UPDATE: Speaking of soccer greats, I’d urge you to read this post from 2012, in which I interviewed renowned soccer commentator Seamus Malin about the best games and players he’d ever seen. I really like that post.
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In honor of the birthday of Johan Cruyff, I present a 6.5-minute video of great soccer skills displayed on the field. (This was suggested to me by YouTube when I was watching a Cruyff video, and I liked this one. YouTube suggestions, though, are one of the greatest time sinks around.) If you get a “Go to Youtube” message when you click here, just click on the “Watch on YouTube” line.
I especially like the “seal dribble” (0:30), Ronaldinho’s flick (1:35), Higuita’s save (4:35, but did he need to save that way?), and Draxler’s backwards pass (5:24). But they’re all great; I can’t imagine playing soccer at this level.
Messi’s my man!
Outside the post with her first shot…
Messi’s my man!
…Merilee Cruijff breasts the ball on the rebound & smacks it into the back of the net. GAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!
Gaol?
It’s Spanglish gurl!
And the way “you lot” spell jail🤓
All I think of when watching Messi highlights is – speed kills. How do you go that fast and bring a ball along? And that left foot.
And he’s so low to the ground he doesn’t look as if he’s fast.
One of the greatest things about this football, you don’t have to be of size to play. In fact, big and fat does not play well at all.
Cruijff is the all-time best. Since his retirement, watching football has been a waste of time. 🙂
I would check out soccer commentator Seamus Malone’s opinons on games and players, posted on this site in 2012:
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/sports-special-soccer-expert-lists-the-best-players-games-and-goals-ever/
I’m quite proud of that post. Cruyff is on the list, but Seamus, who’s seen the best players of our era, has another choice.
Hard to disagree with any of Malone’s choices. Very good to see that he didn’t pick the overrated donkey Zidane.
Higuita’s scorpion kick was in a friendly game against England so he took the opportunity to show off. I remember that the Wembley crowd were stunned.
He got into a bit of a mess in their WC game against Cameroon in USA 1994.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev4PysnibJ4
Maybe the defender should not have passed it back to him.
Three against 100 . . . good odds
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