Indholdsfortegnelse for 18 March 2025 i MATCH!

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KATRINA GORRY HER STORY… → Gorry has played all over the planet, from her home in Australia to Japan, Canada, the US, Sweden and now England! → She signed for West Ham in January 2024 and was made Hammers captain last summer! → Gorry has represented her country at three World Cups and two Olympic Games! FACTFILE Age: 32 Position: Midfielder Club: West Ham Country: Australia HER STYLE… → She’s an all-action box-to-box midfielder who had five goals and assists from her first 16 WSL games in 2024-25! → She’s more known for her defensive work, though, and ranks high in the WSL for tackles attempted and won! → As well as her contagious, lung-busting energy, Gorry is also a massive leader in the changing room for her side! HER…

DID YOU KNOW? Their recent game v Inter Miami saw temperatures plunge to -16 degrees celcius, which is one of the coldest footy matches on record! STADIUM FACTS TEAM: Sporting Kansas City BUILT: 2011 CAPACITY: 18,467 RECORD ATTENDANCE: 21,650 v Real Salt Late, December 2013 NEAREST NEIGHBOUR: St Louis City SC LONGEST LEAGUE JOURNEY: Vancouver Whitecaps, 1,968 miles COLLECT ALL 15!…

Poster king! Tottenham and James Maddison superfan Alfie loves collecting posters for his bedroom! Cards collection! Edward and Sammy posed with their MATCH Annual and huge card collection. Great snap! Golden baller! Arsenal fan Ankush created his all-star line-up, with himself as the goalkeeper! Ultimate player! Noah drew this ultimate player based on skills from Premier League superstars! Forest superfan! Big MATCH and Forest fan Baxter wanted to show off his football shirt and magazine collection! Hammers hero! West Ham supporter James has managed to collect all the Golden Baller cards. Get in there! SEND YOUR PICTURES TO… Email: match.magazine@kelsey.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/matchmagazine X: www.x.com/matchmagazine…

FA CUP TIES PREDATORMOMENTS! ICYMI, adidas released these limited-edition Predators last month in the classic colourway of black, white and red. They’re total beauts! LIVERPOOLXADIDAS! From 2025-26 onwards, Liverpool will be wearing adidas kits! It’s the third Reds x adidas link-up after spells from 1985 to 1996 and from 2006 to 2012! DORTMUND’S NEON LOOK! Borussia Dortmund revealed a special neon jersey, worn in their game against FC Augsburg, which was inspired by their Bundesliga-winning 1994-95 shirt! FULHAM v CRYSTAL PALACE This London derby has been really even in recent years, with both of the teams getting wins over the other, plus a few draws as well! Palace landed a 2-0 win at Craven Cottage last month, with a second-half rocket from Daniel Munoz securing the victory, while Marco Silva’s…

TROPHIES! Which major honours have they won? MANAGERS! Who are their most successful managers? LEGENDS! Who are their most iconic players of all time? STYLE! What style of football are they associated with? CURRENT XI! How star-studded is their current line-up? STADIUM! Where do they play their home matches? ARGENTINA The world champions have had two of footy’s greatest-ever players! TROPHIES 9/10 The current world champions have lifted the World Cup three times in their history – in 1978, 1986 and 2022! They’re also record winners of South America’s Copa America, lifting the prestigious trophy on 16 occasions – most recently in 2024! MANAGERS 9/10 Lionel Scaloni joined Cesar Luis Menotti and Carlos Bilardo in leading Argentina to World Cup glory! Menotti and Bilardo had completely different vibes – Menotti…

SPAIN v NETHERLANDS Sunday 23 March, 7.45pm  Channel TBC European champs Spain battle Netherlands for the chance to make the Nations League semi-finals in June! This is the second leg, being played at Valencia’s Mestalla stadium – La Roja’s first game there since 2019. The Dutch have a great record v Spain, losing just one of their last eight head-to-heads, although that loss was the 2010 WC final! CHELSEA W v MAN. CITY W Thursday 27 March, 8pm Chelsea and City’s rivalry resumes in what has been a bonkers period for the two clubs! This will be their fourth back-to-back game in the space of just 13 days, starting with their League Cup final at Pride Park in the middle of March. This Champions League quarter-final second leg comes just…

22 Harry Kane started 2025 just 22 caps away from England’s all-time appearance record! The English FA is going to upgrade the training base used by its national teams, with the work set to be complete by 2028! 20+ Italy striker Mateo Retegui was the first player to net 20+ Serie A goals in 2024-25! 22 The United States recently beat the US Virgin Islands 22-0 in the CONCACAF region of qualifying for the Under-17 World Cup! 10 The record victory in World Cup qualifying for the country at any level saw striker Chase Adams score an incredible ten goals! 63 Jay Dasilva won 63 caps for England’s youth teams before representing Wales’ senior side! 36 Germany have scored a mind boggling 36 goals in their last five games at…

BRIGHTON LIFE! BAGGALEY SAYS: “It’s a lovely place, isn’t it? I like it by the sea. Nice coffee shops. Yeah, good vibe!” FRAN KIRBY! BAGGALEY SAYS: “She’s a great standard of player, she’s won a lot of things and brings that experience, that knowledge. She can help all of us! We had Jelena Cankovic come in as well, and Bruna Vilamala from Barcelona, so we’ve had players who’ve been at big clubs, and they know what it takes. It’s only going to benefit the team!” HER HOBBIES! BAGGALEY SAYS: “I like knitting and sewing. I learned to sew in lockdown, and then tried knitting one day. I’ll make anything really. I made a few jumpers. Actually, there’s a couple now done for my team-mates, but it takes a while, so they’re…

ESTEVAO STAR BOY! The Brazil boy wonder reminds us loads of another 17-year-old world wonderkid – Barcelona and Spain baller Lamine Yamal! They’re both left-footed dribbly wingers who play off the right flank, love busting out mad tekkers and are always looking to beat their man! KEY SKILLS ✓ DEMON DRIBBLING! ✓ LETHAL LONG SHOTS! ✓ FEARSOME FLAIR! NIKE NEXT-GEN! Estevao is the youngest Brazilian ever to sign a contract with mega sports brand Nike, doing so when he was just ten years old! That made him one year younger than Rodrygo, who signed a Nike deal when he was only 11, and three years younger than Neymar, who was a Nike athlete at 13. Wow! CHELSEA FUTURE! The supreme teen talent has already committed his future to Chelsea, agreeing…