Cuban Erick Hernandez bested his own Guiness Record on Saturday when he bounced a soccer ball on his thighs for 1 hour, 28 minutes and 6 seconds, demolishing his previous mark by nearly 3 minutes. I’m glad to see Cubans are engaging in useful activities, since the country is still permanently stuck in the 1950s, this seems like a worthwhile time killer. I have wireless internet, so I can spend just a minute watching this video instead. Ah progress.
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16
Mar
09
Fan is Short for Fanatic
Thanks to our previous President’s excellent stewardship, things in Iraq are settling down, violence is subsiding and the country is getting back to normal, returning to it’s once cosmopolitan way.
Sigh.
Or maybe, instead, immediately following a soccer game between two rivals, one of the players was killed with an errant gunshot.
Annana had just completed a 1-0 win over their neighbors Sinjar when, as one does, a fan shot his gun in the air, or in this case, less so. “A stray bullet hit Annana player Haider Hakem in the chest and he died,” police lieutenant Ali al-Khafaji said.
According to Agence France, “Fans often launch into a blaze of triumphal gunfire in Iraq when major league teams clash.” So there’s that, I suppose.
Anyway, nice liberation W…
12
Mar
09
Goalie Scores on Himself
European soccer is supposed to some of the best and most competitive in the world, of course, that’s the first divisions, Michael Melka is the goalie for Fortuna Dusseldorf of the third division, and it doesn’t look like he’s going to advance any time soon.
I was always under the impression when I played goalie that you should have a clear path to kick the ball. Melka apparently never learned that lesson…
12
Mar
09
Get Up You Wuss
Soccer players have the reputation that they hate contact, the slightest touch can set them to flopping and falling and complaining. That’s not the case with Brazilian midfielder Sergio Escudero who bravely soldiers on despite a breeze pushing the linesman’s flag to almost touch his face.
Nah, just kidding, he of course flops down like someone shot him and then looks up astonished at the linesman who I hope tells him to stop being a pussy and get up.
Soccer is really nice when played well. For example, here is Arsenal’s Eduardo banging one home in a most pretty manner. Lovely.
Working the sidelines in his capacity of ball boy, Ofek Mizrachi managed to pick up an important assist for his favorite team Hapoel Haifa of the Israel Football Association. With the score tied 0-0, the ball went out of bounds and with the goalie out of position, Mizrachi quickly got a ball to a Hapoel Haifa player, who converted the throw-in into a timely goal. The team still ended up losing 2-1, but I think it’s safe to say Mizrachi did more than his share to try and help them win.
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Jamie Vermiglio is a 26 year old semi-professional soccer player from Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England who has been sidelined with a broken back. It turns out that though that he’s been playing through the injury for at least 32 matches, and possibly his whole life!
After his coach noticed him struggling on the field, Vermiglio was sent to get an MRI scan which revealed a stress fracture to his fifth lumbar vertebra.
“It’s caused a disc to slip and that’s causing pain in the nervous system down my legs,” he said. “I’ve just been taking pain-killers so I could play. I just got on with playing and thought it would go away after time, like most injuries.”
Told by the doctors that continuing playing could paralyze him for life, the primary school teacher by day took the field regardless, helping his Telford United squad to a 1-0 win in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
“I’m not giving up hope yet. I am going to see another specialist and, fingers crossed, there might be some light at the end of the tunnel.”
03
Mar
09
Carlos Eyeliner Had the Assist
A pretty goal is a pretty goal and Giuseppe Mascara gets all dolled up to slam one home in a Serie A game yesterday. The Catanian striker’s early candidate for goal of the year helped his side take the Sicilian Cup over Palermo. But you already knew that. Of course, you may also remember the flamboyant Mascara from the fall when, lining up to take a penalty kick, three of his teammates dropped their pants to distract the other team…
19
Feb
09
Think He’ll Sign with the MLS?
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That’s 6 year old Frenchman Madin Mohammed plying his soccer skills, who is already being compared to Zinedine Zidane and has Real Madrid and Chelsea scouting him. To be fair, I also look that good on a soccer field when I play against 6 year olds. I fucking DOMINATE those little kids.
Christian Lazaoui, president of Roubaix, Madin’s local club, said “He has an amazing talent. He plays every day and has a great passion for football. “He can cross the ball, control it, swerve, pass between the legs – he is spectacular with the ball… he really is magic with it.” I’m sure that that is in reference to Madin, but I’m gonna take it as a compliment of my own skills.
16
Feb
09
Head’s Up!
People around the world are different, they dress differently, eat differently, but there is one thing everyone can agree on, it’s hilarious to see someone get pegged in the face with a ball when they don’t expect it. Take for instance, this referee from an Italian Serie A game between Lazio and Torino, comedic GENIUS!
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12
Feb
09
Brazilian Fan Takes a Dive
Looks like soccer players aren’t the only ones who take dives, the fans like to get in on the fun too. One second you’re taking a quick power nap after being in the sun and rabidly yelling during a Brazil soccer game and then, BAM, faceplant. No card was given.
12
Feb
09
Such Close Teammates
Here’s English team captain John Terry stretching with his buddy Frank Lampard prior to a friendly with Spain. Something about this suggests something other than stretching to me, but I can’t quit put my finger in it. ON it. I said “on” right?
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