Here's Neymar, the Next Great Brazilian Soccer Superstar, Scoring an All-Time Great Goal
By Jason McIntyre
It’s going to be difficult to fully appreciate this phenomenal goal by Neymar (he’s only 19!) until we see two parts of the goal in slow-motion: The incredible trickery he did on the sideline to dust two defenders, and then the unbelievable move he put on two defenders in the box. It almost looks like – and I watched this seven times and still am not sure how what exactly transpired – Neymar is dribbling at full speed into the box, then in a millisecond stops the ball with is right foot and rolls it back to his left foot (all in one rapid motion) and then passes it back his right foot – in stride!! – and goes on to poke it home with his right foot. This is a thing of beauty. The announcing is terrific, too.
It kind of feels like a magic trick where you know what happened, and how it happened, but you’re not quite sure how the magician pulled it off. [via @JorgeArangure]