In Argentino B, the fourth tier of Argentinean football, teams are required to field ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Much like teams in the rest of the world. Huracan Las Heras, however, temporarily flouted this convention during their visit to rivals Club Atletico Union over the weekend.

With the Huracan keeper beaten during an Atletico attack, substitute shot stopper Fernando Espinoza decided to step on the pitch and lend a hand, obstructing what would have been a certain goal. Like a kid who has just stuffed dog poop into the tail pipe of his principal's car, Espinoza turns around and hastily retreats as if nothing had happened.

Incredibly, Atletico were only given a corner kick for the incident, and the back-up goalie got away with just a yellow card. Espinoza later said his reaction was "instinct", which must be an Argentinean word for "cheating".

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Yokohama's J-League visit to Hiroshima this last weekend was only six minutes old when Hiroshima's Toshihiro Aoyama picked up the ball in his own half and decided the time was right to make a 75-yard attempt at goal. The audacious strike paid off, and the icing was laid on the long-range-shot cake when Aoyama bowled his teammates over with a superb orchestrated celebration. It would have been nice if he had nailed the strike, but full credit to Aoyama for picking up a very difficult 7-10 split.

Despite being humiliated with a cocky goal and showboating celebration in the first six minutes, visitors Yokohama had the last laugh by eventually winning the game 3-1.

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See no maps, hear no GPS and speak no directions were unable to help the stranded fans (Getty)

Athletic Bilbao last won silverware in 1984, so fans of the popular Basque side travelled in their droves to attend the Europa League Final earlier this week for a chance to witness a rekindling of their former glory. Sadly, Falcao and ten other Atletico Madrid players were 3-0 victors on the night, which was particularly hard news to take for the 400 Athletic Club fans who traveled to Hungary for the game by mistake.

The final was held in Bucharest, Romania, but the geographically embarrassed supporters found themselves in vaguely-similar-sounding Budapest, a city roughly 500 miles away and in a completely different country. The Journal reports:

The Spanish TV channel Antena 3 is reporting that the group of fans travelled to Budapest instead of Bucharest, before trying to correct their mistake by getting to the correct city on time.

They failed. They couldn't find the Romanian capital on the map.

The fans — who were clearly too excited to cross reference the name of the destination

If there's one thing for which South American football can be relied upon, it's regular on-the-field rioting. The Uruguayan bout between Cerro Largo and Cerro (who, despite their names, are not local rivals) ended in typically punchy and kicky fashion after the home side secured a 1-0 victory.

Almost immediately after the final whistle, players from vistors Cerro — whose nickname 'Villeros' apparently  translates to 'slum dwellers' — confronted Cerro Largo goal scorer Rino Lucas. Soon, police with riot shields moved in to prevent players, staff and fans from beating seven shades out of each other. As you can see, the police were only partially successful in this endeavor.

Uruguayan newspaper El Pais says several players were "slightly injured" in the brawl, while El Observador speculates that a local judge will analyze the video today and give out "very severe punishments" to many of those involved.

This has been the Dirty Tackle of the Day: a chronicling of unfortunate events.

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Not only is Sergio Ramos an excellent footballer and winner of Most Handsome Man In The World 2012 (as voted by Sergio Ramos), but he can also sing. Here's the Real Madrid defender contributing to a song with Flamenco singer Canelita, in a video published on the official La Liga YouTube channel.

Someone who shouldn't give up their day job for a career in music, however, is Paolo Di Canio. Swindon Town celebrated winning the League Two title with a concert at The County Ground featuring Toploader (a British band who were popular at the turn of the millennium). The Robins' manager was invited onstage to belt out the chorus of their hugely annoying hit 'Dancing In The Moonlight'...

With all the news of measles, dog slaughter, and "criminal" police forces in Ukraine, it's about time we heard something controversial about Euro 2012 co-hosts Poland. And that controversy has arrived in the form of "sound cannons" — crowd control devices that blast out noise at horrendous volumes to curb the enthusiasm of rowdy fans. Polish police plan to use them this summer, but there are concerns that they could cause deafness in anybody unlucky enough to be standing near them. The Sun reports:

The ear-splitting gizmos mounted on trucks were unveiled as police chiefs vowed zero-tolerance to thuggery when the tournament kicks off next month.

Last night there were growing fears the indiscriminate weapons — which unleash bursts of sound equivalent to a jet engine taking off — could also maim those not involved in any trouble.

These incapacitating measures aren't necessarily being taken for the sake of travelling fans, but rather Poland's home-grown trouble makers. According to the BBC, violence and racism are still rife in the country:

The bar for European Championships theme songs was set extraordinarily low with Shaggy's Euro 2008 anthem 'Like a Superstar', which is good news for Poland and their Euro 2012 ditty 'Koko Euro Spoko'.

The Poles were given the right to choose their Euro 2012 song on an X Factor-style TV show on Wednesday night. Pop groups, ska bands and a rapper were beaten by Jarzebina — Polish for rowanberry — an 18-member ensemble of heavyset Polish women in traditional rural dress.

Some Polish football fans have reacted angrily online, suggesting the "kitschy" and "embarrassing" song might have won the competition through some sort of vote sabotage. Even the staunchest of Jarzebina critics, however, will have to admit the chorus is pretty infectious.

Of course, this is merely Poland's official song for the tournament, and has nothing to do with co-hosts Ukraine. The official UEFA Euro 2012 song for the tournament is 'Endless Summer' by "German-American pop sensation" Oceana. You're going to hear a lot of this one in June...

Carolyn Still fought the law and the law won (PA)

Last September, 29-year-old Carolyn Still became the youngest CEO in English football when she took the helm at Conference side Mansfield Town. Two weeks after her appointment, she was engaged to club chairman John Radford (this handsome devil), and it has emerged that she used to work as an escort under the name "Luella."

Still now finds herself in trouble with the authorities after being arrested during Mansfield Town's crucial Conference semifinal first leg at York city  Wednesday night. Says a statement from North Yorkshire Police (via The Sun):

"A 29-year-old woman from Retford was arrested at 9pm on Wednesday 2 May 2012, on Grosvenor Terrace, York, for using threatening words and behaviour.

"She was given an adult caution before being released."

It's not entirely clear what an "adult" caution may entail in the context of a former escort, and one may wonder why Still was arrested on a neighboring street to York's Bootham Crescent Stadium at 9 p.m., precisely the kind of time she