the top Reddit posts from r/soccer for the past week
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[Richarlison] They always did everything to prevent black people from reaching the top... they enslaved, marginalized and killed. But they will never take down those who were born to be great. History forgets about the rats and looms large who fights against these bad people.
[Casemiro] I feel disappointed and very sad to see, ashamed, how episodes of racism are repeated with my teammate Vinícius Junior. We cannot continue tolerating this problem that transcends sports, affects all of society, and goes unpunished.....
[Comunicado Oficial] Real Madrid C. F. expresses its strongest condemnation and condemns the events that took place yesterday against our player Vinícius Junior.
Valencia media outlet Super Deporte:“Vinícius Jr, in addition to being stupid, is also an unbearable provocateur.”
[Helena Condis] Xavi : "Football is the only sport where insults are accepted. I don't see insults in other professions. It's a message to the president of La Liga and the Federation. I would have stopped the game. We have to stop this and educate people".
FIFA President Infantino’s statement on Vinicius
Vinicius, Lucas Vazquez, Militao, Rüdiger and Valencia's Comert confronting the racist fans at Mestalla. "You lot are a f*cking disgrace" yells the Spanish right back.
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Monday Moan
[Sevilla FC] Ivan Rakitic becomes the most capped foreigner to ever play for the club
Yago Darnell, the Espanyol ultra that kicked a TV camera after last night's game, was running in this month's local elections in Sant Joan Despí for the People's Party until stepping down today
Frenkie receives love from his teammates after the league win. Ronald Araujo: "Here is the best midfielder in the world, Frenkie De Jong. A crack, a crack!"
[Centregoals] No Premier League club has topped the league at the halfway point of the season and eventually NOT won the league more times than Arsenal, who have done this FOUR (4) times
[Bayer 04 Leverkusen] sign Alejandro Grimaldo on free from Benfica
[Samuel Luckhurst/MEN] Manchester United set to release five players, including Phil Jones and Axel Tuanzebe
[Giovanni Albanese] Pogba: Lesion in his left leg’s femoris muscle. Season over for him
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Monday Moan
Pep Guardiola: "People say Erling Haaland has milk, he drinks something like that. But I also drink this 'magic potion' and I don’t score 50 goals. I'd recommend to little boys who want to emulate Erling to try to emulate skills than drinks."
Wayne Rooney: "I’d love to have played under Pep Guardiola. I look at how he develops people as players & individuals, at what he is doing with John Stones & Jack Grealish. You look at how he has changed his back line this season, the progress of Nathan Aké & so many examples of his work."