The Offside 05 February @ 07:30 PM EDT
Move over Freddie Kanoute, you've been trumped in the Gaza conflict political statement department.
Ibrahim Dagasan of Sivasspor staked a Palestinian flag at the center circle while his teammates -
one of whom is Israeli - celebrated their penalty win over Galatasaray in a cup fixture. No
subtlety here.
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I play my first football in seven months tonight. It's indoor, but still... I shall run and kick
again. This event deserves goals: Sporting Lisbon's Derlei Silva hits old club Porto thanks to a
delicious slip pass. F-Word's Diego Biseswar deposits a dreamy lob. Sivvaspor's Yanick Kamanan
dials long distance in a crowd.
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The Offside 26 February @ 08:59 PM EDT
Is it racist/prejudiced when you ascribe certain attributes to entire cultures? Even if said
attribute is a positive? I think it probably is. But if Turkish people don't want to be labeled as
genetically pre-disposed to last-minute comebacks then maybe Turkish football teams should stop
doing things like this: Yep, that's Galatasaray pulling off an epic turnaround [.
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I gotta tell ya: I haven't watched an entire NFL game in ages, but the officiating last night was
wretched all night long. That was the Super Bowl crew? The Cardinals win two challenges, win a
third automatic challenge with under two minutes left, have about three utterly ridiculous personal
fouls called on them and then do not get a taunting flag (stupid rule, but still) on Pittsburgh's
winning
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I'm all sixes and sevens and nines...Nani gets Manchester United's FA Cup party started
right.Adrian Mutu completes his hat trick and Fiorentina's crazy rally for a 3-3 draw with Genoa on
the final kick of the game.Fenerbahçe with a double shot: a splendid header from Alex and a
well-executed free kick from Deivid.
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