Soccer absurdity: running link list

A running list of good videos. I'll put up about a bunch of links when I'm finally able to access the bookmarks on my desktop.

Flash
Freestyle battle 2008. 4 Stars. $131 million-man C. Ronaldo, et al.
Best goals. 4 Stars. Almost too much of a good thing.
Ibrahimovic up to 2006. 4 Stars. 6'4" Serbian-Swedish ballerina.
Ronaldo up to 2006. 4 Stars.

Moments of brilliance
Ibrahimovic backheel goal. 4 Stars. Watch exceedingly carefully.
Gourcuff wonder goal. 4 Stars.
Eduardo left heel goal. 4 Stars.
Ribery tricks. 3 Stars. German newspaper Bild apparently calls Franck Ribery 'an anarchist on the football pitch,' which I've always thought was a beautifully evocative epithet for a soccer player.

Violent
Compilation. 5 Stars for satists, 2 Stars for others. Limp Bizkit brings back memories.

Fun
Best Goal Celebrations. 5 Stars



I still don't know the story behind a few of the celebrations, though here is a guide to some of the more-difficult-to-understand ones:

• At 1:08: This is a move from Street Fighter, the video game. Or maybe Dragon Ball Z.
  
• At 1:13: Apparently he loves his club. A lot. He's also a communist. I don't know, maybe alienation has something to do with it.
  
• At 1:37: "In 1999, [Robbie] Fowler was fined £60,000 by his club for bringing the game into disrepute. Whilst celebrating his goal against Liverpool's Merseyside rivals, Everton, Fowler used the white line of the penalty area to simulate cocaine use. Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier stated that this was a Cameroonian grass eating celebration, learnt from teammate Rigobert Song."
  
• At 1:40: truly, truly hilarious.
  

Best Goal Celebrations 2. 4 Stars

• 0:39: two West Ham players reinact this little kerfuffle
• 0:47: Craig Bellamy responds to accusations that he assaulted a team mate with a golf club. His nickname: "The Nutter with the Putter."

Miscellanea

• Fernando Torres, Sergio Aguero, Maniche, Antonio Lopez, and other all have Elvish tattooed on their arms. Honest-to-God Lord of the Ring Elvish.
  

  

Not only does Sergio "Kun" Aguero have an Elvish tatto, he also happens to be nicknamed after Japanese anime character Kum Kum. And he's the son-in-law of Maradona, aka God in Argentina. Aguero, a global superstar at only 21, recently became a father; the infant, Benjamin, shoulders such crushing expectation of soccer greatness that he might as well be named Jesus. I feel truly sorry for the little guy.

Any suggestions for additional videos? Disagree with the ratings? Share your thoughts.