Imagine someone from the past, when comic books were a major form of entertainment, travelled forward in time to this weekend. Imagine you met them, and when they mentioned they love comic books, and now that it's the future is there any chance we've been able to give anyone superpowers yet?
Your answer would have to be that the first comic book character we'ver been able to truly recreate is the, uh, it's the Green Goblin.
There is no other way to say this: Raul Jimenez ran around for 48 minutes of Benfica's league cup final Sunday with a luchador mask in his pants.
It's a good thing he had it handy, too:
Raul Jimenez played 48 minutes with a lucha libre mask tucked into his shorts. A+ commitment to a celebration. pic.twitter.com/cn9ZPMiu8s
— Jon Arnold (@ArnoldcommaJon) May 28, 2017
Emre Can has deservedly been awarded the EPL goal of the season award for his magisterial bicycle kick against Watford.
Here are the nominees Can's goal beat out:
Jordan Henderson for his strike against Chelsea... and Emre Can for his against Watford.
— Anfield Edition (@AnfieldEdition) May 22, 2017
Jurgen Klopp is a delight. He is a delight in Liverpool and he is even more of a delight when he is in Australia.
Watch Jurgen do some native dancing, try to play the didgeridoo and throw a boomerang. I would watch him dancing on a loop for 10 hours every day and never go to work again if I could.
I hope he learns to play the didgeridoo for real someday. I also hope he learns to throw a boomerang so it comes back. I hope he never learns to throw a spear properly. He would definitely kill Dejan Lovren in a rage if that happened.
You all know the song. It's one of the most famous songs about soccer ever: a man listing off names of past and present elite players while championing Zinedine Zidane in the chorus. But who is really "the strongest of them all"? Well, here's my ranking: