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  1. No prizes for recognizing Lionel Messi in this work of art on the side of a tower block. But which city is this?

    1. Buenos Aires

    2. Barcelona

    3. Miami

    4. Rosario

  2. Another Argentine World Cup winner, Diego Maradona, covers the window of a resident in Naples. Why did Ciro Maiello decide to open the shutters after a few years?

    1. He turns the vacant apartment into a Maradona museum

    2. To take part in Napoli fans’ title celebrations earlier this year

    3. Environmental health workers ordered him to ventilate his apartment

    4. To hang a giant flag from Lionel Messi’s face up after Argentina’s World Cup win

  3. There are numerous football murals in the streets around Anfield – this one depicts their former goalkeeper, Ray Clemence. How many major trophies has he won at Liverpool?

    1. Four

    2. Eight

    3. 12

    4. 16

  4. Outside the stadium of which London football club can this tribute to the late Faithless singer Maxi Jazz be seen?

    1. QPR

    2. Mill wall

    3. Crystal Palace

    4. Dagenham & Redbridge

  5. Benfica fans walk past a mural of their living eagle mascot on their way to a Champions League match at Estádio da Luz. What is the name of the mascot?

    1. Eusebio

    2. Vitoria

    3. Lisbon

    4. Christiano

  6. This image by Marcelo Bielsa is one of many football-themed frescoes in and around Leeds. Where did Bielsa live when he was manager of the club?

    1. Above a sweet shop in Wetherby

    2. In an end-terrace house near Headingley

    3. Next to a pet shop in Wortley

    4. In an outbuilding of a farm in Menston

  7. Another mural for a beloved former manager. Sean Dyche has since left and is now in charge at Everton, but a pub in Burnley still bears his name. What is it called?

    1. The Royal Dyche

    2. The Red Beard

    3. The grumpy Gaffer

    4. The Claret King

  8. A photo of Manchester United and England goalkeeper Mary Earps adjacent to Old Trafford. Which club did Earps try to sign this summer?

    1. Arsenal

    2. Barcelona

    3. Manchester city

    4. Newcastle United

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    Which Sunderland hero is depicted in this mural on the side of a pub in the Hendon area of ​​the city?

    1. Bobby Gurney

    2. Dave Halliday

    3. Raich Carter

    4. Billy Bingham

  10. Outside of which League of Ireland club can this tribute to the late Jack Charlton be found?

    1. Cork city

    2. Shelbourne

    3. Bohemian

    4. St. Patrick’s Athletic

  11. This image outside San Siro shows a famous clash between Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Inter’s Romelu Lukaku in the 2021 Coppa Italia. Inter won 2-1, but what else happened in the match?

    1. Lukaku scored and was sent off

    2. Ibrahimovic missed a penalty and was sent off

    3. Both players scored and Ibrahimovic was sent off

    4. Both players were sent off and both missed penalties

  12. This mural can be found outside the grounds of which lower league club in North West England?

    1. Wheelbarrow

    2. Carlisle United

    3. Tranmere Rovers

    4. Wigan Athletics

  13. Which board member of an elite European club is pictured here bursting a football?

    1. Andrea Agnelli

    2. Ferran Soriano

    3. Joan Laporta

    4. Ivan Gazidis

  14. Danielle Weber in front of her Bondi Beach mural in honor of Australia hosting this year’s Women’s World Cup. Spain won the tournament, but where did the Matildas finish?

    1. Second

    2. Third

    3. Fourth

    4. Quarterfinalists

  15. In which city can you find works of art honoring the Boateng brothers – Jérôme, Kevin-Prince and George?

    1. Accra

    2. Berlin

    3. Dortmund

    4. Zurich

  16. Finally, what club has this funky piece of street art on the side of one booth?

    1. Union Berlin

    2. St Pauli

    3. Rayo Vallecano

    4. Rosenborg

Solutions

1:D – It’s Rosario, the third largest city in Argentina. Messi was born here and started his career at local club Newell’s Old Boys before joining Barcelona’s academy at the age of 13., 2:B – Maiello, a local butcher, has lived in the apartment since 2006 and kept the shutters of his bathroom usually closed out of respect – but threw them open to celebrate with supporters outside the building after Napoli won the scudetto in May, 3:C – Clemence won five league titles, three European Cups, one FA Cup, one League with the club Cup and two Uefa Cups – not including a European Super Cup and five Charity Shields (one shared with Manchester United) – before joining Spurs in 1981., 4:C – Brixton-born Maxi Jazz, who played in died December 2022, was a lifelong Palace fan and associate director at the club., 5:B – Águia Vitória (Victory the Eagle) flies around the stadium before the match, usually landing on top of the club’s logo to ‘complete’ it ., 6:A – Bielsa chose the one-bed flat because it was close to the club’s training ground. The other three locations all feature murals of the much-loved former Leeds coach., 7:A – The pub, a short walk from Turf Moor, still bears the name and image of the former Burnley manager., 8:A – United reportedly turned down an offer for a world record fee on transfer deadline day – around the same time the provocative street art first appeared., 9:C – Hendon-born striker Carter played from 1931 until the outbreak of the Second World War for Sunderland, scoring 118 goals for the club., 10:C – The mural of the much-loved former Republic of Ireland manager can be found at Bohs’ Dalymount Park ground in Dublin., 11:C – Both players were awarded a yellow card for the incident just before half time; Ibrahimovic had given Milan the lead, but was sent off for a second yellow card. Lukaku then leveled from the penalty spot for Christian Eriksen’s late winner., 12:C – The mural outside Prenton Park features Ian Muir and Ray Mathias and was painted by Paul Curtis, whose work is also at the top of the page. The resident of the house, 91-year-old Bridget Lunn, volunteered to have her property painted., 13:A – The president of Juventus was one of the architects of the European Super League project, but resigned in 2022 and is currently banned from football following the club’s false accounting scandal. , 14:C – Australia reached their first ever semi-final, but were defeated by England and then lost the third-place play-off to Sweden., 15:B – The three siblings all grew up in the German capital. While eldest brother George’s career stalled in the amateur competitions, Jérôme won the World Cup with Germany, while Kevin-Prince played internationally for Ghana. The slogan translates to ‘grown from concrete’., 16:B – The current leaders of the 2. Bundesliga have a penchant for street art – every year they open a corridor in their home in Millerntor where local artists can create new murals.

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