« Jens Lehmann To Bow Out With Dignity. Not. | Home | Italy Fields an All-Refugee Team »

Carlos Vela’s Moment of Magic

By: chris | November 11th, 2008

The kids are alright. The scoreboard will show the story to be Jay Simpson’s brace in just his senior team match, but grab yourself a fine wine, a comfortable chair, and select your favorite aria for the stereo before watching this one. 19 year old Carlos Vela’s magnificently magnificent lofted ball – either while or a split-second before being tackled – made the scoreline insurmountable at 3-0 for what was essentially Arsenal’s reserve team against Wigan’s senior XI. But to view this goal in the scope of the game would do it a great injustice, because this was a moment of brilliance. Stunningly simple yet simply stunning. One of the very moments which make the sport so special.

Some Related Stories:

Category: England, World Football

« Jens Lehmann To Bow Out With Dignity. Not. | Home | Italy Fields an All-Refugee Team »

The Offside RSS Feeds

Alex

its good to see some brilliance that vela's capable of, winner of the 2005 under 17 world cup, hes shown he can make those great plays, just hasnt had the chance to show it with the 1st team, but he can do these classy plays
MoMONEY

Im getting a Vela jersey...
Andrea

Pure magic.This kid's goals are always full of a magical quality. Wonder what was going through all the senior players' heads as they got up to applaud? I can't wait to see him play more for the senior team.
MoMONEY

This kid is pure CLASS... He needs to play more with the first team... Better then Bendtner no doubt

blog comments powered by Disqus

Search The Offside