The air was thinner across Mexico this last weekend. Or at least that's what you'll think after watching the following absolutely amazing long-range goals.
A screamer is always exciting. There is something about watching the ball travel at full speed through the air and then piercing the net.
In Liga MX, this kind of goal is infrequent.
It’s still early days at the 2018 Copa America Femenina (which also serves as CONMEBOL qualifying for the 2019 Women’s World Cup), but six-time champion Brazil has reinforced its status as the favorite with opening victories against Argentina (3-1) and Ecuador (8-0).
Was it meant to be a cross?
Probably.
Do we care?
No.
Does Christian Pulisic care?
Also no.
The American international opened the scoring for Borussia Dortmund against Stuttgart Sunday with this very silly thing:
It may have been a cross, but he'll take it!
In the 70th minute of Sunday's match against Chelsea, trailing 1-0, West Ham manager David Moyes subbed on Chicharito Hernandez. In the 73rd minute, the Little Pea got free in the box and scored the equalizer.
CHICHARITO! A proper hammer blow! #CHEWHU pic.twitter.com/o1zk9CaFXS
Over the years, we have been privileged enough to see some unforgettable Lionel Messi comebacks.
The Argentinean star has lead both his club FC Barcelona and Argentina to some epic turnovers that nobody even dared to dream of.
There is something about comebacks. They're just so dramatic, so nerve wrecking.
There is simply nothing better than overcoming all the odds and a hefty deficit to make the taste of glory even sweeter.
Here is a compilation of Messi's greatest comebacks in his career playing for club and country.
You have to feel a little bad for Leganes. No one was going to stop Lionel Messi on Saturday. You also have to feel bad for anyone who doesn’t like Ray Hudson, because he was in full form as well. Barcelona inched closer to the LaLiga title with a 3-1 win over Leganes at the Camp Nou thanks to a Lionel Messi hat trick.
The Blaugrana moved 12 points above Atletico Madrid, which plays rival Real Madrid on Sunday.
Poor Leganes tried everything to slow Messi down, but, as is often the case, it was just Messi’s day.
Hirving Lozano's nickname Chucky invokes images of the creepy redheaded doll of horror film fame and after Saturday he’ll be haunting the nightmares of AZ Alkmaar keeper Marco Bizot.
Lozano, a Mexico international, used his speed and hustle to score the second goal in the midst of PSV Eindhoven scoring three goals in five minutes for a 3-2 win on Saturday in the Eredivisie.
Lozano’s goal was his 15th of his debut season with PSV, pulling him to within one of league-leader Fran Sol. It came in the 76th minute.
You can take the USMNT out of the World Cup, but you can’t take the World Cup out of the USMNT ... or something. We might not be creating any new memories in Russia, but at least we’ve got some historical moments that're always worth revisiting. I’m talking about the 2002 World Cup team.
The team’s run to the quarterfinals of that competition was no fluke — they didn’t Portugal Euro 2016 themselves into the history books.