“Goals from corners have been arriving at an unprecedented rate in the Premier League this season. The importance of these set pieces has been rising in recent years, and has reached its highest impact on the attacking game in the 2025-26 campaign. Since it began last August, teams have been focusing on a specific type of corner: an in-swinger towards a crowded six-yard box. This has decreased the diversity of corners in English football’s top flight but innovative routines which don’t solely depend on putting it into this new mixer do still exist. …”
NY Times/The Athletic (Video)
The 10 cleverest corners from this Premier League season so far – Arsenal, Man Utd and plenty of Fulham
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“The final of the Minas Gerais state championship in Brazil descended into chaos on Sunday night, with a violent brawl leading to red cards for no fewer than 23 players. Cruzeiro led bitter rivals Atletico Mineiro 1-0 in added time when a mass altercation — a textbook example of what Brazilians call cenas lamentaveis or lamentable scenes — broke out on the pitch at the Mineirao stadium. The flashpoint was a clash involving Cruzeiro forward Christian and Atletico goalkeeper Everson: the former made a late challenge and ended up pinned to the floor, his upper body trapped under Everson’s legs. Within seconds, almost every player in the two squads, including substitutes, had sprinted over to the goalmouth. Inevitably, a melee ensued. …”
“‘Anti-football’, also known colloquially as 
Scissors Kick 