Apart from the jaw-dropping speed, and beating the defenders, what always impresses me about this kind of goal is the split-second timing: there is the tiniest window, a second or so to blast the ball through the narrowest of gaps. It must take incredible alertness to be able to do this.
I saw this live and am still not over it. What’s amazing about the video is that the actual play is longer, Messi gets the ball originally not far from midfield.
Apart from the jaw-dropping speed, and beating the defenders, what always impresses me about this kind of goal is the split-second timing: there is the tiniest window, a second or so to blast the ball through the narrowest of gaps. It must take incredible alertness to be able to do this.
I saw this live and am still not over it. What’s amazing about the video is that the actual play is longer, Messi gets the ball originally not far from midfield.