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Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by WriterX(m): 6:30pm On Jul 08, 2025
His 2005 international debut lasted 47 seconds when he received a red card after coming on as a substitute.!! This person name is Lionel messi.
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by WriterX(m): 6:32pm On Jul 08, 2025
grin grin grin Zlatan ibrahimovic At 10 years old he was used as a second half sub when his team was losing and scored 8 goals to give them a win.
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by WriterX(m): 6:36pm On Jul 08, 2025
The great Zidane himself was thought to be an ordinary uninteresting footballer and was rejected by the Algerian team.. Well we know how that turned out. Also he was never caught offside as a player.
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by jubrilELsudan: 6:39pm On Jul 08, 2025
THUNDER BALOGUN FIRED SHOT AT GOAL AND THE BALL TEAR THE NET INTO PIECES

Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Onitola2: 6:43pm On Jul 08, 2025
Omicron007:
Undoubtedly, football is the most popular sport around the world.
From the thrills of the FIFA World Tournaments to the engagements generated by the Football Leagues, the round-leather game is second to none.

However, a lot of facts and statistics have been generated from analyzing and dissecting the game.

Some facts are listed below.

Since the inception of the modernized English Premier League in 1992, no English Manager has won the league.

Enzo Fernandez of Argentina won the World Cup before playing a single World Cup Qualifier game

Bobby Zamora and Obafemi Martins are the only players to score penalties with both feet in the history of the Premier League.


Lionel Messi scored 91 goals in a natural year and assisted 24 times.


Kevin Debruyne has won the PFA Player of the twice but he has never won the Player of the Month.



Please let's contribute to this thread. Add your own fact in the comments section.
Messi scoring almost 900 goals and he's not a striker. His stature didn't even suit to be a scorer at all.
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by CyracksMrBlogger(m): 6:45pm On Jul 08, 2025
Arsenal as a claimed big club has never won the uefa champions league.🤣
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by yomi531(m): 6:53pm On Jul 08, 2025
No Foreign Coach has ever won the World Cup.

Brazil only won the World Cup on European soil in 1958.

Balotelli's only assist in the epl was the title winning goal by Agueroooooo.

Gary Linekar was never shown Either a yellow or red card in his career.
Cr7 and ibrahimovic are the only players to score in every minute of a football match.
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by PDPGuy: 7:06pm On Jul 08, 2025
Ronaldo De Lima (Brazil) NEVER won the UEFA Champions League
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by FromZeroToHero(m): 7:07pm On Jul 08, 2025
judewrites:
That Christiano Ronaldo is still playing active football as a forward when his mates have long retired as coaches and pundits cheesy
Harry Maguire a defender has more world cup knock out goals than Cristiano Ronaldo.
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Kharol1234: 7:10pm On Jul 08, 2025
PDPGuy:
Ronaldo De Lima (Brazil) NEVER won the FIFA World Cup
Worldcup abi championleague ?
Abi you don do mistake
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by PDPGuy: 7:13pm On Jul 08, 2025
Kharol1234:
Worldcup abi championleague ?
Abi you don do mistake
Na mistake 😂 He don win World Cup 3 times
Make I go correct am
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Llight101(m): 7:14pm On Jul 08, 2025
Messi is the FIFA Princes.
Not enough original content...
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Llight101(m): 7:15pm On Jul 08, 2025
Messi is the FIFA Princes.
Not enough original content...
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by 3kay945(m): 7:17pm On Jul 08, 2025
Onitola2:
Messi scoring almost 900 goals and he's not a striker. His stature didn't even suit to be a scorer at all.
This is superbly Cool.

This is superbly Cool.

This is superbly Cool.
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by internationalman(m): 7:50pm On Jul 08, 2025
Garry Lineker never received a yellow or red card in his entire 16 years football career.

Lionel Messi scored in 21 consecutive Laliga match.
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by femi4: 8:15pm On Jul 08, 2025
Omicron007:
Undoubtedly, football is the most popular sport around the world.
From the thrills of the FIFA World Tournaments to the engagements generated by the Football Leagues, the round-leather game is second to none.

However, a lot of facts and statistics have been generated from analyzing and dissecting the game.

Some facts are listed below.

Since the inception of the modernized English Premier League in 1992, no English Manager has won the league.

Enzo Fernandez of Argentina won the World Cup before playing a single World Cup Qualifier game

Bobby Zamora and Obafemi Martins are the only players to score penalties with both feet in the history of the Premier League.


Lionel Messi scored 91 goals in a natural year and assisted 24 times.


Kevin Debruyne has won the PFA Player of the twice but he has never won the Player of the Month.



Please let's contribute to this thread. Add your own fact in the comments section.
In 2002, a match ended 149–0 and all the goals were own goals

The match was between AS Adema and Stade Olympique de l'Emyrne (SOE) in Madagascar
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by jlo247(m): 8:17pm On Jul 08, 2025
Emmanuel Adebayo was the only player that scored hat trick again a team both home and away in premier league. (Derby county vs Arsenal)
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by ThothHermes: 8:21pm On Jul 08, 2025
Amotolongbo:
Philipp Lahm went 13months without conceding a foul.

United has 100% record against Barcelona in European games, winning all the 4 matches. The United is not in Manchester but Dundee 😀

Kingsley Coman has never not won the league. He has been playing football professionally for 12years and has been winning the league consecutively playing for three different clubs since he broke into the PSG senior team. He switched from PSG to Juventus and now in Bayern Munich.
The year Leverkusen won the league, Kingsley Coman did not win.
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Amotolongbo(f): 8:23pm On Jul 08, 2025
ThothHermes:
The year Leverkusen won the league, Kingsley Coman did not win.
Ya, I know that anyway. Was it before the post or after?
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Dyfynezz12(m): 8:25pm On Jul 08, 2025
Amotolongbo:
Philipp Lahm went 13months without conceding a foul.

United has 100% record against Barcelona in European games, winning all the 4 matches. The United is not in Manchester but Dundee 😀

Kingsley Coman has never not won the league. He has been playing football professionally for 12years and has been winning the league consecutively playing for three different clubs since he broke into the PSG senior team. He switched from PSG to Juventus and now in Bayern Munich.
Coman didn't win the league last season.
Lerverkusen did
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Julius1995(m): 8:30pm On Jul 08, 2025
Coman lost the league last two season to Bayer Leverkusen.
Amotolongbo:
Philipp Lahm went 13months without conceding a foul.

United has 100% record against Barcelona in European games, winning all the 4 matches. The United is not in Manchester but Dundee 😀

Kingsley Coman has never not won the league. He has been playing football professionally for 12years and has been winning the league consecutively playing for three different clubs since he broke into the PSG senior team. He switched from PSG to Juventus and now in Bayern Munich.
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by ThothHermes: 8:38pm On Jul 08, 2025
Amotolongbo:
Ya, I know that anyway. Was it before the post or after?
Oh. This is a thread from two years ago...
Crazy Nairaland.
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Amotolongbo(f): 8:45pm On Jul 08, 2025
Dyfynezz12:
Coman didn't win the league last season.
Lerverkusen did
Julius1995:
Coman lost the league last two season to Bayer Leverkusen.
Nobody is arguing that with you. Was it before or after the post?
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by ziemcorp: 9:10pm On Jul 08, 2025
sirnewton20:
Ryan Giggs can donate his EPL medals to all Arsenal first team players and still have 2 more medals left.

The last time Arsenal won a league title, Zidane was a player and afterwards he retired as a player, then became a manager and won 3 Champions League back to back then retired as a manager and came back from retirement again to manage Real Madrid for a season before he retired again. Now it's been over 6 years since he retired and yet Arsenal hasn't won the league title.
You just dey enter Arsenal anyhow. grin cheesy cheesy

12 more characters needed so Seun can be happy.
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by deedeemob(m): 9:32pm On Jul 08, 2025
Maybe he meant to say in a single match, ehen i go gree.
AndroBlaze:
This can't still be true? (That's if it was true before ooo)
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by aribisala0(m): 10:26pm On Jul 08, 2025
The Yellow card was introduced at the 1970 world cup
After the Brutal treatment of Pele at the 1966 World . In those days there was Nothing like card

players were brutally fouled without consequence and the ideology was
IT's A MAN'S GAME
Check this out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8GdiMW4BL8
What that means of course is if there was no card there was nothing like
RED CARD FOR THE LAST PLAYER IN FRONT OF GOAL KEEPER
NOTHING LIKE FEAR OF SECOND YELLOW CARD

In 1992 there was no BACK PASS RULE
The BACK PASS RULE WAS INTRODUCED BECAUSE OF DENMARK
check this out


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX2HcvMkOiA
Goal keepers could pick up the ball with their hands and this was a delay tactic used by Denmark in their European Cup Final 2-0 defeat of Germany
Peter Schmeichel was the star of that embarrassing show

If you consider these changes you might agree they changed the games massively
They Made live easier for the strikers and so when next you compare modern strikers to Pele

give a thought to what he had to battle against
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by internationalman(m): 10:28pm On Jul 08, 2025
PDPGuy:
Na mistake 😂 He don win World Cup 3 times
Make I go correct am
2 times

He reached 3 finals though, 1994 (won), 1998 (lost) and 2002(won).

Brazil played 3 consecutive world cup finals
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by nkemdi89(f): 10:48pm On Jul 08, 2025
Two Ghanaian blood brothers played against themselves while representing Germany and Ghana ( The Boatengs) in worldcup. Garba lawal secured a third place for Nigeria at 2006 Nations Cup on the day of his retirement.
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by BENEAMATA: 11:32pm On Jul 08, 2025
Goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni of Sao Paulo club of Brazil has more league goal (. 141) in 882 league matches than Xavi and Iniesta at Barcelona COMBINED ( 58 + 35 =93) from 947 combined league matches and they have just six more career league goals than him ( Ceni) in all .

German football icon , and 1954
world cup winning team captain of the Mannshaft, fritz walter plays at his absolute best in wet season than dry season thereby popularising the " fritz Walter weather " phrase.
Inside four decades from 1967 to 1997, a first time Champion's league winner always emerges in the seventh year of each decade I. e celtic fc '67, Liverpool' 77 , Porto '87 , and finally Borussia dortmund ' 97 !
For more than 35 years No German men's football club or senior national team lost a penalty shootout to non German teams since losing to the then czechoslovakia in 1976 Euro final ( panenka) up till chelseafc broke the jinx in Munich in 2012 UCL Final ( being denied thrice by a Czech goalie once again) !

Chelsea fc holds the record for the highest aggregate win in the whole of Europe , 21-0 ( 13-0 / 0 - eight) against Jeunesse Hautcharage of Luxembourg .
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by Inzaghi44(m): 11:36pm On Jul 08, 2025
clarence seedorf is the only player to win the CL with 3 different clubs. Ajax, madrid and milan
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by cenaman(m): 12:17am On Jul 09, 2025
achimendy:
Can you tell us the exact match?

I need to do some personal investigation. No matter how bad you're as a footballer you can't be in the field for 90min and not touch the ball.
Maybe na play station.

Too much exaggeration here undecided
Re: What's That Football Fact That Sounds Fake But It's Actually True? by sammytovic(m): 12:20am On Jul 09, 2025
Chelsea vs Wigan during 2009/10 season played their last Epl match without a kick corner. Chelsea won 8-0
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