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90TH MINUTE
SOCIAL MEDIA
ROUND-UP
Ian Waterhouse
HELLO DADDY
Cedric Soares made his fourth Arsenal appearance of the season when he came on against Porto - prompting a heartwarming reaction from his daughter.
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WHEN IN ROME
Neymar Jr. sports a traditional Saudi look as he remains sidelined with a ligament injury.
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HE’S BAAAACK ... MAYBE
Mesut Ozil has hinted at a return to football after posting a training video to Instagram where fans say he looks unrecognizable.
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LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Aston Villa stars Douglas Luiz and Alisha Lehmann enjoying the evening on Valentine’s Day
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• Ollie Watkins (right)
has been involved in 23 Premier League goals
this season (13 goals, 10 assists), only Dwight Yorke in 1995-96 (27) has been involved in more in a single season in the competition for Aston Villa.
Since the start of 2021-22, no player has been given more red cards in the Premier League than Mason Holgate (3). In the 13th minute, it’s the earliest straight red card in the competition since Nathaniel Chalobah for Fulham v Newcastle in October 2022 (8th min).
BOOK IT
Argentina along with Lionel Messi
and company will play exhibitions against Ecuador on June 9 at Chicago’s Soldier Field and five days later against Guatemala at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, ahead of defending their Copa America title. Argentina, the defending world and South American champion, open the Copa América against Canada or Trinidad and Tobago on June 20 in Atlanta, then play Chile five days later in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and Peru on June 29 at Miami Gardens, Florida.
DID YOU KNOW?
HISTORIC ALLEGRI
Max Allegri made history by becoming the first ever coach to achieve 1,000 Serie A points in his career, thanks to a last- winner over Frosinone. It took his tally to 1,002 ‘real points’ – so two for a win before the 1994-95 season switched to three. Coaching in 496 Serie A matches, Allegri has averaged 2.02 points per game at Cagliari, Milan and Juventus. He won six Serie A titles, five of them in a row at Juve from 2014-15 to 2018-19, and the first at Milan in 2010-11.
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MONEY MONEY
Cristiano Ronaldo continues his legal battle with former club juventus over the €19.5m in outstanding wages and with a decision expected at the
end of April. The row has been going ever since he left Turin for a return to Manchester United in August 2021, with the Ballon d’Or winner insisting
he was still owed €19.5m in wages. Juve maintain he had completing the transfer to Manchester United, a situation that was rushed through on deadline day.
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