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CNN
06-07-2025
- Sport
- CNN
Kylian Mbappé's stunning bicycle kick propels Real Madrid to win over Borussia Dortmund, and Club World Cup semifinals
A stunning bicycle kick from Kylian Mbappé propelled Real Madrid to a 3-2 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup on Saturday. Having missed the group stage of the tournament with gastroenteritis, the French star announced his return to the headlines when he acrobatically converted Arda Güler's cross to the back post to give Los Blancos a two-goal lead in second-half stoppage time. His spectacular strike came after Gonzalo García – the competition's joint-top goalscorer – and Fran García had converted crosses from Güler and Trent Alexander-Arnold, respectively, to put Madrid two goals up inside the first 20 minutes. Maximilian Beier halved the deficit in the 92nd minute when he drilled home from just inside the penalty area, but Mbappé restored Madrid's two-goal lead two minutes later before apparently honoring the late Diogo Jota by holding up a two and a zero with his fingers, referencing the number 20 jersey the Portuguese forward wore at Liverpool before his death in a car crash on Thursday. The drama did not end there as, directly from the resulting kickoff, Carney Chukwuemeka played in Serhou Guirassy, who was pulled down by Dean Huijsen in the area. Huijsen was shown a red card, and Guirassy converted the penalty to put Dortmund back in the game again. The comeback was nearly completed with the final kick of the game, but Marcel Sabitzer's 99th-minute shot was saved impressively by Thibaut Courtois, much to the delight of many of the 76,611 fans at MetLife Stadium. 'It's football,' said Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso of the chaotic conclusion to the match. 'The truth is that up until the 80th minute, up until 2-1, we controlled the game quite well.' The Spaniard did admit that 'too many things happened in a short period,' but added: 'We're in the semis, we're happy, and hopefully it's helped us not to get carried away, not to stop playing with that connection, with that presence of mind in every minute.' Madrid's opponent in the semifinal will be European champion Paris Saint-Germain, after the French team beat Bayern Munich 2-0 earlier on Saturday. Désiré Doué, one of the heroes of PSG's 5-0 victory over Inter Milan in May's Champions League final, opened the scoring in the 78th minute, his left-foot shot beating Manuel Neuer at his near post. Despite the following 15 minutes seeing Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernández both sent off – the Ecuadorian for a high challenge Leon Goretzka and the Frenchman for an elbow on Raphaël Guerreiro – PSG made sure of the victory in the 96th minute when Achraf Hakimi slalomed through the Bayern defense and set up Ousmane Dembélé, who swept the ball home. The match was overshadowed, however, by a serious injury to Bayern attacking midfielder Jamal Musiala. Shortly before halftime, Musiala collided with Gianluigi Donnarumma in the PSG penalty area and went down in agony clutching his left ankle, which appeared to be twisted at an unnatural angle. 'I've rarely been so angry at halftime, not against my players. There's many things in life that are important, much more important than this. But in the end, for these guys it's their life,' Bayern head coach Vincent Kompany told reporters afterward, per Reuters. 'And someone like Jamal lives for this and he came back from a setback. And then it happens in the way it happens and you feel powerless… 'When I'm sat here next to you now, the thing that gets my blood still boiling at the moment, it's not the result. I understand this is football. But it's the fact that it happened to someone who, one, enjoys the game so much but also very important for us.' Despite both of Saturday's games drawing sizeable crowds, an apparent lack of interest in the competition's other semifinal between Chelsea and Fluminense saw ticket prices for the game fall to $13.40 from $473.90 earlier in the week, according to AP. FIFA has used a dynamic pricing system for this summer's Club World Cup, and previously dropped prices to as low as $11.15 for Chelsea's quarterfinal against Palmeiras, and Fluminense's quarterfinal against Al-Hilal, per AP.
CNN
06-07-2025
- Sport
- CNN
Kylian Mbappé's stunning bicycle kick propels Real Madrid to win over Borussia Dortmund, and Club World Cup semifinals
A stunning bicycle kick from Kylian Mbappé propelled Real Madrid to a 3-2 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup on Saturday. Having missed the group stage of the tournament with gastroenteritis, the French star announced his return to the headlines when he acrobatically converted Arda Güler's cross to the back post to give Los Blancos a two-goal lead in second-half stoppage time. His spectacular strike came after Gonzalo García – the competition's joint-top goalscorer – and Fran García had converted crosses from Güler and Trent Alexander-Arnold, respectively, to put Madrid two goals up inside the first 20 minutes. Maximilian Beier halved the deficit in the 92nd minute when he drilled home from just inside the penalty area, but Mbappé restored Madrid's two-goal lead two minutes later before apparently honoring the late Diogo Jota by holding up a two and a zero with his fingers, referencing the number 20 jersey the Portuguese forward wore at Liverpool before his death in a car crash on Thursday. The drama did not end there as, directly from the resulting kickoff, Carney Chukwuemeka played in Serhou Guirassy, who was pulled down by Dean Huijsen in the area. Huijsen was shown a red card, and Guirassy converted the penalty to put Dortmund back in the game again. The comeback was nearly completed with the final kick of the game, but Marcel Sabitzer's 99th-minute shot was saved impressively by Thibaut Courtois, much to the delight of many of the 76,611 fans at MetLife Stadium. 'It's football,' said Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso of the chaotic conclusion to the match. 'The truth is that up until the 80th minute, up until 2-1, we controlled the game quite well.' The Spaniard did admit that 'too many things happened in a short period,' but added: 'We're in the semis, we're happy, and hopefully it's helped us not to get carried away, not to stop playing with that connection, with that presence of mind in every minute.' Madrid's opponent in the semifinal will be European champion Paris Saint-Germain, after the French team beat Bayern Munich 2-0 earlier on Saturday. Désiré Doué, one of the heroes of PSG's 5-0 victory over Inter Milan in May's Champions League final, opened the scoring in the 78th minute, his left-foot shot beating Manuel Neuer at his near post. Despite the following 15 minutes seeing Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernández both sent off – the Ecuadorian for a high challenge Leon Goretzka and the Frenchman for an elbow on Raphaël Guerreiro – PSG made sure of the victory in the 96th minute when Achraf Hakimi slalomed through the Bayern defense and set up Ousmane Dembélé, who swept the ball home. The match was overshadowed, however, by a serious injury to Bayern attacking midfielder Jamal Musiala. Shortly before halftime, Musiala collided with Gianluigi Donnarumma in the PSG penalty area and went down in agony clutching his left ankle, which appeared to be twisted at an unnatural angle. 'I've rarely been so angry at halftime, not against my players. There's many things in life that are important, much more important than this. But in the end, for these guys it's their life,' Bayern head coach Vincent Kompany told reporters afterward, per Reuters. 'And someone like Jamal lives for this and he came back from a setback. And then it happens in the way it happens and you feel powerless… 'When I'm sat here next to you now, the thing that gets my blood still boiling at the moment, it's not the result. I understand this is football. But it's the fact that it happened to someone who, one, enjoys the game so much but also very important for us.' Despite both of Saturday's games drawing sizeable crowds, an apparent lack of interest in the competition's other semifinal between Chelsea and Fluminense saw ticket prices for the game fall to $13.40 from $473.90 earlier in the week, according to AP. FIFA has used a dynamic pricing system for this summer's Club World Cup, and previously dropped prices to as low as $11.15 for Chelsea's quarterfinal against Palmeiras, and Fluminense's quarterfinal against Al-Hilal, per AP.
CNN
06-07-2025
- Sport
- CNN
Kylian Mbappé's stunning bicycle kick propels Real Madrid to win over Borussia Dortmund, and Club World Cup semifinals
A stunning bicycle kick from Kylian Mbappé propelled Real Madrid to a 3-2 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup on Saturday. Having missed the group stage of the tournament with gastroenteritis, the French star announced his return to the headlines when he acrobatically converted Arda Güler's cross to the back post to give Los Blancos a two-goal lead in second-half stoppage time. His spectacular strike came after Gonzalo García – the competition's joint-top goalscorer – and Fran García had converted crosses from Güler and Trent Alexander-Arnold, respectively, to put Madrid two goals up inside the first 20 minutes. Maximilian Beier halved the deficit in the 92nd minute when he drilled home from just inside the penalty area, but Mbappé restored Madrid's two-goal lead two minutes later before apparently honoring the late Diogo Jota by holding up a two and a zero with his fingers, referencing the number 20 jersey the Portuguese forward wore at Liverpool before his death in a car crash on Thursday. The drama did not end there as, directly from the resulting kickoff, Carney Chukwuemeka played in Serhou Guirassy, who was pulled down by Dean Huijsen in the area. Huijsen was shown a red card, and Guirassy converted the penalty to put Dortmund back in the game again. The comeback was nearly completed with the final kick of the game, but Marcel Sabitzer's 99th-minute shot was saved impressively by Thibaut Courtois, much to the delight of many of the 76,611 fans at MetLife Stadium. 'It's football,' said Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso of the chaotic conclusion to the match. 'The truth is that up until the 80th minute, up until 2-1, we controlled the game quite well.' The Spaniard did admit that 'too many things happened in a short period,' but added: 'We're in the semis, we're happy, and hopefully it's helped us not to get carried away, not to stop playing with that connection, with that presence of mind in every minute.' Madrid's opponent in the semifinal will be European champion Paris Saint-Germain, after the French team beat Bayern Munich 2-0 earlier on Saturday. Désiré Doué, one of the heroes of PSG's 5-0 victory over Inter Milan in May's Champions League final, opened the scoring in the 78th minute, his left-foot shot beating Manuel Neuer at his near post. Despite the following 15 minutes seeing Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernández both sent off – the Ecuadorian for a high challenge Leon Goretzka and the Frenchman for an elbow on Raphaël Guerreiro – PSG made sure of the victory in the 96th minute when Achraf Hakimi slalomed through the Bayern defense and set up Ousmane Dembélé, who swept the ball home. The match was overshadowed, however, by a serious injury to Bayern attacking midfielder Jamal Musiala. Shortly before halftime, Musiala collided with Gianluigi Donnarumma in the PSG penalty area and went down in agony clutching his left ankle, which appeared to be twisted at an unnatural angle. 'I've rarely been so angry at halftime, not against my players. There's many things in life that are important, much more important than this. But in the end, for these guys it's their life,' Bayern head coach Vincent Kompany told reporters afterward, per Reuters. 'And someone like Jamal lives for this and he came back from a setback. And then it happens in the way it happens and you feel powerless… 'When I'm sat here next to you now, the thing that gets my blood still boiling at the moment, it's not the result. I understand this is football. But it's the fact that it happened to someone who, one, enjoys the game so much but also very important for us.' Despite both of Saturday's games drawing sizeable crowds, an apparent lack of interest in the competition's other semifinal between Chelsea and Fluminense saw ticket prices for the game fall to $13.40 from $473.90 earlier in the week, according to AP. FIFA has used a dynamic pricing system for this summer's Club World Cup, and previously dropped prices to as low as $11.15 for Chelsea's quarterfinal against Palmeiras, and Fluminense's quarterfinal against Al-Hilal, per AP.
News.com.au
30-06-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
‘Absolutely insane' bicycle kick in local comp goes viral in AFL circles with stunning acrobatic feat
Step aside, Luke Parker. There's a new AFL bicycle kick hero in town. A local footy player has gone viral online after a clip of his gravity defying goal in a local comp. David Johnson from the Emerald Seniors team delivered a spectacular feat on for his side when, instead of taking a mark, he contorted his body to connect with a rapid kick inside 50 on the full and stun opposition side, Healesville Seniors. The opposition can be seen crowding Johnson in the goal square before he wrestles his way through the pack and throws a leg in the air to score the six points, leaving both his teammates and the opposition in shock. Emerald went on to lose the match 30-85, but Johnson's goal was the talk of the town, with the goal being likened to previous Sydney Swans player Parker's shot seven years ago. Parker's bicycle kick in the first round of the 2018 season against the West Coast Eagles quickly went down in AFL circles as one of the great shots and became a contender for goal of the year. Up by 10 points with five and half minutes go in the fourth quarter of the game, Parker produced a moment of brilliance when a kick flew in near West Coasts' goal line. The ball hovering around in the air and with his back to goal, Parker instinctively swung his leg and body just outside the goal square and connected perfectly with the ball, sending it between the sticks. But the footage of the goal over the weekend is arguably an even greater goal than Parker's, given the goalscorer connected with a faster-paced ball coming in rapidly from 50m metres away, and contorting his body all in one swoop to make the instant connection in one touch. Even more impressive is that Johnson was submerged in a sea of defenders blocking his path to the ball whereas Parker had more room to work with. 'This is the sort of goal you kick in your dream to win your team the grand final. Absolutely insane,' one user online wrote in response to the goal. 'Terrible teammates and crowd for not going nuts after seeing that,' another said. 'Definitely not accidental. The bloke who kicked it is an absolute athletic freak,' a third said. A fourth comment read: 'Number 28's reaction starts as arms up 'hey you can't do that' but then halfway he transitions it to a defeated hands on the head 'what the f**k just happened.' Despite the spectacular move, Johnsons Emerald Seniors sit second last on the ladder after their game, with only two wins from 11 games in the Outer East Football Netball competition.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Salah: Liverpool 'means everything' to me
Top 20 PL goals ever: No. 1 Rooney, Man United Joe Prince-Wright breaks down the significance of Wayne Rooney's iconic bicycle kick against Manchester City in 2011, explaining why there's no other choice for the No. 1 goal in Premier League history. 1:41 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
