated before the quarter-finals! He was particularly impressive in his side’s historic win over Portugal in the group stage! DIOGOCOSTA PORTUGAL For his performance in the last 16 against Slovenia alone, the Portugal shot-stopper deserves to be a real contender! He became the first-ever goalkeeper to save three penalties in a European Championship penalty shootout and the first to concede zero goals in a Euro shootout. Wow! JAN OBLAK SLOVENIA MIKE MAIGNAN FRANCE THOMAS STRAKOSHA ALBANIA UNAI SIMON SPAIN BART VERBRUGGEN NETHERLANDS MERT GUNOK TURKEY JORDAN PICKFORD ENGLAND YANN SOMMER SWITZERLAND MANUEL NEUER GERMANY PICK ONE! ...........................…

SAMUEL ILING-JUNIOR £11.8m from Juventus The England U21 winger, who had nine years at Chelsea’s academy before leaving for Italy in 2020, had a quality breakthrough campaign at Juventus last season! He returns to England as part of the money-plus-players swap deal, which saw Enzo Barrenechea join Aston Villa and Douglas Luiz head the other way! KIERNAN DEWSBURY-HALL £30m from Leicester Leicester midfielder and club Player of the Season Dewsbury-Hall reunites with Enzo Maresca after his 12 goals and 12 assists last season helped his boyhood club to the Championship title! The 25-year-old star signed a six-year deal with London giants Chelsea! OMARI HUTCHINSON £22m from Chelsea After a really successful loan spell at Ipswich last season, exciting winger Hutchinson has returned to Portman Road on a permanent deal! The…

END OF AN ERA! Germany and Real Madrid legend TONI KROOS called time on an epic footy career at the end of the European Championship! He would’ve loved a happier ending, but he still has an awesome trophy cabinet… 832 He played 800+ games in his club and international career, scoring 80 goals in the process! 6 He won six Champions Leagues – five with Real Madrid and one for Bayern Munich! 7 He won seven league titles – four in La Liga and three in the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich! 1 He won one World Cup with Germany in 2014, ending as the tourno’s top assist maker! 114 Only six players have won more caps for Germany than his 114 appearances! MARTA’S MISSION! Brazil and the World Cup’s all-time…

Pear Shaped! 5 PRIZES! Five lucky winners will receive Pear Shaped – a fun and fast-paced card game that promises a rocking good time for players! Visit asmodee.co.uk now for more information and other great games Match the pear-shaped objects by object, colour or number, but if there’s an exact match it’s a race against your fellow gamers to grab the rocking pear! CLOSING DATE: AUG. 16 Get rid of your cards before the pear takes its final wobble, and be the quickest to match with the card in the centre! HOW TO ENTER! HEAD TO… SHOP.KELSEY.CO.UK/WIN Then just click on the competition image and enter your details. Full terms and conditions are available online.…

GREAT GOALS! XHERDAN SHAQIRI The Swiss star’s first-time curler against Scotland was a real screamer, although he gets nil points for his failed knee-slide celebration. LOL! JUDE BELLINGHAM Talk about a Euros clutch moment, the England ace scored an overhead kick when The Three Lions were on the brink of a shock exit to Slovakia! NICOLAE STANCIU The Romania midfielder’s first-time long-range strike against Ukraine was even more impressive because the ball was bobbling as it arrived at his feet! ARDA GULER & MERT MULDER There was a 2-for-1 offer on worldies in the Turkey v Georgia match – Mert Muldur’s amazing volley and Arda Guler’s “golazo” from long range. Wow! RECORD BREAKERS! YOUNG GUNS! Lamine Yamal became the Euros’ youngest-ever player at 16 years old, while Arda Guler became…

ARSENAL After selling out US stadiums last summer, Arsenal are back in America this year! Two high-profile friendlies against Man. United and Liverpool will be perfect tests for The Gunners, before heading back to London. There they face German champs Leverkusen, with ex-captain Granit Xhaka heading back home, before taking on Lyon for the chance to lift the Emirates Cup! FIXTURES July 24 Bournemouth – Los Angeles July 27 Man. United – Los Angeles July 31 Liverpool – Philadelphia Aug. 7 Bayer Leverkusen – London Aug. 11 Lyon – London Approx. Miles Travelled 11,400 BRIGHTON Brighton and Japan have a strong link thanks to Kaoru Mitoma’s success at The Seagulls, so they’re bound to be popular when they visit for the first time ever this summer! Both of their games are…

Man. United Home Shirt 2024-25 Between 1952 and 1957, Man. United experimented with different materials to help the players see each other better on the pitch, with different shades of red reflecting differently under the floodlights! That history was the inspiration behind United’s 2024-25 home shirt, which starts brighter at the top and gets darker at the bottom. A final flame-like red stripe runs down the side panel of the shirt and shorts! Price: £80 adidas.co.uk Puma Ultra 5 Boots We showed you the new Puma Ultra 5 Carbon last month, and now the mega brand have launched the first non limited-edition colourway for the public! The headline of the cool next-generation cleats is the carbon fibre soleplate – the same material used on Mercedes F1 cars! The high-tech purple…