Monday, November 28, 2011

Amazing 60 yard goal by Iñigo Martínez - Betis 2-3 Sociedad

Defender Inigo Martinez scored with a spectacular shot from the halfway line on the final whistle to give Real Sociedad a 3-2 win at Real Betis in the Spanish league

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Substitution FAIL! Samuel Inkoom (Dnipro) vs Karpaty

The law about booking players for taking off their shirts is perhaps one of the most contentious rules in the modern game. As most will be well aware, Fifa for several years have insisted that -- regardless of circumstances -- shirt removal is an automatic yellow card offence. This has brought about a series of silly bookings throughout the years. One recent example from last season saw Tamir Cohen collect a yellow after scoring a 90th minute winner for Bolton against Arsenal for taking his shirt off to reveal a picture of his late father. Encouragingly in England Doncaster striker Billy Sharp avoided a booking on Tuesday night when he removed his shirt after scoring a goal just days after his two-day-old son had died. However this remains the exception, rather than the rule. With that in mind we bring you action from the Ukrainian top flight from the start of the week. Dnipro won 2-nil away at Karpaty on Monday night, but not everything went the visitors way as their Ghanaian international Samuel Inkoom received a crazy red card. Just after the hour the substitutes board was held up, instructing Inkoom to come off the pitch for teammate Evgeniy Shakhov. But before Inkoom managed to haul himself into an early bath, the player managed to get himself sent off. As he ran towards the sidelines to exit the pitch, Inkoom removed his Dinpro top. That shirt removal was spotted by the yes-man referee, who in turn flashed the midfielder his second yellow of the game.