June 24 Social Zone: Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe moment, plus a must-see overhead kick
Today in Social Zone, Kylian Mbappe lives his best life thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo, and there was a seriously spectacular goal at the Copa America that had to be shared to be believed.
SOCCER: A poke in the eye for anyone who says you should never meet your heroes...
— Connor Humm (@TikiTakaConnor) June 23, 2021
SOCCER: Was good of Slovakia to ship four more so Martin Dubravka doesn't have to feel too bad about this howler.
"As goalkeeping errors go, that is a 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐫." 😳
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) June 23, 2021
Oh Martin Dubravka, look away now 🙈#SVKESP | #ITVFootball | #Euro2020 pic.twitter.com/Hlleq7Wtyn
SOCCER: As someone points out further down the thread, England couldn't beat Scotland and now they're going all the way to the final.
England’s potential route to the final:
— SPORTbible (@sportbible) June 23, 2021
Last 16: Germany
Quarter-final: Sweden / Ukraine
Semi-final: Netherlands/Denmark/Wales/Czech Republic. pic.twitter.com/5Uh1AUI0UM
SOCCER: Well, you've spelt Phillips wrong Gary and we presume Pickford is supposed to be in there, but apart from that we reckon it's a little on the defensive side. Rice and Phillips starting but Grealish, Foden, Bellingham and Sancho on the bench again? Remind us, how long did you last at Valencia?
England V Germany
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) June 24, 2021
James
Walker
Stones
Maguire
Shaw
Rice
Philips
Sterling
Kane
Saka
Wing backs to match up / Engage Germany’s
Saka and Sterling left higher in channels v Germany wide CB
Rice / Philips onto Kroos/ Gundagan
Thoughts ?
SOCCER: Nothing but respect from Planet Sport to this UEFA cameraman.
Smooth (Steadicam) operator 😎#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/2llXMQrxrE
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 23, 2021
SOCCER: Sometimes, soccer is just one hell of a cruel game...
Hungary were ahead for more minutes and trailed for fewer minutes than any other team in Group F.
— Michiel Jongsma (@JongsmaJongsma) June 23, 2021
SOCCER: Germany made something of a stand, and it was beautiful.
UEFA prohibited Munich from lighting up the Allianz Arena in rainbow colors for Germany’s match vs. Hungary today.
— B/R Football (@brfootball) June 23, 2021
So stadiums across Germany lit up 🌈 pic.twitter.com/n4ULhgVqkr
This morning at 9am, the EFL will publish an interchangeable fixture list for Derby County and Wycombe Wanderers, while Derby’s disciplinary process is finalised. https://t.co/FtWIa5cN3f
— Wycombe Wanderers (@wwfcofficial) June 24, 2021
SOCCER: While we were busy watching Euro 2020, Takefusa Kubo was casually nutmegging four defenders with one shot.
You think you’ve seen it all in football and then Takefusa Kubo goes and scores by megging 4 players pic.twitter.com/hiWEZn1lg9
— Elliot Hackney (@ElliotHackney) June 23, 2021
SOCCER: Meanwhile... at the Copa America...
And AGAINST Brazil, of all teams. The cheek of it!
Wanna see a stupendous goal? Luiz Diaz of Colombia has scored this against Brazil in the Copa America.pic.twitter.com/TGOFsRliog
— #EurosOnMGL (@JoySportsGH) June 24, 2021
SOCCER: Romelu Lukaku opened up his Twitter account to questions from fans yesterday. Trevor Sinclair was one of those.
I am happy at inter ☺️ https://t.co/UZk1WMsni8
— R.Lukaku Bolingoli9 (@RomeluLukaku9) June 23, 2021
SOCCER: There is nothing to not love about this piece of action from the Copa Libertadores. Nothing. At. All.
🔝🧤🟢⚪ The definition of a top drawer save from @Palmeiras' Weverton! pic.twitter.com/88qqHCtfTs
— CONMEBOL Libertadores (@TheLibertadores) June 23, 2021
BASKETBALL: You think VAR is slow? A technical was issued to DeMarcus Cousins 15 hours after the game between the Los Angeles Clippers and Phoenix Suns. All back to replay the remaining 0.7 seconds?
Demarcus Cousins shoved Devin Booker after the Deandre Ayton game winning oop 👀 pic.twitter.com/044pZM0BmP
— Sports ReUp (@SportsReUp) June 23, 2021
BASKETBALL: We reckon Cristiano Ronaldo could beat this.
Keon Johnson set a new NBA combine record with a 48 inch max vertical jump 🤯
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 24, 2021
(via @NBADraft) pic.twitter.com/jsOcydnNSQ