9 moments of footballing genius no fan should ever forget

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Fleeting moments of genius in football are often overshadowed by 35 yard screamers, 70 yard passes and football managers assaulting opposition players on the sideline. However, these moments are immortalised by fans who spot them and upload them to YouTube. So, allow me to take you on a journey filled with small snipets of skill and technique you may have forgotten about. Enjoy.

1. Andres Iniesta was once described as “The Poseidon of football.” Well, he wasn’t, I’ve just made that up. It doesn’t even make sense. But he’s so good at football you probably assumed it was true.

http://youtu.be/Ki8UOV26baw

2. Ronaldinho with the type of touch that when you see it you literally say “Ohhhh” out loud even though you’re sitting alone at your computer.

http://youtu.be/UkxEbVk5xZ0

3. Doo-Doo-Pwahra! Doo-Doo Deco! Dave Chappelle! Evidently, inexplicable from Deco.

http://youtu.be/DvfiWIvt9Wc

4. They say Guti has eyes in the back of his head. I imagine he wears a monocle over one of those eyes.

http://youtu.be/pFnP5pBO7tk

5. Back in the 80?s this kind of short highlight would have been enough for this player to get a move to the First Division. Now it’s only enough for 19,000 views on YouTube.

http://youtu.be/sdko_6oGpSY

6. Andres Iniesta – So good he features twice. I’m not entirely sure what the commentator is saying but I assume it’s a sonnet he wrote in preparation of Iniesta stealing his heart.

http://youtu.be/RmPY54JQQVE

7. Any list compiled on the subject of footballing genius wouldn’t be complete without him. Lionel Messi beating Rayo Vallecano players with his first touch.

http://youtu.be/V0XK0Lw2DxE

8. Juan Roman Riquelme with one of the greatest nutmegs of all time. If you know of a better nutmeg, I’d like to see it. Seriously, show me it.

http://youtu.be/Xm8WHcrXA6A

9. Rodrigo Taddei completes the list with an inverted elastico. Outstanding piece of skill that deserved a goal to cap it off.

http://youtu.be/9P9SguTAFQo

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