European football returned this past weekend with the start of the 2022-23 season, and we were treated to some stunning moments across the continent like Lionel Messi's bicycle kick, an insane half-volley from France and a brace for Erling Haaland on
Soccer is ever-moving. Just as soon as one season end, the next begins, and with it comes an overwhelming supply of games, moments and, most importantly, memes from the past week. Here, we make sure that you never miss a moment of the greatness that goes on in just 280 characters. This is “This Weekend On Soccer Twitter.”
With 37 matches still to play, it's time to bring the curtain down on the 2022-23 Premier League season. On the limited evidence of Matchday 1, here's how things are going to shake out over the next nine months, guaranteed.
#1. Manchester City's Going To Win The League
On Friday, Aug. 5, you'll be doing yourself a favor by turning your TV to ESPN2 and casually checking in from time to time to see what sort of madness is being broadcast now as "ESPN8: The Ocho" takes over for 24 hours of continuous programming — "If it's almost a sport, we've got it here."
The prognosis for Alexandre Lacazette was bleak. After suffering 10 wasp stings in a Dutch forest ahead of Lyon's friendly against Feyenoord on Sunday, the former Arsenal striker was sure to miss the match as he iced, applied hydrocortisone cream and took some Tylenol.
New videos have emerged confirming what we already knew to be true. Weston McKennie is him. Himothy, Himmy Neutron, to himfinity and beyond; Weston is simply that guy.
Angel Di Maria recording Weston McKennie in the dressing room
(via angeldimariajm/IG) pic.twitter.com/ox9W1OmAMX— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) July 16, 2022
La cuenta oficial del Napoli presumió el retorno de sus jugadores para el inicio de la pretemporada 2022-23. Y entre ellos estaba el mexicano Hirving Lozano, a quien compararon con un saijayín de Dragon Ball Z.
Boca Juniors volvió a quedar fuera de la Copa Libertadores, el máximo escenario del fútbol sudamericano. Esta vez, vía penales.
Como suele pasar, mientras la gran mayoría de los países del hemisferio norte preparan sus respectivo torneos y empiezan la pretemporada, la acción en Sudamérica no se detiene. Esta semana se están definiendo las series de octavos de final del torneo de clubes a nivel continental más antiguo del mundo y este martes fuimos testigos de tres de los ocho partidos de la ronda:
Back in 2019, Cruzeiro — a two-time winner of the Libertadores and four-time Brasileirão champion — suffered relegation to Série B for the first time in the club's 98-year existence.
The animosity between Argentina and Brazil is reaching a fever pitch at the perfect moment: right before the 2022 World Cup. Their only possible clash course in Qatar would see the bitter rivals meet in the semifinals, but that world-stopping event is plausible because La Albiceleste and the Seleção are as good as they've been in a long time.
The two have split the past two Copa Américas, playing out a bad-blooded semifinal in 2019 that Brazil won en route to the title while Argentina had its vengeance in the 2021 final at the Maracanã.