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RE: Football Thread - Bada - 11-12-2019

After much anticipation and administrative work, Waseem Razeek will join with the Sri Lanka National Squad tomorrow (12th Nov) for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Turkmenistan.

The news was confirmed to ThePapare.com by his father Jamal Razeek.

Razeek, a professional footballer plying his trade for Berliner AK07 in Germany played a match against Wacker Nordhausen yesterday and was released by his parent club to join the National Team for the on-going FIFA approved International break.

[Image: Waseem-Razeek.jpg]

He will be in the squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier game against Turkmenistan which will be played in Ashgabat on the 19th November. Razeek, who has already represented Germany at junior level, has been goal scoring form having scored twice in the last three matches.

Waseem’s attempts to represent the country goes back a couple of years. He has been constantly traveling between the countries in order to obtain his dual citizenship and also get into the National Squad.

He was on the verge of representing Sri Lanka at the SAFF Championship in 2018 only to be told that he hasn’t spent much time with then squad to be included the tournament.

Nizam Packeer Ali the National Head Coach on numerous occasions had mentioned that in order to play for his team a player must be with the squad for a considerable amount of time. This was also stressed by the President of FFSL.

After much deliberation and relentless effort by Waseem, his family, media and the fans the dream to represent Sri Lanka has finally arrived. Waseem will give an added advantage for the squad in terms of experience and quality.

http://www.thepapare.com/waseem-razeek-join-sri-lanka-football-squad-2022-fifa-world-qualifiers/


RE: Football Thread - Bada - 07-10-2020

Interactive crowd noise will be a key feature of Sky Sports' live coverage for the Premier League restart.

Sky Sports will broadcast another 64 matches across the final rounds of the 2019/20 Premier League, including 25 on Sky's free-to-air Pick channel - and across all of them, you can enjoy the new Sky Sports Crowds feature.

In partnership with EA SPORTS FIFA, Sky Sports has created a range of bespoke and team-specific crowd noises and chants to bring the vibrant atmosphere of the Premier League to the restart.

Viewers can choose between the added crowd sound or stadium noise, along with Sky Sports commentary. It's up to you.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/12004035/crowd-noise-available-for-sky-sports-premier-league-games-how-it-works


RE: Football Thread - Bada - 10-22-2020

Shakhtar Donetsk cling on for shock away win over Real Madrid
https://en.as.com/en/2020/10/21/football/1603294516_484511.html


RE: Football Thread - The One - 11-25-2020

Diego Maradona dies of heart attack.

https://www.thewrap.com/?p=5557082

RIP legend.


RE: Football Thread - JamisBanda - 11-25-2020

Oh such a shame.

RIP


RE: Football Thread - pj57 - 11-25-2020

Only 60 years of age but has had many health issues. He is supposed to have had a brain surgery and had been released from hospital just two weeks ago.

RIP


RE: Football Thread - mugatiya - 11-25-2020

Yea sad news Sad


RE: Football Thread - Bada - 11-27-2020

3 days of official mourning in Argentina





RE: Football Thread - Bada - 11-27-2020

Pelé, Messi, Ronaldo Among Stars Mourning Maradona's Death

The most heated wrangling over the title of soccer’s greatest player could be found between Diego Maradona and Pelé themselves.

So often, their squabbling would descend into acrimonious barbs and taunts launched between the finest to play the game.

It was a feud in which FIFA did not want to takes sides when it came to naming the top player of the 20th century. Pelé was the pick of experts. Maradona was the people’s choice as the winner of an online vote. So the pair shared the award and continued to bicker in public.

“He thinks it’s him,” Pelé once said. “But we all really know who was the best.”

Being born 20 years apart meant the duo never settled their rivalry on the pitch.

Interviewed once by Pelé, Maradona playfully asked the Brazilian how he accumulated an apparent goal total of 1,281.

“Who did you score them against?” Maradona asked. “Your nephews in the backyard?”

But behind the enmity, there was a mutual admiration that was evident through the grief as Pele paid tribute to Maradona, who died Wednesday at the age of 60.

“I have lost a dear friend, and the world has lost a legend,” the 80-year-old Pelé said. “One day, I hope, we will play football together in the sky.”

The sadness across Argentina was articulated by one of the few players who comes close to matching Maradona’s artistry with the ball.

“He leaves us,” Argentine forward Lionel Messi said, “but he is not gone because Diego is eternal.”

The 33-year-old Messi still strives to emulate his hero by winning a World Cup with Argentina, a triumph that could settle the 21st century’s version of the Maradona-Pelé debate as he duels with Cristiano Ronaldo for soccer greatness.

Ronaldo, who has won five FIFA player of the year awards to Messi’s six, remembered Maradona as an “eternal genius.”

“One of the best ever,” the Portugal and Juventus forward said. “An unrivaled magician. He departs too soon but leaves a legacy with no limits and an emptiness that will never be filled.”

https://www.si.com/soccer/2020/11/25/diego-maradona-death-pele-messi-ronaldo-infantino


RE: Football Thread - Bada - 11-29-2020

https://twitter.com/AllBlacks/status/1332612973165043713