Amazing

LONDON — Arsenal's fans had waited nine long months to return to the club's north London stadium but the 2,000 people sprinkled across the red seats had to wait only nine minutes to enjoy the thrill of celebrating a goal in the flesh again on Thursday.

Appropriately, it was Frenchman Alexandre Lacazette who struck the opener in a 4-1 victory over Rapid Vienna — the same player who 272 days earlier had scored the winner against West Ham United, days before the COVID-19 pandemic swept in.

After 10 years, the Mewis sisters are still supplying superb content to U.S. Soccer’s YouTube channel. This Mewis sisters quiz remake is easily the best reboot since the Lion King. 

These kids won't have to worry about missing out on playing soccer during a second lockdown - after their dad turned their back garden into a pro football pitch. Carl Dooley forked out £7,000 on transforming the family's back garden into a 3G football pitch - complete with floodlights, bespoke graffiti panels, and a professional astroturf surface for his kids to play on. Wife Hayley was left fuming when he initially told her he wanted to bulldoze the couple's patio and garden at their home in Redditch, Worcs.

Matthew McConaughey, minority owner of incoming MLS club Austin FC and Texan renaissance man, appeared on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert this week to drink bourbon and talk about watching Survivor. While CBS aired a lengthy interview, an unaired segment posted to YouTube the next day showed what we really wanted to see: a Matthew McConaughey Austin FC starting XI of Austinites.

Pizza, pasta, wine, espresso, gelato — and now this Lorenzo Insigne assist vs Bosnia and Herzegovina. Italy truly is home to some of the most delicious dishes in the world. 

Italy went into Wednesday needing a win over already relegated Bosnia in Sarajevo to ensure qualification for the Nations League Finals. Andrea Belotti put the Azzurri on track for all three points in the 22nd minute. But the finish was pure lava Hot Pocket waste compared to the sublime brick-oven pizza that was Insigne’s assist.

Time waits for no one at FC Barcelona, but there’s a feeling in Catalonia that this squad — the club’s youngest in the last decade — has an incredibly promising core of young talent centered around the likes of Ansu Fati, Francisco Trincão and Sergiño Dest.