Who said nothing interesting ever happens in Belgium?

Sunday’s hotly anticipated Belgian First Division match between Standard Liege and Anderlecht will certainly be a game to remember for Polish defender Marcin Wasilewski, but unfortunately, it may also be his last.

Midway through the first half, Standard Liege’s Axel Witsel put in a disgraceful challenge on Wasilewski, which resulted in an open double leg fracture.

Never have we seen such a poignant non verbal expression of pain and anguish than the look on the poor Pole’s face at around the [0.25] second mark.

Argentinean suffers embarrassing backflip malfunction

The world’s football retirement home, also known as the MLS, is great for those looking for some slow-paced ’sawker’ action, and now it is also a fantastic source of hilarious injuries.

While playing against David Beckham United on Saturday, Argentinean Real Salt Lake striker Fabián Espíndola put the ball in the net after six minutes, and in celebration, he attempted one of his trademark backflip celebrations. Things didn’t go quite as planned, however, as he broke his leg on landing, and then found out the goal was disallowed for offside:

“I’m embarrassed, “said Espindola, who celebrated goals with a flip since his days as a youth player in Argentina. “I’m never going to do that again. I don’t know what happened. I’ve done it a million times. If I would have known I never would have done it.”

As if this wasn’t embarrassing enough, LA Galaxy midfielder Bryan Jordan thoroughly drank Espíndola’s milkshake by executing a perfect flip shortly after his goal in the 2-2 draw.

Espíndola will be out of action for up to six weeks, and The Spoiler advises him to stick to the simple Alan Shearer ‘hand up’ celebration upon his return.

[The Beautiful Game]