Here’s video of all seven goals scored in Argentina’s 4-3 win over Brazil in Jersey today. The reason this is on this here site is because three of them belonged to Lionel Messi. And I like Lionel Messi. A lot. And, this is the first time since the early eighties that someone dropped three on…
This footage apparently comes from Thursday’s Sevastopol vs Metalurg Zaporizhya match, which the former won on a controversial hand-ball goal. Sergey Kuznetsov left Metalurg Zaporizhya desperate. The player with the hand Sevastopol scored the decisive goal in the match Thursday night and then a very important match for the accounts of the rise. The game…
Sure, futbol can get a little heated, what with all the international rivalries and Zidane’s head-to-chest and whatnot. But, equating it to vivid WWII imagery — actually, surpassing it in the case of Big Ben being bombed down if my history lobe doesn’t fail me — is probably taking it too far. (H/T Worldinsport)
In a Nacional/Peñarol match last month, Colombian midfielder Dorlan Pabon of the former blasted one through a wall — and the physics rulebook. As for Angelo Henriquez’s for Universidad de Chile vs. Colo Colo, you’ll have to skip ahead to the 3:10 mark of this video to check it: Bonus Coverage: “Carlos Vela Amazing Overhead…
Wow. Just wow. He really did mean every inch of it. The strike, with the outside of his right foot, will be a strong candidate for goal of the season and capped an impressive performance from Newcastle as they gave themselves a good chance of qualifying for the Champions League. [Telegraph]
Once Caldas and Santa Fe played to a 2-2 draw today. One of those four — which starts at the 0:36 mark of the video — is off the head of Santa Fe defender Julián Quiñonez. It was an 18-yarder. Past his own goalkeepers. Oh, this was before he got a red card and was…
“Messi, 24, is unbelievably talented and incredibly humble. He makes you hold your breath every time he touches the ball. It never seems to leave his feet. His love of the game and the pride he feels while playing for Barcelona and Argentina are palpable. … He certainly has the potential to be remembered as…
What with his diving against QPR, this is well-deserved cartoon shame delivery to Manchester United “star” Ashley Young. Young appeared to go down easily under pressure from Shaun Derry, who was shown a straight red card before Wayne Rooney tucked in the first-half spot-kick. Beard then likened Young to British Olympic diver Tom Daley in…
