Amazing Goals

The Player With The Greatest Name Just Scored The Greatest Goal

USL side FC Cincinnati hasn't even played a proper competitive match yet, but that hasn't stopped them from scoring an absolute worldie. In a friendly match against Icelandic side KR Reykjavik, a long ball was cleared only as far as Corben Bone (yes, that is his real name), who took it on the volley first time. The end result? Let's just say that Reykjavik were totally boned. Sorry, that was bad.

It Only Took 14 Touches For This Kid To Be Man Of The Match

14 touches; two goals; three assists. Talk about clinical. Valencia smashed Rapid Wien six-nil in the Europa League, and to say that youngster Santi Mina was on fire is akin to saying that Donald Trump is a little offputting.

South Africa Has More Swag Than Any Other Footballing Nation

The late 19th century to the end of the apartheid era in South Africa saw the rise of townships, urban living areas, built on the periphery of towns and cities. Reserved for non-whites, these sprawling and often underdeveloped slums were contrived as separate living spaces for working class and unemployed black, colored and Indian inhabitants. 

Townships were also referred to as locations or lokasie in Afrikaans. Lokasie gave way to the colloquial term kasi, a word which now encompasses the flavor and distinct style of the townships. 

Bilbao Won The Copa Del Rey...Without Playing A Single Minute Of Football

Alright class, pay attention because this is about to become very confusing stupid. Athletic Bilbao won the 1904 Copa del Rey tournament. Still with us? Good. They also happened to win it without playing a single game [insert record scratch here]. Not a single one. Not even a five-a-side in the park.

Hulk Tried To Be Tricky. This Portuguese Prodigy Shut Him Down.

We're willing to bet that most of you out there chose to watch the PSG-Chelsea game over Benfica-Zenit. Allow us to show you the ridiculous backheel tackle that you missed.

backheel tackle

That's one way to do it. Credit: abload.de

6-1 Down, This Australian Team Borrowed A Sports Movie Plot

Six-one down with less than half an hour to go. That's what confronted Queensland NPL team Gold Coast City in their match against Holland Park Hawks. Most teams would completely capitulate. They would collapse like a budget themepark, fold like a cocktail napkin, wither away like my ill-fated flower garden, and probably some other similes as well. But not this team. This team was about to mount a great comeback. 

10 Moments That Made This Soccer Weekend Awesome

What a fantastic weekend of soccer. So many brilliant goals, so many talking points. We compiled a list of ten of the best moments from the weekend, in no particular order. 

10. Dutch club walks out with lingerie models instead of kids.

Best Moments From The Weekend

The Keeper Was On The Ground. He Still Stopped The Shot From Six Yards Out

You thought Petr Cech's double save at the weekend against Bournemouth was good? Well, we may have found one that's even better. Say hello to Kaiserslautern keeper Marius Muller. In a game against FC Paderborn, Muller was called upon to make a double save. The first one was decent, pretty standard save really. But the second one... 

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