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  • Reason for Victor Osimhen to surpass Mohammed Salah and Erling Haaland if he signs to the English Premier League.

    Reason for Victor Osimhen to surpass Mohammed Salah and Erling Haaland if he signs to the English Premier League.

    Victor Osimhen is going to surpass these leading in goals for the EPL based on his individual contribution compared to some of them and, based on my observation of a successful striker in the English Premier League, what you need is speed and power, which he definitely has.

    Leading goalscorer for the English Premier League 2024/25

    Mohamed Salah Liverpool 27 goals
    Erling Haaland Manchester City 21 goals
    Alexander Isak, Newcastle United, 19 goals
    Chris Wood Nottingham Forest
    18 goals

    Statistics of Victor with five leading goalscorers from the 2022/23 season till date.

    Mohammed Sallah
    2024/25
    27
    2023/24
    Liverpool
    18
    2022/23
    Liverpool
    19

    Erling Haaland 24
    2024/25
    Man city
    21
    2023/24
    Mancity
    27
    2022/23
    Mancity
    36 goals

    Alexander Isak 25 year
    2024-25
    Newcastle
    20
    2023-24
    Newcastle
    21
    2022-23
    Newcastle
    10

    Bryan Mbeumo 25years
    2024/25
    Brendford
    16
    2023/24
    Brendford
    9
    2022/23
    Brendford
    9

    Cole Palmer 22years
    2024/25
    Chelsea
    14.
    2023/24
    Chelsea
    22
    2022/23
    1

    Victor Osimhen 26
    2024/2025
    Galatasaray
    20
    2023/2024
    Napoli
    15
    2022/2023
    Napoli
    26

    Record set by two best strikers with Osimhen

    Mohamed Salah broke an all-time Premier League record after scoring a double against Southampton, and became the first player in Europe’s top five leagues to surpass 50 direct goal involvements this season, following his goal and assist in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Manchester City.

    The Norwegian Erling Haaland finished the 2022/23 campaign with a squawking 52 goals in all competitions as he lifted the Treble. Haaland scored his 50th City goal in a 2-1 win over Fulham in April, making him the quickest player to score 30 goals in the English Premier League by breaking the record of Ruud van Nistelrooy (2002/03) and Mo Salah (2017/18), who previously jointly held the record with 44 goals across all competitions.

    Victor collected the Serie A golden boot as the first African player with a hat-trick in Serie A to equal a record set by Argentine superstar Diego Armando Maradona by scoring at least 10 goals in four consecutive seasons.

  • Record Mohammed Salah set on 13th February 2025

    Record Mohammed Salah set on 13th February 2025

    Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly as an 🇪🇬 Egyptian right-winger footballer who played for Liverpool Football Club had 293
    Appearances with 184 total goals with 86 assists for the club.
    He had three Golden Boots in 2017/18, 2018/19 and2021/22.

    Salah has contributed to both the English Premier League and the Egyptian national team and his hard work and prolific scoring made him become famous.

    Salah record of goals per each season from 2017 when he joined Liverpool till now.
    2017/2018 36 appearances with 32 goals
    2018/2019 38 appearances with 22 goals
    2019/2020 34 appearances with 19goals
    2020/2021 37 appearances with 22 goals
    2021/2022 35 appearances with 23 goals
    2022/2023 38 appearances with 19 goals
    2023/2024 32 appearances with 18 goals
    2024/2025 30 appearances with 27 goals

    On 13 February 2025
    Salah opened the scoring at the Etihad Stadium, and turned to provide assist for Liverpool’s second scored by Dominik Szoboszlai on 37 minutes, setting up Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Manchester City and taking them 11 points clear at the top of the table.
    (1)
    Salah became the FIRST player in Premier League history to score AND assist in both matches against the reigning champions in a season.
    (2)

    Salah also made it nine goals and six assists against sides managed by Pep Guardiola, the most by any player in the Spaniard’s top-flight league managerial career.

    (3)
    The Egyptian scored his 16th away league goal of the season at the Etihad Stadium, moving him level with Kevin Phillips (1999/00) and Harry Kane (2022/23) for the most in a single Premier League campaign.
    (4)
    Assist king

    Salah’s pass to Szoboszlai was his 11th away assist of the season, a joint-record he now shares with Cesc Fàbregas, who achieved that total in 2014/15 with Chelsea.

    Meanwhile, his 16 assists overall this season is more than ANY Liverpool player in Premier League history, overtaking Steve McManaman’s tally of 15 in 1995/96.

    (5)
    Matching Messi

    It shows Salah has scored and assisted in 11 Premier League matches in 2024/25, the most by a player in a single season in one of Europe’s big five leagues since Lionel Messi did so with 11 for Barcelona in 2014/15.
    (6)
    Liverpool’s forward currently leads the way with 25 goals and 16 assists in the Premier League this season, for a combined total of 41 goal contributions.

    Impressively, Salah is the FIRST player to register 25+ goals and 15+ assists in a Premier League season.
    (7)
    Across all competitions, Salah became the FIRST player across Europe’s top five leagues to be directly involved in 50 goals in 2024/25.

  • TOP 10 BEST GOAL-KEEPERS IN THE TOP 5 LEAGUES IN THIS SEASON 2024/2025.

    TOP 10 BEST GOAL-KEEPERS IN THE TOP 5 LEAGUES IN THIS SEASON 2024/2025.

    Peter gulacsi is a 🇭🇺 Hungarian goalkeeper ,keeping for RB Lelpzig born 6 may 1990 . He had played 33 matches with 13 clean sheets. First in Bundesliga’s league.

    Matz Willy Els Sels is a 🇧🇪 Belgium
    Goalkeeper playing Nottm Forest had played 33matches with 14 clean sheets. First in English premier league.

    Jan Oblak is a goalkeeper at Atlético Madrid from 🇸🇮 Slovenia . He player 45 matches with 18 clean sheets.first in laliga league.

    Mile Svilar is a 🇷🇸 Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club As Roma. He had played 43 matches with 15 clean sheets.first in Series A.

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    Brice Lauriche Samba Born in the Republic of Congo on 25 April 1994 but keeping for 🇫🇷 France national team. He had keep 28 match for the team he joined January this year with 11 clean sheets.first in French league 1.

    Yann Sommer born 17 December 1988 is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Inter Milan.
    He had played 38 matches ,
    27 Serie A with
    9 UEFA Champions League with thad 20 clean sheets at this time .

    Michele Di Gregorio is an 🇮🇹 Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Juventus, on loan from Monza. Who was born 27 July 1997 , He had 35 matches with 16 clean sheets .

    Álex Remiro is 30 years old keeping for Real Sociedad from 🇪🇸 Spain national football team .He had played 41 games this season with 15 clean sheets.

    David Raya Martín (born 15 September 1995) is a 🇪🇸 Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Arsenal. He was rated among best because of his distribution, box command, and shot-stopping abilities.Out if 47matches played had 19 clean sheets.

    Manuel Never Captain of Bayern München Born: 27 March 1986 is a 🇩🇪 German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper .
    Has played 33 matches with 16clean Sheets .

  • Muno Espirito target Howard Clough record beat Manchester United to maintain their Championship league slot.

    Muno Espirito target Howard Clough record beat Manchester United to maintain their Championship league slot.

    Can Nuno Espírito Santo regain Nottm Forest glory like Brian Howard Clough did in 1978 to 80 the cogent European League?
    Notton Forest have taken another step towards Champions League qualifying by beating Manchester United yesterday with Anthony Elanga’s early five-minute solo goal.

    At the beginning of this season, Nottm Forest had two stars on their home shirts. Why?

    They clearly said ‘’Our Home Shirt for the 2024/25 season features a striking, textured pattern which features two overlapping stars that represent our memorable back-to-back European Cup wins. We wear those stars with pride and use them to drive our ambition. This kit represents the next chapter of Nottingham Forest.’’

    Perfectly, the statement works for them, adding a lot of extra strength to their game.

    Which year are they talking about ? Were the 1978/79 and 1979/89 seasons Nottm. Forest won the Champions League.

    In 1978/79, Nottm Forest won the final against Malmö ff from 🇸🇪 Sweden 1-0. That goal was by Trevor Francis and that goal was one of UEFA.com’s Legendary Moments.
    1979.

    In 1979/80, Nottm Forest won the final against Hamburg from 🇩🇪 Germany. It was a 1-0 victory. The winning goal was scored by John Robertson, who drilled the ball into the corner of the Hamburg net from outside the penalty area.

    In that particular year, Nottingham Forest, 1979/80. Funnily enough, it was Liverpool who won the English title, but Forest qualified as the defending champs, and people said ‘’Brian Clough wasn’t the best guy, but he was a helluva manager’’
    Who is Brian Clough ?

    Brian Howard Clough was the manager of Nottm Forest 1978/80 Victory.

  • List of countries with the Ballon d’or and player’s names

    List of countries with the Ballon d’or and player’s names

    🇦🇷 Argentina: 8 Ballon d’Ors – 1 player Lionel Andrés “Leo” Messi
    🇵🇹 Portugal: 7 Ballon d’Ors – 3 players
    Cristiano Ronaldo (5), Eusebio, Luis Figo
    🇳🇱 Netherlands: 7 Ballon d’Ors – 3 players
    Johan Cruyff (3), Marco van Basten (3), Ruud Gullit
    🇩🇪 Germany: 7 Ballon d’Ors – 5 players
    Franz Beckenbauer 2 ,Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2 ,Lothar Matthäus , Matthias Sammer ,Gerd Müller
    🇫🇷 France: 7 Ballon d’Ors – 5 players
    Michel Platini (3), Raymond Kopa, Zinedine Zidane, Jean Pierre-Papin, Karim Benzema

    🇮🇹 Italy 5 with 5players
    Gianni Rivera, Roberto Baggio, Paolo Rossi, Omar Sivori, Fabio Cannavaro

    🇧🇷 Brazil 5 with 4 players
    Ronaldo (2), Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Kaka

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 5 with 4players
    Kevin Keegan (2), Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Stanley Matthews, Michael Owen

    🇪🇸 Spain 4 with 3 players
    Alfredo Di Stefano (2), Luis Suarez, Rodri

    🇷🇺 Russia 2 with 2players
    Lev Yashin, Oleg Blokhin

    🇺🇦 Ukraine 2 with 2 players
    Igor Belanov , Andriy Shevchenko

    🇨🇿 Czech Republic
    Pavel Nedved

    🇸🇰 Czecho slovakia
    Josef Masopust
    🇧🇬 Bulgaria
    Hristo Stoichkov

    🇭🇷 Croatia
    Luka Modric

    🇩🇰 Denmark
    Allan Simonsen

    🇱🇷 laberia
    George Weah
    I🇮🇪 North Ireland
    George Best

    🇭🇺 Hungary
    Florian Albert

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland
    Denis Law

    Based on the fact that the Soviet Union is not exiting again, we trace the origin of players from the Soviet Union clearly showing that two are from Russia and the other one Ukrainian.

  • TotalEnergies CAF U17 AFCON:South Africa get narrow win over Egypt U-17 .

    TotalEnergies CAF U17 AFCON:South Africa get narrow win over Egypt U-17 .

    The victory took South Africa up the table as South Africa staged a dynamic comeback to beat Egypt 4-3, with two penalties from Bohloka. Before half-time, it was a 3-3 draw and until the 71st 7th minute E. Witbooi turned the story back to win.

    Goals scorers are
    Mlondo S.
    Roshdi A. 13 and 18′ minutes
    Abdelkarim H.
    Bohloko N.
    (2 Penalty)
    Witbooi E.

    Burkina Faso U17 2 vs 1 Cameroon U17
    The game between Burkinafaso and Cameroon was an interesting match. A brilliant performance by Tapsoba A. to score 19 and 41-minute goals gave them victory over Cameroon when the game ended 2-1 with a goal from Nyangono D. On 71 minutes.

    Full time: Zambia 4-1 Tanzania

    There goes the full-time whistle!

    Zambia secured a solid 4-1 win over Tanzania, extending their lead at the top of the table to three points.

    Kalimina j 8 minutes and Nyirongo’s 45-minute goals in the first half put Zambia in the lead before J Sagwe scored at 90+5 in the second half to make it 3-1, while Phiri G added another at 90+ 6 make the door close.

     

    Today’s Matches

    AFRICA
    Africa Cup of Nations U17

    Senegal U17 vs Gambia U17
    15:00
    Mali U17 vs Angola U17
    18:00
    Somalia U17 vs Tunisia U17
    18:00
    Ivory Coast U17 vs Central Africa U17. 21:00
    Next Scheduled
    Africa Cup of Nations U17

    Cameroon U17 vs South Africa U17
    03.04. 15:00

    Egypt U17 vs Burkina Faso U17
    03.04. 18:00

    Uganda U17 vs Tanzania U17
    03.04. 18:00

    Zambia U17 vs Morocco U17
    03.04 21:00

    Gambia U17 vs Somalia U17
    04.04. 15:00

    Angola U17 vs Ivory Coast U17
    04.04. 18:00

    Tunisia U17 vs Senegal U17
    04.04. 18:00

    Central Africa U17 vs Mali U17
    04.04. 21:00

    Burkina Faso U17 vs South Africa U17 06.04. 17:00

    Cameroon U17 vs Egypt U17
    06.04. 17:00

    Morocco U17 vs Tanzania U17
    06.04. 20:00

    Ugandan u17 vs Zambia u17
    06-04 20:00

  • Football Tactics Break Down

    Football Tactics Break Down

    Tactics are what create a playing system that links a team’s formation to a particular style of play (such as attacking or counterattacking, slow or quick tempo, short or long passing, teamwork or individualistic play).
    As a coach, he creates a playing system that links a team’s formation to a particular style of play.

    Before proceeding, let’s quickly talk about four 4 phases of football, which are
    “In Possession,” that is when your team has the ball. What are you expecting your players to do ‘’Out of Possession,” That is, when you lose possession of the ball to the opponents, what are you expecting your players to do ‘’Defensive Transitions?” is how you react in a defensive shape and “Attacking Transitions.” How your team plans to move to score goals.

    This is what Tactics provided answers for.

    Defending tactics
    They are the way you want your team to defend to avoid opponents scoring your team, which are

    Park The Bus: This method of defending without trying to attack, with almost all the players in the team staying deep inside their own half of the pitch. This tactic was made famous by José Mourinho.

    Low block: this act which team act when their out-of-possession strategy and the majority of team players quickly rush to the defensive third of the pitch to wait for opponents to focus on protecting the defensive third of the pitch.

    Middle block: this is a defensive method in which all players drop into the middle third of the pitch whilst trying to prevent the opposition from playing between or beyond them.

    High press: This is a way of defending where players without the ball apply intense pressure on opponents, usually in the opposing team’s half immediately after the team lost the to get it back.

    Cautiously controlled. This is the style of defending by Italy.

    Attacking Tactics

    Long Balls

    The long ball tactics stand out as a classic statistic that’s still kicking despite all the fancy new styles and formations. A long pass, or a long ball, is all about going straight for the goal, skipping the midfield and catching the other team off guard.

    Counter-attacking is one of the most useful offensive tactics utilized by successful teams like Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool, demonstrating its effectiveness in turning a defensive situation into an unpredictable counter-attack. This tactic requires players to retreat deep during defensive phases, and get the ball forward to the attacking players as fast as possible as soon as they win the ball from the opposing team.

    Total Football: this revolutionized football tactics by emphasizing fluidity and adaptability, abandoning fixed positions for outfield players. This philosophy was showcased by players like Frank De Boer, who showed versatility across various areas of the pitch.

    ˈTiki -Taka : this is a style of play in football characterized by short passing and movement to
    Focuses on possession play, quick passing, and good movement off the ball, overwhelming opponents in the midfield and leaving them scrambling to regain control.

    Fast-paced and entertaining :  this is particular style for English teams

    Kick-rush football is supported by counter-attacks and wing playing. This is a style that is common in African football.

    The Samba style of Brazil is also known as ‘ginga’, which translates to ‘swing’ or ‘sway’ in English, which is a unique and special move for the players.
    Summary

    To summarize, understanding soccer tactics is one of the most important parts of the game. Soccer is a very physically and mentally demanding sport, but it is also a sport that demands high tactical intelligence and awareness.

  • CAF U-17: Begging with Morocco show superiority over Uganda with a 5-0 win

    CAF U-17: Begging with Morocco show superiority over Uganda with a 5-0 win

    ·The CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 kicked kick-off last Sunday, ushering in a new generation of African football talent.

    The match began yesterday between the hosts, who are Morocco, and Uganda u17, which ended 5-0 in favor of Moroccans the goals scorers are I. Belmokhtar 3′, and 32‘minutes of the game.
    D. Ait Cheikh at 8mint also
    Z. B. Abelhadj 24 minutes penalty plus 71 minutes Goal.
    Action continues today with a match between Tanzania U-17 vs Zambia U-17 at 15:00,
    Burkina Faso U-17 vs Cameroon U-17 by 18:00, and South Africa U-17 vs Egypt U-17 Today by 21:00.
    .Tomorrow’s match is going to
    An exciting match coming between Senegal U-17 vs Gambia U-17 by 15:00, Somalia U-17 vs Tunisia U-17 by 16:00, Mali U-17 vs Angola U-17 by 18:00 and
    Ivory Coast U-17I vs Central African Republic U-17 by 21:00.

    TotalEnergies CAF U-17 CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 Groups:

    GROUP A: Morocco (Hosts), Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia
    GROUP B: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, South Africa, Egypt
    GROUP C: Senegal, Gambia, Somalia, Tunisia
    GROUP D: Mali, Angola, Cote d’Ivoire, Central African Republic

  • BREAKING: Marco Rose has been SACKED as manager of RB Leipzig.

    BREAKING: Marco Rose has been SACKED as manager of RB Leipzig.

    Marco Rose is former German player who played as defender for Lokomotive Leipzig between 1995–2000 , Hannover 96 ,Mainz 05 and Now German professional football manager born born 11 September 1976 who as work with Mönchengladbach between 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2021 ,
    Borussia Dortmund between 1 July 2021 to 20 May 2022 and RB Leipzig between 8 September 2022 Sacked to day 30th of march 2025 because of defeat to Borussia Mochengladbach on Saturday. Yesterday’s defeat leaves the Red Bull side in sixth place, still only three points away from a potential Champions League spot next season.

    Marco Rose achievements as manager.
    Marco Rose won Bundesliga
    Manager of the Year in 18/19
    Won one German cup
    22/23 DFB-Pokal
    Won one German Super Cup
    23/24 DFL-Supercup
    Won one UEFA Youth League Winner 16/17
    Won two Austrian champion
    17/18 and 18/19

    Won one Austrian 18/19 ÖFB-Cup
    Won two Austrian Youth league U18 champion

  • Answer to the football Style

    Answer to the football Style

    What is style in football?

    Style is how a team decides to play on the pitch or what the team is identifying with on the field. I.e. approach a team is used to attacking , defending and in transition.

    The team style of playing is their philosophy of playing.
    And as coach, your style of playing is ur philosophy of playing.

    Attacking is a way of trying to advance the ball towards the opponent’s goal to score.

    Defending this is the process of stopping attacks during the game and preventing the opposition from scoring.

    What is Transition?
    Transition refers to a change in possession, or the moments when possession switches from one team to the other.

    What is the transition phase in football?
    The process of recognition and response in the first few moments following the regaining or loss of possession

    What to consider when choosing a style of play?
    To start, think about what your philosophy is. Ask yourself:
    How do I want my team to build attacks?
    How should they defend themselves?
    When, where and how should we press?
    How should the team react when they win or lose the ball?
    What roles and responsibilities are there for each position?

    All these questions will lead you to think of the tactics that sweeten ur style of playing.

    ATTACKING STYLE
    Short Plays
    Short plays are based on making short passes in order to carefully penetrate space and keep possession by cycling possession, mainly creating space by drawing players out of position.
    Short passes are typically complemented to some extent by pushing up from the back, sitting deep at the front and narrow positioning to increase compactness and so increase options for short passes, and low-tempo play to make it even easier to cycle possession.

    Direct Plays
    Direct plays are based on making long passes in order to directly penetrate space, mainly creating space by using physical power and forcing defensive mistakes from opposition team players.
    Long passes are typically complemented to some extent by pushing up from the front, sitting deep at the back and wide positioning to create space for direct penetration by decreasing compactness, and high tempo play to further increase the directness of penetration.

    DEFENDING STYLE

    Aggressive Defending
    Aggressive defending is based on closing down in order to aggressively restrict space in more advanced areas while applying high levels of defensive pressure, therefore forcing attacking mistakes from opposition players, which can enable quicker winning of possession, more frequent counter-attacks, high pressure counter-attacks and more time spent in possession.
    Closing down is typically complemented to some extent with pushing up and wide positioning to further increase defensive pressure.

     

    Cautious Defending
    Cautious defending is based on sitting off in order to cautiously protect space and retain compactness in deeper areas while inviting high levels of attacking pressure from the opposition team, therefore allowing available space to open up behind opposition team players for counter-attacks from deep after waiting to win possession.
    Sitting off is typically complemented to some extent by sitting deep and narrow positioning.

    Summary
    To summarize, understanding football style is an important part of the game, but this is going to be more meaningful and implemented if you identify good tactics to use for it to be well achieved and give desirable results.

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