Some confusion over the centenary celebrations of the RFEF (Real Federación Española de Fútbol, or Royal Spanish Football Federation) has arisen.
The governing body celebrated has anounced it will celebrate its centenary on November 14th with a friendly between Spain and Argentina at the Vicente Calderón stadium in Madrid. This is a little odd, as the RFEF celebrated its 75th anniversary in October 1988, with a friendly against an Argentina side featuring Diego Maradona (pictured above). Mathematicians will note that this was 21 years ago, not 25.
“It seems obvious that someone has been guilty of impatience,” says Marca of the hasty celebration.
Brazilians demonstrate cavalier attitude to health and safety
Following a 1-1 draw with Santos on Sunday, Corinthians were delighted to win their thirty-first Sao Paolo State Championship.
To celebrate this hard-earned achievement, captain William took the trophy - believed to have been modelled on a pimp cup - up on a crane so everyone in the stadium could get a good look. Unfortunately, the combination of streamers, ticker tape and open flames left the captain covered in a lot more fire than usual.
Fortunately, no one was hurt in the incident. However, (Fat) Ronaldo - who may or may not have been deemed too heavy to put on the crane - spoke out about the piss-poor safety standards:
“It was obvious that it was going to catch fire,” he told a news conference.
“They should have thought of something better.
“William could have been burned and, instead of celebrating, we could now be visiting him in hospital.”
“I lament the disorganisation,” added Ronaldo, who was surrounded by reporters and cameramen as the final whistle went.
“I didn’t have the chance to celebrate with our supporters, I kept getting hit by microphones.”
On Saturday, VfB Stuttgart defeated Dortmund at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, thanks to a winning goal from Mario Gomez. The German national team striker, however, landed himself in a big ol’ pile of controversy thanks to the nature of his goal celebration.
When the half-Spanish forward slotted home in the 62nd minute, he opened an imaginary can and took a sip from it, and then proceeded to flap his arms as if they were wings. According to German newspaper Bild, Gomez has held a “private agreement” with a certain Austrian energy drink manufacturer for several months.
According to FIFA rules, such flagrant advertising
The crossed arms gesture was not a controversial “shout out” to a friend in the slammer or a show of support for Ivory Coast political activist Antoine Assale Tiemoko, but simply a replication of the design of the Konvict Muzik logo.
For those who aren’t cool (or who didn’t just look it up on Wikipedia), that’s a record label that has fifteen-minutes-of-fame-are-nearly-over electronica artist Lady Gaga on its books, and is owned by Akon.
Kalou met the annoying rapper at a show at the IndigO2 earlier this week, and was presented with a commemorative disc by his American pal.
Spoiler bonus: If you attend an Akon concert, don’t throw stuff at him. His bodyguards will bring you to him and he’ll bodyslam you. He’s that tough…
Thanks to Middlesbrough’s laughable attempts at defending corners, Salomon Kalou bagged both of Chelsea’s goals at Stamford Bridge last night (see the other one here). He followed each with a ‘hand face mask’ and ‘crossed arms’ celebration.
Some are saying it was a gesture in support of Ivory Coast political activist Antoine Assale Tiemoko, while others believe he really likes the X Factor. A spokesman from Chelsea’s Incredulous Exuse Department, however, believes it was a completely arbitrary celebration:
“He was just trying out a new celebration and it was a crossing of the arms.
“He also sometimes puts his hand over his face like a mask.”
Just trying out a new celebration? Did he hold a focus group afterwards, to help him develop new celebrations for future games?
If anyone knows what it was really about, pray tell below…
Montenegrin striker hoping for underwear modelling contract
Roma beat Cagliari 3-2 yesterday, and nobody was happier* than Mirko Vucinic, who celebrated scoring the winner by removing his shirt (to reveal another Roma shirt) and his shorts (to reveal some of his best tighty-whities).
*Judging by the commentator’s orgasmic groans, perhaps Vucinic was the second happiest person at the Stadio Olimpico.
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