Louis van Gaal is either a genius or just another kid that wants to put the winger with 5 star skill moves at striker in FIFA. Only time will tell.
Van Gaal has come out and said that he plans to play new acquisition Memphis Depay at striker next year, and that doing so is more than a reaction to the departures of Radamel Falcao and Robin van Persie.
Every season MLS puts together a squad of the best players in the league, as well as a group of homegrown players to take on some of the worlds best clubs. In the hodgepodge mixture of players from around the country, it is their opportunity to showoff their talents on a national stage.
Can’t wait for Eden Hazard to return to Stamford Bridge as reigning champion? Or Lionel Messi to break more records than anyone thought possible? Well look no further, Guinness and the International Champions Cup have you covered from July 'til August with top-flight clubs from multiple leagues battling in North America for the Champions Cup as they prepare for their domestic seasons.
“The question of our times” is often thrown around at bars, universities, and kitchen tables between drunks, scholars, friends, and you and me. It might might take different forms, but its nature is always the same: it’s a question that we all have an answer to, but to which there is no real answer.
There isn’t really a universal question of our times, but there are specific ones in specific areas. In football, there is no debate about what that question is: Messi or Ronaldo, who is better?
Messi f***s people up. He runs around a pitch for 90 minutes and performs acts of greatness with a ball at his feet until he makes entire stadiums chant his name, and what’s left in his wake is the stuff of YouTube legend. I don’t think there’s a more viral athlete in the world than Lionel Messi; he might be the first of all time.
The man destroys people, and then the world makes fun of them.
For those of you who don't believe in silver linings, here's a story for you:
A girl was partying in Las Vegas when a tragedy befell her. She lost her phone.
Two days later, the phone was picked up by none other than Cristiano Ronaldo, who contacted the damsel in distress and brought her her phone.
Marcelo is one of the top two left-backs in the world. He and David Alaba are fighting it out for the crown right now, even though Alaba has been deployed everywhere this side of striker by Pep Guardiola for Bayern Munich. The thing is, Marcelo has a major handicap: he plays against Lionel Messi, who primarily attacks the left side of defenses.
Where to even begin.
You expected this to be at #1. Either that or you don’t know much about soccer, because this really probably should have been at #1, but bear with us.
You might not have known this, but James Milner is a social media star.
I've just peeled a banana that looked fine but when I peeled it it was bruised which is funny because it looked fine before I peeled it.
— Boring James Milner (@BoringMilner) June 16, 2015
Joining Vidic during that 2011 Champions League Final was Nani, who loves dancing on the ball as if he were playing Dance Dance Revolution. The problem back then was that he didn’t really have much of a chance to dance because, well, Barcelona always had the ball, and let’s just say his defense lacks the same enthusiasm.
In the lead up to Barcelona’s third goal, Nani was Manchester United’s first line of defense. It didn’t go well.