Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

A Sky Sports report here, an Al Jazeera report here.

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Sixteen months after taking the Liverpool job for a second time, Kenny Dalglish was summarily sacked from his post on Wednesday evening.

Rumours had been swirling for several days that axe could be wielded by American owners FSG after Liverpool suffered their worst league campaign in 18 years, and King Kenny has now suffered the ultimate price just days after the season’s conclusion.

Liverpool’s season was a mixed bag though: Dalglish achieved success winning the Carling Cup for the Reds, while the Scousers also reached the FA Cup final. That, however, was balanced a last day loss at Swansea that cemented Liverpool’s lowest points tally since 1953/54.

Looking to recap a year of (few) highs and (greater) lows for Kenny Dalglish, here are some of his more memorable moments from his second (and surely final) reign in the Liverpool dugout.

1) John W Henry and Tom Werner celebrate Carling Cup victory in the Liverpool dressing room

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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Whoever caught this on their mobile phone snapped a scoop.

Real Madrid have landed in Kuwait ahead of a friendly with the local national team on Wednesday. The arrival, however proved troublesome for striker Gonzalo Higuian.

Walking through the Kuwait International Airport on his way out, Higuian face-planted his kisser into a see-through door: much to the enjoyment of everyone watching.

Watch Gonzalo Higuian’s walking FAIL here.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

England’s 23-man squad for Euro 2012

Goalkeepers: Hart, Green, Ruddy

Defenders: Baines, Cahill, Cole, Johnson, Lescott, Terry, Jones

Midfielders: Barry, Downing, Gerrard, Lampard, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Parker, Walcott, Young, Milner

Strikers: Carroll, Defoe, Rooney, Welbeck

Stand-by: Butland, Jagielka, Henderson, Adam Johnson, Sturridge

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A Not-Going England XI: Foster, Richards, Gibbs, Ferdinand, Jagielka, Lennon, Scholes, Carrick, Johnson, Holt, Crouch (subs: Joe Cole, Bent)

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Roy Hodgson speaks about his Euro squad to FA TV

Related link: BRAND NEW: Stewart Downing 2011-12 Liverpool highlights on DVD

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Below are listed the best European Championship goals ever scored at tournaments spanning from Euro 1960 until Euro 2008.

This ultimate list of European Championship great goals is in chronological order, as opposed to the ones we think are the best.

(Everyone knows Marco van Basten scored the best ever goal at a European Championship!)

Here’s hoping for some more golazos in Poland & Ukraine at Euro 2012.

If you think we have missed any – let us know in the comments. Cheers!

Antonin Panenka introduces the… Panenka! (Czechoslovakia 2* – Germany 2, Euro 76 final, June 20, 1976)

Ronnie Whelan’s brilliant goal (Republic of Ireland 1 – Soviet Union 1, Euro 88 group game, June 15, 1988)

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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Watch ALL the Copa Libertadores quarter-final‎s on our live online video streaming service via Bet365.

If you thought that the football season has finished, think again.

A pulsating couple of nights of Copa Libertadores action are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday as Universidad de Chile, Corinthians, Boca Juniors, Fluminense and Santos gear up for the quarter-finals of South America’s premier club competition.

So how can you watch our live video streaming?

Bet365 are beaming the Copa Libertadores live, legal and straight onto your computer via 101 Great Goals. Simply click on the Live Streaming tab above and follow the simple step-by-step instructions to tune in.

The strap-line for this week’s round of matches is simple: Brazil versus Argentina.

National pride is at stake as Boca Juniors (lead by Juan Roman Riquelme) face off against Fluminense (Fred and Deco are injured), whilst Neymar’s Paulista winning Santos travel to Buenos Aires to play Velez Sarsfield.

Also intriguing is the tie between Paraguayans’ Libertad and arguably the best team of 2011, Universidad de Chile. While El Gumarelo are unbeaten at home in the competition, La U (current Copa Sudamericana champions) have won just once outside Santiago.

Who will make it to the final four? Tune in to the Copa Libertadores quarter-final‎s to find out!

Full listing of all the weekend’s Live online & Legal games can be seen here.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

(spotted on Dirty Tackle)

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Insane. Amazing. Mental.

A moment of madness was captured live on Argentinean TV this week as San Lorenzo coach Ricardo Caruso Lombardi instigated a fight on a busy street in central Buenos Aires.

The brawl broke out outside a television studio in the capital.

A five minute video captured Lombardi, who had a cut near his left eye, squaring up to Fabio Garcia (an ex-coach at San Lorenzo).

Despite the close proximity of a cameraman on the scene, Lombardi aggressively goaded Garcia into to a rumble, however Garcia refused to be involved on a punch up on film. The argument piqued when Garcia needed to show deft reflexes to avoid a punch from his angry enemy.

Eventually policemen separated the warring twosome (not before a crowd had gathered to egg the middle-aged men on), at which point Lombardi told reporters that Garcia had attacked him in the car park although that was denied by Garcia.

Watch the crazy street fight between Lombardi and Garcia here.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Stereotypes of German order and punctuality flew out the window on Tuesday in a chaotic promotion/relegation playoff between Fortuna Dusseldorf and Hertha Berlin.

The facts.

Second tier Fortuna, 2-1 up from the first leg in Berlin, KO’ed Hertha in the second leg following a thrilling 2-2 draw. Highlights over the ninety minutes included Maximilian Biester’s 60-second opener for the hosts, and Hertha’s struggle after Anis Ben-Hatira was sent off in the 54th.

But the bigger story centred on the behaviour of the fans off the pitch.

Hertha’s were the first to cause trouble as, early in the second half, they bombarded the pitch with firestorm of flares. That added seven minutes of stoppage time at the end of the match, which proved too long to wait for the frenzied Fortuna supporters.

With 100s of fans encamped on the side of the pitch before injury time had come to end, the Dusseldorf supporters simply lost their patience. They stormed the pitch en masse before the final whistle in celebration of their team’s Bundesliga promotion. It was mayhem.

Referee Wolfgang Stark had little option but to haul the players off amid the craziness. It took 15 minutes to restore order, while during the disturbance a scuffle broke out between Assiani Lukimya (Fortuna) and Christian Lell (Hertha).

The hold-up was a complete shambles, and perhaps the most iconic moment came when a Fortuna fan cut up and escaped with a slab of the pitch.

Watch the Dusseldorf fans storm pitch before before the playoff actually ends here.

Match highlights including all the chaos disruptions can be seen here.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Hot off the heels of the one Wolves fan who thought he could battle 1000 Wigan supporters, another football-related video has surfaced of a David versus Goliath battle gone wrong.

Mehmet Topal, Valencia’s 26-year-old defensive midfielder, has suffered a epic FAIL as he tried his luck at being a matador.

While not too many details of how the video came about are known, the footage captured Topal trying to tame a smallish bull only for the bull to show the Turk who’s the boss.

Watch Mehmet Topal vs the bull here.