Indholdsfortegnelse for 25 May 2021 i MATCH!

FANTASIC FODEN! Man. City are on the verge of winning a treble and writing their names into the history books as one of the greatest–ever teams, but guess who was the first player to hit double digits for goals AND assists for them in all comps in 2020-21 – Phil Foden! The classy midfielder turns 21 a day before the final, so a CL trophy would be the birthday present for! 6 No English player has been directly involved in more CL goals this season than Foden! 3 Foden is the third-youngest Englishman to score in a Champo League quarter-final! 95 He had a jaw-dropping 95% pass success rate in City’s first-leg win v PSG! 2 This season, he also became the second-youngest player to score in both legs of a CL quarter-final! MARVELLOUS…

HOW TO VOTE! Go to the MATCH Facebook page now and you’ll see two shortlists – one for Player Of The Month and one for Goal Of The Month. Then just vote for your choice. Well easy! BALE We’re not sure it’s enough to win him POTM, but Gareth’s hat-trick v Sheffield United was a sick start to the month! TRAORE They didn’t win the game, but the Villa star’s rocket against Man. United might be winning your GOTM votes! PEPE Arsenal’s record signing whipped a worldy past West Brom earlier this month. Saucy! EZE The Palace young gun ran the length of the pitch to score a solo stunner against Sheffield United. Take a bow! THE RESULTS! We’ll reveal the winners online!…

MAN. CITY Manager: Pep Guardiola Captain: Fernandinho Champions League finals: 0 Champions League wins: 0 ROAD TO THE FINAL GROUP STAGE LAST 16 Man. City win 4-0 on aggregate QUARTER-FINAL Man. City win 4-2 on aggregate SEMI-FINAL Man. City win 4-1 on aggregate EDERSON Ederson has only conceded four goals in the CL this season! WALKER The England right-back has played every game in the CL knockouts! STONES Stones has been a totally transformed player alongside Dias! DIAS The summer signing has been an absolute rock at the back for City! CANCELO Chelsea will have to deal with both of City’s attacking full-backs! B. SILVA Bernardo’s also started every CL knockout game for City in a floating role! FERNANDINHO The powerhouse will battle it out with Rodri to start as…

OLLE ‘OLLELITO’ ARBIN! The 2020-21 ePremier League runner-up chats to MATCH! EARLY DAYS OLLESAYS: “I started playing competitively around FIFA 18, so I’ve been in the scene now for nearly three years! When I was young, I just started playing video games. I love competing and when I’m coming into something, I want to be the best!” EPREMIER LEAGUE! OLLESAYS: “It’s a fantastic experience! It’s a huge honour being part of this big tournament and playing for Leeds!” REPRESENTING LEEDS! OLLESAYS: “I’ve been speaking to Patrick Bamford - I’ve played him as well in the club play-offs for Leeds! I’ve also been talking to Ezgjan Alioski. They are two really nice guys and the support that all of the fans have shown me is fantastic!” FAVOURITE FORMATION! OLLESAYS: “I think…

10 MOHAMED DIAME HULL 1-0 SHEFF. WEDNESDAY CHAMPIONSHIP ★ 2016 You’ve got to feel for Keiren Westwood! The Wednesday goalkeeper managed to keep his side level in this play-off final with a number of remarkable saves but couldn’t do anything to keep out Mohamed Diame’s wonderstrike! The powerful midfielder’s curling right-footed shot nestled into the top corner! 9 ALEX REVELL LEYTON ORIENT 2-2 ROTHERHAM LEAGUE ONE ★ 2014 You need to watch highlights of this game on YouTube – it’s one of the most dramatic play-off finals you’ll ever see! Alex Revell’s 30-yard lob to get Rotherham back on level terms in the second half was definitely the highlight, though – it even got his manager running down the touchline in celebration! It sent the clash to extra-time and then…

VICTORIOUS VILLARREAL? ✓ Ex-Arsenal manager Unai Emery is an absolute expert in the Europa League! He won the tournament three times in a row as gaffer of Sevilla and took Arsenal to the final in 2018-19! ✓ The Yellow Submarine have got one of the most lethal forwards in Europe! Gerard Moreno is the top-scoring Spanish striker in La Liga and should lead the line for Spain at Euro 2020! ✓ Villarreal have a demon defence! They’ve conceded just eight goals in the whole of this year’s Europa League – that’s one less than Tottenham conceded, despite playing four extra games! TEAM NEWS & LIKELY LINE-UP Wing wizard Samuel Chukwueze is a doubt after injuring a muscle v Arsenal. Tottenham loanee Juan Foyth also missed that tie and isn’t expected…

The series so far has seen a host of footy favourites take on the challenge for the All Stars, including Liverpool team-mates Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson, as well as BT Sport presenters Karen Carney, Peter Crouch, Robbie Savage and Rachel Brown-Finnis! Here’s what some of the All Stars had to say about the Times Tables Rock Stars challenge and the importance of maths… TRENT ALEXANDER ARNOLD TRENTSAYS: “I was always competitive at school, particularly in maths which was one of my best subjects! Time Tables Rock Stars was difficult when I first tried it, but after I practised a few times I was much better and faster!” ROBBIE SAVAGE ROBBIESAYS: “I used to enjoy maths! My maths teacher was also my PE teacher and I always used to ask…

ENGLAND JOURNEY! CONOR SAYS: “Over the years, I saw other lads from my age group playing in the Premier League every week and getting full England caps, so you do wonder if your chance has gone. My career path has been different – they were ready, but I wasn’t and I had to drop down a league. I had to learn more about football, get better and become a man. It’s been a great journey and I wouldn’t change any of it!” FIRST CALL-UP! CONOR SAYS: “Even now, I can’t really put into words how I felt when I got that call from the manager. My wife videos my kids watching their dad play for his country! Being involved with England is just amazing and a proud achievement for me…

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BRILLIANT BAMFORD! Think back to the start of the season and Patrick Bamford wasn’t even guaranteed to make the Leeds XI after The Whites splashed record bucks on Rodrigo! The lethal striker proved to be an FPL bargain, alongside loads of other Leeds stars like Stuart Dallas, Jack Harrison and Illan Meslier! MAGIC MARTINEZ! Emiliano Martinez saved a pen on his Aston Villa debut to help his new side defeat Sheffield United 1-0, which was a sign of things to come on FPL! He provided points after points, and was soon snapped up by over half of the FPL community to make himself one of FPL’s all-time most popular GKs! BANGING BRUNO! Bruno Fernandes ended the season as the most-picked player on FPL and his massive points total backed that…

1 UNBREAKABLE DEFENCES! Chelsea and Man. City have conceded just four goals in reaching the Champo League final, making it the first since 2005-06 to be contested by two teams who both conceded four or fewer goals! Edouard Mendy has kept eight clean sheets in his 11 games – the most on a single season by a GK for an English side in CL history! 2 FAMILIAR FOES! The Champo League final will be the fourth time this season that Man. City and Chelsea meet! City thrashed Frank Lampard’s Blues 3-1 in January, but the Londoners got their revenge by knocking City out of the FA Cup under Thomas Tuchel in April. Even more recently, Chelsea won 2-1 earlier this month in their Etihad clash! 3 ALL-ENGLISH SHOWDOWN! This year…

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MATCH checks out all the latest stories ahead of the European Championship taking place this summer! ONLY 2 WEEKS TO GO! 11 EUROS EXCITEMENT! DE LIGT SAYS: “It was important – there’s relief for the nation and for the fans that we’ve qualified! We’re a country that should always be represented at World Cups and the European Championship but there’s no given right. We worked hard to be here and we want to do well!” ACE AMBITIONS! DE LIGT SAYS: “Like with any knockout tournament, the first priority has to be to progress out of the group. Most tournaments, there’s one nation that fails at that group stage that nobody expected to. Once you’re out of the group stage you know it’s not many games until the final and you…

Use these three clues to name the mystery superstar! ↘ I’ve played in the Champions League for AC Milan, PSG and most recently for Chelsea! ↘ I’ve scored four net-busters in the world-famous club competition! ↘ closing in on 100 appearances for Brazil! TRANSFER TRACKER! Fill the gaps in the career of four-time Champions League winner Luka Modric! 2003-08 ? 2008-12 ? 2012- Real Madrid SPORT SWITCH? Which CL finalist has turned into a pace bowler in this pic? THENICKNAMEGAME! Match the past CL winners to their awesome nicknames! GROUNDED! Name the ground that hosted the Champo League final in 2019! WORDSEARCH Can you find 40 past Champo League final goalscorers in this mega grid? Alonso Asensio Bale Belletti Benzema Campbell Casemiro Coman Crespo Deco Drogba Gerrard Godin Gundogan Inzaghi…