spotlight: Ibrahimovic

Ibrahimovic in his last two games has shown that he is easily one of the best in football, and game after game, shows it with his acrobatic skills. PSG played Bastia in a Ligue 1 game last week. Ibrahimovic scored two goals in the first half. The final score was 4-0 PSG, and teammate Cavani scored the two second half goals. The first goal by Ibrahimovic, Ibra for short, started from the outside on the right when Ibra's teammate crossed in the ball low. It was then flicked up high almost to the center of the 6 yard box. At this time, Ibra runs in, bodies the defender in front of him, then lift his foot behind his back and strikes it with his heel over the defenders head with pace into the other side of the goal. His second goal of the match happened when PSG was awarded a free kick on the left side about 40 yards out. The cross comes in opposite side where Ibra runs in on it and head it in.
The UEFA Champions League game played between PSG and Anderlecht yesterday was outrageous, in the sense that Ibra scored 4 out of the 5 goals. The final score was 5-0 PSG. The first goal was a pass from the middle to the right side on the goal box. there was one touch, then a pass across the 6 yard box, finding Ibra running in and touching it in on the opposite side. His second goal came from the outside right, where it was passed in to Ibra just in front of the 6 yard box, where as he faces the ball, lets it pass through his legs before hitting it with his right foot behind his body. It was quite spectacular, just to react that way with a defender on you. The third goal was a cross from the left side to the box, but a defender headed it out to the mid left side. Ibra was maybe 7 Yards from where the ball was landing. The ball bounces twice, and Ibra then strikes it, travelling at a ridiculous 76 mph. the ball land just below the left 90 corner, thus competing a first half hat-trick. The fourth goal was scored by teammate Cavani. Ibras fourth goal was another bouncing ball that Ibra had in front of him inside the box on the right side. The way he struck it made it seem like a rocket to the top shelf, but it dipped immediately after, passing the keeper and bouncing once before going in the opposite side.
Ibras form has been outstanding, being only the 10th player to score four goals in a champions league game, and even being hailed by former teammate Mark Van Bommel, as the "Best Striker in the World" via Twitter.

World Cup Qualifiers.

Sweden-Austria. 

Sweden played Austria in the World Cup Qualifier. With a win against Austria, Sweden would be guaranteed a spot in the World Cup. It didn't start off well for the Swedes as Harnik scored a goal in the 28th minute from a shot on the left side of the keeper, and it rolled across to far post. Swede then scored an equalizer when Ibrahimovic sent in a short cross to Elmander for a diving header, which he sent opposite post. late in the 85th minute, Sweden sends a ball downfield to find a Ibrahimovic at the top of the box. He then touches it once with his right foot, and send it opposite post with his left in a classy finish. the final score was 2-1 Sweden.

Denmark-Italy.

Denmark needed a win to qualify, but Italy denied them. Denmark still has hope, but it will come down to the last game. Italy opened the goal tally with a strike in the 28th minute by Osvaldo, who only had to beat one man with a step over. Then, late in the first half, Denmark's Bendtner score a header that bounced off the ground and went upper 90. In the 79th minute, Bendtner scores another header to put them up one. Denamrk was then equlaized when in extra time, Osvaldo passes to Aquilani in the box, where he scores off what almost seemed like a deflection.

Netherlands-Turkey

Netherlands' Van Persie breaks Patrick Kluivert's record for international goals with a hat-trick. Van Persie scored in the 16th, 44th, and 53rd minute. other goals by Netherlands include Strootman (25'), Lens (38'), an own goal by Devecseri (65'), van der Vaart (86'), and Robben (90'). The only goal from Turkey was a penalty scored by Dzsudzsak (47'), which was hardly meaningful to a blow out.

Champions League - Milan v Ajax

Italian team, AC Milan, played Netherlands home team Ajax on tuesday in the second game of the champions league group stage. Milan, missing a couple key players due to injury, had to play with precision and tenacity or fall victim to Ajax. The first half was completely dominated by Ajax, where as the second was easily Milans game.
A shot by Sigthorsson on Milan from the left side was stopped and cleared. Montolivo then had a shot from just outside the six to put pressure on Ajax goalkeeper, but was ultimately blocked. Then, Balotelli put up a curl from the left side, but the Ajax keeper barely gets a hand on it forcing the ball to hit crossbar and having the ball fall short of an upper 90 goal. Later, Milan crosses the ball into the box where it is shot, but the defender blocks it with his arm. The referee should have given a penalty kick, but none was awarded.
In the winding minutes of the game, Ajax had a couple opportunities to score. They seemed to have scored a goal at one point late in the game, but the referee called the player offsides. Then, in the 89th minutes, there was a cross off a corner and defender Denswil of Ajax was wide open to put in the header to the corner, surely giving the home team a win.
Milan grabs the ball and quickly rushes to midfield to try to salvage a point. right from the start, they rush down to Ajax's defending half, and the ball is shot in an awkward angle, rolling on top of the goal line, but never crossing. A defender quickly clears it out. Hope for Milan is diminishing, but they are putting a lot of pressure on Ajax. With plus 4 minutes of extra time given, Milan is making the best of it. In the 94th minute, Milan crosses the ball in, where it seems Balotelli is fouled in the box, resulting in a penalty. This call was controversial because it seems as thought he wasn't really fouled. Given that the earlier penalty wasn't given, this can be seen as a make up call. Balotelli, who at this point, is 21-22 on his penalty shots, steps up to take this on. He starts his run and does a stutter step. the goalie is trying to psych out Balotelli by pretending to dive one way. Balotelli puts it in the bottom left corner and ties the game. Ajax makes one last run down field but the ball is lost and booted down field. Time is called. Both teams leave with a point, leaving Ajax in third place and Milan in second for the group stage.

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