The Green Bay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys 26-21 in the NFL playoffs last week and they did it with the help of Cristiano Ronaldo…’s footwear. Two members of the Packers’ defensive secondary, Tremon Williams and Sam Shields, wore Nike Mercurial Vapor X Superfly CR7s for the game.
Marco Reus autographs a Real Madrid shirt, which basically means they own his soul forever
Marco Reus signing a Real Madrid shirt. pic.twitter.com/7QmSwv7ras
— SocialRMadrid (@SocialRMadrid) January 17, 2015
Following reports that Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marco Reus has agreed to personal terms with Real Madrid ahead of a potential transfer, the player’s agent said all of it was “blatant nonsense.” But now Reus has autographed a Real Madrid shirt after playing a friendly against Steaua Bucharest in Alicante, Spain, and as the ink seeped into the cloth, so did the club into the very essence of his being.
He might continue to play for Dortmund, but now he belongs to Madrid in the two most important places: the gossip columns and that random dude’s shirt.
27 reasons to love Nicklas Bendtner on his 27th birthday
Happy 27th birthday to ex-Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner today. He’s scored 26 goals in 64 games for Denmark. pic.twitter.com/RbmmnRsLvH
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 16, 2015
For some perplexing reason, January 16th is not a celebrated holiday around the world. Alas, we are expected to go to work and carry about our day like it isn’t the 27th birthday of the Greatest Ever Footballer Named Nicklas Bentnder.
To quote the majority of Arsenal fans when they used to see the Danish legend in their starting XI, this is utter madness.
So, in celebration of this blessed day, here are 27 reasons to love Lord Bendtner…
Random musings of two-goal scorer Fernando Torres before he falls asleep
I did it! I scored my first two goals ever at the Bernabeu to eliminate Real Madrid put Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals. I really did it! And now I’m sleepy. So very sleepy. But what will I dream about when my waking hours were better than any fantasy I could imagine?…
Who did the better Cristiano Ronaldo impression: Mario Balotelli or a dog?
If Reese Witherspoon takes to the stage at next month’s Oscars, grasps her Best Actress gong and shouts “Siiiiii!” at the assembled audience members before peacing out, we will have the trend-setting ways of Cristiano Ronaldo to thank. Read more
Thomas Muller says it’s harder to win in Bayern training sessions than in Bundesliga matches
Since teammate Dante couldn’t take his brand of gentle ribbing about the most painful moment of his life, Thomas Muller has now turned his banter gun to everyone else in the Bundesliga with a statement that isn’t all that surprising, but still hits where it hurts. By saying that Bayern Munich’s training sessions are more difficult than their matches against Bundesliga opposition.
From Sportal:
“We have a very high level in training,” the Germany international told the DPA news agency.
“The defending team are part of Bayern and it is often more difficult to win against our training team than perhaps against a team in the Bundesliga.
“[This is] precisely because the tactical level is identical because, of course, everyone has the same understanding.”
At the top of the table with an 11-point cushion during the winter break, Bayern are once again making easy work of the Bundesliga. If this continues much longer, the German football association might have to create a new top tier where Bayern just play against themselves every week in order to keep things interesting.
DT Exclusive: Sunderland give Not Jozy Altidore whatever he wants
Sunderland have reportedly agreed to make Jermain Defoe their highest paid player on about £70,000 a week for the next three and a half years in a swap deal that sends underperforming Jozy Altidore to Toronto FC. This a long time and a lot of money for an injury-prone 32-year-old. The following is a transcript of how that decision was made.
Brazilian Ronaldo says he’ll try to make comeback as a player for his NASL club
Ronaldo — the Brazilian one who won the Ballon d’Or in 1997 and 2002 and not the Portuguese one who won it in 2008, 2013 and 2014 — was unveiled as a minority owner of the NASL’s Fort Lauderdale Strikers at a press conference on Wednesday. And to ensure his new investment in the U.S. second division gets that added bit of publicity, he said that he’s going to try and play for the club at some point.
David Moyes will eat your chips but won’t touch your nuts
Real Moysiedad crashed out of the Copa del Rey on Tuesday night after a 2-2 draw with Villarreal. Things looked bleak for David Moyes in the 80th minute when he was sent to the stands by the referee, but what followed was a series of events that have increased the Scottish manager’s likability by approximately 3,050%. Read more
New MLS club posts embarrassing job ad for FIFA-playing millennial who can “walk the walk”
Los Angeles FC, a new MLS club set to join the league in 2017 and owned by a bizarre group that includes NBA legend Magic Johnson, Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan, U.S women’s team legend Mia Hamm, motivational speaker Tony Robbins and seemingly thousands of others, are ramping up their operations with terrible job listings on the official MLS website. One of which is for a FIFA-playing millennial and supporters group puppet master.