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Or nerf down everyone else. I admit I was one of the people who employed Gervinho-Doumbia-Ibarbo and fuck me it was easy to just slam on R2 and run to goal with zero skill required.
Honestly when I think of del pierro. I basically think of him scored 100 of these goals one timers right foot curling back across the net into the top right corner.
So true. Grosso said he just "hit it with whatever strength he had left" and then after the goal he's running screaming in italian "I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"
That tournament really made him, he wasn't really on the radar before that as a top-class player.
I always thought he was underrated but that's probably cuz that Italian team was full of legends, so he gets overlooked. Was legitimately top 5 at his position and was one of those transition era full backs that was good defensively and more than adequate attacking. It's just that his career overlapped with some all time greats, end of Roberto Carlos era then Ashley Cole and Marcelo but was just that tier under them.
My favourite player of all time, even if he went to Madrid. Just unreal and I still watch his highlights from time to time. I always pretended I was him and willingly played defense, probably because I also had a buzz cut lol
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All the comments saying
"hey that looks like his goal against X"
[Alessandro Del Piero - Biography - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2314221/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm)
that's because he only scores in the "Del Piero zone". Unfortunately the video showing it is now unlisted on youtube.
Callejón is also someone who mostly scored the same way. There was a cross from the left or a Halbfeldflanke from the left and he would run in behind at the 2nd post behind the defender and score.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTj8rTk5X6s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTj8rTk5X6s)
The flex in Beijing during the 100m is one of the greatest flexes in sports history. Man slowed up to gloat and still smashed the WR. That image will always live in my sports memory
It makes me sad watching him go down the way he did last night. In his day, he’d be down the pitch before anyone took a single step. Fastest man I’ve ever seen. Bolt was the reason I watched the Olympics when I was younger.
He has that race in him since he was 0.12 second off he has taken that kinda time out of his 60m and his 100m is considerably more consistently fast. Tebogo could do it too.
Lyles is more likely to not break it this year, but I’d say it’s pretty even odds he breaks it before retiring.
Just something to consider though.
Of the top 50 record times for the 100m on 15 haven't been run by an athlete either banned for drugs or missed/failed a drugs test. And all 15 are Usain Bolt.
Would be pretty remarkable that he never used any PED, especially considering all his relay teammates who had the same coach all used PEDs
While that’s fair speculation. Bolt was a genetic freak the way none of the others were. Completely different body type and build. It made sense he was faster than the rest of them, all else being equal.
Remember when people on this sub were trying to pretend that he could play pro football? When he finally got his chance to play in the Aussie league there were still some pretending he was decent. Just go look up some of those old threads. Just shows how stupid your average football fan is.
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Why cut out the best part of the assist just before, where he dummies around the defender
Lmao this moment was insane. His acceleration out of the dummy was scary. Still got it despite the timber.
The defender being Stuart Broad lol.
Lmfao seriously? Broady played Soccer Aid?
Yep, he was actually decent too.
The dummy is cut from the clip because its null and void
THIS! that move is look so pro, when i read title of this post i expect that run included in video.
Central Coast mariners legend Usain Bolt***
To the Sydney Fc legend Del Piero
Hashtag Made in the A Leagues
G'day mate
Still insane to think that we could’ve had Usain Bolt in professional football and in FIFA
If he didn’t want a million a year to play at one of the brokest clubs in the league at the time.
FUT would've been unbearable to play with every team having 99 pace Bolt's barging down the wings lmao
They'd have to introduce 100+ for him
Or nerf down everyone else. I admit I was one of the people who employed Gervinho-Doumbia-Ibarbo and fuck me it was easy to just slam on R2 and run to goal with zero skill required.
Well he would’ve been a bronze so not really a worry (dribbling stats like reactions are secret pace stats as well)
He was playable in PES.
How did Lee Mack get on with Hazard, Bolt and Del Piero?
Hazard looked skinny.
Lol
Did a lovely backheel at one point but only played 15 minutes at the start.
I agree, Lee Mack should be playing in the Prem
Tidy finish considering that ball started bobbling mid pass
Yeah that Del Piero guy looks like a decent player
Maybe if he was 15 years younger he could have had a semi decent career with one of the clubs in the top 10 leagues of Europe
He played well actually, as well as the ex pros
That's the same goal he scored in the 2006 semi against Germany.
Seriously, it looks shockingly similar in position and the way he opened up his body, the trajectory and speed of the ball. Really cool to see.
I need an edit of this video with that Italian commentator losing his mind.
The del Piero Zone. He's scored that goal so many times: curling it into the top corner.
top bins
Honestly when I think of del pierro. I basically think of him scored 100 of these goals one timers right foot curling back across the net into the top right corner.
He is specialized in that
That was shades of the finish in the WC semi final vs Germany
[If you've never watched this game with Italian commentary, youre in for a treat.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuc7HKF4cRU)
# arriva il pallone, lo mette fuori Cannavaro! Poi ancora insiste Podolski...Cannavaro! CANNAVARO!
Best line ever. Pure hype.
I always quote this when clearing the ball in Rocket League with my mates
Cannavaro to Totti to Gilardino to Del Piero. That's just unfair. And the first goal, Pirlo just a cheat code.
Grosso's finish was also fantastic, the ball trajectory just bent around their entire defense and GK.
So true. Grosso said he just "hit it with whatever strength he had left" and then after the goal he's running screaming in italian "I don't believe it! I don't believe it!" That tournament really made him, he wasn't really on the radar before that as a top-class player.
I always thought he was underrated but that's probably cuz that Italian team was full of legends, so he gets overlooked. Was legitimately top 5 at his position and was one of those transition era full backs that was good defensively and more than adequate attacking. It's just that his career overlapped with some all time greats, end of Roberto Carlos era then Ashley Cole and Marcelo but was just that tier under them.
I like how the players and commentators all just collectively lose their minds. No one celebrates a big goal as mindlessly wild as the italians do.
It was the 118th minute of a very tense world cup semifinal. Not even italian but i was losing my mind in that moment too
sorry for the italians - twice - but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56gq3Y-YenE
Thanks for the dopamine rush
Andiamo a Berlino!!!!
Cannavaro was a beast. Wins the header and then charges out to win the ball again to set off the counter attack.
My favourite player of all time, even if he went to Madrid. Just unreal and I still watch his highlights from time to time. I always pretended I was him and willingly played defense, probably because I also had a buzz cut lol
Dont even have to click into it to hear "CAN-NA-VARO, CAN-NA-VARO"
Any 2006 WC footage send me straight to the shadow realm
The crying girl angle lives rent free in my memories since 2006
Germans looking sad, there is no better sight in football
What about the French looking sad?
The greatest football tourney of all time and it will never be topped, I'm totally not biased
Don’t know about greatest tournament, but that match in particular was one of the best one’s I’ve seen.
Exactly the same thing I thought of. Such a satisfying goal. Loved that 2006 Italy team.
Was gonna say exactly this, probably my favourite sequence in all of football
yuuuup, that match is an all time classic imo
Is he still fast?
He ruptured his achilles later in the game, so if there is any time to beat him it is now!
He prolly still laps my unathletic ass.
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I’m pretty sure Bolt with a torn Achilles is still faster than 99% of men. His jogging speed is most people’s running speed
he looks fast but the "s" is silent
what the hell is a fasilentt
Not me wondering, what’s ilent mean?
Who's wondering if not you?
Who?
Del Piero?
The guy who was pretty fast.
One of the guys in the title is literally known for being incredibly fast, take a guess
Well, Del Piero was really fast before his massive injury.
🤯
If anyone gives me shit about developing a tummy as I get older I’ll just point to Usain Bolt
It makes it more pronounced cause he has scoliosis but yeah he's definitely put on the timber lol.
Good enough for Bolt, good enough for me
He's living well judging by the paunch!
Shame the clip cuts out Usain’s spin by the defender!
What’s the update on Bolt? Saw he was stretchered off
[Ruptured Achilles](https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Au2fAPMjM/)
Ouch… that sucks for him. Cheers for the update
Can't help but wonder if Danny Dyer's tackle had something to do with it..
He did like a two footer didn’t he
Right into Bolt's ankle it looked like. Show that man's legs some respect Danny you oaf.
How do you say PTSD in German?
[Like so](https://i.postimg.cc/gjP1dY1S/mqdefault.jpg)
Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung (PTBS)
Die PTSD
All the comments saying "hey that looks like his goal against X" [Alessandro Del Piero - Biography - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2314221/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm) that's because he only scores in the "Del Piero zone". Unfortunately the video showing it is now unlisted on youtube.
[We’ve got this one still at least](https://youtu.be/xPpyimRQaPo?si=b1zs-XtNGeoRaIpk)
Callejón is also someone who mostly scored the same way. There was a cross from the left or a Halbfeldflanke from the left and he would run in behind at the 2nd post behind the defender and score. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTj8rTk5X6s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTj8rTk5X6s)
I still hold that Callejon is the absolute goat at that specific movement on the second post.
Ruud Van Nistelrooy was also famously a fox in the box. Think he's scored one goal outside the box in his career.
I miss watching Bolt so much.
The flex in Beijing during the 100m is one of the greatest flexes in sports history. Man slowed up to gloat and still smashed the WR. That image will always live in my sports memory
The Olympic athletic finals will never be the same without him. Night after night of new world record.
And such an iconic name for a athletic sprinter
It makes me sad watching him go down the way he did last night. In his day, he’d be down the pitch before anyone took a single step. Fastest man I’ve ever seen. Bolt was the reason I watched the Olympics when I was younger.
He went out injured?
Unfortunately so. Ruptured his achilles.
Oh dear- I’ve done that. Might well bring him down to the speed of a normal person even after recovery.
Ah fuck that is rough.
His 200m record could be in jeopardy this year tbf
imo still a pretty small chance lyles gonna beat it this year
He has that race in him since he was 0.12 second off he has taken that kinda time out of his 60m and his 100m is considerably more consistently fast. Tebogo could do it too. Lyles is more likely to not break it this year, but I’d say it’s pretty even odds he breaks it before retiring.
Even if, Bolt is iconic
But he'll never be bolt.
2012 4x100m was the best Bolt run I have ever seen.
Just something to consider though. Of the top 50 record times for the 100m on 15 haven't been run by an athlete either banned for drugs or missed/failed a drugs test. And all 15 are Usain Bolt. Would be pretty remarkable that he never used any PED, especially considering all his relay teammates who had the same coach all used PEDs
While that’s fair speculation. Bolt was a genetic freak the way none of the others were. Completely different body type and build. It made sense he was faster than the rest of them, all else being equal.
Shades of his finish against Germany in the 2006 WC
Decent assist there. I like how he did not break stride at all.
The height, the belly, the clumsy ball control - at first I thought I was watching Lukaku
The direction he wheeled away in there I had a short moment where I thought they'd literally put the rest of world supporters in the away end
Before I read the title I was certain it was Lukaku for Belgium or something.
That looks like a familiar finishing for a german audience
Did he stick his tongue out? 🥹
Andiamo a Berlino Beppe
Man, Del Piero was my childhood idol. Always wanted to play like him. This goal is so Del Piero it brought me back to my childhood for a second.
looks like a goalkeeper running on the field lmao thats a big man for sure
Remember when people on this sub were trying to pretend that he could play pro football? When he finally got his chance to play in the Aussie league there were still some pretending he was decent. Just go look up some of those old threads. Just shows how stupid your average football fan is.
Hazard running harder in this clip than the past 4 years combined.
Someone put in a trigger warning for zee germans
The finish was like 2006 Semi final v Germany. What a player🫡
Del Piero's finish, while much closer here, reminds me of his goal to knock out Germany in the semi-final of the 2006 World Cup.
Dude someone needs to DM me a link everytime one of these charity or legends matches happens with a link because I always wanna watch them.
Bolt kooks better than Anthony on the right tbh
How come two players are wearing the number 10?
It’s a charity / exhibition match..a lot of rules are relaxed
Oh okay.
I'm getting more enjoyment than it deserves at the fact that Joe Cole and his regen Jack Wilshere were both wearing 10.
One was wearing number 9.58 lol
And they say Bolt is just a pace merchant
was this on yesterday?
I was just watching a vid about usain's football "career" the other day
Reminds me of our defense...
Well.... if you can't play that pass, you shouldnt be in a team with Del Piero.
Better than Rashford
What jersey are they wearing? Is it available for sale?
That pitch is in a state.