When Arsenal are playing well, their passes are crisp, they're holding possession and they score beautiful goals that keep Arsene Wenger from actually getting a legit striker. With that said, this Arsenal goal vs Norwich in 2013 was a masterpiece. The Jack Wilshere and Olivier Giroud link up displayed tikki-takka football at its finest and it arguably was the best goal of that 2013 campaign. Lets break it down.
Cristiano Ronaldo has a new pair of boots coming out, and, consequently, Nike and Ronaldo are really ramping up the advertising campaign. The Nike Mercurial Superfly was supposedly inspired by Ronaldo's home island in Portugal, Madeira, as this video shows.
What troubles us is the phrase "these boots have goals." We don't know what it means. It could mean any number of things.
Aspiring referees, pay close attention. Valenciennes’ Saliou Ciss committed nearly every single bookable offense in the space of one minute. Some of his misdemeanors, including flipping the stretcher that was sent to his aid, aren't even recognized in the rule book.
After being sent off for collecting a second yellow card against Brest in a French Ligue 2 match, Ciss absolutely lost it. Ciss isn't slowing down, or stopping, for anyone (teammates included).
We have some very exciting news on a hot prospect out of the United States who runs like the wind, has quick feet and shifty movement. That's because the hot prospect is a deer. A soccer deer.
No, this isn't a movie about a cute fury animal that thinks it's people excelling at a people sport, like Air Bud. Air Bud is fiction. This is real.
This Luis Suarez goal vs Eibar is what soccer fans expect from Barcelona. We all know the style that Barca plays with. They execute crisp passes, everyone seems to always be in the right place, and they are miles ahead of their opponents. This goal was no different as they equalized the match at 1-1.
Cristianinho, as Ronaldo’s cute son is called, is just about one of the most adorable kids in the world. And if you are susceptible to that kind of thing, you are going to want to sit down when watching this video. It makes this father and son relationship look like a bromance made in heaven. We present, the Ronaldo Bromance.
Nothing like a good old-fashioned bout of hooliganism to ready oneself for a big Champions League match, at least, that's what, on first glance, it looked like Sevilla and Manchester City fans were doing Wednesday in a Manchester brawl prior to the Manchester City-Sevilla game.
But first glance would be wrong in this case. It turns out neither fan base is the culprit here (we think).
It's not believed the brawl had anything to do with the Manchester City-Sevilla Champions League match, other than the fact Sevilla fans were there.
It was a match that was up for the taking for Sevilla, but Kevin De Bruyne Goal for Manchester City showed why they paid the big bucks to get him to the Etihad. After Sevilla took an early lead, they then conceded an own goal to bring the score level but continued to control the ball over Manuel Pellegrini's side. But Yaya Toure, a man who said he was "disgusted" with the British media, put forth his best performance in this years Champions League campaign.
Most kids, when asked what they want to be when they grow up, will give you a different answer every time you ask them. Not Lionel Messi though. He wanted to be a footballer.
"I've never thought of any other job."
Wouldn't we all like to say that? Some of us grow up wanting do do only one thing from a very young age. Very few of us actually get to become that thing, and certainly the odds are against it.
Oh, goodness. Something bad happened here. This guy might be the worst teammate ever.
There's a phrase used in nearly every sport by nearly every coach at some point. That phrase is "head on a swivel." When someone tells you to keep your head on a swivel, that means you need to be more aware of your surroundings.
Li Jianbin did not have his head on a swivel here, as he went up to attempt a bicycle kick.