Han pasado casi 15 años desde la última vez que Marvin Lee respiró en este planeta. Una vez capitán de la selección nacional juvenil de Trinidad y Tobago, Lee murió a la edad de 21 años en su casa en Arima después de sufrir una lesión en el cuello que puso fin a su carrera por una colisión con la leyenda estadounidense Landon Donovan dos años antes.
For better or worse, FIFA does not stipulate an exact size for a soccer pitch. There is, in fact, a massive range of acceptable soccer pitch dimensions, from 5,000 square yards (4,050 square meters) all the way up to 13,000 square yards (10,800 square meters). While the range is smaller for professional clubs, there is still a variance that can create quite a home-field advantage.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is a man of few celebrations. That makes sense. To stay on top as long as he has, you have to be completely about the work, not the reward. However, for a guy that’s scored nearly 630 professional goals in his career, his arsenal of goal celebrations is weak.
You know a dirty game when you see one. Players go flying into tackles, things get chippy and the referee absolutely loses control of the match. Two or three red cards in a match is enough to make people cringe, but how about 36?
No, that’s not a typo — 36 red cards. In one game.
Watching a Champions League match can be exhilarating, but you know what is also exhilarating? Having fresh breath!
One Hoffenheim fan at the club's Champions League qualifier in Liverpool last week decided he couldn't have just one or the other. He needed Champions League football and fresh breath.
The offside rule is one which causes a lot of controversy in soccer: was he or wasn’t he onside? For players and refs alike, the line is blurred. This same sort of grey area and sense of uncertainty presents itself in analyzing the semantics of the word itself: is it “offside” or “offsides”?
Drum roll, please.
Demetrio Albertini enjoys a legendary status amongst those who watched AC Milan and the Italian national team in the 90s, but the midfielder’s remarkable talent isn’t widely recognized outside of that sphere. As a ball-winning midfielder that orchestrated play from deep, Albertini doesn’t have a massive highlight reel with regards to goals, although he did score a number of long-range screamers and some gorgeous free kicks.
Si alguna vez has sido víctima de un túnel o caño, sabrás que es lo más humillante que te puede pasar. Por otro lado, para aquellos que han sido objeto de este truco, eres consciente de lo sorprendentemente rápido que puedes sentirte como Neymar e imaginar fácilmente la ( a menudo inexistente) multitud enloquecida.