Alexandre Lacazette is having a breakout year for Olympique Lyon in Ligue 1, the French first division. He has scored 17 goals in all competitions, far and away the most in Ligue 1, and two more than the walking legend that is Lionel Messi.
According to WhoScored.com, Lacazete is the fourth highest-rated player in the world this season, and after watching this video, you will understand why.
Head injuries are nothing to be trifled with. With all of the new information that has arisen concerning concussions and their long term effects, watching a player get knocked unconscious, or suffer any sort of trauma to the head, can be a very troubling experience.
So when the camera showed Liverpool’s Martin Skrtel on the ground on Sunday, blood pouring from his head, it was hard not to fear the worst. Replay did not help.
The Dutch Eredivisie is known for its attacking play, and this past weekend proved to be no exception. In one of the most thrilling come-from-behind wins of the season, FC Twente beat Willem II 3 to 2 Sunday.
After defender Renato Tapia was sent off with one of the softest red cards we have seen in a long time, FC Twente was down a man and a goal heading into extra time. A miracle was needed, and Jesus Corona provided the piece of play that inspired FC Twente to victory.
Leo Messi is practically Superman when it comes to scoring goals. But we think we've discovered his Kryptonite - and it's the crossbar.
This video is going to be the best 12 minutes of your day. The Premier League is touted as the best league in the world, and this video makes it hard to disagree with that. The quality of goals throughout this video is astounding.
This compilation has it all: volleys, bicycle kicks, solo runs, chip shots, thunderbastards...we could go on, but that would take away from the sheer surprise that some of these goals elicit.
You may be thinking to yourself, they couldn’t possible have 12 minutes of amazing goals, could they? Well yes. Yes they could.
The USA U-17s beat England 3-1 Friday
Cristiano Ronaldo may be the odds-on favorite to win the Ballon d’Or, but Lionel Messi is not going out without a fight.
Messi scored hat-trick and added a scoring record to the annals of his personal achievement, and he has made a habit of doing both of those things recently. Just over the weekend, Messi scored another hat-trick and broke a different scoring record. Then it was La Liga’s scoring record, now it is the Champion’s League’s all-time scoring record.
In fact, every time that Lionel Messi has broken a scoring record, he has done it while scoring a hat-trick.
After his team upset Greece in the EURO 2016 qualifiers, Faroe Islands captain Fróði Benjaminsen returned home to get back to work as a carpenter.
Mexico has beaten Holland.
That headline would have mattered so much more, oh, say, 4 months and 13 days ago, but alas, time moves on and less meaningful friendlies are played. The victory may be "meaningless" for Mexico, but who scored the goals that ensured it is anything but.
Carlos Vela is back.
This "classic" (a.k.a. old) match is either a demolition derby or a sporting event, you be the judge.
We usually get excited when a team scores 5 goals, but 31? That just seems a little selfish, doesn’t it? That, however, is exactly the number of times that Australia scored against American Somoa during a qualifying game way back in 2001.