Le Toux with a beautiful pass to set up a world class finish by Thierry Henry.

Golazo-azo-azo-azooooo

Things got a bit ugly when Genoa went down 4-0 to Siena.

Genoa president Enrico Preziosi:

"I'm sorry that 60 or 100 people can say and do as they want with impunity without us having the ability to control them and send them home, They cannot take over the stadium and enforce their law. These people should go to jail, they are the evil of Genoa."

"I do not fear them. I hope we get a ban from playing at home, so we have to play away and get a bit of calm."

President of the Italian Football Federation Giancarlo Abete: "The events in Genoa are a very ugly incident which takes us backward and we must react."

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Source: ESPN

Kaka
Real Madrid vs APOEL Nicosia

photo by Papesatan

At the end of the 2010/11 season Bari were on their to relegation to Serie B. Scared that they would not get paid, a few of the players decided to help a Balkan betting syndicate, known as The Gypsies, fix the outcome of games. One of those players was defender Andrea Masiello, who played for Atalanta until January this season. Masiello was paid €50,000 for scoring an own goal against Lecce last season.

Masiello was arrested yesterday. Eight other Bari players are also being investigated. Bari's sporting director Guido Angelozzi said the club had nothing to do with any manipulation of the result, and told SkyTG24 that they "thought it was a normal match."

Flamengo vs Bangu. Ronaldinho misses from 10 yards out. It happens to the best of us.

Former Lazio and NY Cosmos Striker Giorgio Chinaglia passed away this morning. He had recently been hospitalized with cardiac problems. Giorgio scored 193 goals in 213 appearances with the Cosmos from 1976–1983. In 2000 he was inducted into the U.S.A. National Soccer Hall of Fame. A little known fact about him is that he began his career with Swansea in 1964. He played only 6 games. scoring one goal. He would go on to play with Massese and Internapoli before joining Lazio in 1969.

When I think of Giorgio I think of this:

Pele: "You shoot from no fucking angle!"

Chinaglia: "If Chinaglia shoots from that angle, it is because Chinaglia can score from that angle!"

Now that is swagger.

Thierry Henry scores a hat trick against the Montreal Impact. That's 5 goals in the past 2 games.

Two summers ago the Fort Lauderdale Strikers played the NY Red Bulls in a preseason friendly. The game was open to the public and was free. 2,000 people had the unbelievable opportunity to watch Thierry Henry for free. I went to the Chivas vs Barca game this past summer during the World Football Challenge and Thierry Henry is still the best player I have ever watched play live. I should point out that Messi didn't play in the World Football Challenge, and if he had played that feeling may have been different.

Thierry Henry is the definition of class.

I truly don't understand why Colin Clark needed to abuse the ball boy during Houston's game against Seattle. Yes, maybe the ball boy wasn't doing his job but he's still a ball boy. To make things worse the whole thing happened literally in front of a microphone.

Colin apologized on Twitter after the game: "I'd like to offer a sincere apology to everyone who watched the game, especially the ball boy for whom I used awful language towards. I didn't mean to disrespect anyone and am sorry for letting my emotions get the best of me. It's not who I am and it won't happen again."

MLS statement on Saturday: "We are aware of the incident involving Houston Dynamo midfielder Colin Clark during the game in Seattle Friday night, and his public apology for it," the league said in a statement. "MLS is conducting a thorough review of the facts and examining possible disciplinary action."

Take that Barcelona! Madrid has their own private island! Well, they will by January 2015.

Club President Florentino Perez: “It is a decisive and strategic step that will strengthen our institution in the Middle East and Asia,”

Who: Real Madrid, RAK Marjan Island Football Investment Fund, and the government of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.

Size: 4.6 million square feet.

Cost: $1 billion.

Resort will include: Sports facilities, A marina with Yacht Club, 5-Star Luxury Hotels and Villas, an Amusement Park, a Real Madrid museum, and a 10,000-seat stadium that will have one side open to the sea.

The resort with have have Hologram Football shows. I don't know what that means, but it sounds cool. I'd prefer a real Football show, though.

Location: United Arab Emirates - more than half of their estimated 300 million followers are based in Asia.

The location was picked for strategic reasons. There are 2 Billion consumers will be 4-hours away by plane. All of Europe, Asian, and Africa will be 8-hours away by plane. 50 million consumers are 1-hour away by car.

The resort is expected to attract over 1 million visitors in the first year alone.

Your move, Barca.

Real Madrid vs Barcelona (Slow Motion HD 1080p) - El Clásico

Frank Ribery and Toni Kroos couldn't decide on who would take the free kick, so they handles the it the way they we all did when we were in elementary school: rock paper scissors.

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March 16th, 2012 The Coppa Italia Dilettanti, otherwise known as the Italian Amateur Cup, matched up Torres (the club famed for launching the career of one Gianfranco Zola) against US Termoli, and both legs of the tie were were treated to some breathtaking moments.

Last week we brought you Fabio Cifani's outstanding 50-yard golazo for Termoli in the first-leg 2-2 draw, whilst the second-leg produced one of the great fair play incidents of the year.

With Termoli leading 1-nothing (3-2 on aggregate), the hosts were awarded a 90th minute penalty when striker Vittorio Esposito went down in the box despite a lack of contact from a Torres defender. Furious protests from the Torres team came to nothing as the referee refused to budge from his decision. But there was a twist.

Clearly suffering under the weight of guilt from winning a penalty that never was, Vittorio Esposito took matters into his own hands by purposefully fluffing the spot-kick. The gesture was warmly received by Torres (who nevertheless were dumped out the cup) and has since turned Esposito into something of a cult hero.

Vittorio Esposito = Class

Things like this make the beautiful game even more beautiful. This is the kind of stuff people need to see. Football/Soccer is not just about a bunch of guys throwing their bodies to the ground, pretending to be hurt.

I have a lot of respect for you, Vittorio Esposito.

Eskişehirspor supporters protest the banning of flares. Epic Troll.

This was almost the goal of the season. wow. Messi-esque.

Quincy Amarikwa
Rapids vs Crew

Henri Lansbury's ridiculous goal against Belgium. ESPN didn't think it was worthy of #1 on topday's Top 10 Plays. What was worthy you ask? You know, just the standard alley oop we see every day. No love for soccer.

Cristiano Ronaldo
Rayo Vallecano vs Real Madrid