Match of the Day Magazine Issue 647

Chelsea have won it all! AFTER BEATING Brazilian side Palmeiras in the Club World Cup final, Chelsea have now won every major trophy in club footy. Kai Havertz's extra-time penalty helped add the CWC trophy to the Blue’s stack of Prem, FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League and Europa League wins. Now they want to catch Man. City and add another Prem title to the list! Watch Premier League higlights on Match of the Day, Saturdays on BBC One CHELSEA’S BIG WINS! STAR MEN! This five-a-side of ballers have been key to Chelsea’s success! STOBBSY SAYS Chelsea are only the third Prem team to win this trophy, after Man. United in 2009 and Liverpool in 2020!…

DREAM TEAM PREMIER LEAGUE MANAGER PEP GUARDIOLA Well, obvs! The Man. City gaffer has won ten trophies in England, including three Prem titles. He’s the only manager who could manage this many top-level players! CAPTAIN VIRGIL VAN DIJK Any one of our 11 could have taken the armband, but we reckon VVD would lead this super squad with the most passion. His voice from the back would be key! SUPER SUB SADIO MANE Just when opposition defences start to tire, Prem FC would throw on speedy Sadio to tear it up from the left wing. He’s the next-best thing after our starting side! PREMIER LEAGUE FC KIT! DREAM TEAM BUNDESLIGA MANAGER JULIAN NAGELSMANN Our dream team is mainly Bayern Munich players, so it made perfect sense to put their tactical genius of a manager in charge, too! CAPTAIN JOSHUA KIMMICH Kimmy always puts in eight-out-of-ten performances –…

ARSENAL Games 14 Points 31 Top scorer Vivianne Miedema, 8 Best result Arsenal 3-2 Chelsea Why they can win it! The Gunners have put themselves in pole position for the title, and with new signings like striker Stina Blackstenius and defender Laura Wienroither, they have the quality to get over the line! PREDICTED POINTS 53 | YOU PREDICT CHELSEA Games 13 Points 29 Top scorer Sam Kerr, 9 Best result Man. United 1-6 Chelsea Why they can win it! While Arsenal have had a few dodgy results of late, the Blues have been ruthless. The trio of Sam Kerr, Fran Kirby and Pernille Harder are unstoppable on their day! PREDICTED POINTS 54 | YOU PREDICT MAN. CITY Games 14 Points 23 Top scorer Lauren Hemp, 5 Best result Brighton 0-6 Man. City Why they can win it! The Cityzens had…

THE CASE! Since joining PSG, seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi has yet to find the form that saw him score more goals than any other baller in Barcelona’s history. Despite PSG cruising at the top of Ligue 1, and with Kylian Mbappe and Neymar as team-mates, the GOAT has only just scored his second league goal of the season! THE STORY SO FAR! HIS ARRIVAL! Leo completed a huge transfer window for PSG, which also included the arrivals of Georginio Wijnaldum, Achraf Hakimi, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Sergio Ramos. There were absolute scenes in Paris! HIS FIRST GOAL! Messi’s first goal for PSG came in Europe against Man. City and his ex-Barca gaffer Pep Guardiola. His link-up play with Mbappe was on point and everyone was buzzing to see Messi back among the goals! INJURIES! As soon as…

THE FIFTH ROUND! FA Cup ties to take place between 1-7 March! The FA Cup is getting into crunch time. Predict the scores in these massive ties to come! EMOJI BALLERS! These ballers dreaming of FA Cup glory this season have been covered by emojis. Who are they? WONDERKIDS MATCH-UP! These young stars all play for sides still in the FA Cup – but can you tell us which clubs they play for? SPOT THE DIFFERENCE! We’ve altered this 2021 FA Cup Final photo. Can you find all SEVEN of the changes? BUILD YOUR FA CUP FIVE-A-SIDE TEAM! Pick a super strong five-a-side line-up from these stars who have all lifted the FA Cup! THE BUDGET £200m THE GAME! Pick one player for each position – but do NOT go over your budget!…

THIS ISSUE, we’ve got some awesome Meyba footy goodies to give away. Three very lucky MOTD mag readers will bag themselves an awesome Meyba Azteca ball, a Meyba bootbag and a Meyba training beanie. Good luck! Check them out online at meyba.com! For your chance to win, simply tell us which country Arsenal star Aaron Ramsdale plays for: A England B Scotland C Wales HOW TO ENTER BY EMAIL Send to 14731@motdcomps.co.uk and put the code 14731 in the email subject line. Don’t forget to include your answer, name and contact number. BY TEXT Text COMP [space] then MOTD14731+ either A, B or C [space] plus your name and contact number to 66644. Text entry cost will be however much your mobile phone company charges for one standard text at time of entry. CLOSING DATE 11 April 2022 You can…