By Chris Wright
Hirsute Colombian jester Rene Higuita has been up to his old trick again, re-enacting his
infamous 'scorpion kick' save against England all those years ago for an Arabic television
channel...
We'll forgive him as he's 45-years old these days, but that wasn't a patch on the original
busted out to foil Jamie Redknapp on his top, top triffic international debut back in 1995.
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
In which former Arsenal saint Dennis Bergkamp rattles off a beautiful first-timer, latching onto
Frank De Boer's (not a bad coaching set-up they've got there!) enticing cross-field arc during an
Ajax training session yesterday afternoon.
Granted, it's not the finest goal he's ever scored and it's not really the finest camera angle
of 'not the finest goal he's ever scored' but it's Bergkamp, and I'm all over anything that
graceful Dutch silkworm does like a sticky paste.
By Chris Wright
In which former Arsenal saint Dennis Bergkamp rattles off a beautiful first-timer, latching onto
Frank De Boer's (not a bad coaching set-up they've got there!) enticing cross-field arc during an
Ajax training session yesterday afternoon.
Granted, it's not the finest goal he's ever scored and it's not really the finest camera angle
of 'not the finest goal he's ever scored' but it's Bergkamp, and I'm all over anything that
graceful Dutch silkworm does like a sticky paste.
By Chris Wright
Watch, mere mortals, and weep as the slightly more 'agricultural' 50% of Barcelona's central
defence pulls off not one, but two 360° roulette tricks in a row as he maraudes his way through
Valencia's midfield during last night's Copa del Rey semi-final first leg.
By Chris Wright
The tail-end of the Bolivian league farted back into life at the weekend and the first goal of
the Clausura stage, during Nacional Potosi's 1-0 victory over The Strongest (ace name!) was a bit
of a belter and came courtesy of Señor Erlan Mealla, who improvised when a cross was slung in
slightly behind him to flash this pearler into the sack of onions with some outrageous
technique.
By Chris Wright
Oxford United's veteran centre-back Michael Duberry was in rare old form against Hereford
yesterday afternoon, scoring the perfect hat-trick (one left, one right, one head) in his side's
2-2 draw at the Kassam.
You may have noticed that the maths doesn't quite add up there and with good reason.
By Chris Wright
Does exactly what is says on the tin; The top 100 goals of 2011 all tethered together in a neat
little video package. You may well disagree with the ordering, but it's best to enjoy it for what
it is a thorough retrospective of a great year for great goals.
By Chris Wright
Remember Maicon? He was the best thing since sliced mustard a few year's back until having his
innocence forcibly taken by Gareth Bale that night in Milan at least, that's what Tottenham fans
would have you believe.
Anyway, the Brazilian full-back whose name I haven't heard in months and months scored an
absolute corker during Inter's 2-1 Coppa Italia quarter-final win over Genoa last night, pinging
home an absolute beauty from 25+ yards with the outside of his foot and with only trace amounts of
a 'run-up' to speak of.
By Chris Wright
Manchester City's U18s whupped their Swindon Town counterparts 4-1 in the FA Youth Cup last
night, with the game playing host to a trio of excellent (for one reason or another) goals.
After going two-nil up early on, City's third goal started the ball rolling when a 25-pass
tippy-tappy (it's the English version of tiki-taka, i.
By Alan Duffy
Now playing in his homeland for Yokoham F Marinos, midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura, formerly of
Celtic and Espanyol, has been showing off his famed dead-ball expertise on Japanese telly, by
directing a football through the window of a moving bus.
Why? I'm not exactly sure.
By Chris Wright
Seems like it was a bit of a rough old night for Sergio Aguero at the DW. Not only was he robbed
of a clear goal-scoring opportunity by a flailing Honduran, Kun also saw a bobbing, weaving solo
wondergoal nipped in the bud ten minutes from time.
After flitting his way past three Wigan defenders, Aguero finally set himself to pull the
trigger before the crucial block was made, courtesy of a last-ditch interception by a big, awkward
Bosnian lummox by the name of Edin Dzeko a man, it should be pointed out, who is also employed by
City.
En la foto Ronaldo y su carnal Marcelo.
Este video esta lleno de jugadas espectaculares de Wilfried Zaha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil,
Gael Clichy, Villarreal, Marcelo, Valencia y muchos mas, pura clase.
El gol del Real Madrid es buenisimo y el de Gaizka Toquero simplemente inspiración, y eso que solo
llevamos dos semanas en el año.
By Chris Wright
He may be a bit of a luxury player at times, but when Michael Carrick gets it right it's usually
a treat to watch just look at the arc on this beauty, putting Danny Welbeck through on goal with a
sumptuous 25-yard needle-threading pass against Bolton yesterday.
By Chris Wright
Athletic Bilbao tonked third-tier side Albacete (bit of trivia: Andres Iniesta is the club's
majority shareholder) 4-0 in the Copa del Rey at the San Mames last night, with the third goal of
the night being scored by forward Gaizka Toquero a man who, to quote Wikipedia, is 'blessed with
few technical skills but is a tremendous hard-worker'.
By Chris Wright
It wasn't a particularly strong field for one reason or another but, after whittling their
10-strong shortlist down to a final three, FIFA saw fit to hand their Puskas Award for the best
goal scored during 2011 to Santos wunderkind Neymar for his fine fleet-footed 'slalom' effort
against Flamengo back in July.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic realiza un elastico contra Atalanta en la Serie A italiana, no termina en gol
pero se agradece, después de eso el defensa se rehace en la ccion y nos regala un tunel, fútbol
vistoso y divertido al fin.
foto por A.C. Milan
Zlatan Ibrahimovic realiza un elastico contra Atalanta en la Serie A italiana, no termina en gol
pero se agradece, después de eso el defensa se rehace en la ccion y nos regala un tunel, fútbol
vistoso y divertido al fin.
foto por A.C. Milan
By Chris Wright
Time to squeeze in another belated and bloomin' astonishing wonder goal from the FA Cup third
round on Saturday, namely Newcastle winger Hatem Ben Arfa's meandering solo effort against
Blackburn a goal Toon boss Alan Pardew has since branded 'the greatest ever scored'.
By Chris Wright
We're playing 'catch up' today after a bout of electro-gremlins rendered us down and out at the
weekend so, for the two of you that haven't seen it already and for the many that probably won't
mind seeing it again, here's Macclesfield Town midfielder Arnaud Mendy scoring the goal of his
career against Bolton on Saturday.
By Chris Wright
In which, during Austria Vienna's 2-0 win over Malmo last night, Zlatko Junuzovic sends Nacer
Barazite through on goal with a delightful little volleyed, backheeled through ball leaving the
former Arsenal urchin to do the decent thing and pop it between the Malmo keeper's legs.
By Chris Wright
In which, during Austria Vienna's 2-0 win over Malmo last night, Zlatko Junuzovic sends Nacer
Barazite through on goal with a delightful little volleyed, backheeled through ball leaving the
former Arsenal urchin to do the decent thing and pop it between the Malmo keeper's legs.
By Alan Duffy
Yes it's a goal from practically the half-way line and yes it demonstrates impressive vision and
technique from the goal-scorer. However, in this case, Ryan Jack's long-range goal for Abderdeen in
their 2-1 win against St Johnstone is a rather tame affair, all things considered.
By Chris Wright
A gaggle of footballing legends turned out for the UN's ninth annual 'Match against Poverty'
last night, which saw a squad of 30-odd luminaries such as Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo (who are both
UN Goodwill Ambassadors), Didier Drogba, Fernando Couto, Luis Figo, Edgar Davids, Pavel Nedved and
Fabio Cannavaro take on a Hamburg SV All-Stars side in front of a 24,000-strong crowd in
Germany.
By Chris Wright
Lassi's back, and this time the production values are higher than ever as he and his UNC
Asheville teammate Dan Jackson set about saving Christmas from the evil clutches of David de
Grinch...
More of Lassi's freestyle frippery on Pies.
By Chris Wright
Nike have rolled out the latest in their 'Huntelaar vs Van Wolfswinkel' virals that see the pair
pranking each other back and forth in the quest to ruin one another's dinners for the rest of
time...
Here's the original video, which contains yet more canteen food decimation.
By Alan Duffy
It is only a matter of weeks since former Arsenal man Emmanuel Eboue was the subject of a rather
heated debate on Pies over his reaction to being pelted with bottles during a Galatasaray game
against Besiktas.
However, the rather unpredictable wing-back seems to have found his feet in the Turkish league,
netting his second superb goal in two games for Gala.
By Chris Wright
Ricardo Quaresma. He's just one of those players isn't he? A
never-quite-living-up-to-the-hype/ego, cripplingly inconsistent walking, talking Youtube
highlights reel of a footballer whose stats will always be slightly too good on FIFA/Pro
Evo/Football Manager, etc for some reason.
By Chris Wright
Ricardo Quaresma. He's just one of those players isn't he? A
never-quite-living-up-to-the-hype/ego, cripplingly inconsistent walking, talking Youtube
highlights reel of a footballer whose stats will always be slightly too good on FIFA/Pro
Evo/Football Manager, etc for some reason.
By Chris Wright
Man City ousted Arsenal from the Carling Cup last night and while the match itself may have been
a bit naff, the goal that won it was anything but.
Everything about Sergio Aguero's 83rd-minute decider was exquisitely done; from Edin Dzeko's
immaculate through-ball to Adam Johnson's reverse assist to Kun's cool finish.
By Chris Wright
Celtic spanked St Mirren 5-0 at Parkhead in the SPL yesterday, with 18-year old Dylan McGeouch
wrapping up proceedings with his first ever goal for the Bhoys (on his second appearance) despite
having only been on the pitch for eight minutes - charging 80-yards up-field before sliding a
neat shot inside the post from the edge of the box.
By Chris Wright
Red Star Belgrade's on-loan striker Bruno Mezenga did this in a Serbian Cup game against
Smerderevo the other day...
Sign him up, sign him up, sign him up!
Thanks to Pies fan Milutin for bringing this little peach to our attention.
By Chris Wright
Don't know if you heard, but Kevin-Prince Boateng scored a bit of a belter at the San Siro last
night, exploding past Eric Abidal with a couple of brilliant touches before cracking a shot past
Victor Valdes at his near post.
His celebration wasn't particularly shabby either.
By Chris Wright
Robin van Persie's first goal against Dortmund last night was a fine finish in it's own right,
but it wouldn't have been possible without a little bit of jinky magic on the touchline from one
Alex Song a brilliant passage of play which you can now enjoy again and again and again and
again until the internet runs out of batteries.
By Chris Wright
Robin van Persie's first goal against Dortmund last night was a fine finish in it's own right,
but it wouldn't have been possible without a little bit of jinky magic on the touchline from one
Alex Song a brilliant passage of play which you can now enjoy again and again and again and
again until the internet runs out of batteries.
By Chris Wright
A weakened (relatively speaking) Real Madrid side still managed to administer Dinamo Zagreb with
a sound 6-2 pasting at the Bernabeu last night, with Karim Benzema opening the scoring after just
98 seconds Madrid's fastest ever Champions League goal.
By Chris Wright
In which Everton whippersnapper George Green a 15-year old midfielder that the Toffees shelled
out just shy of £2 million for in the summer scores a backheel volley against his previous club
Bradford, or rather their U18 side, in the most nonchalant fashion.
By Chris Wright
The ten FIFA nominees for the Puskas Award 2011 ("Goal of the Year' in Layman's terms) have been
announced, and the shortlist looks something* like this...
(*It looks exactly like this)
1. Benjamin de Ceulaer, LOKEREN vs Club Brugge
2.
By Alan Duffy
If there's one player out there who has Arsenal DNA, then it's former Highbury idol Thierry
Henry. The French superstar has remained a massive fan of the Gunners since leaving north London
for Barcelona in 2007.
Currently with the New York Red Bulls, the record-breaking former Gunner is now training with
Arsenal in the MLS off-season.
By Chris Wright
In which, during England training earlier in the week, Fabio Capello shows off his touch
unfortunately it's somewhere akin to the touch of a drunken Russian circus bear...
Capello? More like...pffchpff...CRAPello! Ha ha ha ha ha *vomit*
Video: 101GG
