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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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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‘ 3    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
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Guys, this is insane.

Magdeburg are TOP of the table in 2.Bundesliga with ZERO home wins.

They the only team in the league without home wins.
And they are the leaders.

Statistically, the chances of that happening are zero.

24.01.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 18
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The strangest table ever.

Magdeburg are joint top of 2.Bundesliga, when they are the only team in the league with no home wins.

They would be bottom of the league if only home matches are taken into account.

However, they lead the away games table by a huge margin.

24.01.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Manchester United might think that the most appropriate tribute to Denis Law is to get relegated again.

19.01.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Patrick Kluivert never scored a hat trick at St James' Park.

Justin Kluivert has just done that, without playing for Newcastle.

18.01.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Next stop Manchester City: Khusanov β€˜the train’ back on track after bumpy journey The 20-year-old, who is set to join Premier League champions, had to move to Belarus to reignite his career after rejection in Uzbekistan

The incredible journey of Abdukodir Khusanov expained.
4 years ago he wasn't rated at Uzbek academy.
2 years ago he played for a tiny club in Belarus.
Lens paid 100 thousand for him.
Now he is off to Manchester City for 40 million.
He is worth it.

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

17.01.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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"Accept Corsica in UEFA"!

Bastia striker FΓ©lix Tomi with a special message after scoring in the Corsican derby vs Ajaccio.

11.01.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Antonin Kinsky

2022/23 - In the second division in Czechia.
2023/24 - At relegation strugglers in Czechia.
Autumn 2024 - Starter for Slavia Prague.
January 2025 - Keeps a clean sheet against Liverpool on his Tottenham debut.

What next?!

08.01.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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