The ecstasy of a football match is more often than not when the ball shakes the net; it gets even better when delivered in a glorious manner.
Each passing day loads of goals are scored across the globe, even now a net is shaking somewhere, but very few fit FIFA Puskas’ description, “most aesthetically significant, or “most beautiful”, goal of the year.
Odera’s 23rd minute equalizer for City Stars against Gor Mahia in a Sportpesa Premier League match on Sunday 24 at Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi fits the bill.
Oh my! describing Ezekiel Omulo Odera’s goal is a task many would have nice words for.After Gor Mahia’s defender Harun Shakava had hit City Stars with a sucker punch it was time for Odera’s magic immediately he made a beautiful run picking up a sublime pass with his back heel over his top and past three defenders whom he left flat footed. The former K’Ogalo man then magically calmly controlled the ball and with a deft left touch placed the ball skilfully past a hapless Bonface Oluoch in Gor Mahia’s goal. It was indeed a goal deserving of a Fifa Puskas award.
If the beauty was delivered somewhere in Europe or South America, I bet my life it would have set the online space a blaze, be the judge…
You can watch the beautiful Ezekiel Odera’s audacious goal.
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