At real speed, we do not quite realize the beauty of the thing. The half volley is pure, that’s for sure, but as we have seen some in our long career. It actually takes several slowdowns to measure the exceptional character of the successful strike by Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara on Wednesday night in the victory against Porto in the Champions League.
The ball, whipped from the outside of the foot, begins by going down and seems to have to bounce on the lawn, but is recovering at the last moment and continues its way to the small net of the Portuguese goalkeeper. Yes Yes. See for yourself, you won’t be disappointed (especially from 54 ” on the video).
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☄️ What a strike from the Spaniard: sumptuous, pure and limpid!
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Like us, Jurgen Klopp was amazed after the meeting. “Anyone who sees Thiago in training knows he has the technique to do it, but even with this technique, such a thunderclap does not happen every day”, greeted the German coach, quoted by the Telegraph. Indeed, it does not happen every day that you have to call a physicist from NASA to understand what could have happened with this balloon.
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