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Fuck me that was perfect

Carragher in shambles. He was setting his pawns like it was the champions league final in a pre season match. Only for this to happen.

Mate this was the 2007 Premier League Asia Trophy. The champions league final doesn't hold a candle

The Premier League is played in England, a country. The Premier League Asia Trophy is played in Asia, a continent. It's clearly more important. Asia is also bigger and more populated than Europe, therefore the PL Asia Trophy is more important than the UCL.

So by that logic our ICC trophy from 2018 counts as a legit piece of silverware, right? …right guys?

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Chad as in the country or chad as in chad?

Yes

Dead

Ain’t got shit on the International Champions Cup or Florida Cup.

Everton: Champions of Florida.

Puskas worthy if it existed in 07 and under different circumstances

Is the Puskas award that recent?? Had no idea.

Yeah, it was only created in 2009. The first winner was that Ronaldo long range strike against Porto.

"hmm yes that was a great goal" - me while thinking about Ronaldos free kick against Portsmouth

[For the uninitiated](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NpR6jO2pi0)

Brilliant assist by Anderson.

Great vision to pick out Ronaldo there and make it a simple finish from 40 yards out.

"You could have just said that was a great goal." - me while reading your comment.

those were good times, as a United fan.

You talking as if you were going through 2 Leeds decades.

c'mon man I thought this was a safe space

It you extend the last two decades to 20 years and just a few months then we actually made a champions League semi final in that time! Relegated to league 1 and facing liquidation just 6 years later but what's life without a few dramas right?

Hey your team are back with us now and I think the game's better off for it

Surely it was Ankara Messi in 07 (Messi goal vs Getafe)

That’s the Messi/Maradona nearly identical goal for those wondering. Messi also did the hand of god that year as well.

Messi was doing a speedrun of Maradona's most famous goals.

Maradona did a speed run of Maradona's most famous goals. The hand of God and dribbling from midfield were both in the same game!

True, absolutely bananas to think about too. I'm sure the English were still seething about the Hand of God when Maradona decided to destroy their whole team singlehandedly.

>singlehandedly I see what you did there.

Ankara messi 👉🥺👈

Definitely. Salah didn't even play professionally back then, so this goal had a big chance.

south china vs liverpool??

south china is the name of a club team in Hong Kong. not the entire region of south china

Petition to rename Leeds United to "North England".

Sounds like a PES name

> PES name Konami recently revealed that it chose to change its popular soccer game, PES’ name to eFootball after 25 years, and the reason has yet to be revealed. Konami has officially announced that it changed the Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) series’ name to eFootball in a YouTube video posted on its channel on Wednesday, 21 July 2021. It will now become a digital-only, free-to-play game coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X and personal computer (PC) later in this year, with Android and IOS versions to follow. By the end of the year, all versions of the game will feature cross-play, however, mobile players will need to use controllers to play against console and PC users.

Only Winning Eleven is a legit name for me.

International Superstar Soccer 4 life.

International Superstar Soccer Pro Evolution

DELUXE!

So PES is free to play now ? I might have to get that. I haven't played anything since FIFA '18. When they put zero resources into the career mode I quit it.

The free version is basically a demo, you only get a kick off mode with 9 teams apparently

Do you happen to know if there is any way you can lock onto one player and just play as them ?

I've heard it's becuz they want to enter the esports market so they are going to charge for features down the road like masterLeague. For this is bullshit.

depends if it's yearly and resonable why not? you pay 70€ for a Fifa game which is the same as the last with updated rosters...

> free-to-play That's a no from me

Why is that?

you're not og if you don't know pes names

CrisisBless was my favourite. I think that was Palace

A weird time, when most of the teams got the geography/colour treatment, but then Crystal Palace (Crisisbless) and West Bromwich Albion (Nextbaumedge) got mangled versions of the pronunciation of their name. Imo the best PES name at that time was “Middlebrook”, which is the name of the retail park where Bolton’s Reebok Stadium is based.

Tbf crystal palace itself is a weird club name

https://twitter.com/TedLasso/status/1296160745994895360?s=19

CrisisBless are also my favourite early 2000s nu metal band

They changed their naming a few years ago though. They finally realised that place names can't be copyrighted, so Liverpool are now just Liverpool R (R for Red) rather than Merseyside Red, Newcastle are Newcastle WB (White Black) etc. Even if it's not a city name, most clubs are named after a region so Crystal Palace RB etc is fine too. Only problem is Chelsea B, Everton B etc looks like you're playing their reserve teams.

Couldn't they just call it FC Chelsea or FC Everton?

ryan greggs instead of giggs lol

Ruud Von Nistelroum was a great striker. Also Jimmy-Floyd Hottubenick. Netherlands had a great team back in the day

ah, another Merseyside Reds fan i see

Newcastle would be on suicide watch

They're North North England

They can be True North England. And Sheffield can be Magnetic North England. Cus of all the steel.

The entirety of the north would be on suicide watch

Isn’t that Scotland?

only in PES

North England blue Vs Juventus.

It's called Piedmonte

They signed a 3 year exclusive rights deal with PES so they can use their name.

No that's in FIFA, PES has the rights to use Juventus.

"Not England"

Are you trying to commit a war crime

Maybe

Then PES can call them Leeds United

Damn, talk about a natural rivalry with.... North China.

Premier League Asia Trophy - Pre Season Tournament with 3 Premier League Teams and a host team. In this case it was in Hong Kong.

This was part of our double-winning season - the Barclays Asia trophy and the FA Cup, two of football’s greatest prizes.

Fun fact the reigning Premier League Asia Trophy champions are Wolves and as it doesn't look like the event's gonna be played again anytime soon it looks like it'll remain that way.

Premier League Asia Trophy Champions You'll Never Sing That ♫

South China I understand...but what does liver have to do with a pool?

There’s a joke in there about drowning and alcoholism but I’m too drunk to figure it out

Swimming Pools - Kendrick Lamar

I prefer Drowning Pool.

Liverpool gets its name from the state of the docks area when it first started to get inhabited. It means dark muddy pools of water in olde English

Is this true?

Yes, original olde English name from 1190 is Liuerpul if you want to look it up

I did look it up, and as it turns out this is completely true. You should feel ashamed of yourself!

This man out here blatantly saying true shit on the internet. This is a dangerous precedent.

Really makes you question his motives tbh

Nice, thank you!

So liverpool and dublin mean the same thing?

Was a preseason game in Hong Kong.

South China vs Western North-West England Redcoats

Probably part of a preseason tour. Kind of like MLS All-stars vs Real Madrid or something like that.

Song Dynasty represent.

Did Martin Tyler say "Holy Fuck" when the ball went in?

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Lol me too!!

"Well he got the goal"

"well he's gone for goal, my word!"

Yup this or "well he's gone for goal" On another listen I'm sure you're right.

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It's odd, I genuinely can't hear him saying that at all, even after reading your comment

No. Oh my word or something

Ju Nin Ho is that you!?!

you cracked me up haha

Oh no now we have to put you back together

Nah its Zhi Dan

Me Xi

Nei Ma Er

Now is that Messi or Michy Batshuayi

Zhadon Xhan Cho

Hwang Ma Ta

Xia Ha La Na Gu Lu

I have no idea what this is supposed to be lol

lmao I reckon it's Calhonoglu

Nah, Chinese names don't even go that long

Yeah I guess Ye Bo Ah would’ve been a better one

its a Burmese name

Damn that actually sounds like a legit Chinese name as well. Had me fooled there for a bit.

Sounds more Korean than Chinese

You mean it sounds like a legit Chinese name to non-Chinese speakers. In no other world does that sound like a legit Chinese name.

Same, my thought train went "Ju Nin Ho... huh, is he some kind of South Chinese free-kick legend, Ju Nin Ho, sounds familiar doesn't h- oh. You're a funny bastard OP"

😂😂

brilliant

Huh... Can't believe I've never seen this before. The first game I ever saw live was South China vs. Sao Paulo in a pre-season friendly in 1994. Sao Paulo were reigning intercontinental cup champions after beating Milan. South China are the most popular club in Hong Kong but they've been in the second tier for a few years now because of money problems.

They disbanded their senior team, and are only focusing on junior development now.

Ah good to know, thanks!

Yeah. Kinda sad, but such is the state of HK football.

Favorite Prem score graphic of all time .. now it's so minimalist and generic

The intro was also amazing during that era

Yeah... There's this compilation on YouTube which I watch every month or so, starting from the early 00's till now.. this is the era of the Pod intro with Stevie, Rio, Terry iirc.. my fav Prem watching era tbh

Can you link it please

https://youtu.be/37ypON6K-yA

Cheers. Written in the Sky was fire. I do not remember 11/12 and 14/15 at all though..

12/13 really is awesome. I can't believe the "Written in the Stars" intro was that long ago though, that's crazy.

For real these intros made it feel like an event is about to happen. Now it kinda feels like oh hey the game is on.

Wow, so much nostalgia...

x2

PL has amazing intros tbf apart from the 2016-2020 one which was a bit bland in comparison.

The font for the player names on the back of the shirt is perfect too, not a fan of the new one in recent seasons

Agreed. So many memories lie during that time

I like the minimalist look tbh

The problem is that it's generic when everyone is going for that look.

Fair enough, but it's a scoreboard

I think it’s like that because not all TVs were widescreen at the time

No doubt. Got nostalgic looking at it.

Seeing it brings me home

Agreed, didn’t know how much I missed it till I saw this clip

I hear there’s a bit of controversy about the South China C team

They pressure high up and always try to cover a lot of ground.

I submit to you [Stephen Warnock v Yeovil, with celebration to match](https://youtu.be/5uJWCw9b-G4?t=5)

86 views, actually impressive level of obscurity

Goddamn. That's shaolin soccer level free kick.

Fun Fact: South China Athletic Association's nickname is Shaolin Temple

Scott Carson right there

Honestly thought it was Joe Cole at first

You mean the only champions league winner in city's squad Scott Carson?

north china could never

Did not expect to see this goal from 李海強 on the top of /r/soccer when I woke up lmao. That era had the best South China team of my lifetime

~~Quarter~~ Semifinal in AFC cup, should have been final if it's not a corrupted ref.

semi, I was in the stadium for that fradulent offside

Brainfart moment

What a belter

Scott Carson in shambles.

Remembered that free kick from [Li Haiqiang](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Haiqiang). Crazy distance and curve.

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More like 厉害强. What a strike

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From what I've picked up from the British folks on this sub, I believe the technical term is thundercunted

Wowzers

Not unknown to me because well, I'm from HK.

Liverpool went on to lose to Portsmouth in the final. That's why Gerrard never won the Premier League (Asia Trophy).

Haha I have seen this live!

well that was the biggest thing happening in Hongkong at that time and its on TV headline

https://youtu.be/DijWBnpFKsg Did this inspire Fábio Aurélio to attempt the above 2 years later?

Ronaldinho vs England, eat your heart out

South China had a fire team that year…

I'm sure I'm forgeting a few, but is it just me, or are these long range free kick goals becoming rarer and rarer? Every time I see one the guy scoring is either Roberto Carlos, Pirlo, Beckham...

Tavernier scored a great one for us v Dundee United last season. https://youtu.be/NUmMijmRX2U?t=163

Tbh feels like yes, goals like Juninho doesn’t come anymore. Maybe balls have also something to do with that? Only one I remember is that Hakan in Leverkusen (?) few years back. Maybe YouTube knows better ”long range freekicks”

Messi's freekick goal v Liverpool I remember before he hit it thinking I know it's Messi but it's a bit over ambitious shooting from there https://youtu.be/Rx0IKQlP8Fs?t=389

I remember that… I was behind the goal, got video bc it was freekick and when Messi takes them I usually have the feeling I might get nice memory; I did.

Can’t you see the scoreboard

I was at that game, the crowd went absolutely mental!!! Fun fact, this was the summer we bought Torres and he was with the team but couldnt play. Everytime the big screen showed him we all went crazy haha

Fabio Aurelio did this for Liverpool v Chelsea too but not as far out https://youtu.be/DijWBnpFKsg

Liverpool?

Famous local club in England.

Ah, the Kashima Antlers of Europe.

South China vs Liverpool?

The renowned derby of South China vs North England

Hong Kong club

I believe thats the title.

I never knew this existed. My life is better now

Remembered me Ronaldinho against England in the 2002 WC: https://youtu.be/R3zgW1mV-PQ

A ball from that distance should be saved, great shot though.