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  1. AllGreatAllTheTime says:

    What a great kick in the head!

  2. A boot to the head says:

    Steven Seagal must be training him.

  3. Loggio says:

    The Fail is he doesn’t get a red card.

    • Merri says:

      The Fail is that, because he got a yellow card, he can’t be banished. That may only occur to those who were redcarded, and to those whose foul totally escaped the refreee. Absurd, isn’t it ?

  4. Avis says:

    That hurt just to see!

  5. raginggoose says:

    I dunno. Looks like he was going for the ball, which had a bit of spin to it.

    • monsterzero says:

      he really was, the other dude hit the ball with his head, where the ball would have ended up.

      • ulu says:

        of course he was going for the ball, what else would he’d been after? the other player probably was just reckless trying to hit the ball with his head. that you don’t do in soccer, right?

        you two fail simple soccer rules.

  6. omg says:

    Did he die?

  7. Avis says:

    Note to self: When next you find yourself on a soccer field, keep on the look out for low flying footballers.

  8. Elm says:

    it was a Belgian competition match between standard (red) and genk (blue). He got a yellow card for the kick, because it probably was unintentional. The other guy survived, although he has several missing teeth, a broken jaw bone, a broken eye socket and a broken cheekbone. Genk won the game and first place in the Belgian League.

  9. Danny says:

    and they say that soccer is a non contact sport

  10. Will says:

    POW right in the kisser!

  11. Alphonsus says:

    He was just going for the ball. Lame fail is lame.

  12. LMC says:

    Every lawyers wet dream…

  13. Incognito says:

    Just a yellow? Definitely a red if not a suspension. This was quite obviously a dangerous play which involved carelessness and excessive force – the definition of a dangerous play.

    • Someone says:

      Agreed, the headbutter made a way too dangerous play by swapping the ball with his head, a place where his opponent would obviously kick.

  14. costa says:

    Boom… HEADSHOT!!!

  15. Metempsychosis says:

    He’s faking! No foul!

  16. lewis says:

    i’m gonna have to call FAIL (old.) on the caption, implying that this guy died. why would you caption that somebody isn’t alive anymore when they’re still alive?

  17. scorelover says:

    Did he die?

    • belgiumdude says:

      Nope, he had a broken nose, his jaw was dislocated and broken in 2 places, and he had a heavy concussion. He’s currently getting better in the hospital and is conscious.

      • Incognito says:

        Blue-shirt also should have received a yellow for simulation. Falls on ground, make it seem like he hurt his head or something. What a disgrace to football.

  18. lequepas says:

    this looks like a WIN :)

  19. Zuhl666 says:

    Footballers deserve a good kicking

  20. martingsel says:

    It had to be a red card, the guy in red, Carcella, was unconscious and needed cardiac massage, he swallowed he’s tongue and his cheek and nose were broken and he lost 5 teeth. Personally I don’t think it’s funny…

    • Carlos The Lion says:

      You do realize it is, in fact, physically impossible to swallow your tongue right?

      And cards aren’t given out for severity of consequence – they’re given for the original foul. In this case the foul was “high feet” – playing a ball above waist height where there is a chance of hitting another player. Unless the studs (cleats) are showing, it’s a yellow card, not a red.

  21. parish says:

    The injured guy ( Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez) is at the hospital with a broken nose, misplaced jaw, and some broken bones in the face. He didn’t deserve that and although it was unintentional, he should have got a damn red card!! STANDARD DE LIEGE rules.

    • random belgian guy says:

      guess who isn’t champion…et le standard et le standard et le standard c’est du caca lalalalalalalalalalalalalala

  22. Shalezo says:

    This is one of the worst fouls and I see people laughing about this. Genk should have continued with 10 men and shouldn’t have drawn the game which gave them the title and not Standard on this 40th and final match day.

    Hopefully Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez recovers soon and no more Americans may post barbaric things on this site. It’s an absolute disgrace.

    • McKavian says:

      ‘…and no more Americans may post barbaric things on this site. It’s an absolute disgrace.’

      Lets hope he recovers soon, yes. Not all Americans find this is funny. Myself being one of them. However, failblog is full of barbaric things. We Americans do not post all of them.

    • gvd says:

      I think you aren’t being objective here.. The blue guy had absolutely no intention of kicking him in the face, yellow was the best choice, you can’t judge a foul by how bad the other guy is injured.. serious injuries can happen by just accidently tripping a guy while sprinting to get the ball.. Look i’m not saying it was the right choice to try and kick the ball away, but if you step out on the pitch, you know s**t like this can happen without the opponent wanting it to happen..

  23. tonio says:

    at the live in Liege, 45 000 people thought at the same time “hloy s**t, he’s dead”,as his teammates burst into tears. That was the greatest f**king silence I ever heard… and that was real no fun

  24. whatsthequestion says:

    i swear ref i really wanted to kick the ball, the head jumped in front of my foot on purpose !!!

  25. Bosuil says:

    Blijkbaar werd het oude (?) strijdlied “Racing maakt je dood” iets te letterlijk genomen.

  26. Someone says:

    Yellow (or even nothing) was definitely fine. Foul play is when a move’s obviously wrong, but in this case, his opponent’s move resulted in the kick to the head. If his opponent didn’t headbutt at the exact same time, the kick would’ve been 100% fine. It’s a very unfortunate turn of events, but that’s all.

    Although his injuries are severe, acting because of that is acting because of your emotions. A good judge doesn’t do that, but rather looks objectively at what happened and why.

  27. Diogo Serra says:

    This is from the portuguese league (primeira liga portuguesa)(my country) and the referee didnt give a card or even marked a foul… XD

  28. Ruyvaert says:

    Well, as they say, “Friendship ends where work begins”

  29. Megan says:

    Reminds me of this insaneness from Bruce Bowen (dirtiest NBA player evah!!!!)

  30. . says:

    Americans talking about football is the biggest fail here. ‘Definite red if not a suspension’??? You have no idea what you’re talking about. If he tried to kick his head or it was a high foot then maybe. If it was a legitimate attempt for the ball at a reasonable height, then it’s not a foul at all, just unfortunate.

    • Merri says:

      Sorry to contradict you, but a tackle which doesn’t get the ball and is dangerous means red card. The faxct that it happens in the air doesn’t change anything.
      Or at least that’s what they taught me at the umpiring school.

      • Someone says:

        I’d rather call the headbutter reckless. He knew the risks that the other player would also go for the ball, yet went for it even with a vulnerable bodypart. It would’ve been another thing if the kicker hit the other’s body, but instead he hit a bodypart that shouldn’t have been at that spot at all! Unlike a kick that would’ve forced the other player to evade (THAT is dangerous play), this was a 100% legitimate kick.

  31. . says:

    Second biggest fail is the title. Sportsmanship? What’s that got to do with it? It’s hardly like he meant to kick him in the head.

  32. dissaprovingglance says:

    this is pretty funny to me. i was kicked in the face like this with a broken jaw and eye socket and i laughed it off though. i kinda get to laugh at this. most people don’t. and come on guys, its not just americans laughing at this, its just a large number of them.


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