Social Zone: AFCON descends into refereeing chaos, while Sergio Aguero tries a new sport
Mali's match with Tunisia in AFCON was clouded by a controversial referee, Philippe Coutinho is already a hit with the Villa fans, and Sergio Aguero has swapped football for tennis.
SCENES!! 🤯🤯
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) January 12, 2022
The referee blows the whistle before the 90 minutes are up...
VAR checks, two penalties and a red card... no stoppage time?!
It ends Tunisia 0-1 Mali 👀 pic.twitter.com/tPoiw7ZNGX
SOCCER: And it's not the only instance in the tournament that there's been a strange amount of time at the end of the game, check this out...
— Out Of Context Football (@nocontextfooty) January 12, 2022
SOCCER: Back in the Premier League, Aston Villa were finally able to show off their shiny new signing. Fair play to you if you had this in your 2022 bingo.
Up the Villa. 💜 pic.twitter.com/unCmaBsDvc
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) January 11, 2022
SOCCER: And it seems the Villa faithful have already taken to their magical Brazilian well, although part of me thinks it's more about their anger towards Jack Grealish than anything else.
🎶 Wake me up before you go go, who needs Grealish when you’ve got Coutinho! 🎶 #AVFC pic.twitter.com/E9hOYvBh5c
— Purslows Pursestrings (@AVFCTranstweet) January 10, 2022
SOCCER: Just a reminder that Ilkay Gundogan has played under both Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola - one for the future.
Ilkay Gundogan: Manager in the making. 🧠🥸 @ManCity pic.twitter.com/Mzg2mxzWp9
— City Xtra (@City_Xtra) January 12, 2022
SOCCER: So graceful. So elegant.
Exeter City’s Jevani Brown with the greatest skill you will ever witness 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/lsxZtvdWZz
— The72 - We Love the #EFL (@_The72) January 11, 2022
A late change to the Southport line up as Jordan Archer is stuck in traffic and will be on the bench. Jack Bainbridge starts.
— Southport Football Club (@southport_fc) January 11, 2022
SOCCER: It seems like Sergio Aguero has decided to try out a new sport following his forced retirement.
Was Djokovic at the No. 10 party?
— Gary Lineker 💙 (@GaryLineker) January 12, 2022
FORMULA 1: Yes, you're reading that correctly. Someone good at racing on a video game has actually been hired to drive professionally in real life. Impressive stuff.
Virtual meets reality 🤝@cembolukbasi says his experiences with F1 Esports in 2017-19 started him on his motorsport journey, with sportscar racing, single-seaters, and now, @Formula2 🙏#F1Esports #RoadToF1 pic.twitter.com/gapPCD6woh
— Formula 1 (@F1) January 12, 2022