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#ICYMI veterans will have seen all sorts of OGs but we’re not sure we’ve ever seen one as spectacular and unexpected as this outrageous effort from Orange County’s Vuk Latinovich. It’s a Puskás Award OG. Watch for yourself…

The era of the irritating stuttering-slow-run-up-waiting-for-the-goalie-to-dive penalty is nearly over, thankfully, and Sydney FC’s Mathias Macallister might have just put the final nail in its coffin. His embarrassing effort from 12-yards contributed to his side’s downfall as they lost their penalty shoot-out in the quarter final of the Australia Cup against Auckland.

The European season and all of its associated tomfoolery is back underway, with Cagliari leading the way early on with this farcical passage of play against Entella in the Coppa Italia. Former-Everton defender Yerry Mina starts proceedings with a comically overhit penalty before the Sardinians get caught up in some chaotic defending seconds later.

England forward Marcus Rashford is off to Barcelona for a year-long loan at the Spanish champions and has been looking to make a difference as the Catalans’ title defence begins this weekend. He goes with our best wishes and will be remembered fondly for all his good off-the-pitch work here at home but he’ll need to dust the cobwebs off quickly if this pre-season miss is anything to go by.

Tottenham Hotspur legend Harry Kane came up against his old side in a pre-season friendly in Germany this week and made his mark on the fixture as Bayern Munich comfortably beat the Lilywhites 4-0. Despite scoring early on, Kane was unable to convert a penalty in the opening stages. It happens to the best of us.

The America Leagues Cup – a summer tournament pulling together teams from Canada, Mexico and the USA – is underway and Seattle Sounders have got off to a flying start, thrashing Mexico’s Cruz Azul 7-0. The final, humiliating blow was delivered in stoppage time with the final kick of the game, a sensational volley from Pedro de la Vega. A strike that may well be one of the goals of the year.

Ann-Katrin Berger made nine key saves against France in Germany’s Euro 2025 win over France earlier in the week – a colossal goalkeeping performance if ever there was one. The pick of the bunch was an incredible recovery at the start of extra-time to keep the ten women of Germany in it.

And now we head to – checks notes – the third tier of the São Paulo state football league where Grêmio Prudente’s Kelsey is having a mare. Awful penalty but he gets away with it. Goads opposition fans with rip-off celebration… only for karma to strike back.

It’s been a long old season for Antonio Rüdiger who is nearing 60 games for 2024-25 at the time of writing and that’s too much football for even the very best. His weary legs were plain to see against PSG who thrashed Real Madrid 4-0 knocking them out of the much-maligned Club World Cup. Time for an overdue rest.

Like everyone else in European football we were shocked by the sudden and tragic passing of former-Wolves and Liverpool forward Diogo Jota this week. The lad from Portugal was a fantastic footballer who won League Cups, FA Cup and Premier League title with the Reds in five years – scoring many a tidy goal on the way. He will be missed.

This week we bring you deafening scenes from the Club World Cup as Manchester City beat Juventus to proceed to this cursed competition’s last-16. They were sent on their way to a 5-2 win (though this muggy post-season walkabout wasn’t exactly a thriller) thanks in part to Juve defender Pierre Kalulu clumsily hacking the ball into his own net. Infantino must be chuffed.

We won’t attempt to explain Colombia’s Primera A league system to you – it is confusing and convoluted by our standards – instead we present to you the simple beauty of Leider Berrio’s sensational long-range volley for Independiente Medelin against Tolima in the division’s play-off phase this week. A strong contender for this year’s Puskás Award.

While England bored the pants off everyone at home, this week’s South American World Cup qualifiers were filled with the usual array of red cards, dark arts related aggro and a sensational goal for Colombia from Liverpool forward Luis Díaz.

Al-Hilal legend Neymar (seven appearances in two years, scoring one goal) has returned to his roots by signing for his boyhood club Santos in Brazil’s Serie A. And this week the decorated forward showed us he hasn’t lost his penchant for the game’s dark arts, with a ridiculous attempt to slap the ball into Botafogo’s net. Sadly for him and Santos, the con didn’t quite pay off.

Lokomotive Leipzig are currently taking on Havelse in the play-off final of Germany’s heavily regionalised fourth tier to see who will be entering the Bundesliga system next season. The first leg ended in dramatic fashion with goals from both sides in the 89th and 92nd minutes – with Marko Ilic’s effort for Havelse proving to be an absolute belter. All to play for in the second leg.

This week’s #ICYMI takes us to Spain, for the penultimate round of fixtures in La Liga. Atletico Madrid ran out comfortable 4-1 winners over fellow top six side Real Betis, whose sole goal came in the form of this stunner from ex-West Ham United man Pablo Fornals. There’s a lot to like here, from the control in the build-up to the scooped assist, all finished off with an, ahem, Hammer of a volley.

We’re off to MLS this week, with the Red Bulls of New York dishing out a hammering to the visiting Galaxy from Los Angeles. What’s worse than being walloped 6-0? Making it 7-0 in injury time with an outrageous own-goal. Miki Yamane is the man responsible, capping off a complete humiliation in outrageous style.

We take a trip down to South America, but way up a mountain, for this week’s ICYMI, with this thunderous strike from Cienciano’s Jimmy Valoyes. Sitting at more than 3,300m above sea level perhaps the ball moves through the air a little more quickly in the Peruvian city of Cusco, but whatever your altitude this absolute rocket, which gave the home side the lead in their CONMEBOL Sudamericana match and sent the home fans Caracas against their Venezuelan visitors, is worth another look.

We head to Portugal for this week’s #ICYMI, as Vitoria SC run our comfortable 3-0 winners over mid-table Rio Ave. They had more than a slice of help from their visitors, with this early own-goal from Theofanis Bakoulas, converting the chance from the tightest of angles, helping them on their way.

Centre-halves don’t score many so when they do it’s worth taking the time to stop and appreciate them. Stoke City’s Ben Wilmot took his career total up to 11 goals in eight years after sealing the Potters’ 2-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday this week. A real beaut.