The locations of some of the greatest goals are identifiable not by the players who scored them, but the nets the ball ended up in
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Friday, December 7, 2012
UEFA Champions League - AC Milan
Milan have never shied from their English heritage. Founded by two Englishmen, with an Anglicised spelling of their name (despite Mussolini running interference) and an English-style stadium with no running track, the Rossoneri's embrace of their roots extended even to the on-field architecture at San Siro, which was modelled on Wembley's.
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Goalnets and Aesthetics #2 - Two headers
Reviewing the Champions League R16, Wayne Rooney's second header against Milan at San Siro struck a chord.
It brought to mind Kevin Keegan's header against Denmark in 1978.
To any Spot the Difference afficiando these goals will look very different.
But to this mind's eye, the way the ball hits the net makes both these goals the same.
It brought to mind Kevin Keegan's header against Denmark in 1978.
To any Spot the Difference afficiando these goals will look very different.
But to this mind's eye, the way the ball hits the net makes both these goals the same.
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