​TOP TEN FOOTBALL FACTS FOR THE WEEK

0

Adeleke Kazeem

1. Jorginho attempted 180 passes against West Ham – the most by a player in a single EPL match since 2003/2004.
2. Alexis Sanchez has now gone 831 minutes without a league goal.
3. Manchester City are the first English team to lose four consecutive UCL matches in history.
4. Ronaldo Nazario is the only player to have scores in the El Classico for both Barcelona and Real Madrid and the Milan Derby for both Inter Milan and AC Milan.
5. Since the making of his Liverpool debut, Virgil Van Dijk has kept more clean sheets than any other player in the Premier League.
6. Since joining Manchester United two years ago, Jose Mourinho has signed 11 players – including two Centre Backs for a total of £380m.
7. In England, football matches did not have referees until 1881. Before that, they simply relied on good sportsmanship.
8. Except for 1930 & 1950, European teams have reached the finals of every World Cup.
9. Ahn Jung – Hwan, who scored and knocked Italy out of the 2002 World Cup, immediately lost his contract with his Italian club, Perugia for “ruining Italian football”
10. Wembley has 2618 toilets, the most toilets in any stadium in the World.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *