15 things we loved this weekend: Mount, Iqbal, Odegaard & more
The 2022-23 season is now just weeks away and teams across Europe are now stepping up their preparation for the new campaign.
Elsewhere, England continued to impress in Women’s Euro 2022 and Gareth Bale made his MLS debut in Los Angeles FC’s 2-1 win over Nashville.
We’ve rounded up the best of the action on and off the field.
Alessia Russo
Dennis Bergkamp, eat yer heart out.
Russo 🔥 pic.twitter.com/0phZ4EZR2Q
— Beth Fisher (@BethFisherSport) July 15, 2022
Mason Mount
Mount’s critics seem to have gone really quiet over the last 18 months.
Mason Mount is back… 💥⚽️ pic.twitter.com/VqsnxRs72X
— LDN (@LDNFootbalI) July 17, 2022
Zidane Iqbal
Zinedine Zidane would be proud of this brilliant piece of skill.
Before you scroll past, just take a sec to like and RT just to appreciate the brilliance of this young lad, Zidane Iqbal.#MUFC || #MUTOUR22 pic.twitter.com/cSHmYRBYeU
— JAVARI (@iam_avari) July 15, 2022
Paul Scholes
Scholes couldn’t resist a dig at his former team-mate Robbie Savage.
Paul Scholes on Charlie Savage's passing ability. 😂#MUFC #Scholes #charliesavage pic.twitter.com/rWED4UhxJc
— The Fake Devil (@FakeDevilTikTok) July 16, 2022
Martin Odegaard
Arsenal’s No.8 makes everything look so easy.
This turn from Martin Odegaard. Holy fuck that is disgusting. 🤯 https://t.co/hn03WPGOgH
— GoonerTalk (@GoonerTaIk) July 16, 2022
Bukayo Saka
We think we’re going to be seeing this celebration a lot in 2022-23.
Bukayo Saka copying Gabriel Jesus’ iconic celebration for his own goal celebration. 😂❤️ #afc https://t.co/FlYT8BQ0KV
— afcstuff (@afcstuff) July 16, 2022
Takehiro Tomiyasu
He didn’t put a foot wrong all game in fairness.
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
“Well played Tomi…” 😭 pic.twitter.com/bkVqOMbZHZ
— Alex Taylor (@AlexTaylorECB) July 17, 2022
Illan Meslier
One of the best double-saves we’ve seen in a long time.
🙌 Illan Meslier! That's the tweet! pic.twitter.com/amsQ3rNzY4
— Leeds United (@LUFC) July 17, 2022
Gareth Bale
We’re just glad that we’re able to watch Bale play club football again.
Not a bad first touch, @GarethBale11. 👀#NSHvLAFC 1-2 pic.twitter.com/7tUYFg8y2D
— LAFC (@LAFC) July 18, 2022
Olivier Giroud
The AC Milan striker doesn’t score boring tap-ins.
https://twitter.com/CFCDUBois/status/1548357189881831425
Maciej Sliwa
Not a bad way to score your team’s first goal of the season.
Caught it perfectly 🚲
(via @CANALPLUS_SPORT)pic.twitter.com/DKlU6OTwOY
— B/R Football (@brfootball) July 17, 2022
FC Koln
We need this in the Premier League ASAP.
This is cool.
FC Köln put a bodycam on a couple of players for their pre-season game against AC Milan.
This is a view of a goal from Tim Lemperle’s angle.
pic.twitter.com/rqanNVAVmN— Tom Carnduff (@TomCarnduff) July 17, 2022
Augsburg
They sum up the feelings of 17 Bundesliga teams.
Congrats @lewy_official, can’t say we’ll be missing you 👋 https://t.co/YGpwlUpMpq
— FC Augsburg (@FCA_World) July 16, 2022
Nantwich Town
Excellent shithousery.
82‘ | Goal Wrexham. Paul Mullin makes it 5, which is also the score out of 10 on IMDb for Green Lantern starring Ryan Reynolds. 🟢
(2-5) | #NANWRE
— Nantwich Town FC (@TheDabbers) July 16, 2022
Luke O’Nien
Mrs O’Nien will have to wait until Mourinho’s inevitable meltdown.
Mrs: Shall we go to Rome for our Honeymoon?💍
Me: I think we will give Rome a miss for a while 🙅♂️🙈 https://t.co/VEy7s5cjNG
— Luke O'Nien (@LukeONien) July 16, 2022
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