Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid 1-0, leaving Real nine points behind league-leading Barcelona (and four behind Atletico) and their fans calling for club president Florentino Perez to step down.
After the match, Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his frustrations not only with the match, but with the press and Real’s season. And in doing so, he served up a damning soundbite to anyone who wanted to make use of it. Which turns out to be just about everyone.
Steven Gerrard, a man who still looks weird in a kit other than Liverpool’s, was afraid his LA Galaxy commitments would prevent him from watching Liverpool face Man City in the Capital One Cup final on Sunday. But Galaxy coach Bruce Arena came to the rescue by rearranging the whole club’s schedule to accommodate Gerrard’s wish.
UEFA secretary general Gianni Infantino (the bald guy who drags out Champions League draws to excruciating lengths) has been elected the new president of FIFA, completing a rapid ascent to the top of the football pyramid made possible by the suspensions of Sepp Blatter and former UEFA boss Michel Platini.
This guy’s one man campaign for Last Goal Wins in football not getting huge traction here in Zurich. #FIFAelection pic.twitter.com/Af1uEzLzv1
— Olly Barratt (@ollybarratt) February 26, 2016
FIFA’s extraordinary congress was called to vote on a new president to carry out Sepp Blatter’s term in the wake of his suspension and put on the show with the aim of convincing U.S. and Swiss authorities to stop arresting everyone. But outside the Hallenstadion in Zurich, one man took the opportunity to voice his desire to end draws in football.
On Friday, Samir Nasri trained for the first time in months after suffering a hamstring injury way back in October as Man City prepare for Sunday’s Capital One Cup final against Liverpool. And he did so with blue hair.
The Afghan boy in a homemade plastic Messi shirt who became the subject of a global social media hunt has finally been given the real Messi shirt he always wanted and it was sent care of Leo Messi himself.
Buddy seeing former #lfc boss Brendan Rodgers propose at Times Square! #ynwa pic.twitter.com/WyUjOwk7re
— James Erler, SJ (@j_erler) February 13, 2016
If you’ve been wondering what former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has been up to since Jurgen Klopp presumably wised up and stopped going ’round to his house for advice, the answer is getting engaged in the most touristy and unromantic way possible.
To the delight of assembled reporters and the embarrassment of Juan Mata, Louis van Gaal talked about how he likes to tell his players that they need to be “horny” at a press conference on Wednesday. This is, however, just the latest in a long history of uncomfortable moments involving Louis van Gaal, the only Premier League manager to be referenced in adulterous sex dwarf headlines so far this season.
Memphis ha ido hoy a entrenar en su Rolls-Royce. Borthwick-Jackson lo ha hecho en un Volvo… conducido por su madre pic.twitter.com/RqP7C3D94Q
— La media inglesa (@LaMediaInglesa) February 24, 2016
While his teammates drive themselves to training in Bentleys and Range Rovers, 19-year-old Cameron Borthwick-Jackson got a ride from his mother on Wednesday. In her Volvo.
To score on a goalkeeper is one thing, but to then break his jaw later in the match is just uncalled for. And yet, this is what Carlos Tevez did in Boca Juniors’ 4-1 win over Newell’s Old Boys last weekend.
