There is nothing like seeing kids meet their idols. These six young goalkeepers arrived for what they thought to be an interview for a position to be goalkeeper for a soccer club. But what they ran into was one of the best goalkeepers in the world.
Iker Casillas joined in on the prank as he interviewed the little goalkeepers and in one instance was competing for a spot on the club against the little tykes.
Neymar got a little more than he bargained for when he played in an exhibition game with UFC champion Jose Aldo.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has finished second on a list put together by a Swedish media publication of 150 greatest Swedish sporting people of all time. As you probably should have guessed, he was not happy. Zlatan may have been placed behind Swedish tennis legend Björn Borg, but you can bet his reaction has firmly cemented him as #1 in our hearts.
Alexandre Lacazette is having a breakout year for Olympique Lyon in Ligue 1, the French first division. He has scored 17 goals in all competitions, far and away the most in Ligue 1, and two more than the walking legend that is Lionel Messi.
According to WhoScored.com, Lacazete is the fourth highest-rated player in the world this season, and after watching this video, you will understand why.
2014 was a tough year for Barcelona. They went trophyless, which is shocking by their standards and given the talent they have. They finished second behind Atletico Madrid in La Liga, got beaten by Los Colchoneros in the quarterfinals of Champions League and finished second to Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey.
It’s Christmas Eve, and by now each and every one of you will be knee-deep in the “festive period”: your credit cards will be maxed out, the onset of gout is just around the corner, and your liver is the complexion and consistency of a duck pate that’s been sat in the sun too long.
With the exception of the Barclays Premier League (which doubles down on the number of matches), the other elite European leagues have shut down for the Christmas window. During this period in which the clubs can rest, relax, evaluate, and prepare for the opening of the transfer window in January, we at The18 wanted to take stock of where things stand at the intermission:
Matches Resume January 3, 2015
Cristiano Ronaldo is from Madeira, a little island off of the coast of Portugal and it is not surprising that his persona is probably the biggest export to come from the petite island. The Real Madrid goal-scoring machine (who has 25 goals in 15 La Liga matches) has a museum dedicated to his likeness on the island, and this past weekend they added another memento to honor the Portuguese star: A statue.
Except there are two problems with this statue.
#1: It looks nothing like Cristiano Ronaldo:
2014 is drawing to a close, but the January transfer window is just starting to heat up. Here are our predictions for the star players most likely to be on the move in the new year.
As children growing up, who didn't think, “Do our parents deliberately try to embarrass us?” Or, perhaps infinitely more importantly, “Is there some sort of unspoken competition between the parents of the world to see who can embarrass their children the most thoroughly?”
Well, if that damnable league does exist, we would like to introduce you to its perennial champions: Mr. and Mrs. Sisto.