Moustaches to give Joey Barton inspiration, a Cristiano Ronaldo free kick and a trick shot throw in against Manchester United
The phoney war of pre-season is almost over, and soon we'll have some proper football to watch again.
Until then we have Liverpool in the Europa League tonight and these clips for some light-relief in today's round-up of the best videos on the net.
1) After a string of pre-season friendlies, Manchester United are back in action for real on Sunday (if you count the Community Shield as being for real).
We thought about bringing you the highlights from their 7-1 romp against an Airtricity League XI in Dublin .
But decided Ryan Guy's trick thrown-in was a bit more fun. Wonder if Rory Delap's been working on that one this summer...
(Spotted on Off The Post)
2) Old United baiter Jose Mourinho had his first match in charge of Real Madrid last night, a friendly against Mexican side Club America. The Special One duly claimed victory - coming back from 2-1 down to triumph 3-2. And the winner was scored by dad-of-one Cristiano Ronaldo with a trademark free kick.
3) Joey Barton has caught people's imagination today after MirrorFootball revealed the
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