Not sure which league this is in — France, I presume — but at least the right guy got a booking and presumably career-ending injury:

La faute malheureuse commise par Axel Witsel (Standard) sur Wasilewski (Anderlecht) lors du match Anderlecht-Standard du 30/08/2009 de Jupiler Pro League (score final 1-1)

(Thanks DonkeyBomber for the link!)

UPDATE: Oops, just re-watched it. And I think I misinterpreted the card as well as the action. I now can see why the player driving down the field was the bad guy, not the tackler who got (literally) crushed. Yikes.

Tags: injuries, soccer videos

Where better to celebrate a victory drown your sorrows than at a tiddie bar filled with fans of the team you were unsuccessfully rooting against? Add multiple vodka tonics and a penchant for violence and you’ve got a winner … but not before a Chelsea fan tries to make nice by offering up his Samsung blue in exchange for Sangyfarha’s red. Fortunately a drunken Syrian steps in to broker the peace.

A poetic statement on football’s international diversity and an American trying to come to grips with riot mentality and a conflicting desire for women in 8-inch heels.

Tags: "The Lodge", Chelsea FC, football fans, Liverpool, soccer videos, strippers

From Brazil:

Tags: indoor soccer, soccer videos

Arguably the equivalent of bowling a 300-game or shooting a double-eagle in golf, wouldn’t ya say?

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So this is a cool video, from Al Jazeera, about the popularity of women’s football in Egypt. You can see it’s a total tough-girl thing in the face of conservative Islam, but also, the appeal to the men is being able to see some leg:

Tags: soccer videos, women's soccer

Another great soccer video — this one of Ronaldinho, starting as a child, and moving up from there. OK, I think I am gaining a little respect for the Barcelona Brazilian.

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(My favorite scene is where he heads the ball out of the goalie’s hands.)

Tags: Barcelona, Ronaldinho, soccer videos