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The Neymar Effect 4K 360º Video

The Neymar Effect 4K 360º Video

This rad commercial for the Nike Hypervenom II puts you in the shoes and head of Barcelona forward Neymar Jr. Be sure to watch it in Chrome or the YouTube mobile app. Keep looking around, there’s a lot going on in there.

LWT: FIFA II

LWT: FIFA II

(PG-13 Language) Last Week Tonight returns to look at the indictment and arrest of some of FIFA’s top officials on charges of corruption. Sadly, the organization will live on unless its sponsors pull their funding.

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Top-Down Soccer

Top-Down Soccer

The hosts of Norwegian soccer show Golden Goal played the beautiful game with a hilarious twist. Everyone wore video headsets that showed only a top down view of the field. The result can only be described as zombie soccer. Skip to 1:50.

Pepsi: Drone Football

Pepsi: Drone Football

Pepsi set up a nighttime street soccer match in Barcelona. The court and the buildings around it had a drone referee, interactive LEDs, and projection-mapped scoreboard and visual effects, including a cheeky moving goal.

Cristiano Ronaldo Surprises Kid

Cristiano Ronaldo Surprises Kid

Real Madrid’s star forward Cristiano Ronaldo was walking his dog in Madrid with a shoddy disguise on when saw a kid with a soccer ball. CR7 played with the kid a bit before giving him a nice surprise. The ending’s kind of sad though.

Great Soccer Goal Celebrations

Great Soccer Goal Celebrations

Peradze’s top 10 celebrations include Balotelli’s angry statue pose, Van Nistelrooy’s legendary revenge and FC Stjarnan’s antics. He missed a classic, but he made up for it with his 9th pick, which should be at the top of the list.

C. Ronaldo Sketchbook Animation

C. Ronaldo Sketchbook Animation

Watch Richard Swarbrick’s animation of Cristiano Ronaldo’s highlights as Copa90 traces the forward’s journey from Manchester to Madrid. CR7 was the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or winner and is once again in the running for 2014.

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Ball to the Face

Ball to the Face

“His face is like a brick wall! A brick wall that feels pain and cries a lot.” A hilariously painful comedy sketch from Studio C in which a soccer goalkeeper manages to stop each and every penalty shot kicked his way… with his face.

EA FIFA 15: Feel the Game

EA FIFA 15: Feel the Game

The pressure and roughhousing in an online multiplayer match literally gets to the players in this compelling TV commercial for FIFA 15. Featuring soccer phenom Lionel Messi. It reminds us of Guy Ritchie’s classic Nike ad.

How to Punch a Football

How to Punch a Football

Goalkeeper Lassi Hurskainen can punch a soccer ball with enough force to get it far away from his opponents. Let’s watch heavyweight boxer Robert Helenius give it a try. Robert’s voice can throw a bigger punch than our fists can.

Teqball

Teqball

Teqball is a combination of soccer and table tennis. Players can hit the ball with their head, shoulders, knees or feet. An optional sensor system automatically officiates, tracks scores and records player stats.

Coach Lasso Returns

Coach Lasso Returns

After a brief stint in the Premier League, Jason Sudeikis’ clueless soccer coach character is back home. Thanks to his six-and-a-half hour coaching experience, he’s now managing an 8th grade club and engaging in “pundintry.”

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I Love Ugly Football Collection

I Love Ugly Football Collection
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I Love Ugly cashes in on the World Cup with its on point Football Collection. The line features minimal soccer jerseys as well as print-heavy apparel, including shirts, sweaters, shorts and five panel caps.

The Football Slingshot

The Football Slingshot

GOAAAAAL! Slingshot master Joerg Sprave gets in on World Cup mania with his latest creation – a massive slingshot that can fire a soccer ball from one end of the field to the other. We bet it would go even further with a Brazuca ball.

Costa Rica vs. Greece Reactions

Costa Rica vs. Greece Reactions

YouTuber oakcreektv compiled videos uploaded by fans of Costa Rica’s national soccer team. The Ticos advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time, and in the most nerve-wracking way possible: a penalty shootout.

Game of Thrones Soccer Jerseys

Game of Thrones Soccer Jerseys

As part of her I Want to Work for Nike portfolio, fashion designer Nerea Palacios modified some of the company’s soccer jerseys with a Game of Thrones theme. The Westeros Cup will probably require armor though.

Triumph Watches the World Cup

Triumph Watches the World Cup

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL! Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is too indifferent to get on a plane and fly to Brazil, so he enjoys World Cup 2014 from the relative comfort of Queens, NYC. Final score: Triumph 3 Uruguay 1.

ESPN: Qatar’s World Cup

ESPN: Qatar’s World Cup

The ESPN report that Last Week Tonight cited in its condemnation of FIFA. The report looks at the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar, which will need more workers to prepare for the 2022 World Cup. Unofficial mirror here.

Blind Soccer in Brazil

Blind Soccer in Brazil

The New York Times profiles the members of a visually impaired soccer club in Brazil. Blind football or five-a-side is played all over the world and even has its equivalent of the World Cup, which is played at the Paralympics.

Helium + 6ft. Soccer Ball

Helium + 6ft. Soccer Ball

Vat19 has started stocking a gigantic six-foot inflatable soccer ball. To show off its capabilities, they responded to reader questions, including how it performs when filled with helium. The answer? Awesomely.

Samurai Soccer

Samurai Soccer

This promo for Nissin Cup Noodles has nothing to do with ramen, but it does have freestyle world champ Tokuda Kotaro in a samurai outfit doing awesome football tricks, so that’s all that matters. Now, we’re gonna go eat some noodles.

Pass It On

Pass It On

Writing for the New York Times, director Jerome Thelia said, “As soon as I saw a photograph of an African soccer ball, stitched together from old rags in the geometric patterns so familiar to us, I wanted to tell its story.”

LWT: FIFA & the World Cup

LWT: FIFA & the World Cup

In its latest episode, Last Week Tonight reminded us that the beautiful game is governed by a “comically grotesque” organization. If you think EA sucks, wait ’til you hear about FIFA – the 2 Girls, 1 Cup of non-profits.

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