Showing posts with label videos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label videos. Show all posts

Monday, February 2, 2009

The legend of HELWA HELWA goals: Zlatan Ibrahimovic



After the excitement of a wild on-edge sporting weekend, nothing calms the nerves like some good old youtube football porn. All the spectacular play, none of the hair-tearing second-ticking filler. This video present, courtesy of your resident shameless Nerazurri fanatic, comes in from a two-year-old game between Inter and Sampdoria. If you haven't already had the opportunity, pull up a seat and savor this one. It may be my most watched youtube video selection ever, and there are abundant reasons as to why. I play this at least once a day to get pumped up for whatever may meet me ahead. Whoever chose the music, you sir, are a legend.

Zlatan: "You can't laugh. I laugh." Not joking. He really said that.

Postscript: For those among the uninitiated, the HELWA label refers back to the video embedded below, in which an understandably enthused Arabic commentator gushes over Ibra's wonder goal vs. Bologna. Helwa apparently means "sweet" in his native tongue, and Gino and I have never looked back, applying it to any and all sweet goals we can find. The more you know.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

HELWA HELWA HELWA LIONEL MESSI AND FERNANDO TORRES



I predicted some HELWA goal videos from this weekend, and did Messi and Torres ever deliver.



Goal is not terribly spectacular, but extra points for smooth slide-to-cross-legged-sitting celebration.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

HELWA HELWA ROBIN VAN PERSIE

In anticipation of all the HELWA HELWA footage that should be incoming from the weekend games I'm posting my pick of the litter from the midweek goals, Van Persie's late stunner against the Toffees:



Oh, that's nice.

Friday, January 30, 2009

In case you missed it... HELWA HELWA CRAIG BELLAMY



Have to say, the man has a nice swing. Good bit of work, fee justified? David James seems to think so.

HELWA HELWA HELWA DAVID BECKHAM



Goldenbutt's screamer versus Genoa. Somebody's got something to prove to Fab in the stands.


I have to wonder whether the boys at the Guardian podcast are right. Does Becks really have an exceptional physique or is Serie A really that bad? Not like this isn't the ancient player preservation league, where the old folks of the game go out to pasture (notice a certain 40 year old central defender celebrating with the Golden One), but after years of uninspiring performances at the top level he's suddenly keeping a (recently much slower) Ronaldinho out of the side. Is everyone around him just beat down more than him, or are we seeing a real rejuvenation of the career of England's most prized American export?


What do you think?

Has Rafa Benitez been watching a lot of Spanish 3rd division football recently?



This is what happens when you get into contract disputes with Spaniards. Remind you of anyone?