Mexico beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-1 in a very wet Chicago friendly on Thursday night, with the added-time winner coming from Chicharito. The Manchester United striker had a bit of help from Bosnia's Stojan Vranjes.

With the score at 1-1 in injury time, Vranjes' misfortune began when his attempt to head the ball out of Bosnia's box failed. When the ball came back to him, he volleyed the ball straight up into the air, which he decided was a good setup for a bicycle kick. Well, he appeared to completely botched that attempt, allowing the ball to bounce to Chicharito right in front of goal for the winning poke-in.

In fairness to Vranjes, the rain-slicked ball and pitch probably had something to with his difficulties. But even if they didn't, at least it was just a friendly.

All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award-winning Dirty Tackle...

Don't slap Mario Balotelli on the back of the neck on picture day. He will mess up your tie and it will never be the same. [101gg]

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German football isn't s***. [The FCF]

Why not Leon Britton for England? [TFB]

Viggo Mortensen detained by airport security by celebrating a San Lorenzo goal. [KCKRS]

Fifth division amateur side Cal FC, managed by Eric Wynalda, shocks Portland Timbers in U.S. Open Cup. [US Soccer Players]

How Nike makes football shirts out of plastic bottles. [TBG]

Eden Hazard going to Chelsea for the right reasons. [Soccernet]

This is how MLS players go food shopping. [Kickette]

South Korea and the hooligans. [IBWM]

Ronaldinho has gotten his contract with Flamengo terminated by a Brazilian labor court over almost $20 million in unpaid wages. He is now free to sign with another club after scoring 29 goals in 72 matches for Flamengo since singing in January 2011.

From Sambafoot:

The reasons for the termination were four months of unpaid wages, a justification accepted by the judge.

The player's advisors will now pursue the unpaid wages through other means, whilst Ronaldinho has officially left the club.

Ronaldinho' termination follows an escalation in the arguments between the player and the club over a lack of professionalism, and for the club's part, unpaid wages.

Flamengo, who tried to suspend Ronaldinho for failing to attend training on Wednesday and missing a team flight, will appeal the court's ruling, according to Globo. In January, Ronaldinho's agent/brother claimed five months of unpaid wages amounting to just $2 million and blamed Traffic, the marketing group that was supposed to pay three-quarters of his salary for Flamengo. The issue was resolved when Flamengo agreed to eliminate Traffic and pay Ronaldinho's full salary themselves. But that apparently didn't happen.

Now that he's free, it will be interesting to see where Ronaldinho goes. There's been longstanding interest in MLS and there will probably be big-money offers from Russia and China, but staying in Brazil might give him the best hope (howe! ver real istic it is) of once again finding a place in the national team.