moments of magic
i saw a few moments of brilliance today.
two from this clip, a compilation of the best moments from that triumphant 1970 Brazil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqVo86yhH9c
the first is the goal against england, the way pele brought tostao's cross down, with his right foot, and the ball seemed as though it was glued to the foot. and as his foot came down, he immediately tapped it to the right, into space for jairzinho. that he did it in such a smooth manner, under such tight condition, was testament to his technique, and vision.
the second was against uruguay, but it did not lead to a goal. a throughball from tostao set pele free. and he dummied to let the ball go on, before striding past the tricked keeper to retrieve the ball and send it to the far post. he missed. but his elegance and audacity left me wordless. it would have been a very, very great goal.
the third was eto'o's pass to ronaldinho in the 6-0 drubbing of athletico madrid. he seemed to have caressed ronaldinho's pass backwards, to the right, and yet he instantaneously slipped it forward into the path of ronaldinho again. somewhat like pele's against england.
the last would be honda's free kick for japan in the olympics qualifier against hong kong. it was a very wicked bend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjCTdBpuaok
two from this clip, a compilation of the best moments from that triumphant 1970 Brazil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqVo86yhH9c
the first is the goal against england, the way pele brought tostao's cross down, with his right foot, and the ball seemed as though it was glued to the foot. and as his foot came down, he immediately tapped it to the right, into space for jairzinho. that he did it in such a smooth manner, under such tight condition, was testament to his technique, and vision.
the second was against uruguay, but it did not lead to a goal. a throughball from tostao set pele free. and he dummied to let the ball go on, before striding past the tricked keeper to retrieve the ball and send it to the far post. he missed. but his elegance and audacity left me wordless. it would have been a very, very great goal.
the third was eto'o's pass to ronaldinho in the 6-0 drubbing of athletico madrid. he seemed to have caressed ronaldinho's pass backwards, to the right, and yet he instantaneously slipped it forward into the path of ronaldinho again. somewhat like pele's against england.
the last would be honda's free kick for japan in the olympics qualifier against hong kong. it was a very wicked bend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjCTdBpuaok
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