DUTCH footballers are known for playing with great flair – even their non-league goalkeepers are blessed with flawless technique.
With Vaesrade-UOW ’02 trailing Limburg 2-1 in Holland’s fourth division – they had one last throw of the dice to rescue a point.
Awarded a free kick some 40-yards from goal, a whipped in cross was headed up into the air by a nervous Limburg defence.
Throwing himself in the air like an acrobat was goalkeeper Sandro Aruvaino, who decided to go up – with the game eight minutes deep into injury time.
Doing his best Wayne Rooney impression, Aruvaino performed a spectacular overhead kick – connecting with the ball beautifully – as it flew into the top corner.
The astonishing goal was caught on video by amateur football filmmaker Roger Moonen.
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It drew massive cheers and celebrations – with the keeper’s team-mates all rushing to congratulate him.
After the game, Aruvaino spoke of his delight with his wonder strike.
He said: “I was told by my trainer that I could go forward. I see that ball coming, my nephew heads it through. It was his debut, so that was extra fun.
“The ball hangs and I grab it with a bicycle kick. That it goes in in such a fantastic way is a dream come true, of course”.
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The spectacular moment was shared on Reddit – drawing comments from football fans.
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One wrote: “Rooney got nothing on this keeper.”
Another posted: “Amateur keeper, professional striker.”
A third shared: “What a madlad. Absolute once in a lifetime moment, he’s going to annoy his grandchildren to no end recounting this.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
