All goals don't happen if people are stood somewhere else, or moving differently.
Smart lay off. Outstanding first time ball in behind the defence, curling away from the keeper. Well timed run in behind. Excellent header. Very good goal.
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OK, but I'd posit that a great goal is one in which the defence is doing what it's supposed to but is just undone by superior skill. This ain't that.
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I disagree. The superior skill here is the ball in, the run, and the finish.
These things are a skill. They were superior because they beat the defence.
If we are arguing about a shot from thirty five yards that nestled in the top corner, then we might find agreement. Those goals are just low percentage dips that occasionally come off. This was well worked that required a number of well timed actions, combined with accurate application of technique. What don't you like about it? Can it only be a good goal if it has dribbly noodle that requires the protection awarded by modern rules?
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My exact words were "it's a perfectly fine goal and it's well executed by the Scots". But it was easily defended, had the opponents bothered to try. I think that your description of a "great goal" is one that should be reserved for one in which the offensive prowess, be it individual or collective, simply outmatches the defence's best efforts.
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So what happened here? Were the portugueezers on a lunch break, and the referee incorrectly failed to rule the goal out because they weren't ready?
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Anything to increase Scotslander football dejection is fine by me.
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A nail in the coffin of anyone who wants to see england win something in my lifetime.
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Wales 2-0 up inside 3 minutes in the pouring rain in Montenegro. Second goal was a worldie.
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Lucky dip?
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Talking of which, Montenegro hit the bar with a shot from their own half. Darlow nowhere.
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Water polo is very popular in that part of the world. I think they must play it on this pitch.
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It's horrid. I'd really rather Neco wasn't running around on it.
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It's amusing that they can rig the rules to 'protect the players' (the ones from big clubs that they don't want the playing field levelling against), but they think nothing of sending them out on this when there's cash on the line.
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Craig Bellamy has nineties club freak black leather wet look energy.
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I fcukin hate Harry Wilson. He’s got one of those posh boy faces crying out to be twatted.
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Apart from the whole thing being a bit of a travesty, that was a lot of fun in a seventies mud bath sort of a way.
I don't have any strong feelings about Harry Wilson, but I do go out of my way not to look at him much.
