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10 Moments That Shook The Football World In 2014

10. Youngster hits four against AC Milan: Sassuolo’s Domenico Berardi, 20, scores 
all his side’s goals in a 4-3. It was the first time in 80 years someone so young 
had scored four goals in a Serie A match, and the result signalled the end for 
Massimilano Allegri.
9. Crystal Palace 3-3 Liverpool: Steven Gerrard’s slip against 
Chelsea was the talking point, but the turning point in Liverpool’s failed hunt for 
the Premier League title was when they spurned a 3-0 lead at Palace on May 5.
8. MK Dons 4-0 Manchester United: Louis van Gaal realised the scale of his task 
after a thrashing by lower-league opposition in the League Cup. Players were 
shipped out, superstars brought in, and the Dutchman has turned United back 
into contenders.
7. Faroe Islands stun Greece: The minnows’ 1-0 win at a team which reached the 
World Cup last-16 ended Claudio Ranieri’s brief tenure as Greece coach. It was 
the Faroes’ first competitive win in over three years.
6. Atletico Madrid win La Liga: No-one thought Diego Simeone’s side could do it, 
but Atletico drew at Barcelona in the final game of the season to cling on to 
first place and break a decade-long Liga duopoly.
5. Riot cops beat players, fans: Ivory Coast and Cameroon played out a tiresome 
goalless draw to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations – but fans weren’t 
impressed by the lack of effort and all hell broke loose, with Gervinho one of 
several players struck,
lub president Sandro Rosell was forced to resign as 
investigations were launched into his Barcelona transfer dealings, and soon 
enough the true cost of Neymar’s move was revealed, with his dad netting 70% 
of the fee. It was the biggest payment for an agent in football history.
3. Luis Suarez bites Giorgio Chiellini: For the third time in his career, Suarez 
sunk his teeth into an opponent. Uruguay knocked Italy out of the World Cup, 
but Suarez was sent home in disgrace, banned for four months and given 
psychological help. That didn’t stop Uruguay claiming it was an English-led 
conspiracy, while Barcelona still spent €81m on the Liverpool forward.
2. Brazil 1-7 Germany: It was supposed to be the hosts’ World Cup, but they 
were hammered in a famous semi-final by the eventual winners. Their biggest 
ever defeat was just desserts for a poor tournament by Brazil, who reached the 
semis by hook or by crook and lost their collective nerve after Neymar was 
injured in the quarter-finals.
1. Arsenal on an open-top bus: After nine years without a trophy, the Gunners 
stunned the football world by touching silver thanks to an FA Cup win over Hull 
City. The streets of Islington were packed but, with Arsenal struggling again this 
season despite some big-name transfers, many fans feel that this trophy papered over the cracks.
source:goal.com
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10 Moments That Shook The Football World In 2014

10. Youngster hits four against AC Milan: Sassuolo’s Domenico Berardi, 20, scores all his side’s goals in a 4-3. It was the first time in 8...

Referee Beaten Blue Black In Abuja (Disturbing Pictures)

Mayhem ensued in the reschedule Week 30 NNL match between Ranchers bees of 
Kaduna and Kwara united of Ilorin at the FIFA goal project pitch Abuja, when 
afterabout 18 mins into the game a penalty was awarded to the Afonja warriors to 
the displeasure of players of Ranchers Bees.
Team manager of the Ilorin based NNL side Kwara united FC Masambo Ibrahim told 
footballlive.ng that his team were having the upper hand in the encounter which lead 
to his side mounting pressure on their opponent and eventually got rewarded for 
their effort after two players handled the ball and a penalty awarded which irked a 
player of Ranchers Bees who hit the referee and eventually the chaotic scene ensued. 
“We started the match around 10:30am, and as the match was on we were having 
upper hand in the game and two of their players handled the ball inside the penalty 
area and the referee awarded a penalty, as soon as the penalty was awarded, 
someone just carrieda stone and hit the referee on the head and the referee was 
attacked and the whole venue turned upsidedown and the referee was beaten black 
and blue which lead to us all running helter skelter for safety.” Masambo stated.
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Referee Beaten Blue Black In Abuja (Disturbing Pictures)

Mayhem ensued in the reschedule Week 30 NNL match between Ranchers bees of Kaduna and Kwara united of Ilorin at the FIFA goal project pitch...

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