Polish striker Adam Fraczczak just wasn’t himself out there. The guy was playing like Betty White while the opposition, Lechia Gdansk, enjoyed a 1-0 lead. His teammates were on his back, but Fraczczak just couldn't get going while his tummy rumbled.
Thankfully, on the stroke of halftime, Fraczczak’s club, Pogon Szczecin, got a lifeline by earning a penalty.
Madrid-based football journalist Sid Lowe brought a very simple realization to our attention while covering the Real Mardid vs. Legia Warsaw UEFA Champions League match last week. The 3-3 draw was played out behind closed doors in Poland after Legia fans had been found guilty of a myriad of crowd disturbances during their match against Borussia Dortmund.
After Luca Zidane's embarrassing own goal last week, we've compiled 10 of the stangest goals you will ever see. Starting with the infamous goal itself, for those who haven't seen it.
Of all the big name, designated players on show during Sunday’s Western Conference semifinal between the Colorado Rapids and LA Galaxy (Tim Howard, Jermaine Jones, Steven Gerrard, Giovani dos Santos and Robbie Keane), it was the least-celebrated DP who made the biggest difference: Swiss attacking midfielder Shkelzen Gashi.
Gashi scored his 10th goal in MLS, and it was an absolute stunner. With the Galaxy enjoying a 1-0 aggregate lead following their victory in Los Angeles in the first leg, Gashi’s 36th minute wonder goal evened the score for Colorado.
An extremely eventful week for American fullback DeAndre Yedlin ended on a high note with a brilliant assist against Cardiff City on Saturday and a call-up to the USMNT on Sunday.
Lionel Messi is hitting milestones so fast he's running out of milestones to hit.
In Barcelona's 2-1 win against Sevilla Sunday, Messi scored his 500th goal in a Barcelona shirt (friendlies included).
This Messi guy is decent (via @beINSPORTSUSA) https://t.co/bqM57szm20
— SB Nation Soccer (@SBNationSoccer) November 6, 2016
Zlatan hasn't scored many goals lately, but the ones he has scored have been special. The Manchester United striker scored the 25,000th goal in Premier League history in a 3-1 win against Swansea Sunday.
Here's Premier League goal number 25,000:
I AM ZLATAN!! The star striker doubles @ManUtd's lead with a brilliant goal. https://t.co/90bRLep0gR
A meeting between fourth and sixth in the English Premier League was entirely one-sided, Chelsea hammering Everton 5-0 and climbing to the summit of the EPL.
Eden Hazard, just recently named the PFA’s Fans’ Player of the Month for October, was in devastating form for the home side. His opening goal in the 19th minute was a sweet finish inside the far post.
Research from Wake Forest University in 2011 showed that female soccer players are half as likely as men to flop and fake an injury during a match, and this video featuring Barcelona’s Barbara Latorre demonstrates just that.
Friday's game between Hertha Berlin and Borussia Monchengladbach was filled with fouls, cards and injuries. Salomon Kalou led his team to victory by scoring three goals, continuing his fine form since leaving Chelsea.
Salomon Kalou bagged a hatrick tonight against Monchengladbach.
Still got it.. pic.twitter.com/xEubBYXofD— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) November 4, 2016