In an interview with BT Sport ahead of the second leg of Real Madrid’s Champions League semifinal against Man City, Zidane was asked about his recent streak of trouser trouble. During each of his club’s two previous European matches, Zidane tore his pants wide open, prompting the unusual question about the fit of his clothing. And though he admitted that he wasn’t able to change his tailor, he did make a significant adjustment.
Category: Europe
Man City didn’t really feel like playing in the Champions League final
“I didn’t even touch him — he just laid down and started snoring, I swear.”
Man City didn’t seem terribly interested in reaching the club’s first ever Champions League final as they sleepwalked to letting Real Madrid advance on a 1-0 aggregate score. The one being a Fernando own goal in the 20th minute of the second leg. City also had just one shot on target in each leg. So you can’t even say “at least they tried” because they kind of didn’t.
The Polish Cup final might have been the apocalypse
Legia Warsaw beat Lech Poznan in the Polish Cup final, which is wonderful for them, but I’m pretty sure the apocalypse happened before and during this match. Watch:
Malmo player throws corner flag at opposing fans after they throw explosive at him
Video of Malmo sub Tobias Sana throwing the corner flag into the IFK Goteborg fans after they threw a banger at him. pic.twitter.com/jgZPDb2Jld
— Dan Cobb (@Daniel_Cobb) April 27, 2016
The Allsvenskanliga match between IFK Gothenburg and Malmo was abandoned when a player heaved the corner flag into the crowd after an explosive device thrown from the stands went off near his feet. Malmo’s Tobias Sana, who played for rivals IFK from 2009 to 2012, was warming up on the touchline when the firework landed near him and went off in the 78th minute. Sana then charged towards the area of the stands where it came from, picked up the corner flag and threw it like a javelin into the crowd. It didn’t appear to hit anyone.
Trabzonspor fan attacks assistant referee with team down 4-0
Horrible scenes in Turkey as an angry Trabzonspor fan attacks the assistant referee yesterday
(via @ibrahimozden06)pic.twitter.com/FSqyNDsk1y— BoyleSports (@BoyleSports) April 25, 2016
With his team down 4-0 to Fenerbahce and just a bit of injury time left to play, a Trabzonspor fan decided to invade the pitch and attack an assistant referee. Because clearly an assistant referee was the true puppet master behind Trabzonspor’s horrible performance.
Cristiano Ronaldo announces dangerous levels of goals in his DNA
Cristiano Ronaldo scored all three goals as Real Madrid overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit against Wolfsburg to advance to the Champions League semifinals. After proving his incredible talents yet again, Cristiano made a startling admission to the press.
Zidane joins exclusive club of managers who have ripped their pants
Real Madrid’s comeback to eliminate Wolfsburg from the Champions League after going down 2-0 in the first leg of their quarterfinal was arguably the greatest moment of Zidane’s brief managerial career. And as he reacted to a near miss after his side took a 3-2 aggregate lead, he tore his pants.
PSV player cracks window after getting sent off
Santiago Arias’ 100th match for PSV was a memorable one as he was sent off in the 57th minute. This angered him so much that he punched a window on his way to the dressing room, cracking it up pretty good.
Jurgen Klopp’s return to Dortmund in pictures
It can be tough to see your ex doing better than you are after you break up with them, and yet, that was the situation Jurgen Klopp found himself in when he returned to Dortmund for the first time since leaving them in seventh place at the end of last season.
Rejuvenated under Thomas Tuchel and just five points behind first-place Bayern Munich this season, Borussia Dortmund welcomed Klopp and his less impressive Liverpool side for the first leg of a Europa League quarterfinal. In the lead-up to the match, Klopp joked that it was “better to be here than, I don’t know, North Korea or something,” hinting at the inherent awkwardness of the situation, no matter how jovial everyone appeared on the surface.
Injured Frank De Boer running Ajax training sessions from badass motorized tricycle
Ajax manager Frank De Boer tore his achilles tendon while playing foot tennis against his players a few weeks ago, making it difficult for him to get around ever since. As a result, overseeing training sessions became a problem, so Ajax have sorted him out with a super cool motorized tricycle to give him a level of stylish mobility that would make any manager jealous.