1. You still have to wait for the rabbit
Bulgarian star Christo Stoichkov has twice played for La Liga giants Barcelona. He was a legendary barca in the 1990s, leading the team to five La Liga titles, one Copa del Rey, one European Cup Winners' Cup and one European Cup. 1994 was the peak of Stoichkov's career. He represented Bulgaria at the World Cup in the United States, scoring the World Cup Golden Boot with six goals with Russian striker Oleg Salenko. That year, he also beat Robert Baggio and Paul Maldini in the European Ballon d'Or awards to become the world's number one star.
In 1990, Stoichkov, who had just joined Barcelona, began his journey to la liga. However, among his solo highlights of the season, the most talked about is not the goals and assists he has scored for Barcelona, but a scene that makes him feel quite embarrassed. In one league game, Stoichkov broke through with the ball in front. Just as he was about to kick in, an unknown object that was running fast blocked his way, causing him to stumble and kick the ball. Stoichkov, who was relieved, fixed his eyes on it, and a hare broke into the field, giving him a good chance to score. An enraged Stoichkov swooped down on the hare, trying to catch the scourge. However, even the lightning speed of the Bulgarians could not catch up with the hare. The hare sped out, and the smoke was gone. Stoichkov could only hide his face and lament the trickery of fate.
Stoichkov holds the Ballon d'Or trophy in his hand
2. The birth of a tough guy
Welsh tough guy Winnie Jones unleashed his talent on acting careers after retiring. During his career, Jones briefly played for Leeds United and Chelsea, while playing for Wimbledon for six seasons before following the team to the FA Cup in 1988. While still a player, Winnie Jones won a number of short video creation opportunities because of his tough guy image. In 1992, in a best-selling short video called "Football Tough Guys", Jones was interviewed by reporters. In Jones' appearance, he spoke to the audience in detail about how to use the techniques used in the game to hurt opposing players. Jones' public appearance immediately attracted the fa's attention. As a result of such inappropriate remarks, Jones was banned for 6 months and fined £20,000.
Jones not only dared to say it, but he dared to do it. One of the most famous photos is of the moment he angrily punches Gascoin's egg during the match. After retiring from the army, Jones made his screen debut in 1998 as a tough guy. Later, Jones's acting career was even more out of control, far beyond his fame when he played football. Jones's most famous works are "Two Big Smoking Guns" and "Stealing and Kidnapping". Later, he also participated in the interpretation of big-budget films such as "X-Men", "Hell Knight", and "Green Arrow". Nowadays, when people think of Winnie Jones, the first thing that comes to mind is that he is an actor, not a football player.
The scene between Winnie Jones and Gascoin is a classic moment in the English league
3. The scorpion swings its tail
When it comes to Legendary Colombian goalkeeper Iquita, people always mention his "scorpion swing" in 1995. I think a big reason Chinese fans are talking about this is that Football Night put this clip on its opening credits. In 1995, at an international friendly match between England and Colombia, Iquita performed such a unique feat to fans around the world. From the perspective of this action alone, it not only requires the player to have excellent bouncing and good physical flexibility, but also tests his judgment of the landing point and the timing of the time. The video has become the number one hit on a soccer short on YouTube, followed by Maradona's Hand of God. It can be seen that people worship this ball. In fact, Iquita said after the game that he had the courage to make such a bizarre move in real situations. He had heard the referee's whistle before, knew he was in a dead ball state, and wanted to show it in front of the audience.
However, drugs completely destroyed this daring madman. In 1993, Iquita was accused of being involved in a deal between two drug cartels. In another kidnapping case, Iquita also ran errands for the kidnappers to deliver a ransom of $64,000. Iquita was arrested by the police for this, imprisoned for 7 months, and missed the 1994 World Cup in the United States. In 2004, Iquita, who played in the Ecuadorian league, was again tested positive for cocaine. The incident completely ruined Iquita's career, and after being sacked by Orcas, Iquita had to support his family by working short jobs for various teams. In 2010, at the age of 44, Iquita officially retired. His last team was Atlético Pereira of Colombia, where Iquita scored five goals in 12 appearances.
The moment the "madman" Iquita scorpion wagged its tail
4. "Do you understand the ball?" ”
England winger Howard Wilkinson has started his coaching career since the 1970s and has managed Sheffield Wednesday for five years with decent results. Since then, Wilkinson has twice taken over the faltering England national team, temporarily taking over the Three Lions as a transitional figure. However, he has never been corrected because of the poor results of his team. In 2004, Wilkinson also briefly played in the Chinese Super League, coaching Shanghai Shenhua. Due to his defeat at Shenhua, Wilkinson retired completely and never coached any other team.
In 2002, Wilkinson took over Sunderland, and there was a big embarrassing incident. Due to his poor record, he only lasted less than half a year in office. At a press conference after the team's defeat, a reporter from the audience asked many sharp questions. This annoyed Wilkinson, who haughtily told reporters, "What do you know? How many games have you played for the national team? "43 games!" Former England captain Jimmy Armfield, a reporter on the stage, said.
Jimmy Armfield was also a member of the 1966 World Cup
5. Two teams of joint first aid
In 2003, there was a heart-warming scene in the Finnish top flight. In a match against Gubis in Turku, the Team gubis scored a corner. Just as the players gathered in front of the penalty area for tactical preparation, a duck inadvertently swung from the bottom line into the field. It was small and walked very slowly, as if it hadn't caught the attention of the players. Who would have thought that it would be so inch, gubis ghana midfielder Seth Abred, who took the corner, did not start this time, but kicked a quick bocce ball.
The ball darted into the penalty area and hit the ducks who were walking. The duck fell to the ground in an instant, unconscious in the middle of the game. At this time, the players realized that there was an uninvited guest entering the field. The referee went up to look at the duck and saw that it was still breathing, but it collapsed on the ground and could not stand up. Instead of throwing the duck aside, the referee motioned to the underfield and called for the medical team to play. So, the team doctors of the two teams ran into the field together. To keep the game going, they put the unconscious duck off the baseline and began to treat it. After ten minutes, the duck regained consciousness and began flapping its wings. The attention of the whole audience was focused on this strong duck. It stood up slowly, then swung out of the court as it had before. At this time, the audience erupted into warm applause, paying tribute to the duck, but also to the animal-loving team doctor and referee.
When the "perpetrator" of the game" Abred
6. There will be a fine for overweight
Neil Ruddock was a famous English centre-back in the 1990s. During his career, Ruddock mainly played for Southampton and Liverpool. During his five seasons at Liverpool, Ruddock himself had constant troubles, such as having improper relationships with multiple women at the same time, driving drunk, beating up nannies, and so on. And the fans are most concerned about Ruddock's weight problem. It is said that Ruddock was very fond of eating pies, and it was endless to eat. As an active Premier League player, Ruddock, who is 1.88 meters tall, once weighed 200 pounds. At a double red meeting, Ruddock was tasked with keeping an eye on United striker Cantona. The garbage words of the two of you come and go. Cantona laughed at Ruddock, saying, "You're the only fat guy on the pitch who's in charge of defending me." Ruddock responded: "You're the only guy on the pitch that I've ever defended that doesn't wear clothes. (Mocking Cantona's "Chinese Standing Collar").
In 1998, The slumped Ruddock was loaned to QPR by Liverpool. He then moved to West Ham and went through two more failed seasons. In 2000, Crystal Palace threw an olive branch at Rudok, hoping to give him another chance. However, crystal palaces specifically proposed an additional clause in the contract, if Ruddock again increases his weight to a certain limit because of gluttony, he must be fined by the club. Ruddock accepted the term and eventually joined Crystal Palace, partnering the Chinese international Fan Zhiyi, who was playing in the team at the time, at centre-back. Although Ruddock managed his weight well during that time, he couldn't get rid of aging. After a season, Ruddock was sold to Swindon by the team, eventually announcing that he was hanging up his boots in 2003.
Today, Ruddock has become such a fat man
7. Success studies of African witch doctors
The thing of witchcraft can exist for thousands of years, and naturally has its own truth. At the very least, if you believe in fate, you are not an outright atheist. Especially in the distant and ancient Africa, to this day, when technology is so advanced, there are still a large number of Africans who believe in the mysterious power of nature and witchcraft. At the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations, the Ivorian Football Association invited an important helper for the national team, the African witch doctor. They cast spells while praying for Côte d'Ivoire. Sure enough, African elephants won the African championship. However, the FA and the witch doctor could not negotiate because of the salary issue, and this form of encouragement was temporarily stopped.
In 2005, African witch doctors came out again, casting spells on Côte d'Ivoire for the World Cup qualifiers in Germany: holding pen and paper and whiskey bottles and throwing themselves at each other. In the end, the witch doctor's spell was once again performed, and Côte d'Ivoire successfully entered the final round of the German World Bar. You might argue that this is just a coincidence, and there are too many unspiritudinal wizarding practices that have not been reported in the media. But in any case, we should at least hold the attitude of "worshiping ghosts and gods and staying away" to look at some supernatural phenomena that currently cannot be explained by science.
The Ivory Coast national team led by Drogba
8. A traitor has emerged among us
Tony Cascarino was a famous striker in the English league in the 1990s. At a height of 1.91 meters, he not only has outstanding ability to grab points, but also has excellent foot skills. In addition, his handsome face has also attracted the attention of a large number of female fans. Cascarino debuted at Gillingham and went on to play for three more seasons at Millwall. He dedicated his peak form to Aston Villa, helping the team to the top of the rankings in the 1990/91 season. Later, Cascarino also moved to Celtic and Chelsea. In 1994, at the age of 32, Cascarino joined Marseille, where he spent his second spring of his career. In 84 league games, Cascarino scored 61 goals and helped the team return to Ligue 1.
At the national team level, Cascarino once caused a lot of controversy. In 2000, after Cascarino scored 19 goals in 88 appearances for the Irish national team, newspapers broke the news that he was not actually Irish. In 1985, when he played for the Irish national team for the first time, Cascarino played for the team because his mother was an Irish citizen. But media reports suggest Cascarino was born in London and his mother was once fostered into an Irish family. But his mother never received Irish citizenship. According to Cascarino's side, the Irish national team took in the unidentified player. The media also said that Cascarino's grandparents were italian, so it is no wonder that he has a distinctly Italian surname. Cascarino later wrote in his autobiography: "I shouldn't have played for the Irish national team, I was a liar, a fake Irishman. After the incident expanded, the Irish Home Affairs Department issued a statement specifically saying that after investigation, Cascarino was indeed not an Irish citizen and that it was a clear mistake for the Irish national team to recruit him. In this way, a "fake Irishman" played for the Irish national team for 15 years.
Cascarino during his time at Chelsea
9. Shen Feng, are you cheating?
The Elder Strikers will always do miracles that make today's fans feel incredible. Arsenal's Elder Striker Edward Drake is one of them. The stout England centre-forward was called "the standard No. 9 on football" by the media. He is physically strong, determined and courageous, and is the quintessential English player. As a player, Drake helped Arsenal win two top flight titles and one FA Cup. After retiring, Drake began his coaching career and helped Chelsea win the first top-flight title in their history in the 1954–55 season.
Drake's most astonishing move came in the league against Aston Villa in 1935. Due to a previous knee injury, Drakeburn was not placed in the starting list by the coach. However, in the pre-match warm-up, Arsenal's starting center suffered a severe muscle strain, which forced Drake to wear a bandage. In this game, Drake, who came with injuries, swept around to give the team a 7-1 win over Aston Villa. Drake himself took care of all the team's goals. Not only that, but he also hit the goalpost three times in this game, and a goal that had crossed the goal line was blown out by the referee. If you are lucky, the record for the highest single goal scored in a single game in an official game may not be broken by Pele.
Arsenal's two biggest stars in the thirties, Edward Drake and Alex James
10. The first football hooligan in history
In fact, where there is football, there are football hooligans. These groups come from all walks of life and use the football field as a place to pick quarrels and vent their personal emotions. In England, football hooligans from various clubs already have a fixed gang. They carry out unified actions that endanger social security. The most famous of these are Everton's County Road Knifemen, West Ham United's Intercity Gang, Chelsea's Headhunters, Birmingham's Zulu Fighters and so on. The gang roamed all over England and became street rats that everyone shouted and beat. After the development of hippie sports in Europe, the dangers of football hooliganism intensified, and the number of violent clashes on the stadium climbed. For example, during Manchester United's second division campaign, the club's football gang "Red Army" provoked trouble all over the country, causing a national shock.
If you want to talk about the first football hooligan in history, you have to go back to the distant sixteenth century. The prototype of modern football was born during the reign of King Henry VIII. At that time, because the rules of football were not uniform, playing football was still a large-scale rough activity. A large number of soldiers were injured in the course of playing football, so that the king had to order the ban on football. Football could only spread among the niche at the time. One Sunday, people were worshipping at church, and a drunk man broke in, playing a soccer ball at his feet with a bottle of wine in his hand. As he kicked the ball, he muttered, "I'm playing henry viii's head." "The drunkard was immediately arrested. What happened later, there is no record in history. Regardless of whether the drunkard had any violent behavior, he was probably the earliest football hooligan in history.
Henry VIII is a national character face, and his head is not suitable for football
11. Cashley Cole
In 2006, Arsenal's England left-back Ashley Cole gradually lost the trust of manager Arsene Wenger due to injury and joined Chelsea for £5 million. In fact, as early as 2004, Chelsea began to pay for the deal. When Mourinho first joined Chelsea, he admired the explosive England star and hoped to bring him under his wing. In order to attract Cole's interest, Abu contacted Cole through personal connections and seduced agent Jonathan Barnett with high salaries and high commissions.
Unexpectedly, this private contact against the rules was known to Wenger, and Arsenal officially complained to the FA. Chelsea were fined a record £300,000, Mourinho and executive director Pete Kenjan were fined £75,000 each, and Barnett was also fined £100,000 and had his licence revoked for 18 months. After the incident was exposed, Cole was nicknamed Cashley by Arsenal fans, and his performance at Arsenal also deteriorated. Since then, Mourinho and Wenger's enmity has also been formed.
Cole, who joined Chelsea, was heavily watched over by Arsenal players
12. Tired driving plus drunk driving
Soviet Premier League fans should also have a certain impression of Scottish centre-back Bob Malcolm. Malcolm first arrived at the Glasgow Rangers in the Soviet Premier League, performed quite impressively, and soon became a member of the Scottish national team. However, Malcolm's excellent performance only lasted until the age of 25 or so. He moved from Rangers to Derby County and later joined QPR on loan. The player, who once had high hopes, could have played as a major player in at least a mid-premier league team, but his indiscipline on the pitch buried his great youth. In 2009, Malcolm briefly joined the Brisbane Roar in the Australian Premier League. He ended his career before he was thirty years old.
Malcolm's self-discipline problems manifest themselves in many bizarre things. In 2008, on the M1 motorway in England, a private car was parked in the middle of the road. The traffic police immediately dispatched after discovering this emergency, and the car fortunately did not cause any accidents. The driver was Malcolm, who was playing for Motherwell at the time. The night before, he had gone to London's nightclubs to party late and drove back to North Lakner early the next morning for training. Due to drunk driving and fatigue driving, Malcolm stopped and fell asleep on the highway. Malcolm was eventually stripped of his driver's licence for 20 months and accepted a £750 fine. Two months later, when Malcolm joined Brisbane, he went after former wine friends Craig Moore and Charlie Miller.
After retiring from the army, Malcolm was photographed selling ice cream for a living