It should come as no surprise that the world’s angriest mascot belongs to a Scottish club. With that said, this is Kingsley, a melting star and the physical manifestation of the phrase “u wot m8?”
Tag: Dirty Tackle
Maradona’s FIFA presidential campaign promises
According to Uruguayan journalist Victor Hugo Morales, Diego Maradona plans to run for FIFA president. The World Cup winner previously suggested he would be vice president of FIFA if Prince Ali is elected to replace Sepp Blatter. But now it seems he has set his sights higher and, naturally, he has some ideas on how he can improve FIFA.
Jamaica player’s explanation for Messi selfie makes perfect sense
Immediately after Argentina beat Jamaica 1-0 in the final round of the Copa America group stage, Reggae Boyz striker DeShorn Brown ran to grab his phone and took a selfie with Lionel Messi.
DTotD: Real Salt Lake player goes up for a header, forgets about existence of the post right in front of him
Ouch! Luke Mulholland goes up for a clearing header … and hits the near post instead. #RSLvSKC #MLSonFOX http://t.co/gwOtK19see
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 22, 2015
Real Salt Lake’s Luke Mulholland was so focused on the ball while going up for a header while basically standing inside the goal that he forgot that everything else existed and jumped directly into the goal post.
The only way he could have played this off well is if he got up and demanded that the ref show the post a yellow card.
This has been the Dirty Tackle of the Day: a chronicling of unfortunate events.
Jordan Henderson, Thibaut Courtois star in half-hearted campaign videos for FIFA 16 cover
#VoteHenderson for the #FIFA16UKcover and @JHenderson promises to do the @D_Sturridge dance: https://t.co/MFnBXak79y https://t.co/pFLphJO53y
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 19, 2015
EA Sports is letting fans vote for the footballer who will join Lionel Messi on the UK cover of FIFA 16, because that’s exactly what fans need: one more thing to fight about on the internet. Read more
Football Shirt Friday: Real Madrid, Arsenal, Porto, and West Ham retro beauty
Another week, another batch of new shirts. I’m starting to think they keep releasing them just so we can keep filling this space. Yes, that’s definitely it.
Tigres fans confused, excited, and confused by Andre-Pierre Gignac signing
French striker Andre-Pierre Gignac has joined Mexican club Tigres, exciting and confusing fans in equal measure.
Norway players in brilliant documentary mocking stereotypes of women’s football
Norway will face England in the Women’s World Cup round of 16 and in the lead-up to the big match, NRK (Norway’s version of the BBC) produced a mockumentary that sees the players having some fun with sexist stereotypes of the women’s game.
Presented as the players “admitting the truth” to reporter Nicolay Ramm, every asinine opinion of women’s football from physical shortcomings to mental lapses and problematic lesbianism is addressed, highlighting the absurdity of the claims. It’s very well done and definitely worth a watch.
Meanwhile, one Norwegian newspaper is getting serious about the next match…
The creepiest “new signing undergoing a medical” photo you’ll ever see
This is 21-year-old Mitchell Weiser undergoing his medical as he moves from Bayern Munich to Hertha Berlin. Photographs of players in the middle of medical exams before joining a new club are always weird, but this is a whole new level.
The doctor looks like he’s sizing Weiser up for some kind of experimental surgery where he replaces his extremities with live eels and Weiser looks like he has resigned himself to this fate and mentally dissociated from his soon to be dissected body.
Nothing about this is good. Official medical exam pictures need to stop.
Neymar, Carlos Bacca shown red cards after Colombia beat Brazil
Colombia beat Brazil for the first time since 1991, avenging last summer’s World Cup quarterfinal loss with a 36th minute goal from Jeison Murillo in Copa America Group C. But once the final whistle blew, the real fun began.
It started with Neymar kicking the ball at a celebrating Pablo Armero, then lightly headbutting goal scorer Murillo, prompting Colombia striker Carlos Bacca to come charging in and shove him from behind.