A missed opportunity is usually something that haunts you. You don’t want to think about it anymore, and really there is no point; you can’t reverse time and correct mistakes. This video, however, is something different. There’s a kind of wonder to be found in the greatest near misses compiled in it. They say that somethings are better left to the imagination, and I think that applies here in a unexpected way: we don’t know how great these goals would have been had the ball actually gone in, and that allows us to imagine them being something better than perhaps they really would be.
Then of course there is the fantastically “punny” soundtrack. “Feel so close to you right now?” Perfect.
But the standouts are still the goals; they could have been absolute legends.
It’s hard to pick out my favorite one, but I would have to say the curved-like-space-time-around-a-black-hole effort at 0:40 takes the cake. The dude had to be at least 40 yards out when he hit that.
There are some omissions that I am genuinely surprised are not featured. First and for most is Cristiano Ronaldo’s embarrassment of Spain that was cancelled out by an overzealous Nani. You’re never going to live that one down, Nani. I’m sorry, you just aren’t.
When you remember how mad you made Cristiano Ronaldo. Photo: @SporKarar | Twitter
But I shouldn’t complain, this is a class video, and it’s publisher, KevZete deserves all the credit in the world for creating it. You can check out more from his YouTube channel here.
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