Great World Cup Moments #10

A personal favourite with this one in Alessandro Del Piero's goal against Germany in 2006.

Ultimately, Del Piero cannot be judged as a world class player, despite being an all-time Italian league and Juventus legend. He flattered to deceive in too many tournaments, always seemed to be carrying an injury, always had a rival for his favoured trequartista role, and he seemed to be declining from far too early in his career (I think he must have peaked at about 21). Yet it seemed almost tragic coming into almost certainly his last World Cup in 2006 that his principal international achievement was missing two golden chances when through on goal in the inside left channel in the Euro 2000 final.

So it is heartening that Del Piero can instead look on a similar chance in a similar massive match and know that this time, he absolutely buried it. I'm sure that I speak for anyone whose parents neglected to get Sky in the 90s and instead grew up with James Richardson in saying "golaccio". And then people thinking that you just said "Go Lazio".

By the way, I never check these links, so I hope they work. I'm hoping for some sort of prize, frankly, for the Most Banal Linking seen on a blog in 2010. I think it's the fact you could so easily just go to youtube and search for them yourself, given that it's always really obvious what the link is. I suppose I'm saving you time. Eventually I'll link to steakncheese.com just for the surprise I think.

We're nearly finished for these Moments now, I might do one more if I can think of it, I think it's the 11th by then. Or maybe some Shit moments if I can think of any of them either, although they'll all just be the ball looping of Parker's heel. Again, and again. Just like in my dreams.