Highlights

Juve's Dani Alves Eyes Fourth Champions League Title After Monaco Master Class

The semifinals of the Champions League returned to Monaco’s Stade Louis II for the first time since 2004, and the 18,000+ in attendance would’ve surely expected their side to add to the 16 home Champions League goals they’d already witnessed since the beginning of their campaign.

But a Juventus side that had only given up two goals in this competition, and none throughout the knockout rounds, proved to be an entirely different challenge for Monaco’s goal-crazy attackers.

37-Year-Old Ronaldinho Can Still Contort The Football Like A Warlock

FC Barcelona brought their brand to Beirut, Lebanon alongside Real Madrid, and Ronaldinho, wearing the blaugrana jersey for the first time since 2008, made sure that the club left that country well and truly globalized by the might of the Barca name.

Thousands of fans packed the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium to watch the likes of Ludovic Giuly, Simao Sabrosa, Gianluca Zambrotta, Edgar Davids, Roberto Carlos and Fernando Morientes try to overcome their aging bodies, but the star of the show was the Brazilian maestro.

Ronaldo’s Hat-Trick Puts Real Madrid On The Cusp Of Champions League Final

For all of Real Madrid’s dominance in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal with Atletico Madrid, it looked as though Atleti would escape to the Vicente Calderon with only a one-goal deficit. But then Cristiano Ronaldo happened. And then again. 

Ronaldo scored goals number 101, 102 and 103 to extend his all time record in the Champions League, and Atletico’s inability to grab an away goal, or to really trouble Real for that matter, makes the possibility of a comeback next Wednesday seem extremely farfetched. 

Christian Atsu’s ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Free Kick Technique Is A Game Changer

Christian Atsu is one of the horde of 30-something Chelsea players out on loan for all eternity. After impressing at Portugal’s Rio Ave, Chelsea shelled out £3.5 million for the 21-year-old Ghanaian winger and immediately loaned him to the extremely Chelsea-friendly confines of Vitesse Arnhem.

He played well there, but not well enough to make Pedro or Willian fear for their Chelsea careers. So off Atsu went, making loan stops at Everton, Bournemouth and Malaga while making headlines at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations by scoring this banger.

Marta’s Best Goal Consisted Of Beating Five Players And Finishing With A Rabona

This is probably a somewhat contentious decision given that Marta, the five-time FIFA World Player of the Year, has scored over 100 goals for Brazil and over 300 in her club career, but personally, I think this is Marta’s finest hour.

She's had two short stints with Santos in Sao Paulo, and Marta scored this ridiculous solo goal during her time there. It’s extravagantly Brazilian.

Emre Can Just Scored The Premier League Goal Of The Season

Emre Can, Liverpool's roving German midfield destroyer, is more than meets the eye, like a transformer. On the surface, he's a big, athletic, crunching central midfielder. When you look a little closer, though, he can do this:

You Gotta Watch Camilo Sanvezzo Score From Halfway

Fans of MLS will remember Camilo Sanvezzo from his time with the Vancouver Whitecaps, during which he did this:

That goal was nominated for the Puskas Award, but Sanvezzo, now with Queretaro in Liga MX, has quite possibly outdone himself.

Mario Balotelli humilla al PSG como si fuera el Barcelona una vez más

Mario Balotelli no ha aparecido tan seguido como le gustaría en Niza esta temporada debido a tres tarjetas rojas y por varias lesiones, pero ha estado injugable cuando ha jugado.

El súper Mario logró 14 goles en solo 18 partidos de la Liga 1 mientras Niza destrozaba al PSG el domingo, entregándole el título de la liga al Mónaco.

 

44-Year-Old Pachuca Goalkeeper Oscar Perez Scored An Amazing Last-Minute Goal This Weekend

You don't see many 5'8" goalkeepers in soccer. You don't see many 44-year-olds anywhere but the tactical area. You definitely don't see 5'8", 44-year-old goalkeepers doing things like this:

¿Quieres jugar un poco más como Lionel Messi? Fácil, sólo idolatra a su ídolo.

Estamos, como dijo el gran filósofo, parados sobre los hombros de los gigantes. En Argentina hubo un tiempo en que ningún futbolista podía sostener una vela a Guillermo Stabile, quien marcó ocho goles en la Copa Mundial de 1930. Pero fue seguido y superado por Luis Artime, un delantero que terminó su carrera con un promedio de 0,96 goles por partido para Argentina.

Pages