IdleRich
IdleRich
Probably a short-lived thread, but inspired by the amazing goal in Serie A today and then the Van Basten goal it reminded me of (see halfway down this page https://dissensus.com/index.php?threads/6513/page-294#post-674213), I am in the mood for spectacular volleyed goals.
To me this is the gold standard, I give extra points to anyone striking orthogonally to the path of the ball as that means the timing is so much harder. So this one, where the ball is totally at ninety degrees to the swing of his foot and yet he still twats it in from outside the box is hard to beat
Of course you have Bale's one which was in the final of the CL giving it that extra gloss... not as far out though
And I suppose we need to mention Ronaldo v Juve (the second one on about 35 seconds)
As a rule though I'm not so big on bicycle kicks as sideways on scissors kicks and such - not sure why, just an aesthetic thing I guess. But in that vein, I want to mention the much maligned ugly deformed giant Crouch - love the power he got on this one
And this one where the ball doesn't touch the goal between the keeper and the back of the other team's net (feels as though there must be a copyright issue or something in that there are no proper clips of this on youtube)
While we're doing volleyed goals v Man City the Rooney one needs a mention
Anyway, keep 'em coming. I'm actually not always such a fan of the way that goal of the season lists are dominated by goals like the above where someone throws their foot at it and connects once in a blue moon, when really a ten man passing move actually celebrates more of the true beauty AND brains of football... and yet, seeing someone flying through the air and twatting it in with the most satisfying thump like this speaks to something primal and is very very hard to beat.
To me this is the gold standard, I give extra points to anyone striking orthogonally to the path of the ball as that means the timing is so much harder. So this one, where the ball is totally at ninety degrees to the swing of his foot and yet he still twats it in from outside the box is hard to beat
Of course you have Bale's one which was in the final of the CL giving it that extra gloss... not as far out though
And I suppose we need to mention Ronaldo v Juve (the second one on about 35 seconds)
As a rule though I'm not so big on bicycle kicks as sideways on scissors kicks and such - not sure why, just an aesthetic thing I guess. But in that vein, I want to mention the much maligned ugly deformed giant Crouch - love the power he got on this one
And this one where the ball doesn't touch the goal between the keeper and the back of the other team's net (feels as though there must be a copyright issue or something in that there are no proper clips of this on youtube)
While we're doing volleyed goals v Man City the Rooney one needs a mention
Anyway, keep 'em coming. I'm actually not always such a fan of the way that goal of the season lists are dominated by goals like the above where someone throws their foot at it and connects once in a blue moon, when really a ten man passing move actually celebrates more of the true beauty AND brains of football... and yet, seeing someone flying through the air and twatting it in with the most satisfying thump like this speaks to something primal and is very very hard to beat.
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