The weird world of football
Spain
David Cobeno, the Sevilla keeper, was bombarded with oranges and potatoes during a Copa del Rey clash with his ex-club Rayo. Without a stand behind one of the goals, third-division Rayo’s Teresa Rivero stadium is right next to several residential blocks – from where the food was thrown.
Cobeno complained to the referee but was told nothing could be done as the flying food came from outside the stadium. And to make matters worse, the keeper knew the guilty individual.
Cobeno said: "Nothing like this has ever happened to me on a soccer field. They threw everything at me. The potatoes were very big. I was amazed. The lady of the house must have emptied her larder. I know which flat it was. It’s on the fourth floor because I spent a lot of time there." Are you thinking what we’re thinking?
Wales
Cardiff City fans have been banned from away matches against Wolves after
a history of crowd trouble. Businessman Steve Day, 40, beat the ban by hiring an airship for himself and 29 other fans to hover above Molineux. Nice one.
Romania
A Romanian second division football team is offering one of its top players in exchange for a gas pipeline. Cornel Rasmerita, Mayor of Lupeni in western Romania, who is also in charge of the Minerul football team said he was willing to sell his star goalkeeper Cristian Belgradean to first division team Jiul.
The deal would be subject to Jiul’s rich owner paying for the construction of a gas pipeline in his town. He said: " know our keeper is wanted by a number of top clubs but I am willing to let him go to Jiul if the club’s owner makes a £110,000 ($250,000) investment in a gas pipe that my town needs so much."
Previous deals have seen players swapped for half a pig and two sets of goalposts and a crate of wine.
Italy
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who holds the role of Vatican state secretary – essentially the Prime Minister of the Papal territory – has dropped a football bombshell.
"The Vatican could, in the future, field a team that plays at the top level, with Roma, Inter Milan, Genoa and Sampdoria," said the former Archbishop of Genoa, who used to commentate on matches for local TV in a previous life.
"We can recruit lads from the seminaries. I remember that in the World Cup of 1990 there were 42 players among the teams who made it to the finals who came from Salesian training centres all over the world. If we just take the Brazilian students from our Pontifical universities, we could have a magnificent squad."
David Cobeno, the Sevilla keeper, was bombarded with oranges and potatoes during a Copa del Rey clash with his ex-club Rayo. Without a stand behind one of the goals, third-division Rayo’s Teresa Rivero stadium is right next to several residential blocks – from where the food was thrown.
Cobeno complained to the referee but was told nothing could be done as the flying food came from outside the stadium. And to make matters worse, the keeper knew the guilty individual.
Cobeno said: "Nothing like this has ever happened to me on a soccer field. They threw everything at me. The potatoes were very big. I was amazed. The lady of the house must have emptied her larder. I know which flat it was. It’s on the fourth floor because I spent a lot of time there." Are you thinking what we’re thinking?
Wales
Cardiff City fans have been banned from away matches against Wolves after
a history of crowd trouble. Businessman Steve Day, 40, beat the ban by hiring an airship for himself and 29 other fans to hover above Molineux. Nice one.
Romania
A Romanian second division football team is offering one of its top players in exchange for a gas pipeline. Cornel Rasmerita, Mayor of Lupeni in western Romania, who is also in charge of the Minerul football team said he was willing to sell his star goalkeeper Cristian Belgradean to first division team Jiul.
The deal would be subject to Jiul’s rich owner paying for the construction of a gas pipeline in his town. He said: " know our keeper is wanted by a number of top clubs but I am willing to let him go to Jiul if the club’s owner makes a £110,000 ($250,000) investment in a gas pipe that my town needs so much."
Previous deals have seen players swapped for half a pig and two sets of goalposts and a crate of wine.
Italy
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who holds the role of Vatican state secretary – essentially the Prime Minister of the Papal territory – has dropped a football bombshell.
"The Vatican could, in the future, field a team that plays at the top level, with Roma, Inter Milan, Genoa and Sampdoria," said the former Archbishop of Genoa, who used to commentate on matches for local TV in a previous life.
"We can recruit lads from the seminaries. I remember that in the World Cup of 1990 there were 42 players among the teams who made it to the finals who came from Salesian training centres all over the world. If we just take the Brazilian students from our Pontifical universities, we could have a magnificent squad."
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