Unlike England, Leo Messi’s Argentina finally broke their 28 year trophy duck and won the Copa America yesterday.
Needless to say they acted like proper bastards throughout the tournament, particularly goalkeeper EmiMartinez, who you can see above pretending to shag the trophy like he’s a 14 year old boy.
During the semi-final shootout against Colombia, the Aston Villa stopper resorted to yelling trash talk at the penalty takers to put them off.
As Everton’s Yerry Mina stood over the ball, Martinez taunted him:
You’re nervous, huh? I can tell you’re nervous. I know where you’re going to shoot. Watch and see how I’m gonna eat you up. Look, I know you, eh, I’ll eat you. Remember, I’m gonna eat you up.
Mina missed the penalty and Argentina went on to win the tournament.
With the recriminations over France’s exit in full swing, an unlikely villain has emerged: Veronique, the overbearing mother of midfielder Adrien Rabiot.
Following Kylian Mbappe’s penalty miss, the Parisian battleaxe was spotted by TV cameras berating other players’ families for their performances.
She reportedly told Mbappe’s father his son was “arrogant”, adding: “It is embarrassing how he struck that, for a player of his level. He hit it too lightly. I hope you are going to scold him.”
And she had a 20 minute row with Paul Pogba’s friends and family, after she blamed the Man United midfielder for Switzerland’s late equaliser. It became so heated the stadium stewards had to intervene.
Veronique, who is also Rabiot‘s agent, is famously protective of her son. She previously wrote a letter to manager Didier Deschamps to demand he picked Adrien more often.
The Daily Mirror has given Michael Owen an absolute shafting by publishing some ‘filthy’ messages he sent to a former Big Brother housemate.
As with everything Owen does, his messages are so boring, they’re actually quite fascinating.
A few lowlights:
Asks her to send through 20 topless pics so he can “judge” if they are suitable for putting on social media.
Gets impatient and texts: “Come on then, fire them through. It’s a long boring trip to London so I need something to do… leave nothing to the imagination.”
Replies “tremendous by the way.” when he finally gets to see the goods.
Questions whether her boobs are “falsies“.
This is probably our favourite line:
When asked what intrigued him about her, Owen replied: ‘Your past. Your present. Your posts with your tits out.’
The Super League’s dirty dozen may have felt the wrath of the people this week, but that was absolutely nothing compared to what German side Schalke had to deal with.
A 600-strong mob armed with fireworks and eggs waited until 1am at the club’s ground to greet their newly relegated players, who were returning from a 1-0 defeat.
Terrifying footage (above) shows the players sprinting away from the angry ultras, who chased them across the stadium concourse.
Among the fleeing Schalke players was former Arsenal defender Sead Kolasinac, who famously fought off two knife-wielding robbers in London. Understandably, he didn’t rate his chances this time.
Pleased to bring you a new instalment of the weird sexual psycho-drama which is the French football team.
Striker Karim Benzema will finally stand trial in October, six years after he was first accused of helping a close friend blackmail his teammate Mathieu Valbuena.
Back in 2015, a mystery caller told Valbuena they had a video of him and his girlfriend shagging, which they would release unless he paid them off.
Soon after, Benzema approached Valbuena during a French training camp and urged him to pay off the blackmailers, adding: “Be careful Math, they are big, bigthugs“.
Police then secretly recorded Benzema discussing the plot with close friend (and convicted criminal) Karim Zaneti. There are plenty of incriminating lines, such as: “Do not worry. He has no choice. I’ll make him understand. He’ll pay”.
You do wonder why a guy earning £300k per week would get involved with this sort of thing, but Benzema has:
Always stayed close to his friends from his tough childhood in Lyon. In fact, Zaneti is on his company payroll.
A track record as being a bit of a lowlife: he was famously caught sleeping with an underage prostitute.
Plus, don’t forget the golden rule of the French national team: they’re really fucking weird.
