Joel Campbell has always been my greatest muse at The18, from polls wondering if he’s CONCACAF’s next big thing to tales of Arsenal sending him out on loan seven times to conjectures over whether he’ll be able to eclipse Kristine Lilly’s all-time in
Patterns of play dictate how an attack goes about breaking down a defense. Whether it’s neat passing triangles to keep possession, an overload to gain the numerical advantage or a cross-field switch to disrupt a static backline, these predetermined moves are all integral to match-winning play.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been at the top of the game so damn long that it’s impossible to remember it otherwise. His first Ballon d’Or was 13 years ago while he’d already claimed the Premier League Player of the Season the year before that, so for many millennials he’s been king for half a lifetime.
But there wasn’t always a consensus around what sort of footballer he’d become, mainly because of the singular uniqueness of his early stylings.
Víctor Vucetich obtuvo una vida extra al mando de Chivas, el último sábado, luego de que el Rebaño Sagrado consiguiera una trabajada victoria por 2-1 ante el Necaxa.
La historia, sin embargo, pudo haber sido totalmente diferente si en el minuto 25, cuando el marcador aún estaba 0-0, Alejandro Zendejas no hubiera volado el penal que entonces favoreció a los Rayos.
¡LA VOLÓ!
Alejandro Zendejas remató de pierna izquierda y lo manda a la tribuna
Since arriving in 2019, there's been an unreasonable amount of matches in which Antoine Griezmann’s most memorable contribution is a piece of tracking back and putting in defensive work. He’s basically like a $142 million Blaise Matuidi.
En medio de las actividades relacionadas con el Juego de Estrellas, la Liga MX y la MLS se enfrentaron en el tradicional desafío de habilidades. El triunfo quedó en manos de la Liga MX, no solo en lo técnico, sino que también a la hora de dar espectáculo.
De hecho, los jugadores de la Liga MX fueron protagonistas de la mayoría de los momentos más comentados de la jornada, los cuales compilamos aquí:
To Poland’s Ekstraklasa we go for a goal that’s sort of like Zlatan Ibrahimović’s legendary individual strike for Ajax against NAC Breda, except if all of those drags, cuts and rolls were performed against one hapless defender.
On Saturday, Wisła Kraków defeated Górnik Łęczna 3-1 with the game-winner ultimately belonging to Yaw Yeboah. It was a goal fit to win any game.
Matías Zaracho and Atletico Mineiro booted River Plate out of the Copa Libertadores in style Wednesday night. This Zaracho goal vs. River Plate was the opening strike of the game and is one of the best seen in 2021 so far.
A silky move from Hulk, the Chinese Super League legend, gave him space to cross it in toward Zaracho, who pulled off one of the most amazing goals ever seen.
WHAT A GOAL!
With the Premier League kicking off this past weekend, soccer is almost back in full form around the world. As some top clubs had unreal losses, others shocked us with a win. There were numerous winners and losers from the first week of action back in the Premier League.
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This would be a preposterous goal in any situation and in any country on the planet, but the fact that this is a 93rd-minute game-winner in the Eredivisie only adds to the mystique of what you’re about to see.
The Netherlands’ top division began play this weekend with Groningen traveling to newly promoted Cambuur. The visitors opened the scoring through Ahmed El Messaoudi, but Robin Maulun responded for the home team with 22 minutes to play.