There was a time during Patrice Evra’s heyday at Manchester United when he was considered the best left back in the word. At 35-years-old, the Frenchman is no longer undroppable — he’s only made two appearances for Juventus this season — but he has managed to lay claim to a new title: soccer’s best Instagrammer.
Evra’s profile isn’t even six months old yet, but it already has a cool one million followers.
Jugar al fútbol universitario es el sueño de todo joven jugador en crecimiento. Ya sea por las multitudes extasiadas de la UCSB y Wake Forest o por los increíbles paisajes de Cal Poly y UNC, aquí están los 5 mejores estadios de fútbol universitario del país.
Cambiamos nuestras muñecas Barbie por pelotas de fútbol, nuestras sandalias por zapatillas y nuestros aretes por canilleras. Nosotras desarrollamos un amor muy temprano por el fútbol. Estas son solo algunas cosas que saben las chicas sobre el fútbol. Los chicos no tanto…
The pre-match team photo is so innocuous and brief that it hardly even registers when watching it take place. Like players holding the hands of little child mascots when entering the field, it's just one of those things that happens. Don't question it, don't even think about it, let's just get it over with.
The starting XI gets in two balanced rows, the players in the back drape their arms over one another and everyone stares blankly into the camera for a moment. What’s the point of the exercise? Where does the photo end up? Who’s getting any joy from this photo op?