Please watch this video in full.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17G5u6obrTY&feature=channel
He's name is Remy Gaillard, from France. we need it for Euro 2012
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You know that to be a top footballer there's more than being highly skilled with the ball, as this guy definetively is
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But this video reminded my of a funny story I've read about in a football book. In fact, it's two stories envolving the same person, which happens to be one of the greatest players of all time. FĂ©renc Puskas.
One day, in the mid-70's if I recall correctly, there was a sort of exhibition event that gathered young teenagers in England with some former glories of the international scene. At some point the event involved gathering groups of a dozen or so kids with one of those former heroes to shoot some balls at the goal. When a group of those kids was matched with a shorty fatty man, in his late 50's or so, one of the wise-kids (there's always one!) replied; "Great... I get the fat dwarf!" One of the other former glories present, much younger, was non the less George Best the Manchester United / Northern Ireland glory. Hearing that he took the ball roughly out of the kids hands and said to the "elder" one - "Show these brats what a footballer is!" tossing him the ball with his hands. Puskas dominated the ball in the air with his heel, flipped it over his head, and before it touched the ground he shoot it towards the goal making it hit right in the upper corner of the goal frame. Best, helding another ball, toss it over and said "Again!". Puskas, repeated perfectly the exact same movements and shoot the ball to the exact same spot. Best, turned to the kid and said: "That, you little brat, is Mr. Puskas. The best of the best. Something you can't even dream of achieve."
The other episode is the European Champions Cup final between Ajax and Panathinaikos - I'm not recalling here neither when it was held. I know it was somewhere in the late 70's. Puskas was Panathinaikos coach and Ajax did eventually won the cup fairly easy. But the story his that, some years after, someone asked the greek team's goalkeeper on that day what was his state of mind in the beginning of that match. He replied: "Terrible. I knew that we would loose it right after the warming exercises. Contrarly to what was usual the coach decided himself to train me, shooting some balls for me to defend. He didn't miss one shot. I didn't save one. All of them entered the goal on the upper angle, making it any defense impossible. My confidence was shred to pieces..."
! I wounder how many takes
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