Mere seconds into Inter’s Champions League first leg match against Schalke, Dejan Stankovic blasted in the first goal in lovely fashion. Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer charged out of the box to head the ball away and in doing so, he set up Stankovic (who has punished opposing goalkeepers like this before) for a long-range volley from midfield. Stankovic didn’t waste the golden chance, smashing the ball into the empty with a shot out of FIFA 11 to put Inter up 1-0.
Underdog Schalke would fight back in stunning fashion, though, winning 5-2. But if Stankovic can just do this a few more times in the second leg, Inter will be right back in it.
Backflip!
Real Madrid stops playing Shakira’s music because she’s dating Pique
Shakira posted the above photo of herself with Barcelona defender and no longer secret boyfriend Gerard Pique to Twitter on Tuesday. Fans swooned, tabloids plotted pregnancy rumors and, according to AS and Marca, Real Madrid pulled her music from its pre-match playlists.
Though Shakira jams have been a staple at the Santiago Bernabeu over the years, her romantic alignment with a member of Real’s rivals has apparently made her musical stylings no longer welcome. The Spanish press say that there was no official reason given for the change, but it seems unlikely that Real Madrid’s stadium DJ would coincidentally just happen to stop liking her tunes independent of her getting slobbered on by Pique.
Also, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez would like you all to know that, as of now, this never happened…
It may look like he was giving her a Real shirt with her name on the back in 2004, but he was actually pulling it away so he could burn it.
-Dirty Tackle
Fourth official holds up a massive electrical condom
Looking very much like Leslie Nielsen did in that Naked Gun scene when he thrusts a giant Johnny over his head to do the nasty with Elvis’-ex, here’s a Thai official holding up his Durex-sponsored extra-time board.
This excellent spot from Dutch newspaper Sport Wereld was the brainchild of Bangkok advertising agency McCann Erickson. The idea is to promote the Performa sheath – a rubber that helps you last longer in bed by numbing you kn*b.
-The Spoiler
Japanese Messi!
Zidane gets tripped by the pitch, falls on his face
Last week, video of Zidane systematically destroying a young goalkeeper two years ago made the rounds, reminding us all how magical he was and apparently still is. Well, this clip of Zidane with school children in Lyon shows that yes, he is very much human.
Just as he was about to show off his skills for the congregation of kids, Zidane’s foot got caught it a divot on the small pitch, sending him face first into the grass. True, he was in street clothes and those shoes don’t exactly look ideal for playing and Marco Materazzi might have set a booby trap. But it still shows that he isn’t immune to a good old fashion fail. He even found it quite funny, too. Which could mean that he did it on purpose just to make those kids feel better about the fact that they will never be him.
-Dirty Tackle
