Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 725 i Match of the Day Magazine

GAME OF CLONES! DOUBLE TROUBLE!

WAIT, WHAT? This must be a defender’s worst nightmare – TWO Kylian Mbappes! But don’t worry because only one is real – the other is made out of wax. It’s the perfect way to kick off our Striker Special issue though, with the man many believe is the best in the world. Turn to page 10 to see if we agree! MBAPPE IN NUMBERS! WE’VE TRACKED his stats from baby baller to super striker! AGE 1 73 DUMMIES CHEWED THROUGH (probably) AGE 7 31 BALLS BOOTED OVER FENCES (ish) AGE 11 6 SUPER-CLUBS TRY TO SIGN HIM – BUT HE PICKS MONACO! AGE 18 £166M MOVE TO PSG MAKES HIM THE MOST EXPENSIVE TEENAGER EVER! AGE 26 33 MATCHES CRISTIANO RONALDO’S FIRST-SEASON GOAL TALLY FOR REAL MADRID BY NETTING 33!…

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BEST IN THE WORLD!

20 CHRIS WOOD CLUB: Nott’m Forest COUNTRY: New Zealand AGE: 33 HE’S ELITE AT… Huge headers! 18 2024-25 GOALS 19 JONATHAN DAVID CLUB: Lille COUNTRY: Canada AGE: 25 HE’S ELITE AT… Big-game goals! 23 2024-25 GOALS 18 HUGO EKITIKE CLUB: Frankfurt COUNTRY: France AGE: 22 HE’S ELITE AT… Diamond dribbles! 19 2024-25 GOALS 17 SERHOU GUIRASSY CLUB: B. Dortmund COUNTRY: Guinea AGE: 29 HE’S ELITE AT… Dominating defenders! 25 2024-25 GOALS 16 MARCUS THURAM CLUB: Inter Milan COUNTRY: France AGE: 27 HE’S ELITE AT… Link-up play! 17 2024-25 GOALS 15 CRISTIANO RONALDO CLUB: Al Nassr COUNTRY: Portugal AGE: 40 HE’S ELITE AT… Winner’s mentality! 30 2024-25 GOALS 14 PATRIK SCHICK CLUB: B. Leverkusen COUNTRY: Czech Rep. AGE: 29 HE’S ELITE AT… Super-sub strikes! 23 2024-25 GOALS 13 OLLIE WATKINS CLUB:…

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WHICH STRIKER ARE YOU?

1 PICK YOUR LEAGUE! 2 PICK YOUR GOAL! 3 PICK YOUR PRE-MATCH FUEL! 4 PICK A TROPHY! 5 PICK A COACH! 6 PICK A BOOT! 7 PICK A CELE! TOT UP YOUR TOTALS Which colour box did you tick the most? MOSTLY REDS KYLIAN MBAPPE You’re like King Kyl – a fast and flairy finisher with a taste for goals and a brie baguette! MOSTLY BLUES HARRY KANE You’re the super-solid goalscorer! You smash in pens under pressure and put your team before trophies! MOSTLY GREENS ERLING HAALAND You’re Big Erl – you’ve got springs in your soles and glug goals (and milk) for fun! MOSTLY YELLOWS ADAM LA LLAMA Whether it’s a tap-in or a…

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STEAL A STRIKER’S CELE!

THE BOOM! JEAN-PHILIPPE MATETA CRYSTAL PALACE READY FOR a powerhouse cele? JPM karate-kicks the corner flag before shouting ‘BOOM!’. Just make sure your foot – or the flag – doesn’t hit anyone’s face! THE MASK! VIKTOR GYOKERES SPORTING LISBON THIS IS easy, but awesome. The Swedish striker locks his fingers to his face to create his comic-book inspired cele. It’s based on Batman’s enemy, Bane! THE ARCHER! DOMINIC SOLANKE TOTTENHAM DOM HITS the target twice when he scores! He first finds the back of the net, then he mimes firing an arrow into a target. Maybe he’s practising for the Olympics! THE ZEN! ERLING HAALAND MAN. CITY OMMM… IT’S time for the most chilled striker cele! We heart when Big Erl sits on the pitch in a yoga pose, eyes…

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THE MASKED MAN IS… NEXT SEASON’S TOP SCORER?

ARSENAL ARE plotting a HUGE summer swoop for this guy – Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres. The 26-year-old Swede is one of the deadliest finishers on planet Earth right now, bagging 44 goals in 44 games this season. He was top scorer in Portugal last year – and he'll be eyeing the 2025-26 Prem Golden Boot if the Gunners get the deal done! How good would Gyokeres be in the Prem? MY HYPE RATING! □/10 JAKE SAYS Gyok is on fire for Sweden too – netting nine goals in six games for his country this season! YOU DECIDE! Read the good and bad of this move – and have your say on this epic transfer! GOOD NEWS! HE'S CHEAP £58.5M HE'S RUTHLESS HE SCORES loads of goals and all types of…

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WIN! ULTIMATE TRAINING BUNDLE!

WE’VE GOT OUR HANDS on the perfect training bundles for budding ballers! We’re giving TWO MOTD mag readers an incredible PrecisionPLAY prize, which includes a PrecisionPLAY Skills Trainer Ramp Rebounder, Football Training Set, LED Light-Up Football, PrecisionPLAY Force Football, Light-Up Pop-up Goal and a Mannequin Set. That lot will help anyone take their game to the next level! Q For your chance to win, answer this question! Which of these teams play in this season’s Premier League? A Burton B Charlton C Newcastle HOW TO ENTER BY EMAIL Send to 15961@motdcomps.co.uk and put the code 15961 in the email subject line. Don’t forget to include your answer, name and contact number. BY TEXT Text COMP [space] then MOTD15961+ either A, B or C [space] plus your name and contact…

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CRISTIANO RONALDO SIUUUUUU!

MOST MEN’S INTERNATIONAL GOALS EVER 136 GOALS MOST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GOALS EVER 140 GOALS SAUDI PRO LEAGUE TOP SCORER 2024-25 21 GOALS TOP 10 STRIKERS OF ALL TIME! Ready for some striker history? Check out MOTD mag’s goalscoring GOATs! 10 ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC COUNTRY: Sweden MOST FAMOUS FOR PLAYING AT: Inter Milan, AC Milan, PSG ZLATAN WAS a footballing ninja! The Sweden star is a legit black belt in taekwondo and he used that tek to dominate defences and bag acrobatic goals – including a 30-yard bicycle kick against England in 2012. Zlat scored almost 600 career goals and won 34 trophies! 9 ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI COUNTRY: Poland MOST FAMOUS FOR PLAYING AT: Bayern Munich, Barcelona AT 36, most strikers are in their slippers, but Lewy is still scoring and scoring! He’s…

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The Boot Room

MOTD MAG CHECKS OUT THE SICKEST GEAR! NIKE PHANTOM ‘ERLING HAALAND’ Worn by: Erling Haaland Erling Haaland is goated! He gobbles up chances, munching them into goals – all while wearing these special signature Nikes. You can’t stop him scoring! Junior version £65 next.co.uk JAKE SAYS Nobody has ever scored more goals in a WSL season than Rach’s 22 goals in the 2022-23 season! ADIDAS PREDATOR Worn by: Rachel Daly These boots were built for scoring. Just like Arsenal ace Alessia Russo, Lionesses ledge Daly knows wearing these kicks will help her add to her big WSL goals tally! Junior versions £100 adidas.co.uk NIKE MERCURIAL VAPOR Worn by: Cristiano Ronaldo CR7 has repped Nike Mercurials for longer than some of his teammates have been out of nappies. He’s bagged tons in…

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WHAT’S BIG, GREEN AND EVERY STRIKER’S NIGHTMARE? THE SHOOTOUT SLAYER!

WANNA BE a superhero striker? Then you’ll have to beat every striker’s arch-nemesis – Gianluigi Donnarumma! PSG’s super-sized shotstopper is the most feared spot-kick saver on the planet. He has the best penalty save record in Europe and has won six of the seven shootouts he’s been involved in. He’s the ultimate party pooper! GIGI’S MONSTER MOVE! THIS IS how he saves so many pens! STEP ONE Before a penalty, Gigi stays calm and still, standing with his arms down by his sides! STEP TWO Just before the pen, Donnarumma grows. He extends his huge arms out to make the goal look tiny! STEP THREE Gigi’s homework means he knows which way to dive – strikers have almost no chance! 6'5 For all the latest European football news and results,…

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WOULD THEY BE GOOD STRIKERS?

UNICORN That horn’s going to puncture a lot of balls! • RUNS IN BEHIND 12/10• CONCENTRATION 1/10• POOPING RAINBOWS 1000/10 8/10 SONIC Super speedy, but the ball can't keep up with him! • MOVEMENT 1000/10• DRIBBLING 2/10• BOOT DRIP 10/10 9/10 DARTH VADER Deadly finisher, but will struggle when they ban the Force! • LEADERSHIP 9/10• TEAMWORK 1/10• BEING A GOOD LOSER -500/10 10/10 OCTOPUS Eight limbs – but are they hands or legs? • STRENGTH 9/10• CONTROL 10/10• BEING OUT OF WATER 0/10 5/10 MARIO KART Would get hit by a blue shell before taking a shot! • SPEED 🍄/10• TACKLING 🍌/10• MAKING THE OPPO TINY FOR TEN SECONDS ⚡/10 6/10 OLD CROISSANT Buttery touches but crumbles under pressure! • MORNING KICK-OFF 9/10• LUNCHTIME KICK-OFF 5/10• EVENING KICK-OFF 1/10 4/10…

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90-SECOND QUIZ!

1 POINT for each correct answer! 1 RANGERS HERO HAMZA IGAMANE HAS BEEN ON TOP FORM THIS SEASON – BUT WHICH COUNTRY DOES HE PLAY FOR? 2 WHICH TURKISH CLUB DOES SUPER LIG TOP SCORER VICTOR OSIMHEN PLAY FOR? 3 WHICH AWARD DID ARSENAL ACE ALESSIA RUSSO WIN AT EURO 2022? 4 WHAT IS THE SIGNATURE CELE OF BARCELONA BAGSMAN ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI? 5 WHICH OF THESE STRIKERS HAS THE HIGHEST PHYSICAL RATING ON FC 25? 6 WHICH CLASSIC STRIKER SHIRT NUMBER DOES MAN. UNITED’S RASMUS HOJLUND WEAR? 7 WHICH STRIKER HAS WON ALL THREE OF THESE TROPHIES? 8 WHICH LONDON TEAM DOES MEXICO’S MAIN MAN RAUL JIMENEZ PLAY FOR? 9 WHICH OF THESE BOOTS IS WORN BY ATLETICO MADRID STRIKER ANTOINE GRIEZMANN? 10 KYLIAN MBAPPE JOINED REAL MADRID ON A…

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WHO’S THE BEST WSL STRIKER?

KHADIJA SHAW NAME Khadija ShawCLUB Man. CityCOUNTRY JamaicaAGE 28NICKNAME Bunny WSL GAMES 71WSL GOALS 62WSL ASSISTS 14% PENS SCORED 50%TEAM TROPHIES 1TOP SKILL PURE POWER FUN FACT Shaw has scored the most WSL hat-tricks ever – SIX! ALESSIA RUSSO NAME Alessia RussoCLUB ArsenalCOUNTRY EnglandAGE 26NICKNAME Lessi WSL GAMES 86WSL GOALS 45WSL ASSISTS 13PENS SCORED 100%TEAM TROPHIES 5TOP SKILL MAGIC MOVEMENT FUN FACT Her 11-minute hat-trick against Latvia is the fastest hatty in England history! HAVE YOUR SAY! Who do YOU think is the best striker in the WSL? ⬜ SHAW ⬜ RUSSO…

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MOTD MAG SQUAD!

JOIN THE MOTD MAG SQUAD! Send your sketches and snaps to: Email inbox@motdmag.com For a chance to feature in a future issue, please ask for your parent or guardian’s permission before sending. Don’t forget to include your name and age! CAPTAIN STAR SNAP! Every issue, our favourite snap will be named captain of the MOTD mag squad and receive a size 5 Europa League replica ball by Decathlon! CAPTAIN HAPPY HORNETS! This captain’s armband will be shared – Bethany and her grandad support Watford and read every issue of MOTD mag together! SKETCH STAR! We love this pic from Alfie. His awesome drawing of Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, as well as his MOTD mag posters have made us smile. Keep it up, Alf! MASK MADNESS! Jude loves Cristiano Ronaldo, but…

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