Michel Alves – stand down
If you haven’t seen this already, you really need to. Poor old Michel Alves of Brazilian Serie B side Criciuma makes a routine save… And then does this.
Stand down, that man.
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Diego Maradona’s plays for Brazil???
At first it appears our friend from Argentina has traded nations, but don’t worry… he’s just selling some rubbish Brazilian fizzy drink. Thank god
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Pubcast #90: Pop ‘n’ Lock
It might be the close season but our Pubcast team still found plenty to discuss in this week’s landmark show – with the “Pop n Lock” dance move proving such a revelation the boys just had to give it a try before watching Gabon at Wembley! From the positive performance of Team GB (male and female) through to the more sombre topics surrounding Gillingham and Portsmouth… Show #90 has got it all. This week…
• Italia ’90 youngsters
• Gabon v South Korea, BIG MATCH preview!
• Olympics round-up
• David Platt overhead kick!
• Jackie Chan – Man City supporter
• Mark McCammon’s/Gillingham racial discrimination case
• Pompey crisis
• Mirror Fantasy Football – Pubcast League
• A Ferrari on fire
• Sinclair brothers
• Rio the tweet
• Newcastle sign someone Good
• Brechin vs Rangers
• Western Sydney Wanderers
• Naughty boys of the week
• Man Utd shirt deal
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Rivaldo… Still going at 40
On the subject of ageless footballers, Rivaldo is still plying his trade over in Angola – and, at least I’d like to think anyway, he’s still going simply for the love of the game. Here he is scoring a hat-trick for his club Kabuscorp, including one run from within his own half.
Rivaldo, you bow-legged, Brazillian bastion of brilliance – we salute you too.
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Jogo Brawlito
A professional foul in a Brazilian second tier game leads to a full on, 10 minute war involving every member of both teams, plus the subs. It’s pretty vicious stuff, but I particularly enjoyed a couple of chest high air shot karate kicks, like a a comedy Dutch tribute act combining Nigel de Jong in the World Cup final and Robin van Persie versus Denmark. Take a look below…
Unsurprisingly, the referee showed 12 red cards and the game was abandoned.
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Not so dangerous Deivid
Anyone who’s played football has been there – the miss from two yards out, the horrendous own goal, the time when you thought you heard the referee’s whistle and let the opposition striker run past you and score the winning goal. Moments when you wish the ground would open up and swallow you. For me, these were all in the same game, which explains why I was only picked once for my school football team.
It’s this shared experience that allows you to empathise when this kind of thing -
http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/the-worst-miss-ever-deivid-flamengo-v-vasco/
– happens to professionals.
A shocker, but it happens to the best of us, you might think. When you find out that this isn’t Deivid’s first, or even second ridiculous miss however, you start to wonder if he really can be counted as ‘the best of us.’ Check out these 5 other incredible failures to find the net, all for the same club – Flamengo of Brazil… My favourite is the backwards diving header. Genius.
http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/top-5-deivid-misses-video-made-august-2011/
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Mr Lonely
Being a fan of a small team can be a lonely affair at times. Friends, work colleagues and the media sometimes seem to only care about the big clubs – no one wants to hear about your away trips to Doncaster Rovers, or the exciting young prospect you’ve just picked up from Margate. So it’s nice to turn up on a Saturday afternoon and know you’re not alone, that there are other people out there who share your passion.
However, when poor Tiago Rech turned up to Santa Cruz’s away game against big boys Gremio in the Brazilian cup, he really was alone. He made the 4,000 mile round trip, on his own, to watch his team get beaten 4-1. That’s some seriously applaudable dedication. Here’s what he had to say…
“When I got in I realised it was just me and four police. But it was worth it. When we scored I didn’t care I was alone. I screamed and went for it. That’s when I saw the journalists looking at me. On the radio later they talked of ‘the dance of the lone fan of Santa Cruz’. It was a great day.”
Here’s footage of the man himself. I wonder if that’s a certain 2005 single by Akon he’s listening to?
