It's almost been seven years to the day since Ronaldinho made his final professional appearance for Fluminense in the Brasileirão, meaning his "jogo bonito" spirit could've chosen a vessel for regeneration that's out there joyously working on their craft at this very moment.
While Lionel Messi captured many of the headlines from France this weekend thanks to his bicycle-kick goal against Clairmont, he was nowhere near scoring the best goal in France this weekend. That honor goes to Guingamp winger Jérémy Livolant, who scored a genuinely ridiculous effort from the better part of 40 yards in Ligue 2.
Lionel Messi scored a sensational bicycle-kick goal as Paris St Germain began the defense of their Ligue 1 title with an emphatic 5-0 victory over Clermont at the Stade Gabriel Montpied on Saturday.
Messi netted a brace to go with goals from Neymar, Achraf Hakimi and Marquinhos as they followed up last weekend's 4-0 Trophée des Champions victory over Nantes with another easy win.
Después de seis meses de sombras, la vida parece volver a sonreírle a Orbelín Pineda. El Maguito dejó el Celta de Vigo y bajo la tutela de Matías Almeyda comienza a florecer en el AEK de Grecia. De hecho, el seleccionado mexicano hoy acaba de anotar su primer gol junto a su nuevo club.
Que haya ocurrido la misma semana que visitó la Acrópolis de Atenas, no sé, no parece coincidencia. Quizás Pineda haya elevado su cosmos a la Saint Seiya y este gol sea resultado de sus nuevos poderes.
USMNT hopeful Jordan Pefok made his competitive debut for Union Berlin on Monday, scoring what will surely be one of the most memorable goals of the striker’s career. The Jordan Pefok goal, which came in the 64th minute of Union Berlin’s 2-0 DFB-Pokal victory, was taken excellently and will surely excite Union and USMNT fans alike.
Central Córdoba swept past Rosario Central 3-0 on Monday night in a match that featured a candidate for the Argentine Primera División's goal of the season.
In the 23rd minute, 25-year-old winger Francisco González Metilli opened the scoring off a driven cross-field switch from Renzo López. Metilli let the ball run across his body before unleashing a left-footed volley from 18 yards out that flew across the face of goal and inside the far post.
The visual effect of Metilli's strike is basically just the Bundesliga logo — this is pure technique.
TEL AVIV - Paris St Germain's Neymar scored twice with Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos contributing the other two goals as they romped to a 4-0 victory over Nantes in the French Super Cup (Trophée des Champions) at the Bloomfield Stadium on Sunday.
It was the ninth time in 10 years that the Parisians had won the traditional season-opening clash between the Ligue 1 champions and the French Cup (Coupe de France) winners, which has been regularly played outside of the country over the last decade.
Only three things are guaranteed in this life: death, taxes and Alexandra Popp scoring for Germany in the 2022 Euros.
Popp broke French hearts on Wednesday as she booked Germany’s spot in the 2022 UEFA Women’s Euro final with a brace to defeat France 2-1. Popp has scored in all five of Germany’s games this tournament with her goal tally at six.
England reached the final hurdle in its quest for a first European Championship after defeating Sweden 4-0 Tuesday at Bramall Lane in Sheffield. Goals from Beth Mead, Lucy Bronze, Alessia Russo and Fran Kirby punched the Lionesses ticket to the final Sunday at Wembley, where they'll meet the winner of Wednesday's match between Germany and France.
The prognosis for Alexandre Lacazette was bleak. After suffering 10 wasp stings in a Dutch forest ahead of Lyon's friendly against Feyenoord on Sunday, the former Arsenal striker was sure to miss the match as he iced, applied hydrocortisone cream and took some Tylenol.