Amazing Soccer Goal

1. lorla
   May 14th, 2007 at 1:52 pm

   Great goal!

2. Camillo Miller
   May 14th, 2007 at 1:53 pm

   the name of the trick he did is "Rabòna" . Very fortuitous though...

3. Smidigt
   May 14th, 2007 at 2:14 pm

   Thanks for the info Camillo!

   He says in the interview that he got inspired after seeing Maradona doing it, but he'd never seen him score a goal with it.

4. Alex
   May 14th, 2007 at 4:02 pm

   I thought it was Maradona who scored a goal like that first, but I couldn't find any reference to it (and I don't speak Swedish so I didn't understand the interview)

5. Smidigt
   May 14th, 2007 at 4:18 pm

   In the interview he says that he's seen Maradona do this as a "inlägg"...hmm what's the English word for this...well, when the player is free to kick the ball away after the referee has blown the whistle for one or another reason. Maybe "Direct Kick" is the right term in English?

   He then adds that he has never seen Maradona score a goal with this type of kick.

6. Tyler
   May 14th, 2007 at 4:53 pm

   I'm sorry, but isn't that what was supposed to happen? I like soccer and all, but I'm missing what was special here.

7. ted
   May 14th, 2007 at 5:19 pm

   I don't get it, either. He kicked the ball, it went in. Isn't that what he's paid to do?

   Now I see why the Simpsons make fun of soccer as a dull sport if that's a "great goal".

8. Jake
   May 14th, 2007 at 5:30 pm

   Did you see HOW he kicked the ball?

9. Jake
   May 14th, 2007 at 5:32 pm

   It's like a basketball player shooting the ball through his legs and making a three-pointer.

10. ted
    May 14th, 2007 at 8:47 pm

    Sorry, still not impressed.

    I'm sure it's a big thing to soccer people, but it's just "meh" to me.

11. Tinderbox
    May 15th, 2007 at 12:48 am

    Further proof that soccer players and fans take themselves WAY too seriously.

12. Jochen
    May 15th, 2007 at 5:43 am

    he just got lucky. seriously... that goal was totally unintentional. he wanted to pass the ball. if you know soccer you can see that...

    wanna see really great goals though? try one of these links... =)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwdj_DwSbxg
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohcaAz4l-CE
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l42kAtvetMI

13. Miranda Vink
    May 16th, 2007 at 3:05 pm

    My favorite goal ever was made by Dennis Bergkamp in a World Cup match between Holland and Argentina. The beauty of the goal was the passing: the pass came from the opposite side of the field, in a single fluent movement Bergkamp picked it up and scored the winning goal with only minute of play time. The pass was incredibly long yet precise and the finish was even more impressive.

    No wonder the Dutch commentator goes completely (and I mean _COMPLETELY_) out of his mind. Great goal and very funny to hear too.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqEWpHuib9A

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