The Football Startup Blog
Football Decryption: Offside – One of the most controversial but powerful rules in football
What is offside? As FIFA, a player is in an offside position if: any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents’ half (excluding the halfway line) any part of the head, body or feet is nearer to the opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the...
The Trophy Hunt Winners
And the winners are... Big thanks to all of TrophyRoomies who participated in the Big Trophy Hunt! It was a true delight to see our servers almost explode of the frenetic activity from y'all. Thousands of challenges played, hundreds of thousands of coins changing...
Match Preview: Liverpool vs Real Madrid – Apr 14, 2021
Liverpool will try to overturn a two-goal deficit when they host Real Madrid in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie. Los Blancos travel to Merseyside boasting a 3-1 lead from the first leg in Madrid, where Vinicius Junior bagged a brace and...
![[Match Preview]🤜🏻🤛🏻 Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur – Apr 11, 2021](https://trophyroom.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PL30TottenhamManUtd.jpg)
[Match Preview]🤜🏻🤛🏻 Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur – Apr 11, 2021
Tottenham host Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon as Spurs look to boost their hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League. Spurs are currently seventh in the table, five points behind fourth-placed Chelsea, who dominated Crystal Palace...
![[Side News] Arsenal aims to buy Achraf Hakimi, West Ham want Jesse Lingard to be in their squad next season](https://trophyroom.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/skysports-jesse-lingard-west-ham_5328325.jpg)
[Side News] Arsenal aims to buy Achraf Hakimi, West Ham want Jesse Lingard to be in their squad next season
West Ham will do anything to sign Jesse Lingard from Manchester United next season Lingard moved to West Ham in January on loan until the end of the season and they do not have an option to buy Lingard in the current loan deal but they want to secure the player on a...
Player Stories: Chelsea’s Latest Man of The Match – Ben Chilwell
In the Champions League quarter-final between Chelsea and Porto yesterday, Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell scored their first Champions League goals to help Chelsea beat Porto 2-0 in Seville. Mason Mount opened the scoring at the 32nd minute, then, Ben Chilwell scored a...
Interesting Football: The Goalkeeper That Becomes The Club’s Top Scorer
When the goalkeeper becomes the club's top scorer It seems impossible, isn’t it? But this story is true! In the 1975/1976 season, Argentina goalkeeper Carlos Fenoy went to Spain to join Celta Vigo. In the new club, he showed a great performance and integrated...
![[Match Preview] 🤜🏻🤛🏻 Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion – Apr 4th 2021](https://trophyroom.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PL30ManUtdBrighton-400x250.jpg)
[Match Preview] 🤜🏻🤛🏻 Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion – Apr 4th 2021
The Premier League returns to action following the international break as Manchester United will take on Brighton & Hove Albion at Old Trafford today. Manchester United will be looking to respond to their disappointing FA Cup exit after being defeated by...
🏆The Big Trophy Hunt is on!
We started a new campaign for TrophyRoom from 00:00 (UTC+0) on Mar 30th, named The Big Trophy Hunt and let’s explore it now! Don’t forget that this campaign has very awesome and valuable prizes, and it’s not so hard to achieve them. Therefore, let’s take part in the...
The World Cup 2022 ⚽ is coming! Let’s review the Qualifiers (Part II)
In the previous article, I’ve shared you what World Cup Qualifiers are and how it works. Let's explore more fixtures and groups of European Qualifying with my predictions about the possible group winners. 🤔 Prediction In Group A, there are five teams (not...
The World Cup 2022 ⚽ is coming! Let’s review the Qualifiers (Part I)
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Qualifiers will be back in action this week. This competition will take place from March 24th until April 2nd, and one important thing is that Friendly Mode will be turned on in TrophyRoom during this time. With only 50 challenges allowed,...
![[Interesting Football] 😱 The unluckiest hat-tricks and the broken-neck-goalkeeper in Premier League](https://trophyroom.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/howardwebbcointtoss-400x250.jpg)
[Interesting Football] 😱 The unluckiest hat-tricks and the broken-neck-goalkeeper in Premier League
Interesting Football is back with other funny and interesting stories that can delight even the fastidious readers. Let’s check out the following stories that I have collected and I make sure they will make your day! 😉 Sunderland and the special hat-tricks ⚽⚽⚽...
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Wednesday Bulletin – Football up-to-date news [Mar 18, 2021]
Before we come to see the news, I want to tell you that we got a small new update for the Friendly Mode today. We will increase the maximum challenges from 10 to 50 to please TrophyRoom users. Enjoy the changes and let’s challenge each other! With the goal...
Football Decryption: the incredible Total Football tactics
Catenaccio was considered to be the most negative football tactic ever in football. But if Catenaccio didn't exist, we wouldn’t see an amazing tactic like Total Football in football. The arrival of Total Football has changed how people think of football. So what...
Chelsea star – Kai Havertz. It’s time to shine! 🌟
In Chelsea's convincing win against Everton on Thursday, Kai Havertz played as a false 9 and had his best performance since he arrived at Stamford Bridge in September 2020. His incredible shot made Ben Godfrey score an own goal and then being fouled by Pickford to...
![[Match Preview] 🔥 Arsenal vs Tottenham – Mar 14](https://trophyroom.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ps_1615616720-400x250.jpg)
[Match Preview] 🔥 Arsenal vs Tottenham – Mar 14
[Updated] Let's review the masterpiece goal from Tottenham in their last match versus Arsenal yesterday. Today, North London will be half-divide as the North London Derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur will take place in the Emirates stadium this...
Saturday strategy – injuries, suspensions and match predictions
Oh, it's Saturday night! Football's back - blizzard style! It’s going to be a hard weekend for our dear coaches across the leagues if they want to grab all 3 points. But fear not 🤘! We’ve got the latest juicy news from the football world to help you pick the winners...
Top 10 interesting football news you don’t want to miss (March 08-11)
📢The newspaper is coming! Make yourself a coffee ☕, enjoy the hottest football news, and don’t forget that Europa League back’s today, go pick your squad in TrophyRoom - The Free Fantasy Football Game. Don’t hesitate, you won’t lose any coins today! ⚽💖 Latest news...
Did you know this about Duncan Ferguson – The Scary Hothead?🤯
Everton’s former Interim Coach and now Assistant Manager, the legendary Duncan Ferguson is famous for his raging rampage back when he was a football player. Career’s Scandal A hot-tempered player of 1,93 cm height and 85 kg weight, Ferguson was quite an...
Some current curious facts from the world of football (that you don’t want to miss), Feb 21-Feb 28, 2021
An exciting football week had just passed. Let’s take a look at some facts and quotes that I have collected last week, from Feb 21 to Feb 28 across different football leagues. Interesting Facts 1. Save for Lionel Messi, Luis Muriel and Luis Suarez, Joao Pedro...
Big Match Preview (Feb 28,2021)
Upcoming Football Match Preview Sunday Bulletin on Feb 28, 2021 Today is another exciting match day in TrophyRoom with 22 matches across all major leagues. Here’s an update about the current injuries, performances and everything about today's key matches to...
Behind the game – The Fourth Official
When was the Fourth Official introduced in football ? The International Football Association Board introduced the fourth official in 1991, as a replacement for any of the match officials if one of them couldn’t continue. However, their role also entailed overseeing...
Major update: weekly leaderboards and other cool stuff
Today we’re very excited to present a big update we’ve been working on for a while: weekly leaderboards and a revamped leaderboard score system. And that’s not it - you will discover a new slick main navigation and an easier way to access both leaderboards, your...
Jamal Musiala – The Bayern Munich up-and-comer
After scoring a goal in the 4-1 win of Bayern Munich against Lazio, Musiala became the second youngest player (17 years and 363 days old) to score in the Champions League’s knock-out stage, right behind Bojan Krkic (17 years and 217 days old). Additionally, he’s now...
Match preview: Atletico Madrid VS Chelsea (Feb 23, 2021)
The match between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea will be held in Romania on February 23, due to the effects of the coronavirus. Let’s take a look at the team news, prediction and the possible lineups. Starting with the performance, Atletico still sits at the top of the...
Innovate or die!
Startups are all about innovation. And enterprises forgot all about it. Right? But although startups are supposed to be these melting pots of innovation - how do you find the time to do it? You got a minimum team and maximum pressure, is this the ideal growing ground...
How To Find A New Brand Name And Survive To Tell The Story
It's official, we're changing our brand name. At a very peculiar time - just before launching our first beta version. Ask how much our dev team likes this decision (hint: it's not much). 😇 But in order to create the best football game app ever, we need to adjust the...