Here are the top five quirky facts as we head into another week of awesome football! There is no better place to get your season-long ticket to the best football the world has to offer than DStv.
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The ‘Derbi Barceloni’ between FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol is the most played local derby in La Liga history, but also the most one sided. Barca have won 126 of the 216 matches between the teams in major competitions, with Espanyol registering just 44 victories.
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Valencia’s Mestalla Stadium gets its name from the historic irrigation canal of Mestalla, which was developed and consolidated during the Arab dynasty between the 10th and 11th centuries and was originally outside the south stand of the stadium where it had to be jumped over in order to get to the ground.
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Atalanta’s Gian Piero Gasperini is the longest-serving current Serie A manager, having been in charge of La Dea since June 2016 (over eight years).
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Empoli striker Emmanuel Gyasi was born in Italy, but he represents Ghana in international football and made his debut for the Black Stars in March 2021 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa.
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Chelsea star Cole Palmer is of Afro-Kittitian (Saint Kitts and Nevis people whose ancestry lies within the continent of Africa) descent on his father’s side of the family. Palmer has worn boots emblazoned with both the flag of England and the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
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