🥐 Neymar back from the dead and 5️⃣ stories to start your ThursdayOneFootballThu, December 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM UTC·2 min readOn a Thursday of sweet hangover for Madrid fans devoted to Mbappé's supersonic talent, here are the five news stories we've selected to start your Thursday with a smile.
Coffee, croissant, and enjoy!
🎯 Mbappé and the Impossible Record
The Real Madrid forward, with his brace in Bilbao, has amassed 55 goals in 55 matches in 2025. He is five goals away from surpassing CR7's 59 in 2013, the most goals scored in a calendar year in the club's history.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTo achieve this, he needs to score five more goals and has five opportunities to do so: against Celta, Sevilla, and Manchester City at the Bernabéu, against Alavés in Mendizorroza, and in the yet-to-be-decided Copa match.
🇮🇹 Hit the road, Jack?
📸 OSCAR DEL POZO - AFP or licensors
A bit of calciomercato. Roma is looking for talent up front, and Gasperini has set his sights on Giacomo Raspadori.
The Giallorossi club has already made a move and sounded out Atlético de Madrid, where Jack is barely getting any playtime.
According to Gazzetta, the player would welcome the transfer, but Atlético wants nothing to do with the deal.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement🙌🏻 Three Years Later, Neymar's Hat Trick
Ney reclaimed the spotlight as in his best days: three years without hat-tricks and suddenly... His three goals in 17 minutes help him celebrate his 150th goal with Santos and lift Peixe out of the relegation zone.
Neymar's team only needs a draw against Cruzeiro on Sunday to breathe easy.
😤 The Shopping List
100% Mourinho moment in the Championship. After drawing against Ipswich, Blackburn's French coach, Valérien Ismaël, showed up in the mixed zone with a list of all the refereeing errors that have hurt his team this season.
I just say, why?
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement🌐 Football Above the Clouds
It seems extreme when the Libertadores is played in La Paz or Quito, but Russian fitness influencer Sergey Boytsov has taken the concept of playing at altitude to another level.
He achieved a new world record by playing the world's first football match on a platform attached to a hot air balloon flying at an altitude of 1800 meters.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.
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