Ponte Preta’s Roni came off the bench in the 74th minute of his side’s Brasileiro match against Goias. It was scoreless and Roni knew he had to do something to bring the match to life. So he kicked the ball well over the goal and into the open window of a pitchside ambulance, giving the driver a surprise.
The match still ended 0-0, but Roni gave the fans their money’s worth with this one.
Germany lost to the USA in a friendly earlier this week, but the world champions were able to regain their likely shattered confidence with a 7-0 win against Gibraltar in Euro 2016 qualifying. In fact, Jogi Löw was so comfortable that he filed his nails during the match.
How did the referee miss this ridiculous Colombia handball? pic.twitter.com/9PMKWpcAZj #COL #FRA #FIFAWWC
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) June 13, 2015
Colombia (ranked 28th in the world) beat France (ranked third) 2-0 in Group F of the Women’s World Cup thanks in part to a blatant handball. The referee somehow didn’t see it, so France were denied a penalty that could have made it 1-1. This was almost certainly karmic payback for what Thierry Henry did to Ireland in 2009.
With that massive upset, Colombia jump to the top of Group F. And now all three of the world’s top teams (Germany, USA, and France) look far from invincible after their second group-stage matches.
A U-14 Scottish cup final between Hutchison Vale and Newcraighall Leith Vics ended in confusion thanks to one of the goals scored in the shootout required to separate the two teams. The Newcraigcall goalkeeper made a brilliant diving save, but after catching the ball, he dropped it on the ground as he celebrated, allowing it to roll over the goal line.
As the dejected Hutchison Vale shooter was hiding his face in his shirt, the ref ruled that it was a goal and the shootout continued with Hutchison Vale eventually winning the cup. But was this the right decision?
The endless flood of new kits continues to rise, so we must continue to wade through them in search of higher ground…
Croatia hosted Italy in a Euro 2016 qualifier without fans in Zagreb’s Stadion Maksimir as punishment for racist behavior during a qualifier against Norway (Norway?) earlier this year. This should have meant that there was no chance of further incidents, but where there’s a repugnant will, there’s a way.
With the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo days away, more information is coming out about the next installments of the football video games that will consume your life.
Sergio Mota, a Brazilian midfielder for the Seattle Sounders’ reserve team, was sent off during his side’s 1-0 USL win against the LA Galaxy reserve team for kicking an unsuspecting opponent in the crotch with both his feet while lying on his back.
This move is frowned upon in most quarters, but Mota, who won two Brasileiro titles with Sao Paulo at the start of his career and just signed with Seattle at the end of May, was clearly far beyond caring about that.
This has been the Dirty Tackle of the Day: a chronicling of unfortunate events.
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The day after ending a trophyless season with Real Madrid, Iker Casillas tried to fill the void with the ultimate shame meal: a bagful of McDonald’s.
Qatar opened their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign by beating 178th ranked Maldives 1-0, with the lone goal coming in the ninth minute of added time (even though there was “only” supposed to be eight minutes of added time). In other words, it was a totally normal and not at all suspicious way to end a match.