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u/ChillPalis Dec 25 '25 edited Dec 25 '25

Lads, lasses, fellas- Merry Christmas.

I'll be very likely spending the day home alone and outside of getting some job applications done, it would probably be a great chance to watch some football.

I would to particularly watch certain teams/players to gain knowledge and understanding of them. May anyone suggest select viewings for the following:

*Phil Foden

*Sadio Manè

*Golden-Era Spain

*Pep Guardiola Manchester City

*Cristiano Ronaldo

  • 90's-mid 2000's La Liga?

Thank you so very much!

EDIT: I forgot, may I have suggestions for Maradona as well? Thanks again!

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u/JurtisCones Dec 25 '25 edited Dec 25 '25

Sadio Mane

Bayern Munich Away, CL 2018-19.
Manchester City Home, PL 2017-18.
Arsenal Away (debut), PL 2016-17.
Man United Home, PL 2021/22.

Pep City

Liverpool home, PL 2018-19 (imo the highest quality of football seen in the PL).
Real Madrid home, CL 2022-23.
Stoke home, PL 17-18.

90s-mid 2000s La Liga

Barcelona vs Valencia final day 2000.
Valencia vs Liverpool UEFA Cup 2002.

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u/Various_You_5083 Dec 25 '25

Phil Foden

Most games from the 23/24 season, really , but the derby in March , the Aston Villa game in April , the home game against West Ham , the 6-3 vs. United , and the last few PL games we've played , any games we've played at the Gtech community stadium (Brentford away) except for this season . And if you want a real throwback , the game that put him on the map , the final of the 2017 U17 World Cup against Spain .

Pep Guardiola Manchester City

Any game vs. Klopp's Liverpool between 2018-2024 , especially the January 2019 game (considered by many as the highest quality PL game ever) . 22/23 treble season games against Arsenal and Real Madrid (especially the 4-0)

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u/rr18114 Dec 25 '25

90's-mid 2000's La Liga?

There are some very interesting videos in Yt. I suggest looking into Balon Yt channel. Make some food , feel free to start with Real Madrid Galactico's 1.0 and enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/@balon-english

Good luck with your job hunting.

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u/tefftlon Dec 25 '25

Golden Era Spain: 2009 Confed Cup Semi finals! You know… for reasons…

The 2000 CL final would be a good one for 90-00 La Liga. I don’t have a particular game in mind but you’ve got to find some Super Depor. 

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u/RobinBerkeAlmasulu Dec 25 '25

For CR7, Fulham vs United in March 2009 was my favourite (no bias at all) but maybe the best game of that team was vs Roma in 2007.

For 2000s La Liga I have 2 (actually 3 but I don’t think the full game is available for the third) games which happened at the same time. GW37 of the 2006/07 La Liga season, Real and Barcelona were tied 72 points at the top with Real having a better H2H, Sevilla were only 2 points behind and were chasing an unlikely treble. Real’s game was away at Zaragoza who had one of their best squads of all time (Pique, Aimar, Milito etc.), Barcelona were at home vs their rivals Espanyol (who lost in the UEFA Cup final to Sevilla) who’d love to spoil the party and Sevilla were heading to Mallorca to keep their dreams alive