Sexist comments about a lineswoman have resulted in two Sparta Prague players spending a few days training with the club’s women’s team.
Category: Europe
Old Trafford pitch invader allowed to run free, touch Zlatan’s hair
An unidentified man came out of the stands and onto the pitch in the 67th minute of Man United 1-0 Europa League win against Zorya. The man wore a full Manchester United kit to try and blend in with the players, but his touches of the ball quickly betrayed that image. Astonishingly, he was still allowed to run around until the end of the match.
After the final whistle, goal scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic let the clearly envious man touch his hair.
Having grown bored with winning, Jose Mourinho tries losing…a lot
Jose Mourinho has won everything. So now he’s giving the opposite a try. And it’s going really well.
Legia Warsaw fans produce the most intimidating Champions League tifo display
For their first Champions League group-stage match since 1995, Legia Warsaw fans knew they had to do something special. And they did so by marrying pyro with tifo in an intimidating display.
Arsene Wenger doesn’t care about Champions League success anymore
In the film Groundhog Day, after Bill Murray’s character lived the same day over and over and over again, he eventually lost his will to live and began to try and end his life so his repetitive torment would finally be over. Only it didn’t work, and the same day began anew regardless of his fatal actions. Well, this appears to be the position in which Arsene Wenger currently finds himself in the Champions League.
Man City-Gladbach got washed out, but Gladbach fans didn’t mind
Man City’s Champions League curtain raiser against Borussia Monchengladbach was flooded/lightning’d into postponement (until Wednesday). This time-lapse video shows the impact the weather had on the pitch and why this decision had to be made:
ADO Den Haag traveling supporters throw stuffed animals to children at Feyenoord match
When fans of ADO Den Haag found out that children from a local hospital would be sitting beneath the away section at De Kuip for their match against Feyenoord, they came up with a clever idea to make the day extra special for the kids.
Denmark wear impossible to read all-white kit symbolizing a “new beginning”
After failing to qualify for the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016, Denmark kitmaker hummel decided to wipe the slate clean a little too literally for their friendly against Lichtenstein.
Cristiano Ronaldo completes hat trick of pain for Antoine Griezmann
Over the last four months, Cristiano Ronaldo has inadvertently tormented Antoine Griezmann. First, Cristiano’s Real Madrid beat Griezmann’s Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final for the second time in three years. Griezmann missed a penalty in the second half that could have changed the outcome. Then, Cristiano’s Portugal beat Griezmann’s France in the Euro 2016 final even though Cristiano got hurt during the first half. Finally, Griezmann and Cristiano, alongside Gareth Bale, were finalists for the Best Player in Europe award. This is where the previous daggers to the Frenchman’s heart were pushed in a bit further.
Roma deny Francesco Totti a final appearance in the Champions League, Totti not amused
Francesco Totti’s final season is off to a less than ideal start. Porto beat Roma 4-1 on aggregate in Champions League qualifying and Totti didn’t make it off the bench in either leg of the tie. During the final minutes of the second leg, with Roma down to nine men after red cards to Daniele De Rossi and Emerson in the first hour of play, Totti’s displeasure with his status as an unused substitute was evident as he stopped warming up and leaned on corner flag, staring daggers at the pitch.