Nani, who turns 23 today, needs to toughen up mentally if he wants to make the grade at United.

When Nani broke into the Sporting CP first-team he was seen as the next big thing to come out of Portugal, after Cristiano Ronaldo that is. After his big move to Manchester United he has lived in the shadow of his more glorified countryman.

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On Friday Emily and I put up my very first soccer goal!!� I was tempted too but I decided it would be really cool if one of my players take the first shot on it!� So my man Ashton Durham, in the short video above, slammed in a great first kick and then topped it off with an excellent goal celebration!

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When we last left Jose Mourinho's tongue, it was being stuck out at the crowd after an injury time winner against Udinese. Here it makes another appearance, albeit just a cameo, after Inter's second goal against Livorno on Sunday, accompanied by some kind of Michael Jackson type hand motion.

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Belleza! Napoli's Marek Hamsik and The Pied Piper of Higuain both netted in unexpected braces to steer their teams to a neat victory last night. Both of them deserve our Sunday Senor cap for this week... especially Hamsik who scored the decisive winner against Juventus.

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Just to prove that we're not all about violence and the infliction of pain here at DT, in lieu of a bad challenge, today we present Catania's Jorge Martinez doing his Michael Jackson happy dance after scoring the winning goal against Cagliari last Sunday.

See you don't need broken noses and little kids getting hit in the groin to start your day right.

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We all know NBA star Steve Nash has some footballing skills, but in this video shot by Phoenix Suns teammate Jared Dudley, we see he also has the ability to meld his talents in the two sports into one trick shot reminiscent of the one Davey Becks made in that Adidas video (though he did it with a football).

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I know Charlie Davies. Or at least I feel like I do. Chances are if you are a fan of the beautiful game and are on Twitter, you know @CharlieDavies9 too. We've helped him pick out goal celebrations. We followed...

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Fabio Cannavaro -- the frustrated one -- has been cleared of his doping allegations.
Turns outs his bee sting alibi had legs.
I also heard he slammed Italian media and said he's retire if his country wins the World Cup again.
Now the links:

• Argentina dudes asked Peru to throw game?

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Great video by the WPS!� I only managed to interview one WPS player this year, Ella Masar and she was awesome, but next year I hope to do a lot more!

Loved the goal celebrations in this video and I love the fact that the girl's I coach have professional female role models to look up too!

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There has been quite a lot of talk about goal celebrations over the last few weeks. This was largely due to Emmanuel Adebayor's ridiculous decision to sprint the length of the pitch and skid like a kid at a wedding when he scored against former employers Arsenal. The Togo striker was reprimanded by the FA after that ill-advised move, but since then Adebayor should have learnt a lesson in humility from his team-mates and a former City star.

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It's been a rough few weeks for Jose Mourinho. So when Wesley Sneijder scored an injury time winner against Udinese on Saturday, Jose went a little nuts as he celebrated the goal and the release of all that pent-up anger and stress he's been holding in lately.

Unfortunately, not everyone appreciated that namely, Inter president Massimo Moratti.

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From Handshake to Pile-On -� The Evolution of the Goal Celebration

Has anyone noticed the increasing use of lying down on the grass to have teammates jump on top of you as the chosen mode of goal celebration?� In a recent game, scorer Wayne Rooney flopped to the ground, and waited for the pile-on.

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Ghana perform a goal celebration during their 4-0 win over England in the U-20 World Cup reminiscent of the dance from a music video made light years before any of them were born (maybe).

Match highlights, including the winners' wide array of choreography, after the jump...

[Photo: Globoesporte]

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According to Reuters, this is a picture of Benfica's David Luiz celebrating his goal during a 5-0 win over Leixoes on Saturday. And since Luiz didn't score on his own team, I'm going to have to assume that Benfica are into some pretty sadomasochistic goal celebrations.

You should see what they do to a teammate who scores a hat-trick.

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Roger Milla burst onto the big stage at the grand old age of 38 when he scored four never-to-be-forgotten goals for Cameroon at the 1990 FIFA World Cup Finals in Italy. Capturing headlines all over the globe for his impressive displays en route to a memorable quarter-final defeat to Sir Bobby Robson's England, Milla captured the hearts of the public with his spontaneous corner flag dancing routine in celebration of each of his goals.

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In today's match against Villarreal, Cristiano Ronaldo will be aiming to become the only Real Madrid player to score a goal in each of his first four La Liga matches. Already with the transfer fee world record in hand, this is far from the only other record Cristiano will be attempting to break at Real this season.

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It doesn't take much to wind up the average football fan these days.� The average football fan (a long suffering male who enjoys beer and has delusions of grandeur for his team of overpaid primadonnas) is drawn to controversial issues like a moth to the proverbial flame.� There is little doubt then that the events of the weekend past will have left a lot of fans more than a little wound up.

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During the off-season, a sense of expectation rushed through the veins of fans of twenty-four clubs who make up arguably the most competitive league in the world.
There is no big four in this compelling competition - anyone can win it.
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During the Cold War, government advice was that, in the event of a nuclear strike, we should stay in our inner refuges for forty-eight hours and indoors for around ten to fourteen days, in order to allow radiation levels outside to drop to something approaching a "safe" level. It felt today as if we should still be in our inner sanctums as the fallout from yesterday's Manchester derby match fell around outside, infusing everything with the Premier League's favourite luminous green toxin, controversy.

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When that fourth goal went in against Wigan on saturday, I barely registered the lack of emotion shown by Cesc Fabregas. My initial reaction was another goal, get in! But then there were a few who showed slight concern, but not overwhemingly worried however, that Fabregas didn't do a major song and dance routine. Click to continue reading...

When that fourth goal went in against Wigan on saturday, I barely registered the lack of emotion shown by Cesc Fabregas. My initial reaction was another goal, get in! But then there were a few who showed slight concern, but not overwhemingly worried however, that Fabregas didn't do a major song and dance routine.

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Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor will not be happy during his three-match ban to read what former team-mate Thierry Henry had to say on his goal celebrations against Arsenal.

Henry, considered by many as Arsenal's best player in the history of the club, was speaking to the Sunday Mirror on Adebayor's behaviour.

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Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor will not be happy during his three-match ban to read what former team-mate Thierry Henry had to say on his goal celebrations against Arsenal.

Henry, considered by many as Arsenal's best player in the history of the club, was speaking to the Sunday Mirror on Adebayor's behaviour.

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Seven links from the last seven days on The Offside and WorldCupBlog. 10 players that never made a World Cup You do what Sir Alex says, or you get booted out Did Platini just change football forever? 20 great goal celebrations Another important babystep for MLS Can the Bundesliga overtake Serie A this season? Click to continue reading...

I have managed to get hold of one Arsenal fan that was in the stands, directly at the front when everything kicked off against City after Adebayor's goal celebrations.

As it turns out, the 'Elephant' song, as it is being coined in the press, was not sung in the stands at all. It was the 'Arshavin version'.

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Went to practice today to see Kei Kamara, the newest Wizard. He chose 23 as his number in Kansas City. Here he is in Wizards blue...Stretching out and wondering why some guy keeps taking photos of him...I talked to him about the trade, why he chose the number, Hartman's hair color and goal celebrations. Click to continue reading...

Here are some of the links that we like...

Two Vida (Honduras) players enjoy a goal scored... (via 101 goals)

Abebayor gets a 3 match ban for his stamp on RVP's face (Caught Offside)

A collection of the finest football stories out there... (3nil)

20 top goal celebrations.

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• Great goal celebrations. Adebayor not included [The Offside]

• Birmingham set piece taker James McFadden out for a month [Premier League]

• Mark Hughes could pick himself at striker for the United match [USA Today]

• Win a free Never Captain Nicky Butt T-Shirt [NCNB]

• If the Inter - Barcelona match continued.

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The recent Emmanuel Adebayor controversy had me thinking about goal celebrations, which led me to this excellent YouTube video featuring 20 of the best. Plenty of classics in there, including Roger Milla dancing with the corner flag at Italia '90, Gazza's legendary dentist chair celebration at Euro '96, and the insane backflippery of Julius Agahowa. Click to continue reading...

I have to give Mark Hughes his due, Arsene Wenger couldn't get Adebayor to play like he did on Saturday even though he doubled his wages,� as Johnny Lydon once wrote "Anger is an Energy"� and it obviously motivated Ade into the best game he has ever played.
I was angry at first at his goal celebration, mainly because he should not have been on the pitch to score a goal, but now I think it is quite funny to think that us Arsenal fans caused him so much pain that he tried so hard to get one over on us.

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Melanie Slade is the new face of Helly Hansen. Hey, sailor.
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Huge congratulations to Manchester United/England NT keeper Ben Foster. He's become a father to a healthy, new baby boy!
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Pep Guardiola gets a standing ovation at the Coldplay concert
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God bless you, Chelsea team photographer.

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This is the 17" Macbook Pro of over-the-top goal celebrations. Click to continue reading...

From the Etihad, and Henrique's bare-chest yellow card, to the Jose Alvalade and another player to receive that most nonsensical and infuriating of all the sanctions in the rulebook.
This time, flashing his pecs actually got the already-cautioned Simon Vukcevic sent off, just after he had equalised. Click to continue reading...

Arbeloa to Madrid for £3.5m
Unfortunately, it's not surprising, although the fee is lower than expected. Still, even in the last year of his contract, it's £1m more than Benitez paid for him. Silver linings, and all.
But when Kolo Toure's moving for £15m at the same time as it looks like Dossena's going back to Italy for £4-6m, it feels a bit like the Rick Parry bad old days of Liverpool getting screwed on transfer fees. Click to continue reading...