[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] A 40-yard free kick in the 77th minute by Leigh Griffiths of Hibernian crashes off the crossbar and clearly lands atleast a yard past the line, but it was ruled not to have gone in during a scoreless Edinburgh derby against visiting Hearts on Sunday. The Scottish Premier League has […]
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Is this Kazakhstani corner the craziest you've ever seen?
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] One of the most unbelievable scenes we’ve ever spotted on a soccer field occurred during league play in Kazakhstan when a refereeforced a player to take a corner kick in water deep enough to test out his scuba gear. This footage is simply amazing, and one of the first things […]
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Soccer Art from Poland means tricks
[VIDEO PICK: Magic feet] Soccer Art is an ingenious soccer freestyle group in Poland that spend thousands of hours practicing, filming and editing their art, soyou can and enjoy all the fruits of their labor in just a couple magical minutes. Paid to perform at events in Poland, this video has some great tricks, like […]
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Balotelli Commissions Statue of Himself
Mario Balotelli has commissioned a life-sized statue of himself to be made at his home in Brescia. According to Il Giornale di Brescia, the 22-year-old asked local artistLivio Scarpella to “immortalize” him in a statue depicting the pose he demonstrated after scoring his second goal in Italy’s 2-1 win in the Euro 2012 semifinalagainst Germany. […]
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Excellent own goals in Turkey and Spain
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] One was really the goalkeeper’s fault and the other would go down as a golazo for the ages had it come at the other end. It all turned out OK for Galatasaray – a 4-2 win over Orduspor that included Wesley Sneijder’s first Turkish Süper Lig goal – but it […]
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Bad sport striker scores on collapsed keeper
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Piero Alva’s goal while opposing keeper Juan Flores laid motionless after collapsing from heatexhaustion in Peru was shocking, and the striker’s post-game comments exhibited no remorse whatsoever. Universidad Cesar Vallejo played host to Union Comercio in Trujillo on Sunday. Withthe home team leading 2-1 in the 70th minute Flores corrals […]
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Referees get mixed reviews for starring roles
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] The fastest double booking in Real Madrid history, 30 seconds of video forever alters the benchmark for lazy refereeing, andBrazilian superstar Neymar gets a ridiculous red card. Our twitter friendly analysis of these arbitrator-laden films boasts: rapidly unlucky, deserving of scorn, andutterly baffling. Sergio Ramos header made it 2-0 in […]
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You train to be like Zlatan, I am already Zlatan
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] A brief interview of Zlatan Ibrahimovic conducted after Lucas Moura‘s arrival at ParisSaint-Germain offers humorous insight into why the striker got sent off late in last week’s Champions League victory at Valencia. Lucas has four assists in six games after coming overfrom Brazil, after PSG paid $54 million dollars for […]
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Get on board with Manchester City's train service
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Well known Manchester City personalities recorded announcements for local train service to be used on game days and let’s just saythat coach Roberto Mancini received a grade of A for unintentional comedy. Starting on Sunday, for its FA Cup match with Leeds, passengers on the East Manchester line ofMetrolink will […]
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Defender gets caught up in his work
[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] Fabio Ferreira raced back to make a wonderful clearance in Brazil’s Serie B last Wednesday and the play endedwith the defender tangled up in the net while lying on his back as the entire goal was collapsing on top of him. Chapecoense beat Criciuma 1-0 in a game that was […]