At the 0:20 mark of this video, Nicolas Cordova nails a free kick from the corner of the penalty area to win Brescia’s Serie B match vs. Verona. Nothing second-class about that strike.
Tag: Futbol
Here’s A Pretty Sweet Goal From A Texas High-School Soccer Match
Do yourself a favor while enjoying R.L. Turner High School (Carrollton, Texas) player Roberto Gonzalez’s game-winning strike against Frisco Wakeland: Turn the volume down. The audio’s unbearably annoying. But the 30-yard strike is well worth watching.
You Gotta Watch This Goal From An Argentine Soccer Match
Club Atletico Colegiales faced Nueva Chicago in some third-tier soccer action in Argentina today. The goal that Colegiales’s Elias scored was anything but third tier, though. Start the video at the 0:33 mark. You’ll see.
If You Can’t Admit The CR7-To-Benzema Goal Was Magisterial, You’re Foolish
Dag. “Benzema opened the scoring in spectacular fashion in the seventh minute as Ronaldo got to the byline and cut back a left-footed cross that Benzema brilliantly volleyed back across goal and into the far corner.” That’s some quality futbol…
Fabrice Muamba, Who Practically Died Two Weeks Ago, Is Now Upright And Smiling
Now this is the kind of story that’ll brighten a day, after the horror of what could have been. “[Fabrice] Muamba’s wife sent out the above photo of Muamba sitting upright and smiling from his hospital bed on his Twitter…
It Takes More Than An Earthquake To Stop A Soccer Match In Chile
When the camera starts shaking during the Colo Colo/Palestino match, yeah, that’s when the magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck. Bad. Ass.
It’s Not As If The Union Is Playing Well Enough For Anybody To Notice, But …
Philadelphia isn’t spelled Philidelpha. (H/T Deadspin tipster Justin H.)
Two Doctors Talk About How Fabrice Muamba Was Dead For 78 Minutes
Yes, Fabrice Muamba has a long, long recovery road ahead. But let’s be honest: Everybody pretty much figured he died on the pitch during last week’s Bolton/Tottenham match. I know I did. Nothing short of miraculous. Check these two interviews…
QPR! QPR! QPR!
Queens Park Rangers — my EPL side on account of staying in their neighborhood during my first visit to London (in 1993) — may well have saved themselves from relegation by coming back from a 2-0 deficit late in yesterday’s…
Have 14 Minutes To Spare? Watch Lionel Messi’s 234 Goals
A long time ago, I posted a link to a video of 222 goals scored by the greatest soccer player on Earth, Lionel Messi. It was 13:18 long. That was in February. Well, now it’s March. And, the greatest soccer…