Inspiring

Thankfully for Antofagasta striker Eduard Bello, what I’d imagine was a pretty heavy weight on the mind was lifted within two minutes during yesterday’s Chilean Primera Division match between his club and Everton. After opening the scoring inside 120 seconds, the Venezuelan attacker sprinted off to the stands and proposed to his girlfriend.

He also grabbed the ring from someone on the sidelines, and we’re sure his girlfriend was also grateful that he didn’t produce the symbol of wedlock from inside his pants or any bodily cavity. 

Sunday’s Le Classique between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille took a back seat to Spain’s reverberating El Clásico, but the Ligue 1 encounter wasn’t without its fair share of tastiness. 

It all began before the match with PSG coach Thomas Tuchel axing both Kylian Mbappe and Adrien Rabiot from the starting eleven after the pair arrived late for a team meeting. 

Before the World Cup this summer, Sid Lowe produced an insightful interview with Uruguay and Atlético Madrid captain Diego Godín. In it, the captain of La Celeste argued that what makes compatriot Luis Suarez great is what makes many Uruguayans great — garra charrua.

Barcelona hosting Inter Milan at the Camp Nou was supposed to be one of the most anticipated clashes of the Champions League group stage. But that was before Lionel Messi suffered an arm injury on Saturday and was ruled out with a fractured arm.

So Messi watched the game from the stands on Wednesday, with cameras watching his every reaction to the action on the pitch.