Puzzle 25

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  1. 4. Becoming the world's most expensive player in 1999 when he joined Inter Milan
  2. 7. ___ SV, the 1982–83 European Cup champion
  3. 10. Sardar ___, has been called the Iranian Messi by mainly British media
  4. 11. Wide defender who plays on the left or right side of the back line
  5. 13. Famous for his iconic "cradling a baby" goal celebration in the 1994 World Cup
  6. 14. The top-level youth championship where academy teams from Serie A and Serie B clubs compete
  7. 15. Match arranged by two teams with no competitive value
  8. 16. George ___, the first Englishman to manage at a World Cup final
  9. 18. Considered the first black professional soccer player in the world
Down
  1. 1. A Colombian player shot to death due to his own goal
  2. 2. Atlético Madrid’s nickname
  3. 3. ___ goal, a goal wrongly awarded despite the ball not having crossed the goal line
  4. 4. Air-borne strike
  5. 5. America ___, suffered the biggest defeat in international soccer history, 31-0, by Australia
  6. 6. Royal Dutch Football Association
  7. 8. ___ FC, the oldest existing active club
  8. 9. Michelle ___, won the FIFA Female Player of the Century award based on votes from FIFA officials, journalists, and coaches
  9. 12. Mark ___, the first African player to score in the Premier League
  10. 17. Dos a ___, the rivalry between the USA & Mexico in the 2000s
  11. 18. A phenomenon sometimes seen at spectators' side in a packed stadium