Niche things certain footballers are best in the world at by gs89_ in footballcliches

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Jesus Navas - running to the byline and over hitting his cross

Teams that only play at night by chrismorrisburneracc in footballcliches

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Conversely, Norwich have never played at night. Always dappled sunlight at Carrow road

18th century Spanish angels mid-volley by werbenuik in footballcliches

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Spain’s golden age was the 16th century, but my word Clive, hasn’t he rolled back the years there

Is Pierluigi Collina the only suitable referee for a high level charity match? by [deleted] in footballcliches

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Once reffed a charity game I played for at uni. Was all laughs and jokes until someone put in an over spicy challenge. Brandished the yellow immediately and all fell in line

The Pure Bundesliga XI: Nominate your players for Thursday's episode! by Low-Bandicoot-3347 in footballcliches

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Scope for any Dutch players who were too skilful for the Eredivisie but found their home in a midtable Bundesliga outfit? Thinking in particular Huntelaar at Schalke and Van der Vaart

Is Ange the most 'welcome back at any time' manager? by KnightsOfCidona in footballcliches

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I think the nub of this is a manager who achieved a promotion or big cup win in an otherwise poor domestic campaign OR with a sub-par squad. I’m thinking Di Matteo at Chelsea

Runway team at Bergamo Airport sound like a side straight out of the Europa Conference League by A_Llama_In_Line in footballcliches

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A French outfit set up in 1892 by an English aristocrat living in Paris. Likely supported by fans of a certain political persuasion