Indholdsfortegnelse for 28-Apr-2020 i MATCH!

SERGEGNABRY BAYERN & GERMANY As a youngster, Gnabry was a really talented sprinter and competed at loads of athletics tournaments, but eventually had to make a decision when he was 11 about whether he wanted to focus on running or football! Luckily for Bayern Munich and Germany, he chose football! CRISTIANO RONALDO JUVENTUS & PORTUGAL If you’re a fan of football legend Cristiano Ronaldo, you’re gonna want to convince your parents to take you on holiday to Portugal once lockdown is over! The hero owns two hotels – one in Lisbon and one in his hometown Funchal – but even the basic rooms cost over £100 a night to stay there! ERLING HAALAND B. DORTMUND & NORWAY Before the wonderkid was busting tons of nets, he was spitting rhymes for…

ROBBO’S ROUTINE! Andy Robertson posted a snap of his daily routine – and it turns out he’s well over protective of Trent Alexander-Arnold! TEABAG TEKKERS! Haters will say it’s fake, but David Luiz posted the most outrageous long-range teabag kick you’ll see for a while. Wow! EGG CHALLENGE! This might look like four eggs sitting in egg cups, but wait for a Pepe Reina-shaped surprise to appear in one of them! WIGGY CABALLERO! We know this lockdown feels like a lifetime, but surely Chelsea GK Willy Caballero’s hair hasn’t grown that much?!…

QR CODE EXPLAINED This is a QR code – just scan it with your phone or tablet to watch each video clip on YouTube. Here’s how to do it: Download and install a free QR Code reader from the app or android store. Hold your phone or tablet over the QR code and you’ll be sent to the clip. Easy! RICE v MOUNT! Chelsea Football Club Buddies Declan Rice and Mason Mount went head-to-head in this ultimate FIFA 20 showdown, but who comes out on top? LIVERPOOL LOCKDOWN! Liverpool FC Check out this video of The Reds’ online training session, including Sadio Mane causing some chaos! DANCING KINGS! Soccer AM Loads of Premier League players, like Daniel James and Benjamin Mendy, tell Soccer AM who the best dancer at their…

The Ultimate Fan Book Bundle! CLOSING We’ve teamed up with Welbeck Publishing to give away a wicked book bundle to five lucky readers – including the Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi Ultimate Fan Books. Well, what are you waiting for? CLOSING DATE: May 28 5 PRIZES! HOW TO ENTER! WWW.MATCHFOOTBALL.CO.UK Then click ‘WIN’ in the navigation bar on the MATCH website. Full Terms & Conditions are available online. The Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi Ultimate Fan Books are written in a lively, buzzing style and filled with fun features, awesome photographs and mega cool quotes! All three books are on sale now. For more information, please visit www.welbeckpublishing.co.uk BOREDOM BUSTER! GET THIS COOL HOVER BALL FOR JUST £9.99!* MATCH is here to help you bust any…

GREALISH’S FUT! You defo don’t want to come up against Jack Grealish’s FUT team – it’s packed full of Icons, including Pele and the deadly Ronaldo R9! COPENHAGEN CHAMP! EA Sports organised a FIFA 20 #stayandplay Cup recently, with 20 pro players taking part, and it was Copenhagen striker Mo Daramy who won it. Ledge! REMEMBER THE NAME… …Kluiverth Aguilar! Man. City have signed the 16-year-old Peru defender, but he’ll stay at Alianza Lima until he turns 18 in May 2021!…

‘EGG–CELLENT’ BREKKY! Want to know the secret to Jamie Vardy’s goal record? He has a ham and cheese omelette for breakfast most days! GROOVY GUCCI! Newcastle’s Allan Saint-Maximin has earned the funny nickname ‘Gucci’ from his Magpies team-mates, coz of his proper expensive headband collection! TOM AND YERRY! Huge Everton centre-back Yerry Mina was actually named after the tiny mouse Jerry from cool kids cartoon series Tom and Jerry! DEMON DESIGNER! You might see LB Patrick van Aanholt on the catwalk one day – the Crystal Palace hero has his own fashion label called Padeja! SHOCK STRIKER! Solid Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta played as a striker as a kid, before moving to right wing and then right-back. Wow! LOCAL LAD! Brighton CB Lewis Dunk grew up a 30-minute walk away…

Colour-in king! Big Barcelona fan Ben coloured in his two favourite strikers – Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero. Quality! #MATCHSockUps! Buddy sent MATCH his sock-ups attempt – he started off with four, but doubled his tally after practising some more! #MyMATCHShirt! Aston Villa fan Charlie sent us this snap of the wackiest shirt in his collection – it’s a Real Betis one he got on a trip to Seville. Class! Demon drawing! Man. City supporter Tom drew this awesome cartoon pic of Sergio Aguero! We want to see MATCHMAN next! MATCH Vote! We asked our fans on social who’d be a better signing for Man. United – Jack Grealish or James Maddison… and you couldn’t be split! SEND YOUR PICTURES TO… Email: match.magazine@kelsey.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/matchmagazine Twitter: www.twitter.com/matchmagazine…

FLICK SHOOT 2 With six epic single-player modes and two competitive online modes, this will grab your attention for ages! You’ll get the chance to prove you’re the best free-kick taker around! SCORE! HERO In this game, the score’s already decided before you even take control of your players! All you’ve got to do is complete different tasks to ensure the ultimate goal is completed! FOOTBALL STRIKE Practise penalties, have a shooting race or start a Career Mode in this simple, easy to play game! You can take on your friends or challenge players from all across the world! PREMIER LEAGUE Even though the Prem is postponed, the official app still has tons of cool videos! You can also personalise it to receive news on your fave team and access…

FIFA 20 CHALLENGE! Which EFL centre-back has better defending stats? BACK TO THE FUTURE Can you name the quality EFL winger who used to boss it for England? CLUB SHARERS! Which EFL club have these Prem stars all played for? YOUTUBE STAR! Which Derby goal machine has started up his own YouTube page? CAMERA SHY! Name the Blackburn ballers hiding from the MATCH snapper! FOOTY MIS-MATCH Spot the ten differences between these action pics! BACK OF THES HIRT Can you name the players who these shirts belong to? WHO AM I? Can you guess the player? FLIP FOR IT! You’ve got a 50/50 chance of getting these tricky teasers right. Tick the answer you think is correct! FIRST XI! Can you answer these 11 mega tough Premier League questions? 1.…

137 The 2006-07 PL season saw fewer goals scored than in any other in the competition’s history – 931! Bolton’s midfield legend Jay-Jay Okocha once had a crazy 137 shots in a PL season without scoring! 16 No-one in Europe’s top five leagues has provided more assists than Bayern legend Thomas Muller this season. Total hero! 9 Arsenal’s crazy 5-4 win against Tottenham in 2004 saw nine different goalscorers – a record for a single Premier League match! 9 The only other Prem game to have nine different scorers was Portsmouth’s 7-4 win over Reading, but two were own goals! 3 Patrick van Aanholt’s cousin is Feyenoord midfielder Leroy Fer! Only three bosses have completed a league double over Pep Guardiola – Antonio Conte, Nuno Espirito Santo and Ole Gunnar…

PLAYING FOR UNITED! MARCUS SAYS: “I was always a United fan so, as soon as I knew they wanted me to go and train there, that was the end of it! I went there and fell in love with the club!” BEING A FOOTBALLER! MARCUS SAYS: “Being a footballer takes a lot of patience. Just remember that the people around you are trying to help you and, once you get your opportunity, make sure you take it! At the big clubs, you don’t know how many opportunities you’ll get!” MAN. CITY RIVALRY! MARCUS SAYS: “I don’t not like Man. City. It’s obviously difficult because there are people in my family who support City and I have friends that play for them as well! When we’re speaking about football, we just…

THIS WEEK… CHEST CONTROL AND VOLLEY! You need to be able to control the ball at all heights to be a great player! Maybe you’re a striker receiving a long ball, or a defender or midfielder collecting the ball from a throw-in. Learn how to control the ball with your chest and volley it back without touching the floor using TopTekkers’ tips… Try to stay light on your toes and attempt to move your body in line with the ball! Move your shoulders back as you cushion the ball! Set the ball in front of your body with your touch! Volley the ball back with the inside of your foot, locking your ankle and pushing through the ball as you make contact! THE CHALLENGE… Now practise this week’s Top Tekkers drill…

rjames +540k followers Reece James, Mason Mount and Declan Rice all appear in this old photo with Franco Di Santo! lacazettealex +3.1m followers We’d look much happier than Laca if we had that Ferrari! Can you give us a lift, Alex? esmuellert +7.3m followers Thomas Muller got visited by loads of Easter bunnies! frenkiedejong +6.7m followers De Jong has even worn out his dog with his workout! iamzlatanibrahimovic +42.5m followers That looks like a successful fishing trip for Zlatan! lautaromartinez +3m followers The wanted Inter striker posed for a family portrait! madders +747k followers Madds has his own personalised number plate. Quality! nikitaparris17 +94k followers The Lionesses winger posted this throwback snap! mb459 +9m followers How are Mario Balotelli’s eyes not stinging?! viniciusjr +9.7m followers Vinicius is staying well flash…

LEAH WILLIAMSON HER STORY… The versatile baller is Arsenal through and through! She joined the club’s Centre Of Excellence when she was just nine, and made her way through the ranks before making her senior debut just after turning 17! Williamson has developed into a key member of the Arsenal squad, helping them to their first WSL title in seven years in 2018-19 and making her 100th appearance for The Gunners back in January 2019! She made her senior England debut in 2017, and was part of the Lionesses squad that reached the 2019 Women’s World Cup semi-finals and this year’s She Believes Cup. She scored her first goal with a late winner against Czech Republic last November! FACT FILE D.O.B: 29/03/97 Position: Centre-back/DM Club: Arsenal Country: England HER STYLE……