Micky van de Ven, one of the most electric footballers in the world, scored one of the most electric goals you’re going to see all season, to put Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 up on Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.
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Tottenham Hotspur’s towering center back picked up the ball on the edge of his own box, strided past four Copenhagen players, jinked past another on the halfway line and went the rest of the way unobstructed before slamming a left-footed shot past the goalkeeper at the near post. The ball recovery of a defender, the dribbling of a world-class winger, and the finishing of a natural no. 9.
Spurs went on to win 4-0 despite playing the final 35 minutes down a man after Brennan Johnson was sent off for a studs-to-the-achilles tackle, after he scored the opening goal in the 19th minute.
We’ll be seeing Van de Ven’s goal again (and maybe again and again) when the Puskas Award is handed out in December.
Micky, take a bow, son.