Player Nicknames
Fenomeno
Ronaldo (R9)
A record 200,000 people crowded into this stadium in 1950 for an historic game
Maracana
2015-16, N'Golo Kante
Leicester City
Lazio
Rome
Another term for an overhead kick, that reflects where the player travels in doing so
Bicycle kick
Der Kaiser
Franz Beckenbauer
This top flight team's stadium famously still has an entrance built into a row of houses
Luton Town
2008-09, Edin Džeko
Wolfsburg
Real Betis
Seville
A morbid term for a tournament group with many strong teams
Group of death
The Black Spider
Lev Yashin
The largest capacity stadium to host club football, after Estadio Azteca's renovation removed a number of seats
Camp Nou
2011-12, Olivier Giroud
Montpelier
Schalke 04
Gelsenkirchen
Two options: What Alex Ferguson called injury time, or what other coaches might call injury time against Sir Alex
Squeaky bum time / Fergie time
Raumdeuter
Thomas Muller
The 1985 European Cup final is more often associated with this disaster, named after the stadium that hosted it
Heysel Stadium
2006-07, Sami Khedira
Stuttgart
FC Twente
Enschede
Popularised by Sean Dyche, this term is used for an unglamorous, but straightforward form of football, as well as no-nonsense but reckless tackles
Brexit football
The Butcher of Bilbao
Andoni Goikotxea
A crocodile shaped stadium plays host to this Turkish team
Bursaspor
2010-11, Kevin De Bruyne
Racing Genk
TSG Hoffenheim
Sinsheim
According to the English media, a time and place where even the greatest players might struggle
A cold wet Tuesday night in stoke (key words: cold, night and Stoke)