It began with an attempt at Zidane-esque control and ended with a display of marksmanship that sends an entire section of the crowd surging towards the pitch. As much as we love to dissect football, to break the pitch into a systematic property where order reigns, it’s a beautiful sport because it forever remains incalculable.
Where does the fault lie in conceding a goal? What is the correct emphasis of attack? Tactics, philosophies and player mentalities make for our conversation before matches, but, in the end, that intangible thing that we simply refer to as a moment of magic throws everything out the door.
Tremendo el primer gol de Felipe Pardo con el @FCNantes vía @alex_indahouse1 pic.twitter.com/BWp4eFOGpA
— Guillermo Arango (@guilloarango) February 24, 2017
A manager dissecting this goal would say that the attempt at control in the midfield, which inadvertently turned into an attacking through ball, should’ve been avoided. Maybe the goalie should’ve refrained from rushing out considering the attacker's position and the defenders covering. That dude near the goal line should avoid getting chopped to pieces. But after all that, Felipe Pardo still has no right to score from there.
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