Bicycle kick followed by a back flip, no big deal

We may have witnessed one of the top individual moments of the season during a match this past weekend in Sweden’s Allsvenskan league.

Set up by a brilliant cross, AIK’s Kennedy Igboananike unleashed a beautiful bicycle kick to give his team the lead over Halmstad BK. Just in case his athleticism was in question, Igboananike goes above and beyond and finishes it off with a celebratory back flip.

Is this a contender for goal of the year?

Feb

Argentina earned a tough 3-2 victory in their friendly against Sweden at Nya Ullevi Stadion on Wednesday night. Thankfully for us, Lionel Messi, as always, headlined the match for all the right reasons.

No, Messi didn’t score during the match but helped the Argentine star did help a pitch invader live a dream by standing still as accepting a hug and kiss from the Barcelona supporter.

Jan

Want to know Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s humble (well…as humble as you could imagine) beginnings?

If you have some time to kill, check out this Swedish documentary on how a 19-year old Zlatan brought his first club Malmo FF back into the Swedish top flight with a breakout season that saw him secure a move to Ajax and launch the Legend of Ibra.

Dec

“To zlatan:” Introducing the newest verb in the Swedish dictionary

I’ve always thought that “Zlatan” might be the least Swedish name ever. Well now, Zlatan is actually making its way into the Swedish dictionary.

No, really.

Officially accepted by the Swedish Language Council as a new verb, the definition of “zlatanera” is “to dominate on and off the field.” However bizarre, the definition is quite appropriate, as Ibrahimovic has certainly dominated on the pitch this season (he leads Ligue 1 with 18 goals) as well as off it (inspiring Christmas sweaters, for one, and dominating soccer blogs with his constant antics).

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to go zlatan this Thursday.

Nov

Even Zlatan must be impressed by Zlatan here.

You’d think after scoring a hat-trick the Swede superstar would let up during stoppage time. Nope. Just your casual 20+ yard bicycle kick to set an exclamation point on a fantastic performance. Stunning.

Oct

REAL FAIR PLAY!!

Germany striker Miroslav Klose has received a fair play award after admitting a goal he had scored in the Italian league was a handball.

Neither two “fair” goals of Klose could help out Germany against Sweden…crazy!

He now has scored 67 goals for the German National Team so there is just one goal left for Klose to tie the legendary all time goal record of Gerd Mueller …Go for it Miro!

Sep

Everyone knows about Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s mean streak on and off pitch. In fact, the dude received a black belt in Taekwondo at the age of 17.

Here’s Zlatan’s latest act. WWE scouts, take notice.