Tag: Dirty Tackle

DTotD: Fred punches opponent in the back of the head, gets sent off

Remember Fred, the scapegoat for all of Brazil’s problems at the 2014 World Cup up until Neymar was murdered by Colombia? Well, he decided to release his pent-up frustration on the back of an opponent’s head during a cup tie between Fluminense and Atletico-PR.

While a teammate tied his shoe during preparations for a free kick, Fred viciously punched Paranaense defender Leo in the head, knocking him to the ground.

The referee showed Fred a red card (he also sent off Leo, for reasons that remain unclear) and Flu went on to lose 1-0. So that’s what Fred’s up to these days.

This has been the Dirty Tackle of the Day: a chronicling of unfortunate events. 

Thanks to Ryan Lloyd for the tip!

Emmanuel Adebayor vows to Google his new club

(Crystal Palace)
(Crystal Palace)

Emmanuel Adebayor has signed a six-month deal with Crystal Palace after having his Spurs contract terminated in September, and the enigmatic striker has wasted no time in demonstrating the ambivalence that left him without a club for four months.

Speaking to Palace’s official website, Adebayor was a bit too honest when he said, “I don’t know much about the club but it’s better to learn so I’ll be going on Google and finding out more about them.”

Obviously he’s just been far too busy not playing football to Google his new club before signing.

He added: “Whatever the team want to achieve I will follow them.” Because, again, that’s not something one would think to ask about before facing a series of interviews.

Anyway, the chances of Emmanuel Adebayor Googling “Crystal Palace” within the next six months are about as slim as him receiving a warm reception at the Emirates when Palace visit in April.

Dimitar Berbatov interviewed himself for his Facebook page

(Dimitar Berbatov/Facebook)
(Dimitar Berbatov/Facebook)

We haven’t heard much from our old friend Dimitar Berbatov (a.k.a. …The Continental…) since he joined Greek club PAOK last summer. He’s scored five goals in 19 appearances, but he was also shown his first red card in 14 years for elbowing an opponent in the head after coming off the bench on Sunday. So, naturally, he has followed this incident up by interviewing himself for his Facebook page. Seriously. This is something he has actually done for real.

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Wesley Sneijder put his baby in the Champions League trophy because he can

This is it. The most adorable use for the Champions League trophy imaginable. We can only hope that UEFA sees a chance at monetization here and starts producing replica Champions League trophy baby carrying devices for the common parent.

If it continued… (Arsenal v Chelsea)

Arsenal found a way to lose to Chelsea yet again, extending their scoreless streak in league matches against the Blues to over nine hours in the process. An 18th-minute Per Mertesacker red card and a 23rd-minute Diego Costa goal proved too much for them to overcome, even though Chelsea made it look like it was 10v10 in the second half. Given this near even battle between a club having a terrible season and a club that only plays like they are when they get too close to first place, we had to ask “What if it continued?”

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Jurgen Klopp breaks his glasses celebrating Liverpool winner

Liverpool won 5-4 at Norwich on an Adam Lallana goal in the fifth minute of added time after the home side equalized in the second minute of added time. It was a match that will go down as one of the best of the season and Jurgen Klopp celebrated as such, getting right in the middle of the Liverpool players’ celebratory mosh pit.

Of course, as anyone who wears glasses will tell you, this was never going to end well for his spectacles. And it didn’t. A flailing Christian Benteke hand accidentally knocked Klopp’s glasses off his face, breaking them in the process.

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