Might we eventually look back on Francisco Conceição’s winning goal as one of the pivotal moments of this season?
Francisco Conceição was dead, as he recalls it, but the chance wasn’t, the cross from his teammate Andrea Cambiaso only cleared to the edge of the penalty box. Randal Kolo Muani tamed the ball and retained it as he was assailed by five Inter defenders who arrived one at a time like henchmen in a Hollywood movie: allowing him to overcome each of them in turn.
He evaded Hakan Calhanoglu with a half-step backwards, leaving the Turkey captain to fall under his own momentum, held off Nicolò Barella, dragged the ball back under his boot to spin away from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, flicked it across Francesco Acerbi with the outside of his boot and then poked it with a toe beyond Carlos Augusto and into the path of Conceição.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/17/juventus-inter-randal-kolo-muani-serie-a-title-race
Author : Nicky Bandini
Publish date : 2025-02-17 12:29:12
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