This week's Goal Maal Why this Goalaveri di? (Vernacular puns FTW) features a goal which was basic in finish, had little by way of number of players or passes involved in build up and was even almost saved by the goalkeeper before it went it. Bbbbut. But it came as the result of some glorious individual skill and excellent feet and deserves to be the goal maal of the mid-week. Also, it was the only goal of three goals that I saw that was worth writing about. Arsenal 2, Dortmund 1.
Click here before you come to the conclusion that what follows is one hell of a discontinuity.
Song collected the ball in midfield and pondered his options. He could either run into a maze of Dortmund defenders dressed up as bananas waiting to be peeled or pass the ball to Ramse... nah, he decided to go peel 'em. He beat the first defender with pace, taking the ball past him with remarkable ease. Showed the ball to the second and waltzed his way around him with some exceptionally quick feet. By then the first slow coach banana had teamed up with another fruit of the same order and had blocked his path. Here is where Song went all Songinho on us. With a dribble that looked a bit like he had prematurely begun his samba dance routine Song controlled the ball past the flummoxed Dortmund duo, went into open space and placed a peach of a cross onto the head of Robin Van Perise who dutifully nodded it in ensuring it fell wider off Weidenfeller, their goalkeeper. I mean if you have a name like that..
Song was excellent throughout the game and was very effective in breaking up play in the midfield. Sitting in front of the back four, he struggled a bit initially when the quick 1-2s of Mario Gotze and the other chappie caught him a bit off his pace, but he gradually improved and asserted himself. Of course, the removal of Gotze due to injury helped Song dominate the midfield more comfortable but this does not take away anything from his overall performance against an opposition who were constantly hassling and pressing in midfield. With the absence of Wilshere and the not quite the finished productness of Frimpong, it is indeed a relief that Cameroon didn't qualify for the ACN in January.
Song was excellent throughout the game and was very effective in breaking up play in the midfield. Sitting in front of the back four, he struggled a bit initially when the quick 1-2s of Mario Gotze and the other chappie caught him a bit off his pace, but he gradually improved and asserted himself. Of course, the removal of Gotze due to injury helped Song dominate the midfield more comfortable but this does not take away anything from his overall performance against an opposition who were constantly hassling and pressing in midfield. With the absence of Wilshere and the not quite the finished productness of Frimpong, it is indeed a relief that Cameroon didn't qualify for the ACN in January.
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