aniym wrote:thebigbangtheo wrote:For me, the best thing about saka's goal was not the guile on display from Odegaard with his perfectly measured back heeled one-two or indeed saka's composure in finishing the move, but instead the instinct and reading of play around him by Aubameyang in that half a second so as not to interfere with the move by greedily looking to get the strike for himself. Fluent, off the cuff team play involving 3 forward players... please sir, may we have some more?
Yep, Auba was every observant the whole game, always looking for where the ball was going. Positioned himself perfectly for the rebound goal, then stayed out of the way of Odegaard's pass because he knew Saka was making a run behind.
Spot on sir. Your description of Aubameyang's actions are much better than mine. A point I failed to refer to as well was Auba's movement within the play for the possibility of Saka's shot being saved and rebounding out as per the first goal.
I don't know if you have ever seen the modern day classic film 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' (circa 1950's & 1980's), but just watching everything about the Gabonese last night was comparable although in reverse, because for as much as that appeared to be Auba playing for us last season, I don't know who the f**k that was incomparison to the real Auba we know and love.
