Quote Originally Posted by Cuchulainn View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Rocket Edge View Post
I thought Maicons goal was deliberate because of how his body was positioned and how he hit the ball. It was some goal, up there with the best so far!
I think if you watch the whole thing you will realise it was a fluke. He bombed down, looked behind him slightly into the box, looked down & banged it. When he banged it he twisted his body to shoot diagonally behind. It was a glorious fluke.
Isn't it very possible he meant to fool the keeper? Plus, he was a few yards away from the keeper and he blasted it, which also tells me it wasn't a cross but a shot. Finally, the way he hit it off the outside of his boot looks to me to be intended in order to swerve it away from the keeper. Great goal technically. Of course there's no way of really knowing but that's what I think.