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| PHOTO: THE EASY JOKE HERE INVOLVES THE RED BARON. LOVE THAT GUY’S PIZZA. |
Marseille keeper Steve Mandanda disposes of a paper airplane tossed at him by Bayern supporters. (REUTERS)
| AT THIS POINT, I’M POSITIVE NANDO IS CONSCIOUSLY TRYING TO LOOK LIKE AN ANIME CHARACTER. |
Maybe it will help his marketing potential in the Far East. His hair sure does look horrible, though. // Kickette
| BORA’S IN QATAR, SOAKING UP THE SUN, CASUALLY TROLLING USMNT FANS. YOU KNOW, JUST BEING BORA. |
Let’s play “Where in the world is Bora Milutinovic?” If you guess a small Arab nation with lots of money, you win. // NYT Goal Blog
| NEW T-SHIRT IDEA: ‘WHY ALWAYS ME SPRAYING DOWN TEENAGE GIRLS WITH FIRE-RETARDING CHEMICALS?’ |
Mario Balotelli could be in trouble for an incident at Drake’s Manchester Arena concert last week. // TNT Magazine
| PHOTO: THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER HAS A BALL ON HER HEAD. AHEM. |
Australian Primer Minister Julia Gillard holds a ball on her head during a press conference announcing a new A-League team in West Sydney. (GETTY IMAGES)
| CLEVER FOOTBALLERS ARE SO FREAKING CLEVER. HE WATCHED A LOT OF DVDS! |
Apparently Andre Villas-Boas’s nickname in the Chelsea locker-room was “DVD.” I bet that’s Terry’s. It’s just so witty and smart. Eye roll. // Dirty Tackle
| I REALLY HOPE THIS IS CALLED ‘PULLING A FERGIE’ AND GUYS TALK ABOUT ‘PULLING A FERGIE TOGETHER.’ |
Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs totally faked their free kick fail against Blackburn on Monday. It’s something Alex Ferguson’s teams have been doing for thirty years. // 101GG
| THE WORLD WILL HAVE TO MAKE DO WITHOUT THIS PARTICULAR LOAD OF BULL. |
An iconic Wolves fanzine is publishing its final issue after 23 years. // Junk Archive via WSC
| PHOTO: ‘OKAY GUYS, PRETEND TO BE HOOLIGANS. CHANNEL YOUR INNER ENGLISHMAN.’ |
Riot police participate in a hooligan-control exercise at Arena Lviv in Lviv, Ukraine ahead of Euro 2012. Sorry about that Englishman crack, Englishmen. (REUTERS)
| DON’T HATE ME BECAUSE I’M BEAUTIFUL. HATE ME BECAUSE I TELL YOU HOW BEAUTIFUL I AM. |
Samantha Brick’s footballing contemporary can sympathize. // The FCF
| THIS, IF ONLY BECAUSE WE NEED FEWER HAM-HANDED ODES TO BARCELONA ON THE INTERNET. MUCH FEWER. |
He’re a question that people are beginning to ask themselves: Is Barcelona’s dominance getting boring? // Bleacher Report
| ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED EURO 2012 DRILL: THE CORRALLING AND DETAINING OF THIRTY-SIX DUTCH WOMEN IN SHORT DRESSES. TRUST ME, IT’S PROBABLY NECESSARY. |
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