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Paulo Diogo lost one of his fingers in a game because he decided to play with his wedding ring on. Jumped on the metal fence celebrating a goal, did not realize the ring got stuck, and jumped down.

Nigeria has won the under-17 World Cup 5 times and finished second three times as well in only 12 attempts. By far the most successful nation in that tournament. Brazil is number two, with their 17 attempts resulting in 4wins/6finals. If they...

Alvin Martin scored a hat trick against Newcastle without scoring twice on the same keeper.

As of 2012, the most-viewed Premier League game ever on TV was Everton-city in Matchweek 22, in 2003. Reason: Both teams started with one Chinese player each and the game was shown on a free channel in China.

I wouldn't say his odds are so good regarding that currently. Even if we add an expected increase of 0.10 goals per game and say he will keep it for the rest of his CL career, he would still need 124 games to be number 1. He has to avoid any...

He may look a bit stiff, but I would call it much-needed energy-saving. If CR7 tried to imitate pre-weight gain R-9 or Robben's dribbling style I suspect he would never last 90 minutes when you look at his position on the pitch, expectations, and...

I think with his starting point(187/85) he was as creative and good at dribbling as they come. His size automatically makes it impossible to be a Messi/Neymar/type, but when he competes against other 185cm + guys he is the only one at that level...

It probably would have, but it's still saveable as shown against Haaland today. Relatively hard, all the way in the corner while shaving the grass, but the keeper legally saved it.

Holy shit, best penalty save I have seen. Haaland misses. Hard and low penalty all the way in the corner. I suspected it couldn't been legal by the keeper, but his foot is actually on the line when he shoots.

But he is not rated as Messi or Ronaldo and I don't think most people consider him the best finisher in the world either. He is the striker with the best movement/positioning resulting in more chances than perhaps any other active striker would...

KDB was asked to give his "favorite creators to watch". Even if his answer was automatically meant to be the correct answer on best creators specifically, Odegaard is crucial in minimizing the number of opposition chances. When Arsenal leads he...

I have a false memory of seeing Claudio Ranieri managing Middlesbrough in the late 90s, I was 100% sure I had seen him at the 96/97 season review VHS.

You have to expect more, the more people were willing to give up of course. Veron would be considered and ok-signing and not be on any flop lists if Lazio let him go for a dollar I suspect. But he cost the same in 2001 as Arsenal paid for...

Garrincha himself said it to the author of his biography. I read it in the early 2000s in that book.

Six months of 26-year-old Garrinchas's life of the pitch in 1959, between his two World Cup wins: -Ran over his father while drunk driving, father survived. -Wife gave birth to the fifth of their 8 daughters. -One of his mistresses publicly...