I have no idea what kind of sorcery the goalkeeper uses to keep this penalty out during a match between Gloria and Internacional in Brazil and neither does he. This is some Jason Bourne “my body just does this and I don’t know why but now you’re dead” type stuff.
If anything, this is more terrifying than a goalkeeper who consciously stops penalties because you can’t deceive a goalkeeper who does his best work when he’s been deceived. Fear him.
Video via Ryan Lloyd
Just when you thought that Steven Gerrard’s 38-second appearance against Manchester United was the strangest sending off of 2015, Internacional defender Fabricio provides one that’s even more surreal.
Both Internacional and visiting Ypiranga were reduced to 10 men late in the first half, but the 28 year old put his side down to nine in the 63rd minute when he apparently couldn’t take the verbal abuse of his own club’s fans any longer and gave them not one middle finger, but two.
Over the past few seasons, Anderson’s role at Manchester United was inversely proportional to his waistline: it got a lot smaller. In January, the Brazilian midfielder ended a seven-and-a-half year spell at Old Trafford with a free transfer to Internacional, but he hasn’t exactly impressed with his new club yet. Read more
