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Lewandowski 5 Goals in 9 Minutes Leaves Guardiola Holding His Head – TBT #15

It’s September 22nd, 2015. The reigning Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich face the well-known German club Wolfsburg in a regular season game.

The referee, Tobias Stieler, blows the whistle, and the match begins. Bayern starts the game strong with a few chances, but they didn’t score any goals. Then, Wolfsburg’s Daniel Caliguri silences Bayern’s fans, scoring a beautiful goal off of Julian Draxler’s pass. The 1st half ends with Wolfsburg leading 0-1. Pep Guardiola, Bayern’s manager, decides it’s time to make some changes, and he subs in the prolific striker Robert Lewandowski at half-time.

It turns out that Pep made a good call since Lewandowski already managed to score a goal in the 51st minute after poking the ball into the left corner from the center of the box.

The Polish wastes no time, and he scores a 2nd goal just a minute later, firing a superb shot in the right corner from outside of the box.

In the 55th minute, Lewandowski scores a hat-trick after putting the ball into the net from the center of the box.

Then, in the 57th minute, the Polish scorer scores a masterful strike with the help of a cross from Douglas Costa.

Then came the 60th minute, and Lewandowski scored his 5th goal of the game after firing a breathtaking volley in the back of Benaglio’s net. Pep Guardiola holds his head in disbelief as he witnesses history.

On that night, Lewandowski broke the record for the fastest five goals in the history of football.

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The US Open Djokovic Federer Comeback That Stunned the Tennis World – TBT #14

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It’s September 10th, 2011. The No.1 ranked Novak Djokovic faces the No. 3 ranked Roger Federer in the semi-final of the US Open. The Serbian, Djokovic, is looking to win his first US Open title, while the Swiss tennis legend Federer has already won five US Open titles. The pair have played against each other four times this year, with Djokovic winning three out of four matches.

As the players arrived at the court, the crowd was cheering for Roger while Novak was welcomed with boos.

The chair umpire signals for the match to begin. Federer starts the match quite strongly, winning the first set of this semi-final in a tiebreak. He also wins the second set against Novak by 6-4, with barely any struggle.

Before this match, Federer had only lost one time in a Grand Slam match when he took the two first sets. However, Djokovic has no intention to lose, and he reduces Federer’s lead to 2-1 by taking the 3rd set (6-3). The 4th set is underway, and Novak is again proving why he’s the best player on the planet by playing convincingly. He wins the 4th set 6-2 and ties the match.

The 5th and final set begins. Roger is playing incredibly in this set, and it looks like Djokovic might have to wait another year for his first US Open title. Federer has the match point, leading 5-3 and 40-15. The Swiss serves the ball to Novak, and the Serbian saves the match point with a fantastic cross-court return. Federer also loses his second match point after an unsuccessful forehand. Novak reduces Roger’s lead to 5-4 in the 5th set.

Djokovic didn’t lose a single game after that one, winning the match 3-2 (6-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5). This was his 1st US Open title win and the 3rd Grand Slam title in 2011.

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Draymond Green Kick and Hit Extravaganza – Meme Mondays #11

The Trademark Follow-Through Kick

In a career full of highlight MMAesque stuns, Green’s signature move has arguably been his follow-through kick. Whether he’s guarding his opponent or trying to get past them, Green always seems to pull off this move when he’s off balance of falling down.

What makes this move even more preposterous is that it’s obviously intentional, as his leg is always unnaturally up or stretched compared to the motion of the rest of his body. This has been Green’s trademark dirty play for most of his career, as you can find compilations of this as far back as 2016.

These prevalent shenanigans at the time were ridiculed not only in NBA circles but also in mainstream media in general. During this period, Jimmy Kimmel even made a skit based on them, which will never not be funny.

Adding Punching and Stomping to His Repertoire

While Green’s been kicking almost his entire career, he also added hand work to his skillset, as he’s punched his fair share of people, especially in the latter part of his career. Of course, the most serious one and least funny is the Jordan Poole punch, which, many think, led to the demise of the Warriors’ season.

But, as you might know, Greene also punched another player in an actual game. This happened in late 2023 when Green blatantly swung at Nurkic, hitting him pretty hard with almost a “spinning elbow” type of move.

While Nurkic didn’t respond on the court in any way, he had some hilarious comments at the press conference later, which perfectly encapsulated what we all think of Green’s moves.

Even more bizarrely, Green also had a one-off stomping incident in which he jumped on Domantas Sabonis’ chest:

Chokehold That Would Make Khabib Proud

Although Green has said a million times he’s changed his ways, his perfectly executed chokehold technique shows that he might have been practicing some spicy moves that he still has to unveil.

Like the previous stomp on Domantas Sabonis, this happened during the 22/23 NBA season, showing Green has truly changed his ways. By this, he changed from simply kicking people to “handling them” in more creative ways.

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