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Oh the trials and tribulations of the 38 week voyage that is Fantasy Premier League. You really go through it all as an FPL manager. Whether it’s seeing the dreaded “Knock- 75% chance of playing” tag or when you get a measly 6 points off a triple captain, the game we love can get frustrating. Luckily for us @fantasyyirma, has brought our frustrations out in a fun, upbeat song that you should probably play when you’re setting your lineup. He touches on all our favorite topics like:

Bayern Munich defeated Hoffenheim 3-1 in the Bundesliga season opener on Friday in Munich. It was a fairly typical Bundesliga match: Bayern had two goals called back for VAR and Thomas Müller did some very Thomas Müllery things. Then there was the Bayern penalty vs Hoffenheim, which was watched with great anxiety by Vancouver Whitecaps starlet Alphonso Davies.

The Las Vegas Lights are at it again.

The most entertaining club in the world — even when not playing soccer especially when not playing soccer — have come up with an(other) absolutely insane publicity stunt to promote the club, and this one doesn't even include llamas.  

For the Lights’ United Soccer League match against LA Galaxy II on Sept. 8, the club will put $5,000 in cash into a helicopter and then drop it over 200 lucky fans, allowing them to fight over the precious dollars. 

Footballers using social media is a blessing and a curse that keeps on giving. Thanks to some questionable use of Instagram stories by Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, fans received some insider info on who the tourtoises and the hares are at the London club. According to a leaderboard listing the team’s fastest players based on the categories of “Max Speed” and “% Max Speed,” the Gabon striker is the speediest Gunner of them all. 

If one were asked to sum up Manchester United right now using just an emoji, it’s probably:

The football landscape today is so cutthroat that teams will do anything and everything to try and get an edge over their opponent. Norwich City has made an attempt at some interesting gamesmanship by painting the away dressing room at Carrow Road in pink.

Why? Because pink supposedly reduces testosterone levels. Some studies have shown that the color lowers an individual’s aggression and testosterone levels, and Norwich City's looking to use that as an edge over its opponents.

Thanks to the always brilliant Twitter account @forgottengoals, we’ve been introduced to what’s surely one of the greatest goals of yesteryear.  

No one — we repeat, no one — is immune to initiation rites in soccer. Not a 40-year-old legend of the game and not even one of the best players of all time. Although after watching the Cristiano Ronaldo initiation song with Juventus, maybe these embarrassing displays need to stop — for the children.

Earlier this month, Gianluigi Buffon was seen belting out a glorious song for his PSG initiation rites. He earned a rousing ovation from his new teammates.

Tottenham scraped past Newcastle United 2-1 in its opening match of the 2018-19 Premier League season, but it wasn’t just the game, or the lack of transfers from Spurs, that had everyone talking. Instead, it was the goal celebration from Dele Alli, which has given rise to the Dele Alli challenge. 

His goal restored the lead for Tottenham, and despite it being a pretty neat header, his celebration was the focus. Fans and footballers (and even managers) alike have tried to do it, and many have failed.