There was plenty of football action over the weekend as national teams stepped up their preparations for the World Cup.
While England were uninspiring throughout their loss to Italy on Friday night, Brazil and Argentina looked in imperious form as Arsenal staged a historic day in the WSL.
We’ve put together a collection of the best moments here.
Lionel Messi
Who would bet against Argentina winning the World Cup with Messi in such form?
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS GOAL FROM LIONEL MESSI!pic.twitter.com/RU89tY4h7t
—Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) September 24, 2022
Argentina
Who would bet against an Argentinian team with such team spirit?
Player reaction when Messi was fouled ⚔️
— All about Argentina (@AlbicelesteTalk) September 24, 2022
Rodrigo de Paul
Forget football, De Paul should set everything up and become Messi’s personal bodyguard.
The way De Paul defends Messi I love this guy so much pic.twitter.com/PHzh32L9zO
— R (@Lionel30i) September 24, 2022
Vinicius Jr
This boy is the truth.
Stop that Vinicius Jr. pic.twitter.com/JmKwEkbcjh
— Stop That Footy (@stopthatfooty) September 23, 2022
Son Heung-min
That late free kick, which saved South Korea from a damaging home loss to Costa Rica, is further proof that Son has found his mojo.
[GOAL] 대한민국 2-2 코스타리카
후반41분! 저 위치에서 손흥민에게 걸리면 그건 골입니다!
구석으로 빨려들어가는 완벽한 프리킥!
경기는 원점입니다! 더 뜨겁게 응원해주세요! #대한민국 #축구국가대표팀 #친선경기 #더뜨겁게theReds pic.twitter.com/DFbNM4D3qb– the KFA (@theKFA) September 23, 2022
Tony Adams
Sensational scenes from the former Arsenal and England captain.
If Arsenal Twitter wants to show its true power, Tony Adams will win Strictly Come Dancing.
— HLTCO (@HLTCO) September 24, 2022
Diogo Dalot
Two goals from the Manchester United full-back as Portugal beat the Czech Republic 4-0; it had a new life under Erik ten Hag.
Diogo Dalot was INCREDIBLE for Portugal last night.
Two excellent goals @ManUtd man in a 4-0 victory. pic.twitter.com/JjshShrj75
— Premier Sports (@PremierSportsTV) September 25, 2022
Benjamin Sesko
Choose that one.
Benjamin Šeško’s long shot proves the winner!
An impressive result for Slovenia against Norway #SLONOR pic.twitter.com/NdTn1CeRIV
— Premier Sports (@PremierSportsTV) September 24, 2022
Netherlands
Johann Cruyff would smile.
Total Football @OnsOranje | #NationsLeague pic.twitter.com/NAPhXUWTV8
— UEFA Nations League (@EURO2024) September 25, 2022
Adam Szalai
We never tire of this film which led Hungary to the brink of the final of the League of Nations.
Szalai opens the scoring with a BOLD move!
Group leaders Hungary continue their phenomenal UEFA Nations League campaign as they lead against Germany #GERHUN pic.twitter.com/KynccPrVLY
— Premier Sports (@PremierSportsTV) September 23, 2022
Sergio Busquets
There’s something oddly hypnotic about this clip as Busquets demonstrates the passing ability that makes him one of the greats.
Stop it Busquets. pic.twitter.com/oKmDOUDRNb
— Stop That Footy (@stopthatfooty) September 22, 2022
Quevin Castro
The Notts County man scored one of the best free-kicks you’ll ever see.
We’ve seen worse free kicks @Official_NCFC | @TheVanaramaNL pic.twitter.com/qINWIJOaCU
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) September 25, 2022
Ballou Tabla
Jaw-dropping good.
OH MY WORD
Ballou Tabla with a contender for the Puskás prize in CPL!
He had no right to do that pic.twitter.com/pGYCwdwR8D
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) September 25, 2022
Arsenal
A crowd of 47,000 watched the WSL match between Arsenal and Tottenham on Saturday – a record attendance. Women’s football is truly here to stay.
A new WSL attendance record was set at this afternoon’s North London Derby…
Arsenal & Tottenham played in front of 47,367 fans in the Emirates pic.twitter.com/6FOWg7FB3p
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) September 24, 2022
Christian Walton
Imagine the scenes if this had found the back of the net.
IF, SO CLOSE!
Ipswich keeper Christian Walton almost saved a point for his team at the last minute! pic.twitter.com/Z7KimLnVul
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) September 25, 2022
Erling Haaland
Another day, another goal for Robot Boy…
Impossible to make such a mistake when Erling Haaland is around…
The Norwegian scores his 21st international goal in just his 22nd appearance for his country, taking his tally to 15 for the season
@PremierSportsTV pic.twitter.com/DD1gNPVYo0
— The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) September 24, 2022
Santos Under 13
That shouldn’t surprise us from the club’s youth team that produced Pele, Neymar and many more.
O golaço que o David Carmo fez pelo sub-13 agora a pouco.
What painting! Desde o começo da jogada! pic.twitter.com/mgsDMxGbli
—Santistreta (@santistreta) September 25, 2022
North Ireland
A first Nations League victory for Northern Ireland in the 14th attempt lifted the roof of Windsor Park.
“They did it !” ️
Josh Magennis with an EXCEPTIONAL diving header and @North Ireland are on their way to a first victory in the UEFA Nations League #NORKOS pic.twitter.com/S1MWeBFzTi
— Premier Sports (@PremierSportsTV) September 24, 2022
Town of Mansfield
Absolute members.
Mansfield came from 1-0 down at Crewe to beat them 2-1 winners on 87 and 93 yesterday.
These are the resulting celebrations. pic.twitter.com/4TDgBXKFKi
— HLTCO (@HLTCO) September 25, 2022
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