SoccerBlogs

You're already familiar with the "sculpted by angels" loveliness that is (on-loan from Arsenal) midfielder Ryo Miyachi. According to you lot, he's variously "beautiful", "handsome", "so pretty he could be a girl" and "looks like he's made of wax".

He did it on Sunday and after failed bicycle kicks, glaring opportunities and free kicks that wobbled a good 2-3 inches wide, Cristiano Ronaldo delivered on his word again and scored against the Czech Republic to send Portugal blazing into the Euro 2012 semi-finals.

� The time has come again for� In The Stands to once again reveal the cream of this month's goals with May's winner coming from a low-key second division Greek championship match.

� Step forward Dimitrus Sialmas whose perfectly executed bicycle-kick, suitably preluded by an amazing piece of skill by team-mate Manwlis Skoufalis, wowed the small crowd during PAS Giannina second division match against Ethnikos Asteras in early May.

If there's something that's become clear it's that the Seattle Sounders FC can use this bye week to get closer to full health. When the week is done the schedule gets three games in quickly, so the recently tested depth will still be important. While a handful of players are out for an extended period of time, some are likely to make at least partial returns from the injury report shortly.

Probably the prettiest goal of the weekend took place in Bundesliga on Saturday when Eren Derdiyok scored the game winner for Leverkusen over Wolfsburg with the beautiful bicycle kick depicted in the video below. The 23 year old Swiss national's goal proved to be the game winner, giving Leverkusen a 2-1 lead in the middle of the second half.

Who says bicycle kicks are just for offense?

The New York Red Bulls' Teemu Tainio opted to use one on defense against the Portland Timbers last weekend, which not only saved a goal, but earned him the MLS Save of the Week honors for Week 14.
Read More

Let's get right to the skinny:

That is, or was, Michel Morganella's Tweet today. The Tweet has since been deleted. His Twitter account has also been deleted (also because the background was just way too busy). Few remaining brain cells, probably fried as well. Because the tweet translates to.

Words never seen before, possibly never to be seen again: a player was sent off for protesting his own won penalty.

Granted, it was in the Norwegian fifth division, where things like glory, acclaim and riches take the backseat of a bicycle to a nice postgame nap. Frankly, the Norwegian fifth could be equal to walking down to the closest green patch of your urban space.

I must say (and, to reiterate from last week, I feel like I haven't much to say anymore these days) that I believe this was one of the better games we've played-at least in quite a while. The midfield looked calm and collected, we held possession pretty much throughout, and in general we looked to have a lot of spark and finesse.

Emmanuel Frimpong is quoted as saying in regard to his international future: "If Ghana call me, I will ride my own bicycle from England to Ghana." And now it seems the young Arsenal midfielder has made his decision and has has chosen Ghana over the Three Lions.

Jamie Jackson at the Guardian is reporting that Frimpong made up his mind� after meeting Kwesi Nyantakyi, the Ghana Football Association president, at a London hotel following the Black Stars' 1-0 friendly defeat to Brazil at Craven Cottage on Tuesday night.