I'm no Maradona wonder scorer, says Cambiasso (Reuters) Updated: 2006-06-19 09:02
HERZOGENAURACH, Germany, June 18 - It is easier to score a goal
involving 25 touches by the team than dribble past several defenders like Diego
Maradona's great World Cup strike against England in 1986, Argentina's Esteban
Cambiasso said.
"It may be hard to imagine but it's probably more likely to score a goal with
25 touches ... than to dribble past two or three players because they can bring
you down after the first or second dribble," he said.
"To imagine a goal nowadays with half the dribbles that Diego made seems
impossible to me but with one or two touches (per player) it's something more
feasible," the midfielder told reporters at Argentina's World Cup base.
Cambiasso was the scorer when, half an hour into the match, Argentina strung
together a brilliant move of 24 passes for their second goal in the 6-0 rout of
Serbia & Montenegro in Group C on Friday.
Argentina gradually worked their way into the Serb box where Hernan Crespo
backheeled Javier Saviola's pass to Cambiasso who struck a rising left-footed
shot into the roof of the net.
Cambiasso's goal, his second in 24 matches for Argentina, has been acclaimed
as one of the best ever in World Cups and potentially the best of this
tournament with less than half the 64 matches played.
Former Argentina captain Maradona's goal, his second in a 2-1 win over
England in the 1986 quarter-finals in Mexico, was voted the best in World Cup
history.
He ran virtually single-handedly through the England midfield and defence to
score.
The 25-year-old Cambiasso, normally a ball winner, was playing out of
position and should not even have been on the pitch, having come on as a
substitute in the 17th minute for the injured Luis Gonzalez when the score was
1-0.
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