5 things we learned this week in the world of football

#4 Casillas’ time is up

David De Gea has already displaced Casillas Spain’s first choice

And we instantly get a perfect example of what Ving Rhames’ Marsellus Wallace meant when he claimed that the bottoms of people turn to vinegar. Despite being the only goalkeeper of this generation whose peak topped that of Buffon’s, he now finds himself in a preposterous position of being Spain’s captain while being her second goalkeeper.

In reality, if he wasn’t the captain, he might not have made it to the Euro squad even. But del Bosque is a loyal man and gave Casillas the respect that he deserved.

It is a shame to see the most successful goalkeeper of this era failing between the sticks worse than Paris Hilton does at acting. But everything, they say, has an end—and it is perhaps time to admit that the Real Madrid legend’s time is up.