Peter Madsen’s Ode to Manchester

By: chris | November 24th, 2008

Most of the talk surrounding needless showboating comes from England – Manchester, lookin’ at you – but it does, shockingly, happen elsewhere. Take, for instance, Peter Madsen of Brondby IF. His team was hammering Sonderjyske 5-0 when, in the 88th minute, a ball is sent his way. Some nifty ball control later, he finds himself with a defender in place of the keeper on the goal line. Easy tap in for 6, right? Wrong. He decides to pull out his bag of tricks and go with a rabona for the deep sixer. Madsen being a striker who has, according to ESPN & Wiki, scored four goals since 2005. Hardly someone who should be doing anything but a simple finish, right?

Maybe the guy has no left foot, or maybe he has some personal vendetta against Sonderjyske, but this seems a tad excessive. A simple tap in would’ve sufficed; no need to further embarrass Sonderjyske in front of their own fans – at least those who were loyal/dumb enough to stick around to the final whistle. Or maybe it’s just me.

But perhaps it could be better phrased as a question: If this were Cristiano Ronaldo, would the world be calling for his head? Or are these two entirely different sentiments altogether?

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• Javier |  November 24th, 2008 at 12:36 pm

  
  
  

  Yeah that was showbooting but hell that was pretty awesome hah. Of course its not going to be the same as if CR7 took it. Since well, this guy is unknown and to do such a move on 0-4 can be quite the dick move. Everyone expects this crap with CR7, hense, why everyone would ignore it.

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• Porter |  November 24th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

  
  
  

  I’m not sure how it would differ depending with the player but as a defender, I’d remember that for another time and introduce him to my boots.

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• Weston |  November 24th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

  
  
  

  at least it went in
  i can picture somebody doing this but tripping and missing!

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• bobby_digital |  November 24th, 2008 at 2:46 pm

  
  
  

  people need to stop being so sensitive when it comes to so-called ’showboating’ and realize part of what makes the game great is the flashiness and entertainment… its separates the professionals from us…

  its usually the guys who cant do any tricks or anything flashy who complain about showboating..

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• michael |  November 24th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

  
  
  

  It looked pretty cool. Mebe it was showboating. Who cares?

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• Marco P. |  November 24th, 2008 at 6:11 pm

  
  
  

  Shucks Chris… let a man have his fun.

  Being 4-0 up is exactly the right moment to try this kind of thing. If you miss, no harm done.

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