Social Zone: Memphis Depay targets records, while Ireland milk lucky draw

Seb Sternik
8 September 2021

Group stage of EURO2020 between Netherlands and Austria. Memphis Depay scores 1-0 and celebrates with Frenkie de Jong Netherlands

Depay might be under the management of Louis van Gaal again but this time, the pair are making things happen.

SOCCER: Two incredible goals from the Netherlands last night.

The first two goals by Netherlands tonight was absolutely class🤯😳 Depay is a real baller. pic.twitter.com/gDaGR1OP1T
— FPL Isco⚡️ (@fpl_isco) September 7, 2021

SOCCER: Memphis Depay has now equalled Johan Cuyff's 33-goal tally for the Netherlands. He's now just 18 away from becoming the country's all-time top scorer... he's only 27 years old!

Certified hattrick boy ⚽️⚽️⚽️🏹 pic.twitter.com/wOty0RTzhJ
— Memphis Depay (@Memphis) September 7, 2021

SOCCER: From pure class to pure… comical. Have a look at this own goal from Serbia.

Scenes at the Aviva Stadium! 🤯

Serbia score a comical own-goal to make it 1-1 - the crowd enjoyed that one! 🍀 pic.twitter.com/vWcZj6JlZ9
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) September 7, 2021

SOCCER: Republic of Ireland's admin getting carried away here. All this for a draw with Serbia after an equaliser they didn't even score.

To the 25,415 supporters in the @AVIVAStadium tonight,

You all deserved that moment 🙌

The noise you made was incredible 😍#COYBIG | #WeAreOne | #IRLSRB pic.twitter.com/i0W6zxrUDx
— FAIreland ⚽️🇮🇪 (@FAIreland) September 7, 2021

SOCCER: Then again, we should cut them some slack. I mean look at this record.

Since Republic of Ireland last won a competitive game:

◉ 16 games
◉ 15 goals conceded
◉ 7 goals scored
◉ 9 losses
◉ 7 draws
◉ 0 wins

Torrid form. pic.twitter.com/YBMtWe72ru
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) September 7, 2021

SOCCER: Stuart Pearce channelling his inner Roberto Carlos back in 1993. Don't see Harry Maguire pulling off something similar tonight.

England and Poland have become regular opponents in qualifying matches and tonight’s game will be the fourth time they have met on this date.

In 1993 England made great use of a free-kick routine for Stuart Pearce to score in style during a 3-0 win at Wembley. #ENG #OTD #POLENG pic.twitter.com/ALpW301plF
— England Memories (@EnglandMemories) September 8, 2021

TENNIS: Good to see the players are getting asked all the important questions at the US Open.

The secret to all the 🇨🇦 tennis success?

Maple. Syrup. 🤣@leylahfernandez | #USOpen pic.twitter.com/Dgab5En4Cz
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 7, 2021

UFC: Michael Dawson whenever there's a goal on Soccer Saturday.