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THE PLOT! A young boy called Kylian Mbappe has loads of posters on his wall of Real Madrid hero Cristiano Ronaldo! He dreams of one day wearing the same famous white shirt… Now, fast-forward 15 years and that boy is a 23-year-old man, one of the most-wanted footballers on the planet and being linked with a summer move to the Spanish giants! THE TWIST! Just as the rumours over his future faster, his club in the Champions Real Madrid! After as low start to the first leg, things take a dramatic turnas Mbappe scores a late, late goal to break Madrid hearts and give his side as lender 1-0 lead. It means he’s been involved in atleast one goal in each of his last seven CL games, but he add…

QR CODE EXPLAINED This is a QR code – just scan it with your phone or tablet to watch each video clip on YouTube. Here’s how to do it: Download and install a free QR Code reader from the app or android store. Hold your phone or tablet over the QR code and you’ll be sent to the clip. Easy! ZINEDINE ZIDANE 2002 Real Madrid v Bayer Leverkusen If you want a lesson in ultimate technique, we recommend watching this goal by Zizou! The France baller’s left-footed volley was even sweeter coz it won Real Madrid the 2002 CL trophy! LIONEL MESSI 2011 Real Madrid v Barcelona Messi dribbled past four Real Madrid players before slotting past legendary GK Iker Casillas with his weaker right foot! AND he did it…

MATCH’s TOP 20! TRANSFER IN… Here are our biggest signing tips ahead of this fortnight’s action! RAYAN AIT-NOURI DF ★ WOLVES £4.4 MILLION Wolves have one of the best defensive records in the league, and the wonderkid also offers a threat going forward! ALLAN SAINT - MAXIMIN FW ★ NEWCASTLE £6.9 MILLION The Magpies are the only team to play FOUR times over this period, so sign up at least one Newcastle player! CHE ADAMS FW ★ soton £6.9 MILLION The Southampton striker has started 2022 on fire! Back him to pick up some more points v Aston Villa, Newcastle and Watford! TRANSFER OUT… You should consider dropping these heroes for this fortnight’s action! RAPHAEL VARANE DF ★ MAN. UNTED £5.5 MILLION There’s no double gameweek for The Red Devils,…

Puma First Mile Pack From the soleplates to the laces, these new Puma Future and Ultra kicks have beenmade entirely from recycled bottles! The ‘Intense Blue’ colourway is a nod to the ocean, where the bottles were collected from, cleaned, shredded and turned into boot material, so they aren’t just good for your feet – they’re great for the planet too. Nice! Price: £180 each puma.com Puma King Vegan If you felt sorry for the Puma King for being left out of the First Mile Pack, don’t worry – they received some special treatment of their own last month too! These mega classywhite kicks are the German brand’s first-ever fully vegan boots, following in the footsteps of their rivals adidas’ vegan Predators towards the end of last year. As well…

Terrific team! Massive Chelsea fan Harrison sent us this super attacking team he created. They’d score tons of goals! Wolves wonderkid! Huge Wolves fan Liam created an XI that saw himself playing alongside Kevin De Bruyne in midfield. Epic! Colourful kicks! We need to get in touch with a boot brand so they can create us these awesome boots designed by Nirvaan! Bangin' boots! West Ham fan Jeevan created these quality kicks with the Irons logo on the side – perfect for any Hammers fans! Fantastic Fox! Big shout-out to Leicester fan Louis for getting kitted up and posing with some of his fave MATCH magazines! MATCH Vote! We asked our fans on social media which Prem club made the best signings in January… SEND YOUR PICTURES TO… Email: match.magazine@kelsey.co.uk…

UNITED HAVE A ROBOTTHATCAN CLEANTHEIR CHANGING ROOMS REALLY QUICKLY! STADIUM KEANE TELEPATHY! Everton defender Michael Keane and his twin brother Will, who plays for Wigan, scored on the same day for the first time ever in February! RONALDO’S EPIC RUN! Cristiano Ronaldo’s finish against Brighton last month means he’s now scored a goal in each of the last 22 calendar years. What a total legend! CR7 JUNIOR! Talking about Ronaldo, his 11-year-old son Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. is following in his father’s footsteps after joining Man. United’s academy last month. Baller!…

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83% Man. City have a higher pass completion rate than any other side this season! 91% Kim Little has an awesome 91% shot accuracy in 2021-22 – higher than any other player with three or more goals! 38 Tottenham’s Ashleigh Neville has won more tackles than any other player this season! 0 Leicester haven’t drawn a single match so far this season in 15 games! TOP GOALSCORERS 2021-22 WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE 55 Brighton goalkeeper Megan Walsh has made more saves than any other GK this season! MEAD V TOONE ENGLAND FORWARDS COMPARED… MEADMEAD GAMES 14 CHANCES 32 GOALS 5 ASSISTS 5 OONETOONE GAMES 14 CHANCES17 GOALS6 ASSISTS5 1,350 Birmingham’s Louise Quinn hasn’t missed a single minute of action this season! WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE 2021-22 POINTS 39 No player has been fouled…

Socceristic & Football+Games! We’ve got an ace bundle of Socceristic board games and Football+ card games to give away to five lucky readers! Socceristic features every rule in football, and allows you to score goals, take penalties and tons more, while Football+ allows two players to play out fast and exciting matches. You don’t want to miss it! HOW TO ENTER! WWW.MATCHFOOTBALL.CO.UK Then click ‘WIN’ in the navigation bar on the MATCH website. Full Terms & Conditions are available online. Both games are totally unique in that players can take part in very realistic and mega exciting football matches. Socceristic is available from Amazon and Football+ is available to order from KEDO Games at kedo@blueyonder.co.uk…

2 Chelsea won in 2020 and 2021 and can become the second side to win it three times in a row! 3 Man. City have lifted the trophy three times in history – once more than The Blues! 1 The final will be at AFC Wimbledon’s Plough Lane – a first for the 9,215-capacity stadium! 4 Pernille Harder, Lauren Hemp and Khadija Shaw are this year’s joint-top goal scorers! 8 Chelsea have hit eight goals in their last three games v City and not conceded once. Wow!…

MARTIN ODEGAARD ARSENAL THE LIKES OF BUKAYO SAKA, EMILE SMITH ROWE AND GABRIEL MARTINELLI HAVE BEEN GIVEN TONS OF PRAISE THIS SEASON, BUT THE NORWEGIAN CREATOR HAS BEEN THE GUNNERS’ GLUE! HE WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN SEVEN GOALS IN HIS FIRST 15 PREM STARTS IN 2021-22! ETHAN PINNOCK BRENTFORD PINNOCK WAS REJECTED BY MILLWALL WHEN HE WAS 15 YEARS OLD AND SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS CAREER PLAYING NON-LEAGUE FOOTY, BUT NOWADAYS HE’S HELPING KEEP THE LIKES OF MO SALAH AND HARRY KANE QUIET! HIS RISE TO THE TOP HAS BEEN A PROPER FAIRY TALE! JOHN McGINN ASTON VILLA WE WERE TORN BETWEEN MCGINN AND HIS MIDFIELD PARTNER DOUGLAS LUIZ! THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER REALLY WELL, WITH MCGINN ABLE TO GET A LOT FURTHER FORWARD BECAUSE LUIZ PROTECTS VILLA’S DEFENCE.…

JUDE BELLINGHAM BORUSSIA DORTMUND Alongside Barcelona talent Pedri, Jude Bellingham was awarded the joint-top rated Future Stars card! It’s already the England and Dortmund midfielder’s third special card of the season, after he was named in TOTW 5 and TOTW 17, but this one is well and truly clear of the rest! PATSON DAKA LEICESTER The first thing that stands out on Patson Daka’s card is his jaw-dropping 98-rated Pace! It consists of 99 Sprint Speed and 97 Acceleration, while the striker also boasts 97 Agility, 95 Heading and 93 Finishing, so there really is no stopping him once he gets running. It’s one of the best cards going! SVEN BOTMAN LILLE Expect to hear a lot more about Sven Botman over the next few months! He’s been linked to…

FOOTY MAZE Which route takesMan. City to the Champions League trophy? PLAYER BATTLE! Who has a higher starting OVR on FIFA 22? Rhyme Time Name the Prem players whose names rhyme with these words! 1. Barry Jinks 2. Posh Wing 3. Fatty Rash 4. Hen Pee 5. File Talker 6. Lick Hope KIT Clash! Which Celtic baller has been cloned on to a Rangers kit in this mad pic? WORDFIT Fit these EnglandWomen superstars into the grid below! Bright Cartern Charles Daly Earps England Greenwood Hemp Kirby Maciver Mead Nobbs Russo Scott Stanway Stokes Toone Walsh White Wubben-Moy ANSWERS Footy Maze: A Player Battles: 1. Ilkay Gundogan; 2. Yerry Mina; 3. Danny Ings; 4. Adama Traore; 5. Chris Wood. Rhyme Time: 1. Harry Winks; 2. Josh King; 3. Matty Cash;…