We all remember Nigel de Jong's kung-fu kick over Xabi Alonso's chest in the 2010 World Cup. Well, in Uruguay, there was a very similar play last weekend but 10 times worse. So bad that the player fouled is in the hospital and could lose one of his kidneys.
No kidding.
It has unfortunately become more common seeing referees around the world be assaulted and harassed for doing nothing less than their job. This time, it happened in Ecuador.
In Saturday’s LigaPro game between Macará and Aucas, Héctor Lautaro Chiriboga, Macará’s goalkeeper coach, punched the referee, Álex Cejas, after he went to the VAR and called a penalty for the visitors in the last minute of the game.
Chiriboga confronted him, got the red, pushed him to the ground, got held back, separated and still thought it was a good idea to punch him. Absolutely deplorable.
Fútbol champagne y goles para todos los gustos. América humilló a Cruz Azul en el Estadio Azteca con un ¡7-0! que se convirtió en la mayor goleada en la historia del Clásico Joven.
Sí, ¡SIETE - CERO!
Las Águilas se encontraron con un equipo que venía con la moral baja – tres derrotas consecutivas – y al verlo como zombie desde el primer minuto, no le tuvo un gramo de piedad.
Fue un concierto coral y cuya máxima expresión fue el hecho de que los siete goles los hicieron siete jugadores diferentes.
History has been made in USL League One. Just 26 seconds into their match against North Carolina FC, Union Omaha goalkeeper Kevin Piedrahita scored off a punt from his own box.
Hamburger SV forward Aaron Opoku was sent off during his team’s 2-1 defeat to Darmstadt on Friday after he lashed out at an opponent.
With his side trailing 2-0 in the 64th minute but up a man, Opoku was starting an attack for Hamburger. Darmstadt’s Fabian Holland couldn’t slow down Opoku and as a last resort he grabbed onto the forward’s shorts and held on for dear life.
Opoku was pissed. Royally pissed. What happened next is a quick lesson on how to get all your teammates to dislike you.
La comisión disciplinaria de la Liga MX hizo lo que moralmente estaba obligada a hacer y borró la escandalosa tarjeta roja que recibió el arquero Sebastián Jurado en la derrota de Cruz Azul ante Toluca, habilitándolo así para el próximo duelo de La Máquina ante Xolos.
La polémica expulsión del arquero – que significó el penal con que los Diablos Rojos lograron el triunfo en el último minuto de juego – ha estado en el centro del debate. Tanto por lo absurdo de la decisión, como también por ser un ejemplo del mal momento que vive el referato en México y lo mal que se usa el VAR.
Two games into the season, Liverpool is already four points behind Manchester City. A second straight draw to open the season has Jürgen Klopp’s side well off the pace, and if he wants to place blame, he need look no further than the Darwin Núñez red card against Crystal Palace.
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel and his Tottenham Hotspur counterpart Antonio Conte have been charged by the Football Association (FA) following their confrontation after Sunday's heated Premier League draw at Stamford Bridge.
The first "big six" meeting of the Premier League season couldn't have been scripted any better Sunday afternoon with Chelsea and Tottenham playing to a riotous 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge in a match that featured two bangers, a 90+6' equalizer, a bench-clearing scuffle and red cards for both managers.
Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte squared off twice, including after full-time when Tuchel took Conte's hand in a vice-like grip and started pecking away at the Italian's hair transplant with the bill of his hat.
After all the Barcelona transfer and registration drama this summer it culminated in a 0-0 draw with Rayo Vallecano at the Spotify Camp Nou on Saturday. Barcelona went all out this summer signing stars like Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and more just to be shutout at home.
Barça manager Xavi must’ve had a nightmare of a week preparing for Saturday’s home opener. He didn’t even know if Lewandowski, Raphinha, Andreas Christensen, Franck Kessié, Sergi Roberto or Ousmane Dembélé would be available for the game until Friday night.