https://www.youtube.com/embed/90bkLu_bmfw The AFC U-16 Championship brings us both the greatest goalkeeper goal and worst goalkeeper attempt at a save in the same moment. Uzbekistan beat North Korea 3–1 thanks in part to Jasurbek Umrzakov scoring from inside his own box because his North Korean counterpart Jang “Definitely Not Manuel Neuer” Paek-ho suffered from a bout …
https://www.youtube.com/embed/-TywtbX4dGU To promote the upcoming release of Godzilla Resurgence in Japan, a person in a Godzilla costume attempted a penalty with its tail before a J-League match between Kawasaki Frontale and FC Toyko over the weekend. With Kawasaki Frontale’s dolphin mascot in goal, the spinning tail-whip shot failed, leaving the job up to co-star Hiroki …
Demba Ba followed the money to the Chinese Super League in 2015 and has scored 29 goals in 37 appearances for Shanghai Shenhua since. During a match against Shanghai SIPG on Sunday, Ba suffered a horrific leg break (that we will not be showing here, because it’s awful) — an injury his manager fears could end his …
(@cctvnews) Devastating floods have killed more than 180 people in China, according to the BBC, causing widespread damage in the Guizhou and Hubei provinces. Mingtang Stadium in the city of Ezhou was affected in surreal fashion as the torrential rains filled the football ground like a giant above-ground swimming pool. Given the seriousness of the …
(JEF United) Japanese second division club JEF United Ichihara Chiba are celebrating their 25th anniversary with a legends match against Tokyo Verdy and both clubs will wear special kits that should make goal celebrations a little extra enjoyable. Since JEF United’s mascot is an Akita Inu, the club will wear a dog themed kit. (JEF …
https://www.youtube.com/embed/lIDAXrjjXe8 Everything we know about science has been rendered meaningless with one free kick from the Malaysian Super League. Penang midfielder Faiz Subri scored from considerable distance with a shot that might have opened up a wormhole to another dimension as it swerved into the goal. This goal raises many important questions like “Is magic …
https://www.youtube.com/embed/h8B9GP0LUcQ Xavi left Barcelona at the end of last season having won more trophies than any other Spanish footballer in history. He could have retired as a one-club legend and gone out with a treble-winning season, but he chose to follow the money to Qatar and join Al Sadd on a multi-year deal. The move …
(Guangzhou Evergrande) Chinese Super League clubs have used the winter transfer window to break Asian spending records on a near daily basis. And unlike most other leagues outside the European elite looking for rapid growth, they’re doing it by snagging valuable players in their primes from top clubs rather than stars pushing back retirement or …
Just six months after moving to Milan in an €8 million deal, Luiz Adriano was the subject of a €14 million agreement between Milan and Jiangsu Suning. With Chinese Super League clubs throwing around increasingly ridiculous sums of money for seemingly random players, this development wasn’t all that surprising, especially since Milan are developing a …
https://www.youtube.com/embed/zKJ_wyHJyVI Barcelona have arrived in Japan for the Club World Cup and eight-year-old Koshiro Yamashita welcomed them by belting out the club’s anthem at a training session while standing in the middle of a group of children. It was so adorable that it probably made Gerard Pique spontaneously bleed everywhere. Koshiro did a truly spectacular …
