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<p>Plus: hat-trick heroes who were not named player of the match, managers sacked after big wins, and more </p><ul><li><p><a href="mailto:knowledge@theguardian.com"><strong>Mail us</strong></a><strong> with your questions and answers</strong></p></li></ul><p><strong>“A few weeks ago, Sandra Jessen started for FC Köln against Essen,”</strong> notes James Vortkamp-Tong. <strong>“Is this the
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Sandra Jessen v Essen? Footballers facing nominative opposition teams Plus: hat-trick heroes who were not named player of the match, managers sacked after big wins, and more Mail us with your questions and answers “A few weeks ago, Sandra Jessen started for FC Köln against Essen,” notes James Vortkamp-Tong. “Is this the first time a player has contained the opposing side’s name in their own?” It’s not actually the first time Sandra Jessen has played against Essen, as Alicia Butteriss points out. “From what I can tell she first started against Essen, for Bayer Leverkusen, on the last day of the 2018-19 Frauen Bundesliga,” writes Alicia. “It would be remiss of me not to add that she scored both of Köln’s goals when they beat Essen 2-1 near the start of this season.” No goals for Charlton Athletic’s Conor Coventry against Namesake FC this season, but he did play in both matches against the Championship leaders. His first game against Coventry was when he came on as a substitute for Peterborough United in 2021. Coventry won 3-0 that night, with a little-known striker called Viktor Gyökeres scoring twice. The next example involves a team coming back from 3-0 down in a game that everybody knows. “Liverpool’s Milan Baros did it in the 2005 Champions League final against, well, Milan,” writes Sean DeLoughry. “Numerous other Milans have played against Milan, including Pjanic , Skriniar and Badelj . “Like Milan, some Italian club names lend themselves to this task. Roma have recently faced Alessandro Romagnoli and Filippo Romagna (Sassuolo and Cagliari). Paolo Barison of Milan faced Bari and Aron Winter played against Inter while at Lazio. “Some notable examples in England include Alan Sunderland , Matt Derbyshire (against Derby) and Jack Charlton . Manchester United’s Antonio Valencia faced Valencia in the Champions League. The wonderfully named Russian journeyman Spartak Gogniev played for numerous clubs against Spartak Moscow. Nilton Santos and Djalma Santos played against...
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