Euro 2016 won’t go down as the most entertaining or enjoyable for anyone but Portugal fans, but this animated short by Case Jernigan turns it into a work of art. Plus, it’s only two minutes and 17 seconds. No extra time necessary.
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Brendan Rodgers not embarrassed about embarrassing Champions League qualifier loss to Gibraltar club
In his first competitive match with Celtic, Brendan Rodgers faced Gibraltar Premier Division champions Lincoln Red Imps and lost 1-0. With Antonio Calderon Vallejo instead of Anthony Bardon, this was the Red Imps’ starting XI…
Carlo Ancelotti holds up lederhosen on his first day at Bayern Munich
After a year away from the game (making cameos in Star Trek films), Carlo Ancelotti was officially unveiled as Bayern Munich’s new manager on Monday. And he was promptly presented with a pair of lederhosen. As a result, I am now counting down the days until Oktoberfest. The thought of him wearing the traditional Bavarian garb is just too much to bear.
Cristiano Ronaldo writes a letter to Lionel Messi for no particular reason
Dear Leo,
First, I hope this letter reaches you. I didn’t know if I should send it to your house or the prison in Barcelona, so I’ve sent copies to both just to be sure.
Cristiano Ronaldo coaches Portugal to Euro 2016 title, cements the Summer of Cristiano
After getting stretchered off in the first half of the Euro 2016 final and wiping the tear drowned moths from his face, Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t hide in self-pity — he came back out and took on a new job for Portugal: head coach. With a brace on his knee, Cristiano hobbled up and down the touchline, shouting instructions that may or may not have drowned out those of actual manager Fernando Santos.
Moth consoles tearful Cristiano Ronaldo after Euro 2016 final injury
A collision with France’s Dimitri Payet early in the first half of the Euro 2016 final left Cristiano Ronaldo with a badly injured knee. Though he isn’t normally one to receive the world’s empathy, watching him exhaust every ounce of his considerable willpower to try and continue before tearfully going off for treatment twice and eventually having to be stretchered off in the 25th minute was a genuinely heartbreaking sight. Even for one moth in particular.
NWSL match played on insanely small pitch
As the U.S. women’s team beat South Africa 1-0 in friendly attended by 19,272 people at Soldier Field in Chicago, an NWSL match between the Western New York Flash and Seattle Reign was played on a shrunken field at a minor league baseball stadium.
Ricardo Quaresma has feather hair now
Paul Pogba has been the king of hair artistry amongst footballers for some time now, but ahead of the Euro 2016 final, Portugal’s Ricardo Quaresma has made a play for the throne. Quaresma showed off a new ‘do that consists of a blond feather shaved into his otherwise bald head during Portugal’s training session the day before the final.
Barcelona launch misguided call to support Leo Messi’s tax fraud
Barcelona have launched a bizarre campaign to rally fans into showing support for Lionel Messi because he’s being held accountable for being guilty of tax fraud.
Messi and his father were each given a suspended sentence of 21 months in jail (meaning they won’t have to serve it) and fined a total of €3.5 million for evading millions in taxes. But apparently Barcelona feel that Messi should be above the law.
DT Exclusive: Why Marcelo Bielsa quit Lazio after two days
The enigmatic Marcelo Bielsa quit as Lazio manager just two days after the club officially announced his arrival. This obviously did not please Lazio, as they are now threatening legal action against the Argentine even though they promptly announced Simone Inzaghi (Pippo’s younger brother) would replace him.
For his part, Bielsa says “After four weeks working together with you, we could not sign any of the seven additions in the work program expressly approved by the President Claudio Lotito.” He adds that the club agreed to sign at least four of those players by July 5, but that didn’t happen, either. “For my style of work we needed to have these players arrive in a timely manner to train,” he concludes.
This, however, was not the offense that sent Bielsa over the edge. The following is a transcript of the conversation that ended his 48-hour reign.