Category: Soccer (Page 10 of 29)

      Remember, when celebrating a third place victory, celebrate carefully

      July 15, 2010 /

      When fans decided to celebrate Germany’s third place finish in this year’s FIFA World Cup, they took to the streets by driving around waiving their country’s flag in utter splendor and jubilation. It was a fun day had by all.

      Well, all except for this guy, whose buddy forgot he was still sitting on the back of his car when the a-hole decided to speed up:

      Not only did he fall off the back of the car, but his buddy also left him standing there and he got laughed at by a bunch of chicks. That’s a triple-whammy of embarrassment right there.

      I’d hate to see how fans in Spain celebrated.

      External Sports, Soccer, World Cup

      Iker Casillas kisses reporter…

      July 12, 2010 /

      …which turned out to be his girlfriend.

      At first, I thought this was another case of a high-on-adrenalin/alcohol celebrity overstepping his bounds a la Adrien Brody’s planting a kiss on Halle Berry after winning an Oscar or Joe Namath telling Suzy Kolber he just wanted to kiss her on the Jets sideline. But Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas and reporter Sara Carbanero have been dating for a while, so Casillas closed the interview with a kiss.

      Watch for a strange moment at 0:25 where they both seem to choke up a little.

      External Sports, Soccer, Video, World Cup

      Spain wins the World Cup

      July 11, 2010 /
      JOHANNESBURG, July 12, 2010 Robin Van Persie (R) of the Netherlands and Carles Puyol of Spain vie for the ball during the World Cup final at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 11, 2010. (Xinhua/Liao Yujie.

      In a nail-biting, rough-and-tumble match that went into extra time tied, 0-0, Spain broke through and scored in the 116th minute on Andres Iniesta’s goal.

      The match was quite physical, as there were a record-number of yellow cards handed out. The Netherlands’ gameplan was to be aggressive and it eventually led to a red card that gave Spain a one-man advantage and led to Iniesta’s goal.

      The funny thing is that the Netherlands could have won 2-0 had Arjen Robben capitalized on a pair of second half one-on-one opportunities at goal. But Spain’s excellent goalkeeper, Iker Casillas, turned him away both times.

      In fairness, Spain blew a couple of nice opportunities at well. It was just an ugly match between two very good teams, and Spain did a better job of controlling the ball. Unfortunately, it’s not the type of match that is going to win any soccer converts in the U.S., but at least the World Cup wasn’t decided by penalty kicks.

      This is the first time Spain has won the World Cup, while the Netherlands falls to 0-3 in World Cup Finals.

      External Sports, Soccer, World Cup

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