the top Reddit posts from r/soccer for the past day
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[TV2] Alphonso Davies on Erling Haaland: "He's a top striker and is on his way to become a legend of the game. You can't take anything away from him. He's quick, strong, intelligent and overall a good player."
[Sky Sports] UK and Ireland submit final bid for Euro 2028 and reveal 10 shortlisted host stadiums
After missing 5 out of first 16 penalties in his career, Romelu Lukaku has now successfully scored 24 consecutive penalties with his last miss from spot coming almost 6 years ago.
[DailyMail] Victor Osimhen: "Leo Ostigard spoke to me a lot about Erling Haaland, how hard he trained. One day he said: 'If you want, I can bring you his shirt.' I said: 'Of course, bro'. So he spoke to Haaland, who also asked for my shirt, so we swapped them through Ostigard."
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Julian Brandt signs a new contract at bvb until 2026!
[Tyrone Marshall] Thomas Tuchel on how to stop Haaland: "I’ve had the pleasure of talking to Johan Cruyff who told me about a forward they could never control with Barca until they stopped marking him and then he stopped scoring goals. We won’t do that tomorrow though."
OTD 5 years ago, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a 97th minute penalty to send Real Madrid into the Champions League semi-finals and stop a desperate comeback by Juventus. Gianluigi Buffon was also sent off
Materazzi on the Zidane headbutt: "You know the NBA? Trash talking – my trash talking was nothing, very minimal, nothing. He offered me his jersey and I said, 'No, I prefer your sister.'"
[Paul Joyce] Two-metre no-go area around officials is proposed by Ref Support UK after Andy Robertson and Constantine Hatzidakis incident. Players could only go inside the “exclusion zone” if invited.
[Fabrizio Romano] Ancelotti: “I have a fantastic memory of Chelsea. I am a supporter of the club. I won’t return there” “Me going back to Chelsea as coach? No. I think Lampard is the right man and he will do a great job with them”.
[Son Aviones] Facundo Medina (Argentine defender for Lens): “If Messi gets past me next week, I’ll grab him with the shirt I’ll grab or hug him. ‘Give me a hug. For the Copa. If Mbappé gets past me, they will take him with an ambulance
Micah Richards: "At 17 years old, I earned £5k-a-week. [...] Man City offered me £100k-a-week for 5 years. I said no because I was #2 to Zabaleta. It's the worst decision I've ever made. Why do you think I work for every fucking broadcaster? At Aston Villa, I had £25k-a-week in the Championship."
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[El Chiringuito TV] Fede Valverde's entourage has contacted Baena so that he does not denounce. Baena's response : "Issue a statement denying the reports saying that i said something about your son."
[Goal] Head-to-head stats of some of the biggest derbies in Europe
[David Ornstein] Leicester in advanced discussions to name Dean Smith as interim until end of season. If deal struck, 52yo former Brentford, Aston Villa & Norwich boss would be joined by Craig Shakespeare + other staff.
[Cadena SER] As of now there has been NO video evidence found in which Àlex Baena makes reference to Valverde's child as reported from Madrid. The Copa del Rey and La Liga matches have been reviewed.