And finally… Ronaldinho – cheat or cheeky?

Posted on 12th June 2013

This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.

Ronaldinho: “I was cleaning my mouth and the referee played on. It was not rehearsed or anything, no, it was luck.” Erm, we don’t think lack of rehearsal exempts you from cheating, does it? Watch it and weep.

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And finally… the difference

Posted on 14th June 2018

More pre-World Cup shenanigans in this week’s And finally… Australian defender Trent Sainsbury provides the entertainment with a comically bad attempt to head the ball back to his goalkeeper…

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And finally… head over heels

Posted on 22nd June 2018

The World Cup’s well underway, and there’s been goals and incidents galore. From VAR penalties to long-range screamers we’ve had the lot, but we fear for Milad Mohammadi that this particular clip may live longer in the memory than any act of brilliance at this summer’s tournament. Shades of Zaire 1974 levels of farce as the Iranian attempts a throw-in…

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And finally… face time

Posted on 29th June 2018

Here it is again, in all its glory. One of the highlights of the 2018 World Cup, Michy Batshuayi belting the ball off the post into his own face. He was a good sport about it afterwards mind.

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And finally… jättebra

Posted on 6th July 2018

Last time England took on Sweden, in 2012, Zlatan Ibrahimović scored a truly remarkable goal. Thankfully this time round there’ll be no Ibrahimović and (hopefully) no buffoonery from England’s keeper…

And finally… Ronaldinho – cheat or cheeky?

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