Before a 1989 Leeds vs. Wolves game, Vinnie Jones famously tackled a five-year-old mascot, during the pre-game warm-up, sending him sprawling. Captured in photographs, this incident became infamous, and Jones later humorously explained on "Soccer AM" that he saw the mascot as overly confident, mimicking a professional player who deserved a playful tackle.
He said: "He had to have it. He had to go. He was giving it all that on the way out he was. Started getting the crowd going. Mervyn Day was in goal. He smashed one past Merv in the top corner. So I thought ‘he’s got to go’.
"It was before the game. I was just getting warmed up. When you go out with the mascots and you are holding hands, I thought ‘has anyone ever taken one out?’ That would be a crack.
"It was really wet and slidey as well. I went to Batts [David Batty]: ‘Watch this’. He went: ‘No! No!' I went sliding in. I slid quite a long way. I took his legs out just as he was about to smack one at the ‘keeper."
The youngster who Jones cleaned out on the day was called Rob Kelly, and when told he'd hacked down a five-year-old in front of the Leeds supporters, Jones couldn't believe it. "Five?! I thought he was at least six!" he joked.
Às vezes os treinadores querem mostrar serviço com mudanças sem qualquer sentido.
Esta troca de guarda redes é uma dessas coisas, até porque Patrício estava bem.
Custou-lhes bem caro.
É incrível o que o Real consegue, jogando pouco, muito ou nada lá leva sempre mais um caneco.
Faltou ao Dortmund a experiência que o Real tem nestes jogos.
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