Innholdsfortegnelse for 27 August 2024 i MATCH!

111 PREMIER LEAGUE APPEARANCES FOR WOLVES! STAT AT TACK 9 Last season, he made more PL assists than Noni Madueke, Mykhailo Mudryk and Raheem Sterling combined! Only Kevin 0.53 De Bruyne registered more assists per 90 minutes in the PL last season than Neto! 3 He made three appearanaces for Portugal at Euro 2024! FACT PACK Country: Portugal Caps: 10 DOB: 09/03/00 Height: 5ft8in Previous clubs: Wolves, Lazio (loan), Braga Boots: Nike Mercurial PLAYS LIKE ANTHONY GORDON Neto and Gordon are two of the quickest wingers in the Premier League right now! They’re both unstoppable when they start running – with or without the ball – making them perfect for launching counter attacks! They’re both really strong one-v-one dribblers as well, easily able to beat their man! STORY SO FAR…

5 YEAR CONTRACT WITH BRENTFORD! STAT ATTACK 18 His Fulham debut came when he was 18 years old in the EFL Cup! 9 He netted nine goals while on loan at Hull last season and got two assists from 20 league appearances! 22 He has played 22 times for England’s youth teams, but more recently has represented Portugal’s Under-21s! FACT PACK Country: Portugal Caps: 0 DOB: 30/08/02 Height: 5ft 7in Previous clubs: Liverpool, Hull (loan), RB Leipzig(loan), Fulham Boots: Nike Mercurial PLAYS LIKE CHRISTOPHER NKUNKU An attacking midfielder who can play centrally or out wide, with silky skills and the ability to find the back of the net, we can see the similarities between Nkunku and Carvalho! The 21-year-old’s challenge now is to finish a season with double digits for…

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CELTIC v RANGERS Sunday 1 September, 12.30pm Another massive derby taking place this fortnight is the Scottish Premiership’s Old Firm! It’s the first of the 2024-25 season, but just as important as any other – Celtic’s three wins over their rivals last season was basically the swing between top and second place. Rangers need to improve their H2H record if they want to regain the SPL title! PORTUGAL v SCOTLAND Sunday 8 September, 7.45pm As well as being a massive fortnight in the Scottish domestic league, it’s also a huge one for the national side as the squad looks to put their Euros disappointment behind them! By winning Nations League Group B1 in 2022-23, Scotland were promoted to League A for the first time – giving them a shot at…

OLYMPICGOLDFOR HAYES! Former Chelsea Women’s boss Emma Hayes continued her golden touch with winning trophies by guiding the USWNT to a gold medal at the Paris Summer Olympics! ATLETIARTWORK! Spain’s Atletico Madrid genuinely used this artwork to announce the signing of Julian Alvarez – AKA, The Spider! The caption was, “Sorry, our designer is on holiday.” LOL! TRANSFER CRAZY! All-time footy legend Ronaldinho’s son, Joao Mendes, completed one of the wackiest transfers of the summer after moving from Barcelona’s academy to Burnley! BALLON D’OR! Only four English players have ever lifted the Ballon d’ Or and one of those winners was in 1979! Former Hamburg superstar Kevin Keegan, who later went on to manage England, Man. City and Newcastle, won the individual trophy in 1978 and 1979. He is one…

7 GOALS FOR GERMANY’S YOUTH TEAMS! STAT ATTACK 2.5 Last season, he completed 2.5 dribbles per game, which put him in the top five in Germany! 7 He recorded seven goals and assists combined from 19 starts in the league in 2023-24! 18 He has earned 18 caps for Germany’s youth teams, from the Under-15s to U21 level! FACT PACK Country: Germany Caps: 0 DOB: 31/05/04 Height: 5ft 10in Previous clubs: Mainz Boots: adidas F50 PLAYS LIKE LAMINE YAMAL Just like the Barcelona boy wonder, The Seagulls’ starboy is a left-footed winger who prefers to play on the right flank. Just like Yamal, he has only needed one campaign to prove his worth in one of Europe’s top five leagues, with elite dribbling and sound decision making their standout assets!…

55 MILLION TRANSFER FEE! STAT ATTACK 19 The 19 PL goals he scored in 2023-24 was a personal best for the striker in the comp! 199 He featured 199 times in the PL and Championship for Bournemouth over the past six seasons! 1 He has played for England’s senior side once – against Brazil in a friendly in 2017! FACT PACK Country: England Caps: 1 DOB: 14/09/97 Height: 6t 2in Previous clubs: Bournemouth, Liverpool, Vitesse(loan), Chelsea Boots: Nike Mercurial PLAYS LIKE OLLIE WATKINS A pacy striker who presses well and holds the ball up for his team could describe both Solanke and Watkins! The English net-busters scored the same number of Premier League goals last season too, although Watkins put on a load more assists for Aston Villa than Solanke…

N. IRELAND v LUXEMBOURG We fancy Northern Ireland to start the campaign with three points! MATCH SAYS 1-0 YOU SAY FRANCE v ITALY If the Euros are anything to go by, this will be a comfortable home win! MATCH SAYS 2-0 YOU SAY REP. OF IRELAND v ENGLAND We don’t think it’ll be a walkover for England. They’ll just nick a win! MATCH SAYS 0-1 YOU SAY BULGARIA v N. IRELAND Northern Ireland are five without a win v Bulgaria. Make that six… MATCH SAYS 1-1 YOU SAY SCOTLAND v POLAND Scotland are the slight favourites, especially when at Hampden Park! MATCH SAYS 2-1 YOU SAY WALES v TURKEY Wales will have to be on top form v this confident young Turkey team! MATCH SAYS 0-2 YOU SAY GERMANY v…

THE TRACTOR BOY! Ed Sheeran already sponsored Ipswich’s kit, but now he also owns a percentage of the club! He celebrated the moment by taking a ride on a tractor – as you do! POCH SHOCK! We were as surprised as most to see former Tottenham and Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino agree to take over as United States manager! The 2026 World Cup, here we come! PENALTY MARATHON! Ajax beat Panathinaikos 13-12 on penalties after a marathon shootout featuring 34 spot-kicks to reach the Europa League qualifying play-off round. Wow! COVER STAR! As a kid, Jude Bellingham used to dream about featuring on the cover of his favourite footy game – and now he actually does! His iconic celebration is the image on the Standard Edition cover, while he’s joined…

100 LEAGUE GAMES FOR ligue 1 club NICE! STAT AT TACK  90 Last season, he had a 90% pass accuracy in Ligue 1!  61 His aerial duel success rate last season was better than William Saliba’s rate in the Premier League!  2 He has earned two senior France caps and made his competitive debut for Les Bleus in 2023 against Gibraltar! FACT PACK Country: France Caps: 2 DOB: 30/12/99 Height: 6ft 3in Previous clubs: Nice, Benfica (loan), Schalke (loan), Barcelona, Toulouse Boots: Nike Tiempo PLAYS LIKE DAYOT UPAMECANO Todibo plays a lot like a France team-mate who keeps him out of the national team starting line-up – Bayern CB Dayot Upamecano! Both the French defenders are really good with the ball at their feet, but also strong in the tackle…

13 SENIOR APPEARANCES FOR MEXICO! STAT ATTACK 100 He played 100 matches for Major League Soccer superclub LA Galaxy! 0 He failed to make his debut for Barcelona, before joining The Cherries for £8.5m this summer! 1 He earned one senior cap for the USA in a friendly v El Salvador, before switching his allegiance to Mexico! FACT PACK Country: Mexico Caps: 13 DOB: 13/08/01 Height: 5ft9in Previous clubs: Barcelona, Las Palmas (loan), LAGalaxy Boots: adidas Predator PLAYS LIKE LUKE SHAW Even though he plays as a right-back rather than left-back, we can see the similarities with England defender Shaw! Both full backs love getting high up the pitch and the data says that they put in a similar amount of crosses, although the Man. United defender is a better…

MATTHIJS DE LIGT £38.5m from Bayern Munich The ex-Ajax captain reunited with Erik ten Hag, who he played under during his time at the Dutch club! He landed a five-year contract with the option of another year, and signed alongside Bayern Munich team-mate Noussair Mazraoui, who also played under ETH at Ajax. The double deal strengthened Man. United’s defence! CAMERON ARCHER £15m from Aston Villa It has been a busy period for Archer, who returned to Villa from Sheffield United last month, only to be sold to Southampton in August! The 22-year-old striker has signed a four-year deal with The Saints and made his PL debut for them in the opener away against Newcastle! KALVIN PHILLIPS Loan from Man. City It has been a really tough two years for Phillips…

Spurs superstar! Tottenham fan Reggie sent in this drawing of his favourite player Micky van de Ven! “Juuuuuuude!" Top marks to Arthur for this incredible drawing of England’s Jude Bellingham! Ronaldo fans! Ronnie drew his favourite Cristiano Ronaldo jersey, surrounded by tons of fans! Barca baller! BB sent in her amazing drawing of Lamine Yamal after watching him tear up the Euros for Spain! LEGO legend! Man. City fan Benjamin loves football and LEGO, so made a stadium ready for action! Fab five-a-side! Check out the epic five-a-side team James made from his card collection! SEND YOUR PICTURES TO… Email: match.magazine@kelsey.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/matchmagazine X: www.twitter.com/matchmagazine…

1 Sweden is the only country among Europe’s top 33 leagues that doesn’t use VAR! Serie A club Cagliari have signed 18-year-old Jack Nunn from Stoke Gifford United, who play in the 11th tier of English footy. Random transfer alert! 16 The 2024-25 season is Seamus Coleman’s 16th campaign in an Everton shirt. Hero! Since the 2017-18 Prem campaign, Kevin De Bruyne has created more chances than any other player! 600+ The Belgium superstar is the only player to create more than 600 PL chances for his side during that time! Ex-England gaffer Steve McClaren has taken over as Jamaica manager! 19 Man. City Women’s new signing Aoba Fujino is Japan’s youngest ever World Cup scorer – male or female! 56 Germany’s Niclas Fullkrug is the 56th forward that West…