Real Madrid recovered from the loss of Gareth Bale in the fifth minute (and Luka Modric later on) to beat Malaga 3-1 and provide a few of the season’s most aesthetically satisfying moments.
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Man United had 71% of possession and 0% of the goals in loss to Chelsea
Manchester United demonstrated their continued improvement at Stamford Bridge, with an incredible 71% of possession and three times as many passes as Chelsea. Those stats don’t decide who takes the three points, though.
Arsenal reach FA Cup final on pitiful goalkeeping error
Arsenal required extra time to beat Reading 2-1 in the FA Cup semifinals. Alexis Sanchez scored both of Arsenal’s goals, but the second was a gift that will haunt Reading keeper Adam Federici until he jams a pencil into his ear in a desperate attempt to forget the pain.
Having already made several fine stops on the day to force Arsenal into extra time, Federici let a routine save squirt through his legs. To make it even more excruciating, he tried to make the full-reach, last ditch attempt to pull it off the goal line, but he just couldn’t do it (3:48 into the video below).
This is the FA Cup riding a roller coaster
Ahead of the FA Cup semifinals, the trophy was strapped to a roller coaster and sent for a spin. If you attempt to parse a rational explanation for this, your brain will leak out of your ear.
Argentine doctor more interested in watching PSG-Barca match than treating patients
A man in Salta, Argentina went to see a doctor after cutting his leg on a piece of glass. The problem here was that the doctor he went to see was busy watching PSG play Barcelona in the Champions league and really did not want to have his on the job Messi watching time disturbed.
Napoli’s Faouzi Ghoulam wants you to see his Dragon Ball Z underwear
Following Napoli’s 4-1 win against Wolfsburg, Algerian defender Faouzi Ghoulam stripped off his faux denim kit to proudly reveal his Dragon Ball Z underpants. The Japanese anime series is popular amongst footballers, but victoriously parading around in your Dragon Ball Z underpants after a Europa League match is next level fandom.
CONCACAF congress compares “father of football” Sepp Blatter to Jesus Christ
Just in case you weren’t completely convinced of the mind-warping, greed induced insanity that grips FIFA and the leaders of its member federations, the CONCACAF congress has provided further evidence of this.
This is a 93-year-old Reading fan making fun of Arsene Wenger
Reading will face Arsenal in the FA Cup semifinals on Saturday and 93-year-old Royals fan Ciss Platten will be in attendance at Wembley. Platten was alive when Reading last reached the FA Cup semifinals in 1927, when they lost 3-0 to Cardiff City. So this match could bring (very) long awaited satisfaction for her — satisfaction made all the sweeter since she doesn’t care much for Arsenal or their manager.
From the Guardian:
For her, that the opponents are Arsenal has added extra spice to the tie. She is not the greatest admirer of the north London team nor of their manager, Arsène Wenger, a notoriously poor loser. “We call him ‘Arsène Whinger’,” Platten says. “Funny thing, it was in the paper the other day – ‘Whinger’. He’s always whinging, he’s always having a moan.” Platten laughs mischievously. As she does a lot.
Yet her distaste for all things Arsenal runs a bit deeper, right back to the late 1920s. Blame her father, Arthur. “I didn’t really know about football then but dad used to stand by the window on a Sunday morning checking his Pools coupon,” Platten says. “And he’d say: ‘Bloody hell, Arsenal have let me down again.’
“He was always grumbling about them. ‘That blasted team’ he called them. I think that’s maybe why I’ve always disliked Arsenal.”
Yes, Arsene — you just got burned by a great-great grandmother. That’s a mind game even Jose Mourinho can’t match.
Choose Jurgen Klopp’s next adventure!
Jurgen Klopp has announced that he will leave Borussia Dortmund — where he has spent the last seven years and won two Bundesliga titles — at the end of the season. The two-time German coach of the year managed to pull Dortmund out of the relegation zone and back up to 10th in what has been a horrendous season, but that hasn’t changed the fact that he feels it’s time to move on.
Klopp will now have his pick from a variety of high-profile jobs, but which to choose? Here are several top options…
A university student scored in the U.S.’s latest win against Mexico
The United States played a friendly against Mexico on what appeared to be an abandoned fairground in San Antonio, Texas. Though the pitch was an abomination, the result was a now familiar one — 2-0 to the USA.