10 Emotional Moments That Made Footballers Cry

By Chris Peet /

1. John Terry - 2008 Champions League Final

Central to all that€™s odious and malfunctioning about the dark side of contemporary professional football, lies John Terry. Well before his well-documented dallyings with casual racism and allegedly casting his slimy eyes over team-mates€™ girlfriends, Terry was resigned to more off-the-cuff moments of idiocy. Endearing acts such as supposedly mouthing off whilst drunk at a bunch of American tourists on 9/11. Or being leader of an aggressively arrogant team that caused the retirement of one of the best referees in the world. Unless you€™re a Chelsea fan, it€™s a rarity that you€™d regard him with any semblance of affection. So there was nothing that derived as much satisfaction as watching thug-faced wide boy Terry arrogantly stroll forward to take Chelsea€™s fifth penalty in the shootout of the 2008 Champions League Final. He would then proceed to slip and fall onto his bawdy a*se on the rain-soaked turf and balloon the ball off the outside of the post. It was a joy to behold - especially as Chelsea would go on to lose causing their Mr Dependable to blubber like man who€™s just discovered his wife€™s been cheating on him with a team mate. His despicable behaviour on and off the pitch throughout his career makes John Terry€™s burst face on that rainy night in Moscow a truly glorious image.