Lucky or not, like Joma said – being ready for those opportunities when they come up and making the most out of it takes some skills. Not too many players would have that split-second decision to volley it and loop it over the keeper. Great goal – SCHNEIDERBLAST!
A bit fortunate for Sneijder, but a nice finish nonetheless. However, he was greatly helped by poor defending (stabbing, giving too much space after the stab) and a keeper woefully out of position.
“Netherlands were having more of the play and Kuyt put his header wide from the six-yard box before Sneijder converted a simple goal in the 29th minute.
“Theo Janssen’s pass from the left wing found the Inter Milan midfielder in the six-yard box and he slotted home into the centre of the goal.
“Austria looked to respond and as the half wore down…”
Lucky or not, like Joma said – being ready for those opportunities when they come up and making the most out of it takes some skills. Not too many players would have that split-second decision to volley it and loop it over the keeper. Great goal – SCHNEIDERBLAST!
It’s a “Friendly” so they were being “nice”
ofcourse not haha, but tell them its for sum sort of trophy and thats when they start going hard lol
I’m still pissed at these clowns for what they did to the WC final but that was one hell of a goal. No cards either,,,, impressed.
Definitely not Ballon d’Or worthy though…
I don’t know why it still bothers me that Sneijder did not at the very least get named to the shortlist.
A bit fortunate for Sneijder, but a nice finish nonetheless. However, he was greatly helped by poor defending (stabbing, giving too much space after the stab) and a keeper woefully out of position.
Great goal.
Lucky and some poor defense.
they are like the brazil of Europe sooo much flair
The Dutch can really score wonder goals.
I caught the video on a different site and I had the same reaction at the same time the guy who was recording it!!
Great goal!!
ESPN’s description of the goal is interesting:
“Netherlands were having more of the play and Kuyt put his header wide from the six-yard box before Sneijder converted a simple goal in the 29th minute.
“Theo Janssen’s pass from the left wing found the Inter Milan midfielder in the six-yard box and he slotted home into the centre of the goal.
“Austria looked to respond and as the half wore down…”
golaso-aso-aso!!!
Fantastic buildup, too. How many passes was that?
If lucky is as they say, being 100% prepared when opportunity strikes, then yes that was “lucky”.
I guess you can call it lucky… the most spectacular goals are always low percentage, otherwise who would be impressed?
Still, only a handful of people on the planet are capable of doing what sneijder just did there.
I think that’s lucky no matter what your nationality is…
wiw,
Sick
wow.
if anyone in mls/usmnt would have scored like that it would have been called lucky.