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2024 Olympics
Gold: France
Silver: Italy
Bronze: Portugal
In the Group Stage, there were no surprises, everyone who you would think would get through did, except for Brazil, but that's only because they were in the same group as France and Italy, and even then, all three finished the group with 6 points, but Brazil got knocked out on goal difference.
The knockout stage was even more predictable. The Netherlands beat Algeria, France beat Belgium, Italy beat Colombia, and Portugal beat the US. The better team won in all of those games, and that would continue into the Semifinals, with France and Italy, the best two teams in the tournament according to the world rankings, won their games.
France, who was the best team in the tournament, ended up beating Italy 2-1 in the final to earn a gold medal. Italy walked away with a silver medal, and Portugal got the bronze.
Winners:
Champions League: Real Madrid
Europa League: Liverpool
Europa League 2: Fiorentina
Premier League: Man City
FA Cup: Man City
Carabao Cup: Arsenal
La Liga: Barcelona
Spanish Cup: Real Betis (they finished 15th in La Liga lmao)
Serie A: Inter
Italian Cup: Juventus
Bundesliga: Bayern Munich
DFB-Pokal: Stuttgart
Ligue 1: PSG
French Cup: PSG
Old Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is still playing in 2025. Messi retired back in 2023, and Ronaldo is 40 years old. At this point, Ronaldo has regressed a ton, but he is still at Juventus. However, Ronaldo is no longer good enough for Juventus, and so he is playing for the Juventus U23 team. I think that when he was put into the U23 team, he finally accepted that he was aging, and decided to retire because he only played in 1 game for the U23 team.
The rise of Stuttgart
Stuttgart started in the 2. Bundesliga in 2019-20, and they have risen rapidly back to their old standards. After finishing 2nd in the 2. Bundesliga and achieving automatic promotion to the Bundesliga, they didn't go out and spend a bunch of money, instead, they used their youth academy to make their club better and better. They were a mid-table club for a few years, finishing 11th in 2020-21, 12th in 2021-22, and 10th in 2022-23, but then in the 2023-24 season, they came out of nowhere and finished 5th. I was surprised when I saw this, and I thought that no way would they be able to do it again, but in 2024-25, they finished 3rd and qualified for the champions league, as well as winning the DFB-Pokal. Will Stuttgart be able to keep this going or will they fall back into mid-table?
Player awards:
Golden Ball: Ansu Fati, Barcelona
POTY: Ansu Fati, Barcelona
FOTY: Agustin Benito, Tottenham
GKOTY: Alisson, Liverpool
Team of the Year
GK: Alisson, Liverpool
LB: Nicolas Tagliafico, Roma
CB: Andreas Christensen, Barcelona
CB: Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool
RB: Alvaro Odriozola, Barcelona
CM: Bernardo Silva, Man City
CM: Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Liverpool
CAM: Dele Alli, Juventus
LW: Ansu Fati, Barcelona
RW: Agustin Benito, Tottenham
ST: Erling Haaland, Liverpool
Big Transfers
Uriel Sosa*, Napoli to Man City $144 mil
Florentino Luis, Tottenham to Real Madrid, $136 mil
Gabriel Jesus, Juventus to Barcelona, $128 mil
Nicolo Barella, Inter to Tottenham, $118 mil
Roger Espinosa*, Sevilla to Man City, $109 mil
Dejan Kulusevski, Marseille to Liverpool, $104 mil
Ronaldo Vieira, Lazio to Chelsea, $100 mil
Patrick Cutrone, Fiorentina to Inter, $97 mil
Matthieu Fabre*, Lyon to Man United, $97 mil
Allan Saint-Maximin, Brighton to Shanghai SIPG, $88 mil
Dele Alli, Schalke to Juventus, $88 mil
* = auto-generated player
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