If you thought getting sacked by Chelsea for a second time and seeing the team’s uptick in form under Guus Hiddink would have humbled Jose Mourinho, you must not know who we’re talking about.
Ahead of his scheduled visit to the San Siro this weekend to see former club Inter face Sampdoria, Mourinho made it clear that his ego has not been deflated by his current situation.
Jurgen Klopp took Liverpool back to his native Germany for the first time to play the first leg of a Europa League tie against Augsburg. It didn’t go particularly well, but he did get a pretzel out of it, at least.
Mexico’s Maribel Dominguez is called Marigol for a reason. She scored four of her team’s seven goals in the group stage of the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship, saving the best for last with her overhead kick in a loss against Costa Rica that prevented them from advancing to the semifinals.
Man United have been absolutely decimated by injuries (on top of their poor form). Just look at this list, which doesn’t even include David De Gea, who hurt himself during warmups ahead of Man United’s Europa League match against Midtjylland (which Midtjylland — this Midtjylland — won 2-1).
This season is the first under Man United’s record kit deal with Adidas. It’s also their worst in the Premier League era. Louis van Gaal’s tactics have sucked the joy out of the team’s play and goals scarce that one of the most popular chants at Old Trafford this season has been “We’re Man United, we want to attack!”
Since the beginning of time, shirt swaps have always been a one for one deal. “I give you my shirt and you give me yours.” Well, Zlatan Ibrahimovic laughs in the face of this arrangement.
What did @stevenfletch10 have to do for his initiation? 🎤https://t.co/aitGHty8dQ
— OM English (@OM_English) February 17, 2016
Following in Joey Barton’s footsteps with a loan move to Marseille, Sunderland striker Steven Fletcher endeared himself to his new teammates in the global language of television theme songs.
Made to sing at a team dinner as an initiation to the group, Fletcher stood on his chair and got everyone clapping along as he rapped the theme to the Fresh Prince of Bell Air, even acting out the lyrics as he went.
In moments like this, DJ Jazzy Jeff must look down from heaven and smile.
Cristiano Ronaldo was less than pleased with the questions at his press conference on Tuesday ahead of Real Madrid’s Champions League match against Roma. First, he was asked if the loved-up relationship between Leo Messi, Neymar, and Luis Suarez is the reason they’ve combined for more goals than him, Gareth Bale, and Karim Benzema. This is just expert level trolling.
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.
