I told Diego Maradona his laces werent tied and he shrugged it off. He played six minutes like that, as if he was playing on the street! Michael Laudrup on his incredible encounter with the football legend
Welcome back to the Pre-Match Poser. Can you solve this elite-level question?
Premier League stars Emiliano Buendia, Marcos Senesi and Jean-Clair Todibo have only done it once. Xavi Simons, Willy Caballero and Yerry Mina have only done it a handful of times or fewer. Javier Mascherano did it hundreds of times and with different teams. How many times has Cristiano Ronaldo done it?
We'll reveal the answer this time next week in the next edition of The Pre-Match Poser stay tuned for that but for now, here's the answer to last week's conundrum
Q. John Stones was never in the running but his Manchester City team-mate, Erling Haaland, managed to become the second to say hed done it after Jamie Vardy. What was it?
A. Erling Haaland is able to say hes the second Yorkshireman to have won the Golden Boot. Stones was born in Barnsley, and as a defender, he was perhaps unlikely to follow Sheffield-born Vardy but since Haaland was born in Leeds, he was the one to achieve it.
More football quizzes we know you'll love
If The Pre-Match Poser was too easy for you this week, we have lots more trivia, quizzes and puzzles for you to try, all thanks to Kwizly.
We begin by testing your continental memory: can you name every club to have played in the Europa League since 2009? Its a massive roll-call that spans the entire continent. Next, swap the tactics board for an atlas and put every Premier League club in order, from most northernly to most southernly. It sounds simple until you're forced to decide exactly where the Midlands ends.
From there, we scale the mountain of elite statistics. Can you name the players with the most goals and assists in Champions League history? For the ultimate challenge, try to recall every Champions League hat-trick scorer ever. This is a list of pure, unadulterated clinical excellence.
Finally, stretch your lateral thinking with FourFourTwo's Weekend Crossword 37, featuring clues on Frenchmen, Wembley specialists, and Seven Sisters. To keep your brain in peak condition, join our newsletter for a daily dose of trivia. For the full experience, sign up for free to The Club, our membership portal, to climb our global leaderboards, earn exclusive badges, and join interactive Q&As with the pros.
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