It takes a certain type of person to pull off a panenka penalty. You either need to be an artist like Andrea Pirlo, possess a samba-style flair like Neymar, or have pure uninhibited confidence and technical prowess like Ross Barkley. Hibernian's Jason Cummings has precisely none of the above, but that didn't stop him from giving it a go against Dundee United in the Scottish Cup semi-final.
In case you missed it, Liverpool versus Borussia Dortmund was pretty intense. Liverpool went 2-0 down, then 3-1 down and somehow came back to win 4-3 (5-4 on aggregate). Liverpool were doomed to exit on the away goal rule before a dramatic Dejan Lovren header sent Liverpool through to the Europa League semi-finals and sent the home fans into hysterics. Somewhere amidst the chaotic revelry was Liverpool fan Liamie Marum, who had no idea that he was about to have a Mamadou Sakho selfie surreptitously planted on his phone.
Alfie, better known as 'Ronaldog', is an untrained, naturally brilliant footballing dog that is capable of performing keepie uppies and dribbling at a blistering pace, much like his namesake Ronaldo. To put it simply, his game isn't ruff at all. He's almost Ronaldo's doggleganger.
In fact, Ronaldog has every reason for tail wagging, he's being scouted by professional clubs in England.
SoccerGrlProbs have released a new video through their YouTube channel that perfectly captures the everyday struggles of being a soccer player by using snippets of pop songs. Beyonce, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber and many others have their music repurposed in innovative and hilarious ways to illustrate the laborious effort that anyone whose ever played the game will instantly recognize.
This juggling dog has gotten a lot of publicity lately. I don’t know his name, and until this video I wasn’t sure he was based in Brazil. I didn’t even know if he was famous outside of the viral videos depicting him juggling a soccer ball. I think I can put all of those uncertainties to rest now, because GoPro has hired him and Brazilian superstar Gabriel “Gabigol” Barbosa in order to make a glorified GoPro commercial.
Everyone thought Tuesday's Champions League match between Wolfsburg and Real Madrid was exciting: fans, journalists, players, etc. One man, though, stood above the rest in freaking out about the sheer excitement of Madrid's 3-0 victory that erased a 2-0 aggregate deficit and earned them a place in the semifinals: Zinedine Zidane.
Yes, that Zidane. The same Zidane that won everything there is to win in soccer. The same Zidane who could do things with a soccer ball we hadn't seen before and haven't seen since.
Childhood friends Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez and Marco Fabian had a so-called Mexican Skype Duel, courtesy of the Bundesliga's official YouTube account. Hernandez and Fabian grew up in the Chivas Guadalajara youth system together, and have been reunited this season in the Bundesliga, at Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt respectively.
FC Cologne sporting director Jorg Schmadtke unleashed his inner schoolboy this weekend when, just after Hoffenheim scored a 90th minute equalizer against Cologne, he threw gum at Hoffenheim manager Julian Nagelsmann.
Yes you read that right. Gum. Like, the thing you chew in your mouth that either makes your breath smell better or allows you to blow bubbles with it.
This wasn't just any gum. This was what we in elementary school would refer to as "ABC gum."
Earlier this week internationally famous singing person Adele threw her support for the Premiership title behind Tottenham Hotspur.
That in and of itself is only sort of newsy, but The18 has learned that Adele's smash hit "Hello" was originally written about Spurs, and we've gotten hold of an exclusive (fake) copy of an early studio take, which we present to you here:
Adele: OK let's get started! Pip pip jiminy crumpets!