Everything we know about science has been rendered meaningless with one free kick from the Malaysian Super League. Penang midfielder Faiz Subri scored from considerable distance with a shot that might have opened up a wormhole to another dimension as it swerved into the goal.
This goal raises many important questions like “Is magic allowed in football?” and “Do we have to make Faiz Subri king of the planet now before he smites us all with his swerving free kicks?”
Be afraid.
FIFA has announced that from this day forward, all football matches will be replaced by “polite exhibitions of respect” in place of the actual playing of football.
Eden Hazard was named PFA Player of the Year last season. Jose Mourinho even said he was better than Cristiano Ronaldo. This season has been very different, though. Hazard has fewer league goals than Kolo Toure and his shockingly poor form has contributed to Mourinho getting sacked and reigning champions Chelsea sitting in the bottom half of the table.
At a certain point, anything can get a bit boring. When you’re Lionel Messi and you’re up 3-1 against Celta Vigo in the 80th minute, you’ve reached one of those times where taking a penalty as one normally does just feels a bit bland. So instead of shooting from the spot, you lay off a pass to Luis Suarez to confound the goalkeeper, blow the minds of everyone watching and get your teammate his hat trick. That, my friends, is the mark of genius.
It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air at stadiums around the world. In some places, even a bit too much. This is what happens when football is played on Valentine’s Day…
Taking your significant other to a football match for Valentine’s Day might not be the most romantic choice, but Vitesse tried to change that with a unique competition. A winning couple got to watch the club’s Eredivisie match against Heerenveen from a pitchside bed and spend the night in a local hotel that provided the unusual matchday accommodations.
The bed was sprinkled with rose petals and came with a bottle of wine to set the mood (that thousands of screaming football supporters certainly ruined…unless that’s your thing).
Confusion and embarrassment have become commonplace for Charlton Athletic. They now sit bottom of the table in the Championship and oddly had their chief executive’s resignation posted on a government website even though she hasn’t resigned. But ahead of Saturday’s scoreless draw with Cardiff City, Charlton reached a new low when they used a picture of former midfielder Alan Campbell in a tribute to his old teammate, Graham Moore, who passed away on Tuesday.
Prior to Roma’s match at Carpi on Friday, January loan signing Stephan El Shaarawy endeared himself to his new club by taking off his jacket and putting it on the chilly kid standing in front of him.
While looking at this picture, you can almost hear all of his teammates thinking “Damn it, do we all have to give the kids our jackets now?” The children, meanwhile, are thinking “Why couldn’t they give us clothing that actually fits?!?!”
Anyway, there’s a lot going on here.
When David Moyes was run out of Manchester United before even completing one full season, it seemed the club had weathered the worst of their post-Alex Ferguson troubles. Louis van Gaal replaced caretaker Ryan Giggs the following season and got Man United back to their usual place in the Champions League.
A canine pitch invader interrupted a match between Union Santa Fe and Temperley in Argentina, delighting the television commentators so much that they began to bark like dogs.
The dog ran around a bit before one player subdued it with belly tickles and held it until an opponent awkwardly carried it off the pitch and handed it to an official.
