Big and little, aged and new

• A 40-something popping a cork in a Champagne segment
• Real influence and a Hudson River favourite
• ‘The Big Team’ doing large things

65 positions is what Poland have jumped in reduction than 3 years to strech a record high of fifth on a FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. The Poles were 70th in Sep 2014, behind a likes of Guatemala, Jordan, Finland and Cape Verde Islands, who are now 100th, 108th, 110th and 114th respectively.

61 years had upheld given a 40-something played in Ligue 1 until a weekend. Switzerland-born striker Roger Courtois, who France took to dual FIFA World Cups™ in a 1930s, final played in a French tip moody for Troyes, 4 days after his 44th birthday in 1956. Benjamin Nivet became a subsequent – coincidentally for a same bar – by starting opposite Rennes on their lapse to Ligue 1, aged 40 years and 7 months.

47 points is what Corinthians finished a initial half of a Campeonato Brasileiro with – a record for a first- or second-half of a debate given it became a 20-team joining in 2006. ‘The Big Team’, who haven’t mislaid in 34 matches in all competitions, are only 3 bashful of their all-time biggest dominant run, that Gilmar, Luisinho and Claudio helped set in 1957.

47 mins is what it took David Villa to measure thrice as many goals opposite New York Red Bulls as he had in his initial 10 hours and 23 mins in a Hudson River Derby. The 35-year-old FIFA World Cup™ winner’s initial MLS hat-trick gave City back-to-back victories over a Red Bulls for a initial time – they won 3-2 on Sunday – and left him carrying netted 9 goals in his final 8 appearances in a competition.

30 uninterrupted home games in Ligue 1 is what Lyon have scored in for a initial time in their history. Furthermore, Les Gones have averaged scoring 3.5 goals per diversion over their final 13 appearances during a Groupama Stadium in all competitions.

27 years had upheld given AC Milan, desirous by Frank Rijkaard, Alberigo Evani and Ruud Gullit, became a final group to keep a UEFA Super Cup until Real Madrid kick Manchester United 2-1 on Wednesday. Los Merengues, who have now won 3 of a final 4 Super Cups, haven’t mislaid a tie to a Red Devils given Bobby Charlton, George Best and team-mates edged Pirri, Francisco Gento, Amancio and Co 4-3 on total in a 1967/68 European Cup semi-finals.

16 matches: that is what Amkar Perm have left but feat in a Russian Premier League. Amkar have scored only one idea in their final 16-and-a-half hours of play in a competition.

3 seconds of action: that is all that lapsed between Pedro shortening Chelsea to 10 group and Arsenal’s Sead Kolasinac equalising to send a Community Shield to penalties. The Gunners duly won a shootout to safeguard a FA Cup winners have overcome a Premier League champions 4 years in a row.

0 per cent: that is Nordic sides’ success rate in a final 5 UEFA Women’s EURO finals in that they have competed. After Sweden mislaid in a 1995 and 2001 deciders and a same predestine befell Norway in 2005 and 2013, Denmark mislaid 4-2 to a Netherlands on Sunday. The Dutch are 12th on a FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking, behind 5 European teams – Germany, France, England, Sweden and Norway. It was a initial time a Women’s EURO wasn’t won by a highest-placed European group on a tellurian ladder given the introduction in 2003.

Article source: http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2017/m=8/news=big-and-little-old-and-new-2903831.html