Tag: Dirty Tackle

Arsenal players photobomb unsuspecting fans over and over again

Proving Roy Keane wrong when he said that Arsenal players were only interested in selfies, the video above shows that they’re also interested in appearing in other people’s photos too.

As part of the club’s kit launch, pictures of fans wearing their new gear were taken, but what they didn’t know was that a group of their favorite players were hiding behind them, ready to jump out and pose as the photos were being taken.

They did this over and over again, and the players appeared to genuinely enjoy themselves as they did it. Perhaps none more than Olivier Giroud and Petr Cech.

The fans’ surprise upon realizing what was going on is pretty special.

Falcao’s ongoing career is a shared hallucination we are all perpetuating

For the last two years, the once exceptional Radamel Falcao has been a ghost floating through Manchester United, the Colombian national team, and now Chelsea. His utterly forgettable appearance in the second half of the Community Shield was a continuation of his goalless Copa America (in which he was replaced by Jackson Martinez for the quarterfinal, even though he was the team’s captain) and his disappointing season with Man United (in which he was dropped to the U-21 squad at one point).

Though there have been many high profile strikers who have suffered long periods of vanishing form, few have been anywhere near as anonymous as Falcao has been during this period. He hasn’t had the spectacular misses of Fernando Torres or the controversies of Mario Balotelli. It’s almost like he’s not even there. And that’s because he isn’t.

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Cristiano Ronaldo goes unnoticed as bearded street performer in Madrid

A few months back, paparazzi photos of Cristiano Ronaldo disguised as a bearded street performer in Madrid were released, but there was no explanation as to why he was doing it. Obviously it was to promote some kind of product and not to fulfill his lifelong dream of being a bearded street performer, and now we know it was for his new line of headphones and speakers…because they’re so expensive that you’ll have to supplement your income with street performances to afford them? I don’t know.

The video above shows what Ronaldo went through that day — from getting into his costume to trying to get people to pay attention to him. He even asked a woman for her phone number and she flatly denied him.

After enduring only occasional interest from passers by for some time, bearded Ronaldo found a young boy willing to kick the ball around with. It was then that he removed his disguise and all the people who tried to ignore him all afternoon suddenly swarmed him.

The kid’s stunned reaction to realizing who he was kicking the ball with is pretty great, though.

Racing fans throw cheeseburger at Belgrano goalkeeper, who picks it up and eats it

Usually when rival fans throw objects at players, it’s potentially dangerous, but in one Argentina Primera Division match, it was delicious and/or gross. A disgruntled Racing supporter threw a cheeseburger in the direction of Belgrano goalkeeper Juan Olave during Sunday’s match between the two sides. But instead of complaining or tossing the meat missile aside, he picked it up and took a bite.

After the initial bite, Olave gestured as if to thank the crowd for the mid-game snack, then he took another bite before placing the mangled burger beside the goal post.

The match ended 0-0 and Olave is almost certainly dead from food poisoning right now.

Jose Mourinho narrowly avoids Arsene Wenger, throws runners-up medal into the crowd after Community Shield

It took 14 tries, but Arsene Wenger finally beat Jose Mourinho, albeit in the Community Shield by a score of 1-0. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain gave Arsenal the lead in the 24th minute and Wenger then beat Mourinho with his own game plan by parking the bus for the remainder of the match while Petr Cech made several fine saves to retain a clean sheet against his former club.

After Chelsea collected their runners-up medals, Mourinho, who came to Wembley dressed for a training session at a high school while Wenger opted for a more formal look, waited at the bottom of the steps for the Arsenal players. Read more

NYCFC fans mark Frank Lampard’s debut with “I love Lamp” banner

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Frank Lampard finally made his NYCFC debut a year after first being unveiled by the new MLS club, coming off the bench in the 69th minute of their 3-2 loss to Montreal. Despite the confusion and lies that led to him playing a full season for sister club Man City before reaching this day, the New York fans showed there were no hard feelings with an “I love Lamp” banner, expressing both their support of the former England international and their love of Anchorman character Brick Tamland.

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Palermo’s Mudo Vazquez pulls off a triple nutmeg that would make Messi jealous

Palermo midfielder Mudo Vazquez put on a show in his side’s friendly against third division club Lumezzane.

The Argentina born Italian international netmegged one player twice — first going backwards, then forwards. That alone was enough to make everyone in attendance experience a spontaneous orgasm of the eyeballs, but he wasn’t done. He continued the run and nutmegged a second defender, who appeared to be incapacitated by witnessing the devastation wrought on his teammate, and only snapped out of it in time to foul Vazquez and end his soul snatching reign of terror.

Palermo went on to win 4-0. Jerome Boateng, meanwhile, is suddenly feeling a bit better about himself.