
Tuesday night's Champions League clash between Stuttgart and Barcelona proved several things to be true;
1) Barcelona have not been hitting top form lately.
2) Christian Gross IS a decent manager despite his best efforts to prove otherwise at Spurs.
And finally,
3) Jens Lehmann is not only still a very good goalkeeper, but he is still as crazy as ever.
Lehmann became infamous for his eccentric behaviour during his spell at Arsenal. While his talent and ability was never in question, his mentality certainly was. There were so many occasions in Premier League games that you see Jens going mental at his back four or remonstrating with referees whenever a player came anywhere near him at corners. It would seem that Arsenal could do with the German's abilities between the sticks but unfortunately for the Gunners (and the rest of the Premier League) the Bundesliga now enjoys Lehmann's wild antics.
Like a fine wine, mad Jens' antics seem to get better with age. This season's Champions League has seen two moments of pure Lehmann magic. His kung-fu kick across Barcelona captain Carles Puyol during the week was unnecessary, but isn't that we love Lehmann, he performs the unnecessary regularly and hilariously. The little half slap on the head afterwards is purely the icing on the cake. Follow this link to see Lehmann at his best.
Earlier in the competition, however, was witness to probably mad Jens' greatest ever moment. During his sides group match with Romanian side Unirea Urziceni, nature called for Jens but he just couldn't hold it in much longer and duly leapt over the advertising board behind his goal and urinated behind the advertising board, returning to the action on the pitch. Follow this link for another moment of magic from Jens.