Category: France

This is the craziest penalty save I’ve ever seen

There have been many penalties saved through luck and many others through skill, but few have combined the two in such extremes as this moment from the French fifth division.

Vannes OC goalkeeper Jean-Francois “Jeff” Bedenik dove the wrong way on a penalty that went off the bar and bounced off his back as he spun around to see where it went. The penalty taker then tried to capitalize on Bedenik’s confusion by heading in the rebound, but the keeper made an incredible kick save from point-blank range, directing the ball to another opponent, who chested the ball right back at him, forcing a second save before a clearance was finally made.

And that’s what happens when luck and skill combine with sheer panic.

Mario Balotelli is feeling Nice’s love and repaying it with goals

In two Ligue 1 matches, Mario Balotelli has scored twice as many goals as he did in the previous two seasons. You can say that’s because he’s taken a step down to a league that’s less demanding on a troubled striker than the Premier League or Serie A, but the positive reinforcement Nice has given him can’t be underestimated.

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Djibril Cisse, now a DJ, opens for Mariah Carey in Paris

Djibril Cisse has always been full of surprises. During his playing days, it was his avant-garde fashions, but since retiring it’s been an arrest related to the sextape blackmail of Mathieu Valbuena and now DJing at a Mariah Carey concert in Paris.

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Zlatan says he will stay with PSG if Eiffel Tower is replaced with statue of him

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored four goals in PSG’s 9-0 win over last-place Troyes (giving him 102 in just four seasons with PSG) to help the club clinch their fourth consecutive Ligue 1 title in record time. After the match, Zlatan, whose contract expires at the end of this season, admitted that he is currently thinking that his future lies elsewhere. Although, there is one way the city of Paris can convince him to stay.

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Steven Fletcher performs spirited rendition of “Fresh Prince” theme for Marseille initiation

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.