England won its penultimate World Cup tune-up with a 2-1 victory over Nigeria on Saturday at Wembley Stadium. But the win was marred by an indefensible Raheem Sterling dive early in the second half.
The first-half performance was strong for the Three Lions, though they faded a bit in the second half as Nigeria sought a result. London-based players scored all three goals in the match.
It’s been entirely too long since a footballer pretended to be seal out on the pitch, but thanks to Corinthians’ Angel Romero, a 25-year-old winger from Paraguay, we now have another seal-inspired tekkers video to watch for the next 12 years.
That’s how long it’s been since the original gangster seal footballer Kerlon established himself as one of YouTube’s first viral sensations. Then playing for Cruzeiro and the Brazilian U-17 side, Kerlon was impossibly talented at flicking the ball onto his own head before running at the defense.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is confident. You may not have known this, but it is true. He thinks very highly of himself, that Zlatan. So it comes as no surprise that the Zlatan Jimmy Kimmel appearance celebrating the Swede's move to Los Angeles and subsequent heroics in El Trafico involved quite a lot of Zlatan saying things like "I put Sweden on the map" and "I know there are a lot of earthquakes in Los Angeles. This one was me stepping in Los Angeles."