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🇺🇸 | MLS Fantasy rulebook All of the key info related to our completely free-to-play 2026 MLS Fantasy game is in this thread 🧵

@OidaMinga 😅😅 Unfortunately, we don’t have any xG/xA data available prior to the 2022/23 season, so you can ignore that!

@Sofascore xG are mostly ridiculous

📊 | Numbers don’t lie We’ll just leave some screenshots here… Is there even a debate? 😅

🌍 | Team of the week Superstars delivered in the return legs of the #UCL Round of 16 ✨ A special mention goes to Raphinha and Matvey Safonov, our two perfect-rated players 🤝🔟🤝

⚪️ | Spurs' bright spot Xavi Simons has tonight become the first Tottenham player to score a brace in a #UCL knockout stage match since 8 May 2019, when Lucas Moura scored *that* hat-trick against Ajax to lead them to the final. This is the highest-rated match of his senior career 👏👏

🕷️ | Another one bites the Spurs Julián Alvarez across the two legs v Tottenham: ⏱️ 157' played ⚽️ 3 goals 📦 1.90 xG/2.67 xGOT 🎯 9 shots/5 on target 🅰️ 2 assists 🔑 5 key passes 👟 48/53 accurate passes 💨 3/4 successful dribbles 🤺 9/17 ground duels won 📈 9.40 avg Sofascore Rating Almost single-handedly led Atlético to the quarterfinals 🇦🇷💎 #UCL

🔴 | Anfield Magic Liverpool against Galatasaray this evening: • Joint-most shots on target by one team in a #UCL knockout stage match since 2003/04 (16) • First team with 5+ xG in a #UCL knockout stage match (excluding play-offs) over the last four seasons A ridiculously impressive attacking display by The Reds 🥵

🇭🇺 | SzoBOSSzlai Dominik Szoboszlai v Galatasaray: 👌 93 touches (🥇) ⚽️ 1 goal 📦 0.34 xG/0.80 xA 🎯 6 shots/2 on target 🔑 2 key passes 👟 57/70 accurate passes (🥇) 🦵 3/3 tackles won (=🥇) ⚔️ 7/10 duels won 🏃 73.6m progressive carrying distance 📈 9.4 Sofascore Rating Once again, the Hungarian delivered for The Reds when it mattered ⭐️ #UCL

🍿 | That was pure cinema • 68 goals across 16 matches (4.25 p/g) • 8.5 goals per knockout tie • Only one tie with fewer than five goals • Only one match with fewer than two goals (Galatasaray 1–0 Liverpool) The #UCL Round of 16 didn't disappoint! 🔥

👑 | And another one! Players with 50+ #UCL goals: 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo (140) 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi (129) 🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski (109) 🇫🇷 Karim Benzema (90) 🇪🇸 Raúl (71) 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé (68) 🇳🇴 Erling Haaland (57) 🇩🇪 Thomas Müller (57) 🇳🇱 Ruud van Nistelrooy (56) 🇫🇷 Thierry Henry (50) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Kane (50) 🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah (50) 🆕 Moments after the first Englishman, we have the first African ever reaching the milestone 👏👏

👑 | New name in the 50 club Players with 50+ #UCL goals: 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo (140) 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi (129) 🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski (109) 🇫🇷 Karim Benzema (90) 🇪🇸 Raúl (71) 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé (68) 🇳🇴 Erling Haaland (57) 🇩🇪 Thomas Müller (57) 🇳🇱 Ruud van Nistelrooy (56) 🇫🇷 Thierry Henry (50) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Kane (50) 🆕 The first Englishman ever to reach the milestone 👏👏

@raphinha_1st @FCBarcelona @ChampionsLeague In his entire career? Four 10s, all of them for Barcelona: • 31 August 2024 v Valladolid • 19 April 2025 v Celta • 7 January 2026 v Athletic Club • 18 March 2026 v Newcastle

@Sofascore @FCBarcelona @ChampionsLeague How many 10 rating raphinha got

🔟 | Perfection Raphinha v Newcastle United: 👌 44 touches ⚽️ 2 goals 📦 0.88 xG/2.26 xGOT 🎯 5 shots/5 on target 🅰️ 2 assists 📮 0.69 xA 🎁 3 big chances created 🔑 6 key passes ⚔️ 4/6 duels won 📈 10 Sofascore Rating Yet another spectacular #UCL knockout stage display by the Barcelona's Brazilian superstar 🌟

🙌 | He's in seventh heaven Raphinha is now the first Barcelona player to record 7+ goal involvements across a two-game span since Lionel Messi did the same in March 2019. When you've done something for the first time since the 🐐 himself, you know you're doing good 😅

👑 | UCL royalty Players with 2+ goals and 2+ assists in a single #UCL knockout stage match since 2003/04: • Karim Benzema v Schalke (26 Feb 2014) • Mohamed Salah v Roma (24 April 2018) • Roberto Firmino v Roma (24 April 2018) • Lionel Messi v Lyon (13 Mar 2019) • Robert Lewandowski v Chelsea (8 Aug 2020) • Raphinha v Newcastle (18 Mar 2026) 🆕 Not a bad list to join 🇧🇷💫

🌍 | We need to hear that half-time team talk Second-half stats from Camp Nou: • xG: 2.33 – 0.16 • Shots (on target): 9 (8) – 4 (2) • Big chances: 5 – 0 • Possession: 69% – 31% Barcelona score 6+ in a #UCL knockout stage match for the first time since "La Remontada" to emphatically seal their place in the quarterfinals 🔥

💫 | It's been a while Barcelona have five different goalscorers in a #UCL knockout stage match for the first time since their 5–1 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2011 quarterfinal 🖐️ Here's a comparison of the two high-scoring teams 👇

🇸🇪 | The Camp Nou awakening Anthony Elanga for Newcastle before today: 👕 42 apps 🎯 29 shots/10 on target ⚽️ 1 goal Anthony Elanga in the opening half an hour at Camp Nou against Barcelona: 🎯 2 shots/2 on target ⚽️ 2 goals He may not have been in stellar form, but Barcelona's defence should still keep a closer eye on him for the rest of the game 😅

🇧🇷 | Built for the biggest stage Most goal involvements in the #UCL knockout stages since Vinicius Júnior made his debut in the competition: • 28 – Vinicius Júnior 🆕 • 27 • 26 • 25 • 24 • 23 • 22 – Kylian Mbappé • 21 – Kevin De Bruyne, Robert Lewandowski Won't stop dancing any time soon 🕺

🔟 | Goalkeeping perfection Matvey Safonov v Chelsea: 🧤 9 saves 📥 6 saved shots from inside the box ✋ 2.23 Goals prevented ✈️ 1 high claim 🏃 1/1 successful runs out 📈 10 Sofascore Rating He was HUGE for PSG, ensuring the tie never came even close to being in the balance 😤 #UCL