The Matchday Man
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UEFA Club and Country Competition focus, from the Qualifiers to the Finals and then back again.
Joined May 2020
If you didn’t tune into that AFCON Final till 90+, don’t worry, you didn’t miss anything. It all got wild afterwards.
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90+2’—Senegal disallowed goal 90+8’—Morocco are awarded a penalty by VAR 90+12’—Senegal players leave the pitch due to decision 90+21’—Senegal players return to pitch 90+24’—Édouard Mendy SAVES Brahim Diaz’s panenka penalty AFCON FINAL GOES TO EXTRA TIME. 🤯
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I’ve never seen an entire team swarmed around a referee whilst he’s looking at the VAR monitor. That’s what 🇸🇳 have done. They’re so outraged, I’m not even sure some of them want to continue… #AFCON2025
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This had been one of smoothest AFCON’s going, and right at the end, controversy. 🇸🇳 denied a stoppage time winner for a soft push in the box. Mere minutes later, 🇲🇦 given a penalty for an apparent 🇸🇳 push. Visitors are absolutely livid. Livid to a level I’ve not seen a team be
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Here we are. 🇸🇳v🇲🇦, the #AFCON2025 Final. 🇸🇳 looking to claim their title back, previously first-time winners in 2021. The opponents, hosts 🇲🇦, after a first title since their only previous in 1976 and aiming to continue the era of the Atlas Lion. These teams are loaded.
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Hayatımda duyduğum en etkileyici “Samsunspor” telaffuzu William Gallas’tan geldi. Bu nasıl ses lan
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Omonoia 🇨🇾 v HNK Rijeka 🇭🇷 Generally lower-margin games throughout the #UECL League Phase for this pair. Rijeka lost just once, on MD1, Omonoia lost both their first and last games. Edge the Croatian side at this stage, but if I’m asked to predict one of the 8 ties to go to
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Jagiellonia Białystok 🇵🇱 v Fiorentina 🇮🇹 Standout tie of the #UECL KPOs for me. Fiorentina have a reputation. Two Finals and a Semi-Final in their past three campaigns. This year surely can’t be the same though? They’ve had their worst Main Stage finish, and more importantly,
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Drita 🇽🇰 v NK Celje 🇸🇮 Had my eye on Celje ever since their #UECL Knockout run which started this time last season, sending APOEL 🇨🇾 and FC Lugano 🇨🇭 and narrowly losing out to Fiorentina 🇮🇹 This feels like a good chance to restart another run, more of a favourite this time
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FC Noah 🇦🇲 v AZ 🇳🇱 Find this quite a fun #UECL matchup, even if the outcome feels rather obvious. Had hoped for a bit more from AZ 🇳🇱 but it was definite improvement after a terrible opener. Dispatched of both Shelbourne 🇮🇪 and Drita 🇽🇰 in previous games and that’s the similar
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KF Shkëndija 🇲🇰 v Samsunspor 🇹🇷 This depends on which Samsunspor we get. If it’s the one that began the #UECL Leg Phase, it should be comfortable progression for the Süper Lig outfit. Second half standard Samsunspor presents a definite chance for Shkëndija to at the very least
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Kuopion Palloseura 🇫🇮 v Lech Poznań 🇵🇱 KuPS had a very respectable #UECL League Phase to make recent Finnish football history. The only team who beat them across 6 matches were another Polish side, playing away to Jagiellonia Białystok 🇵🇱. Lech have already suffered a banana
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Sigma Olomouc 🇨🇿 v FC Lausanne-Sport 🇨🇭 Lausanne spent a chunk of the #UECL League Phase as a top eight outfit, and ended up just a point outside of it. They’re one of the competition’s better teams, and it should be a fairly routine job for them in the KPOs. Sigma have had
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Zrinjski Mostar 🇧🇦 v Crystal Palace 🏴 Palace will probably have hoped to avoid this round of the #UECL schedule, but a bit ot naivety’s left them here. Lessons to quickly learn for Glasner and co. They were going to end with a favourable KPO tie no matter the draw and there’s
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We are back very soon Initial reaction to the #UECL Knockout Phase Play-Off Draw. Delighted to say, no repeats of League Phase fixtures!
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Poor William Gallas is really struggling with these team names. #UECL
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Africa’s elite in the #AFCON2025 Semi-Finals. Two tight, high-stakes affairs. A repeat of the 2021 Final up first, and again the same victors. Sadio Mané pouncing on a loose ball late on to send 🇸🇳 off to their 4th AFCON Final, and leave the record winners 🇪🇬 out of the running.
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Quarter Final time at #AFCON2025. 🇲🇱v🇸🇳 & 🇨🇲v🇲🇦 today, 🇩🇿v🇳🇬 & 🇪🇬v🇨🇮 Saturday. AFCON’s gained a reputation for banana skin moments, but it’s largely been without any this time. What we’re left with though is an exciting, elite final 8. This line-ups contains all of the 5
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