The Christmas edition of the Di Canio Premier Special tells the story of the best, most spectacular, most curious and most important goals in the history of the Premier League. From Shearer’s power to Haaland’s records, passing through Bergkamp’s technique and Thierry Henry’s imagination. All with the vision and analysis of those who have always lived and breathed the magic of English football. Di Canio Premier Special, Wonder goals: Haaland and the others, at 2pm and 6.30pm on Sky Sport 24, at 8pm on Sky Sport Uno and available on demand
Il August 15, 1992, at 3.05 pm local time, Brian Deane of Sheffield United scored a header to Peter Schmeichel of Manchester United. It was in the first minutes of the first day of the Premier League, new name for the English top division, and that was therefore the first goal in a story that, that day, started again. The match finished 2-1 and Deane also scored the second, from a penalty, before Mark Hughes halved the deficit with an assist directly from Schmeichel, times in which even highly successful teams like United would become from that season onwards with their first title since 1967, they adopted quick solutions when needed. Din that August bank holiday, over 32,000 goals were scored in the Premier League.
Paolo Di Canio talks about his Premier League goals
Beautiful, easy, difficult, ugly, spectacular, even insignificant, if not for those who made them. Paolo Di Canioin the Christmas episode of the Di Canio Premier Special entitled ‘WonderGoals. Haaland and the others‘, he tells some of them, selecting with great difficulty among the hundreds deserving of appearing: there are overhead kicks, shots from far away, shots from midfield and beyond, ball-and-chain slaloms, magical touches. Well-known goals by well-known people, but also goals perhaps forgotten because they were not decisive or scored by players who did not leave a lasting mark, such as Reconciliation Kasamiwho is now at Sampdoria but very young, in Fulham, on 21 October 2013 he put behind Julian Speronithe Crystal Palace goalkeeper, a phenomenal right-footed shot, after an acrobatic chest check on the run.
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Analysis, technique and talent
Di Canio also describes these goals from his point of view technicianof the difficulty of execution, of the moment in which they were marked: and his analyses it serves to dispel myths, to clarify game situations and to make viewing easier, which in itself would be enough, due to the beauty of some of the performances. The conclusion that can be drawn is that any top-level player can score a great goal, but doing so repeatedly, and in different ways as in the case of Wayne Rooney, indicates a talent special, a special vision of the game. And never mind if the most spectacular goal of the former Everton and Manchester United striker’s career wasn’t as perfect as people think.
Di Canio Premier Special, programming on Sky and NOW
Monday 25 December
2.00pm and 6.30pm: su Sky Sport 24
ore 20.00: on Sky Sports Football
Disponibile on demand
