

FIFA President: 2 million fans will attend the FIFA World Cup in Qatar
FIFA President Gianni Infantino promised football fans all over the world that FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will be unique, likening the experience to that of a child going to Disneyland for the first time. FIFA President Infantino was addressing a press conference in Costa Rica, where he inaugurated a training field at the facilities of the Costa Rican Football Federation. He was in the Central American country for the U-20 Women’s World Cup finals between Spain and Japan. He pointed out that it is expected that "nearly two million fans from all over the world" will attend at the Universal Football Festival from November 20 to December 18. The FIFA president explained that all fans from all over the world are welcome to celebrate, to party, to watch the matches,” said Gianni Infantino. But if someone wants to come and create fights or whatever, of course they are not welcome and we are all going to be very strict, because the safety of everyone is the most important thing. We are going to have fans from all countries in the same city, not just from the two countries that are playing a game one day, but everybody will be there all the time. There are a lot of issues that need to be looked at in terms of security, accommodation, transport and every effort is being made to make it a party for everyone. For football fans, it will be a unique experience.” Accord

Griezmann leads Atletico Madrid to overtake Valencia in La Liga
LaLiga champions Atletico Madrid snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to win 1-0 against its host Valencia, scoring his lone goal of in the second halftime at Mestalla stadium in the third round of the Spanish League for the current season. Atletico is fourth in the standings with 36 points, 13 behind leaders and city rivals Real Madrid. Antoine Griezmann scored the winner just a couple of minutes after coming off the bench as Atletico Madrid beat Valencia 1-0 in a feisty LaLiga clash on Monday. Atletico Madrid's lineup included the following: Jan Oblak as a goalkeeper - Jimenez - Witsel - Reinildo - Llorente - De Paul - Kondogbia - Koke - Saul - Morata - Joao Felix.

Courtois: Benzema and Rodrygo expert crafted crosses made the difference against Espanyol
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois confirmed that his team performed well against Real Espanyol 3-1 at the "Power 8" stadium, in the third round of the Spanish League for the current season. In his statements to the club's official website, Courtois said, "We were better performance during the match. For them, they were only dangerous in the free kicks, and we conceded a goal from bad luck, which gave Espanyol the confidence. Their equalizer made them strive for victory. Fortunately, we managed to score the second goal." Courtois added, "Rodrygo and Benzema made the difference. As the game entered its closing stages, Benzema met Rodrygo's expertly crafted cross from the left, tucking in a close-range volley at Espanyol Tchouaméni is a great player, he had some difficulties at the beginning, but you can see that he is improving and doing well in training and this helps him to play better in matches now, he is a good player defensively as well as offensively, good technically as well." Regarding Real Madrid's most prominent competitors for the title this season, the Belgian goalkeeper explained, "There is always talk of Real Madrid and Barcelona, but we should not exclude Atletico Madrid, Seville and Betis." Courtois talked about the next match against Betis, saying, "They are in good shape now, it will be a difficult match for them, they play beautiful football and they have experience, we have to be careful, they know us well, and we play a good game. I hope we continue the series of victories in our stadium as well."

Alexis Sanchez joins the top scorer list in Europe
Chile international Alexis Sanchez who joined Marseille recently is set to join the latest star in the list of players with an impressive scoring record in the major European leagues over the past years. Alexis Sanchez joins Europe top of the Premier League’s goalscoring. Alexis Sanchez scored twice and his team won 3-0 at southern rival Nice in an earlier game in the fourth round of the French League. Chile forward grabbed his first goal in the 10th minute and, after former Arsenal fullback Nuno Tavares made it three goals in four games this season, Tavares combined with Payet to help set up Sanchez's second goal in the 42nd. Stats' globally famous and trusted Opta network indicated that Alexis Sanchez scored in every season in the league since his first appearance in the five major European leagues in the 2008-2009 season. Opta Stats added that during this period, only Luka Modric, Kevin Gameiro, Karim Benzema, and Lionel Messi did so. Former Arsenal player Alexis Sanchez made his French Ligue 1 debut in Marseille and has scored in four of the five major leagues in Europe, scoring 64 goals in the English Premier League, 38 goals in the Spanish League, 36 goals in the Italian league, and two goals so far in the French League.

Xavi: “Exaggeration is inappropriate after the Valladolid clash, Lewandowski is a natural leader”
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez heaped praise on his team squad against Valladolid in the third round of the Spanish League but said it’s important that any exaggeration is inappropriate, still we need to mend a lot despite the four clean scores. Xavi said in his statements to the official website of Barcelona about the Valladolid clash, "The opening-day duel against Rayo Vallecano match was not a disaster. In front of Valladolid also, we should not exaggerate and reach ecstasy."

Lewandowski scores outrageous historic with Barca beating Valladolid in the League
Robert Lewandowski scored his second brace in as many games for Barcelona, doing so in style with a fantastic backheel finish against Real Valladolid after scoring the 3-0 goal during the Spanish LaLiga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Real Valladolid CF held at Spotify Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. Lewandowski became the first player to score 4 goals in his first 3 matches in La Liga since Radamel Falcao with Atletico Madrid in 2011, and the first player to do so with Barcelona in the entire twenty-first century. Lewandowski, 34 years and 7 days old, became the oldest player to score +3 goals in his first 3 matc

Premier League all-time top 10 scorers after Harry Kane rank record
Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane continues his march up the all-time Premier League scoring table with his latest goal against Wolves on the third weekend of the 2022/23 season. Kane ranked third in the list of top scorers in the history of the English Premier League, after scoring two goals in the Spur's victory over Nottingham Forest, in the fourth round of the Premier League. Kane scored another goal in the 81st minute and equaled 187 goals of Manchester United's Andy Cole to become third in all-time scorers of English Premier League history. Newcastle Legend Alan Shearer tops the list with 260 goals while the runner-up is Wayne Rooney of Manchester United with 208 goals. Kane scored another goal in the 81st minute and equaled 187 goals of Manchester United's Andy Cole to become third in all-time scorers of English Premier League history. Newcastle Legend Alan Shearer tops the list with 260 goals while the runner-up is Wayne Rooney of Manchester United with 208 goals. Arsenal top the Premier League standings with 12 points, while Manchester City is placed second with 10 points, and Tottenham sits third with the same points and goal difference. List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals:

AC Milan Tops 5 European clubs with the longest unbeaten runs in history
AC Milan Tops five European clubs with the longest unbeaten runs in history, as the club tops the list of the best unbeaten streak in the five major European leagues during the recent period. AC Milan has the longest unbeaten run in football history. The Italian giants went whopping games without losing a game. Milan continued its unbeaten streak in Calcio, after beating its guest Bologna, 2-0, at "San Siro" stadium, the stronghold of the Rossoneri in the third round of the Italian League. The global network Opta for statistics indicated that Milan has the longest open streak currently unbeaten in the five major European leagues. Opta added that Milan continued the unbeaten streak with 19 consecutive unbeaten matches, achieving 13 victories and 6 draws. The last defeat suffered by the Italian league title holder dates back to January 17 of this year 2022, when he fell to Spezia with two goals against a goal, in the twenty-second round of the Italian League.

Benzema tops the Spanish newspapers after his late double scores, titled:” Made of Gold”
Spanish media heaped praise on Real Madrid’s French striker Karim Benzema after the LaLiga winners pulled off a remarkable comeback win against Espanyol on Sunday to advance to the third la League standing. Karim Benzema struck twice late on to give Real Madrid a 3-1 win over Espanyol and maintain the Spanish champions' 100 percent start to the La Liga season. Benzema topped the headlines of the Spanish newspapers published early Monday, after he scored the two winning goals for the royal team against Espanyol in the match that ended 3-1 at the "Power 8" stadium, in the third round of the Spanish League current season.Real Madrid took the lead after just 12 minutes when Vinicius Junior slotted home a composed finish following a through ball by Aurelien Tchouameni. At that point, the away team looked to be in control of the contest.
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