This is what I needed on a Friday: a compilation of Barcelona-like passing from the leaders of the Turkish Super Lig, Besiktas, set to some seriously unexpected (-ly awesome) music.
As you can see, Besiktas can flex their tiki-taka muscle, and have done so with quite a bit of success this year. They are in first place in their league with 63 points, 57 goals scored and only 24 goals conceded.
Diego Maradona has always been forthcoming when talking about the addiction problems that plagued his life both during and after his playing days. A cocaine addict and alcoholic from the mid-1980s until 2004, Maradona was lucky to escape with his life following overdoses in 2000 and 2004.
Jesus "Tecatito" Corona is nicknamed after a famous Mexican beer. His play lives up to that nickname as he scored a beautiful goal that has football fans watching it on repeat. Mexico faced off against Canada at Estadio Azteca in the semi final round of CONCACAF WCQ. Mexico's professionalism and clinical skill on the pitch allowed for a high possession percentage and their attacking prowess created a penalty and Tecatito's clean finish.
"What's in a name?" That was the question Juliet asked of Romeo in Shakespeare's most enduring play. Well, if you're Max Power, apparently there's a lot.
The Wigan Athletic man refuses to have the collection of syllables and characters that tagged him at birth be an empty promise. No. Max Power by name, Max Power by profession. That's how he lives his life.
Today we bring you Cristiano Ronaldo’s dance moves, and depending on how crazy of a fan of his you are. This is either about to get very sexy or very hilarious. Let’s just say his hips do a lot of things.
Shinji Kagawa added two goals for Japan in a 5 - 0 romp of Syria in AFC World Cup Qualifying. The match against Syria was tight until Kagawa latched on to a flick from Keisuke Honda and with his back to the goal, chested it down, spun and fired home past Syrian keeper, Ibrahim Alba. Once Kagawa scored in the 66th minute, the flood gates opened as Syria allowed 3 more goals to be scored. Kagawa added another in the 90th minute.
Dimitri Payet was on the pitch for three minutes before he scored an absolutely stunning free kick from distance in an international friendly in the 64th minute. The West Ham and French international attacking midfielder went top right corner to beat Russian keeper, Igor Akinfeev. This 30 yard free kick put the home side up 3-1. It was a lovely goal that will definitely help Payet's cause in making the Euro 2016 French squad. France would go on to win the match 4 - 2 and birthday boy, Payet provided the highlight reel goal.
Happy Birthday Dimitri!
Presidential candidate Donald Trump, a.k.a. Donald Drumpf, a.k.a. the Vulgar Talking Yam, a.k.a. F***face Von Clownstick, is actually a big soccer fan.
He likes the game so much he actually helped draw the FA Cup quarterfinals in 1992.
Football freestyler John Farnworth has quite the unique show. We’ve all seen street magic videos, and we’ve all seen freestyle soccer videos, but we’ve never seen the two combined. So you can imagine our reaction when we saw John Farnworth pull off some pretty amazing freestyle magic tricks at the expense of other people’s sanity; we looked an awful lot like the disbelieving people you are about to witness.
Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the South African midfielder Hlompho Kekana. His five-year mission: to blast a soccer ball into orbit.
Houston...we're experiencing what looks like a golazo up here. Please advise. Photo: @DRogozin | Twitter