One of my colleagues and I had coordinated to go to the Arsenal game last Wednesday. I had an exceptionally busy week, was sick, and Arsenal were playing weak opposition. I actually tried to give away my ticket! Hard to imagine I know.
The match started out as is typical- the lower division team had adrenaline and 8,000 screaming fans and Arsenal had put out a second string. 30 minutes in Arsenal scored and again just after halftime (they were now shooting at the goal I was sitting behind).
A few minutes later disgruntled Russian captain Andrei Arshavin scored this goal (go to 1:30 in the video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNEVVRRuVb8
Think about the physics- Arshavin is running at ~20mph, the cross is coming in ~35mph. He has a cubic space in which to put the ball of 4-5 cubic ft while leaping and landing on the same foot and calmly placing it in the botton corner of the goal. Try doing it without a ball in slow motion- then think about what he did.
My father always says seeing Baryshnikov dance was one of the coolest things he's ever seen. Tolstoy would disagree but I saw an exquisite piece of Russian ballet on Wednesday.
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