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Michael Yokhin

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European football writer, from Germany and Italy to Norway and Ukraine. Guardian, BBC, FourFourTwo, Independent, Blizzard, ESPN, NYT, Josimar, 11Freunde, and more. DMs open.

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A strict and successful disciplinarian – Liverpool face the β€˜Azeri Sir Alex Ferguson’ Gurban Gurbanov has been in charge of Qarabag since 2008 and continues to prioritise a squad mentality ahead of star signings

In the summer of 2008, Barcelona appointed Guardiola, Dortmund appointed Klopp, Chelsea appointed Scolari, and Qarabag appointed Gurban Gurbanov.
And his is still there, more than 17 years later, building an incredible empire.
The story for @theguardian.com :
www.theguardian.com/football/202...

28.01.2026 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Let football be the only religion in the world in 2026.

Happy New Year!

31.12.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Asked ChatGPT what was the best 2025 transfer in its opinion.

It said Mats Wieffer to Atletico Madrid and provided analysis of his performances there.

Unreal stuff.

27.12.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Peter NeustΓ€dter played for Kazakhstan, and his son Roman NeustΓ€dter played for not one but two different national teams - Germany and Russia. Even though Peter was born in Kyrgyzstan and Roman was born in Ukraine (both being part of USSR at the time).

24.12.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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My daughter is watching the entire Dortmund game tonight because she is looking for a leopard.

Great job promoting football by Julian Ryerson!

29.11.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜End the contract’: Dynamo Kyiv fan anger after signing of player who shared post by Russian propagandist Moldovan-Romanian striker Vladislav Blanuta says he was unaware what he was reposting and that he is pro-Ukraine

Dynamo Kyiv have signed a Moldovan-Romanian striker who shared posts of the worst and vilest pro-Putin propagandist and allegedly wanted to play for a Russian club.
The fans are furious!

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

10.09.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trent Alexander Arnold moves from Liverpool to Real Madrid.

Livepool sign Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen to replace him.

Now Leverkusen sign Lucas Vazquez, released from Real Madrid, to replace Frimpong.

What a bizarre triangle!

25.08.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have never cared less about any final, as obscure as it could possibly be, than I care about this Infantino garbage today.

It takes pure evil to invent a tournament that makes football lovers hate it.

13.07.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Peter Zoontjes was the greatest Telstar fan since the club was established in 1963.

He died today, aged 86, less than a week after Telstar won insanely sensational promotion to Eredivisie - for the first time in 47 years.

What a timing.
He deserved to be there next season.

06.06.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From sixth tier to Swiss Cup final: Biel-Bienne ready for time of their lives The third division team, based in the watch capital of Switzerland, went bankrupt in 2016 but have upset the odds to face Basel on Sunday

The amazing story of third division FC Biel-Bienne, from the watch capital of Switzerland, who reached the Cup final less than a decade after going bankrupt.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

30.05.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is pretty wild.

Achraf Hakimi played for 4 teams in his career.

2 of them played in the Champions League final last season, and the other 2 play in the Champions League final this season.

28.05.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the most surprising moves is to be announced today - Arda Turan signs as the new Shakhtar Donetsk coach.

Sporting director Darijo Srna made the decision.

Here they are negotiating.

27.05.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lads, it's Tottenham.

21.05.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bochum have been relegated in an awful season.

They only have 1 win in the last 11 matches.

That win was 3-2 at Bayern Munchen in March.

Which happens to be Bayern's only home Bundesliga defeat all season.
And Bochum's first win at Bayern since 1991.

Try to explain that :)

10.05.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunday: Pippo Inzaghi is promoted to Serie A.

Tuesday: Simone Inzaghi qualifies for the Champions League final.

The best week for the Inzaghi family.

06.05.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today we are celebrating a decade since the Finnish league had this perfect table.

06.05.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Assists for Barcelona: Lamine Yamal (2), Luka Modric.

The youngest and the oldest.

26.04.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kylian Mbappe's April:

0 goals
1 red card
1 injury

16.04.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Donnarumma loves penalty shoot-outs in England.

And Chiesa is always there.

11.03.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bochum against Bayern - they are thrashed, or they win.
Nothing in between.

21/22
Bayern v Bochum 7:0
Bochum v Bayern 4:2
22/23
Bochum v Bayern 0:7
Bayern v Bochum 3:0
23/24
Bayern v Bochum 7:0
Bochum v Bayern 3:2
24/25
Bochum v Bayern 0:5
Bayern v Bochum 2:3

08.03.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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That's one of the best ever, I guess.

Go Ahead Eagles haven't beaten PSV Eindhoven since 1983.
More than 41 years.
Arie Haan, Willy van de Kerkhof and Huub Stevens played for PSV when they last lost.

And now Go Ahead Eagles have won 2 games vs PSV in 3 days!!!

01.03.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stuttgart have 11 Germans in the lineup vs Bayern tonight.

Quite brilliant.

28.02.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alexander SΓΈrloth's last 4 away matches vs Barcelona:

Goal and assist, 2-1 win with Real Sociedad
Goal and 2 assists, 5-3 win with Villarreal
Injury time winner, 2-1 win with Atletico Madrid
Injury time equaliser, 4-4 with Atletico Madrid

Overall: 4 goals, 3 assists, unbeaten

25.02.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every time I feel sorry for Milan I remind myself that they are managed by Zlatan, and it becomes obvious that they deserve it.

18.02.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Diving in the VAR era is a sign of a low IQ.

Seriously.

18.02.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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(CLUB) Korsika: Insel kΓ€mpft um die Anerkennung einer eigenen Nationalmannschaft Korsika kΓ€mpft um die Anerkennung einer eigenen Nationalmannschaft. Vielleicht standen die Chancen nie so gΓΌnstig wie aktuell.

Corsica want to be accepted by UEFA.
Really.

The story for @11freunde.de

www.11freunde.de/internationa...

09.02.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Waldemar Anton:

0 away goals for Stuttgart in the Bundesliga during 4 seasons at Stuttgart.

1 away goal for Stuttgart after moving to Dortmund.

08.02.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ousmane Dembele scored 3 hat-tricks in his career.

Once in 2016.

And twice this week.

01.02.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to Slovan Bratislava who lost 8 matches with a goal difference of -20, but didn't finish last.

29.01.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Giorgi Mamardashvili conceded 7 goals in a game for the second time in his career.

Georgia lost 7-1 to Spain in October 2023, now Valencia lost 7-1 to Barcelona.

They only player who played against him in both fixtures is Lamine Yamal.

26.01.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0