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Sandra Jessen v Essen? Footballers facing nominative opposition teams

From left: FC Köln’s Sandra Jessen (wearing red) at Essen, Liverpool’s Milan Baros (also in red) is challenged by Milan’s Cafu and Manchester United’s Antonio Valencia clatters into Valencia’s Gonçalo Guedes.
From left: FC Köln’s Sandra Jessen (wearing red) at Essen, Liverpool’s Milan Baros (also in red) is challenged by Milan’s Cafu and Manchester United’s Antonio Valencia clatters into Valencia’s Gonçalo Guedes. Composite: Guardian Pictures; Sport Press Photo/Alamy; Reuters; Sportimage/Alamy

“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.”

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