It’s long been said that soccer teams, like Fendi handbags, are items everyone must have even if they cannot actually justify having them.
Northern Italy’s pro soccer team Triestina know the fabulousness of both, though I hope their purses are working out better than their soccer team’s popularity.
Earlier this month Togo’s national soccer team traveled to Bahrain for a “friendly” exhibition match that they lost 3-0. This isn’t news, as futbol in the West African country has been in ruin since December. What is shocking is how ruined the program remains. So ruined, in fact, that the Togolese team wasn’t even conditioned enough to compete for all of the game’s 90 minutes. Oh yeah, and none of them were actually on the Togo team.
I was at a basketball game a few months ago in the upper deck when a large group of kids behind me – who probably didn’t like basketball – started the wave.
I’m not a fan of the wave, but I am a fan of humorous new chants. And that awesome chant was nothing compared to went down in Philly this weekend.
The Chelsea Blue have been under siege by a prankster sneaking into the team’s locker rooms and cutting holes in their underwear, thus leading the entire squad to explore an entirely new form of “futbol flopping” never before showcased on a pitch. They’re showing going nuts.There’s also a ton of “ball control” and “sliding tackle” jokes that I’ll spare you. You’re welcome.
England’s Norwich City changed their uniforms after last season, giving the Canaries a brighter, more vibrant “Brazilian” flair. Fortunately for Brazil, they don’t have millions of beetles looking to feed on pollen, or anything that looks like it might be pollen.