World Football's Biggest Fails of the Week

This week in B/R's list of the biggest fails in world football, an Australian referee loses his mind, a Danish defender pulls a fast one on his opponent and an Indian newspaper forgets which Ronaldo is still playing.

Meanwhile, Spanish fans protest in the form of tennis balls, Luis Suarez throws a hissy fit and LeBron James releases a pair of anachronistic shoes.

Oh, and we have photographic evidence of the worst kit ever.

Keep reading for all the details.

Awful Officiating

So you think Manchester United benefit from spotty refereeing, do you?

Yes, well, you may have a point there.

But United's good fortune in the realm of officiating comes nowhere close to this.

This is Brisbane Roar of the Australian A-League benefiting from the most ludicrously awful refereeing decision I've ever seen.

Period.

The referee's name is Jarred Gillett. The Brisbane striker's name is Besart Berisha. And Brisbane won the A-League grand final because of this play.

Alarmingly, Gillett's boss didn't see anything wrong with the call.

Awful Diving

As bad as that last refereeing decision was, the player probably didn't dive.

He, uh, just fell over his own leg.

This player, Ronni Bendtsen of Danish club HB Køge, can plead no such thing.

Bendtsen's dive resulted in a straight red card for SønderjyskE striker Quincy Antipas, who might have the coolest name I've seen all year.

Wrong Ronaldo

As the fellas over at Dirty Tackle have pointed out, the Times of India got part of its teaser headline right the day after Real Madrid beat Barcelona.

The other part? Well, it looks a bit fat and toothy to me.

Tennis, Anyone?

I'm all for protesting.

In what other activity can one act both ornery and belligerent yet still earn praise for exercising one's civic duty?

Still, some protests are better than others.

As Reuters explains:

"

Sevilla's La Liga match at home to Levante was briefly suspended on Saturday when fans threw scores of tennis balls onto the pitch in protest over the kickoff time.

The game at the Sanchez Pizjuan had been moved back to 22:30 local time (20:30 GMT) because of the 'Clasico' between Barcelona and Real Madrid that kicked off two-and-a-half hours earlier.

"

Tennis balls, eh? Were they out of flares?

Temper Tantrum

At this advanced stage of the season, one can't help but feel badly for Liverpool and their fans.

The Reds are currently eighth in the English Premier League, behind crosstown rivals Everton.

Sure, the FA Cup final beckons, but as Luis Suarez shows in this clip, that's hardly consolation for Sunday's abysmal losing performance against West Brom.

It's Gotta Be the Shoes

Speaking of Liverpool, celebrity fan/owner LeBron James released some new Liverpool-themed sneakers recently.

And, well, they got a few things wrong.

As you can see in the picture at left, LBJ's shoes imply that Liverpool have won a bunch of Premier League trophies. They haven't.

The Reds have won 18 league titles, but none of them came in the Premier League era.

They all came in the era when the trophy looked much different.

And as this image shows, LeBron's Liverbird looks nothing like the actual Liverbird.

Maybe the licensing was too expensive.

The Worst Kit Ever

I wish this were a joke.

Alas, it's not.

Yes, Reggina Calcio's new kit really does feature nipples, abs and that V-shaped muscle women just love but I'll never have due to my affinity for beer.

Meanwhile, somewhere in New Jersey, The Situation furiously fills out a bulk order form.