Germany’s “Snubbed XI” just added one of the most electric talents in all of world football. A few weeks ago, the “Snubbed XI” began assembling itself with a preposterously strong attacking core spearheaded by the dropped Borussia Dortmund duo of Mario Gotze and Andre Schurrle (the two players who expertly combined to sink Argentina in extra time back in 2014).
Manchester City crushed it in 2017-18, setting all sorts of records on the way to the Premier League crown. It was one of the greatest seasons in England history, and fortunately for fans of the beautiful game Amazon filmed it all for the docuseries "All Or Nothing: Manchester City."
Kicking a ball hard can be a useful skill in soccer. Instead of tiki-takaing your way down a field, you can simply hoof the ball to the other side of the pitch with one strong-legged kick. With that in mind, a goalkeeper being able to kick the ball farther than anyone would be valuable, just like hitting a home run or shooting a 3-pointer. So what’s the Guinness World Record for the longest drop kick? The answer may surprise you.
Gameweek 37 is upon us! It is crunch time for those chasing the league leaders! We got 12 teams with double action this week! Those 12 teams are: Swansea, Chelsea, Manchester City, Huddersfield, Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham, Southampton, Newcastle, West Ham, Leicester and Brighton. Wild Card? Free Hit? If you got it. Use it. Here we go - Here are 3 humans that could make all the difference:
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Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal):
There are some hits that are just so pure, so instinctual, so well struck and so fucking powerful that they defy everything we thought we knew about sport. There was Albert Pujols’ monster home run off Brad Lidge in the 2005 NLCS that may still be in lower-Earth orbit to this day. Then there’s Matt Prater nailing a 64-yard field goal in the NFL or Andre Agassi’s ridiculous service return. And on Sunday there was this Kevin de Bruyne goal vs Swansea City.
With just a few weeks remaining in the 2017-18 Premier League season, we are quickly winding down towards one of the most anticlimactic final days of all-time. If Tottenham collapse, Chelsea might yet play themselves into the top four, and Southampton could still manage to avoid the drop — just look at what Newcastle have accomplished over the last four games.