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Must-See Hat-Trick: Falcao

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  1. Who said anything about Americans? Look, they’re nice goals. But I think it’s a stretch to say it’s “difficult to put into words how impressive” the hat trick was. It was a delicate chip to the far post; a nice curling shot across Cech’s body; and a hard driven low third. This was NOT Nelinho’s curler in the ’78 World Cup; Roberto Carlos at the Stade de France in ’97; or Van Basten’s winner in the 1988 Euro championship. Those goals are difficult to put into words. If you don’t see the difference, we’ll agree to disagree.

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  2. Haters are going to hate, but you can’t argue with these numbers.

    43 goals in 52 appearances for with Atletico Madrid. 6 Goals in last 2 matches.

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  3. That’s because you’re not sophisticated enough to appreciate the subtle things that he did in order to score, the perfect touches, the perfect timing of his runs and shots. These are things that very few American soccer players (actually very few soccer players in the world) develop.

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  4. Not taking anything away from him, but I’ve seen a lot more impressive hat tricks than this . . . especially when the defending is so pathetic.

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  5. I hate Chelsea as much as the next guy, but be fair: the result was 4-1. Gary Cahill scored a consolation goal somewhere in there…

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  6. To me its not a surprise that Montero tore through an EPL defense. Montero is clearly more skilled than most EPL players.

    Chelsea by the way is in first place with 3 wins in 3 games having only allowed 2 goals in those games.

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  7. It’s almost like the next generation, turbo charged Juan Pablo Angel! Except he’s even better. Was hoping Barca made a play for him in the offseason even though he just signed last year (he’ll be at one of the big 5 trendy spenders soon enough despite only transferring a year ago).

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