Perhaps anticipating the nightmare Barcelona were about to endure against Bayern Munich, Dani Alves took out his nervous energy on the hair of a young mascot. As the two teams were lined up for the Champions League anthem, Alves became a hair stylist as he tried to make the kid's blond locks stand up in some sort of makeshift mohawk.
After dropping to his knees when Bastian Schweinsteiger won the penalty shootout to send Bayern
Munich to the Champions League final, Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho made a quick exit down the
tunnel. Though Mourinho shook hands and shared a chuckle with Bayern manager Jupp Heynckes just
before the dreaded shootout began, to some viewers it appeared Mourinho was throwing one of his
tantrums in defeat.
After their 5-1 demolition of Spurs last night, Chelsea are undoubtedly on cloud
nine and about to pop all the champagne available in Roman Abramovich's
yacht. Wouldn't you be if you were Frank Lampard? He's confident and walks with a
spring in his step these days, especially ahead of Wednesday's Champions League encounter against
Barcelona.
In the tunnel before the Champions League quarterfinal first leg match between APOEL and Real
Madrid this week, Real captain Iker Casillas apparently had a nuisance inside his nose. After
clearing up whatever the problem was, he went about his business and, a few moments later, decided
to tenderly wipe the hand that was just knuckle deep in his nostril on the face of the young mascot
next to him.
After Arsenal's humiliating 4-0 defeat to Milan two weeks ago, there's only a five
percent shot at quarter-final glory tonight, but they're still going to run with
it! Of course, the Master Statistician himself, Arsene Wenger, has done every
possible calculation although realistically speaking, if Ibrahimovic or the Milan Mascot were to
fire the opening goal, the Gunners are all but gone.
The key to beating Chelsea? (Outside of simply playing them anyway.)
Pregame mascot kisses of luck, as evidenced by Ezequiel Lavezzi and Walter Gargano getting
smooches from not one, but two mascots. And in case you're into camera trickery, they zoomed in on
the girl and then panned around with the boy then going in for the kiss on the cheeks with the lass
following suit.
It's a crucial weekend for Bayern Munich and their Yogi Mascot above (possibly bowing to Jupp Heynckes in complete zen mode!)- who could be crowned Bundesliga Champions tomorrow with six games to spare if they beat Frankfurt.
Borussia Dortmund's bumblebee mascot is single-wingedly smashing the stereotype that Germans don't
have a sense of humour. Cheeky mascot Emma was pictured pretending to urinate on the Bayern Munich
team bus following their 1-0 win over the Bavarian giants on Wednesday evening. Losing the match
and have a weak-bladdered bee set loose on your bus [.
Maradona has launched a somewhat mild attack on Pele's claim
that Neymar is a better player than Messi which were made two days ago. The
response could've been a lot worse, given the fact that Maradona rarely holds back
when it comes to insults towards Messi.
Juan Carlos was envisaging a nice out-swinger for one of his team-mates to attack as he prepared to take a corner kick against Real Sociedad at the weekend. Instead he destroyed the corner flag and left the ball sitting exactly where he left it. There's not really an outcome to this situation that isn't embarrassing [.
TweetLA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham was involved in a bust up with San Jose Earthquake players
as well as the mascot. Becks, still frustrated after his controversial Olympic Games snub was
involved in a heated row, which quickly turned into an awful lot of pushing and shoving, before
finally letting rip with a tirade of [.
You may have noticed that Italy 'keeper Gigi Buffon stormed down the tunnel in a furious funk
after Italy's Euro 2012 semi-final win over Germany last night, shrugging off the congratulatory
advances of his deputy, Morgan de Sanctis, and having to seriously restrain himself from belting
the Euro 2012 mascot across it's foam-rubbery face on the way.
Football banners used to be a hastily assembled slogan painted onto an old bedsheet (probably with
a spelling mistake or two). That's no longer the case, especially not in Russia by the looks of it.
Spartak Moscow fans taunted opponents Zenit St Petersburg by bringing in a banner of the Zenit
mascot a lion [.
Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas decided to use his side's trip to Apoel Nicosia to showcase
his revolting side. The Spain international was seen picking his nose in the tunnel before the
match. Having dislodged the offending blockage, he then wiped the same hand across the face of a
young mascot!
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard put in a guest appearance in last night's Sport Relief Outnumbered
special. Lamps finds himself pitting his wits against the youngest member of the Brockman family,
Karen, who is his mascot for a match against Aston Villa. There's even a cameo for closet netball
player Howard Webb.
In which, before Napoli's win over Chelsea last night, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Walter Gargano are
on the receiving end of a big ol' smooch from one of the Napoli mascots good-luck kisses that leave
them utterly bemused for a few seconds...
While here in England we are seeing a sharp rise in mascot-on-mascot passive
aggression, it appears that over in Italy the little tykes are loved up to the nines.
A really naughty Aston Villa mascot followed in the footsteps of Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra by
refusing to shake the hand of his fellow Manchester City mascot! Naughty naughty! And here is the
Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra incident below. Apart from the height of the perpetrators, what is the
difference?
Who says footballers aren't role models? A young Manchester City mascot was left feeling like
Patrice Evra yesterday after the Aston Villa mascot snubbed a handshake with him. The hilarious
footage came from yesterday's match at Villa Park, hot on the heels of Luis Suarez's refusal to
shake hands with Patrice Evra.
The official mascot for the 2014 World Cup has been unveiled on a Brazilian television show by none other than Ronaldo himself, with the fuzzy wotsit given theunenviabletask of stepping into South Africa 2010 mascot Zakumi's shoes (what do you mean you don't remember Zakumi?
The U.S. Under-14 Boys' National Team had a busy two-day slate of scrimmages last week at The
Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
After playing Chivas USA's Academy team to a 3-3 draw and Fram Sportsklubben to a 5-2 loss last
Thursday, May 17, the U-14s rebounded with two wins on Saturday, May 19 – a 3-0 victory against
CZ Elite FC and a 5-0 win against the San Diego Sockers.
Here's Liverpool's new mascot people, a thing they're calling 'Mighty Red'...
"Hi guysth!"
"Sthuper awesthome!"
As with most mascots, it's completely bloody terrifying!
It's supposed to be a Liver Bird (note the sprig of broom in the corner of the beak), but what
we're seeing is a kind of cross between a pterodactyl and a gormless lobster but with a
contemporary nod to Luis Suarez's orthodontic situation.
Liverpool launched a new mascot, dubbed Mighty Red, in an attempt to combat the likes of
Gunnersaurus and Stamford the Lion for the fleeting attention and momentary devotion of small
children who are told that they are football fans. The giant liverbird, which appears to have a
pair of large teeth-like strips in its mouth, made its debut at a children's party in
Liverpool.
Following that epic "Telenovela de la década" handshake refusal from
Liverpool's Luis Suarez on Saturday, the Uruguayan has effectively morphed into a
Prodigal Son-type character within the British tabloids. Except instead of wasting
his fortune, he wasted his chances to get back into everybody's good books and is now
unceremoniously linked to Liverpool exit.
It's time for another 3 questions installment, which has actually turned into 6 questions this
time around. I again did not get any questions submitted for me to answer, but I went ahead and
asked 6 total questions to fill out the content of a normal exchange. I worked with Ryan Rosenblatt
over at LAG Confidential for this article.
It is a free for all show with the return of the correspondents. We also ask the important
question of just who would win a fight between the Earthquakes mascot and David Beckham. Finally,
we have a major announcement that will change how you listen to our podcast forever. You do not
want to miss it!
Que maravilloso! Following their victories yesterday, Atletico Madrid, Athletic
Bilbao and Valencia are all through to the Europa League
semi-finals with Sporting Lisbon taking up the final spot.
Spartak Moscow goalkeeper Andrei Dykan suffered a concussion and fractures to his face and jaw
during Saturday's match against Zenit St. Petersburg when Alexander Kerzhakov's knee caught him in
the head. Dykan dove to save a shot from Kerzhakov, but the Zenit striker could stop before his
knee connected with the keeper's face.
AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:
1. BALL -- COME BACK HERE!!!!!!!!!!! COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH IF MY LEG
STOPS WORKING FROM BENDING LIKE THIS I'M GOING TO USE IT TO BEAT THE CRUD OUT OF RODRIGO PALACIO'S
CAR!
Mascots and Manchester United don't go together very well unless it involves Sir Alex Ferguson in some way. The FA Cup mascot the trophy itself made an unscheduled "appearance" on the pitch yesterday during the second half of the United-Reading FA cup clash. The Red Devils won the match 2-1 with goals from Robin van Persie and Chicharito who thankfully, weren't distracted by the Mascot!
Brazil will be holding a contest to name their 2014 World Cup mascot, but the creature in question has already been announced. The endangered three-branded armadillo, the winner from 47 proposals. "I'm delighted to welcome such an important member to the 2014 team," Brazil organizing committee member Ronaldo said in a press statement.
The Phoenix Business Journal is reporting that the USL PRO franchise in Phoenix now has a name
and logo. The new team will be called Phoenix Wolves FC and it's mascot which is affixed to it's
logo, is the Mexican wolf. The Wolves will be the 12th team in USL PRO and will join the [...]
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Pompis outside of Dallas in Mesquite, Texas wants their piece of the action among sports-themed
restaurants.
The single-franchise restaurant has a spacious interior and exterior for dining, socializing and
watching sports. There are two dozen or so Tvs set up for patrons to view all sporting events,
though Pompis specializes in Soccer.
Week 17 brought plenty of goals and spectacular finishes. We had late game drama in New England, a
convincing win by DC, and a California Classico that shocked and entertained us late Saturday
night. It was a match-up so heated and contested that even the San Jose Mascot got dragged into the
drama.
Celtic won the final Old Firm derby of the season 3-0 and before the match even began, things
looked ominous for Rangers. With a large display featuring headstones, the phrase "Your day is
coming" in a spooky font and a modified version of the Four Horsemen of the apocalypse, Celtic fans
made it clear that they had no sympathy for their rival's crippling financial troubles, but they
did have a bit of fun with them.
AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:
1. THINKING ABOUT THINGS -- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. ARSENAL PLAYERS DOING BALLET -- SO WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE I
COMBINED BALLET WITH MY OWN BRAND OF MARTIAL ARTS TO CREATE A LETHAL YET ELEGANT DANCE STYLE!
The biennial Sport Relief charity telethon began Friday and Chelsea's Frank Lampard joined his
fiance Christine Bleakley and the cast of Outnumbered (plus a guest appearance by Howard Webb) in a
comedy sketch to support it.
The premise of the sketch is that Lampard is stuck with Karen from Outnumbered, a mascot for the
"big" match against Aston Villa, while Christine has to put up with the men of the family in the
stands.
We were in our places a few minutes earlier than usual, standing not sitting, hopping around not
so much to stave off the bitter cold, more in excited anticipation. Even the veterans haven't seen
anything like this.
The players had a prematch kickabout, the mascot's nervous pride shone through as they found a
hero to play with, but all eyes were on the tunnel.
