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| PHOTO: I GET THE FEELING THESE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT RIQUELME TO LEAVE. |
Boca fans gathered in large numbers and held up signs with many hearts in a bid to keep Juan Roman Riquelme from leaving the club. (Above: Getty Images/Below: Reuters)
| THIS IS WHAT SOCCER LOOKS LIKE TO BEINGS OF HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS. |
Because they experience time differently, you see. Anyway, you too can get great time-lapse video (an entire soccer match in two minutes!) to share with the world using nothing but an iPad2 and a YouTube account. Not that you should. // ESPN.com
| HERE’S WHERE I DREAM OF AN ‘EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE’ REMAKE WITH CARLES IN THE STARRING ROLE. |
Carles Puyol is supporting a campaign to save orangutans. You can help Carles save orangutans. // SoccerNation
| MEANWHILE, IN LONDON, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT JOHN TERRY SUCKS. |
Oh yeah, that John Terry racism trial thing is happening right now. Seems like a lot of effort to go through to fine the guy, but whatever. // Futbolita
| VIDEO: BOB AND HIS SWEATPANTS IN EGYPT MAKE FOR FASCINATING WATCHING. REALLY. |
Bob Bradley’s Egyptian adventure is getting the documentary treatment. Here’s the trailer, and if you’re interested in an interview with the filmmakers, go here.
| I BET JOHN TERRY WOULD PAY A BAJILLION POUNDS TO SWITCH PLACES WITH FAT FRANK RIGHT NOW… |
More photos of footballers on vacay. Jerome and Frank with their shirts off, making the rest of us feel inadequate. // Kickette
| IF YOU LOOK OFF TO YOUR LEFT, YOU’LL SEE THE LATEST ATTEMPT BY ENGLAND TO ACTUALLY GET BETTER. |
St. George’s Park, site of the National Football Centre, is meant to bring England into the 21st century from a training and coaching perspective. Let’s learn about it. // The Stiles Council
| THIS IS WHAT AMERICANS GET FOR ALL LOOKING ALIKE. I STILL CAN’T TELL ONYEWU AND BOCANEGRA APART. |
Nice try Marca. No wait, I mean not-nice-try-at-all-seriously-what-the-hell. // Dirty Tackle
| PHOTO: THIS IS TOTALLY A WORTHWHILE USE OF THIS GUY’S TIME. GO TERRY! |
Classic. Mid-90s Chelsea shirt (at least he’s a real fan), poster of Terry that make the Blues defender look evil, and some added message I can’t quite make out. World Love…something. (Getty Images)
| BONUS PHOTO: HERE’S BALOTELLI, AUDITIONING FOR THE ROLE OF THE POST-APOCALYPTIC WARLORD IN THE NEW MAD MAX REMAKE. |
He’s a shoe-in. // via Invent Football
| TRACKING TRANSFERS TRUMPS TRYING TRACKING TRAMPOLINE TRAJECTORIES. TRIBBLE. |
Yep, that’s how far I’ll go to maintain the alliteration. Tracking transfer tripe. // Bleacher Report
| SPEAKING OF REMAKES, WHY IS A TOTAL RECALL REMAKE A THING? YOU CAN’T IMPROVE ON A CLASSIC. |
