Indholdsfortegnelse for 14 March 2023 i MATCH!

NEYMAR v RONALDO BEN SAYS: “To be honest, I’d say Neymar! He grew up playing more street football in Brazil. He’s really into freestyle so I’d say him!” MAHREZ v ZAHA BEN SAYS: “I reckon Riyad Mahrez. The Man. City man has a lot of skills!” SANCHO v HAZARD BEN SAYS: “I’d say Jadon Sancho wins this – he’s got some good skills!” SAINT-MAXIMIN v ZIYECH BEN SAYS: “Allan Saint-Maximin! He’s probably the most skilful player I’ve ever seen. He’s mad!” VINICIUS JR. v RODRYGO BEN SAYS: “Vinicius Jr win this Real Madrid battle! I’ve seen lots of clips of him and he is proper skilful!” FODEN v GREALISH BEN SAYS: “Hmm… I’d say Phil Foden! He came on TikTok and was doing some skills challenges. He’s got quite good…

ADAM RYAN BRENTFORD “For the midfield anchor role you want someone like Patrick Vieira or Yaya Toure – they’re the perfect players to hold that position down and sit back. You need a big defensive player in there who can intercept the ball and cut out the passing lanes!” JACK SHARP BOURNEMOUTH “You need your attackers to be skilful and have a good weak foot to create unpredictability in your attack. You need a bit of height in midfield as the longer legs help interceptions, plus quick defenders to cover through balls and catch up the attackers!” CAMERON WILLEY ASTONVILLA “In attack you will need pace, because through balls are a nice way of getting an easy goal on this year’s FIFA! Having five-star skills does help as it allows…

ITALY v ENGLAND Can England beat Italy on Italian turf for the first time since 1961? MATCH SAYS 1-1 YOU SAY SWEDEN v BELGIUM Sweden’s pacy attack will cause all sorts of problems for Belgium! MATCH SAYS 2-1 YOU SAY CROATIA v WALES Two teams in transition could end up cancelling each other out here! MATCH SAYS 0-0 YOU SAY ENGLAND v UKRAINE We think England’s awesome home form will continue against Ukraine! MATCH SAYS 2-0 YOU SAY FRANCE v NETHERLANDS This blockbuster could go a long way to deciding who finishes top! MATCH SAYS 2-1 YOU SAY SCOTLAND v CYPRUS Scotland have to win this match v a team below them in the charts! MATCH SAYS 2-0 YOU SAY SPAIN v NORWAY Erling Haaland versus City mate Aymeric Laporte…

No.1 fan! Finley is a huge Man. United and Marcus Rashford fan – as you can tell from these cool snaps! World Cup memories! We’re flashing back to the World Cup with Barney’s drawing of Lionel Messi lifting the trophy! Cool FUT card! Liverpool fan Alex loves collecting football cards so he decided to draw his own Luis Diaz FUT one! Buzzing Gunner! George the Gunner got to watch his first match at the Emirates recently and even joined in with the chants! PSG portrait! Finn sent us this awesome drawing of PSG superstar Neymar. Top work, mate! SEND YOUR PICTURES TO… Email: match.magazine@kelsey.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/matchmagazine Twitter: www.twitter.com/matchmagazine…

IN GOAL JACK SAYS: “I’m not messing around and having an outfield player in goal! Manuel Neuer is so tekky when you look back on his career – and he’d probably score!” IN THE MIDDLE JACK SAYS: “He’s the most skilful player in the world so I’ve got to have Paul Pogba in midfield! His ball control is insane and he’s the most skilful street-skills player around. I’ve seen videos of him nutmegging everyone!” AT THE BACK JACK SAYS: “I think Marcelo is the most skilful defender around but ex-Spurs CB Jan Vertonghen is the surprise skiller – he has some insane skills in his locker and would hold down the fort better than Marcelo!” IN THE MIDDLE JACK SAYS: “Lazio’s Felipe Anderson is going to be my other midfielder.…

STADIUM FACTS TEAM: Motherwell BUILT: 1895 CAPACITY: 13,677 RECORD ATTENDANCE: 35,632 v Rangers, March 1952 NEAREST NEIGHBOUR: Hamilton LONGEST LEAGUE JOURNEY: Ross County, 184 miles COLLECT ALL 12 STADIUMS! DID YOU KNOW? It was the home venue for the Scotland women’s national team during the 2015 Women’s World Cup qualifying campaign!…

BARCELONA v REAL MADRID Sunday 19 March, 8pm Barcelona have just edged ahead of their Clasico rivals Real Madrid since the start of 2023, but Carlo Ancelotti’s side could still catch them! They know they need a result at the Nou Camp and the good news for Los Blancos is that they’re on a four-game unbeaten run in the Catalan capital. They’ve won their last two head-to-heads there! CROATIA v WALES Saturday 25 March, 7.45pm It’s the start of a new Gareth Bale-less era for The Dragons as they look to regroup after a slightly disappointing World Cup. Like England, they kick-off with what we’re expecting to be their hardest game of the campaign. Rob Page’s men will have to do something no other previous Wales side has ever managed…

4 The step over skill move is thought to have been invented by Argentine winger Pedro Calomino in the early 1900s! Four of Mo Salah’s first six PL yellow cards were due to him taking off his shirt while celebrating! 60+ Lionel Messi was the first player in Europe’s top five leagues to complete 60 dribbles this season. Baller! 5 Neymar waschosen as the most skilful player in the world for a fifth straight year in MATCH’s Skills Annual 2023… 1 Newcastle trickster Allan Saint-Maximin was the top-rated Premier League player in our Skills Annual countdown! 14 Neymar almost joined Real Madrid’s academy when he was 14 years old! Bukayo Saka used to follow Newcastle as a child as they were his dad’s favourite team! Mykhailo Mudryk once had a…

GOLD PLAYERS Marc-Andre ter Stegen Barcelona – GK Alisson Liverpool – GK Ederson Man. City – GK Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich – GK Virgil van Dijk Liverpool – DF David Alaba Real Madrid – DF Joao Cancelo Bayern Munich – DF Reece James Chelsea – DF Kevin De Bruyne Man. City – MF Jude Bellingham Borussia Dortmund – MF Pedri Barcelona – MF Jamal Musiala Bayern Munich – MF Kylian Mbappe PSG – FW Mohamed Salah Liverpool – FW Vinicius Jr. Real Madrid – FW Marcus Rashford Man. United – FW SILVER PLAYERS Aaron Ramsdale Arsenal – GK David Raya Brentford – GK Emiliano Martinez Aston Villa – GK Jordan Pickford Everton – GK Niklas Sule Borussia Dortmund – DF Kieran Trippier Newcastle – DF Josko Gvardiol RB Leipzig –…

REAL BETIS v MAN. UNITED Thursday 16 March, 5.45pm Man. United won’t get a warm welcome to the Benito Villamarin Stadium, which is known to be one of Spain’s loudest! TOTTENHAM W v ARSENAL W Saturday 25 March, 3pm The home side would love to put a dent in their London rivals’ title hopes, but their head-to-head record is terrible! ENGLAND v UKRAINE Sunday 26 March, 5pm Gareth Southgate returns to Wembley for the first time since renewing his contract as The Three Lions manager! REP. OF IRELAND v FRANCE Monday 27 March, 7.45pm Republic of Ireland really need to take advantage of their home games if they are going to have a chance of qualifying! ARSENAL v SPORTING Thursday 16 March, 8pm As soon as the United match finishes,…