When a footballer player comes face-to-face with the goalkeeper, there are several different options available. The blast, the dink, the lob, the nutmeg and the perfectly placed shot into the corner.
All have a time and place, all can be effective if executed correctly.
None, though, are as noble as the last option: rounding the ‘keeper. It is football’s finest art. It is a move for a select few because it requires a player to have skill, silken touch, perfect spatial awareness, and balance. Most of all, to perform it correctly, they need to have ice running through their veins.
If it doesn’t come off, the player who’s tried it looks very silly indeed – so much so, that many have now abandoned it for more statistically effective methods of finishing one-on-ones.
But when it does come off, there are few better things to watch. The sidestep, the goalkeeper on their backside, the ball effortlessly tucked in the back of the empty net. And Manchester United target Kamaldeen Sulemana, it seems, is looking to revive the art.
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