Category: Europe

Zidane switched to bigger pants to avoid tearing them again

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.

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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.

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Malmo player throws corner flag at opposing fans after they throw explosive at him

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.

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Trabzonspor fan attacks assistant referee with team down 4-0

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.

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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.

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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.

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