Posted on 31st July 2015
Canada are bossing their CONCACAF World Cup qualification campaign and are now unbeaten in the last 11 games. In their last victory they were sent 1-0 up thanks to the spawniest of goals you’re ever likely to see.
Posted on 31st July 2015
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
And Finally… heads east this week, to the J-League. Kashiwa Reysol goalkeeper, Kazushige Kirihata, is the victim of a nasty bounce following an suspect backpass from one of his defenders. We’re split here as to whose to blame – terrible backpass or did Kirihata misjudge it? Make up your own mind.
Canada are bossing their CONCACAF World Cup qualification campaign and are now unbeaten in the last 11 games. In their last victory they were sent 1-0 up thanks to the spawniest of goals you’re ever likely to see.
This week Argentinian defender Martin Mantovani scored three goals in La Liga: two in the right end and one in the wrong one as Huesca beat Leganés 2-1 on the final day. Incidentally, Mantovani made over 200 appearances for Leganés previously but his superhero antics weren’t enough to save Huesca from the drop.
Valencia beat Barcelona in the Copa Del Rey final this week with a 2-1 win at Estadio Benito Villamarín. Arturo Vidal had a chance to get Barcelona back in the game in the 55th minute, after the usual sublime skill from Lionel Messi, but the Chilean’s wild slice sent the rebound into row Z.
Echoes of Jason Cundy at Portman Road in the nineties with this week’s And finally – a truly daft goal from Extremadura’s Carlos Pomares against Cadiz in La Liga II – a block tackle on the halfway sending the ball 50 yards over the Cadiz keeper.