Barcelona picked up their 5th trophy of 2015 following a confident 3-0 win over River Plate in the final of the Club World Cup.
Lionel Messi got away with a possible handball as he opened the scoring before a Luis Suarez brace sealed the win for Barcelona.
Despite it being just their first defeat at home in the league this season, the Old Trafford crowd were not in a forgiving mood as Louis van Gaal trudged off the pitch following the 2-1 loss to Norwich on Saturday.
In the fan footage below, you can clearly hear boos that seem to be directed at van Gaal including a couple shouts of “Out!”
With the sudden availability of Jose Mourinho, expect those shouts only to further intensify.
Watch LvG getting an ear full below.
Fans seriously don't want Van Gaal..
[@mikesared]
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— United Peoples TV (@UnitedPeoplesTV) December 19, 2015
Hilarious! This has to be the world's worst ball juggler as half time entertainment at Barnet (via @marklipman1) pic.twitter.com/cGoBkB4zcL
— BBC Sportshour (@BBCSportshour) December 19, 2015
If you were busy getting a pie at half time at The Hive Stadium during Barnet’s game with Crawley Town then you missed a real treat.
Fortunately, for those that missed it, the BBC were on hand to spread a video of the half time entertainment which featured some poor chaps pretty woeful attempts at keepy-uppies.
UPDATE: Apparently this was all a bit of a piss take by joke free styler Tyler Swift, who is on another level.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic tested the strength of the nets used in Ligue 1 with an almighty swing of his right boot vs Caen on Saturday.
The ferocious strike was Zlatan’s 21’st goal of the season, as PSG breezed past Caen 3-0.
Watch Zlatan’s half-volley thunderbastard below.
"The kind of thing only really he is capable of!" @Ibra_official of course…https://t.co/xtlTTG4Y8x
— BT Sport Football (@btsportfootball) December 19, 2015
Fair point really. After sacking Jose Mourinho in the week following an abysmal defence of their title, the Chelsea players were full of pep as they took on Sunderland at Stamford Bridge.
Within 13 minutes, Chelsea were zipping around the pitch and found themselves 2-0, with their second goal scored by Pedro – his first since his debut on the opening day of the season against West Brom.
This was simply too much for Chelsea fans to take. How dare they play with the ‘we’ve just got our manager sacked’ spring in their step. So, the Chelsea fans then serenaded their players with the chant: “Where were you when we were sh*t?”
Where indeed.
Watch the Chelsea fans chant below.
Pedro scores. People asking him a pertinent couple of questions… pic.twitter.com/9IGCqSTWLy
— ChelseaFansChannel (@ChelseaFansYT) December 19, 2015
Former Real Madrid team mates David Beckham and Luis Figo proved they still have some magic in their boots when they combined for a tasty goal during a charity match.
Beckham produced one of his signature crosses from the right, which Luis Figo was more than happy to lash home first-time on the volley.
David James gives a knowing grin and Fabio Capello provides warm applause following Figo’s goal.
Watch Figo and Beckham combining to good affect below.
Snap!!
With Jose Mourinho barely having enough time to pull over his hoodie after being unceremoniously dumped out of English football, it looks as though West Brom’s Tony Pulis is already stepping into the breach to provide us with a daily dose of sarcasm.
After Jurgen Klopp bemoaned West Brom’s style of play following the 2-2 draw at Anfield last weekend which climaxed in a bit of verbal jousting between the German and his opposite number, Pulis today hit back with a level of sarcyness that Jose would be proud of.
“We played 3 more long ball passes than Liverpool in those 99 minutes” scoffed Pulis, before unerringly looking down the camera lens to seemingly address his nemesis directly, and adding “So, we as a football club, apologise to Liverpool.”
Watch Jose Pulis’ ‘apology’ below.
https://youtu.be/hgefgu4pEJ0
We thought we had seen the full range of finishes went it comes to scoring a 1-on-1. The impudent dink, the nonchalant chip, the cheeky nutmeg and the tried and tested rounding of the keeper.
Santos’ Geuvânio however, has now added to that list with a finish that takes the 1-on-1 finish to a new level. With all the time in the world, after being put clean through by a defence splitting pass, Geuvânio decides against the safe route and instead produces a rainbow flick over the hapless keeper.
Here’s how we rated the midfielders finish:
Arrogance – 10/10
Audacity – 10/10
Ballieness – 10/10
Taking the piss – 10/10
Sepp Blatter deserves Nobel peace prize, says Vladimir Putin https://t.co/SW9TnqFG05
https://t.co/wnlbQUX49W
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) December 17, 2015
Vladimir Putin was in peak trolling form on Thursday when he suggested that the disgraced suspended FIFA head suit Sepp Blatter should win the Nobel Piece Prize.
“Blatter is a very reputable person who has contributed greatly to the development of modern football” sniffed Putin before adding: “He has always tried to use football, not just for sport, but as a tool for fostering co-operation between people. He is the one who should get the Nobel Peace Prize”.
Presumably, no one told Putin that about the criminal investigation circling Blatter and that there is no need to suck up to uncle Sepp anymore. If Putin is worried about being stripped of the World Cup in Russia, he’d be better off schmoozing and nominating the acting FIFA president Issa Hayatou. Oh wait, he’s also been accused of corruption as well.