Table of contents for 7 September 2021 in MATCH!

MAN. UNITED have brought CRISTIANO RONALDO back to the Premier League! After 12 years away, The Red Devils have re-signed Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus! MATCH takes a look at what the me gastar will bring to the club and why he’s already got legendary status in Manchester! HERO HOME COMING! Man. United first signed CR7from Sporting when he was 18 years old way back in 2003! He lifted three straight Premier League titles at Old Trafford, as well as winning the Champions League in 2008. He go this hands on the PL Golden Boo in 2007-08 and the Ballon d’Or in 2008, before leaving for Real Madrid in 2009 for a world-record fee! MAN. CITY CHASE! After telling Juventus he wanted to leave, Man. City were the shock frontrunners for…

Loudspeaker! This is a public announcement… Hammers Headlock! Rice woke up with neck pain after that one! Bad Bruno! When your teacher asks who knows the answer! Ripped Reds! Van Dijk channelled his inner Hulk on return from injury! Sharp shooter! Sergi Canos is great at hitting the target! Magic Marcelo! New season, same Bielsa squat… Surprised Seagull! Has Neal Maupay just seen a sign for free pizza? Big booger! Calvert-Lewin had been saving that greenie up for months! Fake Foden! The England wonderkid obviously inspired Jorginho! Tottenham tunes! Did you know that Nuno Espirito Santo could play the air guitar?…

Bayern Third Shirt 2021-22 If any of you have ever been on holiday to Munich, you’ll know that it’s surrounded by some massive mountains! That was the idea behind Bayern’s new third shirt, with the mountain design also inspiring the current champions to reach their “peak” in 2021-22! They wore it for the first time in their Supecup win over Borussia Dortmund last month. What a start! Price: £70 adidas.co.uk Man. United Away & Third Shirts 2021-22 The Red Devils’ away and third shirts are inspired by two of their kits from the 1990s! The away jersey is based on one of the club’s most iconic looks from 1992, while their navy third shirt pays tribute to their away threads from the 1993-94 campaign, when they won the club’s first-ever…

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A AWAY GOALS The a way goals rule has been scrapped in UEFA competitions this season! Instead, there’s gonna be extra-time and penalties if teams are level after the two-legged knockout ties. The likes of Man. United and Spurs have benefitted previously from that rule! B BLUES Of course we have to mention the reigning champions Chelsea! They beat Man. City 1-0last season to win the trophy for just the second time in their history! C CASILLAS Former Real Madrid and Porto goal keeper Iker Casillas is the all-time top CL appearance maker on 177 games! Cristiano Ronaldo needs to play just twice to over take the legendary keeper this season! D DARK HORSES Every season a side comes out of no where to surprise the continent! Last season Porto…

RIGHT-BACK ROLE! REECE SAYS: “Definitely the position has changed! Maybe before it was more of a defender but now it’s adapted and you have the license to go forward, attack and defend. I played as a right-sided centre-back many times coming through in the academy. As right-side of a three, you’re more limited to where you can go and what you can do!” CHILDHOOD IDOLS! REECE SAYS: “When I was young I wasn’t a right-back, I was a striker! I looked up to Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole. I looked up to the boys that played for the team that I supported! Me and Ashley Cole speak nearly every week. He’s probably one of the best left-backs to play the game. Even though he was a left-back, the position is…

THE DJ! EMMA SAYS: “Grace Moloney is our club DJ! She makes sure she is on the aux and to be honest everyone enjoys her music! It’s a real mix of artists and genres, but I think that’s the reason why everyone likes it!” MS SUPERSTITIOUS! EMMA SAYS: “I don’t know if any of the players have any superstitions, but I always make sure that I wear the shin pads with my family on!” BEST TRAINER! EMMA SAYS: “I’d say the best trainer would be Amalie Eikeland. She always does extra training and she’s a true professional on and off the pitch. She’s unbelievably strong in the gym too!” THE BRAINBOX! EMMA SAYS: “I would say ex-team-mate Jess Fishlock has large amounts of knowledge and life experiences that have helped…

NAME THE TEAM! Name the Chelsea side that beat Man. City in last season’s CL final! 1. ENGLAND ★ ATT. MIDFIELDER GERMANY ★ CENTRE-BACK RUDIGER 2. BRAZIL ★ CENTRE-BACK 3. SENEGAL ★ GOALKEEPER 4. GERMANY ★ ATT. MIDFIELDER 5. SPAIN ★ CENTRE-BACK 6. FRANCE ★ MIDFIELDER 7. ENGLAND ★ RIGHT-BACK 8. ENGLAND ★ LEFT-BACK 9. ITALY ★ MIDFIELDER 10. GERMANY ★ FORWARD TRUE or FALSE? Are these facts real or made up? Put a tick or cross in the box! 1. Tottenham lifted the Champions League trophy in the 1978-79 season! 2. West Ham used to be owned by Take That singer Robbie Williams! 3. Spanish side Leganes’ away strip for 2021-22 is inspired by cucumbers! 4. Newcastle manager Steve Bruce was once a player for Man. United! WHO AM…

ERLING HAALAND B. DORTMUND Last season’s Champions League top goalscorer is steamrolling his way up the CL goal charts! Averaging at least one goal a game, the 21-year-old is on a one-way road to stardom. This looks very likely to be his last season as a Dortmund player, but he’ll want to go out with a bang for the German club! DIDYOU KNOW? Haaland scored 20 CL goals in just 14 appearances, making him the quickest player ever to reach that milestone in the competition! LIONEL MESSI PSG Messi’s 123 European goals for Barca is a UEFA club competition single-club record! Even though he won’t be able to add to that tally now he’s left, he’ll be looking forward to a new challenge. His link-up with Neymar will be key!…

OUT IN FORCE! Man. City are one of ten clubs who are gonna be rocking the new design! AC Milan, Borussia Monchengladbach, Valencia, Marseille, Rennes, Shakhtar Donetsk, Fenerbahce, Krasnosdar and PSV are the other teams to watch out for across Europe in the Puma kits! EUROS EXPERIMENT! Puma actually tried out a similar experiment on their Euro 2020 nations Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Czech Republic! The stripped back away jerseys received loads of criticism at the time, but that didn’t stop the mega brand from pressing ahead with their mind-boggling new crest-less club kits! CELEBRATION CONFUSION! There’s already been some confusion from players, as well! After scoring for Fenerbahce in the Europa League last month, home grown hero Muhammed Gumuskaya went to kiss the badge on his shirt, but couldn’t…

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Aston Villa Best signing: Danny Ings Verdict: Villa landed record bucks for their skipper Jack Grealish, then replaced him with some sensible signings! Ings, Buendia, Tuanzebe and Bailey have strengthened the quality in squad depth and they look more balanced now! Grade: A+ Arsenal Best signing: Martin Odegaard Verdict: The Gunners targeted youth over experience and landed some exciting talents in White Sambi Lokonga and Odegaard. Some fans think they should’ve gone all out for a new striker! Grade: B- Brentford Best signing: Kristoffer Ajer Verdict: They haven’t lost any of their key players from 2020-21 and have added quality in the like of Ajer, Onyeka and Wissa. It was a solid if not jaw-dropping window for Bees supporters! Grade: C Brighton Best signing: Marc Cucurella Verdict: The Seagulls got…

MATCH’S TOP 20! Check out our league table after Game week 2! TRANSFER IN… Here are our biggest signing tips ahead of this fortnight’s action! NICOLAS PEPE MF ★ ARSENAL £7.3 MILLION Arsenal assets might not be the most tempting right now, but games v Norwich and Burnley means potential for points! DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN FW ★ EVERTON £8.2 MILLION His value has already risen since the start of the season, but it isn’t too late to ride the DCL points wave! RAUL JIMENEZ FW ★ WOLVES £7.4 MILLION Matches against newly-promoted sides Watford and Brentford is a chance for Jimenez to get some decent points in the bag! TRANSFER OUT… You should consider dropping these heroes for this fortnight’s action! ALEX MCCARTHY GK ★ SOUTHAMPTON £4.5 MILLION Home to West…

G.O.A.T CHEESE CRISPS! Check out Lay’s brand-new idea for a crisps flavour – G.O.A.T Cheese! We’re not sure that we really want to know what Lionel Messi tastes like, though… HAMMERS HOAX! We have no idea why West Ham’s Twitter admin decided to use an image of Dundee’s ground as the background image for their match against Newcastle last month! MEGA MATCH FAN! Lucas Digne loved seeing a poster of himself in MATCH so much that he re-tweeted it to his followers. Legend! HA-HA-HA! Even the fixture list was ‘laughing’ at Arsenal’s mega tough start to the new Premier League season. LOL! SAFETY FIRST! Bruno Fernandes is proper protective of the Premier League footy he earned after his hat-trick against Leeds! He makes it wear a seatbelt! WATERMELON SUGAR HIGH!…