the top Reddit posts from r/soccer for the past week
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Spain head coach de la Fuente: "It's the most complicated and the hardest day of my career, the locker room seemed like we had lost... I understand Barcelona's complaints but it wasn't Gavi, it could have been someone else. It was an accident but he was completely ready to play."
[BBCSport] There have been 196 injuries in the Premier League season. That's a 15% increase compared with the past four campaigns. Why are so many players getting injured?
John Obi Mikel on African players sending money to family back home: "When you come from Africa - and this is something I don't think we speak a lot about - when you make money, it is not your money."
Koke: "I believe that Griezmann was not higher in the Ballon D'or ranking because he plays for Atlético Madrid. Last season he was the best player in La Liga and this year he is the best again. I'm not the one who votes but it's true that if he played for another team he would have that recognition
[Fabrizio Romano] Endrick: “My dream since I was a kid was to play for Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo is my idol”. “Messi is a phenomenal guy! But I’m more of a fan of Cristiano…”. “It’s a great pride knowing that I’ll wear the same shirt as Cristiano”.
Injury update on Gavi: The player has a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right kneee and an associated injury to the lateral meniscus
Havertz shielding the ball to win a throw in (for turkey)
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Robert Lewandowski ignores the 16-year-old Lamine Yamal, who tried to handshake him during Barca-Alaves game
Chelsea’s Cole Palmer and Manchester City’s Rico Lewis have earned first senior call-ups to the England squad for this month’s Euro 2024 qualifiers
[Fabrizio Romano] Victor Osimhen: “I’ve to be honest, I never thought of leaving last summer as Napoli wanted to keep me”. “But when the offer from Saudi came in, it was a huge one. Big one… it was difficult to reject” “I spoke to Napoli and I decided to stay”,.
[Bill Edgar] 88 minutes: No team has led a Premier League match as long as Tottenham did on Saturday and ended up losing the game.
[Fabrizio Romano] Guardiola on Palmer joining Chelsea: "After one or two years, he told me: I don’t want to play here". "I said: Mahrez is leaving, you have a chance!". "He told me: no, I want to leave!". "I said: Ok, leave!". "It's good for him. Good guy, really. Wish him all the best".
Fulham full back Antonee Robinson liking a tweet mocking him
La liga's leader (Girona) doesn't even have training facilities yet. They train in a rented football field in a golf complex.
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[Météo Foot] Lyon is now the only team in the European top 5 (1st and 2nd divisions) to not have a single victory in official competition
Milan are winless in the last four games, but Arrigo Sacchi defends Stefano Pioli and blames the club’s transfer strategy: ‘They signed too many foreigners.’