Corinthians knew they had made a big signing when they secured the services of Ronaldo, but they are only just discovering quite how BIG. The rotund one is struggling to shift the weight he piled on during his injury layoff and is left jogging round behind his team-mates like the fat kid at school on a cross country run. Watch the video above for a sneaky look at his muffin top belly.
Inter Milan’s Luis Jimenez and Mauricio Pinilla of Vasco da Gama are not the best of friends. It all stems from rumours in the press that Pinilla slept with Jimenez’s wife, Maria Jose Lopez. So when they happened to not only be in the same country, but also the same Santiago nightclub it all got a bit nasty.
Jimenez is alleged to have set upon his love rival with a blunt instrument after Pinilla refused to heed warnings to stay away from the nightclub. Pinilla later received hospital treatment for injuries to his head and neck.
Gaston Aguirre latest player to attack feathered friend
San Lorenzo defender Gaston Aguirre will forever have the stain of pigeon blood on his conscience after killing a bird during a recent match. The Argentinian’s shot connected with the bird, who sadly didn’t have the quick reactions of his mates, killing it instantly.
The poor little blighter didn’t exactly get a big send-off. Scooped up by the referee, dumped off the pitch and play continued. At least Aguirre was in reflective mood. He said: “I kicked the ball and, poor pigeon. Now I will be remembered as the pigeon killer.”
Crazy Brazilian ready to kill himself after relegation
It is a good job Leeds United fans have thicker skin than this or the population of Yorkshire would have been reduced considerably over the last few years. This fan decided he could no longer bear to live after watching his beloved Vasco Da Gama relegated for the first time in their history.
Fortunately, it doesn’t get messy as a posse is rounded up to retrieve the would-be jumper. I hope West Brom take note and put some railings on the roof at The Hawthorns!
Brazilian victory cuddle
After netting the winning goal for Internacional against Estudiantes in the Sudamericana Cup final last night, Nilmar celebrated by hugging and kissing a considerably shorter team-mate while having his backside caressed.
It is at times like this that you are thankful that Rob Styles is only as crap as he currently is and not worse! This footage is taken from the Colombian championship last weekend. Atletico Junior somehow manage to win themselves a penalty when one of their players throws himself to the ground. The fact that no America players are within ten metres of the diver doesn’t seem to bother the referee. Quite bizarre.
Colombian keeper gets caught slightly out of position
It’s the age old positional dilemma for any goalkeeper: to rush out to the halfway line or not to rush out to the halfway line. In his long career, 42-year-old Rene Higuita has all too often found himself making the wrong decision. Some things never change with age as you will find out 2mins 15secs into this video.
Hang on a minute…
In the coverage that we saw last night, England beat Germany in Berlin. But in the parallel universe in which Eurosport exists the Three Lions were once again slain by Diego Maradona. A Eurosport hack who got a bit caught up in the Terry Butcher furore decided to write that Argentina had managed to “down England”.
That is assuming Butcher hasn’t used his position on the Scottish bench to mount some sort of Wooden Horse of Troy invasion and Scotland is now part of England. Or maybe the headline should read: “Maradona’s Argentina drive down to England.”
Brazilian player stops short of joining the Mile High Club
Dull news report about football team travelling on plane. Probably telling you when Internacional are expecting to arrive at their destination, when they are next training and… woah! Hang on a minute! Was that player snuggling up to his team-mate for an in-flight nap? He was, you know.
Bless you, Taison. You have got to be pretty comfortable with yourself to sleep in public while cuddling your team-mate.
