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THE LOWDOWN WHO? Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split, Croatia’s two most successful teams! WHERE? Zagreb is Croatia’s capital, while Split is the second biggest city! WHY? These two are the best sides in Croatia’s history by far. Between them, they’ve won all but two Croatian titles since the league was formed in 1992, and 21 of 27 Croatian Football Cups! HEROES Cop couldn’t make an impact for Hajduk as a youngster, but got his revenge by scoring loads against them for Dinamo! Kalinic is one of a few players to have upset Dinamo in the last decade, with two goals and three assists v them! DID YOU KNOW? When Niko Kranjcar left Dinamo for Hajduk in 2005, more than 10,000 fans came out to greet him at the club’s stadium!…

MY FIRST… FOOTY MEMORY! GYLFI SAYS: “Just running around with a ball, probably breaking a few things, and playing with my brother. As soon as I was able to walk I was kicking a ball around. Iceland’s a nice country for that. It gets cold, but that didn’t affect us – I enjoyed playing on snow more than grass!” MY FIRST… HEROES! GYLFI SAYS: “Eidur Gudjohnsen was Iceland’s greatest player and he played in the Premier League. The first time I ever met him was strange – it was during national team training, so playing alongside someone that’s been your idol since you were young was very special!” MY FIRST… LIVE MATCH! GYLFI SAYS: “I remember going to Man. United against Ipswich at Old Trafford, and it finished 9-0! My…

Crate Creatures Bundle!  Three readers will win abundle of Crate Creatures, including one character each from KaBOOM, Bashers & Barf Buddies! You can feed the Barf Buddies with colourful slime, then pull on their tails and watch the ooze come shooting out of their mouths! There are six new Barf Buddies to collect, including three mystery Puke Pals. That’s class! There are 12 Bashers to collect, and each one flies through the air making gross sounds! Pull their tongues, before flinging them into the crate target. Who can score the most points Grab the KaBOOM box handle and ‘explode’ the creature’s crate open! There are four new Crate Creatures, and each one comes with six mix-and-match parts that contain unique sounds and noises! Winning prizes may vary from pictures shown.…

TOP TALENT! The Wales wonderkid has been one of the most dangerous wingers in the Championship this season, bagging four goals and seven assists for Swansea. James’ highlight came during their FA Cup run, though – he tore Brentford apart with an incredible solo run and finish! WANTED MAN! Leeds were close to signing James for £10 million back in January, but the deal fell through at the last minute! They were expected to go back in for him again this summer, along with Newcastle and Crystal Palace, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was keen as well! NEXT GIGGS? He’s already been compared loads with his Wales manager Ryan Giggs! The ex-United hero was the last wicked Welshman to burn down the wings at Old Trafford, and the crowd there would…

STADIUM FACTS TEAM: Tottenham BUILT: 2019 CAPACITY: 62,062 RECORD ATTENDANCE: 60,243 v Ajax, April 2019 NEAREST NEIGHBOUR: Arsenal LONGEST LEAGUE JOURNEY: St. James’ Park, Newcastle, 242 miles DID YOU KNOW? In total, Tottenham’s massive new stadium has 471 toilets!…

JOHN STONES The classy Man. City centre-back gave us a really interesting insight into the Premier League giants’ epic training sessions… JOHN SAYS: “Before training we concentrate on rondos and boxes from Spanish football. It’s a simple concept of playing in a tight area with little touches – and everything is about technique, fast thinking and knowing where to play. Pep Guardiola says if you play badly in the boxes, you’ll play badly on the pitch!” LUKE SHAW Shaw’s taken on Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, so we were shocked when he told us his toughest opponent! LUKE SAYS: “My toughest direct opponent has always been Victor Moses – I’ve always said that. He’s so direct and strong, and when I first played him I was quite young…

F2 Rascal Clothing It’s getting warmer every week, so the F2 have released their awesome 2019 Spring/Summer Rascal clothing range! We’ve picked out a selection of our favourite T-shirts from this year’s wicked junior collection… rascalclothing.com Leicester 2019-20 Home Kit ‘Cheque’ out Leicester’s cool new home strip for 2019-20 – the golden Three Stripes and adidas logo are proper classy! We’re actually big fans of Kasper Schmeichel’s black camo kit, too! Home Shirt Price: £55 GK Shirt Price: £65 shop.lcfc.com adidas GLITCH Virtuso Pack adidas dropped their class Virtuso boots in April, and they’ve followed them up by releasing this jaw-dropping GLITCH skin! The bright turquoise, fluorescent green and yellow pattern is proper eye-catching. Sick! Price: TBC GLITCH App Dortmund 2019-20 Home Shirt This year is Borussia Dortmund’s 110-year anniversary,…

2015 Juan Foyth’s red card v Bournemouth, two mins and 13 seconds after coming on, was the quickest PL sub sending off since 2015! 115+ More than 115 French players have been sent off in the Premier League – more than any other country except England! 16 Wolves l are the first promoted team to win 16 Prem matches since Reading in 2006-07! Rangers CM Ross McCrorie had to go in goal after goalkeeper Allan McGregor was sent off late in their match against Hibernian! 2 Huddersfield keeper Jonas Lossl has two Prem assists, and both came against giants Man. United! 5 Bournemouth’s Mark Travers is just the fifth teenage GK to keep a clean sheet on his Prem debut! 1 Notts County have been relegated from the Football League…

DEPORTIVO .... 4 AC MILAN .......0 2004 (Deportivo win 5-4 agg.) Spanish side Depor were the original comeback kings, after recovering from a 4-1 loss at the San Siro to beat Milan and reach the semis! AJAX .............. 2 TOTTENHAM .. 3 2019 (3-3 on aggregate – Spurs win on away goals) Spurs didn’t overturn a big first-leg defeat, but going 3-0 down before Lucas Moura’s hat-trick made it well dramatic! ROMA ............. 3 BARCELONA ... 0 2018 (4-4 on aggregate – Roma win on away goals) Barcelona supporters must have already been booking their tickets for the semis after beating Roma 4-1 at home! LIVERPOOL..... 4 BARCELONA ... 0 2019 (Liverpool win 4-3 agg.) This was a second mad defeat in two years for Barça, with Divock Origi and…

SHEFFIELD UNITED CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNERS-UP 2018-19 LUTON LEAGUE LEAGUE ONE WINNERS 2018-19 BARNSLEY LEAGUE ONE RUNNERS-UP 2018-19 LINCOLN LEAGUE TWO WINNERS 2018-19 BURY LEAGUE TWO RUNNERS-UP 2019-19 MK DONS LEAGUE TWO PROMOTION 2018-19 MANCHESTER CITY PREMIER LEAGUE WINNERS 2018-19 NORWICH CITY CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS 2018-19 LEYTON ORIENT NATIONAL LEAGUE WINNERS 2018-19 SALFORD NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAY-OFF WINNERS 2018-19 CELTIC SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP WINNERS 2018-19 BARCELONA LA LIGA WINNERS 2018-19 ZENIT RUSSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE WINNERS 2018-19…

KELECHI IHEANACHO LEICESTER KELECHI SAYS: “Our goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel complains about everything! But it’s because he wants everything to be right, that’s why he moans. So it’s a good thing in a way, but it gets annoying too!” JOHANN BERG GUDMUNDSSON BURNLEY JOHANN SAYS: “Phil Bardsley is really strong, and so is James Tarkowski. If it came down to a big royal rumble I’d probably back Bardsley though, because he likes boxing!” JORDAN PICKFORD EVERTON JORDAN SAYS: “I haven’t asked the others about superstitions, but I have one myself – my shinpads have to be the right height. I’ll wear them where they feel comfortable, but they must be the same height on both legs!”…

FA Cup heroes! Liam and George got in touch last month to tell us about their epic FA Cup journey, then sent us a pic after watching Watford v Wolves! Swindon superstars! We got sent this snap of Swindon’s U9s after they won three games at a recent tournament, but they eventually lost to Southampton in the final. Unlucky, lads! Footy away days! Finlay went to visit his cousin Haakon in Norway, and even got to watch Rosenborg draw 1-1! Arsenal baller! Huge Arsenal fan Mylo took MATCH into school with him for a recent non-uniform day! Nice one, mate! Crackin’ collection! Huge Everton fans Ashton, Mackenzie and Leighton have a real eye-popping MATCH collection! Top work, guys! SEND YOUR PICTURES TO... Email: match.magazine@ kelsey.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com /matchmagazine Twitter: www.twitter.com…