Barefoot Football Quiz 2017 prelims

1. In the 1981 winter transfer window, Leicester City
were on the verge of signing him with then Foxes’ boss
Jock Wallace confident of landing his man. Arsenal, too,
were interested in him but they had reservations about
his fitness.
However, he ended up signing for a Spanish second
division outfit and had a brief spell at the club. Who?

2. Who is potentially facing a four-year ban after a
recent “medical treatment” somewhere in LA?

3. His players had apparently labelled him Reagan
for his methods were deemed to a be a throwback
to the 1980s. However, when he was questioned
about the same, he replied: “Trust me on this, not
one of those players knows who Ronald Reagan is.”
Who?

4. This man had the strangest
of international careers.
He played only once for the
Brazil national team but that
was in the semi-final of the
1998 World Cup against the
Netherlands when he came in
for a suspended Cafu. Id.

5. Whose New year
wish on Instagram and
Twitter?

6. In March 2015, whom did AZ Alkmaar hire as an
advisor in the hope that he would provide advice “in
the areas of high performance and innovation”?

7. They nicknamed him “Lo Zio”
(uncle) for his uncle-like features.
It was his appearance record that
Javier Zanetti broke at Inter Milan.
Name him.

8. After Ronaldo missed a penalty against Malaga, the former
Barcelona president posted this: “I know why I missed the
penalty, but I’m not gonna say it”. What is he referencing?

“I know why Messi took the penalty like that and I'm not
saying anything else. Think what you want”. – Ronaldo

9. During his stint in Portugal he became the first player
from Vitoria Setubal to win the Bola de Prata – top league
goalscorer. But he is best remembered for this iconic
celebration after netting the opener in a 3-0 win over
Bulgaria at the ‘94 World Cup. Id. this Nigerian legend.

10. Which much maligned club from the last year
claims its name to have been taken from that of a
Danish princess?

11. At which club did Julian Nagelsmann became the
first team manager at just 28?

12. Louisa Necib Cadamuro is a French football star of
Algerian origin, what moniker have the French media given
her?

13. What do they call “Englische Woche” (English
week) in Germany?

The concept of midweek games was originally exclusive
to English football.

14. This Brazilian stadium is officially named Estádio Milton
Corrêa, but is generally known as Zerão. Why?

The midfield line supposedly lies exactly on
the Equator - zero latitude - causing each half to fall in
separate hemispheres.

15. There are only two clubs
that have made it to the
Champions League group
stage after starting in the
first qualifying round of the
tournament. One is this
Slovakian club called as
Artmedia Bratislava at the
time (2005/06).
Which is the other club?

16. Matthew Booth’s teammates
called him “giraffe” for his 6ft
6in frame. However, in the lead
up to the 2010 World Cup the
media called the “white knight”
– just one of the several
nicknames they bestowed upon
him.
Why?

The only white man in the South Africa 2010 World Cup
squad

17. These are parts of an interview conducted over
Facebook after a game in the Greek league last
January. Who are JDB and DB?

Journalist Dimitar Berbatov interviews Dimitar
Berbatov – then at PAOK – after a game against AEK.

18. After a nine-year
playing career this man had
an unprecedented 44-year
managerial stint at
Auxerre.
He led them from the third
division to four domestic
cups, a league title and an
Intertoto Cup. Who?

19. British rapper M.I.A. was embroiled in a
controversy with a club for wearing a slightly tweaked
version of their kit in her song “Borders” that deals
with refugee crisis.
In her defence she said: “[I] was thinking about the
bigger picture, which is that way more people are
going to die at sea if we don’t do something”.
Which club were not willing to see the bigger picture?

20. In 2015, who became the first player to win the
domestic double in two separate countries within
the same year?

Carlos Tevez;
Juventus – Scudetto and Coppa Italia
Boca Juniors – Apertura and Copa Argentina

21. Nicknamed “Ivan the
Terrible”, he figures amongst
the greatest Soviet defenders
of all time and captained the
national team in a remarkable
62 of his 90 international
matches.
He was the skipper when the
Soviets lost their 1968 Euro
semi-final against Italy in a
very unusual fashion. How?

Albert Shesternyov; the match finished 0-0 even after
extra time, so the winner was decided after a coin toss
which Shesternyov called incorrectly.

22. What is the significance of this structure in Italian
football?

23. He is one of the most
prolific international
goalscorers of all time, having
netted 49 goals from 43
games. A member of the
bronze winning Swedish at the
‘24 Olympics, it was his record
that Ibrahimovic overtook to
become the topscoring Swede.
Name the man whose daughter
was also an Olympian.

24. What/who are these West Ham fans mocking?

The Chelsea fans who stopped a black man from
boarding the train in Paris in February 2015.

25. The incident in this video is the reason why something
unique happens at the San Mames whenever Barcelona play
there. What’s the story?

Following his 2010 World
Cup heroics Iniesta is
roundly applauded at
every venue he plays at in
Spain except for the San
Mames where the Bilbao
faithful hold a grudge
against him for the
sending off of Fernando
Amorebieta.

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