Thursday, November 15, 2012

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• Independiente fans throw firecracker at rival goalkeeper
• Moody Swansea mascot earns photographer Shot of the Season award
• Eric Cantona wants Manchester United manager’s job, rolls out new bizarre fish-related quote
• Chilean striker kung-fu kicks goalkeeper in horrific assault
• Neymar skies penalty for Brazil
• Arsenal vs Tottenham best bets – The derby that’s always a classic
• FIFA reveals nominations for the Puskas Award 2012
• Video: Paraglider lands on an Ecuadorian player during warm-up
• Top 10 conclusions: Sweden 4-2 England
• GIF It: Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s incredible overhead kick (Sweden 4-2 England)

Independiente fans throw firecracker at rival goalkeeper Posted: 15 Nov 2012 05:18 AM PST Yes it is South America. And so yes, we should expect a degree of the mental, but surely this has to stop? Independiente hosted Belgrano last night, and with their side struggling in the Apertura and losing the game 1-0 at half time, home fans decided to take matters into their own hands. They threw [...]

Moody Swansea mascot earns photographer Shot of the Season award Posted: 15 Nov 2012 03:42 AM PST A pint-sized Swansea mascot who wasn’t very impressed at being left out of a team huddle by his heroes has helped a photographer to win an award. Tom Jenkins, a photographer for the Guardian and the Observer, won the Barclays Shot of the Season award after capturing the humorous moment ahead of the Swans’ match [...]

Eric Cantona wants Manchester United manager’s job, rolls out new bizarre fish-related quote Posted: 15 Nov 2012 03:26 AM PST Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has revealed he would like to replace Sir Alex Ferguson as the Red Devils’ manager – and he unleashed a new nonsensical fish-themed metaphor to mark the occasion. Famed for his talk of seagulls, trawlers and sardines, the Frenchman again took to the seas to explain that he wants the [...]

Chilean striker kung-fu kicks goalkeeper in horrific assault Posted: 15 Nov 2012 02:24 AM PST Last week we brought you news that Zlatan Ibrahimovic had been sent off for a flying kick on the St Etienne goalkeeper, but at least with that one there was a ball in the vicinity. For Gaston Cellerino of Union La Calera, that excuse ain’t gonna wash. After the striker was sent off for a [...]

Neymar skies penalty for Brazil Posted: 15 Nov 2012 02:09 AM PST Neymar may pretty much have things going his own way, with the world’s largest clubs fighting over his future and being nominated for the Puskas Award (which he won last year), but football has a lovely way of bringing you down back to earth. And so it transpired during Brazil v Colombia, when the young [...]

Arsenal vs Tottenham best bets – The derby that’s always a classic Posted: 15 Nov 2012 01:54 AM PST Tottenham Hotspur make the short trip across north London to the Emirates this Saturday lunchtime for what is recognised as one of the fiercest local rivalries worldwide, and this will be the first selection I make on the Betfred Goals Galore coupon this Saturday, for reasons I'll explain… We have been treated to some spectacular [...]

FIFA reveals nominations for the Puskas Award 2012 Posted: 15 Nov 2012 01:23 AM PST FIFA has released its list of nominations for the fourth edition of its Puskas Award, rewarding the player who it believes has scored the greatest goal in the past year. The goals are as follows: Agyemang Badu – for Ghana against Guinea, 1 February Hatem Ben Arfa – for Newcastle against Blackburn, 7 January Radamel [...]

Video: Paraglider lands on an Ecuadorian player during warm-up Posted: 15 Nov 2012 12:54 AM PST Bizarre scenes from the warm-up ahead of a match between Ecuadorian sides LDU Quito and Barcelona Sporting Club. The players were preparing for the match while fans were due to be treated to seeing some paragliders landings in the stadium. Unfortunately, one of them managed to land on Argentine striker Claudio Bieler. This brilliant video [...]

Top 10 conclusions: Sweden 4-2 England Posted: 15 Nov 2012 12:45 AM PST 1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has obviously cleared the paperjam that was stopping him ‘performing against English sides’. It’s safe to say he performed last night. 2. His spectacular fourth goal was something else. You know that’s the case when you see England fans applauding an opposition goal. 3. But it did ruin a thousand Zlat-trick headlines. [...]

GIF It: Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s incredible overhead kick (Sweden 4-2 England) Posted: 15 Nov 2012 12:15 AM PST Steven Gerrard said it was the greatest goal he’d ever seen live, England fans in the stadium were reduced to slack jaws and polite applause and OTP made a slightly strange noise we’d not made before – Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s fourth goal against England was pretty special. Via 101GG

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