The adventures of Carlos Vela have taken a potentially serious turn for the worse.
Carlos Vela skipped training today. Oh boy. https://t.co/1WPzwITJPc
— Nayib Morán (@nayibmoran) March 7, 2016
The life of a backup goalkeeper is one of waiting. Waiting for a chance. Most coaches play their number one goalkeepers in the vast majority of matches, restricting backups to lower-level cup matches and a lot of sitting on the bench. For Memo Ochoa, those days are over, at least temporarily.
Two years later, the moment has come for Memo Ochoa. https://t.co/XbzsjRaGWy
As a central defender, Real Sociedad and Mexico National Team player Diego Reyes doesn't find himself in front of the other team's goal very often. That means when he does get into scoring position, he has to make his opportunities count.
Reyes was afforded one such opportunity Sunday in Real Sociedad's La Liga clash against Levante. He knew exactly what to do with it.
Real Madrid absolutely demolished Celta Vigo on Saturday. Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals as Real cruised to a comfortable 7-1 victory. Celta Vigo visited the Santiago Bernabeu near the top of the La Liga table, in sixth place and trailing Villarreal by 11 points in the race for a coveted Champions League spot.
Cristiano Ronaldo broke a few records today and Spanish giants, Los Blancos crushed Celta de Vigo 7 - 1. With Real Madrid's hopes at a La Liga title quickly dwindling, Madrid fans were getting restless and booing the sloppy play of Ronaldo in the first half. When the 2nd half started, Ronaldo was a new man and scored 4 goals in 26 minutes. His second one was an absolute screamer from 30 yards out. Ronaldo moved into 2nd in the all time scoring chart for La Liga and also became the fastest player in Europe to score 350 goals for one club.
Every Barcelona goal is beautiful. The team effort and crisp passing allowed for the La Liga leading giants to easily defeat Rayo Vallecano. Of the 5 goals scored, Lionel Messi's hat trick proved to the highlight in a lop sided match. Rayo Vallecano finished the game with 9 men as Diego Llorente and Manuel Iturra were given straight red cards in the 42nd and 67th minute, respectively. Messi's hat trick in the run of play was a tribute to Barcelona's possession dominance and his intelligence to be in the right place at the right time.
With Pep Guardiola coming to Manchester City, so too must come the media storm of transfer rumours. It feels like pretty much every player who has ever been somewhat associated with Guardiola has been linked with a move to the Sky Blues in the past month and Gerard Pique is no exception. However, the veteran Barca defender had some surprising words to say in that regard.
"My love for Manchester United is too great for me to sign for City," said Pique. "Even though Pep is a great coach."
Lionel Messi can score incredible goals in so many ways it's almost unfair. You forget how many tools he has until he brings them out.
For example, we don't typically think of Messi as a free kick specialist, and then he goes and scores an absurd bender like the one he had against Sevilla Sunday.
This past week Cristiano Ronaldo scored yet another goal in the Champions League. It was his 12th goal in seven such games this year, and his 89th goal in the competition all time — effectively breaking and extending his own Champions League goal-scoring record.
35 years old is a heck of an age for a professional footballer to be. It’s old, in the world of football at least, but at the same time it’s really not. No one in their right minds would look at a 35-year-old and say they are past it outside of the world of sports. It’s a cut throat young man’s game, always has been, always will be. That’s why when 35 year-old Aritz Aduriz’s best goals of 2016 look like this, it’s a big deal.
First was this bicycle kick against Eibar back in January.