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Both teams have scored in 5 of Aston Villa last 9 games. They've been a chaotic team since losing Youri Tielemans and Boubacar Kamara to injury.

Happy birthday to Fernando Torres, who turns 42 today 🎂🇪🇸 🏆 World Cup 🏆🏆 EUROs 🏆 Champions League 🏆🏆 Europa League 🏆 FA Cup 🗣️ Steven Gerrard: “Fernando Torres is the best striker I have ever played with. His movement and finishing were incredible.” 🗣️ Didier Drogba: “Torres at Liverpool was unbelievable. He was fast, strong, and deadly in front of goal.” 🗣️ Jamie Carragher: “For two or three years at Liverpool he was the best striker in the world.” 🗣️ Xavi: “Torres was one of the most complete forwards in the world — pace, technique and intelligence.” 🗣️ Arsène Wenger: “Torres had the perfect qualities for a striker: speed, movement and a natural instinct for goal.” 🗣️ Rio Ferdinand: “Torres was one of the toughest strikers I ever had to mark.” El Niño. ❤️

It’s perfect. 🎯😮‍💨

❤️📺 A beautiful moment on Italian television after the Bayern Munich-Atalanta match. The great Luca Toni told the journalist interviewing Harry Kane that he wants to send him a message: 🗣️🇮🇹 "Please tell Harry that I'm in love with him in a football way. Because he's one of the few pure 9s left in the world, among all those false nines floating around. And he's the best in the world in his position." 🗣️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Kane smiled and responded: "It's an honour what you're saying to me, and even more so coming from a top striker like you. Thank you." Long live the pure 9s, like Harry and Luca. 😮‍💨

🇸🇳 Senegal coach Pape Thiaw has taken the AFCON trophy to a military base today. It's now secure in a facility under armed guard. A clear message to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) that they aren't giving this up.

🇩🇪 Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann has defended Nick Woltemade's goal record recently: Nagelsmann: "He has often played very deep [at Newcastle]. When he has to defend as a No.6, there's a long distance to goal. He's not a counter-attacking striker who runs 36 km/h. I can promise that he won’t be 80 metres away from goal with us."

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🇨🇴 These guys were riding the cable car in Manizales, they passed over the stadium and recorded the best football video you will ever see. It's not just a sport. 💖

🇫🇮 After helping secure promotion to the Eredivisie this week, ADO Den Haag centre-back Diogo Tomas gave one of the all-time interviews. ✅ Smoking ✅ Swearing ✅ Referring to himself in the third person. 🗣️ "I AM WHO I AM."

🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Erling Haaland has been announced as an investor in the Total Chess World Championship Tour, a new chess format. 🗣️ Haaland: "I'm investing in Norway Chess because I believe the new tour can turn chess into an even bigger sport for spectators around the world. You have to think quickly, trust your instincts and think several moves ahead. Strategy and planning are everything." ♟️🇳🇴 🗞️ @NorwayChess

🇸🇳 Senegal have unveiled their 28-man squad for upcoming friendlies against Peru and Gambia. An absolute A+ move having the trophy in the graphic.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa XI: Martínez; Maatsen, Pau, Lindelöf, Bogarde; Onana, Luiz; Sancho, Rogers, McGinn; Abraham. 🇫🇷 Lille XI: Özer; Ngoy, Mbemba, Alexsandro, Perraud; Bentaleb, Bouaddi, Mukau; Meunier, Correia; Giroud.

✅ 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗡𝗘 🪑 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗡𝗘 👋 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗡𝗘 GO. 👇

📱 Noa Lang posted on Instagram: "Sh*t happens!"

🇦🇷🗣️ Marcelo Bielsa back in 2024: "I am sure that football is in a process of decline. It is becoming less and less attractive because what made it the best game in the world is not there anymore." "If you let a lot of people watch football, but you don't protect the pleasure of what they watch, that favours business, because the business is that a lot of people watch football." "For me, the introduction of technology (like VAR) does a lot of harm to football. This sport has a particularity: when it becomes completely predictable, it loses its appeal." "As time passes, as fewer and fewer footballers are worth watching and as the game produced is less and less enjoyable, this artificial increase in the number of spectators will be interrupted." Do you agree with Marcelo? 😳

🌍 SUMMER WORLD CUP — GROUP STAGE SCHEDULE: ▪️ 11th June - 8pm ▪️ 12th June - 3am, 8pm ▪️ 13th June - 2am, 8pm, 11pm ▪️ 14th June - 2am, 5am, 6pm, 9pm ▪️ 15th June - 12am, 3am, 5pm, 8pm, 11pm ▪️ 16th June - 2am, 8pm, 11pm ▪️ 17th June - 2am, 5am, 6pm, 9pm ▪️ 18th June - 12am, 3am, 5pm, 8pm, 11pm ▪️ 19th June - 2am, 8pm, 11pm ▪️ 20th June - 2am, 5am, 6pm, 9pm ▪️ 21st June - 1am, 5am, 5pm, 8pm, 11pm ▪️ 22nd June - 2am, 6pm, 10pm ▪️ 23rd June - 1am, 4am, 6pm, 9pm ▪️ 24th June - 12am, 3am, 8pm, 11pm ▪️ 25th June - 2am, 9pm ▪️ 26th June - 12am, 3am, 8pm ▪️ 27th June - 1am, 4am, 10pm ▪️ 28th June - 12.30am, 3am Football all day, every day. We are ready. 🔥

🇮🇹🛣️ The Bologna stadium has a seriously long tunnel to get to the pitch... 👀 It's called “Stadio Renato Dall’Ara” and at around 200 metres long, it is one of the longest tunnels in football. 😭

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa vs. Lille 🇫🇷 📊 𝗣𝗥𝗘-𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗦: ▪️ Aston Villa have won each of their last 6 Europa League games and the only English team to put together a longer winning streak in the competition are Chelsea (8). ▪️ Lille have lost 6 games in the Europa League this season. ▪️ Ollie Watkins is looking to score in back-to-back European appearances for the first time since April 2024.

🇨🇾 Larnaca XI: Alomerovic; Ionannu, Milicevic, Godswill, Saborit, Garcia; Rohden, Gus Ledes, Pere Pons, Ivanovic; Bajic. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Crystal Palace XI: Benítez; Richards, Lacroix, Canvot; Johnson, Kamada, Wharton, Mitchell; Sarr, Guessand; Strand Larsen.