Glasgow Champions Final
Florentino Pérez’s first Champions League as president of Madrid. An orejona marked by Zidane’s great goal, named the best ever in the finals, and the amazing saves by Casillas, substitute until César’s injury, the one chosen that year by Del Bosque.
Trainer:
Vicente del Bosque
Trainer:
Klaus Toppmöller
Minute 44 of the first part
1-1 on the scoreboard…
Solari sends a deep ball to Roberto Carlos, in a race with Sebescen on his wing. Morientes and Raúl had already started to uncheck themselves in the mouth of the goal. But in the last boat, it seemed that the dry grass was allied so that the ball did not slip and was very high. When Roberto Carlos decides to cross, given the height of his hitting, the delivery was a lob towards the edge of the area, instead of being a death pass.
The ball reaches Solari with a heel to the left wing
Roberto Carlos shoots an unmarking by the band and Solari puts the ball long
The brazilian is pressured by Sebescen that leaves him no room for maneuver
Manage to send a pumped center to the vicinity of the area
Zivkovic is following the play in parallel, at the moment of the cross he sees that Zidane is alone
Zinedine Zidane waits for the ball to drop. Ballack, running to regain position, did so as when a defender must cover space. He is confident that there will be no shot. Time had been frozen and that lapse would allow the German to make up ground. At the time, Zidane knew that he was the only recipient of that ball. How to proceed? Control it or finish the play with a joint towards the goal?
Ballack tries to bother Zidane in the shot, but he is late
Zidane, unmarked, hits a volley that enters the top corner
Morientes and Raúl fix the centrals generating space
Butt does not reach the short post
Zidane resolved with an impressive volley with his left foot, in a foreshortening that invited one to think that this shot would go to the clouds. It was impossible to arch the body in what was the recreation of a gymnast, put it in acrobatics for a shot and take it out at a desirable speed so that the trajectory hit the goal. And the trajectory was the best. He went for the angle powerfully. Because the shot traced a downward parabola, impossible for Hans-Jörg Butt. It was an artistic volley, a mixture of balance, delicacy and violence, which will remain forever in the memory of football fans.
The ball leaves Roberto Carlos’s boots at 90 km/h, traces a parabola and descends at an angle of 60º with respect to the ground
Zidane watches the fall and prepares for the shot
kick leg flexion
He hits him squarely with it
left instep
with the leg in
parallel to the ground
His supporting leg (right) is tilted 40º in order to achieve stability at impact
His body rotates 45º
at the address
of the ball, as
a compass
The movement of the arms
gives you balance
stares at the goal
as the ball enters
“When I finished off I knew it was going to be a goal. It was a pass from the left by Roberto Carlos and I didn’t think about it. I hit it with intuition and as I gave it I knew it would be a goal»
Florentino Pérez’s first Champions League as president of Madrid. An orejona marked by Zidane’s great goal, named the best ever in the finals, and the amazing saves by Casillas, substitute until César’s injury, the one chosen that year by Del Bosque.
Trainer:
Klaus Toppmöller
Trainer:
Vicente del Bosque
Minute 44 of the first part
1-1 on the scoreboard…
Solari sends a deep ball to Roberto Carlos, in a race with Sebescen on his wing. Morientes and Raúl had already started to uncheck themselves in the mouth of the goal. But in the last boat, it seemed that the dry grass was allied so that the ball did not slip and was very high. When Roberto Carlos decides to cross, given the height of his hitting, the delivery was a lob towards the edge of the area, instead of being a death pass.
The ball reaches Solari with a heel to the left wing
Roberto Carlos shoots an unmarking by the band and Solari puts the ball long
The brazilian is pressured by Sebescen that leaves him no room for maneuver
Zivkovic is following the play in parallel
Zinedine Zidane waits for the ball to drop. Ballack, running to regain position, did so as when a defender must cover space. He is confident that there will be no shot. Time had been frozen and that lapse would allow the German to make up ground. At the time, Zidane knew that he was the only recipient of that ball. How to proceed? Control it or finish the play with a joint towards the goal?
Ballack tries to bother Zidane in the shot, but he is late
Zidane, unmarked, hits a volley that enters the top corner
Morientes and Raúl fix the centrals generating space
Butt does not reach the short post
Zidane resolved with an impressive volley with his left foot, in a foreshortening that invited one to think that this shot would go to the clouds. It was impossible to arch the body in what was the recreation of a gymnast, put it in acrobatics for a shot and take it out at a desirable speed so that the trajectory hit the goal.
Zidane watches the fall and prepares for the shot
kick leg flexion
He hits him squarely with it
left instep with
leg parallel to the ground
His support leg tilts 40º to achieve stability at impact
And the trajectory was the best. She searched for the angle powerfully. Because the shot traced a downward parabola, impossible for Hans-Jörg Butt. It was an artistic volley, a mixture of balance, delicacy and violence, which will remain forever in the memory of football fans.
His body rotates 45º
at the address
of the ball,
like a compass
The movement
of the arms
gives you balance
stares
the goal
while the ball
goes into
“When I finished off I knew it was going to be a goal. It was a pass from the left by Roberto Carlos and I didn’t think about it. I hit it with intuition and as I gave it I knew it would be a goal»
