Every Tuesday, theScore highlights the most outlandish moments from the wacky, sometimes daft, and perennially entertaining world of football. Here’s what made us smile – or cringe – on the pitch this past week.
Simeone’s stages of grief
Barcelona paid the Wanda Metropolitano a visit for a clash with Atletico Madrid, and courtesy of Lionel Messi’s late winner, Atleti boss Diego Simeone swiftly went through the stages of grief, from disbelief to appreciation, and finally acceptance.
La reacción de Simeone al gol de Messi pic.twitter.com/rvUzhx7ueO
— VidaBlaugrana (@VidaBlaugrana2) December 2, 2019
Griezmann’s rat tale
Staying put with La Liga’s marquee matchup, Barcelona’s Antoine Griezmann’s return to the Spanish capital was greeted with toy rats, who were promptly offered a job at Crystal Palace’s training facility. A rat tale with no Rodrigo Palacio. How refreshing.
This is how Griezmann’s plaque looks outside of the Wanda right now… pic.twitter.com/M1TL661dpu
— Griezmann Chief (@Griezmannility) December 1, 2019
Zlatan’s statue goes up in flames
Griezmann’s plaque wasn’t the only tribute defaced last week. Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s fancy new bronze statue in Malmo was vandalized after the striker bought a stake in Malmo Swedish league rivals Hammarby.
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