World Soccer - UK (2021-10)

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6

LeicesterCity’s1-0 victory over

ManchesterCitymeansthatthe

FACup winnershavebeatenthe

leaguechampionsinsix of thelast

seven CommunityShieldclashes.

$ 250 m

AmountthatInternazionale

presidentStevenZhangisbeing

pursuedfor in aHongKongcourt.

10

GoalsscoredbyVivianneMiedema

atthe Tokyo Olympics– a record

haulfor a singletournament.

24

Robert Lewandowski’s match-

winningbraceagainstBorussia

DortmundintheGermanSuper

Cuptookhimto 24 goalsagainst

hisformerclub– levelwith

Wolfsburgas theteamhehas

scoredagainst themosttimes.

4

Redcardsshown to Romaplayers

andtheircoachJoseMourinho

duringa pre-seasonfriendly

defeattoRealBetis.

£ 3. 4 bn

Thetotalfallin Europeanfootball’s

revenuesdueto thepandemic,

accordingtoDeloitte.

£ 6 bn

Reportedrelieffundplannedby

UEFAto helpclubsacrossEurope.

195

FIFA-recognisedinternational

capswon by legendary Malaysia

defenderSohChinAnn,now

officiallyacknowledgedasthe

most-cappedmaleplayer of all

time– 27 yearsafter he retired.

£ 10 m

Annualvalueof Arsenal’s sleeve

sponsorfromthe Rwandantourist

board–despite presidentPaul

Kagamecriticisingthe club’s

performancesonTwitter.

£ 100 , 000

Transferoffermadefor professional

esportsFIFAplayer TomLeese –

thefirst-everoffer of itskind.

2022

Return date forLeicesterCity’s

WesleyFofanaafter a horror

tacklefromFerNinointheFoxes’

pre-seasonfriendlywithVillarreal.

3

Chelsea’s victoryagainst Villarreal

inthe UEFA SuperCupended

a three-matchlosingstreakin

thecompetition,havinglost the

2012 , 2 01 3 and 2019 finals.

13

Goalsscoredby Celtic newboy

KyogoFuruhashiinan11-game

spellforthe Scottishsideand

hispreviousclubVisselKobe.

£ 288. 8 m

Cumulativetransferfeesspent

onRomelu Lukakufollowinghis

club-record£97. 5 m transfer

fromInternazionaletoChelsea,

makinghimthemostexpensive

footballer of alltime.

1

After theirdefeat to Pacosde

Ferreira,Tottenhambecamethe

first Englishclubtolosea game

inUEFA’sConferenceLeague,

ChampionsLeague,Europa

League,CupWinners’Cup

andIntertotoCup.

36

Spanishwinger Pedrorecently

becamethe first playerin 3 6

yearstomovedirectlyfromRoma

toLazio,andonlythe fourthplayer

inhistorytodosoafterAstutillo

Malgioglio(1 98 6),FrancoCordova

(1 97 9)andAttilioFerraris(1936).

7

CopaLibertadoresgoalsscoredby

HulksincereturningtoBrazil,tofire

AtleticoMineiroto theirfirst semi-

finalsincewinningthe 2 01 3 edition.

38

Aged 38 yearsand 93 days, Dani

Alves becametheoldestmedallist

inmen’s football Olympicshistory.

5

Consecutiveyearsinwhich

MohamedSalahhasscoredonthe

openingday of thenew season–

a PremierLeaguerecord.

UEFASuperCup...

Chelseatriumphant

Purple patch...

Celtic’s newgoal

kingFuruhashi

Olympicsace...

Netherlands’

Vivianne

Miedema

In-form...

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