Portland’s Timbers Army has established itself as MLS’s kings and queens of tifo and they continued to demonstrate this with an unnerving Freddy Krueger/Nightmare on Elm Street display as they hosted their rivals from Seattle.
It was less than three months ago that Crystal Palace lost to Manchester United in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. And with that memory still fresh in mind, Palace manager Alan Pardew still compared the atmosphere for a friendly in Cincinnati, Ohio to that of a cup final.
Most of the guys are looking for new #pokemon 😳😄🙈 @Aubameyang7 @Dembouz #gonzo pic.twitter.com/a3jQ06XaNa
— Marcel Schmelzer (@Schmelle29) July 14, 2016
If you see professional footballers running around the pitch while staring at their phones during matches this season, it’s because they’re playing Pokemon Go — a mobile game that has pretty much usurped pornography as the most popular thing on the internet in just a matter of days since its release.
More than 12,000 fans came to see Nani unveiled as Valencia’s latest signing, so the Portuguese winger treated them all to a rather impressive demonstration of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira. And now taekwando black belt Zlatan Ibrahimovic is likely saying “Why didn’t I think of that?!?!?” and calling for a do-over of his recent Man United unveiling.
Oh, the problems of modern football. Red Bull Salzburg played a Champions League qualifier against Latvian champs FK Liepaja and defender Andreas Ulmer was caught wearing a Red Bull Leipzig shirt. If you’re wondering how this could go unnoticed before it ended up on Ulmer’s back, let’s compare the two shirts.
Following Liverpool’s preseason opener against non-league Tranmere Rovers last week, Jurgen Klopp was in a giggly mood.
Euro 2016 won’t go down as the most entertaining or enjoyable for anyone but Portugal fans, but this animated short by Case Jernigan turns it into a work of art. Plus, it’s only two minutes and 17 seconds. No extra time necessary.
In his first competitive match with Celtic, Brendan Rodgers faced Gibraltar Premier Division champions Lincoln Red Imps and lost 1-0. With Antonio Calderon Vallejo instead of Anthony Bardon, this was the Red Imps’ starting XI…
After a year away from the game (making cameos in Star Trek films), Carlo Ancelotti was officially unveiled as Bayern Munich’s new manager on Monday. And he was promptly presented with a pair of lederhosen. As a result, I am now counting down the days until Oktoberfest. The thought of him wearing the traditional Bavarian garb is just too much to bear.
Dear Leo,
First, I hope this letter reaches you. I didn’t know if I should send it to your house or the prison in Barcelona, so I’ve sent copies to both just to be sure.
