The soccer plays that people get most excited about seem to be long-range wondergoals. In the age of Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona, we experienced a cultural shift towards celebrating goals based on how many passes a team took to arrive at them. But it’s my contention that the best play in soccer is a lightning fast direct counter-attack, with something like four-to-five passes being the perfect number for a perfectly aesthetically pleasing goal.
Please watch this Nigeria goal, it made me very happy
It’s so fast and the finish is so satisfying.
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And so I present Ahmed Musa and Nigeria, who scored my favorite goal so far in the 2018 World Cup, with this absolute beauty.
Iceland got absolutely done off one of their patented long throws and it was just glorious. This gets better with every replay. The header, Kelechi Iheanacho’s turn and pass, Victor Moses’ sprint into space, and then Ahmed Musa’s absolutely perfect first touch and volley. Bang bang bang bang bang pick that shit out.
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