Some say that the still photograph is the highest form of art. That a moment captured can tell more than any poem or book or song. To capture the perfect frame of the perfect subject at the perfect moment is…hilarious.
Ok, ok, we know that soccer is the beautiful game, but there is just no way that 22 people going all out on a field for 90 minutes, while being photographed by a hundred photographers, will not turn up some ridiculous images. Balls hit faces, faces hit faces, people yell and scream and celebrate, and some lucky schmuck talented artist invariably happens to be in the right place at the right time to capture it all.
Their work is our reward. Feast your eyes on these brilliant images:
1. Peter Crouch has been compated to a giraffe falling down stairs. We understand that now.
2. The team started to get worried when Stanley's amateur compulsive yoga started to get in the way of his play.
3. "It's alright, Konko, he might have his pole, but we have each other."
4. When my team scores a goal, and I'm wearing #mycalvins.
5. The physio had warned the manager that mocking mental illness was Jack's trigger, but to no avail.
6. Believe it or not, this was the moment of least pain for him. One word: aftershocks.
7. Phil was so happy once he foud out Verizon had America's widest LTE coverage.
8. Just Do It.
9. Confused, Tevez desperately tried to retrieve the ball from Rio's arse.
10. The ladies were always disappointed when they actually met Dale "Tripod" Johnson in person.
11. The onset of puberty has made girls a very confusing proposition for Angel.
12. This is why we will never, ever blame anyone for being scared to go up for a header.
13. Coincidentally enough, this was the one and only time these players ever noticed the photographer.
14. Perspective is everything.
15. No one told him what to do once you have successfully kept your eye on the ball.