MATCH!の 8 Jan 19 の目次

TRICK OF THE WEEK! Try to master this sick skill move! ELASTICO With a five-star skiller, push the right stick to one side, then rotate it all the way along the bottom to the other side! COMPLETED IT! Can you complete this week’s difficult FIFA 19 challenge? Go to kick-off, set up an FA Cup final and see if you can beat a Premier League side with a team from League Two! CELEBRATIONS! Learn how to celebrate in style! OLD MAN PS4: Hold L2 and press R3 XB1: Hold LT and press the right stick READERS’ QUESTIONS! Ask MATCH for some top FIFA tips! Harry asks: “What’s the best Premier League centre-back partnership on Ultimate Team ” MATCH says: “Virgil van Dijk is by far the most in-demand Prem CB…

1 LEEDS v DERBY This should be a quality clash under the lights between two promotion rivals in the Championship. When they met in August, Leeds smashed Derby 4-1, but since then Rams manager Frank Lampard has settled into his new job, while United boss Marcelo Bielsa has a habit of knackering his teams out in the second half of the season! 2 MILLWALL v BLACKBURN From the top of the Championship to the bottom – this is amassive game in Millwall’s battle to stay up, and they’re in desperate need of three points! Loads of Prem clubs will be tuning in to watch the game as well – Blackburn’s star man Bradley Dack’s been on fire this season, and gossips reckon he could move up to the Premier League…

STADIUM FACTS TEAM: West Ham BUILT: 2012 CAPACITY: 60,000 RECORD ATTENDANCE: 59,996 v Man. United, January 2017 NEAREST NEIGHBOUR: Millwall LONGEST LEAGUE JOURNEY: St. James’ Park, Newcastle, 247miles DID YOU KNOW? Tottenham and Leyton Orient wanted to move into the London Stadium too, but West Ham won the race!…

MATTHIJS DE LIGT AJAX Just like his Ajax team-mate De Jong, De Ligt should get a move to a European superclub this year! KAI HAVERTZ BAYER LEVERKUSEN Liverpool and Bayern have both been linked with the teenager – the CAM has bags of potential! LUKA JOVIC EINTRACHT FRANKFURT The Serbian’s hit tons of goals this season, and could get a move from parent club Benfica soon! CENGIZ UNDER ROMA We’ve heard Man. City are tempted to make a £60 million bid for the Turkey star with tons of tekkers! HOUSSEM AOUAR LYON Pep Guardiola is a huge fan and Prem clubs are queuing up to sign the creative France wonderkid!…

THE LOWDOWN WHO? Sporting and Porto –two of just three clubs, alongside Benfica – to have taken part in every Primeira Liga season since it began in 1934! WHERE? The capital city Lisbon and Porto –Portugal’s two biggest cities! WHY? They both probably hate Benfica even more, but this game normally helps to decide who lifts the title come May... HEROES Tiui’s only game v Porto saw him score a brace in the 2008 Portuguese Cup final! Hulk won three titles in four seasons at Porto between 2008 and 2012. Legend! HEAD-TO-HEAD Whoever wins this goes top on head-to-heads, but Porto are ahead on trophies! DID YOU KNOW? This fixture massively favours whichever of the S v DRAGONS sides is playing at home – there’s only been one away league…

THE SCENE... Reigning Prem champs Man. United travelled to White Hart Lane having started the 2001-02 season leaking goals away from home! The Red Devils were looking for a reaction after losing their midweek Champo League match to Spanish side Deportivo as well... THE TEAMS... WHAT HAPPENED? Tottenham came out flying and were 3-0 up at half-time! United pulled one back within a minute of the restart and Spurs just crumbled! It somehow finished 5-3 to United, with Beckham sealing the win with a stunning strike! WHAT CAME NEXT? It took Tottenham a long time to recover from the defeat – in fact, they didn’t bag a win against The Red Devils for another 11 years! United fell away in the title race that season, finishing ten points behind eventual…

New Balance LFC 247 Any clever clogs will have guessed from the name that these special-edition sneakers are for Liverpool fans! They feature the cool Reds crest on the tongue and on the insole! Price: £80 newbalance.co.uk Mitre FA Cup Football Did you see Mitre’s quality new FA Cup ball in last week’s action? It’s got class revolutionary Hyperseam tech, which means it takes in basically no water! Price: £115 mitre.com Barcelona Anniversary Shirt Nope, this isn’t Barcelona's 2018-19 jersey! Nike dropped this bonkers shirt at the end of last year to celebrate their 20-year partnership with the La Liga club – it’s a mash-up of loads of old shirts! Price: £64.95 store.nike.com…

Mexican side CF Monterrey play in a cool stadium next to a mountain range. Epic! Brighton winger Jose Izquierdo has a pet pig called Peter, which even has its own Instagram account with over 33k followers. Bonkers! Glenn Murray was the first PL player to concede 45 fouls in 2018-19! Atlanta United’s Josef Martinez was named the 2018 MLS Cup’s Most Valuable Player after finishing as top scorer with 31 goals! Former Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant is the only Englishman to play in a CL final without winning a cap for The Three Lions! Last month, James Milner became the second-youngest player to make 500 Prem appearances! Leicester boss Claude Puel played under ex-Arsenal gaffer Arsene Wenger for seven years at Monaco! Luis Suarez has a tattoo on his neck…

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECT AT SCHOOL? RIO SAYS: “I liked Drama, PE and English, because they were my strongest subjects!” WHAT’S YOUR FAVE MEMORIES FROM PRIMARY SCHOOL? RIO SAYS: “I always had a laugh with my friends and I had great teachers. I loved dinner time – I’d always try to get seconds!” WHAT PIECE OF SCHOOL WORK ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF? RIO SAYS: “I represented the school at the London Youth Games doing gymnastics. That was a big achievement for me!” WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK YOU USED TO READ? RIO SAYS: “As akid, my favourite book was The Twits by Roald Dahl.” WHAT’S YOUR FAVE FOOTBALL CHANT? RIO SAYS: “It used to be ‘Rio, Rio, Rio!’ –hearing the fans chant that was amazing! It’s not my favourite…

HOW TO VOTE! Go to the MATCH Facebook page now and you’ll see two shortlists – one for Player Of The Month and one for Goal Of The Month. Then just vote for your choice. Well easy! DIGNE The ex-Barcelona star scored his first Everton goal in stunning style – HE D RS curling a last-minute ATCH free-kick to equalise against Watford! MADDISON Mads controlled a floated through ball, took three touches to keep the ball in the air, then volleyed it past Watford keeper Ben Foster! ANDERSON The quality West Ham winger capped off another impressive month with a jaw-dropping curler from the edge of the area v Crystal Palace! TORREIRA The tireless Arsenal midfielder put in loads of all-action displays last month, and even scored an overhead kick…

STAR SIGNING LORENZO INSIGNE NAPOLI Insigne has everything you’d want from a top winger. He can beat defenders with speedy dribbling, cross the ball brilliantly, cut inside and shoot from long range, create chances with quality passing stats and get into the box to finish them off! WONDERKID LEON BAILEY BAYER LEVERKUSEN The Leverkusen wonderkid is already a brilliant dribbler with loads of pace, and he’s got the potential to get even better! His crossing ability is only 78 at the start of Career Mode, but after a couple of seasons of you training him, he’ll become world class! FUT BARGAIN RICARDO QUARESMA BESIKTAS Only Man. City baller Kevin De Bruyne is a better crosser than Quaresma, yet the Portuguese five-star skiller is available to snap up for less than…

STAT OF THE WEEK Man. United haven’t won a Premier League game in London against Tottenham since a 3-1 victory at White Hart Lane in 2012! TOTTENHAM V MAN. UNITED These two teams are battling for Euro footy! This fixture has produced loads of epic drama in the last few seasons. Back in August, Spurs gave United’s old gaffer Jose Mourinho his worst home defeat as Man. United manager with a 3-0 win at Old Trafford – getting revenge for losing to The Red Devils in the FA Cup semi-finals in April. When they met at Wembley in the Prem last season, Christian Eriksen scored inside 11 seconds! What’s waiting for us next CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN Eriksen’s bagged a goal or assist in five of his last seven games against Man.…