I don’t know a lot about international soccer etiquette, but I’ve pieced together enough to tell you that’s Defender Cristiano Diaz of Newell’s Old Boys got his face stomped on by All Boys Carlos Soto like the dude was trying to kill Mr. Gone’s disembodied head during Monday’s 1-1 draw.

Amazingly, Diaz ignored the stretcher they brought out to cart him to the crushed skull hospital and played the full 90 minutes. I feel uncomfortable standing in the shoe section at Dick’s, I can’t imagine what it’d be like to take a soccer cleat with 150-ish pounds of guy in it to the dome. They would’ve had to scrape me off the grass with a spatula.

[h/t Dirty Tackle]

If you've had a TV on any time during the last 12 hours or so, you probably saw this. Titans DT Albert Haynesworth kicked Cowboys C Andre Gurode in the face as Gurode lay on the turf with his helmet off after a Julius Jones touchdown. Haynesworth, apparently displeased with merely kicking a man when he was down, followed it up with a facial stomp. Gurode needed a gazillion stitches to sew his face back together.

Now, I'm a fan of unnecessary violence in almost all aspects of life, but I think this might have been over the line. The Riverdance kick-stomp combo would have been a great move if they were playing in the Thunderdome and not LP Field.

I know getting kicked in the face must suck, but at least Gurode is going to come out of this with some sweet facial scars. I'm actually a little jealous. I want some facial scars. My handsome-to-badass ratio is weighted far too much toward the handsome.