Wanted to put this on fantasyleague.com for the Attacking Player of the Week, but it was just too good. The target audience would not appreciate it’s literary qualities.
Two defenders block his path to goal; there is no way through, unless.
A step-over and flick through the tinniest of gaps, a burst of speed, a blur of bright yellow boots.
At full pace now, he glides past a despairing tackle, surveys the evolving scene ahead of him and everything slows down.
The most precise of chips sends the ball soaring towards the unguarded back post.
A hopeless dive, a desperate touch and the goalkeeper has put the ball into his own net.
This is not the same Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha.
Nani has been reborn.
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