By Chris Wright
Just take a butcher's at this eyesore would ya?
Specially produced for their recent 'Reggio di Calabria' derby game against sworn enemies
Crotone, Serie B side Reggina Calcio hoped that a shirt designed to look like the chiselled,
weather-worn torso of an Ancient Greek statue would strike the fear of the Gods into their local
rivals (the goalkeeper's similarly Adonis-esque jersey is on the right in the second image).
By Chris Wright
In which, during last night's Copa del Rey quarter-final first-leg El Clasico in Madrid, Real
Madrid's in-house butcher Pepe indulged in a spot of what he loves to do the bestest stamping on
Lionel Messi's hand as the Barca tyke sat on the turf after being barrelled over by Jose
Callejon.
By Chris Wright
Trailing 2-1 as their Asian Champions League with Japanese side Nagoya Grampus Eight ticked
over into injury time last night, Seongnam (of South Korea) were getting desperate and needed
something super duper special to restore parity. What followed was roughly one full level above
'super duper special'.
By Chris Wright
On the day of his 30th birthday, Genoa's Rodrigo Palacio (he of 'abysmal rat-tail/Jedi bog
chain' horror hair fame) scored against Lazio on Sunday with an absurdly deft,
over-the-shoulder flick at the near post that lobbed over the flapping Federico Marchetti and in at
the far post.
By Chris Wright
Swiss group Solidar Suisse have launched a campaign to 'blow the whistle' on FIFA's suspect
practice of whoring their World Cups out to which ever trick country is desperate enough for a
bunk-up, making their money without paying a penny in tax, laying waste to the local
infrastructure, then pulling out and rolling their swollen circus out of town in a flurry of 'nuts
to your debt' (to use the correct political jargon).
There's so much going on in the Chicago Fire universe right now, it's hard to pick where to
start. Let's set the tone the same way Section 8 Chicago did with their wonderful tifo display on
Saturday night. 'For Two Years Our Flames Have Smoldered - Tonight We Reignite the Fire'. That was
beautiful.
All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award-winning Dirty
Tackle...
DT's own Ryan Bailey sings about Zlatan to the tune of the Steve Miller Band's "Abracadabra."
[Kick]
MLS and adidas conspire to create the world's first "smart soccer match.
