I do remember watching that match live on my portable tv in student accommodation and saying out loud ‘fuck off!’ In bewilderment.Though, watching that again, there is no question as to why it's seen as one of THE greatest goals of all time
As the ball drops he's got so much to do, the crowd is getting excited by the ball moving to the USSR (as they were then) area but they are not on their feet, they are not expecting a goal, they are not even expecting an attempt, they are hoping he can control it and hold it up long enough for Gullit etc to turn up and support him, in fact, when I dug out this clip, the first time I watched the replay I found myself thinking "don't waste the attack, there is no point shooting from there"
Edit - good job it wasn't that guy who was on the mic when Bergkamp scored against Argentina, I think he would have ruptured something.
Who's the favorite to win it this year?
I think with Spurs group the top seed was Frankfurt cos they won the Europa but objectively they weren’t really a top seed team so we ended up in a league with four quite equally matched teams. As opposed to Rangers or Pilzen who between them have the worst records ever in CL qualification cos of the other beasts in their groups.
Anyway, I don’t know what all the stress was about, the mighty Spurs qualified top of their group, never in doubt.
Enough historically big clubs havent made it through to the group stages - Althetico, Barca, Ajax from tonight for example - maybe there is a slight sea change. Although I think all four English teams are through